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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. St. Matthew ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. Chapter  1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. MATTHEW

1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of
 David, the son of Abraham.
1:2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat
 Judas and his brethren;
1:3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat
 Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
1:4 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and
 Naasson begat Salmon;
1:5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of
 Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
1:6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat
 Solomon of her [that had been the wife] of Urias;
1:7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia
 begat Asa;
1:8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram
 begat Ozias;
1:9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz
 begat Ezekias;
1:10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and
 Amon begat Josias;
1:11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time
 they were carried away to Babylon:
1:12 And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat
 Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
1:13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and
 Eliakim begat Azor;
1:14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim
 begat Eliud;
1:15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and
 Matthan begat Jacob;
1:16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was
 born Jesus, who is called Christ.
1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David [are] fourteen
 generations; and from David until the carrying away into
 Babylon [are] fourteen generations; and from the carrying away
 into Babylon unto Christ [are] fourteen generations.
1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his
 mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together,
 she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
1:19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just [man], and not
 willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her
 away privily.
1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of
 the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son
 of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that
 which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his
 name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
1:22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was
 spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth
 a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being
 interpreted is, God with us.
1:24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the
 Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:
1:25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn
 son: and he called his name JESUS.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. Chapter  2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

                ST. MATTHEW

2:1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days
 of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to
 Jerusalem,
2:2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we
 have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
2:3 When Herod the king had heard [these things], he was
 troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
2:4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes
 of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should
 be born.
2:5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it
 is written by the prophet,
2:6 And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of Juda, art not the least
 among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a
 Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
2:7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men,
 enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.
2:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search
 diligently for the young child; and when ye have found [him],
 bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
2:9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the
 star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it
 came and stood over where the young child was.
2:10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great
 joy.
2:11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young
 child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him:
 and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto
 him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
2:12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not
 return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord
 appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the
 young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou
 there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young
 child to destroy him.
2:14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by
 night, and departed into Egypt:
2:15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be
 fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
 Out of Egypt have I called my son.
2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise
 men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the
 children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof,
 from two years old and under, according to the time which he had
 diligently enquired of the wise men.
2:17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the
 prophet, saying,
2:18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping,
 and great mourning, Rachel weeping [for] her children, and
 would not be comforted, because they are not.
2:19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord
 appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,
2:20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and
 go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the
 young child's life.
2:21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and
 came into the land of Israel.
2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the
 room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither:
 notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned
 aside into the parts of Galilee:
2:23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it
 might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall
 be called a Nazarene.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3. Chapter  3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. MATTHEW

3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the
 wilderness of Judaea,
3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias,
 saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye
 the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a
 leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and
 wild honey.
3:5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the
 region round about Jordan,
3:6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come
 to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who
 hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:
3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to
 [our] father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these
 stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees:
 therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is
 hewn down, and cast into the fire.
3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he
 that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not
 worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and
 [with] fire:
3:12 Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his
 floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn
 up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
3:13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be
 baptized of him.
3:14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of
 thee, and comest thou to me?
3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it to be so]
 now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then
 he suffered him.
3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of
 the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he
 saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon
 him:
3:17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son,
 in whom I am well pleased.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4. Chapter  4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MATTHEW

4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to
 be tempted of the devil.
4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was
 afterward an hungred.
4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the
 Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live
 by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the
 mouth of God.
4:5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth
 him on a pinnacle of the temple,
4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself
 down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge
 concerning thee: and in [their] hands they shall bear thee up,
 lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not
 tempt the Lord thy God.
4:8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high
 mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and
 the glory of them;
4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if
 thou wilt fall down and worship me.
4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is
 written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only
 shalt thou serve.
4:11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and
 ministered unto him.
4:12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he
 departed into Galilee;
4:13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which
 is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and
 Nephthalim:
4:14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the
 prophet, saying,
4:15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, [by] the
 way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to
 them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is
 sprung up.
4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent:
 for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
4:18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren,
 Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into
 the sea: for they were fishers.
4:19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you
 fishers of men.
4:20 And they straightway left [their] nets, and followed him.
4:21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James
 [the son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with
 Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
4:22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and
 followed him.
4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their
 synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and
 healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among
 the people.
4:24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought
 unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases
 and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and
 those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he
 healed them.
4:25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from
 Galilee, and [from] Decapolis, and [from] Jerusalem, and [from]
 Judaea, and [from] beyond Jordan.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.5. Chapter  5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. MATTHEW

5:1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and
 when he was set, his disciples came unto him:
5:2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
5:3 Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom
 of heaven.
5:4 Blessed [are] they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5:5 Blessed [are] the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
5:6 Blessed [are] they which do hunger and thirst after
 righteousness: for they shall be filled.
5:7 Blessed [are] the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
5:8 Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
5:9 Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for they shall be called the
 children of God.
5:10 Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness'
 sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
5:11 Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute
 [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely,
 for my sake.
5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward
 in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were
 before you.
5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his
 savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good
 for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot
 of men.
5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an
 hill cannot be hid.
5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel,
 but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in
 the house.
5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your
 good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the
 prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one
 jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all
 be fulfilled.
5:19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least
 commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the
 least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and
 teach [them], the same shall be called great in the kingdom of
 heaven.
5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall
 exceed [the righteousness] of the scribes and Pharisees, ye
 shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
5:21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou
 shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of
 the judgment:
5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his
 brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and
 whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of
 the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in
 danger of hell fire.
5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there
 rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
5:24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way;
 first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy
 gift.
5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the
 way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to
 the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou
 be cast into prison.
5:26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out
 thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou
 shalt not commit adultery:
5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to
 lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his
 heart.
5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast
 [it] from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy
 members should perish, and not [that] thy whole body should be
 cast into hell.
5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast
 [it] from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy
 members should perish, and not [that] thy whole body should be
 cast into hell.
5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let
 him give her a writing of divorcement:
5:32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife,
 saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit
 adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced
 committeth adultery.
5:33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old
 time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto
 the Lord thine oaths:
5:34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven;
 for it is God's throne:
5:35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by
 Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst
 not make one hair white or black.
5:37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for
 whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye,
 and a tooth for a tooth:
5:39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever
 shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other
 also.
5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy
 coat, let him have [thy] cloke also.
5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him
 twain.
5:42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would
 borrow of thee turn not thou away.
5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy
 neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that
 curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them
 which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in
 heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the
 good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do
 not even the publicans the same?
5:47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than
 others]? do not even the publicans so?
5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in
 heaven is perfect.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.6. Chapter  6 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MATTHEW

6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of
 them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in
 heaven.
6:2 Therefore when thou doest [thine] alms, do not sound a
 trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and
 in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say
 unto you, They have their reward.
6:3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what
 thy right hand doeth:
6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth
 in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites
 [are]: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in
 the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.
 Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when
 thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret;
 and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen
 [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much
 speaking.
6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth
 what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in
 heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in
 heaven.
6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:
 For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for
 ever. Amen.
6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly
 Father will also forgive you:
6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will
 your Father forgive your trespasses.
6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad
 countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may
 appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their
 reward.
6:17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash
 thy face;
6:18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father
 which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret,
 shall reward thee openly.
6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth
 and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and
 steal:
6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where
 neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not
 break through nor steal:
6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be
 single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of
 darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness,
 how great [is] that darkness!
6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the
 one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and
 despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life,
 what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your
 body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and
 the body than raiment?
6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do
 they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father
 feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
6:27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his
 stature?
6:28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of
 the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
6:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory
 was not arrayed like one of these.
6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which
 to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, [shall he] not
 much more [clothe] you, O ye of little faith?
6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or,
 What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your
 heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his
 righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow
 shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto
 the day [is] the evil thereof.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.7. Chapter  7 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ST. MATTHEW

7:1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and
 with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
7:3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's
 eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
7:4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the
 mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine own eye?
7:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own
 eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out
 of thy brother's eye.
7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye
 your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their
 feet, and turn again and rend you.
7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
 knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
7:8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh
 findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
7:9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will
 he give him a stone?
7:10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?
7:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto
 your children, how much more shall your Father which is in
 heaven give good things to them that ask him?
7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do
 to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the
 prophets.
7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and
 broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there
 be which go in thereat:
7:14 Because strait [is] the gate, and narrow [is] the way,
 which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's
 clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of
 thorns, or figs of thistles?
7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a
 corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a
 corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down,
 and cast into the fire.
7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter
 into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my
 Father which is in heaven.
7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not
 prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils?
 and in thy name done many wonderful works?
7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart
 from me, ye that work iniquity.
7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and
 doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his
 house upon a rock:
7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds
 blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was
 founded upon a rock.
7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth
 them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his
 house upon the sand:
7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds
 blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the
 fall of it.
7:28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings,
 the people were astonished at his doctrine:
7:29 For he taught them as [one] having authority, and not as
 the scribes.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.8. Chapter  8 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. MATTHEW

8:1 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes
 followed him.
8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying,
 Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
8:3 And Jesus put forth [his] hand, and touched him, saying, I
 will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
8:4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy
 way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses
 commanded, for a testimony unto them.
8:5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto
 him a centurion, beseeching him,
8:6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the
 palsy, grievously tormented.
8:7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that
 thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and
 my servant shall be healed.
8:9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me:
 and I say to this [man], Go, and he goeth; and to another,
 Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth
 [it].
8:10 When Jesus heard [it], he marvelled, and said to them that
 followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great
 faith, no, not in Israel.
8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and
 west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in
 the kingdom of heaven.
8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into
 outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou
 hast believed, [so] be it done unto thee. And his servant was
 healed in the selfsame hour.
8:14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his
 wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.
8:15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she
 arose, and ministered unto them.
8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that
 were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with
 [his] word, and healed all that were sick:
8:17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the
 prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare [our]
 sicknesses.
8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave
 commandment to depart unto the other side.
8:19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I
 will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the
 birds of the air [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not
 where to lay [his] head.
8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me
 first to go and bury my father.
8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury
 their dead.
8:23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed
 him.
8:24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch
 that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
8:25 And his disciples came to [him], and awoke him, saying,
 Lord, save us: we perish.
8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little
 faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and
 there was a great calm.
8:27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this,
 that even the winds and the sea obey him!
8:28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of
 the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming
 out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass
 by that way.
8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do
 with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to
 torment us before the time?
8:30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many
 swine feeding.
8:31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out,
 suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.
8:32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out,
 they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd
 of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and
 perished in the waters.
8:33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the
 city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the
 possessed of the devils.
8:34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and
 when they saw him, they besought [him] that he would depart out
 of their coasts.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.9. Chapter  9 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MATTHEW

9:1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into
 his own city.
9:2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy,
 lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick
 of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
9:3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves,
 This [man] blasphemeth.
9:4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye
 evil in your hearts?
9:5 For whether is easier, to say, [Thy] sins be forgiven thee;
 or to say, Arise, and walk?
9:6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth
 to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,)
 Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
9:7 And he arose, and departed to his house.
9:8 But when the multitudes saw [it], they marvelled, and
 glorified God, which had given such power unto men.
9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named
 Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto
 him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
9:10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house,
 behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him
 and his disciples.
9:11 And when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto his
 disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
9:12 But when Jesus heard [that], he said unto them, They that
 be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.
9:13 But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy,
 and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but
 sinners to repentance.
9:14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we
 and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?
9:15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the
 bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but
 the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from
 them, and then shall they fast.
9:16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment,
 for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment,
 and the rent is made worse.
9:17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the
 bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles
 perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are
 preserved.
9:18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a
 certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even
 now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
9:19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and [so did] his disciples.
9:20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of
 blood twelve years, came behind [him], and touched the hem of
 his garment:
9:21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his
 garment, I shall be whole.
9:22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said,
 Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole.
 And the woman was made whole from that hour.
9:23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the
 minstrels and the people making a noise,
9:24 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead,
 but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
9:25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took
 her by the hand, and the maid arose.
9:26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
9:27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him,
 crying, and saying, [Thou] Son of David, have mercy on us.
9:28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to
 him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do
 this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
9:29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith
 be it unto you.
9:30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged
 them, saying, See [that] no man know [it].
9:31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame
 in all that country.
9:32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man
 possessed with a devil.
9:33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the
 multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
9:34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the
 prince of the devils.
9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching
 in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom,
 and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with
 compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered
 abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly [is]
 plenteous, but the labourers [are] few;
9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will
 send forth labourers into his harvest.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.10. Chapter 10 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

               ST. MATTHEW

10:1 And when he had called unto [him] his twelve disciples, he
 gave them power [against] unclean spirits, to cast them out,
 and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first,
 Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James [the
 son] of Zebedee, and John his brother;
10:3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican;
 James [the son] of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was
 Thaddaeus;
10:4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed
 him.
10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying,
 Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into [any] city of the
 Samaritans enter ye not:
10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at
 hand.
10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out
 devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
10:9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses,
10:10 Nor scrip for [your] journey, neither two coats, neither
 shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
10:11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire
 who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
10:12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.
10:13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it:
 but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
10:14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words,
 when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of
 your feet.
10:15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the
 land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for
 that city.
10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves:
 be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the
 councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
10:18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my
 sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what
 ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour
 what ye shall speak.
10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father
 which speaketh in you.
10:21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and
 the father the child: and the children shall rise up against
 [their] parents, and cause them to be put to death.
10:22 And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name 's sake: but
 he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into
 another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over
 the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
10:24 The disciple is not above [his] master, nor the servant
 above his lord.
10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master,
 and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of
 the house Beelzebub, how much more [shall they call] them of
 his household?
10:26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered,
 that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
10:27 What I tell you in darkness, [that] speak ye in light: and
 what ye hear in the ear, [that] preach ye upon the housetops.
10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to
 kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy
 both soul and body in hell.
10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them
 shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many
 sparrows.
10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will
 I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also
 deny before my Father which is in heaven.
10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came
 not to send peace, but a sword.
10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father,
 and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law
 against her mother in law.
10:36 And a man's foes [shall be] they of his own household.
10:37 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.
10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me,
 is not worthy of me.
10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth
 his life for my sake shall find it.
10:40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth
 me receiveth him that sent me.
10:41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall
 receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous
 man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous
 man's reward.
10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little
 ones a cup of cold [water] only in the name of a disciple,
 verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.11. Chapter 11 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. MATTHEW

11:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of
 commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach
 and to preach in their cities.
11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ,
 he sent two of his disciples,
11:3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we
 look for another?
11:4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again
 those things which ye do hear and see:
11:5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the
 lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up,
 and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
11:6 And blessed is [he], whosoever shall not be offended in me.
11:7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the
 multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the
 wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
11:8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft
 raiment? behold, they that wear soft [clothing] are in kings'
 houses.
11:9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto
 you, and more than a prophet.
11:10 For this is [he], of whom it is written, Behold, I send my
 messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before
 thee.
11:11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women
 there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist:
 notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is
 greater than he.
11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the
 kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it
 by force.
11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.
11:14 And if ye will receive [it], this is Elias, which was for
 to come.
11:15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
11:16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like
 unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
11:17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not
 danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,
 He hath a devil.
11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say,
 Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of
 publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.
11:20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his
 mighty works were done, because they repented not:
11:21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if
 the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre
 and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and
 ashes.
11:22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre
 and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
11:23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt
 be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have
 been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have
 remained until this day.
11:24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for
 the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O
 Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these
 things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto
 babes.
11:26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
11:27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man
 knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the
 Father, save the Son, and [he] to whomsoever the Son will
 reveal [him].
11:28 Come unto me, all [ye] that labour and are heavy laden,
 and I will give you rest.
11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and
 lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
11:30 For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden is light.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.12. Chapter 12 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. MATTHEW

12:1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the
 corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the
 ears of corn, and to eat.
12:2 But when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto him,
 Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon
 the sabbath day.
12:3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did,
 when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
12:4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the
 shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for
 them which were with him, but only for the priests?
12:5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath
 days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are
 blameless?
12:6 But I say unto you, That in this place is [one] greater
 than the temple.
12:7 But if ye had known what [this] meaneth, I will have mercy,
 and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
12:9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their
 synagogue:
12:10 And, behold, there was a man which had [his] hand
 withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on
 the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
12:11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you,
 that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the
 sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift [it] out?
12:12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it
 is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
12:13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he
 stretched [it] forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
12:14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against
 him, how they might destroy him.
12:15 But when Jesus knew [it], he withdrew himself from thence:
 and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;
12:16 And charged them that they should not make him known:
12:17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the
 prophet, saying,
12:18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in
 whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and
 he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
12:19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear
 his voice in the streets.
12:20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall
 he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
12:21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
12:22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil,
 blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and
 dumb both spake and saw.
12:23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the
 son of David?
12:24 But when the Pharisees heard [it], they said, This
 [fellow] doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince
 of the devils.
12:25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every
 kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and
 every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
12:26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against
 himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
12:27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your
 children cast [them] out? therefore they shall be your judges.
12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the
 kingdom of God is come unto you.
12:29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and
 spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then
 he will spoil his house.
12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that
 gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
12:31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy
 shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy [against] the
 [Holy] Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
12:32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it
 shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy
 Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world,
 neither in the [world] to come.
12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else
 make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is
 known by [his] fruit.
12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good
 things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
12:35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth
 forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure
 bringeth forth evil things.
12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall
 speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words
 thou shalt be condemned.
12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered,
 saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous
 generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be
 given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the
 whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three
 nights in the heart of the earth.
12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this
 generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the
 preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas [is] here.
12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with
 this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the
 uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon;
 and, behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here.
12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh
 through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
12:44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I
 came out; and when he is come, he findeth [it] empty, swept,
 and garnished.
12:45 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. Even
 so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
12:46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, [his] mother
 and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
12:47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy
 brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
12:48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my
 mother? and who are my brethren?
12:49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and
 said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
12:50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in
 heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.13. Chapter 13 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MATTHEW

13:1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the
 sea side.
13:2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so
 that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude
 stood on the shore.
13:3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying,
 Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
13:4 And when he sowed, some [seeds] fell by the way side, and
 the fowls came and devoured them up:
13:5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth:
 and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of
 earth:
13:6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because
 they had no root, they withered away.
13:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and
 choked them:
13:8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit,
 some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
13:9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest
 thou unto them in parables?
13:11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto
 you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them
 it is not given.
13:12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall
 have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be
 taken away even that he hath.
13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing
 see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
13:14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which
 saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and
 seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
13:15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and [their] ears
 are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at
 any time they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with
 [their] ears, and should understand with [their] heart, and
 should be converted, and I should heal them.
13:16 But blessed [are] your eyes, for they see: and your ears,
 for they hear.
13:17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and
 righteous [men] have desired to see [those things] which ye
 see, and have not seen [them]; and to hear [those things] which
 ye hear, and have not heard [them].
13:18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and
 understandeth [it] not, then cometh the wicked [one], and
 catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he
 which received seed by the way side.
13:20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same
 is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
13:21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while:
 for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the
 word, by and by he is offended.
13:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that
 heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the
 deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh
 unfruitful.
13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that
 heareth the word, and understandeth [it]; which also beareth
 fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty,
 some thirty.
13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The
 kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed
 in his field:
13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares
 among the wheat, and went his way.
13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit,
 then appeared the tares also.
13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him,
 Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence
 then hath it tares?
13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants
 said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
13:29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye
 root up also the wheat with them.
13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time
 of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first
 the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather
 the wheat into my barn.
13:31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The
 kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a
 man took, and sowed in his field:
13:32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is
 grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so
 that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven
 is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three
 measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
13:34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in
 parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the
 prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter
 things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the
 world.
13:36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the
 house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us
 the parable of the tares of the field.
13:37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good
 seed is the Son of man;
13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of
 the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked [one];
13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the
 end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the
 fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall
 gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them
 which do iniquity;
13:42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be
 wailing and gnashing of teeth.
13:43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the
 kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a
 field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy
 thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man,
 seeking goodly pearls:
13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and
 sold all that he had, and bought it.
13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was
 cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
13:48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down,
 and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall
 come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
13:50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall
 be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
13:51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these
 things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
13:52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe [which is]
 instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man [that
 is] an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure
 [things] new and old.
13:53 And it came to pass, [that] when Jesus had finished these
 parables, he departed thence.
13:54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them
 in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and
 said, Whence hath this [man] this wisdom, and [these] mighty
 works?
13:55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called
 Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
13:56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then
 hath this [man] all these things?
13:57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A
 prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in
 his own house.
13:58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their
 unbelief.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.14. Chapter 14 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. MATTHEW

14:1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
14:2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is
 risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth
 themselves in him.
14:3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put
 [him] in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
14:4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
14:5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the
 multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.
14:6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of
 Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
14:7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever
 she would ask.
14:8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give
 me here John Baptist's head in a charger.
14:9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake,
 and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded [it] to be
 given [her].
14:10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
14:11 And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the
 damsel: and she brought [it] to her mother.
14:12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried
 it, and went and told Jesus.
14:13 When Jesus heard [of it], he departed thence by ship into
 a desert place apart: and when the people had heard [thereof],
 they followed him on foot out of the cities.
14:14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was
 moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
14:15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him,
 saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send
 the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy
 themselves victuals.
14:16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye
 them to eat.
14:17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and
 two fishes.
14:18 He said, Bring them hither to me.
14:19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass,
 and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to
 heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to [his]
 disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
14:20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of
 the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
14:21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men,
 beside women and children.
14:22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get
 into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he
 sent the multitudes away.
14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into
 a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was
 there alone.
14:24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with
 waves: for the wind was contrary.
14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them,
 walking on the sea.
14:26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they
 were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
14:27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good
 cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid
 me come unto thee on the water.
14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of
 the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and
 beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth [his] hand, and
 caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith,
 wherefore didst thou doubt?
14:32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him,
 saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
14:34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of
 Gennesaret.
14:35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they
 sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto
 him all that were diseased;
14:36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his
 garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.15. Chapter 15 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MATTHEW

15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of
 Jerusalem, saying,
15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the
 elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also
 transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
15:4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother:
 and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to [his] father or [his]
 mother, [It is] a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited
 by me;
15:6 And honour not his father or his mother, [he shall be
 free]. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect
 by your tradition.
15:7 [Ye] hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and
 honoureth me with [their] lips; but their heart is far from me.
15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching [for] doctrines
 the commandments of men.
15:10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and
 understand:
15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but
 that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
15:12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou
 that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
15:13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly
 Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if
 the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15:15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us
 this parable.
15:16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding?
15:17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at
 the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
15:18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth
 from the heart; and they defile the man.
15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders,
 adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
15:20 These are [the things] which defile a man: but to eat with
 unwashen hands defileth not a man.
15:21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of
 Tyre and Sidon.
15:22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same
 coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord,
 [thou] Son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
15:23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and
 besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost
 sheep of the house of Israel.
15:25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.
15:26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the
 children's bread, and to cast [it] to dogs.
15:27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs
 which fall from their masters' table.
15:28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great [is]
 thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter
 was made whole from that very hour.
15:29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea
 of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
15:30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them
 [those that were] lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others,
 and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:
15:31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the
 dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and
 the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples [unto him], and said, I
 have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me
 now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send
 them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
15:33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so
 much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
15:34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And
 they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
15:35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
15:36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave
 thanks, and brake [them], and gave to his disciples, and the
 disciples to the multitude.
15:37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of
 the broken [meat] that was left seven baskets full.
15:38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women
 and children.
15:39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came
 into the coasts of Magdala.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.16. Chapter 16 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MATTHEW

16:1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting
 desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
16:2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say,
 [It will be] fair weather: for the sky is red.
16:3 And in the morning, [It will be] foul weather to day: for
 the sky is red and lowring. O [ye] hypocrites, ye can discern
 the face of the sky; but can ye not [discern] the signs of the
 times?
16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign;
 and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the
 prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
16:5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they
 had forgotten to take bread.
16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the
 leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
16:7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, [It is] because
 we have taken no bread.
16:8 [Which] when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of
 little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have
 brought no bread?
16:9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves
 of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
16:10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how
 many baskets ye took up?
16:11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake [it] not
 to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of
 the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
16:12 Then understood they how that he bade [them] not beware of
 the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and
 of the Sadducees.
16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he
 asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of
 man am?
16:14 And they said, Some [say that thou art] John the Baptist:
 some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ,
 the Son of the living God.
16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou,
 Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed [it] unto
 thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon
 this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall
 not prevail against it.
16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of
 heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound
 in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be
 loosed in heaven.
16:20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man
 that he was Jesus the Christ.
16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his
 disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many
 things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be
 killed, and be raised again the third day.
16:22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be
 it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me,
 Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the
 things that be of God, but those that be of men.
16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come
 after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and
 follow me.
16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and
 whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole
 world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in
 exchange for his soul?
16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father
 with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according
 to his works.
16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which
 shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming
 in his kingdom.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.17. Chapter 17 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

               ST. MATTHEW

17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his
 brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
17:2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as
 the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
17:3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias
 talking with him.
17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good
 for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three
 tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed
 them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is
 my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
17:6 And when the disciples heard [it], they fell on their face,
 and were sore afraid.
17:7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be
 not afraid.
17:8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man,
 save Jesus only.
17:9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged
 them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man
 be risen again from the dead.
17:10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the
 scribes that Elias must first come?
17:11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall
 first come, and restore all things.
17:12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they
 knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed.
 Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
17:13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of
 John the Baptist.
17:14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to
 him a [certain] man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
17:15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore
 vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not
 cure him.
17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse
 generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I
 suffer you? bring him hither to me.
17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him:
 and the child was cured from that very hour.
17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why
 could not we cast him out?
17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for
 verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard
 seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder
 place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible
 unto you.
17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
17:22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The
 Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
17:23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be
 raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
17:24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received
 tribute [money] came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master
 pay tribute?
17:25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus
 prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do
 the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own
 children, or of strangers?
17:26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him,
 Then are the children free.
17:27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to
 the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first
 cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find
 a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.18. Chapter 18 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MATTHEW

18:1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who
 is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
18:2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in
 the midst of them,
18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted,
 and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the
 kingdom of heaven.
18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little
 child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
18:5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name
 receiveth me.
18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which
 believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were
 hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth
 of the sea.
18:7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs
 be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence
 cometh!
18:8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them
 off, and cast [them] from thee: it is better for thee to enter
 into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two
 feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast [it]
 from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one
 eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones;
 for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always
 behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
18:11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
18:12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of
 them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and
 goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
18:13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he
 rejoiceth more of that [sheep], than of the ninety and nine
 which went not astray.
18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in
 heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go
 and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall
 hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
18:16 But if he will not hear [thee, then] take with thee one or
 two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every
 word may be established.
18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell [it] unto the
 church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto
 thee as an heathen man and a publican.
18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth
 shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on
 earth shall be loosed in heaven.
18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on
 earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be
 done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name,
 there am I in the midst of them.
18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my
 brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
18:22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven
 times: but, Until seventy times seven.
18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain
 king, which would take account of his servants.
18:24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him,
 which owed him ten thousand talents.
18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him
 to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had,
 and payment to be made.
18:26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him,
 saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
18:27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion,
 and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
18:28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his
 fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid
 hands on him, and took [him] by the throat, saying, Pay me that
 thou owest.
18:29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought
 him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
18:30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till
 he should pay the debt.
18:31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were
 very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
18:32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto
 him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt,
 because thou desiredst me:
18:33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy
 fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
18:34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the
 tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
18:35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if
 ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their
 trespasses.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.19. Chapter 19 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MATTHEW

19:1 And it came to pass, [that] when Jesus had finished these
 sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of
 Judaea beyond Jordan;
19:2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
19:3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying
 unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every
 cause?
19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that
 he which made [them] at the beginning made them male and
 female,
19:5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother,
 and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
19:6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What
 therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a
 writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
19:8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your
 hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the
 beginning it was not so.
19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife,
 except [it be] for fornication, and shall marry another,
 committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away
 doth commit adultery.
19:10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so
 with [his] wife, it is not good to marry.
19:11 But he said unto them, All [men] cannot receive this
 saying, save [they] to whom it is given.
19:12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from
 [their] mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were
 made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made
 themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is
 able to receive [it], let him receive [it].
19:13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he
 should put [his] hands on them, and pray: and the disciples
 rebuked them.
19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them
 not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
19:15 And he laid [his] hands on them, and departed thence.
19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what
 good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is]
 none good but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into
 life, keep the commandments.
19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no
 murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal,
 Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19:19 Honour thy father and [thy] mother: and, Thou shalt love
 thy neighbour as thyself.
19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept
 from my youth up: what lack I yet?
19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go [and]
 sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have
 treasure in heaven: and come [and] follow me.
19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away
 sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you,
 That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go
 through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into
 the kingdom of God.
19:25 When his disciples heard [it], they were exceedingly
 amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
19:26 But Jesus beheld [them], and said unto them, With men this
 is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
19:27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have
 forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye
 which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man
 shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon
 twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or
 sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands,
 for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall
 inherit everlasting life.
19:30 But many [that are] first shall be last; and the last
 [shall be] first.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.20. Chapter 20 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MATTHEW

20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man [that is] an
 householder, which went out early in the morning to hire
 labourers into his vineyard.
20:2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a
 day, he sent them into his vineyard.
20:3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others
 standing idle in the marketplace,
20:4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and
 whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did
 likewise.
20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others
 standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the
 day idle?
20:7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith
 unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is
 right, [that] shall ye receive.
20:8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto
 his steward, Call the labourers, and give them [their] hire,
 beginning from the last unto the first.
20:9 And when they came that [were hired] about the eleventh
 hour, they received every man a penny.
20:10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should
 have received more; and they likewise received every man a
 penny.
20:11 And when they had received [it], they murmured against the
 goodman of the house,
20:12 Saying, These last have wrought [but] one hour, and thou
 hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and
 heat of the day.
20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee
 no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
20:14 Take [that] thine [is], and go thy way: I will give unto
 this last, even as unto thee.
20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?
 Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many
 be called, but few chosen.
20:17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples
 apart in the way, and said unto them,
20:18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be
 betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they
 shall condemn him to death,
20:19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to
 scourge, and to crucify [him]: and the third day he shall rise
 again.
20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her
 sons, worshipping [him], and desiring a certain thing of him.
20:21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him,
 Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right
 hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
20:22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are
 ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be
 baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say
 unto him, We are able.
20:23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup,
 and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but
 to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give,
 but [it shall be given to them] for whom it is prepared of my
 Father.
20:24 And when the ten heard [it], they were moved with
 indignation against the two brethren.
20:25 But Jesus called them [unto him], and said, Ye know that
 the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and
 they that are great exercise authority upon them.
20:26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be
 great among you, let him be your minister;
20:27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your
 servant:
20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but
 to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
20:29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude
 followed him.
20:30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when
 they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy
 on us, O Lord, [thou] Son of David.
20:31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold
 their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us,
 O Lord, [thou] Son of David.
20:32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What
 will ye that I shall do unto you?
20:33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
20:34 So Jesus had compassion [on them], and touched their eyes:
 and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.21. Chapter 21 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

               ST. MATTHEW

21:1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to
 Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two
 disciples,
21:2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and
 straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her:
 loose [them], and bring [them] unto me.
21:3 And if any [man] say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord
 hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
21:4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was
 spoken by the prophet, saying,
21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto
 thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an
 ass.
21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
21:7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their
 clothes, and they set [him] thereon.
21:8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the
 way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed
 [them] in the way.
21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed,
 cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed [is] he
 that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
21:10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was
 moved, saying, Who is this?
21:11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of
 Nazareth of Galilee.
21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all
 them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the
 tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold
 doves,
21:13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be
 called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
21:14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and
 he healed them.
21:15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful
 things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and
 saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased,
21:16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus
 saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of
 babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
21:17 And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany;
 and he lodged there.
21:18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he
 hungered.
21:19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and
 found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let
 no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the
 fig tree withered away.
21:20 And when the disciples saw [it], they marvelled, saying,
 How soon is the fig tree withered away!
21:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you,
 If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this
 [which is done] to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto
 this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea;
 it shall be done.
21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer,
 believing, ye shall receive.
21:23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests
 and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching,
 and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who
 gave thee this authority?
21:24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you
 one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by
 what authority I do these things.
21:25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of
 men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall
 say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then
 believe him?
21:26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all
 hold John as a prophet.
21:27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he
 said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these
 things.
21:28 But what think ye? A [certain] man had two sons; and he
 came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my
 vineyard.
21:29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he
 repented, and went.
21:30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he
 answered and said, I [go], sir: and went not.
21:31 Whether of them twain did the will of [his] father? They
 say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say
 unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the
 kingdom of God before you.
21:32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye
 believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed
 him: and ye, when ye had seen [it], repented not afterward,
 that ye might believe him.
21:33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder,
 which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged
 a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to
 husbandmen, and went into a far country:
21:34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his
 servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits
 of it.
21:35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and
 killed another, and stoned another.
21:36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and
 they did unto them likewise.
21:37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They
 will reverence my son.
21:38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among
 themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us
 seize on his inheritance.
21:39 And they caught him, and cast [him] out of the vineyard,
 and slew [him].
21:40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will
 he do unto those husbandmen?
21:41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked
 men, and will let out [his] vineyard unto other husbandmen,
 which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the
 scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is
 become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it
 is marvellous in our eyes?
21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be
 taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits
 thereof.
21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken:
 but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
21:45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his
 parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
21:46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the
 multitude, because they took him for a prophet.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.22. Chapter 22 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ST. MATTHEW

22:1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables,
 and said,
22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which
 made a marriage for his son,
22:3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden
 to the wedding: and they would not come.
22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them
 which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen
 and [my] fatlings [are] killed, and all things [are] ready:
 come unto the marriage.
22:5 But they made light of [it], and went their ways, one to
 his farm, another to his merchandise:
22:6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated [them]
 spitefully, and slew [them].
22:7 But when the king heard [thereof], he was wroth: and he
 sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and
 burned up their city.
22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but
 they which were bidden were not worthy.
22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall
 find, bid to the marriage.
22:10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered
 together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the
 wedding was furnished with guests.
22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there
 a man which had not on a wedding garment:
22:12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither
 not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and
 foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness;
 there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
22:14 For many are called, but few [are] chosen.
22:15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might
 entangle him in [his] talk.
22:16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the
 Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and
 teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any
 [man]: for thou regardest not the person of men.
22:17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to
 give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt
 ye me, [ye] hypocrites?
22:19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a
 penny.
22:20 And he saith unto them, Whose [is] this image and
 superscription?
22:21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them,
 Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and
 unto God the things that are God's.
22:22 When they had heard [these words], they marvelled, and
 left him, and went their way.
22:23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that
 there is no resurrection, and asked him,
22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no
 children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed
 unto his brother.
22:25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when
 he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his
 wife unto his brother:
22:26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
22:27 And last of all the woman died also.
22:28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of
 the seven? for they all had her.
22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing
 the scriptures, nor the power of God.
22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given
 in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
22:31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not
 read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
22:32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God
 of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
22:33 And when the multitude heard [this], they were astonished
 at his doctrine.
22:34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the
 Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
22:35 Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a
 question], tempting him, and saying,
22:36 Master, which [is] the great commandment in the law?
22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with
 all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
22:39 And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy
 neighbour as thyself.
22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the
 prophets.
22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked
 them,
22:42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say
 unto him, [The Son] of David.
22:43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him
 Lord, saying,
22:44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
 till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
22:45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
22:46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst
 any [man] from that day forth ask him any more [questions].


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.23. Chapter 23 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MATTHEW

23:1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
23:2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
23:3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, [that]
 observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say,
 and do not.
23:4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and
 lay [them] on men's shoulders; but they [themselves] will not
 move them with one of their fingers.
23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they
 make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their
 garments,
23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats
 in the synagogues,
23:7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men,
 Rabbi, Rabbi.
23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, [even]
 Christ; and all ye are brethren.
23:9 And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is
 your Father, which is in heaven.
23:10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master,
 [even] Christ.
23:11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he
 that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for
 ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go
 in [yourselves], neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
 devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer:
 therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
 compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is
 made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than
 yourselves.
23:16 Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides, which say, Whosoever
 shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall
 swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
23:17 [Ye] fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or
 the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
23:18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing;
 but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
23:19 [Ye] fools and blind: for whether [is] greater, the gift,
 or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
23:20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it,
 and by all things thereon.
23:21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and
 by him that dwelleth therein.
23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne
 of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
 pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the
 weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith:
 these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
23:24 [Ye] blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a
 camel.
23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
 make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but
 within they are full of extortion and excess.
23:26 [Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is]
 within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be
 clean also.
23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
 are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful
 outward, but are within full of dead [men's] bones, and of all
 uncleanness.
23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but
 within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because
 ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres
 of the righteous,
23:30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we
 would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the
 prophets.
23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the
 children of them which killed the prophets.
23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
23:33 [Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye
 escape the damnation of hell?
23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men,
 and scribes: and [some] of them ye shall kill and crucify; and
 [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and
 persecute [them] from city to city:
23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon
 the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of
 Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple
 and the altar.
23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon
 this generation.
23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets,
 and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I
 have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth
 her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!
23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
23:39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till
 ye shall say, Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the
 Lord.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.24. Chapter 24 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MATTHEW

24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his
 disciples came to [him] for to shew him the buildings of the
 temple.
24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things?
 verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone
 upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came
 unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things
 be? and what [shall be] the sign of thy coming, and of the end
 of the world?
24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no
 man deceive you.
24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and
 shall deceive many.
24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye
 be not troubled: for all [these things] must come to pass, but
 the end is not yet.
24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
 kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and
 earthquakes, in divers places.
24:8 All these [are] the beginning of sorrows.
24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall
 kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one
 another, and shall hate one another.
24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall
 wax cold.
24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be
 saved.
24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the
 world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation,
 spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,
 (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any
 thing out of his house:
24:18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take
 his clothes.
24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that
 give suck in those days!
24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither
 on the sabbath day:
24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since
 the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no
 flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be
 shortened.
24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here [is] Christ,
 or there; believe [it] not.
24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets,
 and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it
 were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
24:25 Behold, I have told you before.
24:26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the
 desert; go not forth: behold, [he is] in the secret chambers;
 believe [it] not.
24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth
 even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man
 be.
24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be
 gathered together.
24:29 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:
24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in
 heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and
 they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven
 with power and great glory.
24:31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a
 trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four
 winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is
 yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer [is]
 nigh:
24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know
 that it is near, [even] at the doors.
24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass,
 till all these things be fulfilled.
24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not
 pass away.
24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no [man], no, not the
 angels of heaven, but my Father only.
24:37 But as the days of Noe [were], so shall also the coming of
 the Son of man be.
24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were
 eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the
 day that Noe entered into the ark,
24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away;
 so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,
 and the other left.
24:41 Two [women shall be] grinding at the mill; the one shall
 be taken, and the other left.
24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth
 come.
24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known
 in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and
 would not have suffered his house to be broken up.
24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye
 think not the Son of man cometh.
24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord
 hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due
 season?
24:46 Blessed [is] that servant, whom his lord when he cometh
 shall find so doing.
24:47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over
 all his goods.
24:48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My
 lord delayeth his coming;
24:49 And shall begin to smite [his] fellowservants, and to eat
 and drink with the drunken;
24:50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he
 looketh not for [him], and in an hour that he is not aware of,
24:51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint [him] his portion
 with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of
 teeth.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.25. Chapter 25 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MATTHEW

25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten
 virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the
 bridegroom.
25:2 And five of them were wise, and five [were] foolish.
25:3 They that [were] foolish took their lamps, and took no oil
 with them:
25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the
 bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil;
 for our lamps are gone out.
25:9 But the wise answered, saying, [Not so]; lest there be not
 enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and
 buy for yourselves.
25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they
 that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door
 was shut.
25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord,
 open to us.
25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know
 you not.
25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour
 wherein the Son of man cometh.
25:14 For [the kingdom of heaven is] as a man travelling into a
 far country, [who] called his own servants, and delivered unto
 them his goods.
25:15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to
 another one; to every man according to his several ability; and
 straightway took his journey.
25:16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded
 with the same, and made [them] other five talents.
25:17 And likewise he that [had received] two, he also gained
 other two.
25:18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth,
 and hid his lord's money.
25:19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and
 reckoneth with them.
25:20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought
 other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five
 talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.
25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, [thou] good and
 faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I
 will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy
 of thy lord.
25:22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord,
 thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two
 other talents beside them.
25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful
 servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make
 thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said,
 Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou
 hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:
25:25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the
 earth: lo, [there] thou hast [that is] thine.
25:26 His lord answered and said unto him, [Thou] wicked and
 slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not,
 and gather where I have not strawed:
25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the
 exchangers, and [then] at my coming I should have received mine
 own with usury.
25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give [it] unto him
 which hath ten talents.
25:29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall
 have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away
 even that which he hath.
25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness:
 there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the
 holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his
 glory:
25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall
 separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth [his]
 sheep from the goats:
25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the
 goats on the left.
25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come,
 ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
 from the foundation of the world:
25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty,
 and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I
 was in prison, and ye came unto me.
25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when
 saw we thee an hungred, and fed [thee]? or thirsty, and gave
 [thee] drink?
25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took [thee] in? or naked,
 and clothed [thee]?
25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto
 thee?
25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say
 unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least
 of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.
25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart
 from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the
 devil and his angels:
25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was
 thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye
 clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw
 we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick,
 or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
25:45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you,
 Inasmuch as ye did [it] not to one of the least of these, ye
 did [it] not to me.
25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but
 the righteous into life eternal.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.26. Chapter 26 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MATTHEW

26:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these
 sayings, he said unto his disciples,
26:2 Ye know that after two days is [the feast of] the passover,
 and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
26:3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes,
 and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high
 priest, who was called Caiaphas,
26:4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and
 kill [him].
26:5 But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an
 uproar among the people.
26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the
 leper,
26:7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very
 precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat [at
 meat].
26:8 But when his disciples saw [it], they had indignation,
 saying, To what purpose [is] this waste?
26:9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given
 to the poor.
26:10 When Jesus understood [it], he said unto them, Why trouble
 ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
26:11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not
 always.
26:12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she
 did [it] for my burial.
26:13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be
 preached in the whole world, [there] shall also this, that this
 woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
26:14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto
 the chief priests,
26:15 And said [unto them], What will ye give me, and I will
 deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty
 pieces of silver.
26:16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
26:17 Now the first [day] of the [feast of] unleavened bread the
 disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that
 we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
26:18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto
 him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the
 passover at thy house with my disciples.
26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and
 they made ready the passover.
26:20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.
26:21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that
 one of you shall betray me.
26:22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of
 them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?
26:23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth [his] hand with
 me in the dish, the same shall betray me.
26:24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto
 that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good
 for that man if he had not been born.
26:25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master,
 is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed
 [it], and brake [it], and gave [it] to the disciples, and said,
 Take, eat; this is my body.
26:27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave [it] to
 them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed
 for many for the remission of sins.
26:29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this
 fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you
 in my Father's kingdom.
26:30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the
 mount of Olives.
26:31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended
 because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the
 shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
26:32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into
 Galilee.
26:33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all [men] shall
 be offended because of thee, [yet] will I never be offended.
26:34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this
 night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
26:35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet
 will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
26:36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called
 Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I
 go and pray yonder.
26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee,
 and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
26:38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful,
 even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
26:39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and
 prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup
 pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou [wilt].
26:40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep,
 and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one
 hour?
26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the
 spirit indeed [is] willing, but the flesh [is] weak.
26:42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O
 my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I
 drink it, thy will be done.
26:43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes
 were heavy.
26:44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the
 third time, saying the same words.
26:45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them,
 Sleep on now, and take [your] rest: behold, the hour is at
 hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
26:46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth
 betray me.
26:47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve,
 came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves,
 from the chief priests and elders of the people.
26:48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying,
 Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
26:49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master;
 and kissed him.
26:50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come?
 Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
26:51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched
 out [his] hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the
 high priest's, and smote off his ear.
26:52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his
 place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the
 sword.
26:53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he
 shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
26:54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus
 it must be?
26:55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye
 come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take
 me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no
 hold on me.
26:56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets
 might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and
 fled.
26:57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led [him] away to
 Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were
 assembled.
26:58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's
 palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
26:59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council,
 sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
26:60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came,
 [yet] found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,
26:61 And said, This [fellow] said, I am able to destroy the
 temple of God, and to build it in three days.
26:62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest
 thou nothing? what [is it which] these witness against thee?
26:63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and
 said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell
 us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
26:64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say
 unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the
 right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
26:65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath
 spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses?
 behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
26:66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of
 death.
26:67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and
 others smote [him] with the palms of their hands,
26:68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that
 smote thee?
26:69 Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came
 unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
26:70 But he denied before [them] all, saying, I know not what
 thou sayest.
26:71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another [maid]
 saw him, and said unto them that were there, This [fellow] was
 also with Jesus of Nazareth.
26:72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
26:73 And after a while came unto [him] they that stood by, and
 said to Peter, Surely thou also art [one] of them; for thy
 speech bewrayeth thee.
26:74 Then began he to curse and to swear, [saying], I know not
 the man. And immediately the cock crew.
26:75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto
 him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he
 went out, and wept bitterly.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.27. Chapter 27 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. MATTHEW

27:1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders
 of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
27:2 And when they had bound him, they led [him] away, and
 delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
27:3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he
 was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty
 pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
27:4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent
 blood. And they said, What [is that] to us? see thou [to that].
27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and
 departed, and went and hanged himself.
27:6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It
 is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is
 the price of blood.
27:7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's
 field, to bury strangers in.
27:8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto
 this day.
27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the
 prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the
 price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of
 Israel did value;
27:10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord
 appointed me.
27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor
 asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus
 said unto him, Thou sayest.
27:12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders,
 he answered nothing.
27:13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many
 things they witness against thee?
27:14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the
 governor marvelled greatly.
27:15 Now at [that] feast the governor was wont to release unto
 the people a prisoner, whom they would.
27:16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
27:17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said
 unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or
 Jesus which is called Christ?
27:18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
27:19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent
 unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man:
 for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of
 him.
27:20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude
 that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
27:21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the
 twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
27:22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus
 which is called Christ? [They] all say unto him, Let him be
 crucified.
27:23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But
 they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
27:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that]
 rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed [his] hands
 before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of
 this just person: see ye [to it].
27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on
 us, and on our children.
27:26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had
 scourged Jesus, he delivered [him] to be crucified.
27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the
 common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band [of
 soldiers].
27:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
27:29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put [it]
 upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the
 knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the
 Jews!
27:30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him
 on the head.
27:31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off
 from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to
 crucify [him].
27:32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by
 name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
27:33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that
 is to say, a place of a skull,
27:34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when
 he had tasted [thereof], he would not drink.
27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting
 lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the
 prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my
 vesture did they cast lots.
27:36 And sitting down they watched him there;
27:37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS
 JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27:38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the
 right hand, and another on the left.
27:39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
27:40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest
 [it] in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God,
 come down from the cross.
27:41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking [him], with the
 scribes and elders, said,
27:42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King
 of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will
 believe him.
27:43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will
 have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.
27:44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the
 same in his teeth.
27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the
 land unto the ninth hour.
27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice,
 saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my
 God, why hast thou forsaken me?
27:47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that],
 said, This [man] calleth for Elias.
27:48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and
 filled [it] with vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave him
 to drink.
27:49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come
 to save him.
27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded
 up the ghost.
27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from
 the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks
 rent;
27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints
 which slept arose,
27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and
 went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him,
 watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were
 done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
27:55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which
 followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
27:56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of
 James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.
27:57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of
 Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
27:58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then
 Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.
27:59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a
 clean linen cloth,
27:60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in
 the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the
 sepulchre, and departed.
27:61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting
 over against the sepulchre.
27:62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the
 preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto
 Pilate,
27:63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he
 was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
27:64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until
 the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him
 away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so
 the last error shall be worse than the first.
27:65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make
 [it] as sure as ye can.
27:66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the
 stone, and setting a watch.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.28. Chapter 28 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MATTHEW

28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the
 first [day] of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary
 to see the sepulchre.
28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of
 the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the
 stone from the door, and sat upon it.
28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white
 as snow:
28:4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as
 dead [men].
28:5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not
 ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the
 place where the Lord lay.
28:7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen
 from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee;
 there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
28:8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and
 great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.
28:9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met
 them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet,
 and worshipped him.
28:10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my
 brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
28:11 Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came
 into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things
 that were done.
28:12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had
 taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,
28:13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him
 [away] while we slept.
28:14 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade
 him, and secure you.
28:15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and
 this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a
 mountain where Jesus had appointed them.
28:17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some
 doubted.
28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is
 given unto me in heaven and in earth.
28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in
 the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have
 commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the
 end of the world. Amen.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. St. Mark ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1. Chapter  1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

