and Judah begat Pharez and Zarah of Tamar; and Pharez begat Hezrom; and Hezrom begat Aram;

And the report of Him went forth into all Syria; and they brought to Him all having ailments, afflicted with manifold diseases and torments, demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics; and He healed them.

"Again ye heard that it was said to the ancients, You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord your oaths;"

but I say to you, Swear not at all; neither by Heaven, because it is God's throne;

neither swear by your head, because you can not make one hair white or black.

And He spake to them many things in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went forth to sow.

Hear ye, therefore, the parable of the sower.

And the servants of the house-holder, corning near, said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Whence, then, has it tares?'

And he, answering, said, 'I go, sir,' and he went not.

Then began he to curse and swear, "I do not know the Man." And straight-way a cock crowed.

saying, Sir, we were reminded that that Deceiver said, while yet living, 'After three days I rise again;'

"Hearken! behold the sower went forth to sow.

The sower sows the word.

And he swore to her, "Whatsoever you ask of me, I will give it to you, unto half of my kingdom."

But he began to curse, and to swear, "I know not This Man of Whom ye speak."

the oath which He swore to Abraham, our father;

(This enrolment first was made, when Quirinius was governor of Syria).

"The sower went forth to sow his seed. And in his sowing some fell by the wayside; and it was trodden down, and the birds of the heaven devoured it.

And the servant said, 'Sir, what you ordered has been done, and still there is room.'

She says to Him, "Sir, Thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Whence, therefore, hast Thou the living water

The woman saith to Him, "Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, neither come all the way hither to draw."

The woman says to Him, "Sir, I perceive that Thou art a Prophet.

The nobleman says to Him, "Sir, Come down, before my child die!"

The sick man answered Him, "Sir, I have no one, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool; but, while I am coming, another goes down before me!"

These, therefore, came to Philip??ho was from Bethsaida of Galilee??nd were asking Him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

But, because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice: ye will be made sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

A woman, when she is in travail, has sorrow, because her hour came; but, when she bears the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born into the world.

And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one takes away from you.

Jesus saith to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" She, supposing Him to be the gardener, says to Him, "Sir, if thou didst bear Him away, tell me where thou didst lay Him, and I will take Him away!"

being, therefore, a prophet, and knowing that with an oath God swore to him, that out of the fruit of his loins One should sit on his throne;

having written through their hand thus: "The apostles, and the elders, brethren, to the brethren from the gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the assemblies.

And Paul, abiding after this yet many days with the brethren, having taken leave of them, was sailing away to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shaven his head in Cenchrea; for he had a vow.

and, having spent three months there, a plot being laid for him by the Jews, as he was about to sail into Syria, he determined to return through Macedonia.

And, having come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload her cargo.

For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace; to the end that the promise may 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

And, being not weakened in faith, he attentively considered his own body already dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb;

I am speaking a truth in Christ?? am not lying, my conscience testifying with me in the Holy Spirit??2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing pain in my heart

For the word of the promise is this: "At this season I will come, and Sarah shall have a son."

But I determined this for myself, that I would not come to you again in sorrow.

And I wrote this very thing, that I might not, when I came, have sorrow from those of whom I ought to have joy; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

But, if any one has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all.

so that, on the contrary, ye ought rather to forgive and console him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up with his excessive sorrow.

For godly sorrow works repentance unto salvation, not to be repented of; but the sorrow of the world works death.

And He Who supplieth seed to the sower, and bread for food, will supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;

After that I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;

For, in fact, he was sick, near to death; but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those falling asleep, that ye sorrow not even as the rest who have no hope;

as I swore in My wrath, they shall not enter into My rest.'"

And to whom did He swear, that they should not enter into His rest, but to those who were disbelieving?

For we who believed do enter into rest, even as He said, "As I swore in My wrath, they shall not enter into My rest; although the works were finished from the founding of a world."

For God, when making a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater by whom to swear, swore by Himself,

For men swear by the greater; and the oath for confirmation is an end, to them, of every dispute:

which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and firm, and entering into the place within the veil;

(for they, indeed, have been made priests without an oath; but He with an oath through Him Who said to Him, "The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest forever");

Now faith is an assurance of things hoped for, a sure persuasion of things not seen;

By faith Sarah herself also received power to conceive seed, even when past the age of child-bearing, since she accounted Him faithful, Who promised.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, either by Heaven, or by earth, or by any other oath; but let yours be "the yes, yes," and "the no, no"; that ye fall not under condemnation.

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, of whom ye became children; if ye do good, and fear no alarm.

Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence to make your calling and election sure; for, if ye do these things, ye shall in nowise ever stumble;

And we have the more sure prophetic word, to which ye do well to take heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the Morning Star arise in your hearts;

and swore by Him Who liveth forever and ever, Who created the heaven and the things therein, and the earth and the things therein, and the sea and the things therein, that there shall be delay no longer;

And the first went, and poured out his bowl into the earth; and there came a baneful and painful sore upon the men who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.