               ST. MARK

1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
1:2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my
 messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before
 thee.
1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the
 way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
1:4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism
 of repentance for the remission of sins.
1:5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they
 of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of
 Jordan, confessing their sins.
1:6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of
 a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;
1:7 And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after
 me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down
 and unloose.
1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize
 you with the Holy Ghost.
1:9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from
 Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
1:10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the
 heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
1:11 And there came a voice from heaven, [saying], Thou art my
 beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
1:12 And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.
1:13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of
 Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered
 unto him.
1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into
 Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God
 is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
1:16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and
 Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were
 fishers.
1:17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make
 you to become fishers of men.
1:18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.
1:19 And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James
 the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in
 the ship mending their nets.
1:20 And straightway he called them: and they left their father
 Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
1:21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the
 sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
1:22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught
 them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
1:23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean
 spirit; and he cried out,
1:24 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.
1:25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out
 of him.
1:26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a
 loud voice, he came out of him.
1:27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned
 among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine
 [is] this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean
 spirits, and they do obey him.
1:28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the
 region round about Galilee.
1:29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue,
 they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and
 John.
1:30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon
 they tell him of her.
1:31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up;
 and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.
1:32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him
 all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with
 devils.
1:33 And all the city was gathered together at the door.
1:34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and
 cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak,
 because they knew him.
1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he
 went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
1:36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.
1:37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All [men]
 seek for thee.
1:38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that
 I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.
1:39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee,
 and cast out devils.
1:40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling
 down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make
 me clean.
1:41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth [his] hand, and
 touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
1:42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy
 departed from him, and he was cleansed.
1:43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;
1:44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go
 thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy
 cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony
 unto them.
1:45 But he went out, and began to publish [it] much, and to
 blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more
 openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places:
 and they came to him from every quarter.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2. Chapter  2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MARK

2:1 And again he entered into Capernaum after [some] days; and
 it was noised that he was in the house.
2:2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that
 there was no room to receive [them], no, not so much as about
 the door: and he preached the word unto them.
2:3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy,
 which was borne of four.
2:4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press,
 they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken
 [it] up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the
 palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
2:6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and
 reasoning in their hearts,
2:7 Why doth this [man] thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive
 sins but God only?
2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they
 so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye
 these things in your hearts?
2:9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, [Thy]
 sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed,
 and walk?
2:10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on
 earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)
2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way
 into thine house.
2:12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth
 before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and
 glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
2:13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the
 multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
2:14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the [son] of Alphaeus
 sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me.
 And he arose and followed him.
2:15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his
 house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus
 and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.
2:16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with
 publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it
 that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
2:17 When Jesus heard [it], he saith unto them, They that are
 whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I
 came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
2:18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to
 fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of
 John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?
2:19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the
 bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long
 as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
2:20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken
 away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
2:21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment:
 else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old,
 and the rent is made worse.
2:22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new
 wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the
 bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new
 bottles.
2:23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields
 on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to
 pluck the ears of corn.
2:24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the
 sabbath day that which is not lawful?
2:25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did,
 when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were
 with him?
2:26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar
 the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful
 to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were
 with him?
2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and
 not man for the sabbath:
2:28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3. Chapter  3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MARK

3:1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man
 there which had a withered hand.
3:2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the
 sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
3:3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand
 forth.
3:4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the
 sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they
 held their peace.
3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being
 grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the
 man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched [it] out: and
 his hand was restored whole as the other.
3:6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel
 with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
3:7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea:
 and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea,
3:8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and [from] beyond
 Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when
 they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.
3:9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait
 on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.
3:10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him
 for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
3:11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before
 him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
3:12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him
 known.
3:13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth [unto him]
 whom he would: and they came unto him.
3:14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and
 that he might send them forth to preach,
3:15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
3:16 And Simon he surnamed Peter;
3:17 And James the [son] of Zebedee, and John the brother of
 James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of
 thunder:
3:18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and
 Thomas, and James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and
 Simon the Canaanite,
3:19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went
 into an house.
3:20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could
 not so much as eat bread.
3:21 And when his friends heard [of it], they went out to lay
 hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.
3:22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He
 hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out
 devils.
3:23 And he called them [unto him], and said unto them in
 parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
3:24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom
 cannot stand.
3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot
 stand.
3:26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he
 cannot stand, but hath an end.
3:27 No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his
 goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he
 will spoil his house.
3:28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the
 sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall
 blaspheme:
3:29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath
 never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
3:30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
3:31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing
 without, sent unto him, calling him.
3:32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him,
 Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee.
3:33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my
 brethren?
3:34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and
 said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
3:35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my
 brother, and my sister, and mother.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.4. Chapter  4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MARK

4:1 And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was
 gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a
 ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the
 sea on the land.
4:2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto
 them in his doctrine,
4:3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4:4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side,
 and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
4:5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth;
 and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
4:6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had
 no root, it withered away.
4:7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and
 choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
4:8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that
 sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and
 some sixty, and some an hundred.
4:9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
4:10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the
 twelve asked of him the parable.
4:11 And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the
 mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without,
 all [these] things are done in parables:
4:12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing
 they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should
 be converted, and [their] sins should be forgiven them.
4:13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how
 then will ye know all parables?
4:14 The sower soweth the word.
4:15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown;
 but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh
 away the word that was sown in their hearts.
4:16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground;
 who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with
 gladness;
4:17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a
 time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the
 word's sake, immediately they are offended.
4:18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as
 hear the word,
4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of
 riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the
 word, and it becometh unfruitful.
4:20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as
 hear the word, and receive [it], and bring forth fruit, some
 thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
4:21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under
 a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
4:22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested;
 neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
4:23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
4:24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what
 measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that
 hear shall more be given.
4:25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath
 not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
4:26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should
 cast seed into the ground;
4:27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed
 should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
4:28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the
 blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
4:29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth
 in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
4:30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God?
 or with what comparison shall we compare it?
4:31 [It is] like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is
 sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
4:32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater
 than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the
 fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
4:33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as
 they were able to hear [it].
4:34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they
 were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
4:35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto
 them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
4:36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him
 even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other
 little ships.
4:37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat
 into the ship, so that it was now full.
4:38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a
 pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest
 thou not that we perish?
4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea,
 Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
4:40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it
 that ye have no faith?
4:41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What
 manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.5. Chapter  5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MARK

5:1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the
 country of the Gadarenes.
5:2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met
 him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
5:3 Who had [his] dwelling among the tombs; and no man could
 bind him, no, not with chains:
5:4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters and
 chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the
 fetters broken in pieces: neither could any [man] tame him.
5:5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in
 the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
5:6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
5:7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do
 with thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of the most high God? I adjure
 thee by God, that thou torment me not.
5:8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, [thou] unclean
 spirit.
5:9 And he asked him, What [is] thy name? And he answered,
 saying, My name [is] Legion: for we are many.
5:10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away
 out of the country.
5:11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of
 swine feeding.
5:12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the
 swine, that we may enter into them.
5:13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean
 spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran
 violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two
 thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
5:14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told [it] in the
 city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was
 that was done.
5:15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed
 with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his
 right mind: and they were afraid.
5:16 And they that saw [it] told them how it befell to him that
 was possessed with the devil, and [also] concerning the swine.
5:17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
5:18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had been
 possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
5:19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home
 to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath
 done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
5:20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how
 great things Jesus had done for him: and all [men] did marvel.
5:21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other
 side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the
 sea.
5:22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue,
 Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
5:23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth
 at the point of death: [I pray thee], come and lay thy hands on
 her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
5:24 And [Jesus] went with him; and much people followed him,
 and thronged him.
5:25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve
 years,
5:26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had
 spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather
 grew worse,
5:27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and
 touched his garment.
5:28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
5:29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and
 she felt in [her] body that she was healed of that plague.
5:30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had
 gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who
 touched my clothes?
5:31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude
 thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
5:32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
5:33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done
 in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
5:34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee
 whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
5:35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the
 synagogue's [house certain] which said, Thy daughter is dead:
 why troublest thou the Master any further?
5:36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith
 unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
5:37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and
 James, and John the brother of James.
5:38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue,
 and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
5:39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye
 this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
5:40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all
 out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and
 them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was
 lying.
5:41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her,
 Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto
 thee, arise.
5:42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was
 [of the age] of twelve years. And they were astonished with a
 great astonishment.
5:43 And he charged them straitly that no man should know it;
 and commanded that something should be given her to eat.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.6. Chapter  6 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ST. MARK

6:1 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country;
 and his disciples follow him.
6:2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the
 synagogue: and many hearing [him] were astonished, saying, From
 whence hath this [man] these things? and what wisdom [is] this
 which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are
 wrought by his hands?
6:3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of
 James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his
 sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
6:4 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour,
 but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own
 house.
6:5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his
 hands upon a few sick folk, and healed [them].
6:6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went
 round about the villages, teaching.
6:7 And he called [unto him] the twelve, and began to send them
 forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
6:8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for [their]
 journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in
 [their] purse:
6:9 But [be] shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
6:10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into
 an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.
6:11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye
 depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a
 testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more
 tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than
 for that city.
6:12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
6:13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many
 that were sick, and healed [them].
6:14 And king Herod heard [of him]; (for his name was spread
 abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the
 dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in
 him.
6:15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is
 a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
6:16 But when Herod heard [thereof], he said, It is John, whom I
 beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
6:17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John,
 and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother
 Philip's wife: for he had married her.
6:18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to
 have thy brother's wife.
6:19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would
 have killed him; but she could not:
6:20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and
 an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many
 things, and heard him gladly.
6:21 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his
 birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief
 [estates] of Galilee;
6:22 And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and
 danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king
 said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I
 will give [it] thee.
6:23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I
 will give [it] thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
6:24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I
 ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
6:25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and
 asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger
 the head of John the Baptist.
6:26 And the king was exceeding sorry; [yet] for his oath's sake,
 and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
6:27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded
 his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the
 prison,
6:28 And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the
 damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
6:29 And when his disciples heard [of it], they came and took up
 his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
6:30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus,
 and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they
 had taught.
6:31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a
 desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and
 going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
6:32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
6:33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and
 ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came
 together unto him.
6:34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was
 moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep
 not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
6:35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto
 him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time [is]
 far passed:
6:36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round
 about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for
 they have nothing to eat.
6:37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And
 they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth
 of bread, and give them to eat?
6:38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see.
 And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
6:39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies
 upon the green grass.
6:40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties.
6:41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes,
 he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and
 gave [them] to his disciples to set before them; and the two
 fishes divided he among them all.
6:42 And they did all eat, and were filled.
6:43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and
 of the fishes.
6:44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five
 thousand men.
6:45 And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into
 the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida,
 while he sent away the people.
6:46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a
 mountain to pray.
6:47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the
 sea, and he alone on the land.
6:48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was
 contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he
 cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed
 by them.
6:49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed
 it had been a spirit, and cried out:
6:50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he
 talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is
 I; be not afraid.
6:51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind
 ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure,
 and wondered.
6:52 For they considered not [the miracle] of the loaves: for
 their heart was hardened.
6:53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of
 Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
6:54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they
 knew him,
6:55 And ran through that whole region round about, and began to
 carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he
 was.
6:56 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or
 country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him
 that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment:
 and as many as touched him were made whole.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.7. Chapter  7 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MARK

7:1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of
 the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
7:2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with
 defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash
 [their] hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
7:4 And [when they come] from the market, except they wash, they
 eat not. And many other things there be, which they have
 received to hold, [as] the washing of cups, and pots, brasen
 vessels, and of tables.
7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy
 disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat
 bread with unwashen hands?
7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied
 of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me
 with [their] lips, but their heart is far from me.
7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching [for] doctrines
 the commandments of men.
7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the
 tradition of men, [as] the washing of pots and cups: and many
 other such like things ye do.
7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment
 of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
7:10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and,
 Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
7:11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, [It
 is] Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest
 be profited by me; [he shall be free].
7:12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his
 mother;
7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition,
 which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
7:14 And when he had called all the people [unto him], he said
 unto them, Hearken unto me every one [of you], and understand:
7:15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him
 can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are
 they that defile the man.
7:16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
7:17 And when he was entered into the house from the people, his
 disciples asked him concerning the parable.
7:18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding
 also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without
 entereth into the man, [it] cannot defile him;
7:19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly,
 and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
7:20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that
 defileth the man.
7:21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil
 thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
7:22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness,
 an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
7:23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
7:24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre
 and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man
 know [it]: but he could not be hid.
7:25 For a [certain] woman, whose young daughter had an unclean
 spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
7:26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she
 besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her
 daughter.
7:27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled:
 for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast
 [it] unto the dogs.
7:28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs
 under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
7:29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil
 is gone out of thy daughter.
7:30 And when she was come to her house, she found the devil
 gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
7:31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he
 came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts
 of Decapolis.
7:32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an
 impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand
 upon him.
7:33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his
 fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
7:34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him,
 Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
7:35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his
 tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
7:36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the
 more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they
 published [it];
7:37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done
 all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb
 to speak.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8. Chapter  8 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MARK

8:1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having
 nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples [unto him], and
 saith unto them,
8:2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now
 been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
8:3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they
 will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
8:4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man
 satisfy these [men] with bread here in the wilderness?
8:5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said,
 Seven.
8:6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and
 he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave
 to his disciples to set before [them]; and they did set [them]
 before the people.
8:7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and
 commanded to set them also before [them].
8:8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the
 broken [meat] that was left seven baskets.
8:9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he
 sent them away.
8:10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples,
 and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
8:11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with
 him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
8:12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth
 this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There
 shall no sign be given unto this generation.
8:13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed
 to the other side.
8:14 Now [the disciples] had forgotten to take bread, neither
 had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the
 leaven of the Pharisees, and [of] the leaven of Herod.
8:16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, [It is] because
 we have no bread.
8:17 And when Jesus knew [it], he saith unto them, Why reason
 ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither
 understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
8:18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and
 do ye not remember?
8:19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many
 baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
8:20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets
 full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
8:21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
8:22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto
 him, and besought him to touch him.
8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of
 the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands
 upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking.
8:25 After that he put [his] hands again upon his eyes, and made
 him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly.
8:26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into
 the town, nor tell [it] to any in the town.
8:27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of
 Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples,
 saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
8:28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some [say], Elias;
 and others, One of the prophets.
8:29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And
 Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
8:30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
8:31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer
 many things, and be rejected of the elders, and [of] the chief
 priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise
 again.
8:32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and
 began to rebuke him.
8:33 But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples,
 he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou
 savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be
 of men.
8:34 And when he had called the people [unto him] with his
 disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after
 me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
8:35 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but
 whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the
 same shall save it.
8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole
 world, and lose his own soul?
8:37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
8:38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words
 in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the
 Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his
 Father with the holy angels.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9. Chapter  9 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ST. MARK

9:1 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be
 some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death,
 till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
9:2 And after six days Jesus taketh [with him] Peter, and James,
 and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by
 themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
9:3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so
 as no fuller on earth can white them.
9:4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were
 talking with Jesus.
9:5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for
 us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee,
 and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
9:6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.
9:7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice
 came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
9:8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no
 man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.
9:9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them
 that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till
 the Son of man were risen from the dead.
9:10 And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one
 with another what the rising from the dead should mean.
9:11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias
 must first come?
9:12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first,
 and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of
 man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
9:13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they
 have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of
 him.
9:14 And when he came to [his] disciples, he saw a great
 multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
9:15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were
 greatly amazed, and running to [him] saluted him.
9:16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?
9:17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have
 brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
9:18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he
 foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I
 spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they
 could not.
9:19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how
 long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring
 him unto me.
9:20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him,
 straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and
 wallowed foaming.
9:21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came
 unto him? And he said, Of a child.
9:22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the
 waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have
 compassion on us, and help us.
9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things
 [are] possible to him that believeth.
9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said
 with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
9:25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he
 rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, [Thou] dumb and deaf
 spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into
 him.
9:26 And [the spirit] cried, and rent him sore, and came out of
 him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is
 dead.
9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he
 arose.
9:28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked
 him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
9:29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing,
 but by prayer and fasting.
9:30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and
 he would not that any man should know [it].
9:31 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 that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
9:32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask
 him.
9:33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked
 them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
9:34 But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed
 among themselves, who [should be] the greatest.
9:35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto
 them, If any man desire to be first, [the same] shall be last
 of all, and servant of all.
9:36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and
 when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,
9:37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name,
 receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me,
 but him that sent me.
9:38 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting
 out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad
 him, because he followeth not us.
9:39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which
 shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
9:40 For he that is not against us is on our part.
9:41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my
 name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he
 shall not lose his reward.
9:42 And whosoever shall offend one of [these] little ones that
 believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were
 hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for
 thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go
 into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
9:44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
9:45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for
 thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast
 into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
9:46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
9:47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better
 for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than
 having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
9:48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
9:49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every
 sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
9:50 Salt [is] good: but if the salt have lost his saltness,
 wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have
 peace one with another.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10. Chapter 10 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MARK

10:1 And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of
 Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort
 unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
10:2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful
 for a man to put away [his] wife? tempting him.
10:3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses
 command you?
10:4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of
 divorcement, and to put [her] away.
10:5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of
 your heart he wrote you this precept.
10:6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male
 and female.
10:7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and
 cleave to his wife;
10:8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more
 twain, but one flesh.
10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put
 asunder.
10:10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same
 [matter].
10:11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife,
 and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
10:12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married
 to another, she committeth adultery.
10:13 And they brought young children to him, that he should
 touch them: and [his] disciples rebuked those that brought [them].
10:14 But when Jesus saw [it], he was much displeased, and said
 unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and
 forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
10:15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the
 kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
10:16 And he took them up in his arms, put [his] hands upon
 them, and blessed them.
10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one
 running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what
 shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there
 is] none good but one, [that is], God.
10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery,
 Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not,
 Honour thy father and mother.
10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have
 I observed from my youth.
10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One
 thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and
 give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and
 come, take up the cross, and follow me.
10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for
 he had great possessions.
10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his
 disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into
 the kingdom of God!
10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus
 answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it
 for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
10:25 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.
10:26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among
 themselves, Who then can be saved?
10:27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men [it is]
 impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are
 possible.
10:28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all,
 and have followed thee.
10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There
 is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or
 father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake,
 and the gospel's,
10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time,
 houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children,
 and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal
 life.
10:31 But many [that are] first shall be last; and the last first.
10:32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus
 went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed,
 they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to
 tell them what things should happen unto him,
10:33 [Saying], Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of
 man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the
 scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver
 him to the Gentiles:
10:34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall
 spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall
 rise again.
10:35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him,
 saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us
 whatsoever we shall desire.
10:36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for
 you?
10:37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on
 thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.
10:38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye
 drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the
 baptism that I am baptized with?
10:39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them,
 Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the
 baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
10:40 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not
 mine to give; but [it shall be given to them] for whom it is
 prepared.
10:41 And when the ten heard [it], they began to be much
 displeased with James and John.
10:42 But Jesus called them [to him], and saith unto them, Ye
 know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles
 exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise
 authority upon them.
10:43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be
 great among you, shall be your minister:
10:44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be
 servant of all.
10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto,
 but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho
 with his disciples and a great number of people, blind
 Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side
 begging.
10:47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began
 to cry out, and say, Jesus, [thou] Son of David, have mercy on
 me.
10:48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he
 cried the more a great deal, [Thou] Son of David, have mercy on
 me.
10:49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And
 they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort,
 rise; he calleth thee.
10:50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus.
10:51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that
 I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that
 I might receive my sight.
10:52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made
 thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed
 Jesus in the way.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.11. Chapter 11 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. MARK

11:1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and
 Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his
 disciples,
11:2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over
 against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall
 find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring
 [him].
11:3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that
 the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him
 hither.
11:4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the
 door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.
11:5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What
 do ye, loosing the colt?
11:6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and
 they let them go.
11:7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments
 on him; and he sat upon him.
11:8 And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut
 down branches off the trees, and strawed [them] in the way.
11:9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried,
 saying, Hosanna; Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the
 Lord:
11:10 Blessed [be] the kingdom of our father David, that cometh
 in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
11:11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and
 when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the
 eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve.
11:12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he
 was hungry:
11:13 And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if
 haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it,
 he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not [yet].
11:14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of
 thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard [it].
11:15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the
 temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the
 temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the
 seats of them that sold doves;
11:16 And would not suffer that any man should carry [any]
 vessel through the temple.
11:17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My
 house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but
 ye have made it a den of thieves.
11:18 And the scribes and chief priests heard [it], and sought
 how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all
 the people was astonished at his doctrine.
11:19 And when even was come, he went out of the city.
11:20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig
 tree dried up from the roots.
11:21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master,
 behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away.
11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto
 this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea;
 and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those
 things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have
 whatsoever he saith.
11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire,
 when ye pray, believe that ye receive [them], and ye shall have
 [them].
11:25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought
 against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may
 forgive you your trespasses.
11:26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which
 is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
11:27 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in
 the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the
 scribes, and the elders,
11:28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these
 things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?
11:29 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of
 you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what
 authority I do these things.
11:30 The baptism of John, was [it] from heaven, or of men?
 answer me.
11:31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall
 say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
11:32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for
 all [men] counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.
11:33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And
 Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what
 authority I do these things.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.12. Chapter 12 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. MARK

12:1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A [certain]
 man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about [it], and digged
 [a place for] the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to
 husbandmen, and went into a far country.
12:2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that
 he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the
 vineyard.
12:3 And they caught [him], and beat him, and sent [him] away
 empty.
12:4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him
 they cast stones, and wounded [him] in the head, and sent [him]
 away shamefully handled.
12:5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many
 others; beating some, and killing some.
12:6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him
 also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
12:7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the
 heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
12:8 And they took him, and killed [him], and cast [him] out of
 the vineyard.
12:9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will
 come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard
 unto others.
12:10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the
 builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
12:11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
12:12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people:
 for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and
 they left him, and went their way.
12:13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the
 Herodians, to catch him in [his] words.
12:14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we
 know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou
 regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in
 truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
12:15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their
 hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny,
 that I may see [it].
12:16 And they brought [it]. And he saith unto them, Whose [is]
 this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
12:17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the
 things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.
 And they marvelled at him.
12:18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no
 resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
12:19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and
 leave [his] wife [behind him], and leave no children, that his
 brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
12:20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife,
 and dying left no seed.
12:21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any
 seed: and the third likewise.
12:22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the
 woman died also.
12:23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose
 wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.
12:24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore
 err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of
 God?
12:25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither
 marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which
 are in heaven.
12:26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read
 in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him,
 saying, I [am] the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and
 the God of Jacob?
12:27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living:
 ye therefore do greatly err.
12:28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them
 reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them
 well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments
 [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
12:30 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.
12:31 And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love
 thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment
 greater than these.
12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said
 the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he:
12:33 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 more than
 all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
12:34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said
 unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man
 after that durst ask him [any question].
12:35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the
 temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
12:36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to
 my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies
 thy footstool.
12:37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he
 [then] his son? And the common people heard him gladly.
12:38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the
 scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and [love]
 salutations in the marketplaces,
12:39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost
 rooms at feasts:
12:40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long
 prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
12:41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how
 the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were
 rich cast in much.
12:42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two
 mites, which make a farthing.
12:43 And he called [unto him] his disciples, and saith unto
 them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast
 more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
12:44 For all [they] did cast in of their abundance; but she of
 her want did cast in all that she had, [even] all her living.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.13. Chapter 13 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MARK

13:1 And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples
 saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what
 buildings [are here]!
13:2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great
 buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that
 shall not be thrown down.
13:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the
 temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him
 privately,
13:4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what [shall be]
 the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?
13:5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any
 [man] deceive you:
13:6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am [Christ]; and
 shall deceive many.
13:7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye
 not troubled: for [such things] must needs be; but the end
 [shall] not [be] yet.
13:8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
 kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and
 there shall be famines and troubles: these [are] the beginnings
 of sorrows.
13:9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up
 to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye
 shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a
 testimony against them.
13:10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
13:11 But when they shall lead [you], and deliver you up, take
 no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye
 premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour,
 that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.
13:12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the
 father the son; and children shall rise up against [their]
 parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
13:13 And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but
 he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
13:14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation,
 spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not,
 (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in
 Judaea flee to the mountains:
13:15 And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the
 house, neither enter [therein], to take any thing out of his house:
13:16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for
 to take up his garment.
13:17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give
 suck in those days!
13:18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
13:19 For [in] those days shall be affliction, such as was not
 from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this
 time, neither shall be.
13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no
 flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath
 chosen, he hath shortened the days.
13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here [is]
 Christ; or, lo, [he is] there; believe [him] not:
13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall
 shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if [it were] possible, even
 the elect.
13:23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall
 be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
13:25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that
 are in heaven shall be shaken.
13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the
 clouds with great power and glory.
13:27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather
 together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part
 of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is
 yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is
 near:
13:29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come
 to pass, know that it is nigh, [even] at the doors.
13:30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not
 pass, till all these things be done.
13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not
 pass away.
13:32 But of that day and [that] hour knoweth no man, no, not
 the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the
 Father.
13:33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the
 time is.
13:34 [For the Son of man is] as a man taking a far journey, who
 left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to
 every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.
13:35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the
 house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing,
 or in the morning:
13:36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
13:37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.14. Chapter 14 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ST. MARK

14:1 After two days was [the feast of] the passover, and of
 unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought
 how they might take him by craft, and put [him] to death.
14:2 But they said, Not on the feast [day], lest there be an
 uproar of the people.
14:3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he
 sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of
 ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and
 poured [it] on his head.
14:4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves,
 and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
14:5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred
 pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured
 against her.
14:6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath
 wrought a good work on me.
14:7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye
 will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to
 anoint my body to the burying.
14:9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be
 preached throughout the whole world, [this] also that she hath
 done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
14:10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief
 priests, to betray him unto them.
14:11 And when they heard [it], they were glad, and promised to
 give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray
 him.
14:12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed
 the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that
 we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
14:13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto
 them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man
 bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.
14:14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of
 the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I
 shall eat the passover with my disciples?
14:15 And he will shew you a large upper room furnished [and]
 prepared: there make ready for us.
14:16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and
 found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the
 passover.
14:17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
14:18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto
 you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
14:19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by
 one, [Is] it I? and another [said, Is] it I?
14:20 And he answered and said unto them, [It is] one of the
 twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish.
14:21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but
 woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were
 it for that man if he had never been born.
14:22 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and
 brake [it], and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my
 body.
14:23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave
 [it] to them: and they all drank of it.
14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new
 testament, which is shed for many.
14:25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit
 of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom
 of God.
14:26 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the
 mount of Olives.
14:27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended
 because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the
 shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
14:28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
14:29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended,
 yet [will] not I.
14:30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That
 this day, [even] in this night, before the cock crow twice,
 thou shalt deny me thrice.
14:31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with
 thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they
 all.
14:32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and
 he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
14:33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and
 began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
14:34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto
 death: tarry ye here, and watch.
14:35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and
 prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.
14:36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things [are] possible unto
 thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will,
 but what thou wilt.
14:37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto
 Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
14:38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The
 spirit truly [is] ready, but the flesh [is] weak.
14:39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same
 words.
14:40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for
 their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.
14:41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep
 on now, and take [your] rest: it is enough, the hour is come;
 behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
14:42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.
14:43 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of
 the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and
 staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.
14:44 And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying,
 Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead
 [him] away safely.
14:45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him,
 and saith, Master, master; and kissed him.
14:46 And they laid their hands on him, and took him.
14:47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a
 servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
14:48 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out,
 as against a thief, with swords and [with] staves to take me?
14:49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took
 me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.
14:50 And they all forsook him, and fled.
14:51 And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen
 cloth cast about [his] naked [body]; and the young men laid
 hold on him:
14:52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
14:53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him
 were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the
 scribes.
14:54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of
 the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed
 himself at the fire.
14:55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for
 witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.
14:56 For many bare false witness against him, but their witness
 agreed not together.
14:57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against
 him, saying,
14:58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made
 with hands, and within three days I will build another made
 without hands.
14:59 But neither so did their witness agree together.
14:60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked
 Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what [is it which] these
 witness against thee?
14:61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the
 high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ,
 the Son of the Blessed?
14:62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man
 sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of
 heaven.
14:63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What
 need we any further witnesses?
14:64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all
 condemned him to be guilty of death.
14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and
 to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants
 did strike him with the palms of their hands.
14:66 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one
 of the maids of the high priest:
14:67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon
 him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth.
14:68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I
 what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock
 crew.
14:69 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that
 stood by, This is [one] of them.
14:70 And he denied it again. And a little after, they that
 stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art [one] of them:
 for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth [thereto].
14:71 But he began to curse and to swear, [saying], I know not
 this man of whom ye speak.
14:72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to
 mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow
 twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon,
 he wept.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.15. Chapter 15 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MARK

15:1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a
 consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council,
 and bound Jesus, and carried [him] away, and delivered [him] to
 Pilate.
15:2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he
 answering said unto him, Thou sayest [it].
15:3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he
 answered nothing.
15:4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing?
 behold how many things they witness against thee.
15:5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.
15:6 Now at [that] feast he released unto them one prisoner,
 whomsoever they desired.
15:7 And there was [one] named Barabbas, [which lay] bound with
 them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed
 murder in the insurrection.
15:8 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire [him to do]
 as he had ever done unto them.
15:9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release
 unto you the King of the Jews?
15:10 For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for
 envy.
15:11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he should
 rather release Barabbas unto them.
15:12 And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye
 then that I shall do [unto him] whom ye call the King of the
 Jews?
15:13 And they cried out again, Crucify him.
15:14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done?
 And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
15:15 And [so] Pilate, willing to content the people, released
 Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged
 [him], to be crucified.
15:16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called
 Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
15:17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of
 thorns, and put it about his [head],
15:18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews!
15:19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit
 upon him, and bowing [their] knees worshipped him.
15:20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple
 from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to
 crucify him.
15:21 And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by,
 coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus,
 to bear his cross.
15:22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is,
 being interpreted, The place of a skull.
15:23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he
 received [it] not.
15:24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments,
 casting lots upon them, what every man should take.
15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
15:26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over,
 THE KING OF THE JEWS.
15:27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his
 right hand, and the other on his left.
15:28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was
 numbered with the transgressors.
15:29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their
 heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and
 buildest [it] in three days,
15:30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
15:31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among
 themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot
 save.
15:32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross,
 that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with
 him reviled him.
15:33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over
 the whole land until the ninth hour.
15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice,
 saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being
 interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
15:35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard [it],
 said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
15:36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put
 [it] on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let
 us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
15:37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost.
15:38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top
 to the bottom.
15:39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw
 that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly
 this man was the Son of God.
15:40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom
 was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and
 of Joses, and Salome;
15:41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and
 ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with
 him unto Jerusalem.
15:42 And now when the even was come, because it was the
 preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
15:43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also
 waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto
 Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
15:44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling
 [unto him] the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any
 while dead.
15:45 And when he knew [it] of the centurion, he gave the body
 to Joseph.
15:46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped
 him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn
 out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the
 sepulchre.
15:47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary [the mother] of Joses beheld
 where he was laid.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.16. Chapter 16 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. MARK

16:1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary
 the [mother] of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that
 they might come and anoint him.
16:2 And very early in the morning the first [day] of the week,
 they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
16:3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the
 stone from the door of the sepulchre?
16:4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled
 away: for it was very great.
16:5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man
 sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and
 they were affrighted.
16:6 And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of
 Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here:
 behold the place where they laid him.
16:7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth
 before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said
 unto you.
16:8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for
 they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to
 any [man]; for they were afraid.
16:9 Now when [Jesus] was risen early the first [day] of the
 week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had
 cast seven devils.
16:10 [And] she went and told them that had been with him, as
 they mourned and wept.
16:11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had
 been seen of her, believed not.
16:12 After that he appeared in another form unto two of them,
 as they walked, and went into the country.
16:13 And they went and told [it] unto the residue: neither
 believed they them.
16:14 Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat,
 and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart,
 because they believed not them which had seen him after he was
 risen.
16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and
 preach the gospel to every creature.
16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he
 that believeth not shall be damned.
16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name
 shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly
 thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the
 sick, and they shall recover.
16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was
 received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord
 working with [them], and confirming the word with signs
 following. Amen.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. St. Luke ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.1. Chapter  1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ST. LUKE

1:1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a
 declaration of those things which are most surely believed
 among us,
1:2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the
 beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
1:3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding
 of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order,
 most excellent Theophilus,
1:4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those things,
 wherein thou hast been instructed.
1:5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a
 certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his
 wife [was] of the daughters of Aaron, and her name [was]
 Elisabeth.
1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the
 commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
1:7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren,
 and they both were [now] well stricken in years.
1:8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's
 office before God in the order of his course,
1:9 According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was
 to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord.
1:10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without
 at the time of incense.
1:11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing
 on the right side of the altar of incense.
1:12 And when Zacharias saw [him], he was troubled, and fear
 fell upon him.
1:13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy
 prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son,
 and thou shalt call his name John.
1:14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall
 rejoice at his birth.
1:15 For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall
 drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled
 with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
1:16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the
 Lord their God.
1:17 And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of
 Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and
 the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a
 people prepared for the Lord.
1:18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know
 this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
1:19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that
 stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee,
 and to shew thee these glad tidings.
1:20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak,
 until the day that these things shall be performed, because
 thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their
 season.
1:21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he
 tarried so long in the temple.
1:22 And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and
 they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he
 beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
1:23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his
 ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
1:24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid
 herself five months, saying,
1:25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he
 looked on [me], to take away my reproach among men.
1:26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God
 unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
1:27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of
 the house of David; and the virgin's name [was] Mary.
1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, [thou that
 art] highly favoured, the Lord [is] with thee: blessed [art]
 thou among women.
1:29 And when she saw [him], she was troubled at his saying, and
 cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be.
1:30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast
 found favour with God.
1:31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring
 forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the
 Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his
 father David:
1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of
 his kingdom there shall be no end.
1:34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I
 know not a man?
1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost
 shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall
 overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be
 born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
1:36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived
 a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who
 was called barren.
1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto
 me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
1:39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill
 country with haste, into a city of Juda;
1:40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted
 Elisabeth.
1:41 And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the
 salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth
 was filled with the Holy Ghost:
1:42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed
 [art] thou among women, and blessed [is] the fruit of thy womb.
1:43 And whence [is] this to me, that the mother of my Lord
 should come to me?
1:44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in
 mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
1:45 And blessed [is] she that believed: for there shall be a
 performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.
1:46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
1:47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
1:48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for,
 behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
1:49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and
 holy [is] his name.
1:50 And his mercy [is] on them that fear him from generation to
 generation.
1:51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the
 proud in the imagination of their hearts.
1:52 He hath put down the mighty from [their] seats, and exalted
 them of low degree.
1:53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he
 hath sent empty away.
1:54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of [his]
 mercy;
1:55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for
 ever.
1:56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to
 her own house.
1:57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be
 delivered; and she brought forth a son.
1:58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had
 shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her.
1:59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to
 circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the
 name of his father.
1:60 And his mother answered and said, Not [so]; but he shall be
 called John.
1:61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that
 is called by this name.
1:62 And they made signs to his father, how he would have him
 called.
1:63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His
 name is John. And they marvelled all.
1:64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue
 [loosed], and he spake, and praised God.
1:65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all
 these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill
 country of Judaea.
1:66 And all they that heard [them] laid [them] up in their
 hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the
 hand of the Lord was with him.
1:67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost,
 and prophesied, saying,
1:68 Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited
 and redeemed his people,
1:69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house
 of his servant David;
1:70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have
 been since the world began:
1:71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand
 of all that hate us;
1:72 To perform the mercy [promised] to our fathers, and to
 remember his holy covenant;
1:73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
1:74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of
 the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear,
1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of
 our life.
1:76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the
 Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to
 prepare his ways;
1:77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the
 remission of their sins,
1:78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring
 from on high hath visited us,
1:79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and [in] the
 shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
1:80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in
 the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.2. Chapter  2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. LUKE

2:1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a
 decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed.
2:2 ([And] this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor
 of Syria.)
2:3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
2:4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of
 Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called
 Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
2:5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with
 child.
2:6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were
 accomplished that she should be delivered.
2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in
 swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was
 no room for them in the inn.
2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the
 field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
2:9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory
 of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.
2:10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I
 bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a
 Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
2:12 And this [shall be] a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe
 wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the
 heavenly host praising God, and saying,
2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will
 toward men.
2:15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from
 them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now
 go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to
 pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
2:16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and
 the babe lying in a manger.
2:17 And when they had seen [it], they made known abroad the
 saying which was told them concerning this child.
2:18 And all they that heard [it] wondered at those things which
 were told them by the shepherds.
2:19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered [them] in her
 heart.
2:20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for
 all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told
 unto them.
2:21 And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising
 of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of
 the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
2:22 And when the days of her purification according to the law
 of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to
 present [him] to the Lord;
2:23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that
 openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)
2:24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in
 the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name
 [was] Simeon; and the same man [was] just and devout, waiting
 for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
2:26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he
 should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
2:27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the
 parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the
 custom of the law,
2:28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
2:29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,
 according to thy word:
2:30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
2:31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
2:32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy
 people Israel.
2:33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which
 were spoken of him.
2:34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother,
 Behold, this [child] is set for the fall and rising again of
 many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
2:35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that
 the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
2:36 And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of
 Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had
 lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
2:37 And she [was] a widow of about fourscore and four years,
 which departed not from the temple, but served [God] with
 fastings and prayers night and day.
2:38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto
 the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for
 redemption in Jerusalem.
2:39 And when they had performed all things according to the law
 of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city
 Nazareth.
2:40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with
 wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
2:41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast
 of the passover.
2:42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem
 after the custom of the feast.
2:43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the
 child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his
 mother knew not [of it].
2:44 But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a
 day's journey; and they sought him among [their] kinsfolk and
 acquaintance.
2:45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to
 Jerusalem, seeking him.
2:46 And it came to pass, that after three days they found him
 in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both
 hearing them, and asking them questions.
2:47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding
 and answers.
2:48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother
 said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold,
 thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
2:49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye
 not that I must be about my Father's business?
2:50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.
2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was
 subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her
 heart.
2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour
 with God and man.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.3. Chapter  3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. LUKE

3:1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar,
 Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being
 tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea
 and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of
 Abilene,
3:2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God
 came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
3:3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the
 baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
3:4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the
 prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
 Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
3:5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill
 shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight,
 and the rough ways [shall be] made smooth;
3:6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
3:7 Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized
 of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee
 from the wrath to come?
3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin
 not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to [our] father:
 for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise
 up children unto Abraham.
3:9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees:
 every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is
 hewn down, and cast into the fire.
3:10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
3:11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats,
 let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat,
 let him do likewise.
3:12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him,
 Master, what shall we do?
3:13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is
 appointed you.
3:14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what
 shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man,
 neither accuse [any] falsely; and be content with your wages.
3:15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in
 their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
3:16 John answered, saying unto [them] all, I indeed baptize you
 with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of
 whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you
 with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
3:17 Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his
 floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff
 he will burn with fire unquenchable.
3:18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto
 the people.
3:19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias
 his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod
 had done,
3:20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
3:21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass,
 that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was
 opened,
3:22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove
 upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my
 beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age,
 being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was [the son]
 of Heli,
3:24 Which was [the son] of Matthat, which was [the son] of
 Levi, which was [the son] of Melchi, which was [the son] of
 Janna, which was [the son] of Joseph,
3:25 Which was [the son] of Mattathias, which was [the son] of
 Amos, which was [the son] of Naum, which was [the son] of Esli,
 which was [the son] of Nagge,
3:26 Which was [the son] of Maath, which was [the son] of
 Mattathias, which was [the son] of Semei, which was [the son]
 of Joseph, which was [the son] of Juda,
3:27 Which was [the son] of Joanna, which was [the son] of
 Rhesa, which was [the son] of Zorobabel, which was [the son] of
 Salathiel, which was [the son] of Neri,
3:28 Which was [the son] of Melchi, which was [the son] of Addi,
 which was [the son] of Cosam, which was [the son] of Elmodam,
 which was [the son] of Er,
3:29 Which was [the son] of Jose, which was [the son] of
 Eliezer, which was [the son] of Jorim, which was [the son] of
 Matthat, which was [the son] of Levi,
3:30 Which was [the son] of Simeon, which was [the son] of Juda,
 which was [the son] of Joseph, which was [the son] of Jonan,
 which was [the son] of Eliakim,
3:31 Which was [the son] of Melea, which was [the son] of Menan,
 which was [the son] of Mattatha, which was [the son] of Nathan,
 which was [the son] of David,
3:32 Which was [the son] of Jesse, which was [the son] of Obed,
 which was [the son] of Booz, which was [the son] of Salmon,
 which was [the son] of Naasson,
3:33 Which was [the son] of Aminadab, which was [the son] of
 Aram, which was [the son] of Esrom, which was [the son] of
 Phares, which was [the son] of Juda,
3:34 Which was [the son] of Jacob, which was [the son] of Isaac,
 which was [the son] of Abraham, which was [the son] of Thara,
 which was [the son] of Nachor,
3:35 Which was [the son] of Saruch, which was [the son] of
 Ragau, which was [the son] of Phalec, which was [the son] of
 Heber, which was [the son] of Sala,
3:36 Which was [the son] of Cainan, which was [the son] of
 Arphaxad, which was [the son] of Sem, which was [the son] of
 Noe, which was [the son] of Lamech,
3:37 Which was [the son] of Mathusala, which was [the son] of
 Enoch, which was [the son] of Jared, which was [the son] of
 Maleleel, which was [the son] of Cainan,
3:38 Which was [the son] of Enos, which was [the son] of Seth,
 which was [the son] of Adam, which was [the son] of God.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.4. Chapter  4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. LUKE

4:1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan,
 and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
4:2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he
 did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward
 hungered.
4:3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God,
 command this stone that it be made bread.
4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man
 shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed
 unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give
 thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and
 to whomsoever I will I give it.
4:7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine.
4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me,
 Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God,
 and him only shalt thou serve.
4:9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle
 of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God,
 cast thyself down from hence:
4:10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over
 thee, to keep thee:
4:11 And in [their] hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any
 time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
4:12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt
 not tempt the Lord thy God.
4:13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he
 departed from him for a season.
4:14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee:
 and there went out a fame of him through all the region round
 about.
4:15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.
4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and,
 as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath
 day, and stood up for to read.
4:17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet
 Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place
 where it was written,
4:18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me, because he hath
 anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me
 to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the
 captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at
 liberty them that are bruised,
4:19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
4:20 And he closed the book, and he gave [it] again to the
 minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in
 the synagogue were fastened on him.
4:21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture
 fulfilled in your ears.
4:22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious
 words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not
 this Joseph's son?
4:23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this
 proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done
 in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
4:24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted
 in his own country.
4:25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in
 the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and
 six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
4:26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, [a
 city] of Sidon, unto a woman [that was] a widow.
4:27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the
 prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the
 Syrian.
4:28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these
 things, were filled with wrath,
4:29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him
 unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that
 they might cast him down headlong.
4:30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way,
4:31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught
 them on the sabbath days.
4:32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was
 with power.
4:33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of
 an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
4:34 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.
4:35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out
 of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came
 out of him, and hurt him not.
4:36 And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves,
 saying, What a word [is] this! for with authority and power he
 commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.
4:37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the
 country round about.
4:38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's
 house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever;
 and they besought him for her.
4:39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left
 her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them.
4:40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick
 with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his
 hands on every one of them, and healed them.
4:41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying,
 Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking [them] suffered
 them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.
4:42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert
 place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed
 him, that he should not depart from them.
4:43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to
 other cities also: for therefore am I sent.
4:44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.5. Chapter  5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. LUKE

5:1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to
 hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,
5:2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen
 were gone out of them, and were washing [their] nets.
5:3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and
 prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And
 he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.
5:4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch
 out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled
 all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word
 I will let down the net.
5:6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude
 of fishes: and their net brake.
5:7 And they beckoned unto [their] partners, which were in the
 other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came,
 and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
5:8 When Simon Peter saw [it], he fell down at Jesus' knees,
 saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
5:9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the
 draught of the fishes which they had taken:
5:10 And so [was] also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee,
 which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear
 not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
5:11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook
 all, and followed him.
5:12 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold
 a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on [his] face, and
 besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me
 clean.
5:13 And he put forth [his] hand, and touched him, saying, I
 will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from
 him.
5:14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself
 to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses
 commanded, for a testimony unto them.
5:15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and
 great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him
 of their infirmities.
5:16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
5:17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching,
 that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by,
 which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and
 Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was [present] to heal them.
5:18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken
 with a palsy: and they sought [means] to bring him in, and to
 lay [him] before him.
5:19 And when they could not find by what [way] they might bring
 him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop,
 and let him down through the tiling with [his] couch into the
 midst before Jesus.
5:20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy
 sins are forgiven thee.
5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying,
 Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins,
 but God alone?
5:22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said
 unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
5:23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to
 say, Rise up and walk?
5:24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon
 earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I
 say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine
 house.
5:25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that
 whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God.
5:26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were
 filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
5:27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican,
 named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto
 him, Follow me.
5:28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
5:29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there
 was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down
 with them.
5:30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his
 disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and
 sinners?
5:31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole
 need not a physician; but they that are sick.
5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
5:33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast
 often, and make prayers, and likewise [the disciples] of the
 Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
5:34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the
 bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
5:35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken
 away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
5:36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a
 piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the
 new maketh a rent, and the piece that was [taken] out of the
 new agreeth not with the old.
5:37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new
 wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles
 shall perish.
5:38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are
 preserved.
5:39 No man also having drunk old [wine] straightway desireth
 new: for he saith, The old is better.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.6. Chapter  6 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. LUKE

6:1 And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first,
 that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked
 the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing [them] in [their] hands.
6:2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that
 which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
6:3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as
 this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they
 which were with him;
6:4 How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the
 shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it
 is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
6:5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of
 the sabbath.
6:6 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered
 into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right
 hand was withered.
6:7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would
 heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation
 against him.
6:8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had
 the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And
 he arose and stood forth.
6:9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it
 lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save
 life, or to destroy [it]?
6:10 And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the
 man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was
 restored whole as the other.
6:11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one with
 another what they might do to Jesus.
6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a
 mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
6:13 And when it was day, he called [unto him] his disciples:
 and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
6:14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother,
 James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
6:15 Matthew and Thomas, James the [son] of Alphaeus, and Simon
 called Zelotes,
6:16 And Judas [the brother] of James, and Judas Iscariot, which
 also was the traitor.
6:17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the
 company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out
 of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and
 Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their
 diseases;
6:18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they
 were healed.
6:19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went
 virtue out of him, and healed [them] all.
6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said,
 Blessed [be ye] poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
6:21 Blessed [are ye] that hunger now: for ye shall be filled.
 Blessed [are ye] that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
6:22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they
 shall separate you [from their company], and shall reproach
 [you], and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
6:23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your
 reward [is] great in heaven: for in the like manner did their
 fathers unto the prophets.
6:24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your
 consolation.
6:25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto
 you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so
 did their fathers to the false prophets.
6:27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good
 to them which hate you,
6:28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which
 despitefully use you.
6:29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the [one] cheek offer
 also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not
 [to take thy] coat also.
6:30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that
 taketh away thy goods ask [them] not again.
6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to
 them likewise.
6:32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for
 sinners also love those that love them.
6:33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank
 have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
6:34 And if ye lend [to them] of whom ye hope to receive, what
 thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as
 much again.
6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for
 nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be
 the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful
 and [to] the evil.
6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye
 shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed
 down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give
 into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal
 it shall be measured to you again.
6:39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the
 blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
6:40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is
 perfect shall be as his master.
6:41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's
 eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
6:42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me
 pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself
 beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou
 hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and
 then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy
 brother's eye.
6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither
 doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
6:44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men
 do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth
 forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil
 treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of
 the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which
 I say?
6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth
 them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
6:48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and
 laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the
 stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it:
 for it was founded upon a rock.
6:49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that
 without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against
 which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell;
 and the ruin of that house was great.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.7. Chapter  7 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. LUKE

7:1 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the
 people, he entered into Capernaum.
7:2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him,
 was sick, and ready to die.
7:3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of
 the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his
 servant.
7:4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly,
 saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
7:5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.
7:6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far
 from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto
 him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou
 shouldest enter under my roof:
7:7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee:
 but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
7:8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me
 soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another,
 Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth
 [it].
7:9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and
 turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I
 say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
7:10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the
 servant whole that had been sick.
7:11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city
 called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much
 people.
7:12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold,
 there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother,
 and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
7:13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and
 said unto her, Weep not.
7:14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare [him]
 stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
7:15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he
 delivered him to his mother.
7:16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God,
 saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That
 God hath visited his people.
7:17 And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea,
 and throughout all the region round about.
7:18 And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things.
7:19 And John calling [unto him] two of his disciples sent
 [them] to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look
 we for another?
7:20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist
 hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come?
 or look we for another?
7:21 And in that same hour he cured many of [their] infirmities
 and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many [that were]
 blind he gave sight.
7:22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell
 John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind
 see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the
 dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
7:23 And blessed is [he], whosoever shall not be offended in me.
7:24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to
 speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into
 the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
7:25 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft
 raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live
 delicately, are in kings' courts.
7:26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto
 you, and much more than a prophet.
7:27 This is [he], of whom it is written, Behold, I send my
 messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before
 thee.
7:28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women
 there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he
 that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
7:29 And all the people that heard [him], and the publicans,
 justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.
7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God
 against themselves, being not baptized of him.
7:31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of
 this generation? and to what are they like?
7:32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and
 calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and
 ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not
 wept.
7:33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking
 wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
7:34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say,
 Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of
 publicans and sinners!
7:35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.
7:36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with
 him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to
 meat.
7:37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when
 she knew that [Jesus] sat at meat in the Pharisee's house,
 brought an alabaster box of ointment,
7:38 And stood at his feet behind [him] weeping, and began to
 wash his feet with tears, and did wipe [them] with the hairs of
 her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed [them] with the
 ointment.
7:39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw [it], he
 spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet,
 would have known who and what manner of woman [this is] that
 toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
7:40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat
 to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on.
7:41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one
 owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
7:42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them
 both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
7:43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that [he], to whom he
 forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
7:44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou
 this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water
 for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped
 [them] with the hairs of her head.
7:45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I
 came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
7:46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath
 anointed my feet with ointment.
7:47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are
 forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven,
 [the same] loveth little.
7:48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
7:49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within
 themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
7:50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in
 peace.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.8. Chapter  8 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. LUKE

8:1 And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every
 city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the
 kingdom of God: and the twelve [were] with him,
8:2 And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and
 infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven
 devils,
8:3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna,
 and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
8:4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come
 to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
8:5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell
 by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the
 air devoured it.
8:6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up,
 it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
8:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with
 it, and choked it.
8:8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit
 an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He
 that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
8:9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable
 be?
8:10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of
 the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they
 might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
8:12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the
 devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they
 should believe and be saved.
8:13 They on the rock [are they], which, when they hear, receive
 the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while
 believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they
 have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and
 pleasures of [this] life, and bring no fruit to perfection.
8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest
 and good heart, having heard the word, keep [it], and bring
 forth fruit with patience.
8:16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a
 vessel, or putteth [it] under a bed; but setteth [it] on a
 candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
8:17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest;
 neither [any thing] hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
8:18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him
 shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken
 even that which he seemeth to have.
8:19 Then came to him [his] mother and his brethren, and could
 not come at him for the press.
8:20 And it was told him [by certain] which said, Thy mother and
 thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee.
8:21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my
 brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
8:22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a
 ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over
 unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
8:23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a
 storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled [with water],
 and were in jeopardy.
8:24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master,
 master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the
 raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.
8:25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being
 afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is
 this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey
 him.
8:26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is
 over against Galilee.
8:27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the
 city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no
 clothes, neither abode in [any] house, but in the tombs.
8:28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him,
 and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus,
 [thou] Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
8:29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the
 man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound
 with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was
 driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
8:30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he
 said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him.
8:31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go
 out into the deep.
8:32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the
 mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to
 enter into them. And he suffered them.
8:33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the
 swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the
 lake, and were choked.
8:34 When they that fed [them] saw what was done, they fled, and
 went and told [it] in the city and in the country.
8:35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to
 Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed,
 sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind:
 and they were afraid.
8:36 They also which saw [it] told them by what means he that
 was possessed of the devils was healed.
8:37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes
 round about besought him to depart from them; for they were
 taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and
 returned back again.
8:38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought
 him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying,
8:39 Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God
 hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published
 throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto
 him.
8:40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the
 people [gladly] received him: for they were all waiting for him.
8:41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a
 ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and
 besought him that he would come into his house:
8:42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age,
 and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him.
8:43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which
 had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be
 healed of any,
8:44 Came behind [him], and touched the border of his garment:
 and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
8:45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and
 they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee
 and press [thee], and sayest thou, Who touched me?
8:46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive
 that virtue is gone out of me.
8:47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came
 trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him
 before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and
 how she was healed immediately.
8:48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy
 faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
8:49 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the
 synagogue's [house], saying to him, Thy daughter is dead;
 trouble not the Master.
8:50 But when Jesus heard [it], he answered him, saying, Fear
 not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
8:51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go
 in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the
 mother of the maiden.
8:52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she
 is not dead, but sleepeth.
8:53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead.
8:54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and
 called, saying, Maid, arise.
8:55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and
 he commanded to give her meat.
8:56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that
 they should tell no man what was done.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.9. Chapter  9 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. LUKE

9:1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and
authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
9:2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal
 the sick.
9:3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for [your] journey,
 neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money;
 neither have two coats apiece.
9:4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence
 depart.
9:5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that
 city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony
 against them.
9:6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the
 gospel, and healing every where.
9:7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him:
 and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that
 John was risen from the dead;
9:8 And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that
 one of the old prophets was risen again.
9:9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of
 whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.
9:10 And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all
 that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately
 into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
9:11 And the people, when they knew [it], followed him: and he
 received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and
 healed them that had need of healing.
9:12 And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve,
 and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go
 into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get
 victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
9:13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said,
 We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we
 should go and buy meat for all this people.
9:14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his
 disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
9:15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.
9:16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and
 looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to
 the disciples to set before the multitude.
9:17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken
 up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.
9:18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples
 were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people
 that I am?
9:19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some [say], Elias;
 and others [say], that one of the old prophets is risen again.
9:20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter
 answering said, The Christ of God.
9:21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded [them] to tell
 no man that thing;
9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be
 rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be
 slain, and be raised the third day.
9:23 And he said to [them] all, If any [man] will come after me,
 let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
9:24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but
 whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world,
 and lose himself, or be cast away?
9:26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of
 him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his
 own glory, and [in his] Father's, and of the holy angels.
9:27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here,
 which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
9:28 And it came to pass about an eight days after these
 sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a
 mountain to pray.
9:29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was
 altered, and his raiment [was] white [and] glistering.
9:30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were
 Moses and Elias:
9:31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he
 should accomplish at Jerusalem.
9:32 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with
 sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the
 two men that stood with him.
9:33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said
 unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us
 make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and
 one for Elias: not knowing what he said.
9:34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed
 them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud.
9:35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my
 beloved Son: hear him.
9:36 And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And
 they kept [it] close, and told no man in those days any of
 those things which they had seen.
9:37 And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were
 come down from the hill, much people met him.
9:38 And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying,
 Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only
 child.
9:39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out;
 and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him
 hardly departeth from him.
9:40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they
 could not.
9:41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse
 generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring
 thy son hither.
9:42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and
 tare [him]. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed
 the child, and delivered him again to his father.
9:43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But
 while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he
 said unto his disciples,
9:44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of
 man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
9:45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from
 them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of
 that saying.
9:46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them
 should be greatest.
9:47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a
 child, and set him by him,
9:48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in
 my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth
 him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same
 shall be great.
9:49 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out
 devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not
 with us.
9:50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid [him] not: for he that is
 not against us is for us.
9:51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should
 be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem,
9:52 And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and
 entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
9:53 And they did not receive him, because his face was as
 though he would go to Jerusalem.
9:54 And when his disciples James and John saw [this], they
 said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from
 heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
9:55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what
 manner of spirit ye are of.
9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but
 to save [them]. And they went to another village.
9:57 And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a
 certain [man] said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee
 whithersoever thou goest.
9:58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the
 air [have] nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay
 [his] head.
9:59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord,
 suffer me first to go and bury my father.
9:60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go
 thou and preach the kingdom of God.
9:61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me
 first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the
 plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.10. Chapter 10 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. LUKE

10:1 After these things the Lord appointed other seventy also,
 and sent them two and two before his face into every city and
 place, whither he himself would come.
10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly [is] great,
 but the labourers [are] few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the
 harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
10:3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among
 wolves.
10:4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no
 man by the way.
10:5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace [be]
 to this house.
10:6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest
 upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
10:7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such
 things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go
 not from house to house.
10:8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you,
 eat such things as are set before you:
10:9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The
 kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
10:10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you
 not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
10:11 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we
 do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this,
 that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
10:12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in
 that day for Sodom, than for that city.
10:13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if
 the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have
 been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting
 in sackcloth and ashes.
10:14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the
 judgment, than for you.
10:15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be
 thrust down to hell.
10:16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you
 despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent
 me.
10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord,
 even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall
 from heaven.
10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and
 scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing
 shall by any means hurt you.
10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are
 subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are
 written in heaven.
10:21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank
 thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid
 these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them
 unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
10:22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man
 knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is,
 but the Son, and [he] to whom the Son will reveal [him].
10:23 And he turned him unto [his] disciples, and said privately,
 Blessed [are] the eyes which see the things that ye see:
10:24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired
 to see those things which ye see, and have not seen [them]; and
 to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard [them].
10:25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him,
 saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
10:26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest
 thou?
10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
 with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
 strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
10:28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do,
 and thou shalt live.
10:29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And
 who is my neighbour?
10:30 And Jesus answering said, A certain [man] went down from
 Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped
 him of his raiment, and wounded [him], and departed, leaving
 [him] half dead.
10:31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way:
 and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
10:32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and
 looked [on him], and passed by on the other side.
10:33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he
 was: and when he saw him, he had compassion [on him],
10:34 And went to [him], and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil
 and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an
 inn, and took care of him.
10:35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence,
 and gave [them] to the host, and said unto him, Take care of
 him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I
 will repay thee.
10:36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour
 unto him that fell among the thieves?
10:37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus
 unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
10:38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a
 certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him
 into her house.
10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus'
 feet, and heard his word.
10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to
 him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath
 left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
10:41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou
 art careful and troubled about many things:
10:42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good
 part, which shall not be taken away from her.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.11. Chapter 11 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           ST. LUKE

11:1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain
 place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him,
 Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
11:2 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 in earth.
11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
11:4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that
 is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver
 us from evil.
11:5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend,
 and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend,
 lend me three loaves;
11:6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I
 have nothing to set before him?
11:7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not:
 the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I
 cannot rise and give thee.
11:8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him,
 because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he
 will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
11:9 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.
11:10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh
 findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11:11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father,
 will he give him a stone? or if [he ask] a fish, will he for a
 fish give him a serpent?
11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto
 your children: how much more shall [your] heavenly Father give
 the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
11:14 And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it
 came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and
 the people wondered.
11:15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils through
 Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
11:16 And others, tempting [him], sought of him a sign from
 heaven.
11:17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every
 kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a
 house [divided] against a house falleth.
11:18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his
 kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through
 Beelzebub.
11:19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your
 sons cast [them] out? therefore shall they be your judges.
11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt
 the kingdom of God is come upon you.
11:21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are
 in peace:
11:22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and
 overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he
 trusted, and divideth his spoils.
11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that
 gathereth not with me scattereth.
11:24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh
 through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I
 will return unto my house whence I came out.
11:25 And when he cometh, he findeth [it] swept and garnished.
11:26 Then goeth he, and taketh [to him] seven other spirits
 more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there:
 and the last [state] of that man is worse than the first.
11:27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain
 woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him,
 Blessed [is] the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou
 hast sucked.
11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed [are] they that hear the
 word of God, and keep it.
11:29 And when the people were gathered thick together, he began
 to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there
 shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
11:30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also
 the Son of man be to this generation.
11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with
 the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from
 the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon;
 and, behold, a greater than Solomon [is] here.
11:32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this
 generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the
 preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas [is] here.
11:33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth [it] in a
 secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick,
 that they which come in may see the light.
11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye
 is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when
 [thine eye] is evil, thy body also [is] full of darkness.
11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not
 darkness.
11:36 If thy whole body therefore [be] full of light, having no
 part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright
 shining of a candle doth give thee light.
11:37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine
 with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
11:38 And when the Pharisee saw [it], he marvelled that he had
 not first washed before dinner.
11:39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make
 clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part
 is full of ravening and wickedness.
11:40 [Ye] fools, did not he that made that which is without
 make that which is within also?
11:41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and,
 behold, all things are clean unto you.
11:42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and
 all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of
 God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other
 undone.
11:43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats
 in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
11:44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
 are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over
 [them] are not aware [of them].
11:45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him,
 Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
11:46 And he said, Woe unto you also, [ye] lawyers! for ye lade
 men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch
 not the burdens with one of your fingers.
11:47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets,
 and your fathers killed them.
11:48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your
 fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them
 prophets and apostles, and [some] of them they shall slay and
 persecute:
11:50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from
 the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
11:51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which
 perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto
 you, It shall be required of this generation.
11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of
 knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were
 entering in ye hindered.
11:53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the
 Pharisees began to urge [him] vehemently, and to provoke him to
 speak of many things:
11:54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of
 his mouth, that they might accuse him.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.12. Chapter 12 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. LUKE

12:1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an
 innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one
 upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all,
 Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed;
 neither hid, that shall not be known.
12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be
 heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in
 closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
12:4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that
 kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which
 after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say
 unto you, Fear him.
12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one
 of them is forgotten before God?
12:7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear
 not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
12:8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men,
 him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
12:9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before
 the angels of God.
12:10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man,
 it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against
 the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
12:11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and [unto]
 magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing
 ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
12:12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what
 ye ought to say.
12:13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my
 brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
12:14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a
 divider over you?
12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of
 covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance
 of the things which he possesseth.
12:16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a
 certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
12:17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do,
 because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
12:18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns,
 and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my
 goods.
12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid
 up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry.
12:20 But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul
 shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be,
 which thou hast provided?
12:21 So [is] he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not
 rich toward God.
12:22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you,
 Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for
 the body, what ye shall put on.
12:23 The life is more than meat, and the body [is more] than
 raiment.
12:24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which
 neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how
 much more are ye better than the fowls?
12:25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his
 stature one cubit?
12:26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least,
 why take ye thought for the rest?
12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they
 spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory
 was not arrayed like one of these.
12:28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the
 field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more [will
 he clothe] you, O ye of little faith?
12:29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink,
 neither be ye of doubtful mind.
12:30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek
 after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
12:31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these
 things shall be added unto you.
12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good
 pleasure to give you the kingdom.
12:33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags
 which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not,
 where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
12:34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
12:35 Let your loins be girded about, and [your] lights burning;
12:36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord,
 when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and
 knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
12:37 Blessed [are] those servants, whom the lord when he cometh
 shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird
 himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth
 and serve them.
12:38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the
 third watch, and find [them] so, blessed are those servants.
12:39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known
 what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not
 have suffered his house to be broken through.
12:40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at
 an hour when ye think not.
12:41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable
 unto us, or even to all?
12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise
 steward, whom [his] lord shall make ruler over his household,
 to give [them their] portion of meat in due season?
12:43 Blessed [is] that servant, whom his lord when he cometh
 shall find so doing.
12:44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler
 over all that he hath.
12:45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth
 his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and
 maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
12:46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he
 looketh not for [him], and at an hour when he is not aware, and
 will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with
 the unbelievers.
12:47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared
 not [himself], neither did according to his will, shall be
 beaten with many [stripes].
12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of
 stripes, shall be beaten with few [stripes]. For unto
 whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to
 whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if
 it be already kindled?
12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I
 straitened till it be accomplished!
12:51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell
 you, Nay; but rather division:
12:52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house
 divided, three against two, and two against three.
12:53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son
 against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the
 daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her
 daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in
 law.
12:54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise
 out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and
 so it is.
12:55 And when [ye see] the south wind blow, ye say, There will
 be heat; and it cometh to pass.
12:56 [Ye] hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of
 the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
12:57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
12:58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate,
 [as thou art] in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be
 delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the
 judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee
 into prison.
12:59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast
 paid the very last mite.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.13. Chapter 13 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. LUKE

13:1 There were present at that season some that told him of the
 Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.
13:2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these
 Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they
 suffered such things?
13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all
 likewise perish.
13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and
 slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that
 dwelt in Jerusalem?
13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all
 likewise perish.
13:6 He spake also this parable; A certain [man] had a fig tree
 planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon,
 and found none.
13:7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold,
 these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and
 find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
13:8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this
 year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung [it]:
13:9 And if it bear fruit, [well]: and if not, [then] after that
 thou shalt cut it down.
13:10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the
 sabbath.
13:11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of
 infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in
 no wise lift up [herself].
13:12 And when Jesus saw her, he called [her to him], and said
 unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
13:13 And he laid [his] hands on her: and immediately she was
 made straight, and glorified God.
13:14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation,
 because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto
 the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in
 them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
13:15 The Lord then answered him, and said, [Thou] hypocrite,
 doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or [his]
 ass from the stall, and lead [him] away to watering?
13:16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham,
 whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from
 this bond on the sabbath day?
13:17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries
 were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious
 things that were done by him.
13:18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and
 whereunto shall I resemble it?
13:19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and
 cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and
 the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
13:20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of
 God?
13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three
 measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
13:22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and
 journeying toward Jerusalem.
13:23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved?
 And he said unto them,
13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say
 unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath
 shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock
 at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall
 answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
13:26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy
 presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye
 are; depart from me, all [ye] workers of iniquity.
13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye
 shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets,
 in the kingdom of God, and you [yourselves] thrust out.
13:29 And they shall come from the east, and [from] the west,
 and from the north, and [from] the south, and shall sit down in
 the kingdom of God.
13:30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and
 there are first which shall be last.
13:31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying
 unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
13:32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I
 cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the
 third [day] I shall be perfected.
13:33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the
 [day] following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of
 Jerusalem.
13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and
 stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have
 gathered thy children together, as a hen [doth gather] her
 brood under [her] wings, and ye would not!
13:35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I
 say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until [the time] come when
 ye shall say, Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.14. Chapter 14 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. LUKE

14:1 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of
 the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they
 watched him.
14:2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had
 the dropsy.
14:3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees,
 saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
14:4 And they held their peace. And he took [him], and healed
 him, and let him go;
14:5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass
 or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him
 out on the sabbath day?
14:6 And they could not answer him again to these things.
14:7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when
 he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
14:8 When thou art bidden of any [man] to a wedding, sit not
 down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou
 be bidden of him;
14:9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give
 this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest
 room.
14:10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest
 room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee,
 Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the
 presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he
 that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
14:12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a
 dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren,
 neither thy kinsmen, nor [thy] rich neighbours; lest they also
 bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
14:13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed,
 the lame, the blind:
14:14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee:
 for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
14:15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these
 things, he said unto him, Blessed [is] he that shall eat bread
 in the kingdom of God.
14:16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper,
 and bade many:
14:17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that
 were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
14:18 And they all with one [consent] began to make excuse. The
 first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I
 must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.
14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I
 go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
14:20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I
 cannot come.
14:21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things.
 Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant,
 Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in
 hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
14:22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast
 commanded, and yet there is room.
14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the
 highways and hedges, and compel [them] to come in, that my
 house may be filled.
14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were
 bidden shall taste of my supper.
14:25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned,
 and said unto them,
14:26 If any [man] come to me, and hate not his father, and
 mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea,
 and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me,
 cannot be my disciple.
14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not
 down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have [sufficient]
 to finish [it]?
14:29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not
 able to finish [it], all that behold [it] begin to mock him,
14:30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to
 finish.
14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king,
 sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with
 ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty
 thousand?
14:32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he
 sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all
 that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
14:34 Salt [is] good: but if the salt have lost his savour,
 wherewith shall it be seasoned?
14:35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill;
 [but] men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.15. Chapter 15 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. LUKE

15:1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for
 to hear him.
15:2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man
 receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
15:3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
15:4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of
 them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and
 go after that which is lost, until he find it?
15:5 And when he hath found [it], he layeth [it] on his
 shoulders, rejoicing.
15:6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together [his] friends
 and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have
 found my sheep which was lost.
15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over
 one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just
 persons, which need no repentance.
15:8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose
 one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and
 seek diligently till she find [it]?
15:9 And when she hath found [it], she calleth [her] friends and
 [her] neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have
 found the piece which I had lost.
15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of
 the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
15:12 And the younger of them said to [his] father, Father, give
 me the portion of goods that falleth [to me]. And he divided
 unto them [his] living.
15:13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all
 together, and took his journey into a far country, and there
 wasted his substance with riotous living.
15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in
 that land; and he began to be in want.
15:15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that
 country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks
 that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
15:17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired
 servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I
 perish with hunger!
15:18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him,
 Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
15:19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as
 one of thy hired servants.
15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet
 a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and
 ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
15:21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against
 heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called
 thy son.
15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best
 robe, and put [it] on him; and put a ring on his hand, and
 shoes on [his] feet:
15:23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill [it]; and let
 us eat, and be merry:
15:24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost,
 and is found. And they began to be merry.
15:25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and
 drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.
15:26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these
 things meant.
15:27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father
 hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe
 and sound.
15:28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his
 father out, and intreated him.
15:29 And he answering said to [his] father, Lo, these many
 years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy
 commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might
 make merry with my friends:
15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured
 thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
15:31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all
 that I have is thine.
15:32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for
 this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost,
 and is found.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.16. Chapter 16 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. LUKE

16:1 And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain
 rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto
 him that he had wasted his goods.
16:2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear
 this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou
 mayest be no longer steward.
16:3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for
 my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to
 beg I am ashamed.
16:4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the
 stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
16:5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors [unto him],
 and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?
16:6 And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto
 him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
16:7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he
 said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take
 thy bill, and write fourscore.
16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had
 done wisely: for the children of this world are in their
 generation wiser than the children of light.
16:9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the
 mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive
 you into everlasting habitations.
16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful
 also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also
 in much.
16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous
 mammon, who will commit to your trust the true [riches]?
16:12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another
 man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
16:13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate
 the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one,
 and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
16:14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these
 things: and they derided him.
16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify
 yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that
 which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight
 of God.
16:16 The law and the prophets [were] until John: since that
 time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth
 into it.
16:17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one
 tittle of the law to fail.
16:18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another,
 committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put
 away from [her] husband committeth adultery.
16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple
 and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
16:20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was
 laid at his gate, full of sores,
16:21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the
 rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried
 by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and
 was buried;
16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and
 seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me,
 and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in
 water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime
 receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things:
 but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great
 gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you
 cannot; neither can they pass to us, that [would come] from
 thence.
16:27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou
 wouldest send him to my father's house:
16:28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them,
 lest they also come into this place of torment.
16:29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets;
 let them hear them.
16:30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto
 them from the dead, they will repent.
16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the
 prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from
 the dead.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.17. Chapter 17 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. LUKE

17:1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that
 offences will come: but woe [unto him], through whom they come!
17:2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about
 his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend
 one of these little ones.
17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against
 thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and
 seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou
 shalt forgive him.
17:5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
17:6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard
 seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up
 by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey
 you.
17:7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding
 cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the
 field, Go and sit down to meat?
17:8 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I
 may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and
 drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
17:9 Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that
 were commanded him? I trow not.
17:10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things
 which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we
 have done that which was our duty to do.
17:11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he
 passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
17:12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him
 ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
17:13 And they lifted up [their] voices, and said, Jesus,
 Master, have mercy on us.
17:14 And when he saw [them], he said unto them, Go shew
 yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they
 went, they were cleansed.
17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned
 back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
17:16 And fell down on [his] face at his feet, giving him
 thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
17:17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but
 where [are] the nine?
17:18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God,
 save this stranger.
17:19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath
 made thee whole.
17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the
 kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The
 kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for,
 behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
17:22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when
 ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and
 ye shall not see [it].
17:23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not
 after [them], nor follow [them].
17:24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one
 [part] under heaven, shineth unto the other [part] under
 heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.
17:25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of
 this generation.
17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in
 the days of the Son of man.
17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were
 given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
 and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
17:28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat,
 they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
17:29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire
 and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed [them] all.
17:30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is
 revealed.
17:31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his
 stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and
 he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
17:32 Remember Lot's wife.
17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and
 whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
17:34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two [men] in one
 bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.
17:35 Two [women] shall be grinding together; the one shall be
 taken, and the other left.
17:36 Two [men] shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,
 and the other left.
17:37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he
 said unto them, Wheresoever the body [is], thither will the
 eagles be gathered together.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.18. Chapter 18 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. LUKE

18:1 And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men
 ought always to pray, and not to faint;
18:2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God,
 neither regarded man:
18:3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him,
 saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
18:4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within
 himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
18:5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her,
 lest by her continual coming she weary me.
18:6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and
 night unto him, though he bear long with them?
18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless
 when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
18:9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in
 themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
18:10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a
 Pharisee, and the other a publican.
18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I
 thank thee, that I am not as other men [are], extortioners,
 unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so
 much as [his] eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast,
 saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified
 [rather] than the other: for every one that exalteth himself
 shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
18:15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch
 them: but when [his] disciples saw [it], they rebuked them.
18:16 But Jesus called them [unto him], and said, Suffer little
 children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is
 the kingdom of God.
18:17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the
 kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what
 shall I do to inherit eternal life?
18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none
 [is] good, save one, [that is], God.
18:20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery,
 Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy
 father and thy mother.
18:21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
18:22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet
 lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute
 unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and
 come, follow me.
18:23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was
 very rich.
18:24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said,
 How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom
 of God!
18:25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye,
 than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
18:26 And they that heard [it] said, Who then can be saved?
18:27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are
 possible with God.
18:28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee.
18:29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no
 man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or
 children, for the kingdom of God's sake,
18:30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time,
 and in the world to come life everlasting.
18:31 Then he took [unto him] the twelve, and said unto them,
 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written
 by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be
 accomplished.
18:32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be
 mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
18:33 And they shall scourge [him], and put him to death: and
 the third day he shall rise again.
18:34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying
 was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were
 spoken.
18:35 And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto
 Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
18:36 And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
18:37 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by.
18:38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, [thou] Son of David, have
 mercy on me.
18:39 And they which went before rebuked him, that he should
 hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, [Thou] Son of
 David, have mercy on me.
18:40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto
 him: and when he was come near, he asked him,
18:41 Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he
 said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.
18:42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath
 saved thee.
18:43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed him,
 glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw [it], gave
 praise unto God.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.19. Chapter 19 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. LUKE

19:1 And [Jesus] entered and passed through Jericho.
19:2 And, behold, [there was] a man named Zacchaeus, which was
 the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.
19:3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for
 the press, because he was little of stature.
19:4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to
 see him: for he was to pass that [way].
19:5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw
 him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down;
 for to day I must abide at thy house.
19:6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him
 joyfully.
19:7 And when they saw [it], they all murmured, saying, That he
 was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.
19:8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord,
 the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken
 any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore [him]
 fourfold.
19:9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this
 house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which
 was lost.
19:11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake a
 parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they
 thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
19:12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far
 country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
19:13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten
 pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him,
 saying, We will not have this [man] to reign over us.
19:15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having
 received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be
 called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might
 know how much every man had gained by trading.
19:16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained
 ten pounds.
19:17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because
 thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority
 over ten cities.
19:18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained
 five pounds.
19:19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
19:20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, [here is] thy
 pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
19:21 For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou
 takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou
 didst not sow.
19:22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge
 thee, [thou] wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere
 man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not
 sow:
19:23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank,
 that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
19:24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the
 pound, and give [it] to him that hath ten pounds.
19:25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
19:26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall
 be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall
 be taken away from him.
19:27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should
 reign over them, bring hither, and slay [them] before me.
19:28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up
 to Jerusalem.
19:29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage
 and Bethany, at the mount called [the mount] of Olives, he sent
 two of his disciples,
19:30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against [you]; in the
 which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet
 never man sat: loose him, and bring [him hither].
19:31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose [him]? thus shall
 ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
19:32 And they that were sent went their way, and found even as
 he had said unto them.
19:33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said
 unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
19:34 And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
19:35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their
 garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.
19:36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way.
19:37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the
 mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to
 rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty
 works that they had seen;
19:38 Saying, Blessed [be] the King that cometh in the name of
 the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.
19:39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said
 unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
19:40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if
 these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry
 out.
19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept
 over it,
19:42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this
 thy day, the things [which belong] unto thy peace! but now they
 are hid from thine eyes.
19:43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies
 shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and
 keep thee in on every side,
19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children
 within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon
 another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
19:45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them
 that sold therein, and them that bought;
19:46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of
 prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
19:47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and
 the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him,
19:48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people
 were very attentive to hear him.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.20. Chapter 20 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. LUKE

20:1 And it came to pass, [that] on one of those days, as he
 taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the
 chief priests and the scribes came upon [him] with the elders,
20:2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority
 doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this
 authority?
20:3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one
 thing; and answer me:
20:4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
20:5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say,
 From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?
20:6 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us:
 for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
20:7 And they answered, that they could not tell whence [it was].
20:8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what
 authority I do these things.
20:9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A
 certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen,
 and went into a far country for a long time.
20:10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen,
 that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the
 husbandmen beat him, and sent [him] away empty.
20:11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also,
 and entreated [him] shamefully, and sent [him] away empty.
20:12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and
 cast [him] out.
20:13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I
 will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence [him]
 when they see him.
20:14 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 ours.
20:15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed [him].
 What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them?
20:16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give
 the vineyard to others. And when they heard [it], they said,
 God forbid.
20:17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is
 written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is
 become the head of the corner?
20:18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but
 on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
20:19 And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought
 to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they
 perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.
20:20 And they watched [him], and sent forth spies, which should
 feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his
 words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and
 authority of the governor.
20:21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou
 sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person
 [of any], but teachest the way of God truly:
20:22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no?
20:23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why
 tempt ye me?
20:24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it?
 They answered and said, Caesar's.
20:25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the
 things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.
20:26 And they could not take hold of his words before the
 people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
20:27 Then came to [him] certain of the Sadducees, which deny
 that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
20:28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother
 die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his
 brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
20:29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a
 wife, and died without children.
20:30 And the second took her to wife, and he died childless.
20:31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also:
 and they left no children, and died.
20:32 Last of all the woman died also.
20:33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she?
 for seven had her to wife.
20:34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this
 world marry, and are given in marriage:
20:35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that
 world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor
 are given in marriage:
20:36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the
 angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the
 resurrection.
20:37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the
 bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God
 of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
20:38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for
 all live unto him.
20:39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou
 hast well said.
20:40 And after that they durst not ask him any [question at all].
20:41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's
 son?
20:42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD
 said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
20:43 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
20:44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?
20:45 Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his
 disciples,
20:46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes,
 and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the
 synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;
20:47 Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long
 prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.21. Chapter 21 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. LUKE

21:1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts
 into the treasury.
21:2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two
 mites.
21:3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor
 widow hath cast in more than they all:
21:4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the
 offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the
 living that she had.
21:5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with
 goodly stones and gifts, he said,
21:6 [As for] these things which ye behold, the days will come,
 in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another,
 that shall not be thrown down.
21:7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these
 things be? and what sign [will there be] when these things
 shall come to pass?
21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many
 shall come in my name, saying, I am [Christ]; and the time
 draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
21:9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not
 terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the
 end [is] not by and by.
21:10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation,
 and kingdom against kingdom:
21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and
 famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs
 shall there be from heaven.
21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you,
 and persecute [you], delivering [you] up to the synagogues, and
 into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my
 name's sake.
21:13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
21:14 Settle [it] therefore in your hearts, not to meditate
 before what ye shall answer:
21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your
 adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
21:16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren,
 and kinsfolks, and friends; and [some] of you shall they cause
 to be put to death.
21:17 And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake.
21:18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies,
 then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
21:21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains;
 and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let
 not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
21:22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which
 are written may be fulfilled.
21:23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that
 give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in
 the land, and wrath upon this people.
21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be
 led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be
 trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles
 be fulfilled.
21:25 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;
21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after
 those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of
 heaven shall be shaken.
21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud
 with power and great glory.
21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up,
 and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and
 all the trees;
21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own
 selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass,
 know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass
 away, till all be fulfilled.
21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not
 pass away.
21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts
 be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of
 this life, and [so] that day come upon you unawares.
21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the
 face of the whole earth.
21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be
 accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to
 pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
21:37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at
 night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called [the
 mount] of Olives.
21:38 And all the people came early in the morning to him in the
 temple, for to hear him.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.22. Chapter 22 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. LUKE

22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is
 called the Passover.
22:2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might
 kill him; for they feared the people.
22:3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of
 the number of the twelve.
22:4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests
 and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
22:5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money.
22:6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto
 them in the absence of the multitude.
22:7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover
 must be killed.
22:8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the
 passover, that we may eat.
22:9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?
22:10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into
 the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of
 water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.
22:11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master
 saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat
 the passover with my disciples?
22:12 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there
 make ready.
22:13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and
 they made ready the passover.
22:14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve
 apostles with him.
22:15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat
 this passover with you before I suffer:
22:16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until
 it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
22:17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this,
 and divide [it] among yourselves:
22:18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the
 vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake [it], and
 gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you:
 this do in remembrance of me.
22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup [is]
 the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
22:21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me [is] with
 me on the table.
22:22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but
 woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
22:23 And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them
 it was that should do this thing.
22:24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them
 should be accounted the greatest.
22:25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise
 lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them
 are called benefactors.
22:26 But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he that is greatest among
 you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he
 that doth serve.
22:27 For whether [is] greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he
 that serveth? [is] not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among
 you as he that serveth.
22:28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my
 temptations.
22:29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath
 appointed unto me;
22:30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and
 sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath
 desired [to have] you, that he may sift [you] as wheat:
22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and
 when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
22:33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee,
 both into prison, and to death.
22:34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow
 this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
22:35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and
 scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let
 him take [it], and likewise [his] scrip: and he that hath no
 sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
22:37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be
 accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the
 transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
22:38 And they said, Lord, behold, here [are] two swords. And he
 said unto them, It is enough.
22:39 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount
 of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
22:40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that
 ye enter not into temptation.
22:41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and
 kneeled down, and prayed,
22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from
 me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
22:43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven,
 strengthening him.
22:44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his
 sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the
 ground.
22:45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his
 disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
22:46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye
 enter into temptation.
22:47 And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that
 was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew
 near unto Jesus to kiss him.
22:48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of
 man with a kiss?
22:49 When they which were about him saw what would follow,
 they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
22:50 And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and
 cut off his right ear.
22:51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he
 touched his ear, and healed him.
22:52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of
 the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come
 out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?
22:53 When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched
 forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power
 of darkness.
22:54 Then took they him, and led [him], and brought him into
 the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.
22:55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall,
 and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.
22:56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and
 earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with
 him.
22:57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
22:58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou
 art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.
22:59 And about the space of one hour after another confidently
 affirmed, saying, Of a truth this [fellow] also was with him:
 for he is a Galilaean.
22:60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And
 immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.
22:61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter
 remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him,
 Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
22:62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
22:63 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote [him].
22:64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the
 face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote
 thee?
22:65 And many other things blasphemously spake they against
 him.
22:66 And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and
 the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him
 into their council, saying,
22:67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I
 tell you, ye will not believe:
22:68 And if I also ask [you], ye will not answer me, nor let
 [me] go.
22:69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of
 the power of God.
22:70 Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he
 said unto them, Ye say that I am.
22:71 And they said, What need we any further witness? for we
 ourselves have heard of his own mouth.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.23. Chapter 23 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. LUKE

23:1 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto
 Pilate.
23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this
 [fellow] perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute
 to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
23:3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the
 Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest [it].
23:4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and [to] the people,
 I find no fault in this man.
23:5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the
 people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee
 to this place.
23:6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were
 a Galilaean.
23:7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's
 jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at
 Jerusalem at that time.
23:8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he
 was desirous to see him of a long [season], because he had heard
 many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done
 by him.
23:9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered
 him nothing.
23:10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently
 accused him.
23:11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and
 mocked [him], and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him
 again to Pilate.
23:12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends
 together: for before they were at enmity between themselves.
23:13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests
 and the rulers and the people,
23:14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one
 that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined
 [him] before you, have found no fault in this man touching
 those things whereof ye accuse him:
23:15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing
 worthy of death is done unto him.
23:16 I will therefore chastise him, and release [him].
23:17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the
 feast.)
23:18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this
 [man], and release unto us Barabbas:
23:19 (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for
 murder, was cast into prison.)
23:20 Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to
 them.
23:21 But they cried, saying, Crucify [him], crucify him.
23:22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath
 he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will
 therefore chastise him, and let [him] go.
23:23 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he
 might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief
 priests prevailed.
23:24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
23:25 And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder
 was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered
 Jesus to their will.
23:26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a
 Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the
 cross, that he might bear [it] after Jesus.
23:27 And there followed him a great company of people, and of
 women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
23:28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem,
 weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
23:29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall
 say, Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that never bare,
 and the paps which never gave suck.
23:30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us;
 and to the hills, Cover us.
23:31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be
 done in the dry?
23:32 And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him
 to be put to death.
23:33 And when they were come to the place, which is called
 Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on
 the right hand, and the other on the left.
23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not
 what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
23:35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with
 them derided [him], saying, He saved others; let him save
 himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
23:36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and
 offering him vinegar,
23:37 And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself.
23:38 And a superscription also was written over him in letters
 of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE
 JEWS.
23:39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on
 him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
23:40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou
 fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation?
23:41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our
 deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou
 comest into thy kingdom.
23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day
 shalt thou be with me in paradise.
23:44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness
 over all the earth until the ninth hour.
23:45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was
 rent in the midst.
23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said,
 Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said
 thus, he gave up the ghost.
23:47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified
 God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
23:48 And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding
 the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.
23:49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him
 from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things.
23:50 And, behold, [there was] a man named Joseph, a counsellor;
 [and he was] a good man, and a just:
23:51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of
 them;) [he was] of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also
 himself waited for the kingdom of God.
23:52 This [man] went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.
23:53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it
 in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before
 was laid.
23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
23:55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee,
 followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was
 laid.
23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and
 rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.24. Chapter 24 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. LUKE

24:1 Now upon the first [day] of the week, very early in the
 morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices
 which they had prepared, and certain [others] with them.
24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.
24:3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord
 Jesus.
24:4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed
 thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:
24:5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down [their] faces to
 the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among
 the dead?
24:6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto
 you when he was yet in Galilee,
24:7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of
 sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.
24:8 And they remembered his words,
24:9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things
 unto the eleven, and to all the rest.
24:10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary [the mother]
 of James, and other [women that were] with them, which told
 these things unto the apostles.
24:11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they
 believed them not.
24:12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping
 down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and
 departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
24:13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village
 called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem [about] threescore
 furlongs.
24:14 And they talked together of all these things which had
 happened.
24:15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed [together]
 and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
24:16 But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.
24:17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications
 [are] these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?
24:18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering
 said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast
 not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
24:19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto
 him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty
 in deed and word before God and all the people:
24:20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to
 be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
24:21 But we trusted that it had been he which should have
 redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day
 since these things were done.
24:22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us
 astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;
24:23 And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that
 they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was
 alive.
24:24 And certain of them which were with us went to the
 sepulchre, and found [it] even so as the women had said: but
 him they saw not.
24:25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to
 believe all that the prophets have spoken:
24:26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to
 enter into his glory?
24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded
 unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
24:28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went:
 and he made as though he would have gone further.
24:29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is
 toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to
 tarry with them.
24:30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took
 bread, and blessed [it], and brake, and gave to them.
24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he
 vanished out of their sight.
24:32 And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn
 within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he
 opened to us the scriptures?
24:33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem,
 and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with
 them,
24:34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to
 Simon.
24:35 And they told what things [were done] in the way, and how
 he was known of them in breaking of bread.
24:36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst
 of them, and saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you.
24:37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that
 they had seen a spirit.
24:38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do
 thoughts arise in your hearts?
24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle
 me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see
 me have.
24:40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them [his] hands
 and [his] feet.
24:41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he
 said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
24:42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an
 honeycomb.
24:43 And he took [it], and did eat before them.
24:44 And he said unto them, These [are] the words which I spake
 unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be
 fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and [in] the
 prophets, and [in] the psalms, concerning me.
24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they might
 understand the scriptures,
24:46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it
 behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be
 preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
24:48 And ye are witnesses of these things.
24:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but
 tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with
 power from on high.
24:50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up
 his hands, and blessed them.
24:51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted
 from them, and carried up into heaven.
24:52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with
 great joy:
24:53 And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing
 God. Amen.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. St. John ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.1. Chapter  1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. JOHN

1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
 and the Word was God.
1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any
 thing made that was made.
1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness
 comprehended it not.
1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name [was] John.
1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light,
 that all [men] through him might believe.
1:8 He was not that Light, but [was sent] to bear witness of
 that Light.
1:9 [That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that
 cometh into the world.
1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and
 the world knew him not.
1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to
 become the sons of God, [even] to them that believe on his
 name:
1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the
 flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we
 beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the
 Father,) full of grace and truth.
1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of
 whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me:
 for he was before me.
1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
1:17 For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came
 by Jesus Christ.
1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son,
 which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
1:19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests
 and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
1:20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not
 the Christ.
1:21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he
 saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
1:22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an
 answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
1:23 He said, I [am] the voice of one crying in the wilderness,
 Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
1:24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
1:25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou
 then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
1:26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there
 standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
1:27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose
 shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
1:28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where
 John was baptizing.
1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith,
 Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is
 preferred before me: for he was before me.
1:31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to
 Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending
 from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
1:33 And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with
 water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the
 Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which
 baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
1:34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
1:35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples;
1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the
 Lamb of God!
1:37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed
 Jesus.
1:38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto
 them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to
 say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou?
1:39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where
 he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the
 tenth hour.
1:40 One of the two which heard John [speak], and followed him,
 was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
1:41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him,
 We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the
 Christ.
1:42 And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he
 said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called
 Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
1:43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and
 findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
1:44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
1:45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found
 him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write,
 Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
1:46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come
 out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.
1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold
 an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
1:48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus
 answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee,
 when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
1:49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the
 Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
1:50 Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee,
 I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see
 greater things than these.
1:51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
 Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God
 ascending and descending upon the Son of man.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.2. Chapter  2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. JOHN

2:1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee;
 and the mother of Jesus was there:
2:2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage.
2:3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto
 him, They have no wine.
2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee?
 mine hour is not yet come.
2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto
 you, do [it].
2:6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the
 manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three
 firkins apiece.
2:7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And
 they filled them up to the brim.
2:8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the
 governor of the feast. And they bare [it].
2:9 When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was
 made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which
 drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the
 bridegroom,
2:10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set
 forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which
 is worse: [but] thou hast kept the good wine until now.
2:11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee,
 and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
2:12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother,
 and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there
 not many days.
2:13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to
 Jerusalem,
2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and
 doves, and the changers of money sitting:
2:15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove
 them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and
 poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables;
2:16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things
 hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
2:17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal
 of thine house hath eaten me up.
2:18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign
 shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and
 in three days I will raise it up.
2:20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in
 building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
2:21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
2:22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples
 remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed
 the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast
 [day], many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles
 which he did.
2:24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he
 knew all [men],
2:25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew
 what was in man.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3. Chapter  3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. JOHN

3:1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler
 of the Jews:
3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi,
 we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can
 do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto
 thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of
 God.
3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is
 old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and
 be born?
3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a
 man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into
 the kingdom of God.
3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is
 born of the Spirit is spirit.
3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the
 sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither
 it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
3:9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things
 be?
3:10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of
 Israel, and knowest not these things?
3:11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know,
 and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
3:12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how
 shall ye believe, if I tell you [of] heavenly things?
3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came
 down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven.
3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even
 so must the Son of man be lifted up:
3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
 eternal life.
3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
 Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but
 have everlasting life.
3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the
 world; but that the world through him might be saved.
3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that
 believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not
 believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the
 world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their
 deeds were evil.
3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither
 cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds
 may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
3:22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the
 land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
3:23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because
 there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
3:24 For John was not yet cast into prison.
3:25 Then there arose a question between [some] of John's
 disciples and the Jews about purifying.
3:26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that
 was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness,
 behold, the same baptizeth, and all [men] come to him.
3:27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except
 it be given him from heaven.
3:28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the
 Christ, but that I am sent before him.
3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of
 the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth
 greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy
 therefore is fulfilled.
3:30 He must increase, but I [must] decrease.
3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the
 earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh
 from heaven is above all.
3:32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no
 man receiveth his testimony.
3:33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal
 that God is true.
3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for
 God giveth not the Spirit by measure [unto him].
3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into
 his hand.
3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he
 that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of
 God abideth on him.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.4. Chapter  4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. JOHN

4:1 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard
 that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,
4:2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
4:3 He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
4:4 And he must needs go through Samaria.
4:5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar,
 near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
4:6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied
 with [his] journey, sat thus on the well: [and] it was about
 the sixth hour.
4:7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith
 unto her, Give me to drink.
4:8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.)
4:9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that
 thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of
 Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift
 of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink;
 thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee
 living water.
4:11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw
 with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that
 living water?
4:12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the
 well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
4:13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of
 this water shall thirst again:
4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him
 shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall
 be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
4:15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I
 thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
4:16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
4:17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said
 unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
4:18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast
 is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
4:19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a
 prophet.
4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that
 in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.
4:21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh,
 when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem,
 worship the Father.
4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for
 salvation is of the Jews.
4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers
 shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father
 seeketh such to worship him.
4:24 God [is] a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship
 [him] in spirit and in truth.
4:25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh,
 which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.
4:26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am [he].
4:27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he
 talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or,
 Why talkest thou with her?
4:28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the
 city, and saith to the men,
4:29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did:
 is not this the Christ?
4:30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto him.
4:31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master,
 eat.
4:32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not
 of.
4:33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man
 brought him [ought] to eat?
4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him
 that sent me, and to finish his work.
4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and [then] cometh
 harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on
 the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
4:36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit
 unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth
 may rejoice together.
4:37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another
 reapeth.
4:38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour:
 other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
4:39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for
 the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that
 ever I did.
4:40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought
 him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days.
4:41 And many more believed because of his own word;
4:42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy
 saying: for we have heard [him] ourselves, and know that this
 is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
4:43 Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee.
4:44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour
 in his own country.
4:45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received
 him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the
 feast: for they also went unto the feast.
4:46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the
 water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was
 sick at Capernaum.
4:47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into
 Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come
 down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death.
4:48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders,
 ye will not believe.
4:49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child
 die.
4:50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the
 man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he
 went his way.
4:51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and
 told [him], saying, Thy son liveth.
4:52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend.
 And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever
 left him.
4:53 So the father knew that [it was] at the same hour, in the
 which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself
 believed, and his whole house.
4:54 This [is] again the second miracle [that] Jesus did, when
 he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.5. Chapter  5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. JOHN

5:1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up
 to Jerusalem.
5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep [market] a pool,
 which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five
 porches.
5:3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind,
 halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
5:4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool,
 and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the
 troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever
 disease he had.
5:5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty
 and eight years.
5:6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a
 long time [in that case], he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made
 whole?
5:7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the
 water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am
 coming, another steppeth down before me.
5:8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
5:9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his
 bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
5:10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the
 sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry [thy] bed.
5:11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said
 unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
5:12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee,
 Take up thy bed, and walk?
5:13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had
 conveyed himself away, a multitude being in [that] place.
5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto
 him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse
 thing come unto thee.
5:15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus,
 which had made him whole.
5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to
 slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I
 work.
5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he
 not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his
 Father, making himself equal with God.
5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I
 say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he
 seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these
 also doeth the Son likewise.
5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things
 that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than
 these, that ye may marvel.
5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth
 [them]; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all
 judgment unto the Son:
5:23 That all [men] should honour the Son, even as they honour
 the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the
 Father which hath sent him.
5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word,
 and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and
 shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto
 life.
5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now
 is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and
 they that hear shall live.
5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to
 the Son to have life in himself;
5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also,
 because he is the Son of man.
5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which
 all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
5:29 And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the
 resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the
 resurrection of damnation.
5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and
 my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the
 will of the Father which hath sent me.
5:31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
5:32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know
 that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
5:33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
5:34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I
 say, that ye might be saved.
5:35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing
 for a season to rejoice in his light.
5:36 But I have greater witness than [that] of John: for the
 works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works
 that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne
 witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor
 seen his shape.
5:38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath
 sent, him ye believe not.
5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal
 life: and they are they which testify of me.
5:40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
5:41 I receive not honour from men.
5:42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
5:43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if
 another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
5:44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another,
 and seek not the honour that [cometh] from God only?
5:45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is
 [one] that accuseth you, [even] Moses, in whom ye trust.
5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for
 he wrote of me.
5:47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my
 words?


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.6. Chapter  6 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. JOHN

6:1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which
 is [the sea] of Tiberias.
6:2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his
 miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
6:3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his
 disciples.
6:4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
6:5 When Jesus then lifted up [his] eyes, and saw a great
 company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we
 buy bread, that these may eat?
6:6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he
 would do.
6:7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not
 sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
6:8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith
 unto him,
6:9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two
 small fishes: but what are they among so many?
6:10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much
 grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five
 thousand.
6:11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he
 distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were
 set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
6:12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather
 up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
6:13 Therefore they gathered [them] together, and filled twelve
 baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which
 remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
6:14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus
 did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come
 into the world.
6:15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and
 take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a
 mountain himself alone.
6:16 And when even was [now] come, his disciples went down
 unto the sea,
6:17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward
 Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
6:18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.
6:19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty
 furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh
 unto the ship: and they were afraid.
6:20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
6:21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and
 immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
6:22 The day following, when the people which stood on the other
 side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save
 that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus
 went not with his disciples into the boat, but [that] his
 disciples were gone away alone;
6:23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the
 place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given
 thanks:)
6:24 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there,
 neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to
 Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
6:25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea,
 they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
6:26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto
 you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because
 ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat
 which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man
 shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might
 work the works of God?
6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God,
 that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
6:30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then,
 that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
6:31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written,
 He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
6:32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
 Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth
 you the true bread from heaven.
6:33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven,
 and giveth life unto the world.
6:34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that
 cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me
 shall never thirst.
6:36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe
 not.
6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him
 that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but
 the will of him that sent me.
6:39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of
 all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should
 raise it up again at the last day.
6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one
 which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting
 life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
6:41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the
 bread which came down from heaven.
6:42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose
 father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came
 down from heaven?
6:43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not
 among yourselves.
6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me
 draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
6:45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught
 of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned
 of the Father, cometh unto me.
6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of
 God, he hath seen the Father.
6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me
 hath everlasting life.
6:48 I am that bread of life.
6:49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
6:50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a
 man may eat thereof, and not die.
6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any
 man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread
 that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of
 the world.
6:52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How
 can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?
6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
 Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood,
 ye have no life in you.
6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal
 life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in
 me, and I in him.
6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the
 Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your
 fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this
 bread shall live for ever.
6:59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in
 Capernaum.
6:60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard
 [this], said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
6:61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at
 it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
6:62 [What] and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where
 he was before?
6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth
 nothing: the words that I speak unto you, [they] are spirit,
 and [they] are life.
6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew
 from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who
 should betray him.
6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can
 come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
6:66 From that [time] many of his disciples went back, and
 walked no more with him.
6:67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go?
 thou hast the words of eternal life.
6:69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the
 Son of the living God.
6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one
 of you is a devil?
6:71 He spake of Judas Iscariot [the son] of Simon: for he it
 was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.7. Chapter  7 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. JOHN

7:1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not
 walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
7:2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
7:3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go
 into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that
 thou doest.
7:4 For [there is] no man [that] doeth any thing in secret, and
 he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things,
 shew thyself to the world.
7:5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.
7:6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your
 time is alway ready.
7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I
 testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
7:8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast;
 for my time is not yet full come.
7:9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode [still] in
 Galilee.
7:10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up
 unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
7:11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is
 he?
7:12 And there was much murmuring among the people concerning
 him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he
 deceiveth the people.
7:13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.
7:14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the
 temple, and taught.
7:15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man
 letters, having never learned?
7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but
 his that sent me.
7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine,
 whether it be of God, or [whether] I speak of myself.
7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he
 that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no
 unrighteousness is in him.
7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you
 keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
7:20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth
 about to kill thee?
7:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work,
 and ye all marvel.
7:22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it
 is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day
 circumcise a man.
7:23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the
 law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because
 I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous
 judgment.
7:25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom
 they seek to kill?
7:26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him.
 Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
7:27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ
 cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
7:28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye
 both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of
 myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
7:29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
7:30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him,
 because his hour was not yet come.
7:31 And many of the people believed on him, and said, When
 Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this
 [man] hath done?
7:32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things
 concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent
 officers to take him.
7:33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with
 you, and [then] I go unto him that sent me.
7:34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am,
 [thither] ye cannot come.
7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go,
 that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among
 the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
7:36 What [manner of] saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek
 me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye
 cannot come?
7:37 In the last day, that great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood
 and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and
 drink.
7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of
 his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
7:39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe
 on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet [given];
 because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
7:40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying,
 said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
7:41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall
 Christ come out of Galilee?
7:42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed
 of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
7:43 So there was a division among the people because of him.
7:44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid
 hands on him.
7:45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees;
 and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him?
7:46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
7:47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived?
7:48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?
7:49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
7:50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night,
 being one of them,)
7:51 Doth our law judge [any] man, before it hear him, and know
 what he doeth?
7:52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee?
 Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
7:53 And every man went unto his own house.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.8. Chapter  8 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ST. JOHN

8:1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.
8:2 And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and
 all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken
 in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
8:4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery,
 in the very act.
8:5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be
 stoned: but what sayest thou?
8:6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse
 him. But Jesus stooped down, and with [his] finger wrote on the
 ground, [as though he heard them not].
8:7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and
 said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first
 cast a stone at her.
8:8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
8:9 And they which heard [it], being convicted by [their own]
 conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest,
 [even] unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman
 standing in the midst.
8:10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the
 woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers?
 hath no man condemned thee?
8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do
 I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of
 the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but
 shall have the light of life.
8:13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record
 of thyself; thy record is not true.
8:14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of
 myself, [yet] my record is true: for I know whence I came, and
 whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
8:15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
8:16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not
 alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
8:17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two
 men is true.
8:18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that
 sent me beareth witness of me.
8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus
 answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known
 me, ye should have known my Father also.
8:20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in
 the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not
 yet come.
8:21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall
 seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot
 come.
8:22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith,
 Whither I go, ye cannot come.
8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from
 above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins:
 for if ye believe not that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.
8:25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto
 them, Even [the same] that I said unto you from the beginning.
8:26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that
 sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I
 have heard of him.
8:27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.
8:28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son
 of man, then shall ye know that I am [he], and [that] I do
 nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak
 these things.
8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me
 alone; for I do always those things that please him.
8:30 As he spake these words, many believed on him.
8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye
 continue in my word, [then] are ye my disciples indeed;
8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you
 free.
8:33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never
 in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
 Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
8:35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: [but]
 the Son abideth ever.
8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free
 indeed.
8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me,
 because my word hath no place in you.
8:38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do
 that which ye have seen with your father.
8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father.
 Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would
 do the works of Abraham.
8:40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the
 truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We
 be not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.
8:42 Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would
 love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came
 I of myself, but he sent me.
8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? [even] because ye
 cannot hear my word.
8:44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your
 father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and
 abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When
 he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar,
 and the father of it.
8:45 And because I tell [you] the truth, ye believe me not.
8:46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth,
 why do ye not believe me?
8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear
 [them] not, because ye are not of God.
8:48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well
 that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
8:49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father,
 and ye do dishonour me.
8:50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh
 and judgeth.
8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he
 shall never see death.
8:52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a
 devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a
 man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
8:53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead?
 and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
8:54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing:
 it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is
 your God:
8:55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should
 say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I
 know him, and keep his saying.
8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw
 [it], and was glad.
8:57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years
 old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
 Before Abraham was, I am.
8:59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid
 himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of
 them, and so passed by.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.9. Chapter  9 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. JOHN

9:1 And as [Jesus] passed by, he saw a man which was blind from [his] birth.
9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin,
 this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
9:3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents:
 but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day:
 the night cometh, when no man can work.
9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
9:6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made
 clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man
 with the clay,
9:7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is
 by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and
 washed, and came seeing.
9:8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him
 that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?
9:9 Some said, This is he: others [said], He is like him: [but]
 he said, I am [he].
9:10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?
9:11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay,
 and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of
 Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
9:12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
9:13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.
9:14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and
 opened his eyes.
9:15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received
 his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I
 washed, and do see.
9:16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of
 God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How
 can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a
 division among them.
9:17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him,
 that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.
9:18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had
 been blind, and received his sight, until they called the
 parents of him that had received his sight.
9:19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say
 was born blind? how then doth he now see?
9:20 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is
 our son, and that he was born blind:
9:21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath
 opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall
 speak for himself.
9:22 These [words] spake his parents, because they feared the
 Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did
 confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
9:23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him.
9:24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said
 unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a
 sinner.
9:25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner [or no], I
 know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.
9:26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how
 opened he thine eyes?
9:27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not
 hear: wherefore would ye hear [it] again? will ye also be his
 disciples?
9:28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but
 we are Moses' disciples.
9:29 We know that God spake unto Moses: [as for] this [fellow],
 we know not from whence he is.
9:30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a
 marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and [yet]
 he hath opened mine eyes.
9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be
 a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.
9:32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened
 the eyes of one that was born blind.
9:33 If this man were not of God, he could do nothing.
9:34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born
 in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.
9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had
 found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
9:36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe
 on him?
9:37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is
 he that talketh with thee.
9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world,
 that they which see not might see; and that they which see
 might be made blind.
9:40 And [some] of the Pharisees which were with him heard these
 words, and said unto him, Are we blind also?
9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no
 sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.10. Chapter 10 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. JOHN

10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the
 door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the
 same is a thief and a robber.
10:2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the
 sheep.
10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice:
 and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before
 them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from
 him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
10:6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not
 what things they were which he spake unto them.
10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto
 you, I am the door of the sheep.
10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but
 the sheep did not hear them.
10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be
 saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and
 to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they
 might have [it] more abundantly.
10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life
 for the sheep.
10:12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose
 own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the
 sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth
 the sheep.
10:13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth
 not for the sheep.
10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my [sheep], and am
 known of mine.
10:15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I
 lay down my life for the sheep.
10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them
 also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there
 shall be one fold, [and] one shepherd.
10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my
 life, that I might take it again.
10:18 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 have I received of my Father.
10:19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for
 these sayings.
10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why
 hear ye him?
10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a
 devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
10:22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and
 it was winter.
10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch.
10:24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him,
 How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell
 us plainly.
10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the
 works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I
 said unto you.
10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow
 me:
10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never
 perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand.
10:29 My Father, which gave [them] me, is greater than all; and
 no [man] is able to pluck [them] out of my Father's hand.
10:30 I and [my] Father are one.
10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.
10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you
 from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone
 thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a
 man, makest thyself God.
10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I
 said, Ye are gods?
10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came,
 and the scripture cannot be broken;
10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent
 into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son
 of God?
10:37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
10:38 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.
10:39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped
 out of their hand,
10:40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where
 John at first baptized; and there he abode.
10:41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle:
 but all things that John spake of this man were true.
10:42 And many believed on him there.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.11. Chapter 11 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. JOHN

11:1 Now a certain [man] was sick, [named] Lazarus, of Bethany,
 the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
11:2 (It was [that] Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment,
 and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was
 sick.)
11:3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold,
 he whom thou lovest is sick.
11:4 When Jesus heard [that], he said, This sickness is not unto
 death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be
 glorified thereby.
11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
11:6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two
 days still in the same place where he was.
11:7 Then after that saith he to [his] disciples, Let us go into
 Judaea again.
11:8 [His] disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late
 sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
11:9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If
 any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the
 light of this world.
11:10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because
 there is no light in him.
11:11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them,
 Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out
 of sleep.
11:12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
11:13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he
 had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
11:14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
11:15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the
 intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
11:16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his
 fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
11:17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had [lain] in the
 grave four days already.
11:18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen
 furlongs off:
11:19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort
 them concerning their brother.
11:20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming,
 went and met him: but Mary sat [still] in the house.
11:21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been
 here, my brother had not died.
11:22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of
 God, God will give [it] thee.
11:23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
11:24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in
 the resurrection at the last day.
11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life:
 he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
11:26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.
 Believest thou this?
11:27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the
 Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
11:28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and called
 Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and
 calleth for thee.
11:29 As soon as she heard [that], she arose quickly, and came
 unto him.
11:30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that
 place where Martha met him.
11:31 The Jews then which were with her in the house, and
 comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and
 went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to
 weep there.
11:32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him,
 she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst
 been here, my brother had not died.
11:33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also
 weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was
 troubled,
11:34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him,
 Lord, come and see.
11:35 Jesus wept.
11:36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
11:37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened
 the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should
 not have died?
11:38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the
 grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
11:39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of
 him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he
 stinketh: for he hath been [dead] four days.
11:40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou
 wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
11:41 Then they took away the stone [from the place] where the
 dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up [his] eyes, and said,
 Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
11:42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the
 people which stand by I said [it], that they may believe that
 thou hast sent me.
11:43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice,
 Lazarus, come forth.
11:44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with
 graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus
 saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
11:45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen
 the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
11:46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and
 told them what things Jesus had done.
11:47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council,
 and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles.
11:48 If we let him thus alone, all [men] will believe on him:
 and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and
 nation.
11:49 And one of them, [named] Caiaphas, being the high priest
 that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
11:50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man
 should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
11:51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest
 that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;
11:52 And not for that nation only, but that also he should
 gather together in one the children of God that were scattered
 abroad.
11:53 Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to
 put him to death.
11:54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but
 went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city
 called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.
11:55 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went
 out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify
 themselves.
11:56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as
 they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come
 to the feast?
11:57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a
 commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should
 shew [it], that they might take him.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.12. Chapter 12 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. JOHN

12:1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany,
 where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from
 the dead.
12:2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but
 Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
12:3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very
 costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with
 her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment.
12:4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's
 [son], which should betray him,
12:5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and
 given to the poor?
12:6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because
 he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
12:7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my
 burying hath she kept this.
12:8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not
 always.
12:9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there:
 and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see
 Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
12:10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put
 Lazarus also to death;
12:11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away,
 and believed on Jesus.
12:12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast,
 when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
12:13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him,
 and cried, Hosanna: Blessed [is] the King of Israel that cometh
 in the name of the Lord.
12:14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as
 it is written,
12:15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh,
 sitting on an ass's colt.
12:16 These things understood not his disciples at the first:
 but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these
 things were written of him, and [that] they had done these
 things unto him.
12:17 The people therefore that was with him when he called
 Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare
 record.
12:18 For this cause the people also met him, for that they
 heard that he had done this miracle.
12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye
 how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
12:20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to
 worship at the feast:
12:21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida
 of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
12:22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and
 Philip tell Jesus.
12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that
 the Son of man should be glorified.
12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat
 fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die,
 it bringeth forth much fruit.
12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth
 his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
12:26 If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am,
 there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will
 [my] Father honour.
12:27 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.
12:28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from
 heaven, [saying], I have both glorified [it], and will glorify
 [it] again.
12:29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard [it], said
 that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
12:30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of
 me, but for your sakes.
12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of
 this world be cast out.
12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all
 [men] unto me.
12:33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.
12:34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that
 Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man
 must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light
 with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon
 you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he
 goeth.
12:36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be
 the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed,
 and did hide himself from them.
12:37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet
 they believed not on him:
12:38 That the saying of Esaias 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?
12:39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said
 again,
12:40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that
 they should not see with [their] eyes, nor understand with
 [their] heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.
12:41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake
 of him.
12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on
 him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess [him],
 lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of
 God.
12:44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth
 not on me, but on him that sent me.
12:45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth
 on me should not abide in darkness.
12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him
 not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one
 that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall
 judge him in the last day.
12:49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent
 me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I
 should speak.
12:50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting:
 whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me,
 so I speak.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.13. Chapter 13 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. JOHN

13:1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that
 his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto
 the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he
 loved them unto the end.
13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the
 heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's [son], to betray him;
13:3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his
 hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
13:4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and
 took a towel, and girded himself.
13:5 After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash
 the disciples' feet, and to wipe [them] with the towel
 wherewith he was girded.
13:6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him,
 Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
13:7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest
 not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
13:8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus
 answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
13:9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but
 also [my] hands and [my] head.
13:10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to
 wash [his] feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but
 not all.
13:11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye
 are not all clean.
13:12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his
 garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye
 what I have done to you?
13:13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for [so] I am.
13:14 If I then, [your] Lord and Master, have washed your feet;
 ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
13:15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I
 have done to you.
13:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater
 than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent
 him.
13:17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
13:18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but
 that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with
 me hath lifted up his heel against me.
13:19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to
 pass, ye may believe that I am [he].
13:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth
 whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me
 receiveth him that sent me.
13:21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and
 testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one
 of you shall betray me.
13:22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom
 he spake.
13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his
 disciples, whom Jesus loved.
13:24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask
 who it should be of whom he spake.
13:25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who
 is it?
13:26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when
 I have dipped [it]. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave
 [it] to Judas Iscariot, [the son] of Simon.
13:27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus
 unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
13:28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this
 unto him.
13:29 For some [of them] thought, because Judas had the bag,
 that Jesus had said unto him, Buy [those things] that we have
 need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to
 the poor.
13:30 He then having received the sop went immediately out: and
 it was night.
13:31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the
 Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
13:32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in
 himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
13:33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye
 shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye
 cannot come; so now I say to you.
13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one
 another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
13:35 By this shall all [men] know that ye are my disciples, if
 ye have love one to another.
13:36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus
 answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but
 thou shalt follow me afterwards.
13:37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I
 will lay down my life for thy sake.
13:38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my
 sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow,
 till thou hast denied me thrice.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.14. Chapter 14 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. JOHN

14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe
 also in me.
14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if [it were] not
 [so], I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again,
 and receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be
 also.
14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
14:5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou
 goest; and how can we know the way?
14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the
 life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also:
 and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it
 sufficeth us.
14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you,
 and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me
 hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou [then], Shew us the
 Father?
14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father
 in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself:
 but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
14:11 Believe me that I [am] in the Father, and the Father in
 me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me,
 the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than
 these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do,
 that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do [it].
14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another
 Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
14:17 [Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive,
 because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him;
 for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye
 see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
14:20 At that day ye shall know that I [am] in my Father, and ye
 in me, and I in you.
14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is
 that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my
 Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
14:22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that
 thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he
 will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will
 come unto him, and make our abode with him.
14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word
 which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
14:25 These things have I spoken unto you, being [yet] present
 with you.
14:26 But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the
 Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and
 bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said
 unto you.
14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as
 the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be
 troubled, neither let it be afraid.
14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come
 [again] unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I
 said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
14:29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when
 it is come to pass, ye might believe.
14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of
 this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as
 the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go
 hence.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.15. Chapter 15 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. JOHN

15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away:
 and every [branch] that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it
 may bring forth more fruit.
15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto
 you.
15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit
 of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except
 ye abide in me.
15:5 I am the vine, ye [are] the branches: He that abideth in
 me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for
 without me ye can do nothing.
15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and
 is withered; and men gather them, and cast [them] into the
 fire, and they are burned.
15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask
 what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so
 shall ye be my disciples.
15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue
 ye in my love.
15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love;
 even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his
 love.
15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might
 remain in you, and [that] your joy might be full.
15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I
 have loved you.
15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down
 his life for his friends.
15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant
 knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends;
 for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known
 unto you.
15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained
 you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and [that] your
 fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father
 in my name, he may give it you.
15:17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it
 hated] you.
15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but
 because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of
 the world, therefore the world hateth you.
15:20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not
 greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will
 also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep
 yours also.
15:21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's
 sake, because they know not him that sent me.
15:22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had
 sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin.
15:23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
15:24 If I had not done among them the works which none other
 man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and
 hated both me and my Father.
15:25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word might be fulfilled
 that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.
15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you
 from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth
 from the Father, he shall testify of me:
15:27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with
 me from the beginning.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.16. Chapter 16 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. JOHN

16:1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be
 offended.
16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time
 cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God
 service.
16:3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have
 not known the Father, nor me.
16:4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall
 come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things
 I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
16:5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you
 asketh me, Whither goest thou?
16:6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath
 filled your heart.
16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you
 that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not
 come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and
 of righteousness, and of judgment:
16:9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me
 no more;
16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
16:12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear
 them now.
16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will
 guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself;
 but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he
 will shew you things to come.
16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and
 shall shew [it] unto you.
16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said
 I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew [it] unto you.
16:16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a
 little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
16:17 Then said [some] of his disciples among themselves, What
 is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not
 see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and,
 Because I go to the Father?
16:18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little
 while? we cannot tell what he saith.
16:19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and
 said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said,
 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little
 while, and ye shall see me?
16:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and
 lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful,
 but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
16:21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her
 hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she
 remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born
 into the world.
16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you
 again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh
 from you.
16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I
 say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he
 will give [it] you.
16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye
 shall receive, that your joy may be full.
16:25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the
 time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs,
 but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto
 you, that I will pray the Father for you:
16:27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved
 me, and have believed that I came out from God.
16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world:
 again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
16:29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou
 plainly, and speakest no proverb.
16:30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest
 not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou
 camest forth from God.
16:31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
16:32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall
 be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone:
 and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might
 have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of
 good cheer; I have overcome the world.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.17. Chapter 17 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ST. JOHN

17:1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven,
 and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy
 Son also may glorify thee:
17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should
 give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the
 only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the
 work which thou gavest me to do.
17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with
 the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest
 me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me;
 and they have kept thy word.
17:7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast
 given me are of thee.
17:8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me;
 and they have received [them], and have known surely that I
 came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send
 me.
17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them
 which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am
 glorified in them.
17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the
 world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own
 name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as
 we [are].
17:12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy
 name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them
 is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be
 fulfilled.
17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the
 world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
17:14 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.
17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world,
 but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also
 sent them into the world.
17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also
 might be sanctified through the truth.
17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which
 shall believe on me through their word;
17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, [art] in me,
 and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world
 may believe that thou hast sent me.
17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that
 they may be one, even as we are one:
17:23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect
 in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and
 hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be
 with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou
 hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the
 world.
17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I
 have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare
 [it]: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in
 them, and I in them.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.18. Chapter 18 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. JOHN

18:1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his
 disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the
 which he entered, and his disciples.
18:2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for
 Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
18:3 Judas then, having received a band [of men] and officers
 from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with
 lanterns and torches and weapons.
18:4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon
 him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
18:5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto
 them, I am [he]. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with
 them.
18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am [he], they went
 backward, and fell to the ground.
18:7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said,
 Jesus of Nazareth.
18:8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am [he]: if
 therefore ye seek me, let these go their way:
18:9 That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them
 which thou gavest me have I lost none.
18:10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the
 high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's
 name was Malchus.
18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the
 sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not
 drink it?
18:12 Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews
 took Jesus, and bound him,
18:13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law
 to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
18:14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that
 it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
18:15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and [so did] another
 disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and
 went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.
18:16 But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that
 other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake
 unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
18:17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art
 not thou also [one] of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not.
18:18 And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a
 fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and
 Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.
18:19 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of
 his doctrine.
18:20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever
 taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews
 always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
18:21 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have
 said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
18:22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which
 stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying,
 Answerest thou the high priest so?
18:23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of
 the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
18:24 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high
 priest.
18:25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said
 therefore unto him, Art not thou also [one] of his disciples?
 He denied [it], and said, I am not.
18:26 One of the servants of the high priest, being [his]
 kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in
 the garden with him?
18:27 Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
18:28 Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of
 judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into
 the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they
 might eat the passover.
18:29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation
 bring ye against this man?
18:30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a
 malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
18:31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him
 according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is
 not lawful for us to put any man to death:
18:32 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he
 spake, signifying what death he should die.
18:33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and
 called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
18:34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or
 did others tell it thee of me?
18:35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the
 chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?
18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my
 kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that
 I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom
 not from hence.
18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then?
 Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I
 born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should
 bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth
 heareth my voice.
18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said
 this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I
 find in him no fault [at all].
18:39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one
 at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the
 King of the Jews?
18:40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but
 Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.19. Chapter 19 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ST. JOHN

19:1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged [him].
19:2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put [it] on
 his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
19:3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with
 their hands.
19:4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them,
 Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find
 no fault in him.
19:5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the
 purple robe. And [Pilate] saith unto them, Behold the man!
19:6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they
 cried out, saying, Crucify [him], crucify [him]. Pilate saith
 unto them, Take ye him, and crucify [him]: for I find no fault
 in him.
19:7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he
 ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
19:8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more
 afraid;
19:9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto
 Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
19:10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me?
 knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have
 power to release thee?
19:11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power [at all]
 against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he
 that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
19:12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the
 Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not
 Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh
 against Caesar.
19:13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus
 forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is
 called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha.
19:14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the
 sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!
19:15 But they cried out, Away with [him], away with [him],
 crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King?
 The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
19:16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified.
 And they took Jesus, and led [him] away.
19:17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called
 [the place] of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
19:18 Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on
 either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
19:19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put [it] on the cross. And
 the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
19:20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where
 Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in
 Hebrew, [and] Greek, [and] Latin.
19:21 Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write
 not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the
 Jews.
19:22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.
19:23 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his
 garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and
 also [his] coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the
 top throughout.
19:24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it,
 but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture
 might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among
 them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things
 therefore the soldiers did.
19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his
 mother's sister, Mary the [wife] of Cleophas, and Mary
 Magdalene.
19:26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple
 standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman,
 behold thy son!
19:27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from
 that hour that disciple took her unto his own [home].
19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now
 accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
19:29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they
 filled a spunge with vinegar, and put [it] upon hyssop, and put
 [it] to his mouth.
19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It
 is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.
19:31 The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that
 the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day,
 (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that
 their legs might be broken, and [that] they might be taken away.
19:32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first,
 and of the other which was crucified with him.
19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead
 already, they brake not his legs:
19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and
 forthwith came there out blood and water.
19:35 And he that saw [it] bare record, and his record is true:
 and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
19:36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be
 fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
19:37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him
 whom they pierced.
19:38 And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of
 Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that
 he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave [him]
 leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
19:39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to
 Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about
 an hundred pound [weight].
19:40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen
 clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury.
19:41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a
 garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never
 man yet laid.
19:42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews'
 preparation [day]; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.20. Chapter 20 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. JOHN

20:1 The first [day] of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early,
 when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone
 taken away from the sepulchre.
20:2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the
 other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They
 have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not
 where they have laid him.
20:3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and
 came to the sepulchre.
20:4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did
 outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
20:5 And he stooping down, [and looking in], saw the linen
 clothes lying; yet went he not in.
20:6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the
 sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
20:7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the
 linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself.
20:8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to
 the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
20:9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise
 again from the dead.
20:10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own home.
20:11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as
 she wept, she stooped down, [and looked] into the sepulchre,
20:12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the
 head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had
 lain.
20:13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith
 unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know
 not where they have laid him.
20:14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and
 saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
20:15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom
 seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto
 him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast
 laid him, and I will take him away.
20:16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith
 unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet
 ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto
 them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and [to] my
 God, and your God.
20:18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had
 seen the Lord, and [that] he had spoken these things unto her.
20:19 Then the same day at evening, being the first [day] of the
 week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were
 assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the
 midst, and saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you.
20:20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them [his] hands
 and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the
 Lord.
20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace [be] unto you: as
 [my] Father hath sent me, even so send I you.
20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on [them], and
 saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
20:23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them;
 [and] whose soever [sins] ye retain, they are retained.
20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not
 with them when Jesus came.
20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen
 the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his
 hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print
 of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not
 believe.
20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and
 Thomas with them: [then] came Jesus, the doors being shut, and
 stood in the midst, and said, Peace [be] unto you.
20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and
 behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust [it]
 into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my
 God.
20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me,
 thou hast believed: blessed [are] they that have not seen, and
 [yet] have believed.
20:30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of
 his disciples, which are not written in this book:
20:31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is
 the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have
 life through his name.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.21. Chapter 21 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ST. JOHN

21:1 After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the
 disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he
 [himself].
21:2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called
 Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the [sons] of
 Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
21:3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto
 him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a
 ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.
21:4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the
 shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
21:5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat?
 They answered him, No.
21:6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of
 the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they
 were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
21:7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter,
 It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the
 Lord, he girt [his] fisher's coat [unto him], (for he was
 naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
21:8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they
 were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,)
 dragging the net with fishes.
21:9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of
 coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
21:10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now
 caught.
21:11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of
 great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there
 were so many, yet was not the net broken.
21:12 Jesus saith unto them, Come [and] dine. And none of the
 disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the
 Lord.
21:13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and
 fish likewise.
21:14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to
 his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon,
 [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto
 him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto
 him, Feed my lambs.
21:16 He saith to him again the second time, Simon, [son] of
 Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou
 knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, [son] of Jonas,
 lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the
 third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou
 knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith
 unto him, Feed my sheep.
21:18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young,
 thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but
 when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and
 another shall gird thee, and carry [thee] whither thou wouldest
 not.
21:19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify
 God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.
21:20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus
 loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and
 said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
21:21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what [shall]
 this man [do]?
21:22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come,
 what [is that] to thee? follow thou me.
21:23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that
 disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall
 not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what [is
 that] to thee?
21:24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and
 wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the
 which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even
 the world itself could not contain the books that should be
 written. Amen.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. Acts of the Apostles ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.1. Chapter  1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ACTS

1:1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that
 Jesus began both to do and teach,
1:2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he
 through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles
 whom he had chosen:
1:3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by
 many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and
 speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:
1:4 And, being assembled together with [them], commanded them
 that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the
 promise of the Father, which, [saith he], ye have heard of me.
1:5 For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized
 with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him,
 saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom
 to Israel?
1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times
 or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is
 come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in
 Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the
 uttermost part of the earth.
1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he
 was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
1:10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went
 up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
1:11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up
 into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into
 heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go
 into heaven.
1:12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called
 Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
1:13 And when they were come in, they went up into an upper
 room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew,
 Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James [the son]
 of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas [the brother] of James.
1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and
 supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and
 with his brethren.
1:15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the
 disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about
 an hundred and twenty,)
1:16 Men [and] brethren, this scripture must needs have been
 fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake
 before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took
 Jesus.
1:17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this
 ministry.
1:18 Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity;
 and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all
 his bowels gushed out.
1:19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem;
 insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue,
 Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation
 be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick
 let another take.
1:21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the
 time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
1:22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that
 he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness
 with us of his resurrection.
1:23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was
 surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
1:24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the
 hearts of all [men], shew whether of these two thou hast
 chosen,
1:25 That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship,
 from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his
 own place.
1:26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon
 Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.2. Chapter  2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ACTS

2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all
 with one accord in one place.
2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing
 mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were
 sitting.
2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire,
 and it sat upon each of them.
2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to
 speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out
 of every nation under heaven.
2:6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came
 together, and were confounded, because that every man heard
 them speak in his own language.
2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to
 another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
2:8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we
 were born?
2:9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in
 Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya
 about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,
2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues
 the wonderful works of God.
2:12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to
 another, What meaneth this?
2:13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his
 voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all [ye] that
 dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my
 words:
2:15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is
 [but] the third hour of the day.
2:16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel;
2:17 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, and your young men shall see
 visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
2:18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in
 those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy:
2:19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the
 earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into
 blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:
2:21 And it shall come to pass, [that] whosoever shall call on
 the name of the Lord shall be saved.
2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a
 man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and
 signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye
 yourselves also know:
2:23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and
 foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have
 crucified and slain:
2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death:
 because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord
 always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I
 should not be moved:
2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;
 moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt
 thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt
 make me full of joy with thy countenance.
2:29 Men [and] brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the
 patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his
 sepulchre is with us unto this day.
2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn
 with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according
 to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ,
 that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see
 corruption.
2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are
 witnesses.
2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and
 having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he
 hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith
 himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
2:35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that
 God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both
 Lord and Christ.
2:37 Now when they heard [this], they were pricked in their
 heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men
 [and] brethren, what shall we do?
2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every
 one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of
 sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all
 that are afar off, [even] as many as the Lord our God shall call.
2:40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort,
 saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and
 the same day there were added [unto them] about three thousand
 souls.
2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and
 fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
2:43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs
 were done by the apostles.
2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all things
 common;
2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to
 all [men], as every man had need.
2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple,
 and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with
 gladness and singleness of heart,
2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And
 the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.3. Chapter  3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ACTS

3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the
 hour of prayer, [being] the ninth [hour].
3:2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried,
 whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called
 Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
3:3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked
 an alms.
3:4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look
 on us.
3:5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something
 of them.
3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I
 have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise
 up and walk.
3:7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted [him] up: and
 immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
3:8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them
 into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
3:9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
3:10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the
 Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder
 and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
3:11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John,
 all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is
 called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
3:12 And when Peter saw [it], he answered unto the people, Ye
 men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so
 earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had
 made this man to walk?
3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of
 our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered
 up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was
 determined to let [him] go.
3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a
 murderer to be granted unto you;
3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from
 the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
3:16 And his name through faith in his name hath made this man
 strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him
 hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
3:17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did
 [it], as [did] also your rulers.
3:18 But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth
 of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.
3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may
 be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from
 the presence of the Lord;
3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached
 unto you:
3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution
 of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his
 holy prophets since the world began.
3:22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the
 Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me;
 him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
3:23 And it shall come to pass, [that] every soul, which will
 not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people.
3:24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow
 after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these
 days.
3:25 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 kindreds of the earth be blessed.
3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent
 him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his
 iniquities.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.4. Chapter  4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ACTS

4:1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the
 captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
4:2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached
 through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
4:3 And they laid hands on them, and put [them] in hold unto the
 next day: for it was now eventide.
4:4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the
 number of the men was about five thousand.
4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and
 elders, and scribes,
4:6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and
 Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high
 priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what
 power, or by what name, have ye done this?
4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye
 rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
4:9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the
 impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel,
 that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye
 crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] by him doth
 this man stand here before you whole.
4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders,
 which is become the head of the corner.
4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none
 other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be
 saved.
4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and
 perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they
 marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been
 with Jesus.
4:14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with them,
 they could say nothing against it.
4:15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the
 council, they conferred among themselves,
4:16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a
 notable miracle hath been done by them [is] manifest to all
 them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny [it].
4:17 But that it spread no further among the people, let us
 straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in
 this name.
4:18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at
 all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
4:19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it
 be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto
 God, judge ye.
4:20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and
 heard.
4:21 So when they had further threatened them, they let them go,
 finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the
 people: for all [men] glorified God for that which was done.
4:22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle
 of healing was shewed.
4:23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and
 reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
4:24 And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God
 with one accord, and said, Lord, thou [art] God, which hast
 made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
4:25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did
 the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?
4:26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were
 gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.
4:27 For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast
 anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles,
 and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
4:28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined
 before to be done.
4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto
 thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
4:30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and
 wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.
4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they
 were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy
 Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart
 and of one soul: neither said any [of them] that ought of the
 things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things
 common.
4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the
 resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
4:34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many
 as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought
 the prices of the things that were sold,
4:35 And laid [them] down at the apostles' feet: and
 distribution was made unto every man according as he had need.
4:36 And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas,
 (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a
 Levite, [and] of the country of Cyprus,
4:37 Having land, sold [it], and brought the money, and laid
 [it] at the apostles' feet.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.5. Chapter  5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ACTS

5:1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife,
 sold a possession,
5:2 And kept back [part] of the price, his wife also being privy
 [to it], and brought a certain part, and laid [it] at the
 apostles' feet.
5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart
 to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of the price
 of the land?
5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was
 sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived
 this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but
 unto God.
5:5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the
 ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.
5:6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried [him]
 out, and buried [him].
5:7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his
 wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
5:8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the
 land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
5:9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed
 together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of
 them which have buried thy husband [are] at the door, and shall
 carry thee out.
5:10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up
 the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and,
 carrying [her] forth, buried [her] by her husband.
5:11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many
 as heard these things.
5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and
 wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one
 accord in Solomon's porch.
5:13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the
 people magnified them.
5:14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes
 both of men and women.)
5:15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets,
 and laid [them] on beds and couches, that at the least the
 shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
5:16 There came also a multitude [out] of the cities round about
 unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed
 with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
5:17 Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with
 him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with
 indignation,
5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the
 common prison.
5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors,
 and brought them forth, and said,
5:20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the
 words of this life.
5:21 And when they heard [that], they entered into the temple
 early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and
 they that were with him, and called the council together, and
 all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the
 prison to have them brought.
5:22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the
 prison, they returned, and told,
5:23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and
 the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had
 opened, we found no man within.
5:24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and
 the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them
 whereunto this would grow.
5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom
 ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the
 people.
5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them
 without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should
 have been stoned.
5:27 And when they had brought them, they set [them] before the
 council: and the high priest asked them,
5:28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not
 teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with
 your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
5:29 Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We
 ought to obey God rather than men.
5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and
 hanged on a tree.
5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand [to be] a Prince
 and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and
 forgiveness of sins.
5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and [so is] also
 the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
5:33 When they heard [that], they were cut [to the heart], and
 took counsel to slay them.
5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named
 Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the
 people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
5:35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to
 yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.
5:36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to
 be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred,
 joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed
 him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
5:37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the
 taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished;
 and all, [even] as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
5:38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let
 them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will
 come to nought:
5:39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye
 be found even to fight against God.
5:40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called the
 apostles, and beaten [them], they commanded that they should
 not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing
 that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased
 not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.6. Chapter  6 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ACTS

6:1 And in those days, when the number of the disciples was
 multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the
 Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily
 ministration.
6:2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples [unto
 them], and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word
 of God, and serve tables.
6:3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of
 honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may
 appoint over this business.
6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the
 ministry of the word.
6:5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose
 Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip,
 and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and
 Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
6:6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed,
 they laid [their] hands on them.
6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the
 disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company
 of the priests were obedient to the faith.
6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and
 miracles among the people.
6:9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called
 [the synagogue] of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and
 Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing
 with Stephen.
6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit
 by which he spake.
6:11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him
 speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.
6:12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the
 scribes, and came upon [him], and caught him, and brought [him]
 to the council,
6:13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth
 not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the
 law:
6:14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth
 shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which
 Moses delivered us.
6:15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him,
 saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.7. Chapter  7 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ACTS

7:1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
7:2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of
 glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in
 Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
7:3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy
 kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
7:4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in
 Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed
 him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not [so much as]
 to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to
 him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet]
 he had no child.
7:6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in
 a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage,
 and entreat [them] evil four hundred years.
7:7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I
 judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and
 serve me in this place.
7:8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so
 [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and
 Isaac [begat] Jacob; and Jacob [begat] the twelve patriarchs.
7:9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt:
 but God was with him,
7:10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him
 favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he
 made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
7:11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and
 Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no
 sustenance.
7:12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent
 out our fathers first.
7:13 And at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his
 brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
7:14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to [him], and
 all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
7:15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
7:16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the
 sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of
 Emmor [the father] of Sychem.
7:17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had
 sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
7:18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
7:19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil
 entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young
 children, to the end they might not live.
7:20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and
 nourished up in his father's house three months:
7:21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up,
 and nourished him for her own son.
7:22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians,
 and was mighty in words and in deeds.
7:23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his
 heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
7:24 And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended [him],
 and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
7:25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that
 God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
7:26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they
 strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye
 are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
7:27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away,
 saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
7:28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
7:29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the
 land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
7:30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in
 the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of
 fire in a bush.
7:31 When Moses saw [it], he wondered at the sight: and as he
 drew near to behold [it], the voice of the Lord came unto him,
7:32 [Saying], I [am] the God of thy fathers, the God of
 Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses
 trembled, and durst not behold.
7:33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet:
 for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
7:34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which
 is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down
 to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
7:35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a
 ruler and a judge? the same did God send [to be] a ruler and a
 deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the
 bush.
7:36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and
 signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the
 wilderness forty years.
7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel,
 A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your
 brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
7:38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with
 the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and [with] our
 fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
7:39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from
 them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
7:40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for [as
 for] this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we
 wot not what is become of him.
7:41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice
 unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of
 heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye
 house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and
 sacrifices [by the space of] forty years in the wilderness?
7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of
 your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I
 will carry you away beyond Babylon.
7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the
 wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he
 should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
7:45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with
 Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out
 before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
7:46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a
 tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
7:47 But Solomon built him an house.
7:48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with
 hands; as saith the prophet,
7:49 Heaven [is] my throne, and earth [is] my footstool: what
 house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what [is] the place
 of my rest?
7:50 Hath not my hand made all these things?
7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do
 always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.
7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and
 they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the
 Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
7:53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and
 have not kept [it].
7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart,
 and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth.
7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly
 into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on
 the right hand of God,
7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of
 man standing on the right hand of God.
7:57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their
 ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
7:58 And cast [him] out of the city, and stoned [him]: and the
 witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose
 name was Saul.
7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying,
 Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
7:60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay
 not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he
 fell asleep.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.8. Chapter  8 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ACTS

8:1 And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time
 there was a great persecution against the church which was at
 Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the
 regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
8:2 And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made
 great lamentation over him.
8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into
 every house, and haling men and women committed [them] to
 prison.
8:4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where
 preaching the word.
8:5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached
 Christ unto them.
8:6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things
 which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he
 did.
8:7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of
 many that were possessed [with them]: and many taken with
 palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
8:8 And there was great joy in that city.
8:9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime
 in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of
 Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
8:10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest,
 saying, This man is the great power of God.
8:11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he
 had bewitched them with sorceries.
8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things
 concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ,
 they were baptized, both men and women.
8:13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized,
 he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles
 and signs which were done.
8:14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that
 Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter
 and John:
8:15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they
 might receive the Holy Ghost:
8:16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were
 baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
8:17 Then laid they [their] hands on them, and they received the
 Holy Ghost.
8:18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles'
 hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
8:19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay
 hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
8:20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee,
 because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased
 with money.
8:21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy
 heart is not right in the sight of God.
8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if
 perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
8:23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and
 [in] the bond of iniquity.
8:24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me,
 that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
8:25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of
 the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in
 many villages of the Samaritans.
8:26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise,
 and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from
 Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
8:27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an
 eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the
 Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had
 come to Jerusalem for to worship,
8:28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the
 prophet.
8:29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself
 to this chariot.
8:30 And Philip ran thither to [him], and heard him read the
 prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
8:31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me?
 And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was
 led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before
 his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
8:33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who
 shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
8:34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of
 whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other
 man?
8:35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same
 scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
8:36 And as they went on [their] way, they came unto a certain
 water: and the eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what doth
 hinder me to be baptized?
8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart,
 thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus
 Christ is the Son of God.
8:38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went
 down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he
 baptized him.
8:39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of
 the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more:
 and he went on his way rejoicing.
8:40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he
 preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.9. Chapter  9 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ACTS

9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter
 against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
9:2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues,
 that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or
 women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly
 there shined round about him a light from heaven:
9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him,
 Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am
 Jesus whom thou persecutest: [it is] hard for thee to kick
 against the pricks.
9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou
 have me to do? And the Lord [said] unto him, Arise, and go into
 the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless,
 hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
9:8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were
 opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and
 brought [him] into Damascus.
9:9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor
 drink.
9:10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named
 Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he
 said, Behold, I [am here], Lord.
9:11 And the Lord [said] unto him, Arise, and go into the street
 which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for
 [one] called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
9:12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in,
 and putting [his] hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this
 man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:
9:14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind
 all that call on thy name.
9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen
 vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings,
 and the children of Israel:
9:16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my
 name's sake.
9:17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and
 putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, [even]
 Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath
 sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled
 with the Holy Ghost.
9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been
 scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was
 baptized.
9:19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then
 was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at
 Damascus.
9:20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that
 he is the Son of God.
9:21 But all that heard [him] were amazed, and said; Is not this
 he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem,
 and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound
 unto the chief priests?
9:22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the
 Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
9:23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took
 counsel to kill him:
9:24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched
 the gates day and night to kill him.
9:25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let [him] down by
 the wall in a basket.
9:26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join
 himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and
 believed not that he was a disciple.
9:27 But Barnabas took him, and brought [him] to the apostles,
 and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and
 that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at
 Damascus in the name of Jesus.
9:28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
9:29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and
 disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.
9:30 [Which] when the brethren knew, they brought him down to
 Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
9:31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and
 Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear
 of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
9:32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all
 [quarters], he came down also to the saints which dwelt at
 Lydda.
9:33 And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had
 kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
9:34 And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee
 whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
9:35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned
 to the Lord.
9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha,
 which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full
 of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
9:37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and
 died: whom when they had washed, they laid [her] in an upper
 chamber.
9:38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples
 had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men,
 desiring [him] that he would not delay to come to them.
9:39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come,
 they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows
 stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which
 Dorcas made, while she was with them.
9:40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed;
 and turning [him] to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she
 opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
9:41 And he gave her [his] hand, and lifted her up, and when he
 had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.
9:42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in
 the Lord.
9:43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa
 with one Simon a tanner.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.10. Chapter 10 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ACTS

10:1 There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a
 centurion of the band called the Italian [band],
10:2 [A] devout [man], and one that feared God with all his house,
 which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
10:3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the
 day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him,
 Cornelius.
10:4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is
 it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are
 come up for a memorial before God.
10:5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for [one] Simon, whose
 surname is Peter:
10:6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the
 sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
10:7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed,
 he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier
 of them that waited on him continually;
10:8 And when he had declared all [these] things unto them, he
 sent them to Joppa.
10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh
 unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about
 the sixth hour:
10:10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while
 they made ready, he fell into a trance,
10:11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending
 unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four
 corners, and let down to the earth:
10:12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth,
 and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
10:13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any
 thing that is common or unclean.
10:15 And the voice [spake] unto him again the second time, What
 God hath cleansed, [that] call not thou common.
10:16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again
 into heaven.
10:17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which
 he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from
 Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before
 the gate,
10:18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed
 Peter, were lodged there.
10:19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto
 him, Behold, three men seek thee.
10:20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them,
 doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
10:21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him
 from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what
 [is] the cause wherefore ye are come?
10:22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and
 one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation
 of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for
 thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
10:23 Then called he them in, and lodged [them]. And on the
 morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from
 Joppa accompanied him.
10:24 And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And
 Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen
 and near friends.
10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell
 down at his feet, and worshipped [him].
10:26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am
 a man.
10:27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that
 were come together.
10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful
 thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one
 of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not
 call any man common or unclean.
10:29 Therefore came I [unto you] without gainsaying, as soon as
 I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent
 for me?
10:30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this
 hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold,
 a man stood before me in bright clothing,
10:31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms
 are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
10:32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose
 surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of [one] Simon a
 tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto
 thee.
10:33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well
 done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present
 before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.
10:34 Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I
 perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh
 righteousness, is accepted with him.
10:36 The word which [God] sent unto the children of Israel,
 preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
10:37 That word, [I say], ye know, which was published
 throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the
 baptism which John preached;
10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and
 with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that
 were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
10:39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in
 the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and
 hanged on a tree:
10:40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly;
10:41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of
 God, [even] to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose
 from the dead.
10:42 And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to
 testify that it is he which was ordained of God [to be] the
 Judge of quick and dead.
10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name
 whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
10:44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on
 all them which heard the word.
10:45 And they of the circumcision which believed were
 astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the
 Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
10:46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God.
 Then answered Peter,
10:47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be
 baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
10:48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the
 Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.11. Chapter 11 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ACTS

11:1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard
 that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
11:2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of
 the circumcision contended with him,
11:3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat
 with them.
11:4 But Peter rehearsed [the matter] from the beginning, and
 expounded [it] by order unto them, saying,
11:5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a
 vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet,
 let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:
11:6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered,
 and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and
 creeping things, and fowls of the air.
11:7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and
 eat.
11:8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean
 hath at any time entered into my mouth.
11:9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath
 cleansed, [that] call not thou common.
11:10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again
 into heaven.
11:11 And, behold, immediately there were three men already come
 unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me.
11:12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting.
 Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into
 the man's house:
11:13 And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house,
 which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for
 Simon, whose surname is Peter;
11:14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house
 shall be saved.
11:15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as
 on us at the beginning.
11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said,
 John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with
 the Holy Ghost.
11:17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as [he did]
 unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I,
 that I could withstand God?
11:18 When they heard these things, they held their peace, and
 glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles
 granted repentance unto life.
11:19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution
 that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and
 Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the
 Jews only.
11:20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which,
 when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians,
 preaching the Lord Jesus.
11:21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number
 believed, and turned unto the Lord.
11:22 Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the
 church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas,
 that he should go as far as Antioch.
11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was
 glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they
 would cleave unto the Lord.
11:24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of
 faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
11:25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul:
11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch.
 And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled
 themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the
 disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
11:27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto
 Antioch.
11:28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified
 by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all
 the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
11:29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability,
 determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea:
11:30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the
 hands of Barnabas and Saul.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.12. Chapter 12 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ACTS

12:1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth [his]
 hands to vex certain of the church.
12:2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
12:3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded
 further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened
 bread.)
12:4 And when he had apprehended him, he put [him] in prison,
 and delivered [him] to four quaternions of soldiers to keep
 him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made
 without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
12:6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night
 Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains:
 and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
12:7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon [him], and a
 light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and
 raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell
 off from [his] hands.
12:8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy
 sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment
 about thee, and follow me.
12:9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was
 true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
12:10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they
 came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which
 opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed
 on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.
12:11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know
 of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered
 me out of the hand of Herod, and [from] all the expectation of
 the people of the Jews.
12:12 And when he had considered [the thing], he came to the
 house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark;
 where many were gathered together praying.
12:13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel
 came to hearken, named Rhoda.
12:14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate
 for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
12:15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly
 affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
12:16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened
 [the door], and saw him, they were astonished.
12:17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their
 peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of
 the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and
 to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.
12:18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among
 the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
12:19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he
 examined the keepers, and commanded that [they] should be put
 to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and [there]
 abode.
12:20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and
 Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made
 Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace;
 because their country was nourished by the king's [country].
12:21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat
 upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
12:22 And the people gave a shout, [saying, It is] the voice of
 a god, and not of a man.
12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because
 he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave
 up the ghost.
12:24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
12:25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they
 had fulfilled [their] ministry, and took with them John, whose
 surname was Mark.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.13. Chapter 13 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ACTS

13:1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain
 prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called
 Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought
 up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
13:2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost
 said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I
 have called them.
13:3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid [their] hands
 on them, they sent [them] away.
13:4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto
 Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
13:5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of
 God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to
 [their] minister.
13:6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they
 found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name
 [was] Barjesus:
13:7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a
 prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to
 hear the word of God.
13:8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by
 interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy
 from the faith.
13:9 Then Saul, (who also [is called] Paul,) filled with the
 Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
13:10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, [thou]
 child of the devil, [thou] enemy of all righteousness, wilt
 thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
13:11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and
 thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And
 immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he
 went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
13:12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed,
 being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
13:13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they
 came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them
 returned to Jerusalem.
13:14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in
 Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and
 sat down.
13:15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets the
 rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, [Ye] men [and]
 brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people,
 say on.
13:16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with [his] hand said,
 Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
13:17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and
 exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of
 Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
13:18 And about the time of forty years suffered he their
 manners in the wilderness.
13:19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of
 Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
13:20 And after that he gave [unto them] judges about the space
 of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
13:21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them
 Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the
 space of forty years.
13:22 And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David
 to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I
 have found David the [son] of Jesse, a man after mine own
 heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
13:23 Of this man's seed hath God according to [his] promise
 raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
13:24 When John had first preached before his coming the baptism
 of repentance to all the people of Israel.
13:25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye
 that I am? I am not [he]. But, behold, there cometh one after
 me, whose shoes of [his] feet I am not worthy to loose.
13:26 Men [and] brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and
 whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this
 salvation sent.
13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers,
 because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets
 which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled [them] in
 condemning [him].
13:28 And though they found no cause of death [in him], yet
 desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
13:29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him,
 they took [him] down from the tree, and laid [him] in a
 sepulchre.
13:30 But God raised him from the dead:
13:31 And he was seen many days of them which came up with him
 from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the
 people.
13:32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise
 which was made unto the fathers,
13:33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in
 that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in
 the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten
 thee.
13:34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead,
 [now] no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I
 will give you the sure mercies of David.
13:35 Wherefore he saith also in another [psalm], Thou shalt not
 suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
13:36 For David, after he had served his own generation by the
 will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and
 saw corruption:
13:37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
13:38 Be it known unto you therefore, men [and] brethren, that
 through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
13:39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things,
 from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
13:40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken
 of in the prophets;
13:41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a
 work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe,
 though a man declare it unto you.
13:42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the
 Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them
 the next sabbath.
13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews
 and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who,
 speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of
 God.
13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city
 together to hear the word of God.
13:45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled
 with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by
 Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was
 necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to
 you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves
 unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
13:47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, [saying], I have set
 thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for
 salvation unto the ends of the earth.
13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and
 glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to
 eternal life believed.
13:49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the
 region.
13:50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women,
 and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against
 Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
13:51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against them,
 and came unto Iconium.
13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy
 Ghost.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.14. Chapter 14 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ACTS

14:1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both
 together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a
 great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks
 believed.
14:2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made
 their minds evil affected against the brethren.
14:3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord,
 which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted
 signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
14:4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held
 with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
14:5 And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles,
 and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use [them]
 despitefully, and to stone them,
14:6 They were ware of [it], and fled unto Lystra and Derbe,
 cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about:
14:7 And there they preached the gospel.
14:8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his
 feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had
 walked:
14:9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him,
 and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
14:10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he
 leaped and walked.
14:11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up
 their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are
 come down to us in the likeness of men.
14:12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius,
 because he was the chief speaker.
14:13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city,
 brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done
 sacrifice with the people.
14:14 [Which] when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard [of],
 they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying
 out,
14:15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men
 of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should
 turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made
 heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are
 therein:
14:16 Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their
 own ways.
14:17 Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that
 he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful
 seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
14:18 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people,
 that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
14:19 And there came thither [certain] Jews from Antioch and
 Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul,
 drew [him] out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
14:20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose
 up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with
 Barnabas to Derbe.
14:21 And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and
 had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and [to]
 Iconium, and Antioch,
14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, [and] exhorting
 them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much
 tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church,
 and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord,
 on whom they believed.
14:24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to
 Pamphylia.
14:25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went
 down into Attalia:
14:26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been
 recommended to the grace of God for the work which they
 fulfilled.
14:27 And when they were come, and had gathered the church
 together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and
 how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
14:28 And there they abode long time with the disciples.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.15. Chapter 15 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ACTS

15:1 And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the
 brethren, [and said], Except ye be circumcised after the manner
 of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
15:2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension
 and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and
 Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem
 unto the apostles and elders about this question.
15:3 And being brought on their way by the church, they passed
 through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the
 Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren.
15:4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of
 the church, and [of] the apostles and elders, and they declared
 all things that God had done with them.
15:5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees
 which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them,
 and to command [them] to keep the law of Moses.
15:6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider
 of this matter.
15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and
 said unto them, Men [and] brethren, ye know how that a good
 while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my
 mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
15:8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness,
 giving them the Holy Ghost, even as [he did] unto us;
15:9 And put no difference between us and them, purifying their
 hearts by faith.
15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the
 neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were
 able to bear?
15:11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus
 Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
15:12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to
 Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had
 wrought among the Gentiles by them.
15:13 And after they had held their peace, James answered,
 saying, Men [and] brethren, hearken unto me:
15:14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the
 Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
15:15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is
 written,
15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the
 tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build
 again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
15:17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all
 the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who
 doeth all these things.
15:18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the
 world.
15:19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which
 from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from
 pollutions of idols, and [from] fornication, and [from] things
 strangled, and [from] blood.
15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach
 him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
15:22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole
 church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with
 Paul and Barnabas; [namely], Judas surnamed Barsabas, and
 Silas, chief men among the brethren:
15:23 And they wrote [letters] by them after this manner; The
 apostles and elders and brethren [send] greeting unto the
 brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and
 Cilicia:
15:24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out
 from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls,
 saying, [Ye must] be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we
 gave no [such] commandment:
15:25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord,
 to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
15:26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our
 Lord Jesus Christ.
15:27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also
 tell [you] the same things by mouth.
15:28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay
 upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from
 blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from
 which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.
15:30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and
 when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered
 the epistle:
15:31 [Which] when they had read, they rejoiced for the
 consolation.
15:32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves,
 exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed [them].
15:33 And after they had tarried [there] a space, they were let
 go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
15:34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
15:35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and
 preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.
15:36 And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go
 again and visit our brethren in every city where we have
 preached the word of the Lord, [and see] how they do.
15:37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose
 surname was Mark.
15:38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who
 departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to
 the work.
15:39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that they
 departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark,
 and sailed unto Cyprus;
15:40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by
 the brethren unto the grace of God.
15:41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the
 churches.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.16. Chapter 16 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

               ACTS

16:1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain
 disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain
 woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father [was] a
 Greek:
16:2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at
 Lystra and Iconium.
16:3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and
 circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those
 quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
16:4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them
 the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and
 elders which were at Jerusalem.
16:5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and
 increased in number daily.
16:6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of
 Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the
 word in Asia,
16:7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into
 Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
16:8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
16:9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a
 man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into
 Macedonia, and help us.
16:10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we
 endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the
 Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
16:11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight
 course to Samothracia, and the next [day] to Neapolis;
16:12 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of
 that part of Macedonia, [and] a colony: and we were in that
 city abiding certain days.
16:13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river
 side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and
 spake unto the women which resorted [thither].
16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of
 the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard [us]: whose
 heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which
 were spoken of Paul.
16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought
 [us], saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord,
 come into my house, and abide [there]. And she constrained us.
16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain
 damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which
 brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
16:17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These
 men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us
 the way of salvation.
16:18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved,
 turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of
 Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was
 gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew [them] into the
 marketplace unto the rulers,
16:20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men,
 being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
16:21 And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive,
 neither to observe, being Romans.
16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the
 magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat
 [them].
16:23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast
 [them] into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
16:24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the
 inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises
 unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the
 foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the
 doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
16:27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and
 seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would
 have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been
 fled.
16:28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no
 harm: for we are all here.
16:29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came
 trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
16:30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be
 saved?
16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou
 shalt be saved, and thy house.
16:32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all
 that were in his house.
16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed
 [their] stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
16:34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat
 before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
16:35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants,
 saying, Let those men go.
16:36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The
 magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and
 go in peace.
16:37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly
 uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast [us] into prison; and
 now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them
 come themselves and fetch us out.
16:38 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates:
 and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
16:39 And they came and besought them, and brought [them] out,
 and desired [them] to depart out of the city.
16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into [the
 house of] Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they
 comforted them, and departed.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.17. Chapter 17 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

               ACTS

17:1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia,
 they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three
 sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
17:3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered,
 and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I
 preach unto you, is Christ.
17:4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and
 Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the
 chief women not a few.
17:5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto
 them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a
 company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the
 house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.
17:6 And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain
 brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have
 turned the world upside down are come hither also;
17:7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the
 decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, [one]
 Jesus.
17:8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city,
 when they heard these things.
17:9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the
 other, they let them go.
17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by
 night unto Berea: who coming [thither] went into the synagogue
 of the Jews.
17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that
 they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched
 the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
17:12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women
 which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
17:13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the
 word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither
 also, and stirred up the people.
17:14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as
 it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
17:15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and
 receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to
 him with all speed, they departed.
17:16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was
 stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
17:17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and
 with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that
 met with him.
17:18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the
 Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler
 say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange
 gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the
 resurrection.
17:19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying,
 May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest,
 [is]?
17:20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we
 would know therefore what these things mean.
17:21 (For all the Athenians and strangers which were there
 spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to
 hear some new thing.)
17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, [Ye]
 men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too
 superstitious.
17:23 For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an
 altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore
 ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
17:24 God that made the world and all things therein, seeing
 that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples
 made with hands;
17:25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he
 needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and
 all things;
17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell
 on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times
 before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
17:27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel
 after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of
 us:
17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as
 certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his
 offspring.
17:29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought
 not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or
 stone, graven by art and man's device.
17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now
 commandeth all men every where to repent:
17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will
 judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath
 ordained; [whereof] he hath given assurance unto all [men], in
 that he hath raised him from the dead.
17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some
 mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this
 [matter].
17:33 So Paul departed from among them.
17:34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among
 the which [was] Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named
 Damaris, and others with them.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.18. Chapter 18 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ACTS

18:1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to
 Corinth;
18:2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus,
 lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that
 Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
18:3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them,
 and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers.
18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and
 persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
18:5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in
the spirit, and testified to the Jews [that]
Jesus [was] Christ.
18:6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook
 [his] raiment, and said unto them, Your blood [be] upon your
 own heads; I [am] clean: from henceforth I will go unto the
 Gentiles.
18:7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain [man's]
 house, named Justus, [one] that worshipped God, whose house
 joined hard to the synagogue.
18:8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on
 the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians
 hearing believed, and were baptized.
18:9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be
 not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace:
18:10 For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt
 thee: for I have much people in this city.
18:11 And he continued [there] a year and six months, teaching
 the word of God among them.
18:12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made
 insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to
 the judgment seat,
18:13 Saying, This [fellow] persuadeth men to worship God
 contrary to the law.
18:14 And when Paul was now about to open [his] mouth, Gallio
 said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked
 lewdness, O [ye] Jews, reason would that I should bear with
 you:
18:15 But if it be a question of words and names, and [of] your
 law, look ye [to it]; for I will be no judge of such [matters].
18:16 And he drave them from the judgment seat.
18:17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the
 synagogue, and beat [him] before the judgment seat. And Gallio
 cared for none of those things.
18:18 And Paul [after this] tarried [there] yet a good while,
 and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into
 Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn [his]
 head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
18:19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he
 himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
18:20 When they desired [him] to tarry longer time with them, he
 consented not;
18:21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep
 this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again
 unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.
18:22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and
 saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
18:23 And after he had spent some time [there], he departed, and
 went over [all] the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order,
 strengthening all the disciples.
18:24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an
 eloquent man, [and] mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
18:25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being
 fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the
 things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when
 Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto [them], and
 expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly.
18:27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren
 wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was
 come, helped them much which had believed through grace:
18:28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, [and that] publickly,
 shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.19. Chapter 19 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ACTS

19:1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth,
 Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus:
 and finding certain disciples,
19:2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye
 believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard
 whether there be any Holy Ghost.
19:3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
 they said, Unto John's baptism.
19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of
 repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on
 him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
19:5 When they heard [this], they were baptized in the name of
 the Lord Jesus.
19:6 And when Paul had laid [his] hands upon them, the Holy
 Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and
 prophesied.
19:7 And all the men were about twelve.
19:8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the
 space of three months, disputing and persuading the things
 concerning the kingdom of God.
19:9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake
 evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them,
 and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of
 one Tyrannus.
19:10 And this continued by the space of two years; so that all
 they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both
 Jews and Greeks.
19:11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:
19:12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick
 handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them,
 and the evil spirits went out of them.
19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon
 them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the
 Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
19:14 And there were seven sons of [one] Sceva, a Jew, [and]
 chief of the priests, which did so.
19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and
 Paul I know; but who are ye?
19:16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them,
 and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they
 fled out of that house naked and wounded.
19:17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also
 dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of
 the Lord Jesus was magnified.
19:18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed
 their deeds.
19:19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their
 books together, and burned them before all [men]: and they
 counted the price of them, and found [it] fifty thousand
 [pieces] of silver.
19:20 So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
19:21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the
 spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go
 to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see
 Rome.
19:22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto
 him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a
 season.
19:23 And the same time there arose no small stir about that
 way.
19:24 For a certain [man] named Demetrius, a silversmith, which
 made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the
 craftsmen;
19:25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like
 occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have
 our wealth.
19:26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but
 almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned
 away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made
 with hands:
19:27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at
 nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana
 should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed,
 whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
19:28 And when they heard [these sayings], they were full of
 wrath, and cried out, saying, Great [is] Diana of the
 Ephesians.
19:29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having
 caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's
 companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the
 theatre.
19:30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the
 disciples suffered him not.
19:31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends,
 sent unto him, desiring [him] that he would not adventure
 himself into the theatre.
19:32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the
 assembly was confused; and the more part knew not wherefore
 they were come together.
19:33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews
 putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and
 would have made his defence unto the people.
19:34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice
 about the space of two hours cried out, Great [is] Diana of the
 Ephesians.
19:35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said,
 [Ye] men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how
 that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great
 goddess Diana, and of the [image] which fell down from Jupiter?
19:36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye
 ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
19:37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither
 robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.
19:38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with
 him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there
 are deputies: let them implead one another.
19:39 But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it
 shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
19:40 For we are in danger to be called in question for this
 day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an
 account of this concourse.
19:41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.20. Chapter 20 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ACTS

20:1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto [him] the
 disciples, and embraced [them], and departed for to go into
 Macedonia.
20:2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them
 much exhortation, he came into Greece,
20:3 And [there] abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait
 for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to
 return through Macedonia.
20:4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and
 of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of
 Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
20:5 These going before tarried for us at Troas.
20:6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of
 unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days;
 where we abode seven days.
20:7 And upon the first [day] of the week, when the disciples
 came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to
 depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
20:8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they
 were gathered together.
20:9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named
 Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long
 preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the
 third loft, and was taken up dead.
20:10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing [him]
 said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.
20:11 When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread,
 and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so
 he departed.
20:12 And they brought the young man alive, and were not a
 little comforted.
20:13 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there
 intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding
 himself to go afoot.
20:14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came
 to Mitylene.
20:15 And we sailed thence, and came the next [day] over against
 Chios; and the next [day] we arrived at Samos, and tarried at
 Trogyllium; and the next [day] we came to Miletus.
20:16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he
 would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were
 possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.
20:17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders
 of the church.
20:18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye
 know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what
 manner I have been with you at all seasons,
20:19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many
 tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of
 the Jews:
20:20 [And] how I kept back nothing that was profitable [unto
 you], but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and
 from house to house,
20:21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks,
 repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
20:22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem,
 not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
20:23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying
 that bonds and afflictions abide me.
20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life
 dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy,
 and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to
 testify the gospel of the grace of God.
20:25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have
 gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
20:26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I [am] pure
 from the blood of all [men].
20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel
 of God.
20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock,
 over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed
 the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous
 wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
20:30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse
 things, to draw away disciples after them.
20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three
 years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word
 of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an
 inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
20:33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel.
20:34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered
 unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.
20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye
 ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the
 Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to
 receive.
20:36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed
 with them all.
20:37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and
 kissed him,
20:38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that
 they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto
 the ship.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.21. Chapter 21 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ACTS

21:1 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them,
 and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and
 the [day] following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:
21:2 And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went
 aboard, and set forth.
21:3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left
 hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the
 ship was to unlade her burden.
21:4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who
 said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to
 Jerusalem.
21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and
 went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives
 and children, till [we were] out of the city: and we kneeled
 down on the shore, and prayed.
21:6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took
 ship; and they returned home again.
21:7 And when we had finished [our] course from Tyre, we came to
 Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one
 day.
21:8 And the next [day] we that were of Paul's company departed,
 and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip
 the evangelist, which was [one] of the seven; and abode with
 him.
21:9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did
 prophesy.
21:10 And as we tarried [there] many days, there came down from
 Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
21:11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and
 bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy
 Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth
 this girdle, and shall deliver [him] into the hands of the
 Gentiles.
21:12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that
 place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine
 heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at
 Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
21:14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The
 will of the Lord be done.
21:15 And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up
 to Jerusalem.
21:16 There went with us also [certain] of the disciples of
 Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old
 disciple, with whom we should lodge.
21:17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received
 us gladly.
21:18 And the [day] following Paul went in with us unto James;
 and all the elders were present.
21:19 And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly
 what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
21:20 And when they heard [it], they glorified the Lord, and
 said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews
 there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
21:21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the
 Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that
 they ought not to circumcise [their] children, neither to walk
 after the customs.
21:22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come
 together: for they will hear that thou art come.
21:23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men
 which have a vow on them;
21:24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges
 with them, that they may shave [their] heads: and all may know
 that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee,
 are nothing; but [that] thou thyself also walkest orderly, and
 keepest the law.
21:25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written
 [and] concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that
 they keep themselves from [things] offered to idols, and from
 blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
21:26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself
 with them entered into the temple, to signify the
 accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an
 offering should be offered for every one of them.
21:27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which
 were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all
 the people, and laid hands on him,
21:28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that
 teacheth all [men] every where against the people, and the law,
 and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the
 temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
21:29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus
 an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the
 temple.)
21:30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran together:
 and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and
 forthwith the doors were shut.
21:31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the
 chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
21:32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down
 unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the
 soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
21:33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and
 commanded [him] to be bound with two chains; and demanded who
 he was, and what he had done.
21:34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the
 multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the
 tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
21:35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was
 borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people.
21:36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying,
 Away with him.
21:37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto
 the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou
 speak Greek?
21:38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest
 an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand
 men that were murderers?
21:39 But Paul said, I am a man [which am] a Jew of Tarsus, [a
 city] in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech
 thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
21:40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the
 stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when
 there was made a great silence, he spake unto [them] in the
 Hebrew tongue, saying,


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.22. Chapter 22 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ACTS

22:1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence [which I
 make] now unto you.
22:2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to
 them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
22:3 I am verily a man [which am] a Jew, born in Tarsus, [a
 city] in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of
 Gamaliel, [and] taught according to the perfect manner of the
 law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are
 this day.
22:4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and
 delivering into prisons both men and women.
22:5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the
 estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto
 the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were
 there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
22:6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was
 come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from
 heaven a great light round about me.
22:7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto
 me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
22:8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I
 am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
22:9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were
 afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me.
22:10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto
 me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told
 thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.
22:11 And when I could not see for the glory of that light,
 being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into
 Damascus.
22:12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having
 a good report of all the Jews which dwelt [there],
22:13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul,
 receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him.
22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that
 thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and
 shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou
 hast seen and heard.
22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and
 wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
22:17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to
 Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a
 trance;
22:18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee
 quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy
 testimony concerning me.
22:19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in
 every synagogue them that believed on thee:
22:20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also
 was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the
 raiment of them that slew him.
22:21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far
 hence unto the Gentiles.
22:22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and [then]
 lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a [fellow]
 from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
22:23 And as they cried out, and cast off [their] clothes, and
 threw dust into the air,
22:24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the
 castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that
 he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
22:25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the
 centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man
 that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
22:26 When the centurion heard [that], he went and told the
 chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man
 is a Roman.
22:27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me,
 art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
22:28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained
 I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was [free] born.
22:29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have
 examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he
 knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
22:30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty
 wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from [his]
 bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to
 appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.23. Chapter 23 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ACTS

23:1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men [and]
 brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until
 this day.
23:2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by
 him to smite him on the mouth.
23:3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, [thou]
 whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and
 commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
23:4 And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high
 priest?
23:5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high
 priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the
 ruler of thy people.
23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees,
 and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men [and]
 brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope
 and resurrection of the dead I am called in question.
23:7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between
 the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
23:8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection,
 neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
23:9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes [that were] of
 the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil
 in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him,
 let us not fight against God.
23:10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief
 captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of
 them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by
 force from among them, and to bring [him] into the castle.
23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said,
 Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in
 Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
23:12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together,
 and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would
 neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
23:13 And they were more than forty which had made this
 conspiracy.
23:14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said,
 We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat
 nothing until we have slain Paul.
23:15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief
 captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye
 would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we,
 or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
23:16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait,
 he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
23:17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto [him], and
 said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath
 a certain thing to tell him.
23:18 So he took him, and brought [him] to the chief captain,
 and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto [him], and prayed me
 to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say
 unto thee.
23:19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went
 [with him] aside privately, and asked [him], What is that thou
 hast to tell me?
23:20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou
 wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though
 they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly.
23:21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for
 him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves
 with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they
 have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise
 from thee.
23:22 So the chief captain [then] let the young man depart, and
 charged [him, See thou] tell no man that thou hast shewed these
 things to me.
23:23 And he called unto [him] two centurions, saying, Make
 ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen
 threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour
 of the night;
23:24 And provide [them] beasts, that they may set Paul on, and
 bring [him] safe unto Felix the governor.
23:25 And he wrote a letter after this manner:
23:26 Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix
 [sendeth] greeting.
23:27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been
 killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him,
 having understood that he was a Roman.
23:28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore they
 accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
23:29 Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law,
 but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of
 bonds.
23:30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for
 the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to
 his accusers also to say before thee what [they had] against
 him. Farewell.
23:31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul,
 and brought [him] by night to Antipatris.
23:32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and
 returned to the castle:
23:33 Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the epistle
 to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
23:34 And when the governor had read [the letter], he asked of
 what province he was. And when he understood that [he was] of
 Cilicia;
23:35 I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also
 come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.24. Chapter 24 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ACTS

24:1 And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with
 the elders, and [with] a certain orator [named] Tertullus, who
 informed the governor against Paul.
24:2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse
 [him], saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness,
 and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy
 providence,
24:3 We accept [it] always, and in all places, most noble Felix,
 with all thankfulness.
24:4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I
 pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few
 words.
24:5 For we have found this man [a] pestilent [fellow], and a
 mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and
 a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:
24:6 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we
 took, and would have judged according to our law.
24:7 But the chief captain Lysias came [upon us], and with great
 violence took [him] away out of our hands,
24:8 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of
 whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof
 we accuse him.
24:9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were
 so.
24:10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him
 to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of
 many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully
 answer for myself:
24:11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet
 but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship.
24:12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any
 man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues,
 nor in the city:
24:13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse
 me.
24:14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which
 they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing
 all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves also
 allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of
 the just and unjust.
24:16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a
 conscience void of offence toward God, and [toward] men.
24:17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation,
 and offerings.
24:18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the
 temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
24:19 Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if
 they had ought against me.
24:20 Or else let these same [here] say, if they have found any
 evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,
24:21 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing
 among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called
 in question by you this day.
24:22 And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect
 knowledge of [that] way, he deferred them, and said, When
 Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the
 uttermost of your matter.
24:23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let
 [him] have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his
 acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
24:24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife
 Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him
 concerning the faith in Christ.
24:25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and
 judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for
 this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for
 thee.
24:26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of
 Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the
 oftener, and communed with him.
24:27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room:
 and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul
 bound.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.25. Chapter 25 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              ACTS

25:1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three
 days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
25:2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him
 against Paul, and besought him,
25:3 And desired favour against him, that he would send for him
 to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
25:4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea,
 and that he himself would depart shortly [thither].
25:5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go
 down with [me], and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness
 in him.
25:6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he
 went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the
 judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
25:7 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from
 Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous
 complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
25:8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of
 the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar,
 have I offended any thing at all.
25:9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered
 Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be
 judged of these things before me?
25:10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I
 ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou
 very well knowest.
25:11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing
 worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of
 these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me
 unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
25:12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council,
 answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt
 thou go.
25:13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto
 Caesarea to salute Festus.
25:14 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared
 Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left
 in bonds by Felix:
25:15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and
 the elders of the Jews informed [me], desiring [to have]
 judgment against him.
25:16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to
 deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have
 the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for
 himself concerning the crime laid against him.
25:17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay
 on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man
 to be brought forth.
25:18 Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none
 accusation of such things as I supposed:
25:19 But had certain questions against him of their own
 superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul
 affirmed to be alive.
25:20 And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked
 [him] whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of
 these matters.
25:21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing
 of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him
 to Caesar.
25:22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man
 myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
25:23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice,
 with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing,
 with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at
 Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
25:24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here
 present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude
 of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and [also]
 here, crying that he ought not to live any longer.
25:25 But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of
 death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have
 determined to send him.
25:26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord.
 Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially
 before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I
 might have somewhat to write.
25:27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and
 not withal to signify the crimes [laid] against him.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.26. Chapter 26 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ACTS

26:1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak
 for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered
 for himself:
26:2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer
 for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof
 I am accused of the Jews:
26:3 Especially [because I know] thee to be expert in all
 customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I
 beseech thee to hear me patiently.
26:4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first
 among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
26:5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify,
 that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a
 Pharisee.
26:6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise
 made of God unto our fathers:
26:7 Unto which [promise] our twelve tribes, instantly serving
 [God] day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king
 Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
26:8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that
 God should raise the dead?
26:9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many
 things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
26:10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the
 saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from
 the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my
 voice against [them].
26:11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled
 [them] to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I
 persecuted [them] even unto strange cities.
26:12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and
 commission from the chief priests,
26:13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven,
 above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and
 them which journeyed with me.
26:14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice
 speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul,
 why persecutest thou me? [it is] hard for thee to kick against
 the pricks.
26:15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus
 whom thou persecutest.
26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared
 unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a
 witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those
 things in the which I will appear unto thee;
26:17 Delivering thee from the people, and [from] the Gentiles,
 unto whom now I send thee,
26:18 To open their eyes, [and] to turn [them] from darkness to
 light, and [from] the power of Satan unto God, that they may
 receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which
 are sanctified by faith that is in me.
26:19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the
 heavenly vision:
26:20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem,
 and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and [then] to the
 Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works
 meet for repentance.
26:21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and
 went about to kill [me].
26:22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto
 this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other
 things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should
 come:
26:23 That Christ should suffer, [and] that he should be the
 first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light
 unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
26:24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud
 voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make
 thee mad.
26:25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak
 forth the words of truth and soberness.
26:26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I
 speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are
 hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner.
26:27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that
 thou believest.
26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to
 be a Christian.
26:29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but
 also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and
 altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
26:30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the
 governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
26:31 And when they were gone aside, they talked between
 themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or
 of bonds.
26:32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been
 set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.27. Chapter 27 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ACTS

27:1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy,
 they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto [one]
 named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.
27:2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched,
 meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; [one] Aristarchus, a
 Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
27:3 And the next [day] we touched at Sidon. And Julius
 courteously entreated Paul, and gave [him] liberty to go unto
 his friends to refresh himself.
27:4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under
 Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
27:5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and
 Pamphylia, we came to Myra, [a city] of Lycia.
27:6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing
 into Italy; and he put us therein.
27:7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were
 come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed
 under Crete, over against Salmone;
27:8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called
 The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city [of] Lasea.
27:9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now
 dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul
 admonished [them],
27:10 And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will
 be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship,
 but also of our lives.
27:11 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the
 owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by
 Paul.
27:12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the
 more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they
 might attain to Phenice, [and there] to winter; [which is] an
 haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west.
27:13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they
 had obtained [their] purpose, loosing [thence], they sailed
 close by Crete.
27:14 But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous
 wind, called Euroclydon.
27:15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into
 the wind, we let [her] drive.
27:16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda,
 we had much work to come by the boat:
27:17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps,
 undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into
 the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
27:18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next
 [day] they lightened the ship;
27:19 And the third [day] we cast out with our own hands the
 tackling of the ship.
27:20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and
 no small tempest lay on [us], all hope that we should be saved
 was then taken away.
27:21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of
 them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not
 have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
27:22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall
 be no loss of [any man's] life among you, but of the ship.
27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I
 am, and whom I serve,
27:24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before
 Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with
 thee.
27:25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that
 it shall be even as it was told me.
27:26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
27:27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven
 up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that
 they drew near to some country;
27:28 And sounded, and found [it] twenty fathoms: and when they
 had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found [it]
 fifteen fathoms.
27:29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they
 cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day.
27:30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship,
 when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as
 though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
27:31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except
 these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
27:32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let
 her fall off.
27:33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought [them] all
 to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye
 have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
27:34 Wherefore I pray you to take [some] meat: for this is for
 your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of
 any of you.
27:35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave
 thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken
 [it], he began to eat.
27:36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took
 [some] meat.
27:37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and
 sixteen souls.
27:38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship,
 and cast out the wheat into the sea.
27:39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they
 discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they
 were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship.
27:40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed
 [themselves] unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and
 hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.
27:41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the
 ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained
 unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of
 the waves.
27:42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest
 any of them should swim out, and escape.
27:43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from
 [their] purpose; and commanded that they which could swim
 should cast [themselves] first [into the sea], and get to land:
27:44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on [broken pieces]
 of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe
 to land.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7.28. Chapter 28 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ACTS

28:1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island
 was called Melita.
28:2 And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for
 they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the
 present rain, and because of the cold.
28:3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid
 [them] on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and
 fastened on his hand.
28:4 And when the barbarians saw the [venomous] beast hang on
 his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a
 murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance
 suffereth not to live.
28:5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm.
28:6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen
 down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while,
 and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said
 that he was a god.
28:7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of
 the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged
 us three days courteously.
28:8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of
 a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and
 prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
28:9 So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in
 the island, came, and were healed:
28:10 Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we
 departed, they laded [us] with such things as were necessary.
28:11 And after three months we departed in a ship of
 Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was
 Castor and Pollux.
28:12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried [there] three days.
28:13 And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium:
 and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day
 to Puteoli:
28:14 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with
 them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.
28:15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came
 to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom
 when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage.
28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the
 prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to
 dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
28:17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the
 chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together,
 he said unto them, Men [and] brethren, though I have committed
 nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was
 I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the
 Romans.
28:18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let [me] go,
 because there was no cause of death in me.
28:19 But when the Jews spake against [it], I was constrained to
 appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation
 of.
28:20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see
 [you], and to speak with [you]: because that for the hope of
 Israel I am bound with this chain.
28:21 And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of
 Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came
 shewed or spake any harm of thee.
28:22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as
 concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken
 against.
28:23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to
 him into [his] lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the
 kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of
 the law of Moses, and [out of] the prophets, from morning till
 evening.
28:24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some
 believed not.
28:25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed,
 after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost
 by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
28:26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall
 hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and
 not perceive:
28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their
 ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest
 they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears,
 and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and
 I should heal them.
28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God
 is sent unto the Gentiles, and [that] they will hear it.
28:29 And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and
 had great reasoning among themselves.
28:30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and
 received all that came in unto him,
28:31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things
 which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no
 man forbidding him.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Romans ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.1. Chapter  1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ROMANS

1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called [to be] an apostle,
 separated unto the gospel of God,
1:2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy
 scriptures,)
1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of
 the seed of David according to the flesh;
1:4 And declared [to be] the Son of God with power, according to
 the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
1:5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for
 obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
1:6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called [to be]
 saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the
 Lord Jesus Christ.
1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that
 your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the
 gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you
 always in my prayers;
1:10 Making request, if by any means now at length I might have
 a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some
 spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
1:12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the
 mutual faith both of you and me.
1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that
 oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,)
 that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among
 other Gentiles.
1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both
 to the wise, and to the unwise.
1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to
 you that are at Rome also.
1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the
 power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the
 Jew first, and also to the Greek.
1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith
 to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all
 ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in
 unrighteousness;
1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them;
 for God hath shewed [it] unto them.
1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the
 world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are
 made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are
 without excuse:
1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not
 as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their
 imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an
 image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and
 fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the
 lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies
 between themselves:
1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and
 served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for
 ever. Amen.
1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for
 even their women did change the natural use into that which is
 against nature:
1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the
 woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men
 working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves
 that recompence of their error which was meet.
1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in [their]
 knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those
 things which are not convenient;
1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication,
 wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder,
 debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
1:30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters,
 inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
1:31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural
 affection, implacable, unmerciful:
1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit
 such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have
 pleasure in them that do them.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.2. Chapter  2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ROMANS

2:1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art
 that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest
 thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
2:2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to
 truth against them which commit such things.
2:3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do
 such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the
 judgment of God?
2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance
 and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth
 thee to repentance?
2:5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up
 unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of
 the righteous judgment of God;
2:6 Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for
 glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the
 truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
2:9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth
 evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
2:10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh
 good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
2:12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish
 without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be
 judged by the law;
2:13 (For not the hearers of the law [are] just before God, but
 the doers of the law shall be justified.
2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature
 the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are
 a law unto themselves:
2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts,
 their conscience also bearing witness, and [their] thoughts the
 mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus
 Christ according to my gospel.
2:17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and
 makest thy boast of God,
2:18 And knowest [his] will, and approvest the things that are
 more excellent, being instructed out of the law;
2:19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the
 blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
2:20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which
 hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
2:21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not
 thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou
 steal?
2:22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost
 thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou
 commit sacrilege?
2:23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the
 law dishonourest thou God?
2:24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles
 through you, as it is written.
2:25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law:
 but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made
 uncircumcision.
2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of
 the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for
 circumcision?
2:27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it
 fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision
 dost transgress the law?
2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither [is
 that] circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
2:29 But he [is] a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision
 [is that] of the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in the letter;
 whose praise [is] not of men, but of God.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.3. Chapter  3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ROMANS

3:1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit [is there]
 of circumcision?
3:2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were
 committed the oracles of God.
3:3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make
 the faith of God without effect?
3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as
 it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings,
 and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
3:5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God,
 what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who taketh vengeance?
 (I speak as a man)
3:6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?
3:7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie
 unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
3:8 And not [rather], (as we be slanderously reported, and as
 some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come?
 whose damnation is just.
3:9 What then? are we better [than they]? No, in no wise: for we
 have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all
 under sin;
3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one:
3:11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that
 seeketh after God.
3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become
 unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
3:13 Their throat [is] an open sepulchre; with their tongues
 they have used deceit; the poison of asps [is] under their
 lips:
3:14 Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and bitterness:
3:15 Their feet [are] swift to shed blood:
3:16 Destruction and misery [are] in their ways:
3:17 And the way of peace have they not known:
3:18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith
 to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped,
 and all the world may become guilty before God.
3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be
 justified in his sight: for by the law [is] the knowledge of
 sin.
3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is
 manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
3:22 Even the righteousness of God [which is] by faith of Jesus
 Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no
 difference:
3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption
 that is in Christ Jesus:
3:25 Whom God hath set forth [to be] a propitiation through
 faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the
 remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of
 God;
3:26 To declare, [I say], at this time his righteousness: that
 he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in
 Jesus.
3:27 Where [is] boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of
 works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith
 without the deeds of the law.
3:29 [Is he] the God of the Jews only? [is he] not also of the
 Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
3:30 Seeing [it is] one God, which shall justify the
 circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.
3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid:
 yea, we establish the law.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.4. Chapter  4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ROMANS

4:1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as
 pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath [whereof] to
 glory; but not before God.
4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it
 was counted unto him for righteousness.
4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace,
 but of debt.
4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that
 justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man,
 unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
4:7 [Saying], Blessed [are] they whose iniquities are forgiven,
 and whose sins are covered.
4:8 Blessed [is] the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.
4:9 [Cometh] this blessedness then upon the circumcision [only],
 or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was
 reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.
4:10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or
 in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.
4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the
 righteousness of the faith which [he had yet] being
 uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that
 believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness
 might be imputed unto them also:
4:12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the
 circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith
 of our father Abraham, which [he had] being [yet]
 uncircumcised.
4:13 For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world,
 [was] not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but
 through the righteousness of faith.
4:14 For if they which are of the law [be] heirs, faith is made
 void, and the promise made of none effect:
4:15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, [there
 is] no transgression.
4:16 Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it might be] by grace; to
 the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that
 only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the
 faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
4:17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many
 nations,) before him whom he believed, [even] God, who
 quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as
 though they were.
4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the
 father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So
 shall thy seed be.
4:19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body
 now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet
 the deadness of Sara's womb:
4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief;
 but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
4:21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he
 was able also to perform.
4:22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness.
4:23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was
 imputed to him;
4:24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe
 on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
4:25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again
 for our justification.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.5. Chapter  5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ROMANS

5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God
 through our Lord Jesus Christ:
5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein
 we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
5:3 And not only [so], but we glory in tribulations also:
 knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
5:4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed
 abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ
 died for the ungodly.
5:7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet
 peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we
 were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall
 be saved from wrath through him.
5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by
 the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be
 saved by his life.
5:11 And not only [so], but we also joy in God through our Lord
 Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and
 death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all
 have sinned:
5:13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not
 imputed when there is no law.
5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over
 them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's
 transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
5:15 But not as the offence, so also [is] the free gift. For if
 through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of
 God, and the gift by grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus
 Christ, hath abounded unto many.
5:16 And not as [it was] by one that sinned, [so is] the gift:
 for the judgment [was] by one to condemnation, but the free
 gift [is] of many offences unto justification.
5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more
 they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of
 righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one [judgment came] upon all
 men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one [the
 free gift came] upon all men unto justification of life.
5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so
 by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound.
 But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
5:21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace
 reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ
 our Lord.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.6. Chapter  6 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ROMANS

6:1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace
 may abound?
6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any
 longer therein?
6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus
 Christ were baptized into his death?
6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that
 like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the
 Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his
 death, we shall be also [in the likeness] of [his]
 resurrection:
6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with [him], that
 the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should
 not serve sin.
6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also
 live with him:
6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no
 more; death hath no more dominion over him.
6:10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he
 liveth, he liveth unto God.
6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto
 sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye
 should obey it in the lusts thereof.
6:13 Neither yield ye your members [as] instruments of
 unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as
 those that are alive from the dead, and your members [as]
 instruments of righteousness unto God.
6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not
 under the law, but under grace.
6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law,
 but under grace? God forbid.
6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to
 obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto
 death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
6:17 But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but
 ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was
 delivered you.
6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of
 righteousness.
6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of
 your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to
 uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield
 your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from
 righteousness.
6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now
 ashamed? for the end of those things [is] death.
6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to
 God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting
 life.
6:23 For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is]
 eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.7. Chapter  7 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ROMANS

7:1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the
 law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he
 liveth?
7:2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to
 [her] husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead,
 she is loosed from the law of [her] husband.
7:3 So then if, while [her] husband liveth, she be married to
 another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her
 husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no
 adulteress, though she be married to another man.
7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law
 by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another,
 [even] to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring
 forth fruit unto God.
7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which
 were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit
 unto death.
7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead
 wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of
 spirit, and not [in] the oldness of the letter.
7:7 What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I
 had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust,
 except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
7:8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me
 all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin [was]
 dead.
7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the
 commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
7:10 And the commandment, which [was ordained] to life, I found
 [to be] unto death.
7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me,
 and by it slew [me].
7:12 Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the commandment holy, and
 just, and good.
7:13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid.
 But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that
 which is good; that sin by the commandment might become
 exceeding sinful.
7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal,
 sold under sin.
7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do
 I not; but what I hate, that do I.
7:16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law
 that [it is] good.
7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth
 in me.
7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no
 good thing: for to will is present with me; but [how] to
 perform that which is good I find not.
7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I
 would not, that I do.
7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it,
 but sin that dwelleth in me.
7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is
 present with me.
7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man:
7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the
 law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of
 sin which is in my members.
7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the
 body of this death?
7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the
 mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law
 of sin.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.8. Chapter  8 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ROMANS

8:1 [There is] therefore now no condemnation to them which are
 in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the
 Spirit.
8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made
 me free from the law of sin and death.
8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through
 the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful
 flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us,
 who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the
 flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the
 Spirit.
8:6 For to be carnally minded [is] death; but to be spiritually
 minded [is] life and peace.
8:7 Because the carnal mind [is] enmity against God: for it is
 not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be
 that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not
 the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
8:10 And if Christ [be] in you, the body [is] dead because of
 sin; but the Spirit [is] life because of righteousness.
8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead
 dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also
 quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to
 live after the flesh.
8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye
 through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall
 live.
8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the
 sons of God.
8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to
 fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we
 cry, Abba, Father.
8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we
 are the children of God:
8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs
 with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be
 also glorified together.
8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time [are]
 not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be
 revealed in us.
8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the
 manifestation of the sons of God.
8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly,
 but by reason of him who hath subjected [the same] in hope,
8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from
 the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the
 children of God.
8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth
 in pain together until now.
8:23 And not only [they], but ourselves also, which have the
 firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within
 ourselves, waiting for the adoption, [to wit], the redemption
 of our body.
8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not
 hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
8:25 But if we hope for that we see not, [then] do we with
 patience wait for [it].
8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we
 know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit
 itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot
 be uttered.
8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind
 of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints
 according to [the will of] God.
8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them
 that love God, to them who are the called according to [his]
 purpose.
8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be]
 conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the
 firstborn among many brethren.
8:30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and
 whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified,
 them he also glorified.
8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us,
 who [can be] against us?
8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us
 all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? [It
 is] God that justifieth.
8:34 Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is] Christ that died, yea
 rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of
 God, who also maketh intercession for us.
8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? [shall]
 tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
 nakedness, or peril, or sword?
8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day
 long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors
 through him that loved us.
8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor
 angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor
 things to come,
8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be
 able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ
 Jesus our Lord.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.9. Chapter  9 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ROMANS

9:1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also
 bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
9:2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my
 heart.
9:3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for
 my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
9:4 Who are Israelites; to whom [pertaineth] the adoption, and
 the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and
 the service [of God], and the promises;
9:5 Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh
 Christ [came], who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For
 they [are] not all Israel, which are of Israel:
9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, [are they]
 all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these
 [are] not the children of God: but the children of the promise
 are counted for the seed.
9:9 For this [is] the word of promise, At this time will I come,
 and Sara shall have a son.
9:10 And not only [this]; but when Rebecca also had conceived by
 one, [even] by our father Isaac;
9:11 (For [the children] being not yet born, neither having done
 any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election
 might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;)
9:12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I
 hated.
9:14 What shall we say then? [Is there] unrighteousness with
 God? God forbid.
9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will
 have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have
 compassion.
9:16 So then [it is] not of him that willeth, nor of him that
 runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
9:17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same
 purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in
 thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the
 earth.
9:18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will [have mercy], and
 whom he will he hardeneth.
9:19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For
 who hath resisted his will?
9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God?
 Shall the thing formed say to him that formed [it], Why hast
 thou made me thus?
9:21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump
 to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
9:22 [What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his
 power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of
 wrath fitted to destruction:
9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the
 vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,
9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but
 also of the Gentiles?
9:25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which
 were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.
9:26 And it shall come to pass, [that] in the place where it was
 said unto them, Ye [are] not my people; there shall they be
 called the children of the living God.
9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of
 the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant
 shall be saved:
9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut [it] short in
 righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the
 earth.
9:29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had
 left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto
 Gomorrha.
9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed
 not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even
 the righteousness which is of faith.
9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness,
 hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
9:32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it] not by faith, but as it
 were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that
 stumblingstone;
9:33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone
 and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not
 be ashamed.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.10. Chapter 10 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ROMANS

10:1 Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel
 is, that they might be saved.
10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but
 not according to knowledge.
10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going
 about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted
 themselves unto the righteousness of God.
10:4 For Christ [is] the end of the law for righteousness to
 every one that believeth.
10:5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law,
 That the man which doeth those things shall live by them.
10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this
 wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven?
 (that is, to bring Christ down [from above]:)
10:7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up
 Christ again from the dead.)
10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, [even] in thy
 mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we
 preach;
10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
 and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from
 the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and
 with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall
 not be ashamed.
10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek:
 for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.
10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall
 be saved.
10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not
 believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have
 not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
10:15 And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is
 written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the
 gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith,
 Lord, who hath believed our report?
10:17 So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word
 of God.
10:18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound
 went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the
 world.
10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will
 provoke you to jealousy by [them that are] no people, [and] by
 a foolish nation I will anger you.
10:20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them
 that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked
 not after me.
10:21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched
 forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.11. Chapter 11 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ROMANS

11:1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For
 I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, [of] the tribe
 of Benjamin.
11:2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye
 not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh
 intercession to God against Israel, saying,
11:3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine
 altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life.
11:4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved
 to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to
 [the image of] Baal.
11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant
 according to the election of grace.
11:6 And if by grace, then [is it] no more of works: otherwise
 grace is no more grace. But if [it be] of works, then is it no
 more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh
 for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were
 blinded
11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit
 of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they
 should not hear;) unto this day.
11:9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a
 trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
11:10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow
 down their back alway.
11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God
 forbid: but [rather] through their fall salvation [is come]
 unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
11:12 Now if the fall of them [be] the riches of the world, and
 the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much
 more their fulness?
11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle
 of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
11:14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation [them which
 are] my flesh, and might save some of them.
11:15 For if the casting away of them [be] the reconciling of
 the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life
 from the dead?
11:16 For if the firstfruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also
 [holy]: and if the root [be] holy, so [are] the branches.
11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being
 a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them
 partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
11:18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou
 bearest not the root, but the root thee.
11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I
 might be graffed in.
11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou
 standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches, [take heed]
 lest he also spare not thee.
11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them
 which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou
 continue in [his] goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut
 off.
11:23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall
 be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
11:24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild
 by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good
 olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural
 [branches], be graffed into their own olive tree?
11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of
 this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that
 blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of
 the Gentiles be come in.
11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There
 shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away
 ungodliness from Jacob:
11:27 For this [is] my covenant unto them, when I shall take
 away their sins.
11:28 As concerning the gospel, [they are] enemies for your
 sakes: but as touching the election, [they are] beloved for the
 fathers' sakes.
11:29 For the gifts and calling of God [are] without repentance.
11:30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have
 now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
11:31 Even so have these also now not believed, that through
 your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
11:32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might
 have mercy upon all.
11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge
 of God! how unsearchable [are] his judgments, and his ways past
 finding out!
11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been
 his counsellor?
11:35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be
 recompensed unto him again?
11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him, [are] all things:
 to whom [be] glory for ever. Amen.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.12. Chapter 12 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           ROMANS

12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God,
 that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
 acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.
12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed
 by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that
 good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man
 that is among you, not to think [of himself] more highly than
 he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath
 dealt to every man the measure of faith.
12:4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members
 have not the same office:
12:5 So we, [being] many, are one body in Christ, and every one
 members one of another.
12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is
 given to us, whether prophecy, [let us prophesy] according to
 the proportion of faith;
12:7 Or ministry, [let us wait] on [our] ministering: or he that
 teacheth, on teaching;
12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, [let
 him do it] with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he
 that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
12:9 [Let] love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is
 evil; cleave to that which is good.
12:10 [Be] kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly
 love; in honour preferring one another;
12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the
 Lord;
12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing
 instant in prayer;
12:13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to
 hospitality.
12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that
 weep.
12:16 [Be] of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high
 things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in
 your own conceits.
12:17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest
 in the sight of all men.
12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably
 with all men.
12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but [rather] give
 place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance [is] mine; I
 will repay, saith the Lord.
12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst,
 give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire
 on his head.
12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.13. Chapter 13 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ROMANS

13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there
 is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
13:2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the
 ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to
 themselves damnation.
13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil.
 Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is
 good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
13:4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou
 do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword
 in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to [execute]
 wrath upon him that doeth evil.
13:5 Wherefore [ye] must needs be subject, not only for wrath,
 but also for conscience sake.
13:6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's
 ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute
 [is due]; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to
 whom honour.
13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that
 loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
13:9 For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not
 kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
 Thou shalt not covet; and if [there be] any other commandment,
 it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt
 love thy neighbour as thyself.
13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love [is]
 the fulfilling of the law.
13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now [it is] high time to
 awake out of sleep: for now [is] our salvation nearer than when
 we believed.
13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us
 therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the
 armour of light.
13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and
 drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife
 and envying.
13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not
 provision for the flesh, to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.14. Chapter 14 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           ROMANS

14:1 Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, [but] not to
 doubtful disputations.
14:2 For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who
 is weak, eateth herbs.
14:3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and
 let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God
 hath received him.
14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own
 master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for
 God is able to make him stand.
14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth
 every day [alike]. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own
 mind.
14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth [it] unto the Lord;
 and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not
 regard [it]. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth
 God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not,
 and giveth God thanks.
14:7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to
 himself.
14:8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we
 die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die,
 we are the Lord's.
14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived,
 that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set
 at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the
 judgment seat of Christ.
14:11 For it is written, [As] I live, saith the Lord, every knee
 shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.
14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of himself to
 God.
14:13 Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge
 this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to
 fall in [his] brother's way.
14:14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that [there
 is] nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any
 thing to be unclean, to him [it is] unclean.
14:15 But if thy brother be grieved with [thy] meat, now walkest
 thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom
 Christ died.
14:16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but
 righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
14:18 For he that in these things serveth Christ [is] acceptable
 to God, and approved of men.
14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for
 peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
14:20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed
 [are] pure; but [it is] evil for that man who eateth with
 offence.
14:21 [It is] good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor
 [any thing] whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or
 is made weak.
14:22 Hast thou faith? have [it] to thyself before God. Happy
 [is] he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he
 alloweth.
14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because [he
 eateth] not of faith: for whatsoever [is] not of faith is sin.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.15. Chapter 15 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             ROMANS

15:1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of
 the weak, and not to please ourselves.
15:2 Let every one of us please [his] neighbour for [his] good
 to edification.
15:3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written,
 The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me.
15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written
 for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the
 scriptures might have hope.
15:5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be
 likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
15:6 That ye may with one mind [and] one mouth glorify God, even
 the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15:7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received
 us to the glory of God.
15:8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the
 circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises
 [made] unto the fathers:
15:9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for [his] mercy; as
 it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the
 Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
15:10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.
15:11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him,
 all ye people.
15:12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse,
 and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall
 the Gentiles trust.
15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in
 believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the
 Holy Ghost.
15:14 And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that
 ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able
 also to admonish one another.
15:15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly
 unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the
 grace that is given to me of God,
15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the
 Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up
 of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the
 Holy Ghost.
15:17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ
 in those things which pertain to God.
15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which
 Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient,
 by word and deed,
15:19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the
 Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto
 Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
15:20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where
 Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's
 foundation:
15:21 But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they
 shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand.
15:22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming
 to you.
15:23 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a
 great desire these many years to come unto you;
15:24 Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to
 you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on
 my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with
 your [company].
15:25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints.
15:26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a
 certain contribution for the poor saints which are at
 Jerusalem.
15:27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are.
 For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual
 things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal
 things.
15:28 When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to
 them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.
15:29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in
 the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
15:30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's
 sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together
 with me in [your] prayers to God for me;
15:31 That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in
 Judaea; and that my service which [I have] for Jerusalem may be
 accepted of the saints;
15:32 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and
 may with you be refreshed.
15:33 Now the God of peace [be] with you all. Amen.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8.16. Chapter 16 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            ROMANS

16:1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of
 the church which is at Cenchrea:
16:2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and
 that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you:
 for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
16:3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:
16:4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom
 not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the
 Gentiles.
16:5 Likewise [greet] the church that is in their house. Salute
 my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto
 Christ.
16:6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.
16:7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my
 fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also
 were in Christ before me.
16:8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
16:9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my
 beloved.
16:10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are
 of Aristobulus' [household].
16:11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the
 [household] of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.
16:12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord.
 Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.
16:13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine.
16:14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and
 the brethren which are with them.
16:15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and
 Olympas, and all the saints which are with them.
16:16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of
 Christ salute you.
16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause
 divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have
 learned; and avoid them.
16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ,
 but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches
 deceive the hearts of the simple.
16:19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all [men]. I am
 glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise
 unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet
 shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you.
 Amen.
16:21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and
 Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
16:22 I Tertius, who wrote [this] epistle, salute you in the
 Lord.
16:23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you.
 Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a
 brother.
16:24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you all.
 Amen.
16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to
 my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the
 revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the
 world began,
16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the
 prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God,
 made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
16:27 To God only wise, [be] glory through Jesus Christ for
 ever. Amen. <[Written to the Romans from Corinthus, [and sent]
 by Phebe servant of the church at Cenchrea.]>


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. 1 Corinthians ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.1. Chapter  1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           1 CORINTHIANS

1:1 Paul, called [to be] an apostle of Jesus Christ through the
 will of God, and Sosthenes [our] brother,
1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are
 sanctified in Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints, with all
 that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our
 Lord, both theirs and ours:
1:3 Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and
 [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God
 which is given you by Jesus Christ;
1:5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all
 utterance, and [in] all knowledge;
1:6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
1:7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of
 our Lord Jesus Christ:
1:8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, [that ye may be]
 blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1:9 God [is] faithful, by whom ye were called unto the
 fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus
 Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and [that] there be
 no divisions among you; but [that] ye be perfectly joined
 together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
1:11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by
 them [which are of the house] of Chloe, that there are
 contentions among you.
1:12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul;
 and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
1:13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye
 baptized in the name of Paul?
1:14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and
 Gaius;
1:15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
1:16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I
 know not whether I baptized any other.
1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the
 gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ
 should be made of none effect.
1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish
 foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of
 God.
1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
 and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
1:20 Where [is] the wise? where [is] the scribe? where [is] the
 disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of
 this world?
1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom
 knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to
 save them that believe.
1:22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after
 wisdom:
1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a
 stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
1:24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks,
 Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the
 weakness of God is stronger than men.
1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise
 men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, [are
 called]:
1:27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to
 confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the
 world to confound the things which are mighty;
1:28 And base things of the world, and things which are
 despised, hath God chosen, [yea], and things which are not, to
 bring to nought things that are:
1:29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto
 us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and
 redemption:
1:31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him
 glory in the Lord.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.2. Chapter  2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            1 CORINTHIANS

2:1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with
 excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the
 testimony of God.
2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus
 Christ, and him crucified.
2:3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much
 trembling.
2:4 And my speech and my preaching [was] not with enticing words
 of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of
 power:
2:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but
 in the power of God.
2:6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not
 the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world,
 that come to nought:
2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, [even] the
 hidden [wisdom], which God ordained before the world unto our
 glory:
2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they
 known [it], they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
 neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which
 God hath prepared for them that love him.
2:10 But God hath revealed [them] unto us by his Spirit: for the
 Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit
 of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no
 man, but the Spirit of God.
2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the
 spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are
 freely given to us of God.
2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's
 wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing
 spiritual things with spiritual.
2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit
 of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know
 [them], because they are spiritually discerned.
2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself
 is judged of no man.
2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may
 instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.3. Chapter  3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            1 CORINTHIANS

3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual,
 but as unto carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ.
3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye
 were not able [to bear it], neither yet now are ye able.
3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas [there is] among you
 envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk
 as men?
3:4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I [am] of
 Apollos; are ye not carnal?
3:5 Who then is Paul, and who [is] Apollos, but ministers by
 whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
3:6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
3:7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he
 that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
3:8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every
 man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.
3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's
 husbandry, [ye are] God's building.
3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a
 wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another
 buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth
 thereupon.
3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid,
 which is Jesus Christ.
3:12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver,
 precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
3:13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall
 declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire
 shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
3:14 If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he
 shall receive a reward.
3:15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss:
 but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the
 Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy;
 for the temple of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.
3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to
 be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be
 wise.
3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For
 it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
3:20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that
 they are vain.
3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are
 yours;
3:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life,
 or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours;
3:23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ [is] God's.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.4. Chapter  4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            1 CORINTHIANS

4:1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ,
 and stewards of the mysteries of God.
4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found
 faithful.
4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged
 of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
4:4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified:
 but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
4:5 Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord
 come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of
 darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts:
 and then shall every man have praise of God.
4:6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred
 to myself and [to] Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn
 in us not to think [of men] above that which is written, that
 no one of you be puffed up for one against another.
4:7 For who maketh thee to differ [from another]? and what hast
 thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive
 [it], why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received [it]?
4:8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings
 without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might
 reign with you.
4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as
 it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto
 the world, and to angels, and to men.
4:10 We [are] fools for Christ's sake, but ye [are] wise in
 Christ; we [are] weak, but ye [are] strong; ye [are]
 honourable, but we [are] despised.
4:11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and
 are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
4:12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we
 bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
4:13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the
 world, [and are] the offscouring of all things unto this day.
4:14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved
 sons I warn [you].
4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet
 [have ye] not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten
 you through the gospel.
4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
4:17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my
 beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into
 remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every
 where in every church.
4:18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you.
4:19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will
 know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the
 power.
4:20 For the kingdom of God [is] not in word, but in power.
4:21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love,
 and [in] the spirit of meekness?


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.5. Chapter  5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           1 CORINTHIANS

5:1 It is reported commonly [that there is] fornication among
 you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the
 Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
5:2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he
 that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.
5:3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have
 judged already, as though I were present, [concerning] him that
 hath so done this deed,
5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered
 together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus
 Christ,
5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the
 flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord
 Jesus.
5:6 Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye not that a little
 leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new
 lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is
 sacrificed for us:
5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven,
 neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the
 unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth.
5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with
 fornicators:
5:10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or
 with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then
 must ye needs go out of the world.
5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any
 man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or
 an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner;
 with such an one no not to eat.
5:12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without?
 do not ye judge them that are within?
5:13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away
 from among yourselves that wicked person.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.6. Chapter  6 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           1 CORINTHIANS

6:1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law
 before the unjust, and not before the saints?
6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if
 the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the
 smallest matters?
6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things
 that pertain to this life?
6:4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life,
 set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
6:5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise
 man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between
 his brethren?
6:6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the
 unbelievers.
6:7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye
 go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong?
 why do ye not rather [suffer yourselves to] be defrauded?
6:8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that [your] brethren.
6:9 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 abusers of
 themselves with mankind,
6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor
 extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
6:11 And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are
 sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus,
 and by the Spirit of our God.
6:12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not
 expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be
 brought under the power of any.
6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall
 destroy both it and them. Now the body [is] not for
 fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
6:14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise
 up us by his own power.
6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ?
 shall I then take the members of Christ, and make [them] the
 members of an harlot? God forbid.
6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is
 one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.
6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the
 body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his
 own body.
6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy
 Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not
 your own?
6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in
 your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.7. Chapter  7 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           1 CORINTHIANS

7:1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: [It is]
 good for a man not to touch a woman.
7:2 Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication, let every man have his
 own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
7:3 Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and
 likewise also the wife unto the husband.
7:4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband:
 and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body,
 but the wife.
7:5 Defraud ye not one the other, except [it be] with consent
 for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer;
 and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your
 incontinency.
7:6 But I speak this by permission, [and] not of commandment.
7:7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every
 man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and
 another after that.
7:8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for
 them if they abide even as I.
7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better
 to marry than to burn.
7:10 And unto the married I command, [yet] not I, but the Lord,
 Let not the wife depart from [her] husband:
7:11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be
 reconciled to [her] husband: and let not the husband put away
 [his] wife.
7:12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath
 a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with
 him, let him not put her away.
7:13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and
 if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.
7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and
 the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were
 your children unclean; but now are they holy.
7:15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or
 a sister is not under bondage in such [cases]: but God hath
 called us to peace.
7:16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save
 [thy] husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt
 save [thy] wife?
7:17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath
 called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all
 churches.
7:18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become
 uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be
 circumcised.
7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but
 the keeping of the commandments of God.
7:20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was
 called.
7:21 Art thou called [being] a servant? care not for it: but if
 thou mayest be made free, use [it] rather.
7:22 For he that is called in the Lord, [being] a servant, is
 the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, [being]
 free, is Christ's servant.
7:23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.
7:24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein
 abide with God.
7:25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord:
 yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the
 Lord to be faithful.
7:26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present
 distress, [I say], that [it is] good for a man so to be.
7:27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou
 loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
7:28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a
 virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have
 trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time [is] short: it
 remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had
 none;
7:30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that
 rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as
 though they possessed not;
7:31 And they that use this world, as not abusing [it]: for the
 fashion of this world passeth away.
7:32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that is
 unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he
 may please the Lord:
7:33 But he that is married careth for the things that are of
 the world, how he may please [his] wife.
7:34 There is difference [also] between a wife and a virgin. The
 unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may
 be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married
 careth for the things of the world, how she may please [her]
 husband.
7:35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a
 snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may
 attend upon the Lord without distraction.
7:36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely
 toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of [her] age, and
 need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let
 them marry.
7:37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having
 no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so
 decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
7:38 So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he
 that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better.
7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth;
 but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to
 whom she will; only in the Lord.
7:40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and
 I think also that I have the Spirit of God.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.8. Chapter  8 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            1 CORINTHIANS

8:1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we
 all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth
 nothing yet as he ought to know.
8:3 But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are
 offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol [is]
 nothing in the world, and that [there is] none other God but
 one.
8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven
 or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,)
8:6 But to us [there is but] one God, the Father, of whom [are]
 all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom
 [are] all things, and we by him.
8:7 Howbeit [there is] not in every man that knowledge: for some
 with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat [it] as a thing
 offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is
 defiled.
8:8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat,
 are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become
 a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
8:10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in
 the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is
 weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to
 idols;
8:11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish,
 for whom Christ died?
8:12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their
 weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
8:13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no
 flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to
 offend.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.9. Chapter  9 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           1 CORINTHIANS

9:1 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus
 Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?
9:2 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to
 you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
9:3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
9:4 Have we not power to eat and to drink?
9:5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as
 other apostles, and [as] the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas?
9:6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear
 working?
9:7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who
 planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or
 who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
9:8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same
 also?
9:9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle
 the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take
 care for oxen?
9:10 Or saith he [it] altogether for our sakes? For our sakes,
 no doubt, [this] is written: that he that ploweth should plow
 in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker
 of his hope.
9:11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, [is it] a great
 thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
9:12 If others be partakers of [this] power over you, [are] not
 we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer
 all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.
9:13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things
 live [of the things] of the temple? and they which wait at the
 altar are partakers with the altar?
9:14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the
 gospel should live of the gospel.
9:15 But I have used none of these things: neither have I
 written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for
 [it were] better for me to die, than that any man should make
 my glorying void.
9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of:
 for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach
 not the gospel!
9:17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if
 against my will, a dispensation [of the gospel] is committed
 unto me.
9:18 What is my reward then? [Verily] that, when I preach the
 gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I
 abuse not my power in the gospel.
9:19 For though I be free from all [men], yet have I made myself
 servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
9:20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the
 Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I
 might gain them that are under the law;
9:21 To them that are without law, as without law, (being not
 without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might
 gain them that are without law.
9:22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I
 am made all things to all [men], that I might by all means save
 some.
9:23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be
 partaker thereof with [you].
9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one
 receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in
 all things. Now they [do it] to obtain a corruptible crown; but
 we an incorruptible.
9:26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as
 one that beateth the air:
9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring [it] into subjection:
 lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I
 myself should be a castaway.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.10. Chapter 10 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            1 CORINTHIANS

10:1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant,
 how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed
 through the sea;
10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the
 sea;
10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank
 of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was
 Christ.
10:5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they
 were overthrown in the wilderness.
10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should
 not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
10:7 Neither be ye idolaters, as [were] some of them; as it is
 written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to
 play.
10:8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them
 committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted,
 and were destroyed of serpents.
10:10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were
 destroyed of the destroyer.
10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and
 they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the
 world are come.
10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest
 he fall.
10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common
 to man: but God [is] faithful, who will not suffer you to be
 tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation
 also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear [it].
10:14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
10:15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
10:16 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?
10:17 For we [being] many are one bread, [and] one body: for we
 are all partakers of that one bread.
10:18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of
 the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
10:19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which
 is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
10:20 But I [say], that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice,
 they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that
 ye should have fellowship with devils.
10:21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of
 devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the
 table of devils.
10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than
 he?
10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not
 expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify
 not.
10:24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's [wealth].
10:25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, [that] eat, asking no
 question for conscience sake:
10:26 For the earth [is] the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
10:27 If any of them that believe not bid you [to a feast], and
 ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking
 no question for conscience sake.
10:28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice
 unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for
 conscience sake: for the earth [is] the Lord's, and the fulness
 thereof:
10:29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for
 why is my liberty judged of another [man's] conscience?
10:30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of
 for that for which I give thanks?
10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do,
 do all to the glory of God.
10:32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the
 Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
10:33 Even as I please all [men] in all [things], not seeking
 mine own profit, but the [profit] of many, that they may be
 saved.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.11. Chapter 11 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             1 CORINTHIANS

11:1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also [am] of Christ.
11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all
 things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered [them] to you.
11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is
 Christ; and the head of the woman [is] the man; and the head of
 Christ [is] God.
11:4 Every man praying or prophesying, having [his] head
 covered, dishonoureth his head.
11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with [her] head
 uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if
 she were shaven.
11:6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but
 if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be
 covered.
11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover [his] head, forasmuch
 as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory
 of the man.
11:8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man.
11:9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman
 for the man.
11:10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on [her] head
 because of the angels.
11:11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither
 the woman without the man, in the Lord.
11:12 For as the woman [is] of the man, even so [is] the man
 also by the woman; but all things of God.
11:13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto
 God uncovered?
11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have
 long hair, it is a shame unto him?
11:15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for
 [her] hair is given her for a covering.
11:16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such
 custom, neither the churches of God.
11:17 Now in this that I declare [unto you] I praise [you] not,
 that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
11:18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I
 hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe
 it.
11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which
 are approved may be made manifest among you.
11:20 When ye come together therefore into one place, [this] is
 not to eat the Lord's supper.
11:21 For in eating every one taketh before [other] his own
 supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
11:22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or
 despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not?
 What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise
 [you] not.
11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I
 delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the [same] night in
 which he was betrayed took bread:
11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake [it], and said,
 Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in
 remembrance of me.
11:25 After the same manner also [he took] the cup, when he had
 supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this
 do ye, as oft as ye drink [it], in remembrance of me.
11:26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye
 do shew the Lord's death till he come.
11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink [this]
 cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and
 blood of the Lord.
11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of
 [that] bread, and drink of [that] cup.
11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and
 drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
11:30 For this cause many [are] weak and sickly among you, and
 many sleep.
11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that
 we should not be condemned with the world.
11:33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat,
 tarry one for another.
11:34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come
 not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in
 order when I come.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.12. Chapter 12 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           1 CORINTHIANS

12:1 Now concerning spiritual [gifts], brethren, I would not
 have you ignorant.
12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb
 idols, even as ye were led.
12:3 Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by
 the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and [that] no man can
 say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.
12:5 And there are differences of administrations, but the same
 Lord.
12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same
 God which worketh all in all.
12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man
 to profit withal.
12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to
 another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
12:9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts
 of healing by the same Spirit;
12:10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy;
 to another discerning of spirits; to another [divers] kinds of
 tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
12:11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit,
 dividing to every man severally as he will.
12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the
 members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also
 [is] Christ.
12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body,
 whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free;
 and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
12:14 For the body is not one member, but many.
12:15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not
 of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
12:16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am
 not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
12:17 If the whole body [were] an eye, where [were] the hearing?
 If the whole [were] hearing, where [were] the smelling?
12:18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the
 body, as it hath pleased him.
12:19 And if they were all one member, where [were] the body?
12:20 But now [are they] many members, yet but one body.
12:21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of
 thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
12:22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be
 more feeble, are necessary:
12:23 And those [members] of the body, which we think to be less
 honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our
 uncomely [parts] have more abundant comeliness.
12:24 For our comely [parts] have no need: but God hath tempered
 the body together, having given more abundant honour to that
 [part] which lacked:
12:25 That there should be no schism in the body; but [that] the
 members should have the same care one for another.
12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with
 it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
12:28 And God hath set some in the church, first apostles,
 secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles,
 then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of
 tongues.
12:29 [Are] all apostles? [are] all prophets? [are] all
 teachers? [are] all workers of miracles?
12:30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues?
 do all interpret?
12:31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto
 you a more excellent way.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.13. Chapter 13 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

          1 CORINTHIANS

13:1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and
 have not charity, I am become [as] sounding brass, or a
 tinkling cymbal.
13:2 And though I have [the gift of] prophecy, and understand
 all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith,
 so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am
 nothing.
13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed [the poor], and
 though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it
 profiteth me nothing.
13:4 Charity suffereth long, [and] is kind; charity envieth not;
 charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is
 not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all
 things, endureth all things.
13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether [there be] prophecies,
 they shall fail; whether [there be] tongues, they shall cease;
 whether [there be] knowledge, it shall vanish away.
13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is
 in part shall be done away.
13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a
 child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put
 away childish things.
13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to
 face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I
 am known.
13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the
 greatest of these [is] charity.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.14. Chapter 14 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           1 CORINTHIANS

14:1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual [gifts], but
 rather that ye may prophesy.
14:2 For he that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue speaketh not
 unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth [him]; howbeit
 in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
14:3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men [to] edification,
 and exhortation, and comfort.
14:4 He that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue edifieth himself;
 but he that prophesieth edifieth the church.
14:5 I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather that ye
 prophesied: for greater [is] he that prophesieth than he that
 speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may
 receive edifying.
14:6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues,
 what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by
 revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
14:7 And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or
 harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall
 it be known what is piped or harped?
14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall
 prepare himself to the battle?
14:9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to
 be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye
 shall speak into the air.
14:10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the
 world, and none of them [is] without signification.
14:11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall
 be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh
 [shall be] a barbarian unto me.
14:12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual
 [gifts], seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church.
14:13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an [unknown] tongue
 pray that he may interpret.
14:14 For if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit prayeth,
 but my understanding is unfruitful.
14:15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will
 pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit,
 and I will sing with the understanding also.
14:16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he
 that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving
 of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?
14:17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not
 edified.
14:18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all:
14:19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my
 understanding, that [by my voice] I might teach others also,
 than ten thousand words in an [unknown] tongue.
14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in
 malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.
14:21 In the law it is written, With [men of] other tongues and
 other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that
 will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
14:22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that
 believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying
 [serveth] not for them that believe not, but for them which
 believe.
14:23 If therefore the whole church be come together into one
 place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in [those
 that are] unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye
 are mad?
14:24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth
 not, or [one] unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged
 of all:
14:25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and
 so falling down on [his] face he will worship God, and report
 that God is in you of a truth.
14:26 How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one
 of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a
 revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto
 edifying.
14:27 If any man speak in an [unknown] tongue, [let it be] by
 two, or at the most [by] three, and [that] by course; and let
 one interpret.
14:28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in
 the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.
14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other
 judge.
14:30 If [any thing] be revealed to another that sitteth by, let
 the first hold his peace.
14:31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn,
 and all may be comforted.
14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the
 prophets.
14:33 For God is not [the author] of confusion, but of peace, as
 in all churches of the saints.
14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not
 permitted unto them to speak; but [they are commanded] to be
 under obedience, as also saith the law.
14:35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their
 husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the
 church.
14:36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto
 you only?
14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual,
 let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are
 the commandments of the Lord.
14:38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant.
14:39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to
 speak with tongues.
14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.15. Chapter 15 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           1 CORINTHIANS

15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I
 preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye
 stand;
15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I
 preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also
 received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the
 scriptures;
15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third
 day according to the scriptures:
15:5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at
 once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but
 some are fallen asleep.
15:7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out
 of due time.
15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be
 called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace
 which [was bestowed] upon me was not in vain; but I laboured
 more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God
 which was with me.
15:11 Therefore whether [it were] I or they, so we preach, and
 so ye believed.
15:12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how
 say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
15:13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is
 Christ not risen:
15:14 And if Christ be not risen, then [is] our preaching vain,
 and your faith [is] also vain.
15:15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we
 have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised
 not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
15:16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
15:17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are
 yet in your sins.
15:18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are
 perished.
15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all
 men most miserable.
15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the
 firstfruits of them that slept.
15:21 For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the
 resurrection of the dead.
15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be
 made alive.
15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits;
 afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
15:24 Then [cometh] the end, when he shall have delivered up the
 kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down
 all rule and all authority and power.
15:25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his
 feet.
15:26 The last enemy [that] shall be destroyed [is] death.
15:27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he
 saith all things are put under [him, it is] manifest that he is
 excepted, which did put all things under him.
15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall
 the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things
 under him, that God may be all in all.
15:29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead,
 if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the
 dead?
15:30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
15:31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus
 our Lord, I die daily.
15:32 If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at
 Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us
 eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the
 knowledge of God: I speak [this] to your shame.
15:35 But some [man] will say, How are the dead raised up? and
 with what body do they come?
15:36 [Thou] fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened,
 except it die:
15:37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that
 shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some
 other [grain]:
15:38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to
 every seed his own body.
15:39 All flesh [is] not the same flesh: but [there is] one
 [kind of] flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of
 fishes, [and] another of birds.
15:40 [There are] also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial:
 but the glory of the celestial [is] one, and the [glory] of the
 terrestrial [is] another.
15:41 [There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the
 moon, and another glory of the stars: for [one] star differeth
 from [another] star in glory.
15:42 So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in
 corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
15:43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown
 in weakness; it is raised in power:
15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body.
 There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living
 soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit.
15:46 Howbeit that [was] not first which is spiritual, but that
 which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
15:47 The first man [is] of the earth, earthy: the second man
 [is] the Lord from heaven.
15:48 As [is] the earthy, such [are] they also that are earthy:
 and as [is] the heavenly, such [are] they also that are
 heavenly.
15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall
 also bear the image of the heavenly.
15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot
 inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit
 incorruption.
15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but
 we shall all be changed,
15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
 trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be
 raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this
 mortal [must] put on immortality.
15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,
 and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be
 brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed
 up in victory.
15:55 O death, where [is] thy sting? O grave, where [is] thy
 victory?
15:56 The sting of death [is] sin; and the strength of sin [is]
 the law.
15:57 But thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the victory
 through our Lord Jesus Christ.
15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast,
 unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch
 as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.16. Chapter 16 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           1 CORINTHIANS

16:1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have
 given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
16:2 Upon the first [day] of the week let every one of you lay
 by him in store, as [God] hath prospered him, that there be no
 gatherings when I come.
16:3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by [your]
 letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto
 Jerusalem.
16:4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.
16:5 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through
 Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
16:6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you,
 that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go.
16:7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry
 a while with you, if the Lord permit.
16:8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and
 [there are] many adversaries.
16:10 Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without
 fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also [do].
16:11 Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in
 peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the
 brethren.
16:12 As touching [our] brother Apollos, I greatly desired him
 to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all
 to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have
 convenient time.
16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be
 strong.
16:14 Let all your things be done with charity.
16:15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas,
 that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and [that] they have
 addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,)
16:16 That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that
 helpeth with [us], and laboureth.
16:17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and
 Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have
 supplied.
16:18 For they have refreshed my spirit and yours: therefore
 acknowledge ye them that are such.
16:19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla
 salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their
 house.
16:20 All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an
 holy kiss.
16:21 The salutation of [me] Paul with mine own hand.
16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be
 Anathema Maranatha.
16:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you.
16:24 My love [be] with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. <[The
 first [epistle] to the Corinthians was written from Philippi by
 Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus and Timotheus.]>


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. 2 Corinthians ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.1. Chapter  1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           2 CORINTHIANS

1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and
 Timothy [our] brother, unto the church of God which is at
 Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia:
1:2 Grace [be] to you and peace from God our Father, and [from]
 the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 Blessed [be] God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
 the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;
1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be
 able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort
 wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our
 consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
1:6 And whether we be afflicted, [it is] for your consolation
 and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same
 sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted,
 [it is] for your consolation and salvation.
1:7 And our hope of you [is] stedfast, knowing, that as ye are
 partakers of the sufferings, so [shall ye be] also of the
 consolation.
1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble
 which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure,
 above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
1:9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we
 should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the
 dead:
1:10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver:
 in whom we trust that he will yet deliver [us];
1:11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the
 gift [bestowed] upon us by the means of many persons thanks may
 be given by many on our behalf.
1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience,
 that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly
 wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation
 in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
1:13 For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read
 or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the
 end;
1:14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your
 rejoicing, even as ye also [are] ours in the day of the Lord
 Jesus.
1:15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you
 before, that ye might have a second benefit;
1:16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of
 Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward
 Judaea.
1:17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or
 the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh,
 that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay?
1:18 But [as] God [is] true, our word toward you was not yea and
 nay.
1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among
 you by us, [even] by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea
 and nay, but in him was yea.
1:20 For all the promises of God in him [are] yea, and in him
 Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
1:21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath
 anointed us, [is] God;
1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the
 Spirit in our hearts.
1:23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to
 spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are
 helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.2. Chapter  2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           2 CORINTHIANS

2:1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come
 again to you in heaviness.
2:2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad,
 but the same which is made sorry by me?
2:3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should
 have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having
 confidence in you all, that my joy is [the joy] of you all.
2:4 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 unto you.
2:5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in
 part: that I may not overcharge you all.
2:6 Sufficient to such a man [is] this punishment, which [was
 inflicted] of many.
2:7 So that contrariwise ye [ought] rather to forgive [him], and
 comfort [him], lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up
 with overmuch sorrow.
2:8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm [your] love
 toward him.
2:9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the
 proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
2:10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I [forgive] also: for if I
 forgave any thing, to whom I forgave [it], for your sakes
 [forgave I it] in the person of Christ;
2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not
 ignorant of his devices.
2:12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to [preach] Christ's
 gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
2:13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my
 brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into
 Macedonia.
2:14 Now thanks [be] unto God, which always causeth us to
 triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his
 knowledge by us in every place.
2:15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that
 are saved, and in them that perish:
2:16 To the one [we are] the savour of death unto death; and to
 the other the savour of life unto life. And who [is] sufficient
 for these things?
2:17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but
 as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in
 Christ.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.3. Chapter  3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             2 CORINTHIANS

3:1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some [others],
epistles of commendation to you, or [letters] of
 commendation from you?
3:2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of
 all men:
3:3 [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly declared to be the epistle
 of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the
 Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy
 tables of the heart.
3:4 And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward:
3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing
 as of ourselves; but our sufficiency [is] of God;
3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament;
 not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth,
 but the spirit giveth life.
3:7 But if the ministration of death, written [and] engraven in
 stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not
 stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his
 countenance; which [glory] was to be done away:
3:8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather
 glorious?
3:9 For if the ministration of condemnation [be] glory, much
 more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.
3:10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this
 respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
3:11 For if that which is done away [was] glorious, much more
 that which remaineth [is] glorious.
3:12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness
 of speech:
3:13 And not as Moses, [which] put a vail over his face, that
 the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of
 that which is abolished:
3:14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth
 the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament;
 which [vail] is done away in Christ.
3:15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is
 upon their heart.
3:16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall
 be taken away.
3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the
 Lord [is], there [is] liberty.
3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the
 glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory
 to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.4. Chapter  4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            2 CORINTHIANS

4:1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received
 mercy, we faint not;
4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not
 walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God
 deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending
 ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them
 which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of
 Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and
 ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness,
 hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge
 of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the
 excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
4:8 [We are] troubled on every side, yet not distressed; [we
 are] perplexed, but not in despair;
4:9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
4:10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord
 Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in
 our body.
4:11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus'
 sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our
 mortal flesh.
4:12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is
 written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also
 believe, and therefore speak;
4:14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise
 up us also by Jesus, and shall present [us] with you.
4:15 For all things [are] for your sakes, that the abundant
 grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the
 glory of God.
4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man
 perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.
4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment,
 worketh for us a far more exceeding [and] eternal weight of
 glory;
4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the
 things which are not seen: for the things which are seen [are]
 temporal; but the things which are not seen [are] eternal.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.5. Chapter  5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           2 CORINTHIANS

5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle
 were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made
 with hands, eternal in the heavens.
5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon
 with our house which is from heaven:
5:3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
5:4 For we that are in [this] tabernacle do groan, being
 burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon,
 that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing [is] God,
 who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit.
5:6 Therefore [we are] always confident, knowing that, whilst we
 are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
5:8 We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent
 from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
5:9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may
 be accepted of him.
5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ;
 that every one may receive the things [done] in [his] body,
 according to that he hath done, whether [it be] good or bad.
5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;
 but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made
 manifest in your consciences.
5:12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you
 occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to
 [answer] them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
5:13 For whether we be beside ourselves, [it is] to God: or
 whether we be sober, [it is] for your cause.
5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus
 judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
5:15 And [that] he died for all, that they which live should not
 henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for
 them, and rose again.
5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea,
 though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth
 know we [him] no more.
5:17 Therefore if any man [be] in Christ, [he is] a new
 creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are
 become new.
5:18 And all things [are] of God, who hath reconciled us to
 himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of
 reconciliation;
5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto
 himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath
 committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did
 beseech [you] by us: we pray [you] in Christ's stead, be ye
 reconciled to God.
5:21 For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin;
 that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.6. Chapter  6 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           2 CORINTHIANS

6:1 We then, [as] workers together [with him], beseech [you]
 also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in
 the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now [is]
 the accepted time; behold, now [is] the day of salvation.)
6:3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not
 blamed:
6:4 But in all [things] approving ourselves as the ministers of
 God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in
 distresses,
6:5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in
 watchings, in fastings;
6:6 By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by
 the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of
 righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
6:8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as
 deceivers, and [yet] true;
6:9 As unknown, and [yet] well known; as dying, and, behold, we
 live; as chastened, and not killed;
6:10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many
 rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.
6:11 O [ye] Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart
 is enlarged.
6:12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your
 own bowels.
6:13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto [my]
 children,) be ye also enlarged.
6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for
 what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and
 what communion hath light with darkness?
6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath
 he that believeth with an infidel?
6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for
 ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will
 dwell in them, and walk in [them]; and I will be their God, and
 they shall be my people.
6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate,
 saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will
 receive you,
6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and
 daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.7. Chapter  7 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           2 CORINTHIANS

7:1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us
 cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit,
 perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
7:2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no
 man, we have defrauded no man.
7:3 I speak not [this] to condemn [you]: for I have said before,
 that ye are in our hearts to die and live with [you].
7:4 Great [is] my boldness of speech toward you, great [is] my
 glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding
 joyful in all our tribulation.
7:5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no
 rest, but we were troubled on every side; without [were]
 fightings, within [were] fears.
7:6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down,
 comforted us by the coming of Titus;
7:7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith
 he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire,
 your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced
 the more.
7:8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent,
 though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath
 made you sorry, though [it were] but for a season.
7:9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye
 sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly
 manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be
 repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
7:11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a
 godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, [what]
 clearing of yourselves, yea, [what] indignation, yea, [what]
 fear, yea, [what] vehement desire, yea, [what] zeal, yea,
 [what] revenge! In all [things] ye have approved yourselves to
 be clear in this matter.
7:12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, [I did it] not for his
 cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered
 wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might
 appear unto you.
7:13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and
 exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his
 spirit was refreshed by you all.
7:14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not
 ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so
 our boasting, which [I made] before Titus, is found a truth.
7:15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward you,
 whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear
 and trembling ye received him.
7:16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all
 [things].


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.8. Chapter  8 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           2 CORINTHIANS

8:1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God
 bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
8:2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of
 their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of
 their liberality.
8:3 For to [their] power, I bear record, yea, and beyond [their]
 power [they were] willing of themselves;
8:4 Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the
 gift, and [take upon us] the fellowship of the ministering to
 the saints.
8:5 And [this they did], not as we hoped, but first gave their
 own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
8:6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he
 would also finish in you the same grace also.
8:7 Therefore, as ye abound in every [thing, in] faith, and
 utterance, and knowledge, and [in] all diligence, and [in] your
 love to us, [see] that ye abound in this grace also.
8:8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the
 forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
8:9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though
 he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through
 his poverty might be rich.
8:10 And herein I give [my] advice: for this is expedient for
 you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be
 forward a year ago.
8:11 Now therefore perform the doing [of it]; that as [there
 was] a readiness to will, so [there may be] a performance also
 out of that which ye have.
8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, [it is] accepted
 according to that a man hath, [and] not according to that he
 hath not.
8:13 For [I mean] not that other men be eased, and ye burdened:
8:14 But by an equality, [that] now at this time your abundance
 [may be a supply] for their want, that their abundance also may
 be [a supply] for your want: that there may be equality:
8:15 As it is written, He that [had gathered] much had nothing
 over; and he that [had gathered] little had no lack.
8:16 But thanks [be] to God, which put the same earnest care
 into the heart of Titus for you.
8:17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more
 forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
8:18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise [is] in
 the gospel throughout all the churches;
8:19 And not [that] only, but who was also chosen of the
 churches to travel with us with this grace, which is
 administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and
 [declaration of] your ready mind:
8:20 Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this
 abundance which is administered by us:
8:21 Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the
 Lord, but also in the sight of men.
8:22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have
 oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more
 diligent, upon the great confidence which [I have] in you.
8:23 Whether [any do enquire] of Titus, [he is] my partner and
 fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren [be enquired of,
 they are] the messengers of the churches, [and] the glory of
 Christ.
8:24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the
 proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.9. Chapter  9 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           2 CORINTHIANS

9:1 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is
 superfluous for me to write to you:
9:2 For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast
 of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago;
 and your zeal hath provoked very many.
9:3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you
 should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be
 ready:
9:4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you
 unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this
 same confident boasting.
9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren,
 that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your
 bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be
 ready, as [a matter of] bounty, and not as [of] covetousness.
9:6 But this [I say], He which soweth sparingly shall reap also
 sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also
 bountifully.
9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, [so let
 him give]; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a
 cheerful giver.
9:8 And God [is] able to make all grace abound toward you; that
 ye, always having all sufficiency in all [things], may abound
 to every good work:
9:9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given
 to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
9:10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister
 bread for [your] food, and multiply your seed sown, and
 increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
9:11 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which
 causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
9:12 For the administration of this service not only supplieth
 the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many
 thanksgivings unto God;
9:13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify
 God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ,
 and for [your] liberal distribution unto them, and unto all
 [men];
9:14 And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the
 exceeding grace of God in you.
9:15 Thanks [be] unto God for his unspeakable gift.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.10. Chapter 10 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           2 CORINTHIANS

10:1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and
 gentleness of Christ, who in presence [am] base among you, but
 being absent am bold toward you:
10:2 But I beseech [you], that I may not be bold when I am
 present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold
 against some, which think of us as if we walked according to
 the flesh.
10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the
 flesh:
10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but
 mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that
 exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into
 captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
10:6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when
 your obedience is fulfilled.
10:7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any
 man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself
 think this again, that, as he [is] Christ's, even so [are] we
 Christ's.
10:8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority,
 which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your
 destruction, I should not be ashamed:
10:9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
10:10 For [his] letters, say they, [are] weighty and powerful;
 but [his] bodily presence [is] weak, and [his] speech
 contemptible.
10:11 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word
 by letters when we are absent, such [will we be] also in deed
 when we are present.
10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare
 ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring
 themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among
 themselves, are not wise.
10:13 But we will not boast of things without [our] measure, but
 according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed
 to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
10:14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond [our measure], as
 though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to
 you also in [preaching] the gospel of Christ:
10:15 Not boasting of things without [our] measure, [that is],
 of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is
 increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our
 rule abundantly,
10:16 To preach the gospel in the [regions] beyond you, [and]
 not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our
 hand.
10:17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
10:18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom
 the Lord commendeth.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.11. Chapter 11 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            2 CORINTHIANS

11:1 Would to God ye could bear with me a little in [my] folly:
 and indeed bear with me.
11:2 For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have
 espoused you to one husband, that I may present [you as] a
 chaste virgin to Christ.
11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve
 through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from
 the simplicity that is in Christ.
11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have
 not preached, or [if] ye receive another spirit, which ye have
 not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye
 might well bear with [him].
11:5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest
 apostles.
11:6 But though [I be] rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but
 we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
11:7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might
 be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God
 freely?
11:8 I robbed other churches, taking wages [of them], to do you
 service.
11:9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was
 chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the
 brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all
 [things] I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and
 [so] will I keep [myself].
11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of
 this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11:11 Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.
11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion
 from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they
 may be found even as we.
11:13 For such [are] false apostles, deceitful workers,
 transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an
 angel of light.
11:15 Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also be
 transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall
 be according to their works.
11:16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet
 as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
11:17 That which I speak, I speak [it] not after the Lord, but
 as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
11:18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
11:19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye [yourselves] are
 wise.
11:20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man
 devour [you], if a man take [of you], if a man exalt himself,
 if a man smite you on the face.
11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been
 weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I
 am bold also.
11:22 Are they Hebrews? so [am] I. Are they Israelites? so [am]
 I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so [am] I.
11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I [am]
 more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in
 prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
11:24 Of the Jews five times received I forty [stripes] save
 one.
11:25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I
 suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
11:26 [In] journeyings often, [in] perils of waters, [in] perils
 of robbers, [in] perils by [mine own] countrymen, [in] perils
 by the heathen, [in] perils in the city, [in] perils in the
 wilderness, [in] perils in the sea, [in] perils among false
 brethren;
11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in
 hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
11:28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh
 upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I
 burn not?
11:30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which
 concern mine infirmities.
11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is
 blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the
 city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend
 me:
11:33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the
 wall, and escaped his hands.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.12. Chapter 12 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           2 CORINTHIANS

12:1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come
 to visions and revelations of the Lord.
12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether
 in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I
 cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third
 heaven.
12:3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the
 body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
12:4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard
 unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
12:5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not
 glory, but in mine infirmities.
12:6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool;
 for I will say the truth: but [now] I forbear, lest any man
 should think of me above that which he seeth me [to be], or
 [that] he heareth of me.
12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the
 abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in
 the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should
 be exalted above measure.
12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might
 depart from me.
12:9 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 rest upon me.
12:10 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.
12:11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for
 I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I
 behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
12:12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in
 all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
12:13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches,
 except [it be] that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive
 me this wrong.
12:14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I
 will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you:
 for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the
 parents for the children.
12:15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though
 the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
12:16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being
 crafty, I caught you with guile.
12:17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto
 you?
12:18 I desired Titus, and with [him] I sent a brother. Did
 Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit?
 [walked we] not in the same steps?
12:19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we
 speak before God in Christ: but [we do] all things, dearly
 beloved, for your edifying.
12:20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such
 as I would, and [that] I shall be found unto you such as ye
 would not: lest [there be] debates, envyings, wraths, strifes,
 backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
12:21 [And] lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among
 you, and [that] I shall bewail many which have sinned already,
 and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and
 lasciviousness which they have committed.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.13. Chapter 13 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            2 CORINTHIANS

13:1 This [is] the third [time] I am coming to you. In the mouth
 of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
13:2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present,
 the second time; and being absent now I write to them which
 heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come
 again, I will not spare:
13:3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to
 you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
13:4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth
 by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall
 live with him by the power of God toward you.
13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your
 own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ
 is in you, except ye be reprobates?
13:6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates.
13:7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should
 appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest,
 though we be as reprobates.
13:8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
13:9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and
 this also we wish, [even] your perfection.
13:10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being
 present I should use sharpness, according to the power which
 the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
13:11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good
 comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and
 peace shall be with you.
13:12 Greet one another with an holy kiss.
13:13 All the saints salute you.
13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,
 and the communion of the Holy Ghost, [be] with you all. Amen.
 <[The second [epistle] to the Corinthians was written from
 Philippi, [a city] of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.]>


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Galatians ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.1. Chapter 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            GALATIANS

1:1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus
 Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
1:2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of
 Galatia:
1:3 Grace [be] to you and peace from God the Father, and [from]
 our Lord Jesus Christ,
1:4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from
 this present evil world, according to the will of God and our
 Father:
1:5 To whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called
 you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
1:7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you,
 and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other
 gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let
 him be accursed.
1:9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any [man] preach
 any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him
 be accursed.
1:10 For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please
 men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of
 Christ.
1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was
 preached of me is not after man.
1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught
 [it], but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the
 Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church
 of God, and wasted it:
1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in
 mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the
 traditions of my fathers.
1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's
 womb, and called [me] by his grace,
1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the
 heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
1:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles
 before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto
 Damascus.
1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter,
 and abode with him fifteen days.
1:19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's
 brother.
1:20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God,
 I lie not.
1:21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
1:22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which
 were in Christ:
1:23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in
 times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed.
1:24 And they glorified God in me.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.2. Chapter 2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            GALATIANS

2:1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with
 Barnabas, and took Titus with [me] also.
2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that
 gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them
 which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or
 had run, in vain.
2:3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was
 compelled to be circumcised:
2:4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who
 came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ
 Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
2:5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour;
 that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
2:6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they
 were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's
 person:) for they who seemed [to be somewhat] in conference
 added nothing to me:
2:7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the
 uncircumcision was committed unto me, as [the gospel] of the
 circumcision [was] unto Peter;
2:8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship
 of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the
 Gentiles:)
2:9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars,
 perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and
 Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we [should go]
 unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.
2:10 Only [they would] that we should remember the poor; the
 same which I also was forward to do.
2:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the
 face, because he was to be blamed.
2:12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with
 the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and
 separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.
2:13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch
 that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.
2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to
 the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before [them] all,
 If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and
 not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as
 do the Jews?
2:15 We [who are] Jews by nature, and not sinners of the
 Gentiles,
2:16 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 the faith of
 Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of
 the law shall no flesh be justified.
2:17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we
 ourselves also are found sinners, [is] therefore Christ the
 minister of sin? God forbid.
2:18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make
 myself a transgressor.
2:19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live
 unto God.
2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I,
 but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the
 flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and
 gave himself for me.
2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness
 [come] by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.3. Chapter 3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            GALATIANS

3:1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should
 not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been
 evidently set forth, crucified among you?
3:2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by
 the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now
 made perfect by the flesh?
3:4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if [it be] yet in
 vain.
3:5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh
 miracles among you, [doeth he it] by the works of the law, or
 by the hearing of faith?
3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him
 for righteousness.
3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are
 the children of Abraham.
3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the
 heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham,
 [saying], In thee shall all nations be blessed.
3:9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful
 Abraham.
3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under the
 curse: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one that continueth
 not in all things which are written in the book of the law to
 do them.
3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of
 God, [it is] evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them
 shall live in them.
3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being
 made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed [is] every one
 that hangeth on a tree:
3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles
 through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the
 Spirit through faith.
3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though [it be]
 but a man's covenant, yet [if it be] confirmed, no man
 disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He
 saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy
 seed, which is Christ.
3:17 And this I say, [that] the covenant, that was confirmed
 before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and
 thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the
 promise of none effect.
3:18 For if the inheritance [be] of the law, [it is] no more of
 promise: but God gave [it] to Abraham by promise.
3:19 Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It was added because of
 transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise
 was made; [and it was] ordained by angels in the hand of a
 mediator.
3:20 Now a mediator is not [a mediator] of one, but God is one.
3:21 [Is] the law then against the promises of God? God forbid:
 for if there had been a law given which could have given life,
 verily righteousness should have been by the law.
3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the
 promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that
 believe.
3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up
 unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster [to bring us] unto
 Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a
 schoolmaster.
3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ
 Jesus.
3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have
 put on Christ.
3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor
 free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in
 Christ Jesus.
3:29 And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and
 heirs according to the promise.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.4. Chapter 4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            GALATIANS

4:1 Now I say, [That] the heir, as long as he is a child,
 differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all;
4:2 But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed
 of the father.
4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the
 elements of the world:
4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth
 his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
4:5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we might
 receive the adoption of sons.
4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of
 his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
4:7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a
 son, then an heir of God through Christ.
4:8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them
 which by nature are no gods.
4:9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known
 of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements,
 whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
4:10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years.
4:11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in
 vain.
4:12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I [am]; for I [am] as ye
 [are]: ye have not injured me at all.
4:13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the
 gospel unto you at the first.
4:14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not,
 nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, [even] as
 Christ Jesus.
4:15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you
 record, that, if [it had been] possible, ye would have plucked
 out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
4:16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the
 truth?
4:17 They zealously affect you, [but] not well; yea, they would
 exclude you, that ye might affect them.
4:18 But [it is] good to be zealously affected always in [a]
 good [thing], and not only when I am present with you.
4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until
 Christ be formed in you,
4:20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change my
 voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
4:21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear
 the law?
4:22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a
 bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
4:23 But he [who was] of the bondwoman was born after the flesh;
 but he of the freewoman [was] by promise.
4:24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two
 covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to
 bondage, which is Agar.
4:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to
 Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother
 of us all.
4:27 For it is written, Rejoice, [thou] barren that bearest not;
 break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate
 hath many more children than she which hath an husband.
4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of
 promise.
4:29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him
 [that was born] after the Spirit, even so [it is] now.
4:30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the
 bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not
 be heir with the son of the freewoman.
4:31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman,
 but of the free.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.5. Chapter 5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            GALATIANS

5:1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath
 made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of
 bondage.
5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised,
 Christ shall profit you nothing.
5:3 For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that
 he is a debtor to do the whole law.
5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are
 justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness
 by faith.
5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing,
 nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
5:7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey
 the truth?
5:8 This persuasion [cometh] not of him that calleth you.
5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
5:10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be
 none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his
 judgment, whosoever he be.
5:11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet
 suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
5:12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only [use]
 not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one
 another.
5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, [even] in this;
 Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be
 not consumed one of another.
5:16 [This] I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not
 fulfil the lust of the flesh.
5:17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit
 against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other:
 so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are [these];
 Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath,
 strife, seditions, heresies,
5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like:
 of the which I tell you before, as I have also told [you] in
 time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the
 kingdom of God.
5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
 longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with
 the affections and lusts.
5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one
 another, envying one another.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6. Chapter 6 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           GALATIANS

6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are
 spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness;
 considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of
 Christ.
6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he is
 nothing, he deceiveth himself.
6:4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have
 rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden.
6:6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that
 teacheth in all good things.
6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man
 soweth, that shall he also reap.
6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap
 corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the
 Spirit reap life everlasting.
6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we
 shall reap, if we faint not.
6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all
 [men], especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
6:11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine
 own hand.
6:12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they
 constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer
 persecution for the cross of Christ.
6:13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the
 law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in
 your flesh.
6:14 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.
6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any
 thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace [be] on
 them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my
 body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
6:18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your
 spirit. Amen. <[To [the] Galatians written from Rome.]>


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Ephesians ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.1. Chapter 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            EPHESIANS

1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the
 saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ
 Jesus:
1:2 Grace [be] to you, and peace, from God our Father, and
 [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
 who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly
 [places] in Christ:
1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation
 of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before
 him in love:
1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by
 Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his
 will,
1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath
 made us accepted in the beloved.
1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the
 forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
1:8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and
 prudence;
1:9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according
 to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
1:10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might
 gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in
 heaven, and which are on earth; [even] in him:
1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being
 predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all
 things after the counsel of his own will:
1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first
 trusted in Christ.
1:13 In whom ye also [trusted], after that ye heard the word of
 truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye
 believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the
 redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his
 glory.
1:15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord
 Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in
 my prayers;
1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,
 may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the
 knowledge of him:
1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye
 may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches
 of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
1:19 And what [is] the exceeding greatness of his power to
 us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty
 power,
1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the
 dead, and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly
 [places],
1:21 Far above all principality, and power, and might, and
 dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world,
 but also in that which is to come:
1:22 And hath put all [things] under his feet, and gave him [to
 be] the head over all [things] to the church,
1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in
 all.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.2. Chapter 2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           EPHESIANS

2:1 And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and
 sins;
2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of
 this world, according to the prince of the power of the air,
 the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in
 the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and
 of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as
 others.
2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith
 he loved us,
2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together
 with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
2:6 And hath raised [us] up together, and made [us] sit together
 in heavenly [places] in Christ Jesus:
2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches
 of his grace in [his] kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.
2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of
 yourselves: [it is] the gift of God:
2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto
 good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk
 in them.
2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye [being] in time past Gentiles
 in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is
 called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;
2:12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from
 the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of
 promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are
 made nigh by the blood of Christ.
2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath
 broken down the middle wall of partition [between us];
2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, [even] the law of
 commandments [contained] in ordinances; for to make in himself
 of twain one new man, [so] making peace;
2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by
 the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
2:17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and
 to them that were nigh.
2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the
 Father.
2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but
 fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and
 prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner [stone];
2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto
 an holy temple in the Lord:
2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of
 God through the Spirit.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.3. Chapter 3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             EPHESIANS

3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you
 Gentiles,
3:2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God
 which is given me to you-ward:
3:3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery;
 (as I wrote afore in few words,
3:4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the
 mystery of Christ)
3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men,
 as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by
 the Spirit;
3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same
 body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel:
3:7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the
 grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his
 power.
3:8 Unto 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;
3:9 And to make all [men] see what [is] the fellowship of the
 mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in
 God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers
 in heavenly [places] might be known by the church the manifold
 wisdom of God,
3:11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in
 Christ Jesus our Lord:
3:12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the
 faith of him.
3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for
 you, which is your glory.
3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord
 Jesus Christ,
3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his
 glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner
 man;
3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye,
 being rooted and grounded in love,
3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what [is] the
 breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge,
 that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above
 all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh
 in us,
3:21 Unto him [be] glory in the church by Christ Jesus
 throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.4. Chapter 4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           EPHESIANS

4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye
 walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
4:2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering,
 forbearing one another in love;
4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of
 peace.
4:4 [There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called
 in one hope of your calling;
4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
4:6 One God and Father of all, who [is] above all, and through
 all, and in you all.
4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the
 measure of the gift of Christ.
4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led
 captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended
 first into the lower parts of the earth?
4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far
 above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some,
 evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the
 ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the
 knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the
 measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
4:14 That we [henceforth] be no more children, tossed to and
 fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the
 sleight of men, [and] cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in
 wait to deceive;
4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all
 things, which is the head, [even] Christ:
4:16 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and
 compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the
 effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase
 of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye
 henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of
 their mind,
4:18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the
 life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of
 the blindness of their heart:
4:19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto
 lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
4:20 But ye have not so learned Christ;
4:21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by
 him, as the truth is in Jesus:
4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old
 man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created
 in righteousness and true holiness.
4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with
 his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your
 wrath:
4:27 Neither give place to the devil.
4:28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him
 labour, working with [his] hands the thing which is good, that
 he may have to give to him that needeth.
4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but
 that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister
 grace unto the hearers.
4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are
 sealed unto the day of redemption.
4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and
 evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one
 another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.5. Chapter 5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            EPHESIANS

5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children;
5:2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath
 given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a
 sweetsmelling savour.
5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let
 it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
5:4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which
 are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
5:5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person,
 nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in
 the kingdom of Christ and of God.
5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these
 things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of
 disobedience.
5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now [are ye] light in
 the Lord: walk as children of light:
5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in all goodness and
 righteousness and truth;)
5:10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of
 darkness, but rather reprove [them].
5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are
 done of them in secret.
5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the
 light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise
 from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as
 wise,
5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will
 of the Lord [is].
5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be
 filled with the Spirit;
5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual
 songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father
 in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto
 the Lord.
5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is
 the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body.
5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so [let]
 the wives [be] to their own husbands in every thing.
5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the
 church, and gave himself for it;
5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of
 water by the word,
5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not
 having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should
 be holy and without blemish.
5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He
 that loveth his wife loveth himself.
5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and
 cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his
 bones.
5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and
 shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and
 the church.
5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his
 wife even as himself; and the wife [see] that she reverence
 [her] husband.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12.6. Chapter 6 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           EPHESIANS

6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
6:2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first
 commandment with promise;)
6:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on
 the earth.
6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but
 bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
6:5 Servants, be obedient to them that are [your] masters
 according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness
 of your heart, as unto Christ;
6:6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of
 Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
6:7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to
 men:
6:8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same
 shall he receive of the Lord, whether [he be] bond or free.
6:9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing
 threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven;
 neither is there respect of persons with him.
6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the
 power of his might.
6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to
 stand against the wiles of the devil.
6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against
 principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
 darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high
 [places].
6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye
 may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all,
 to stand.
6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth,
 and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of
 peace;
6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall
 be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the
 Spirit, which is the word of God:
6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the
 Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and
 supplication for all saints;
6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may
 open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,
6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may
 speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
6:21 But that ye also may know my affairs, [and] how I do,
 Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord,
 shall make known to you all things:
6:22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye
 might know our affairs, and [that] he might comfort your
 hearts.
6:23 Peace [be] to the brethren, and love with faith, from God
 the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
6:24 Grace [be] with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in
 sincerity. Amen. <[To [the] Ephesians written from Rome, by
 Tychicus.]>


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Philippians ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13.1. Chapter 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            PHILIPPIANS

1:1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the
 saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops
 and deacons:
1:2 Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and
 [from] the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
1:4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request
 with joy,
1:5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until
 now;
1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun
 a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus
 Christ:
1:7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because
 I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in
 the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are
 partakers of my grace.
1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in
 the bowels of Jesus Christ.
1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more
 in knowledge and [in] all judgment;
1:10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may
 be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
1:11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by
 Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
1:12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things
 [which happened] unto me have fallen out rather unto the
 furtherance of the gospel;
1:13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace,
 and in all other [places];
1:14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by
 my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
1:15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some
 also of good will:
1:16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely,
 supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
1:17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the
 defence of the gospel.
1:18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence,
 or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea,
 and will rejoice.
1:19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through
 your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
1:20 According to my earnest expectation and [my] hope, that in
 nothing I shall be ashamed, but [that] with all boldness, as
 always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body,
 whether [it be] by life, or by death.
1:21 For to me to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain.
1:22 But if I live in the flesh, this [is] the fruit of my
 labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to
 depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
1:24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh [is] more needful for
 you.
1:25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and
 continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith;
1:26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ
 for me by my coming to you again.
1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of
 Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I
 may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit,
 with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
1:28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to
 them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation,
 and that of God.
1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only
 to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
1:30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear
 [to be] in me.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13.2. Chapter 2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           PHILIPPIANS

2:1 If [there be] therefore any consolation in Christ, if any
 comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels
 and mercies,
2:2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same
 love, [being] of one accord, of one mind.
2:3 [Let] nothing [be done] through strife or vainglory; but in
 lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on
 the things of others.
2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:
2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be
 equal with God:
2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the
 form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and
 became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a
 name which is above every name:
2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of
 [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth, and [things] under
 the earth;
2:11 And [that] every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ
 [is] Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in
 my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out
 your own salvation with fear and trembling.
2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do
 of [his] good pleasure.
2:14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God,
 without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation,
 among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the
 day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in
 vain.
2:17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of
 your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
2:18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me.
2:19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly
 unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your
 state.
2:20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for
 your state.
2:21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus
 Christ's.
2:22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the
 father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
2:23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall
 see how it will go with me.
2:24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come
 shortly.
2:25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my
 brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your
 messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.
2:26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness,
 because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
2:27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy
 on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have
 sorrow upon sorrow.
2:28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see
 him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less
 sorrowful.
2:29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and
 hold such in reputation:
2:30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not
 regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13.3. Chapter 3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            PHILIPPIANS

3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same
 things to you, to me indeed [is] not grievous, but for you [it
 is] safe.
3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the
 concision.
3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the
 spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in
 the flesh.
3:4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any
 other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the
 flesh, I more:
3:5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, [of] the
 tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the
 law, a Pharisee;
3:6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the
 righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
3:7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for
 Christ.
3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things [but] loss for the
 excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I
 have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them [but]
 dung, that I may win Christ,
3:9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness,
 which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of
 Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and
 the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto
 his death;
3:11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the
 dead.
3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already
 perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for
 which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but
 [this] one thing [I do], forgetting those things which are
 behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling
 of God in Christ Jesus.
3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded:
 and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal
 even this unto you.
3:16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk
 by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which
 walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
3:18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell
 you even weeping, [that they are] the enemies of the cross of
 Christ:
3:19 Whose end [is] destruction, whose God [is their] belly, and
 [whose] glory [is] in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look
 for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
3:21 Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned
 like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby
 he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13.4. Chapter 4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            PHILIPPIANS

4:1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy
 and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, [my] dearly beloved.
4:2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the
 same mind in the Lord.
4:3 And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women
 which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and
 [with] other my fellowlabourers, whose names [are] in the book
 of life.
4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and] again I say, Rejoice.
4:5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord [is] at
 hand.
4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and
 supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known
 unto God.
4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall
 keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever
 things [are] honest, whatsoever things [are] just, whatsoever
 things [are] pure, whatsoever things [are] lovely, whatsoever
 things [are] of good report; if [there be] any virtue, and if
 [there be] any praise, think on these things.
4:9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and
 heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with
 you.
4:10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last
 your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also
 careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in
 whatsoever state I am, [therewith] to be content.
4:12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound:
 every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full
 and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
4:13 I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
4:14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate
 with my affliction.
4:15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the
 gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated
 with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
4:16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my
 necessity.
4:17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may
 abound to your account.
4:18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of
 Epaphroditus the things [which were sent] from you, an odour of
 a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his
 riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
4:20 Now unto God and our Father [be] glory for ever and ever.
 Amen.
4:21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are
 with me greet you.
4:22 All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of
 Caesar's household.
4:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you all. Amen.
 <[To [the] Philippians written from Rome, by Epaphroditus.]>


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. Colossians ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.1. Chapter 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            COLOSSIANS

1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and
 Timotheus [our] brother,
1:2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at
 Colosse: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our Father
 and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus
 Christ, praying always for you,
1:4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the
 love [which ye have] to all the saints,
1:5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye
 heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
1:6 Which is come unto you, as [it is] in all the world; and
 bringeth forth fruit, as [it doth] also in you, since the day
 ye heard [of it], and knew the grace of God in truth:
1:7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who
 is for you a faithful minister of Christ;
1:8 Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not
 cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled
 with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual
 understanding;
1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing,
 being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the
 knowledge of God;
1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious
 power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to
 be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath
 translated [us] into the kingdom of his dear Son:
1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood, [even] the
 forgiveness of sins:
1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of
 every creature:
1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and
 that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether [they be]
 thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things
 were created by him, and for him:
1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the
 beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all [things] he
 might have the preeminence.
1:19 For it pleased [the Father] that in him should all fulness
 dwell;
1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by
 him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, [I say],
 whether [they be] things in earth, or things in heaven.
1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in [your]
 mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
1:22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy
 and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and [be]
 not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have
 heard, [and] which was preached to every creature which is
 under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that
 which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for
 his body's sake, which is the church:
1:25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation
 of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God;
1:26 [Even] the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from
 generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:
1:27 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:
1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man
 in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ
 Jesus:
1:29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working,
 which worketh in me mightily.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.2. Chapter 2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            COLOSSIANS

2:1 For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you,
 and [for] them at Laodicea, and [for] as many as have not seen
 my face in the flesh;
2:2 That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in
 love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of
 understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God,
 and of the Father, and of Christ;
2:3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
2:4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with
 enticing words.
2:5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in
 the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the
 stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, [so]
 walk ye in him:
2:7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as
 ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain
 deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the
 world, and not after Christ.
2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all
 principality and power:
2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made
 without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh
 by the circumcision of Christ:
2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with
 [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath
 raised him from the dead.
2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of
 your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having
 forgiven you all trespasses;
2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against
 us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way,
 nailing it to his cross;
2:15 [And] having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a
 shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in
 respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath
 [days]:
2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body [is] of
 Christ.
2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary
 humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things
 which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
2:19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints
 and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together,
 increaseth with the increase of God.
2:20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of
 the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject
 to ordinances,
2:21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
2:22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the
 commandments and doctrines of men ?
2:23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship,
 and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to
 the satisfying of the flesh.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.3. Chapter 3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            COLOSSIANS

3:1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are
 above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the
 earth.
3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
3:4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall appear, then shall ye
 also appear with him in glory.
3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth;
 fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil
 concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the
 children of disobedience:
3:7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in
 them.
3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice,
 blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old
 man with his deeds;
3:10 And have put on the new [man], which is renewed in
 knowledge after the image of him that created him:
3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor
 uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but
 Christ [is] all, and in all.
3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,
 bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness,
 longsuffering;
3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any
 man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so
 also [do] ye.
3:14 And above all these things [put on] charity, which is the
 bond of perfectness.
3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which
 also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;
 teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and
 spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name
 of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.
3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is
 fit in the Lord.
3:19 Husbands, love [your] wives, and be not bitter against
 them.
3:20 Children, obey [your] parents in all things: for this is
 well pleasing unto the Lord.
3:21 Fathers, provoke not your children [to anger], lest they be
 discouraged.
3:22 Servants, obey in all things [your] masters according to
 the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in
 singleness of heart, fearing God:
3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do [it] heartily, as to the Lord, and
 not unto men;
3:24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the
 inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
3:25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which
 he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.4. Chapter 4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             COLOSSIANS

4:1 Masters, give unto [your] servants that which is just and
 equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
4:3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a
 door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I
 am also in bonds:
4:4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
4:5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the
 time.
4:6 Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt,
 that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
4:7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, [who is] a
 beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in
 the Lord:
4:8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he
 might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;
4:9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is [one]
 of you. They shall make known unto you all things which [are
 done] here.
4:10 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus,
 sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received
 commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)
4:11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the
 circumcision. These only [are my] fellowworkers unto the
 kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.
4:12 Epaphras, who is [one] of you, a servant of Christ,
 saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers,
 that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
4:13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you,
 and them [that are] in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
4:14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
4:15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and
 the church which is in his house.
4:16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be
 read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise
 read the [epistle] from Laodicea.
4:17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou
 hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
4:18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds.
 Grace [be] with you. Amen. <[Written from Rome to Colossians
 by Tychicus and Onesimus.]>


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. 1 Thessalonians ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.1. Chapter 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

          1 THESSALONIANS

1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the
 Thessalonians [which is] in God the Father and [in] the Lord
 Jesus Christ: Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from God our
 Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of
 you in our prayers;
1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour
 of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the
 sight of God and our Father;
1:4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
1:5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in
 power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know
 what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
1:6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having
 received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy
 Ghost:
1:7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia
 and Achaia.
1:8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in
 Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to
 God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any
 thing.
1:9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we
 had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the
 living and true God;
1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from
 the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to
 come.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.2. Chapter 2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

          1 THESSALONIANS

2:1 For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you,
 that it was not in vain:
2:2 But even after that we had suffered before, and were
 shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in
 our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much
 contention.
2:3 For our exhortation [was] not of deceit, nor of uncleanness,
 nor in guile:
2:4 But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the
 gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which
 trieth our hearts.
2:5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye
 know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God [is] witness:
2:6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor [yet] of
 others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of
 Christ.
2:7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her
 children:
2:8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to
 have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also
 our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for
 labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable
 unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
2:10 Ye [are] witnesses, and God [also], how holily and justly
 and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
2:11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every
 one of you, as a father [doth] his children,
2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto
 his kingdom and glory.
2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because,
 when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye
 received [it] not [as] the word of men, but as it is in truth,
 the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that
 believe.
2:14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God
 which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered
 like things of your own countrymen, even as they [have] of the
 Jews:
2:15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and
 have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary
 to all men:
2:16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be
 saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon
 them to the uttermost.
2:17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in
 presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see
 your face with great desire.
2:18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once
 and again; but Satan hindered us.
2:19 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?
2:20 For ye are our glory and joy.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.3. Chapter 3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           1 THESSALONIANS

3:1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it
 good to be left at Athens alone;
3:2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and
 our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you,
 and to comfort you concerning your faith:
3:3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for
 yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
3:4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that
 we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye
 know.
3:5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to
 know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted
 you, and our labour be in vain.
3:6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us
 good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good
 remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we
 also [to see] you:
3:7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our
 affliction and distress by your faith:
3:8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
3:9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all
 the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;
3:10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your
 face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith?
3:11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
 direct our way unto you.
3:12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one
 toward another, and toward all [men], even as we [do] toward
 you:
3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in
 holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord
 Jesus Christ with all his saints.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.4. Chapter 4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           1 THESSALONIANS

4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort [you]
 by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought
 to walk and to please God, [so] ye would abound more and more.
4:2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.
4:3 For this is the will of God, [even] your sanctification,
 that ye should abstain from fornication:
4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel
 in sanctification and honour;
4:5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which
 know not God:
4:6 That no [man] go beyond and defraud his brother in [any]
 matter: because that the Lord [is] the avenger of all such, as
 we also have forewarned you and testified.
4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto
 holiness.
4:8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who
 hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
4:9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto
 you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
4:10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in
 all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase
 more and more;
4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business,
 and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;
4:12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and
 [that] ye may have lack of nothing.
4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren,
 concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as
 others which have no hope.
4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so
 them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
4:15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we
 which are alive [and] remain unto the coming of the Lord shall
 not prevent them which are asleep.
4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a
 shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of
 God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
4:17 Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up
 together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air:
 and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15.5. Chapter 5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

          1 THESSALONIANS

5:1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need
 that I write unto you.
5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so
 cometh as a thief in the night.
5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden
 destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with
 child; and they shall not escape.
5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should
 overtake you as a thief.
5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the
 day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch
 and be sober.
5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be
 drunken are drunken in the night.
5:8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the
 breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of
 salvation.
5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain
 salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
5:10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should
 live together with him.
5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one
 another, even as also ye do.
5:12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour
 among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;
5:13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's
 sake. [And] be at peace among yourselves.
5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly,
 comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward
 all [men].
5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any [man]; but ever
 follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all
 [men].
5:16 Rejoice evermore.
5:17 Pray without ceasing.
5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in
 Christ Jesus concerning you.
5:19 Quench not the Spirit.
5:20 Despise not prophesyings.
5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and [I pray
 God] your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless
 unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
5:24 Faithful [is] he that calleth you, who also will do [it].
5:25 Brethren, pray for us.
5:26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
5:27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all
 the holy brethren.
5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you. Amen.
 <[The first [epistle] to the Thessalonians was written from
 Athens.]>


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16. 2 Thessalonians ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16.1. Chapter 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           2 THESSALONIANS

1:1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the
 Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
1:2 Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord
 Jesus Christ.
1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is
 meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the
 charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;
1:4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for
 your patience and faith in all your persecutions and
 tribulations that ye endure:
1:5 [Which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of
 God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for
 which ye also suffer:
1:6 Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with God to recompense
 tribulation to them that trouble you;
1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord
 Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God,
 and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the
 presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
1:10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be
 admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among
 you was believed) in that day.
1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would
 count you worthy of [this] calling, and fulfil all the good
 pleasure of [his] goodness, and the work of faith with power:
1:12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in
 you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the
 Lord Jesus Christ.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16.2. Chapter 2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            2 THESSALONIANS

2:1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord
 Jesus Christ, and [by] our gathering together unto him,
2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither
 by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the
 day of Christ is at hand.
2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for [that day shall not
 come], except there come a falling away first, and that man of
 sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called
 God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the
 temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you
 these things?
2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed
 in his time.
2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who
 now letteth [will let], until he be taken out of the way.
2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall
 consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with
 the brightness of his coming:
2:9 [Even him], whose coming is after the working of Satan with
 all power and signs and lying wonders,
2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that
 perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that
 they might be saved.
2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion,
 that they should believe a lie:
2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth,
 but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
2:13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you,
 brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the
 beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the
 Spirit and belief of the truth:
2:14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of
 the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions
 which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our
 Father, which hath loved us, and hath given [us] everlasting
 consolation and good hope through grace,
2:17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word
 and work.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16.3. Chapter 3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           2 THESSALONIANS

3:1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord
 may have [free] course, and be glorified, even as [it is] with
 you:
3:2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked
 men: for all [men] have not faith.
3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep
 [you] from evil.
3:4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye
 both do and will do the things which we command you.
3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and
 into the patient waiting for Christ.
3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus
 Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that
 walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he
 received of us.
3:7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we
 behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
3:8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought
 with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be
 chargeable to any of you:
3:9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an
 ensample unto you to follow us.
3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that
 if any would not work, neither should he eat.
3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you
 disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord
 Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own
 bread.
3:13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
3:14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that
 man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
3:15 Yet count [him] not as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a
 brother.
3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all
 means. The Lord [be] with you all.
3:17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the
 token in every epistle: so I write.
3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you all. Amen.
 <[The second [epistle] to the Thessalonians was written from
 Athens.]>


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17. 1 Timothy ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17.1. Chapter 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            1 TIMOTHY

1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God
 our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, [which is] our hope;
1:2 Unto Timothy, [my] own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, [and]
 peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
1:3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went
 into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach
 no other doctrine,
1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which
 minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in
 faith: [so do].
1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure
 heart, and [of] a good conscience, and [of] faith unfeigned:
1:6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain
 jangling;
1:7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither
 what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
1:8 But we know that the law [is] good, if a man use it
 lawfully;
1:9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man,
 but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for
 sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and
 murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with
 mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and
 if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine;
1:11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which
 was committed to my trust.
1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for
 that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
1:13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and
 injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did [it] ignorantly
 in unbelief.
1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith
 and love which is in Christ Jesus.
1:15 This [is] a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation,
 that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom
 I am chief.
1:16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first
 Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern
 to them which should hereafter believe on him to life
 everlasting.
1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only
 wise God, [be] honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1:18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to
 the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them
 mightest war a good warfare;
1:19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put
 away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
1:20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered
 unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17.2. Chapter 2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            1 TIMOTHY

2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications,
 prayers, intercessions, [and] giving of thanks, be made for all
 men;
2:2 For kings, and [for] all that are in authority; that we may
 lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
2:3 For this [is] good and acceptable in the sight of God our
 Saviour;
2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the
 knowledge of the truth.
2:5 For [there is] one God, and one mediator between God and
 men, the man Christ Jesus;
2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due
 time.
2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak
 the truth in Christ, [and] lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles
 in faith and verity.
2:8 I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy
 hands, without wrath and doubting.
2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest
 apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided
 hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
2:10 But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good
 works.
2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority
 over the man, but to be in silence.
2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was
 in the transgression.
2:15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they
 continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17.3. Chapter 3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            1 TIMOTHY

3:1 This [is] a true saying, If a man desire the office of a
 bishop, he desireth a good work.
3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife,
 vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt
 to teach;
3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre;
 but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
3:4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in
 subjection with all gravity;
3:5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall
 he take care of the church of God?)
3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into
 the condemnation of the devil.
3:7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which are
 without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
3:8 Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued,
 not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
3:9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
3:10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the
 office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.
3:11 Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers,
 sober, faithful in all things.
3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their
 children and their own houses well.
3:13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well
 purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the
 faith which is in Christ Jesus.
3:14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee
 shortly:
3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou
 oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the
 church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness:
 God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of
 angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world,
 received up into glory.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17.4. Chapter 4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           1 TIMOTHY

4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times
 some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing
 spirits, and doctrines of devils;
4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared
 with a hot iron;
4:3 Forbidding to marry, [and commanding] to abstain from meats,
 which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them
 which believe and know the truth.
4:4 For every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be
 refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
4:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
4:6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things,
 thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in
 the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast
 attained.
4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise
 thyself [rather] unto godliness.
4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is
 profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now
 is, and of that which is to come.
4:9 This [is] a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because
 we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men,
 specially of those that believe.
4:11 These things command and teach.
4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the
 believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in
 faith, in purity.
4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to
 doctrine.
4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee
 by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.
4:15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them;
 that thy profiting may appear to all.
4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in
 them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them
 that hear thee.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17.5. Chapter 5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            1 TIMOTHY

5:1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat [him] as a father; [and]
 the younger men as brethren;
5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all
 purity.
5:3 Honour widows that are widows indeed.
5:4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn
 first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for
 that is good and acceptable before God.
5:5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in
 God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.
5:6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
5:7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless.
5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those
 of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than
 an infidel.
5:9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore
 years old, having been the wife of one man,
5:10 Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up
 children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the
 saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have
 diligently followed every good work.
5:11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to
 wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
5:12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their first
 faith.
5:13 And withal they learn [to be] idle, wandering about from
 house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and
 busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
5:14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear
 children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary
 to speak reproachfully.
5:15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.
5:16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them
 relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may
 relieve them that are widows indeed.
5:17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double
 honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
5:18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that
 treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer [is] worthy of his
 reward.
5:19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two
 or three witnesses.
5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear.
5:21 I charge [thee] before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and
 the elect angels, that thou observe these things without
 preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
5:22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other
 men's sins: keep thyself pure.
5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy
 stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
5:24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to
 judgment; and some [men] they follow after.
5:25 Likewise also the good works [of some] are manifest
 beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17.6. Chapter 6 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           1 TIMOTHY

6:1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own
 masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and [his]
 doctrine be not blasphemed.
6:2 And they that have believing masters, let them not despise
 [them], because they are brethren; but rather do [them]
 service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of
 the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome
 words, [even] the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the
 doctrine which is according to godliness;
6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and
 strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil
 surmisings,
6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute
 of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such
 withdraw thyself.
6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
6:7 For we brought nothing into [this] world, [and it is]
 certain we can carry nothing out.
6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.
6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare,
 and [into] many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in
 destruction and perdition.
6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while
 some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced
 themselves through with many sorrows.
6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after
 righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life,
 whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good
 profession before many witnesses.
6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all
 things, and [before] Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate
 witnessed a good confession;
6:14 That thou keep [this] commandment without spot,
 unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
6:15 Which in his times he shall shew, [who is] the blessed and
 only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
6:16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no
 man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to
 whom [be] honour and power everlasting. Amen.
6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not
 highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living
 God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
6:18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready
 to distribute, willing to communicate;
6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against
 the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust,
 avoiding profane [and] vain babblings, and oppositions of
 science falsely so called:
6:21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith.
 Grace [be] with thee. Amen. <[The first to Timothy was written
 from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia
 Pacatiana.]>


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18. 2 Timothy ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18.1. Chapter 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

           2 TIMOTHY

1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God,
 according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus,
1:2 To Timothy, [my] dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, [and]
 peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
1:3 I thank God, whom I serve from [my] forefathers with pure
 conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in
 my prayers night and day;
1:4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears,
 that I may be filled with joy;
1:5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in
 thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother
 Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
1:6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the
 gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power,
 and of love, and of a sound mind.
1:8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord,
 nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions
 of the gospel according to the power of God;
1:9 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 the world
 began,
1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour
 Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life
 and immortality to light through the gospel:
1:11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a
 teacher of the Gentiles.
1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things:
 nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed,
 and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have
 committed unto him against that day.
1:13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of
 me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
1:14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the
 Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
1:15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be
 turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes.
1:16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he
 oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
1:17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently,
 and found [me].
1:18 The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord
 in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at
 Ephesus, thou knowest very well.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18.2. Chapter 2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             2 TIMOTHY

2:1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in
 Christ Jesus.
2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many
 witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be
 able to teach others also.
2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus
 Christ.
2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of
 [this] life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a
 soldier.
2:5 And if a man also strive for masteries, [yet] is he not
 crowned, except he strive lawfully.
2:6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the
 fruits.
2:7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in
 all things.
2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised
 from the dead according to my gospel:
2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, [even] unto
 bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that
 they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus
 with eternal glory.
2:11 [It is] a faithful saying: For if we be dead with [him], we
 shall also live with [him]:
2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with [him]: if we deny
 [him], he also will deny us:
2:13 If we believe not, [yet] he abideth faithful: he cannot
 deny himself.
2:14 Of these things put [them] in remembrance, charging [them]
 before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit,
 [but] to the subverting of the hearers.
2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that
 needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.
2:16 But shun profane [and] vain babblings: for they will
 increase unto more ungodliness.
2:17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is
 Hymenaeus and Philetus;
2:18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the
 resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.
2:19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having
 this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every
 one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
2:20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and
 of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour,
 and some to dishonour.
2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a
 vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use,
 [and] prepared unto every good work.
2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith,
 charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure
 heart.
2:23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that
 they do gender strifes.
2:24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle
 unto all [men], apt to teach, patient,
2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if
 God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging
 of the truth;
2:26 And [that] they may recover themselves out of the snare of
 the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18.3. Chapter 3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             2 TIMOTHY

3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall
 come.
3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous,
 boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents,
 unthankful, unholy,
3:3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers,
 incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than
 lovers of God;
3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof:
 from such turn away.
3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead
 captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers
 lusts,
3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of
 the truth.
3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also
 resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning
 the faith.
3:9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be
 manifest unto all [men], as theirs also was.
3:10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life,
 purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
3:11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch,
 at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of
 [them] all the Lord delivered me.
3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall
 suffer persecution.
3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse,
 deceiving, and being deceived.
3:14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and
 hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned [them];
3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures,
 which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith
 which is in Christ Jesus.
3:16 All scripture [is] given by inspiration of God, and [is]
 profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
 instruction in righteousness:
3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished
 unto all good works.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18.4. Chapter 4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              2 TIMOTHY

4:1 I charge [thee] therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus
 Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing
 and his kingdom;
4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season;
 reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound
 doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to
 themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4:4 And they shall turn away [their] ears from the truth, and
 shall be turned unto fables.
4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the
 work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
4:6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my
 departure is at hand.
4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished [my] course, I
 have kept the faith:
4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness,
 which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day:
 and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his
 appearing.
4:9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
4:10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present
 world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia,
 Titus unto Dalmatia.
4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee:
 for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
4:12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.
4:13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou
 comest, bring [with thee], and the books, [but] especially the
 parchments.
4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward
 him according to his works:
4:15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood
 our words.
4:16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all [men]
 forsook me: [I pray God] that it may not be laid to their
 charge.
4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened
 me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and [that]
 all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the
 mouth of the lion.
4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and
 will preserve [me] unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom [be]
 glory for ever and ever. Amen.
4:19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
4:20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at
 Miletum sick.
4:21 Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth
 thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ [be] with thy spirit. Grace [be] with
 you. Amen. <[The second [epistle] unto Timotheus, ordained the
 first bishop of the church of the Ephesians, was written from
 Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second time.]>


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19. Titus ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19.1. Chapter 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             TITUS

1:1 Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ,
 according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of
 the truth which is after godliness;
1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie,
 promised before the world began;
1:3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching,
 which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God
 our Saviour;
1:4 To Titus, [mine] own son after the common faith: Grace,
 mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus
 Christ our Saviour.
1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set
 in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in
 every city, as I had appointed thee:
1:6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having
 faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not
 selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not
 given to filthy lucre;
1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober,
 just, holy, temperate;
1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that
 he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince
 the gainsayers.
1:10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers,
 specially they of the circumcision:
1:11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses,
 teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
1:12 One of themselves, [even] a prophet of their own, said, The
 Cretians [are] alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
1:13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that
 they may be sound in the faith;
1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men,
 that turn from the truth.
1:15 Unto the pure all things [are] pure: but unto them that are
 defiled and unbelieving [is] nothing pure; but even their mind
 and conscience is defiled.
1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny
 [him], being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good
 work reprobate.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19.2. Chapter 2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             TITUS

2:1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:
2:2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in
 faith, in charity, in patience.
2:3 The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as
 becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine,
 teachers of good things;
2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love
 their husbands, to love their children,
2:5 [To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to
 their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
2:7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in
 doctrine [shewing] uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
2:8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of
 the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say
 of you.
2:9 [Exhort] servants to be obedient unto their own masters,
 [and] to please [them] well in all [things]; not answering
 again;
2:10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they
 may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared
 to all men,
2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we
 should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present
 world;
2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing
 of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all
 iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of
 good works.
2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all
 authority. Let no man despise thee.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19.3. Chapter 3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             TITUS

3:1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers,
 to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,
3:2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, [but] gentle,
 shewing all meekness unto all men.
3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient,
 deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice
 and envy, hateful, [and] hating one another.
3:4 But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour
 toward man appeared,
3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but
 according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of
 regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
3:6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our
 Saviour;
3:7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs
 according to the hope of eternal life.
3:8 [This is] a faithful saying, and these things I will that
 thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God
 might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good
 and profitable unto men.
3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and
 contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are
 unprofitable and vain.
3:10 A man that is an heretick after the first and second
 admonition reject;
3:11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth,
 being condemned of himself.
3:12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be
 diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined
 there to winter.
3:13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey
 diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.
3:14 And let ours also learn to maintain good works for
 necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
3:15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us
 in the faith. Grace [be] with you all. Amen. <[It was written
 to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the
 Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.]>


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20. Philemon ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

1:1 Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy [our] brother,
 unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,
1:2 And to [our] beloved Apphia, and Archippus our
 fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
1:3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord
 Jesus Christ.
1:4 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers,
1:5 Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the
 Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
1:6 That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by
 the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ
 Jesus.
1:7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because
 the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother.
1:8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin
 thee that which is convenient,
1:9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech [thee], being such an
 one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
1:10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in
 my bonds:
1:11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now
 profitable to thee and to me:
1:12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that
 is, mine own bowels:
1:13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he
 might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel:
1:14 But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit
 should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
1:15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou
 shouldest receive him for ever;
1:16 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother
 beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in
 the flesh, and in the Lord?
1:17 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as
 myself.
1:18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth [thee] ought, put that on
 mine account;
1:19 I Paul have written [it] with mine own hand, I will repay
 [it]: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even
 thine own self besides.
1:20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh
 my bowels in the Lord.
1:21 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee,
 knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
1:22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that
 through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
1:23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ
 Jesus;
1:24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers.
1:25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with your spirit.
 Amen. <[Written from Rome to Philemon, by Onesimus a
 servant.]>


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21. Hebrews ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.1. Chapter  1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             HEBREWS

1:1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time
 past unto the fathers by the prophets,
1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by [his] Son, whom he
 hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the
 worlds;
1:3 Who being the brightness of [his] glory, and the express
 image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of
 his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on
 the right hand of the Majesty on high;
1:4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by
 inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art
 my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to
 him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the
 world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits,
 and his ministers a flame of fire.
1:8 But unto the Son [he saith], Thy throne, O God, [is] for
 ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness [is] the sceptre of
 thy kingdom.
1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore
 God, [even] thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of
 gladness above thy fellows.
1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation
 of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
1:11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall
 wax old as doth a garment;
1:12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be
 changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my
 right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to
 minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.2. Chapter  2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             HEBREWS

2:1 Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the
 things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let
 [them] slip.
2:2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every
 transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of
 reward;
2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which
 at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed
 unto us by them that heard [him];
2:4 God also bearing [them] witness, both with signs and
 wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost,
 according to his own will?
2:5 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world
 to come, whereof we speak.
2:6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man,
 that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that thou
 visitest him?
2:7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou
 crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the
 works of thy hands:
2:8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For
 in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing
 [that is] not put under him. But now we see not yet all things
 put under him.
2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the
 angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and
 honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for
 every man.
2:10 For it became him, for whom [are] all things, and by whom
 [are] all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the
 captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified
 [are] all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call
 them brethren,
2:12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the
 midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
2:13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I
 and the children which God hath given me.
2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and
 blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that
 through death he might destroy him that had the power of death,
 that is, the devil;
2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their
 lifetime subject to bondage.
2:16 For verily he took not on [him the nature of] angels; but
 he took on [him] the seed of Abraham.
2:17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto
 [his] brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high
 priest in things [pertaining] to God, to make reconciliation
 for the sins of the people.
2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is
 able to succour them that are tempted.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.3. Chapter  3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             HEBREWS

3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling,
 consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ
 Jesus;
3:2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses
 [was faithful] in all his house.
3:3 For this [man] was counted worthy of more glory than Moses,
 inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than
 the house.
3:4 For every house is builded by some [man]; but he that built
 all things [is] God.
3:5 And Moses verily [was] faithful in all his house, as a
 servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be
 spoken after;
3:6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we,
 if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope
 firm unto the end.
3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear
 his voice,
3:8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of
 temptation in the wilderness:
3:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works
 forty years.
3:10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said,
 They do alway err in [their] heart; and they have not known my
 ways.
3:11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil
 heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day;
 lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the
 beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
3:15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden
 not your hearts, as in the provocation.
3:16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all
 that came out of Egypt by Moses.
3:17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? [was it] not with
 them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
3:18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his
 rest, but to them that believed not?
3:19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.4. Chapter  4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            HEBREWS

4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left [us] of
 entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of
 it.
4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them:
 but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with
 faith in them that heard [it].
4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said,
 As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest:
 although the works were finished from the foundation of the
 world.
4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh [day] on this
 wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
4:5 And in this [place] again, If they shall enter into my rest.
4:6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein,
 and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because
 of unbelief:
4:7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day,
 after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his
 voice, harden not your hearts.
4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not
 afterward have spoken of another day.
4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased
 from his own works, as God [did] from his.
4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any
 man fall after the same example of unbelief.
4:12 For the word of God [is] quick, and powerful, and sharper
 than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder
 of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and [is] a
 discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his
 sight: but all things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes of
 him with whom we have to do.
4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is
 passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast
 [our] profession.
4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with
 the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted
 like as [we are, yet] without sin.
4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that
 we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.5. Chapter  5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             HEBREWS

5:1 For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for
 men in things [pertaining] to God, that he may offer both gifts
 and sacrifices for sins:
5:2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that
 are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with
 infirmity.
5:3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also
 for himself, to offer for sins.
5:4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is
 called of God, as [was] Aaron.
5:5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high
 priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have
 I begotten thee.
5:6 As he saith also in another [place], Thou [art] a priest for
 ever after the order of Melchisedec.
5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers
 and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that
 was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he
 feared;
5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things
 which he suffered;
5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal
 salvation unto all them that obey him;
5:10 Called of God an high priest after the order of
 Melchisedec.
5:11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered,
 seeing ye are dull of hearing.
5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need
 that one teach you again which [be] the first principles of the
 oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and
 not of strong meat.
5:13 For every one that useth milk [is] unskilful in the word of
 righteousness: for he is a babe.
5:14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age,
 [even] those who by reason of use have their senses exercised
 to discern both good and evil.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.6. Chapter  6 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             HEBREWS

6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ,
 let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation
 of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
6:2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and
 of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
6:3 And this will we do, if God permit.
6:4 For [it is] impossible for those who were once enlightened,
 and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers
 of the Holy Ghost,
6:5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the
 world to come,
6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto
 repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God
 afresh, and put [him] to an open shame.
6:7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft
 upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is
 dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
6:8 But that which beareth thorns and briers [is] rejected, and
 [is] nigh unto cursing; whose end [is] to be burned.
6:9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and
 things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
6:10 For God [is] not unrighteous to forget your work and labour
 of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have
 ministered to the saints, and do minister.
6:11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same
 diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
6:12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through
 faith and patience inherit the promises.
6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could
 swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
6:14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying
 I will multiply thee.
6:15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the
 promise.
6:16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for
 confirmation [is] to them an end of all strife.
6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs
 of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed [it] by
 an oath:
6:18 That by two immutable things, in which [it was] impossible
 for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have
 fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
6:19 Which [hope] we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure
 and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered, [even] Jesus,
 made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.7. Chapter  7 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             HEBREWS

7:1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high
 God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings,
 and blessed him;
7:2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being
 by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also
 King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
7:3 Without father, without mother, without descent, having
 neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto
 the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
7:4 Now consider how great this man [was], unto whom even the
 patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
7:5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive
 the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes
 of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren,
 though they come out of the loins of Abraham:
7:6 But he whose descent is not counted from them received
 tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.
7:7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the
 better.
7:8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he
 [receiveth them], of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
7:9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed
 tithes in Abraham.
7:10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec
 met him.
7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood,
 (for under it the people received the law,) what further need
 [was there] that another priest should rise after the order of
 Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?
7:12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of
 necessity a change also of the law.
7:13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to
 another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
7:14 For [it is] evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of
 which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood.
7:15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the
 similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
7:16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but
 after the power of an endless life.
7:17 For he testifieth, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the
 order of Melchisedec.
7:18 For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going
 before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
7:19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a
 better hope [did]; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
7:20 And inasmuch as not without an oath [he was made priest]:
7:21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with
 an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not
 repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after the order of
 Melchisedec:)
7:22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
7:23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not
 suffered to continue by reason of death:
7:24 But this [man], because he continueth ever, hath an
 unchangeable priesthood.
7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost
 that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make
 intercession for them.
7:26 For such an high priest became us, [who is] holy, harmless,
 undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the
 heavens;
7:27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up
 sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's:
 for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
7:28 For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity;
 but the word of the oath, which was since the law, [maketh] the
 Son, who is consecrated for evermore.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.8. Chapter  8 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             HEBREWS

8:1 Now of the things which we have spoken [this is] the sum:
 We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the
 throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
8:2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle,
 which the Lord pitched, and not man.
8:3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and
 sacrifices: wherefore [it is] of necessity that this man have
 somewhat also to offer.
8:4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing
 that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as
 Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the
 tabernacle: for, See, saith he, [that] thou make all things
 according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.
8:6 But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how
 much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was
 established upon better promises.
8:7 For if that first [covenant] had been faultless, then should
 no place have been sought for the second.
8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days
 come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the
 house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
8:9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers
 in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the
 land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I
 regarded them not, saith the Lord.
8:10 For this [is] the covenant that I will make with the house
 of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws
 into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be
 to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every
 man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me,
 from the least to the greatest.
8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their
 sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
8:13 In that he saith, A new [covenant], he hath made the first
 old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old [is] ready to
 vanish away.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.9. Chapter  9 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             HEBREWS

9:1 Then verily the first [covenant] had also ordinances of
 divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
9:2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein [was]
 the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is
 called the sanctuary.
9:3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called
 the Holiest of all;
9:4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant
 overlaid round about with gold, wherein [was] the golden pot
 that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of
 the covenant;
9:5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat;
 of which we cannot now speak particularly.
9:6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went
 always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service [of
 God].
9:7 But into the second [went] the high priest alone once every
 year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and
 [for] the errors of the people:
9:8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the
 holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first
 tabernacle was yet standing:
9:9 Which [was] a figure for the time then present, in which
 were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him
 that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;
9:10 [Which stood] only in meats and drinks, and divers
 washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed [on them] until the
 time of reformation.
9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things to
 come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with
 hands, that is to say, not of this building;
9:12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own
 blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained
 eternal redemption [for us].
9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an
 heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of
 the flesh:
9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the
 eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your
 conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
9:15 And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament,
 that by means of death, for the redemption of the
 transgressions [that were] under the first testament, they
 which are called might receive the promise of eternal
 inheritance.
9:16 For where a testament [is], there must also of necessity be
 the death of the testator.
9:17 For a testament [is] of force after men are dead: otherwise
 it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth.
9:18 Whereupon neither the first [testament] was dedicated
 without blood.
9:19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people
 according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats,
 with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both
 the book, and all the people,
9:20 Saying, This [is] the blood of the testament which God hath
 enjoined unto you.
9:21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and
 all the vessels of the ministry.
9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and
 without shedding of blood is no remission.
9:23 [It was] therefore necessary that the patterns of things in
 the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly
 things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with
 hands, [which are] the figures of the true; but into heaven
 itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
9:25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high
 priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of
 others;
9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the foundation
 of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he
 appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this
 the judgment:
9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and
 unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time
 without sin unto salvation.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.10. Chapter 10 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            HEBREWS

10:1 For the law having a shadow of good things to come, [and]
 not the very image of the things, can never with those
 sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the
 comers thereunto perfect.
10:2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because
 that the worshippers once purged should have had no more
 conscience of sins.
10:3 But in those [sacrifices there is] a remembrance again
 [made] of sins every year.
10:4 For [it is] not possible that the blood of bulls and of
 goats should take away sins.
10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith,
 Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou
 prepared me:
10:6 In burnt offerings and [sacrifices] for sin thou hast had
 no pleasure.
10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is
 written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
10:8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt
 offerings and [offering] for sin thou wouldest not, neither
 hadst pleasure [therein]; which are offered by the law;
10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh
 away the first, that he may establish the second.
10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering
 of the body of Jesus Christ once [for all].
10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering
 oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:
10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins
 for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
10:13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his
 footstool.
10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that
 are sanctified.
10:15 [Whereof] the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for
 after that he had said before,
10:16 This [is] the covenant that I will make with them after
 those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their
 hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
10:18 Now where remission of these [is, there is] no more
 offering for sin.
10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the
 holiest by the blood of Jesus,
10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us,
 through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
10:21 And [having] an high priest over the house of God;
10:22 Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of
 faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and
 our bodies washed with pure water.
10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of [our] faith without
 wavering; (for he [is] faithful that promised;)
10:24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and
 to good works:
10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the
 manner of some [is]; but exhorting [one another]: and so much
 the more, as ye see the day approaching.
10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the
 knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for
 sins,
10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery
 indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
10:28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two
 or three witnesses:
10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be
 thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and
 hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was
 sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the
 Spirit of grace?
10:30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance [belongeth] unto
 me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord
 shall judge his people.
10:31 [It is] a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the
 living God.
10:32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after
 ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
10:33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by
 reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became
 companions of them that were so used.
10:34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully
 the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have
 in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
10:35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great
 recompence of reward.
10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the
 will of God, ye might receive the promise.
10:37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come,
 and will not tarry.
10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw
 back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
10:39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but
 of them that believe to the saving of the soul.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.11. Chapter 11 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            HEBREWS

11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the
 evidence of things not seen.
11:2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by
 the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of
 things which do appear.
11:4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice
 than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous,
 God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet
 speaketh.
11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death;
 and was not found, because God had translated him: for before
 his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
11:6 But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for
 he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is
 a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
11:7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as
 yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his
 house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of
 the righteousness which is by faith.
11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place
 which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and
 he went out, not knowing whither he went.
11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as [in] a
 strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob,
 the heirs with him of the same promise:
11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose
 builder and maker [is] God.
11:11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to
 conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past
 age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as
 dead, [so many] as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as
 the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.
11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises,
 but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of [them],
 and embraced [them], and confessed that they were strangers and
 pilgrims on the earth.
11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they
 seek a country.
11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that [country] from
 whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have
 returned.
11:16 But now they desire a better [country], that is, an
 heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God:
 for he hath prepared for them a city.
11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and
 he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten
 [son],
11:18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be
 called:
11:19 Accounting that God [was] able to raise [him] up, even
 from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to
 come.
11:21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons
 of Joseph; and worshipped, [leaning] upon the top of his staff.
11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the
 departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment
 concerning his bones.
11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of
 his parents, because they saw [he was] a proper child; and they
 were not afraid of the king's commandment.
11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be
 called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of
 God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the
 treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of
 the reward.
11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the
 king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
11:28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of
 blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
11:29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry [land]:
 which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were
 compassed about seven days.
11:31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that
 believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
11:32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to
 tell of Gedeon, and [of] Barak, and [of] Samson, and [of]
 Jephthae; [of] David also, and Samuel, and [of] the prophets:
11:33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness,
 obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
11:34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the
 sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in
 fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
11:35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others
 were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might
 obtain a better resurrection:
11:36 And others had trial of [cruel] mockings and scourgings,
 yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
11:37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted,
 were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins
 and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in
 deserts, and [in] mountains, and [in] dens and caves of the
 earth.
11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report through
 faith, received not the promise:
11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that they
 without us should not be made perfect.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.12. Chapter 12 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             HEBREWS

12:1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great
 a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the
 sin which doth so easily beset [us], and let us run with
 patience the race that is set before us,
12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of [our] faith;
 who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,
 despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the
 throne of God.
12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners
 against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto
 you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening
 of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every
 son whom he receiveth.
12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons;
 for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are
 partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which
 corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much
 rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
12:10 For they verily for a few days chastened [us] after their
 own pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that [we] might be
 partakers of his holiness.
12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous,
 but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable
 fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
12:12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the
 feeble knees;
12:13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is
 lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
12:14 Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which
 no man shall see the Lord:
12:15 Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God;
 lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and
 thereby many be defiled;
12:16 Lest there [be] any fornicator, or profane person, as
 Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have
 inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place
 of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
12:18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched,
 and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness,
 and tempest,
12:19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which
 [voice] they that heard intreated that the word should not be
 spoken to them any more:
12:20 (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And
 if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned,
 or thrust through with a dart:
12:21 And so terrible was the sight, [that] Moses said, I
 exceedingly fear and quake:)
12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the
 living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable
 company of angels,
12:23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which
 are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the
 spirits of just men made perfect,
12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the
 blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of]
 Abel.
12:25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they
 escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more
 [shall not] we [escape], if we turn away from him that
 [speaketh] from heaven:
12:26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath
 promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but
 also heaven.
12:27 And this [word], Yet once more, signifieth the removing of
 those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that
 those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved,
 let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with
 reverence and godly fear:
12:29 For our God [is] a consuming fire.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21.13. Chapter 13 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            HEBREWS

13:1 Let brotherly love continue.
13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some
 have entertained angels unawares.
13:3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; [and]
 them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the
 body.
13:4 Marriage [is] honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but
 whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
13:5 [Let your] conversation [be] without covetousness; [and be]
 content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will
 never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I
 will not fear what man shall do unto me.
13:7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken
 unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the
 end of [their] conversation.
13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
13:9 Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For
 [it is] a good thing that the heart be established with grace;
 not with meats, which have not profited them that have been
 occupied therein.
13:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which
 serve the tabernacle.
13:11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought
 into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned
 without the camp.
13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people
 with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp,
 bearing his reproach.
13:14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to
 come.
13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to
 God continually, that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving thanks
 to his name.
13:16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with
 such sacrifices God is well pleased.
13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit
 yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must
 give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief:
 for that [is] unprofitable for you.
13:18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in
 all things willing to live honestly.
13:19 But I beseech [you] the rather to do this, that I may be
 restored to you the sooner.
13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our
 Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood
 of the everlasting covenant,
13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his will,
 working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through
 Jesus Christ; to whom [be] glory for ever and ever. Amen.
13:22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of
 exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words.
13:23 Know ye that [our] brother Timothy is set at liberty; with
 whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
13:24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the
 saints. They of Italy salute you.
13:25 Grace [be] with you all. Amen. <[Written to the Hebrews
 from Italy, by Timothy.]>


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22. James ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22.1. Chapter 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             JAMES

1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the
 twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers
 temptations;
1:3 Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh
 patience.
1:4 But let patience have [her] perfect work, that ye may be
 perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth
 to all [men] liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be
 given him.
1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that
 wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and
 tossed.
1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing
 of the Lord.
1:8 A double minded man [is] unstable in all his ways.
1:9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted:
1:10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower
 of the grass he shall pass away.
1:11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it
 withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the
 grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich
 man fade away in his ways.
1:12 Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he
 is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord
 hath promised to them that love him.
1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for
 God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:
1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own
 lust, and enticed.
1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and
 sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
1:16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and
 cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no
 variableness, neither shadow of turning.
1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we
 should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to
 hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of
 naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word,
 which is able to save your souls.
1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,
 deceiving your own selves.
1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is
 like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
1:24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and
 straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and
 continueth [therein], he being not a forgetful hearer, but a
 doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not
 his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion
 [is] vain.
1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is
 this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction,
 [and] to keep himself unspotted from the world.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22.2. Chapter 2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             JAMES

2:1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ,
 [the Lord] of glory, with respect of persons.
2:2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring,
 in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile
 raiment;
2:3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing,
 and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the
 poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
2:4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges
 of evil thoughts?
2:5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor
 of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he
 hath promised to them that love him?
2:6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you,
 and draw you before the judgment seats?
2:7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are
 called?
2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou
 shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
2:9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are
 convinced of the law as transgressors.
2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in
 one [point], he is guilty of all.
2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not
 kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou
 art become a transgressor of the law.
2:12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the
 law of liberty.
2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed
 no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
2:14 What [doth it] profit, my brethren, though a man say he
 hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
2:15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily
 food,
2:16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be [ye]
 warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those
 things which are needful to the body; what [doth it] profit?
2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
2:18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew
 me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith
 by my works.
2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the
 devils also believe, and tremble.
2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is
 dead?
2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had
 offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
2:22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works
 was faith made perfect?
2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham
 believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness:
 and he was called the Friend of God.
2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not
 by faith only.
2:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works,
 when she had received the messengers, and had sent [them] out
 another way?
2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith
 without works is dead also.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22.3. Chapter 3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              JAMES

3:1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall
 receive the greater condemnation.
3:2 For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in
 word, the same [is] a perfect man, [and] able also to bridle
 the whole body.
3:3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may
 obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
3:4 Behold also the ships, which though [they be] so great, and
 [are] driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a
 very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.
3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great
 things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!
3:6 And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the
 tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and
 setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of
 hell.
3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and
 of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:
3:8 But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full
 of deadly poison.
3:9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse
 we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
3:10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My
 brethren, these things ought not so to be.
3:11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet [water]
 and bitter?
3:12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a
 vine, figs? so [can] no fountain both yield salt water and
 fresh.
3:13 Who [is] a wise man and endued with knowledge among you?
 let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness
 of wisdom.
3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts,
 glory not, and lie not against the truth.
3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but [is] earthly,
 sensual, devilish.
3:16 For where envying and strife [is], there [is] confusion and
 every evil work.
3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then
 peaceable, gentle, [and] easy to be intreated, full of mercy
 and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them
 that make peace.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22.4. Chapter 4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              JAMES

4:1 From whence [come] wars and fightings among you? [come they] not hence,
[even] of your lusts that war in your members?
4:2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and
 cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye
 ask not.
4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may
 consume [it] upon your lusts.
4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the
 friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore
 will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit
 that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth
 the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he
 will flee from you.
4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse
 [your] hands, [ye] sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye]
 double minded.
4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be
 turned to mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall
 lift you up.
4:11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh
 evil of [his] brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil
 of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law,
 thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
4:12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy:
 who art thou that judgest another?
4:13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into
 such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and
 get gain:
4:14 Whereas ye know not what [shall be] on the morrow. For what
 [is] your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a
 little time, and then vanisheth away.
4:15 For that ye [ought] to say, If the Lord will, we shall
 live, and do this, or that.
4:16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is
 evil.
4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth [it]
 not, to him it is sin.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22.5. Chapter 5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              JAMES

5:1 Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and howl for your miseries
 that shall come upon [you].
5:2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.
5:3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall
 be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were
 fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
5:4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your
 fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the
 cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of
 the Lord of sabaoth.
5:5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye
 have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.
5:6 Ye have condemned [and] killed the just; [and] he doth not
 resist you.
5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord.
 Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the
 earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the
 early and latter rain.
5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of
 the Lord draweth nigh.
5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be
 condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
5:10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the
 name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and
 of patience.
5:11 Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of
 the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that
 the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
5:12 But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by
 heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but
 let your yea be yea; and [your] nay, nay; lest ye fall into
 condemnation.
5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let
 him sing psalms.
5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the
 church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in
 the name of the Lord:
5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord
 shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall
 be forgiven him.
5:16 Confess [your] faults one to another, and pray one for
 another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of
 a righteous man availeth much.
5:17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he
 prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on
 the earth by the space of three years and six months.
5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the
 earth brought forth her fruit.
5:19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one
 convert him;
5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the
 error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a
 multitude of sins.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23. 1 Peter ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23.1. Chapter 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            1 PETER

1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers
 scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and
 Bithynia,
1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father,
 through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and
 sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and
 peace, be multiplied.
1:3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
 which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again
 unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
 dead,
1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that
 fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto
 salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need
 be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than
 of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be
 found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of
 Jesus Christ:
1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see
 [him] not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and
 full of glory:
1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, [even] the salvation of
 [your] souls.
1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched
 diligently, who prophesied of the grace [that should come] unto
 you:
1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ
 which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the
 sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.
1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but
 unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported
 unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with
 the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels
 desire to look into.
1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and
 hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at
 the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according
 to the former lusts in your ignorance:
1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in
 all manner of conversation;
1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of
 persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of
 your sojourning [here] in fear:
1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
 corruptible things, [as] silver and gold, from your vain
 conversation [received] by tradition from your fathers;
1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without
 blemish and without spot:
1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the
 world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
1:21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the
 dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in
 God.
1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth
 through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see
 that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:
1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of
 incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for
 ever.
1:24 For all flesh [is] as grass, and all the glory of man as
 the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower
 thereof falleth away:
1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the
 word which by the gospel is preached unto you.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23.2. Chapter 2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             1 PETER

2:1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and
 hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that
 ye may grow thereby:
2:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord [is] gracious.
2:4 To whom coming, [as unto] a living stone, disallowed indeed
 of men, but chosen of God, [and] precious,
2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house,
 an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
 acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I
 lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that
 believeth on him shall not be confounded.
2:7 Unto you therefore which believe [he is] precious: but unto
 them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders
 disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, [even to
 them] which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto
 also they were appointed.
2:9 But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an
 holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the
 praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his
 marvellous light:
2:10 Which in time past [were] not a people, but [are] now the
 people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have
 obtained mercy.
2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims,
 abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
2:12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that,
 whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by [your]
 good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of
 visitation.
2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's
 sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
2:14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for
 the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do
 well.
2:15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put
 to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
2:16 As free, and not using [your] liberty for a cloke of
 maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
2:17 Honour all [men]. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour
 the king.
2:18 Servants, [be] subject to [your] masters with all fear; not
 only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
2:19 For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward
 God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
2:20 For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for your
 faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well,
 and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable
 with God.
2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also
 suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow
 his steps:
2:22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
2:23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he
 suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him
 that judgeth righteously:
2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree,
 that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by
 whose stripes ye were healed.
2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned
 unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23.3. Chapter 3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            1 PETER

3:1 Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands;
 that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word
 be won by the conversation of the wives;
3:2 While they behold your chaste conversation [coupled] with
 fear.
3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward [adorning] of
 plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of
 apparel;
3:4 But [let it be] the hidden man of the heart, in that which
 is not corruptible, [even the ornament] of a meek and quiet
 spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
3:5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women also,
 who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection
 unto their own husbands:
3:6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose
 daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid
 with any amazement.
3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with [them] according to
 knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker
 vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that
 your prayers be not hindered.
3:8 Finally, [be ye] all of one mind, having compassion one of
 another, love as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be] courteous:
3:9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but
 contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called,
 that ye should inherit a blessing.
3:10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him
 refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no
 guile:
3:11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and
 ensue it.
3:12 For the eyes of the Lord [are] over the righteous, and his
 ears [are open] unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord
 [is] against them that do evil.
3:13 And who [is] he that will harm you, if ye be followers of
 that which is good?
3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are
 ye]: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and [be] ready
 always to [give] an answer to every man that asketh you a
 reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of
 you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse
 your good conversation in Christ.
3:17 For [it is] better, if the will of God be so, that ye
 suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for
 the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death
 in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in
 prison;
3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the
 longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark
 was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved
 by water.
3:21 The like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now save
 us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the
 answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of
 Jesus Christ:
3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God;
 angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23.4. Chapter 4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             1 PETER

4:1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh,
 arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath
 suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
4:2 That he no longer should live the rest of [his] time in the
 flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
4:3 For the time past of [our] life may suffice us to have
 wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in
 lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings,
 and abominable idolatries:
4:4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to
 the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you]:
4:5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the
 quick and the dead.
4:6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that
 are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the
 flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober,
 and watch unto prayer.
4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves:
 for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
4:9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
4:10 As every man hath received the gift, [even so] minister the
 same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of
 God.
4:11 If any man speak, [let him speak] as the oracles of God; if
 any man minister, [let him do it] as of the ability which God
 giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus
 Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial
 which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto
 you:
4:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's
 sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be
 glad also with exceeding joy.
4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy [are ye];
 for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their
 part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or [as] a thief,
 or [as] an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters.
4:16 Yet if [any man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be
 ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
4:17 For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the
 house of God: and if [it] first [begin] at us, what shall the
 end [be] of them that obey not the gospel of God?
4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the
 ungodly and the sinner appear?
4:19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God
 commit the keeping of their souls [to him] in well doing, as
 unto a faithful Creator.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23.5. Chapter 5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             1 PETER

5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an
 elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a
 partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
5:2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the
 oversight [thereof], not by constraint, but willingly; not for
 filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
5:3 Neither as being lords over [God's] heritage, but being
 ensamples to the flock.
5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a
 crown of glory that fadeth not away.
5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea,
 all [of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with
 humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the
 humble.
5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God,
 that he may exalt you in due time:
5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as
 a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same
 afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the
 world.
5:10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his
 eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a
 while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle [you].
5:11 To him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
5:12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I
 have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is
 the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
5:13 The [church that is] at Babylon, elected together with
 [you], saluteth you; and [so doth] Marcus my son.
5:14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace [be]
 with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 24. 2 Peter ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 24.1. Chapter 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            2 PETER

1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to
 them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the
 righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge
 of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all things
 that [pertain] unto life and godliness, through the knowledge
 of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious
 promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine
 nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world
 through lust.
1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith
 virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and
 to patience godliness;
1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly
 kindness charity.
1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make [you
 that ye shall] neither [be] barren nor unfruitful in the
 knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see
 afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old
 sins.
1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your
 calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall
 never fall:
1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly
 into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
 Christ.
1:12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in
 remembrance of these things, though ye know [them], and be
 established in the present truth.
1:13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle,
 to stir you up by putting [you] in remembrance;
1:14 Knowing that shortly I must put off [this] my tabernacle,
 even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
1:15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my
 decease to have these things always in remembrance.
1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we
 made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus
 Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
1:17 For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when
 there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This
 is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
1:18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we
 were with him in the holy mount.
1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do
 well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark
 place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your
 hearts:
1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of
 any private interpretation.
1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man:
 but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy
 Ghost.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 24.2. Chapter 2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            2 PETER

2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as
 there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall
 bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought
 them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of
 whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make
 merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth
 not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast
 [them] down to hell, and delivered [them] into chains of
 darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth
 [person], a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood
 upon the world of the ungodly;
2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes
 condemned [them] with an overthrow, making [them] an ensample
 unto those that after should live ungodly;
2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation
 of the wicked:
2:8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and
 hearing, vexed [his] righteous soul from day to day with
 [their] unlawful deeds;)
2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of
 temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment
 to be punished:
2:10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of
 uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous [are they],
 selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
2:11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring
 not railing accusation against them before the Lord.
2:12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and
 destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not;
 and shall utterly perish in their own corruption;
2:13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, [as] they
 that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots [they
 are] and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own
 deceivings while they feast with you;
2:14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from
 sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised
 with covetous practices; cursed children:
2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray,
 following the way of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved the
 wages of unrighteousness;
2:16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking
 with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.
2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with
 a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
2:18 For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they
 allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much]
 wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in
 error.
2:19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the
 servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the
 same is he brought in bondage.
2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world
 through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
 they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end
 is worse with them than the beginning.
2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way
 of righteousness, than, after they have known [it], to turn
 from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb,
 The dog [is] turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that
 was washed to her wallowing in the mire.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 24.3. Chapter 3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             2 PETER

3:1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in
 [both] which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance:
3:2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy
prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days
 scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since
 the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as [they were]
 from the beginning of the creation.
3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of
 God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the
 water and in the water:
3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with
 water, perished:
3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same
 word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of
 judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one
 day [is] with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand
 years as one day.
3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men
 count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing
 that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;
 in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise,
 and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also
 and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
3:11 [Seeing] then [that] all these things shall be dissolved,
 what manner [of persons] ought ye to be in [all] holy
 conversation and godliness,
3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God,
 wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the
 elements shall melt with fervent heat?
3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new
 heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be
 diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot,
 and blameless.
3:15 And account [that] the longsuffering of our Lord [is]
 salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to
 the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
3:16 As also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these
 things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which
 they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as [they do] also
 the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know [these things]
 before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of
 the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
3:18 But grow in grace, and [in] the knowledge of our Lord and
 Saviour Jesus Christ. To him [be] glory both now and for ever.
 Amen.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 25. 1 John ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 25.1. Chapter 1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             1 JOHN

1:1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard,
 which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon,
 and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
1:2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen [it], and
 bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was
 with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)
1:3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that
 ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship
 [is] with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be
 full.
1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and
 declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness
 at all.
1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in
 darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have
 fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his
 Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the
 truth is not in us.
1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive
 us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and
 his word is not in us.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 25.2. Chapter 2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              1 JOHN

2:1 My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye
 sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the
 Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours
 only, but also for [the sins of] the whole world.
2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his
 commandments.
2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments,
 is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God
 perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to
 walk, even as he walked.
2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old
 commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old
 commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is
 true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the
 true light now shineth.
2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is
 in darkness even until now.
2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there
 is none occasion of stumbling in him.
2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh
 in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that
 darkness hath blinded his eyes.
2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are
 forgiven you for his name's sake.
2:13 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.
2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him
 [that is] from the beginning. I have written unto you, young
 men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you,
 and ye have overcome the wicked one.
2:15 Love not the world, neither the things [that are] in the
 world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not
 in him.
2:16 For all that [is] in the world, the lust of the flesh, and
 the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the
 Father, but is of the world.
2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he
 that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard
 that antichrist shall come, even now are there many
 antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they
 had been of us, they would [no doubt] have continued with us:
 but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they
 were not all of us.
2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all
 things.
2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth,
 but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ?
 He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father:
 [(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also].
2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from
 the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning
 shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in
 the Father.
2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, [even]
 eternal life.
2:26 These [things] have I written unto you concerning them that
 seduce you.
2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in
 you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same
 anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no
 lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall
 appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him
 at his coming.
2:29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one
 that doeth righteousness is born of him.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 25.3. Chapter 3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             1 JOHN

3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon
 us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the
 world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet
 appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall
 appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself,
 even as he is pure.
3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin
 is the transgression of the law.
3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins;
 and in him is no sin.
3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath
 not seen him, neither known him.
3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth
 righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil
 sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was
 manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed
 remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children
 of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God,
 neither he that loveth not his brother.
3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning,
 that we should love one another.
3:12 Not as Cain, [who] was of that wicked one, and slew his
 brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were
 evil, and his brother's righteous.
3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life, because
 we love the brethren. He that loveth not [his] brother abideth
 in death.
3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know
 that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
3:16 Hereby perceive we the love [of God], because he laid down
 his life for us: and we ought to lay down [our] lives for the
 brethren.
3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother
 have need, and shutteth up his bowels [of compassion] from him,
 how dwelleth the love of God in him?
3:18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in
 tongue; but in deed and in truth.
3:19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall
 assure our hearts before him.
3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart,
 and knoweth all things.
3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, [then] have we
 confidence toward God.
3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep
 his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his
 sight.
3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the
 name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave
 us commandment.
3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and
 he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the
 Spirit which he hath given us.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 25.4. Chapter 4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             1 JOHN

4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
 whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone
 out into the world.
4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that
 confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is
 come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that [spirit] of
 antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even
 now already is it in the world.
4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them:
 because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the
 world.
4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world,
 and the world heareth them.
4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is
 not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth,
 and the spirit of error.
4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and
 every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because
 that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we
 might live through him.
4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved
 us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one
 another.
4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another,
 God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because
 he hath given us of his Spirit.
4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the
 Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.
4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God
 dwelleth in him, and he in God.
4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to
 us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God,
 and God in him.
4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness
 in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this
 world.
4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out
 fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made
 perfect in love.
4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a
 liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how
 can he love God whom he hath not seen?
4:21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth
 God love his brother also.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 25.5. Chapter 5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             1 JOHN

5:1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God:
 and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that
 is begotten of him.
5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we
 love God, and keep his commandments.
5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments:
 and his commandments are not grievous.
5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this
 is the victory that overcometh the world, [even] our faith.
5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth
 that Jesus is the Son of God?
5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus
 Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is
 the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.
5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father,
 the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.
5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit,
 and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is
 greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified
 of his Son.
5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in
 himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar;
 because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal
 life, and this life is in his Son.
5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; [and] he that hath not the
 Son of God hath not life.
5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the
 name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal
 life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we
 ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
5:15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know
 that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
5:16 If any man see his brother sin a sin [which is] not unto
 death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that
 sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say
 that he shall pray for it.
5:17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto
 death.
5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he
 that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one
 toucheth him not.
5:19 [And] we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth
 in wickedness.
5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us
 an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are
 in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is
 the true God, and eternal life.
5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 26. 2 John ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

1:1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love
 in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known
 the truth;
1:2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be
 with us for ever.
1:3 Grace be with you, mercy, [and] peace, from God the Father,
 and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth
 and love.
1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in
 truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
1:5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new
 commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the
 beginning, that we love one another.
1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This
 is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning,
 ye should walk in it.
1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess
 not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver
 and an antichrist.
1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we
 have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of
 Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of
 Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine,
 receive him not into [your] house, neither bid him God speed:
1:11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil
 deeds.
1:12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not [write]
 with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak
 face to face, that our joy may be full.
1:13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 27. 3 John ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

1:1 The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the
 truth.
1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper
 and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
1:3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified
 of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the
 truth.
1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in
 truth.
1:5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the
 brethren, and to strangers;
1:6 Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church:
 whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort,
 thou shalt do well:
1:7 Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking
 nothing of the Gentiles.
1:8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be
 fellowhelpers to the truth.
1:9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have
 the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
1:10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he
 doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content
 therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and
 forbiddeth them that would, and casteth [them] out of the
 church.
1:11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is
 good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath
 not seen God.
1:12 Demetrius hath good report of all [men], and of the truth
 itself: yea, and we [also] bear record; and ye know that our
 record is true.
1:13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen
 write unto thee:
1:14 But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak
 face to face. Peace [be] to thee. [Our] friends salute thee.
 Greet the friends by name.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 28. Jude ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

1:1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to
 them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in
 Jesus Christ, [and] called:
1:2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.
1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the
 common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and
 exhort [you] that ye should earnestly contend for the faith
 which was once delivered unto the saints.
1:4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before
 of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the
 grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord
 God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
1:5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew
 this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the
 land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left
 their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains
 under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
1:7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in
 like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going
 after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering
 the vengeance of eternal fire.
1:8 Likewise also these [filthy] dreamers defile the flesh,
 despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he
 disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a
 railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
1:10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not:
 but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things
 they corrupt themselves.
1:11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and
 ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished
 in the gainsaying of Core.
1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast
 with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds [they are]
 without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit
 withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
1:13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame;
 wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness
 for ever.
1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these,
 saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his
 saints,
1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are
 ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have
 ungodly committed, and of all their hard [speeches] which
 ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
1:16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own
 lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words], having
 men's persons in admiration because of advantage.
1:17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken
 before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
1:18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last
 time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not
 the Spirit.
1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy
 faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy
 of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:
1:23 And others save with fear, pulling [them] out of the fire;
 hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to
 present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with
 exceeding joy,
1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour, [be] glory and majesty,
 dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29. The Revelation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.1. Chapter  1 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            REVELATION

1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to
 shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass;
 and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant
 John:
1:2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of
 Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
1:3 Blessed [is] he that readeth, and they that hear the words
 of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written
 therein: for the time [is] at hand.
1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace [be]
 unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and
 which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before
 his throne;
1:5 And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the faithful witness, [and]
 the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of
 the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins
 in his own blood,
1:6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father;
 to him [be] glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him,
 and they [also] which pierced him: and all kindreds of the
 earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith
 the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the
 Almighty.
1:9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in
 tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ,
 was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and
 for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me
 a great voice, as of a trumpet,
1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and,
 What thou seest, write in a book, and send [it] unto the seven
 churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and
 unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto
 Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being
 turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks [one] like unto
 the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and
 girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
1:14 His head and [his] hairs [were] white like wool, as white
 as snow; and his eyes [were] as a flame of fire;
1:15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a
 furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his
 mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance [was] as
 the sun shineth in his strength.
1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid
 his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the
 first and the last:
1:18 I [am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am
 alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of
 death.
1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which
 are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my
 right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars
 are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven
 candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.2. Chapter  2 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            REVELATION

2:1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things
 saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who
 walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
2:2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how
 thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried
 them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found
 them liars:
2:3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake
 hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
2:4 Nevertheless I have [somewhat] against thee, because thou
 hast left thy first love.
2:5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent,
 and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly,
 and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou
 repent.
2:6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the
 Nicolaitans, which I also hate.
2:7 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
 tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
2:8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These
 things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is
 alive;
2:9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou
 art rich) and [I know] the blasphemy of them which say they are
 Jews, and are not, but [are] the synagogue of Satan.
2:10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold,
 the devil shall cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be
 tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful
 unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
2:11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
 unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the
 second death.
2:12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These
 things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;
2:13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, [even] where
 Satan's seat [is]: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not
 denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas [was] my
 faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast
 there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac
 to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat
 things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.
2:15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the
 Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
2:16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will
 fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
2:17 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 will give him a white stone, and in the
 stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that
 receiveth [it].
2:18 And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These
 things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a
 flame of fire, and his feet [are] like fine brass;
2:19 I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and
 thy patience, and thy works; and the last [to be] more than the
 first.
2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because
 thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a
 prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit
 fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
2:21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she
 repented not.
2:22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit
 adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of
 their deeds.
2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the
 churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and
 hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your
 works.
2:24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many
 as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths
 of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
2:25 But that which ye have [already] hold fast till I come.
2:26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end,
 to him will I give power over the nations:
2:27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels
 of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received
 of my Father.
2:28 And I will give him the morning star.
2:29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
 unto the churches.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.3. Chapter  3 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            REVELATION

3:1 And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These
 things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the
 seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou
 livest, and art dead.
3:2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that
 are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before
 God.
3:3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and
 hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I
 will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour
 I will come upon thee.
3:4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled
 their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they
 are worthy.
3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white
 raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of
 life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before
 his angels.
3:6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto
 the churches.
3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These
 things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the
 key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and
 shutteth, and no man openeth;
3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open
 door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength,
 and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
3:9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which
 say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make
 them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I
 have loved thee.
3:10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will
 keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon
 all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast,
 that no man take thy crown.
3:12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of
 my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him
 the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, [which
 is] new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God:
 and [I will write upon him] my new name.
3:13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
 unto the churches.
3:14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write;
 These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the
 beginning of the creation of God;
3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I
 would thou wert cold or hot.
3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor
 hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods,
 and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art
 wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that
 thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be
 clothed, and [that] the shame of thy nakedness do not appear;
 and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous
 therefore, and repent.
3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my
 voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup
 with him, and he with me.
3:21 To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my
 throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father
 in his throne.
3:22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
 unto the churches.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.4. Chapter  4 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             REVELATION

4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door [was] opened in
 heaven: and the first voice which I heard [was] as it were of a
 trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will
 shew thee things which must be hereafter.
4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne
 was set in heaven, and [one] sat on the throne.
4:3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine
 stone: and [there was] a rainbow round about the throne, in
 sight like unto an emerald.
4:4 And round about the throne [were] four and twenty seats: and
 upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in
 white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings
 and voices: and [there were] seven lamps of fire burning before
 the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
4:6 And before the throne [there was] a sea of glass like unto
 crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the
 throne, [were] four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
4:7 And the first beast [was] like a lion, and the second beast
 like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the
 fourth beast [was] like a flying eagle.
4:8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about [him];
 and [they were] full of eyes within: and they rest not day and
 night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was,
 and is, and is to come.
4:9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to
 him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
4:10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on
 the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and
 cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and
 power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure
 they are and were created.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.5. Chapter  5 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            REVELATION

5:1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a
 book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven
 seals.
5:2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who
 is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
5:3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth,
 was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
5:4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and
 to read the book, neither to look thereon.
5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the
 Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to
 open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the
 four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it
 had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are
 the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
5:7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him
 that sat upon the throne.
5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four
 [and] twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one
 of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the
 prayers of saints.
5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take
 the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain,
 and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred,
 and tongue, and people, and nation;
5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we
 shall reign on the earth.
5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round
 about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number
 of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of
 thousands;
5:12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain
 to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and
 honour, and glory, and blessing.
5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth,
 and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that
 are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory,
 and power, [be] unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto
 the Lamb for ever and ever.
5:14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four [and] twenty
 elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and
 ever.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.6. Chapter  6 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             REVELATION

6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I
 heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts
 saying, Come and see.
6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him
 had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth
 conquering, and to conquer.
6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second
 beast say, Come and see.
6:4 And there went out another horse [that was] red: and [power]
 was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth,
 and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto
 him a great sword.
6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third
 beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse;
 and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A
 measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for
 a penny; and [see] thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of
 the fourth beast say, Come and see.
6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat
 on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was
 given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with
 sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of
 the earth.
6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar
 the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for
 the testimony which they held:
6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord,
 holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them
 that dwell on the earth?
6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it
 was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little
 season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren,
 that should be killed as they [were], should be fulfilled.
6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo,
 there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as
 sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig
 tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty
 wind.
6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled
 together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their
 places.
6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich
 men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every
 bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in
 the rocks of the mountains;
6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide
 us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from
 the wrath of the Lamb:
6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be
 able to stand?


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.7. Chapter  7 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            REVELATION

7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the
 four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth,
 that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor
 on any tree.
7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the
 seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the
 four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the
 sea,
7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees,
 till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.
7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: [and there
 were] sealed an hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand of all
 the tribes of the children of Israel.
7:5 Of the tribe of Juda [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the
 tribe of Reuben [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
 Gad [were] sealed twelve thousand.
7:6 Of the tribe of Aser [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the
 tribe of Nepthalim [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe
 of Manasses [were] sealed twelve thousand.
7:7 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.
7:8 Of the tribe of Zabulon [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of
 the tribe of Joseph [were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe
 of Benjamin [were] sealed twelve thousand.
7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no
 man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and
 tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed
 with white robes, and palms in their hands;
7:10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God
 which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and
 [about] the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the
 throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
7:12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and
 thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, [be] unto our
 God for ever and ever. Amen.
7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are
 these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me,
 These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have
 washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the
 Lamb.
7:15 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.
7:16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither
 shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed
 them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and
 God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.8. Chapter  8 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            REVELATION

8:1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence
 in heaven about the space of half an hour.
8:2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to
 them were given seven trumpets.
8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a
 golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that
 he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the
 golden altar which was before the throne.
8:4 And the smoke of the incense, [which came] with the prayers
 of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
8:5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of
 the altar, and cast [it] into the earth: and there were voices,
 and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared
 themselves to sound.
8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire
 mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the
 third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt
 up.
8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great
 mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third
 part of the sea became blood;
8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea,
 and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were
 destroyed.
8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star
 from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the
 third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third
 part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the
 waters, because they were made bitter.
8:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun
 was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part
 of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and
 the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night
 likewise.
8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst
 of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the
 inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the
 trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.9. Chapter  9 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            REVELATION

9:1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from
 heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the
 bottomless pit.
9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke
 out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun
 and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and
 unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have
 power.
9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the
 grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree;
 but only those men which have not the seal of God in their
 foreheads.
9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but
 that they should be tormented five months: and their torment
 [was] as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find
 it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
9:7 And the shapes of the locusts [were] like unto horses
 prepared unto battle; and on their heads [were] as it were
 crowns like gold, and their faces [were] as the faces of men.
9:8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were
 as [the teeth] of lions.
9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron;
 and the sound of their wings [was] as the sound of chariots of
 many horses running to battle.
9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were
 stings in their tails: and their power [was] to hurt men five
 months.
9:11 And they had a king over them, [which is] the angel of the
 bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue [is] Abaddon,
 but in the Greek tongue hath [his] name Apollyon.
9:12 One woe is past; [and], behold, there come two woes more
 hereafter.
9:13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the
 four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
9:14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the
 four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.
9:15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an
 hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third
 part of men.
9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen [were] two
 hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat
 on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and
 brimstone: and the heads of the horses [were] as the heads of
 lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and
 brimstone.
9:18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the
 fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out
 of their mouths.
9:19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for
 their tails [were] like unto serpents, and had heads, and with
 them they do hurt.
9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these
 plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they
 should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and
 brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear,
 nor walk:
9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their
 sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.10. Chapter 10 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            REVELATION

10:1 And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven,
 clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow [was] upon his head, and
 his face [was] as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of
 fire:
10:2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his
 right foot upon the sea, and [his] left [foot] on the earth,
10:3 And cried with a loud voice, as [when] a lion roareth: and
 when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
10:4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was
 about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me,
 Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and
 write them not.
10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the
 earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
10:6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created
 heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the
 things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are
 therein, that there should be time no longer:
10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he
 shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as
 he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
10:8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me
 again, and said, Go [and] take the little book which is open in
 the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the
 earth.
10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the
 little book. And he said unto me, Take [it], and eat it up; and
 it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth
 sweet as honey.
10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and
 ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon
 as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many
 peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.11. Chapter 11 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            REVELATION

11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the
 angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and
 the altar, and them that worship therein.
11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and
 measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy
 city shall they tread under foot forty [and] two months.
11:3 And I will give [power] unto my two witnesses, and they
 shall prophesy a thousand two hundred [and] threescore days,
 clothed in sackcloth.
11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks
 standing before the God of the earth.
11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their
 mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt
 them, he must in this manner be killed.
11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the
 days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them
 to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as
 they will.
11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the
 beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war
 against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
11:8 And their dead bodies [shall lie] in the street of the
 great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where
 also our Lord was crucified.
11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations
 shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall
 not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over
 them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another;
 because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the
 earth.
11:11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from
 God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and
 great fear fell upon them which saw them.
11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them,
 Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and
 their enemies beheld them.
11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the
 tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain
 of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and
 gave glory to the God of heaven.
11:14 The second woe is past; [and], behold, the third woe
 cometh quickly.
11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices
 in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become [the
 kingdoms] of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign
 for ever and ever.
11:16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on
 their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
11:17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which
 art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee
 thy great power, and hast reigned.
11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the
 time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou
 shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to
 the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and
 shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was
 seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were
 lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and
 great hail.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.12. Chapter 12 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             REVELATION

12:1 And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman
 clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her
 head a crown of twelve stars:
12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and
 pained to be delivered.
12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a
 great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven
 crowns upon his heads.
12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven,
 and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the
 woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child
 as soon as it was born.
12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all
 nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto
 God, and [to] his throne.
12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a
 place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a
 thousand two hundred [and] threescore days.
12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought
 against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more
 in heaven.
12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called
 the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was
 cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
12:10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come
 salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the
 power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast
 down, which accused them before our God day and night.
12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the
 word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto
 the death.
12:12 Therefore rejoice, [ye] heavens, and ye that dwell in
 them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for
 the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he
 knoweth that he hath but a short time.
12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth,
 he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man [child].
12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle,
 that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where
 she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from
 the face of the serpent.
12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood
 after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of
 the flood.
12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her
 mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of
 his mouth.
12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make
 war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments
 of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.13. Chapter 13 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             REVELATION

13:1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise
 up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon
 his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
13:2 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 seat, and
 great authority.
13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly
wound was healed: and all the world wondered after
 the beast.
13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the
 beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who [is] like
 unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things
 and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty
 [and] two months.
13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to
 blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in
 heaven.
13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and
 to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds,
 and tongues, and nations.
13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose
 names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain
 from the foundation of the world.
13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he
 that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here
 is the patience and the faith of the saints.
13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and
 he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before
 him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to
 worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come
 down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by [the means
 of] those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the
 beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should
 make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and
 did live.
13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast,
 that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that
 as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be
 killed.
13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor,
 free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in
 their foreheads:
13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the
 mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the
 number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his
 number [is] Six hundred threescore [and] six.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.14. Chapter 14 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             REVELATION

14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and
 with him an hundred forty [and] four thousand, having his
 Father's name written in their foreheads.
14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many
 waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the
 voice of harpers harping with their harps:
14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and
 before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn
 that song but the hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand,
 which were redeemed from the earth.
14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they
 are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever
 he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, [being] the
 firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without
 fault before the throne of God.
14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having
 the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the
 earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and
 people,
14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him;
 for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made
 heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is
 fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all
 nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud
 voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive
 [his] mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God,
 which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his
 indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone
 in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the
 Lamb:
14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and
 ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the
 beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his
 name.
14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here [are] they that
 keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write,
 Blessed [are] the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth:
 Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours;
 and their works do follow them.
14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud
 [one] sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden
 crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
14:15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a
 loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle,
 and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the
 harvest of the earth is ripe.
14:16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the
 earth; and the earth was reaped.
14:17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in
 heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power
 over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp
 sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the
 clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully
 ripe.
14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and
 gathered the vine of the earth, and cast [it] into the great
 winepress of the wrath of God.
14:20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood
 came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the
 space of a thousand [and] six hundred furlongs.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.15. Chapter 15 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            REVELATION

15:1 And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous,
 seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is
 filled up the wrath of God.
15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and
 them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his
 image, and over his mark, [and] over the number of his name,
 stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the
 song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous [are] thy works,
 Lord God Almighty; just and true [are] thy ways, thou King of
 saints.
15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for
 [thou] only [art] holy: for all nations shall come and worship
 before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
15:5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the
 tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
15:6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the
 seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having
 their breasts girded with golden girdles.
15:7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven
 golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and
 ever.
15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God,
 and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the
 temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were
 fulfilled.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.16. Chapter 16 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             REVELATION

16:1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the
 seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath
 of God upon the earth.
16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth;
 and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which
 had the mark of the beast, and [upon] them which worshipped his
 image.
16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and
 it became as the blood of a dead [man]: and every living soul
 died in the sea.
16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and
 fountains of waters; and they became blood.
16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art
 righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because
 thou hast judged thus.
16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and
 thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God
 Almighty, true and righteous [are] thy judgments.
16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and
 power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the
 name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they
 repented not to give him glory.
16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of
 the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they
 gnawed their tongues for pain,
16:11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains
 and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great
 river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the
 way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs [come] out of
 the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and
 out of the mouth of the false prophet.
16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles,
 [which] go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole
 world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God
 Almighty.
16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed [is] he that watcheth,
 and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his
 shame.
16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the
 Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air;
 and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from
 the throne, saying, It is done.
16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and
 there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were
 upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, [and] so great.
16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the
 cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in
 remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of
 the fierceness of his wrath.
16:20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not
 found.
16:21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, [every
 stone] about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God
 because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was
 exceeding great.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.17. Chapter 17 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             REVELATION

17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven
 vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will
 shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth
 upon many waters:
17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed
 fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made
 drunk with the wine of her fornication.
17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness:
 and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of
 names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and
 decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a
 golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of
 her fornication:
17:5 And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY,
 BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF
 THE EARTH.
17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints,
 and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her,
 I wondered with great admiration.
17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I
 will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that
 carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall
 ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and
 they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not
 written in the book of life from the foundation of the world,
 when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
17:9 And here [is] the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads
 are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is,
 [and] the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must
 continue a short space.
17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth,
 and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which
 have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one
 hour with the beast.
17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and
 strength unto the beast.
17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall
 overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and
 they that are with him [are] called, and chosen, and faithful.
17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where
 the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations,
 and tongues.
17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these
 shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked,
 and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and
 to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the
 words of God shall be fulfilled.
17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which
 reigneth over the kings of the earth.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.18. Chapter 18 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

              REVELATION

18:1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from
 heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with
 his glory.
18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon
 the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of
 devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every
 unclean and hateful bird.
18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her
 fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed
 fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed
 rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of
 her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that
 ye receive not of her plagues.
18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath
 remembered her iniquities.
18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her
 double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled
 fill to her double.
18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously,
 so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her
 heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and
 mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with
 fire: for strong [is] the Lord God who judgeth her.
18:9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication
 and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament
 for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,
18:10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying,
 Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in
 one hour is thy judgment come.
18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over
 her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
18:12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones,
 and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and
 scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory,
 and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and
 iron, and marble,
18:13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense,
 and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and
 sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
18:14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed
 from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are
 departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
18:15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by
 her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping
 and wailing,
18:16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed
 in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold,
 and precious stones, and pearls!
18:17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And
 every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors,
 and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18:18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying,
 What [city is] like unto this great city!
18:19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and
 wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made
 rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness!
 for in one hour is she made desolate.
18:20 Rejoice over her, [thou] heaven, and [ye] holy apostles
 and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone,
 and cast [it] into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall
 that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no
 more at all.
18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers,
 and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no
 craftsman, of whatsoever craft [he be], shall be found any more
 in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at
 all in thee;
18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in
 thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be
 heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great
 men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations
 deceived.
18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints,
 and of all that were slain upon the earth.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.19. Chapter 19 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             REVELATION

19:1 And after these things I heard a great voice of much people
 in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour,
 and power, unto the Lord our God:
19:2 For true and righteous [are] his judgments: for he hath
 judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her
 fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her
 hand.
19:3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for
 ever and ever.
19:4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell
 down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen;
 Alleluia.
19:5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God,
 all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and
 great.
19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and
 as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty
 thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent
 reigneth.
19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the
 marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself
 ready.
19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine
 linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness
 of saints.
19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are
 called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto
 me, These are the true sayings of God.
19:10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto
 me, See [thou do it] not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy
 brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the
 testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he
 that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in
 righteousness he doth judge and make war.
19:12 His eyes [were] as a flame of fire, and on his head [were]
 many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but
 he himself.
19:13 And he [was] clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and
 his name is called The Word of God.
19:14 And the armies [which were] in heaven followed him upon
 white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he
 should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of
 iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath
 of Almighty God.
19:16 And he hath on [his] vesture and on his thigh a name
 written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with
 a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of
 heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of
 the great God;
19:18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of
 captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses,
 and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all [men, both]
 free and bond, both small and great.
19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their
 armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on
 the horse, and against his army.
19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet
 that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them
 that had received the mark of the beast, and them that
 worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of
 fire burning with brimstone.
19:21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat
 upon the horse, which [sword] proceeded out of his mouth: and
 all the fowls were filled with their flesh.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.20. Chapter 20 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            REVELATION

20:1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless
pit and a great chain in his hand.
20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is
 the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and
 set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no
 more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after
 that he must be loosed a little season.
20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was
 given unto them: and [I saw] the souls of them that were
 beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and
 which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither
 had received [his] mark upon their foreheads, or in their
 hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand
 years were finished. This [is] the first resurrection.
20:6 Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first
 resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they
 shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him
 a thousand years.
20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be
 loosed out of his prison,
20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the
 four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them
 together to battle: the number of whom [is] as the sand of the
 sea.
20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed
 the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire
 came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of
 fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet
 [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it,
 from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there
 was found no place for them.
20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and
 the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is
 [the book] of life: and the dead were judged out of those
 things which were written in the books, according to their
 works.
20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death
 and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they
 were judged every man according to their works.
20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This
 is the second death.
20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life
 was cast into the lake of fire.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.21. Chapter 21 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

             REVELATION

21:1 And 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.
21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down
 from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her
 husband.
21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the
 tabernacle of God [is] with men, and he will dwell with them,
 and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with
 them, [and be] their God.
21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and
 there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying,
 neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are
 passed away.
21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all
 things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are
 true and faithful.
21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the
 beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of
 the fountain of the water of life freely.
21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be
 his God, and he shall be my son.
21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and
 murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and
 all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with
 fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had
 the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with
 me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's
 wife.
21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high
 mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem,
 descending out of heaven from God,
21:11 Having the glory of God: and her light [was] like unto a
 stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as
 crystal;
21:12 And had a wall great and high, [and] had twelve gates, and
 at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which
 are [the names] of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
21:13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the
 south three gates; and on the west three gates.
21:14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in
 them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
21:15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure
 the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
21:16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large
 as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve
 thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of
 it are equal.
21:17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred [and] forty
 [and] four cubits, [according to] the measure of a man, that
 is, of the angel.
21:18 And the building of the wall of it was [of] jasper: and
 the city [was] pure gold, like unto clear glass.
21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city [were]
 garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first
 foundation [was] jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a
 chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
 chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a
 chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an
 amethyst.
21:21 And the twelve gates [were] twelve pearls; every several
 gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city [was] pure
 gold, as it were transparent glass.
21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and
 the Lamb are the temple of it.
21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon,
 to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the
 Lamb [is] the light thereof.
21:24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the
 light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory
 and honour into it.
21:25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for
 there shall be no night there.
21:26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations
 into it.
21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that
 defileth, neither [whatsoever] worketh abomination, or [maketh]
 a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 29.22. Chapter 22 ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

            REVELATION

22:1 And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as
 crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the
 river, [was there] the tree of life, which bare twelve [manner
 of] fruits, [and] yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves
 of the tree [were] for the healing of the nations.
22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and
 of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
22:4 And they shall see his face; and his name [shall be] in
 their foreheads.
22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle,
 neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light:
 and they shall reign for ever and ever.
22:6 And he said unto me, These sayings [are] faithful and true:
 and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew
 unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
22:7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed [is] he that keepeth the
 sayings of the prophecy of this book.
22:8 And I John saw these things, and heard [them]. And when I
 had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of
 the angel which shewed me these things.
22:9 Then saith he unto me, See [thou do it] not: for I am thy
 fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them
 which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy
 of this book: for the time is at hand.
22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which
 is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous,
 let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be
 holy still.
22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward [is] with me,
 to give every man according as his work shall be.
22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first
 and the last.
22:14 Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, that they may
 have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the
 gates into the city.
22:15 For without [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers,
 and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a
 lie.
22:16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these
 things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of
 David, [and] the bright and morning star.
22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that
 heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And
 whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the
 prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things,
 God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this
 book:
22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book
 of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book
 of life, and out of the holy city, and [from] the things which
 are written in this book.
22:20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come
 quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
22:21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you all.
 Amen.


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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 33. Bible Aid ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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Bible Aid is a rich collection of special Bible verses  organized by subject
for easy access and reference.
You will no longer be forced to fumble through your
Bible to find "just the right verse." With the click of a button you will
easily and quickly find the strength and guidance you need from scripture.

Also contains Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (well over 2,500 Bible and
Bible-related proper names and their meanings which you can search.)

Features Include:

 1. Comprehensive search capabilities by word or
  phrase.
 2. Ability to Print out text
 3. Table of Contents
 4. Ability to take your own notes by using Copy to
  your word processor of choice.
 5. Bookmarking features
 6. Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
 7. Detailed Manual
 8. Complete and unlimited support
 9. Programmers who care about you!!

This program is available for Windows and OS/2.

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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 34. WordWise ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

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WordWise for Recovery is the most flexible and expandable Daily Scripture
program available. With over 30 Bible versions to choose from, support for most
major operating systems, and a registration price of just $29.95, we believe
that WordWise is an outstanding program.

A lot of work and thoughtful design has gone into making it an entertaining,
flexible, and valuable part of your software collection. Once installed on your
computer, it remains like a faithful friend, bringing you a message from God's
Word, the Big Book of AA and a recovery message as each day begins. WordWise is
a perpetual daily calendar, and contains enough Scriptures to display a new one
each day for an entire year without repeating. Though the Scriptures will begin
to repeat after one year, each verse will be displayed only once per year, and
the calendar date will always be correct. In addition to giving you daily
Scriptures, WordWise can remind you of your daily Bible readings as you read
through on a one-year plan.

Some of the features of WordWise are:

--Quotes for Recovering People (One for each day of the
  year. No repeats!)
--"Alcoholics Anonymous" Big Book Quotes (Unlike similar
  programs, there are no repeats for an entire year!)
--Over 30 versions of the Bible
--Monthly perpetual calendar which can be advanced or
  regressed indefinitely.
--Pop-up references designed to aid in your Bible study.
--Daily reminders of Through-the-Bible readings.
--Automatic saving of daily Scripture and Recovery Quotes
  to a file for use with word or speech processors.
--A Daily Bible Quiz.
--Ability to assign different fonts to each Bible version.
--Topmost feature which allows WordWise to remain on top
  of all other applications.
--Clipboard functions to capture Bible text.
--Three modes of operation from which to choose.
  (Date, Incremental, or Random)
--Future expandability through the addition of extra modules.
--Access to additional Bible versions as they are released.
--Printed user's manual.

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