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2004

And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.

2005

For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night.

2007

Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey?
Does a young lion growl from his den unless he has captured something?

2008

But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret.

2009

So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, “It is the Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet.”

2012

He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away,
He has broken my bones.

2013

For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.”

2014

Does the Lord take delight in thousands of rams,
In ten thousand rivers of oil?
Shall I present my firstborn for my rebellious acts,
The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

2017

The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father’s iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son’s iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself.

2018

“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write:He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:

2019

A Psalm of David when he feigned madness before Abimelech, who drove him away and he departed.
I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.

2022

It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to the children, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

2024

The highway of the upright is to depart from evil;
He who watches his way preserves his life.

2025

and we ourselves heard this utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain.

2031

Then Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran.

2032

For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words; and not satisfied with this, he himself does not receive the brethren, either, and he forbids those who desire to do so and puts them out of the church.

2033

I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?”

2034

But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked opportunity.

2035

For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, dining in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

2037

that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge,

2038

A Psalm of David. A Maskil.
How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered!

2040

Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.

2042

For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited),
“I am the Lord, and there is none else.

2044

Every survivor, at whatever place he may live, let the men of that place support him with silver and gold, with goods and cattle, together with a freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.’”

2048

And the Lord said to him, “Name him Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

2049

Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered.

2053

This He said, and after that He *said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep.”

2054

One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, “Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!”

2055

Then he said to them, “Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.”

2057

He *said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

2059

But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

2060

To understand a proverb and a figure,
The words of the wise and their riddles.

2064

Going on a little farther, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.

2065

When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, “Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?”

2068

For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man.

2070

Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out Himself to death,
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.

2071

“Brethren, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus.

2072

As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines,

2073

“Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant David, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel.

2074

The Lord hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up.

2077

For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

2078

But someone may well say, “You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works.”

2079

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let us return and visit the brethren in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are.”

2081

Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead),

2082

When they were filled, He *said to His disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments so that nothing will be lost.”

2085

They *came to a place named Gethsemane; and He *said to His disciples, “Sit here until I have prayed.”

2086

My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.

2087

And they *came to Bethsaida. And they *brought a blind man to Jesus and *implored Him to touch him.

2091

Hear, O peoples, all of you;
Listen, O earth and all it contains,
And let the Lord God be a witness against you,
The Lord from His holy temple.

2092

The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom;
And with all your acquiring, get understanding.

2093

And they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them.

2094

“Behold, I will make you small among the nations;
You are greatly despised.

2095

Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense on your head.

2096

Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding!
Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth.

2098

Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

2099

Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name.

2102

If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

2103

The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”

2105

One day He was teaching; and there were some Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing.

2108

As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven.

2110

A Psalm for Thanksgiving.
Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth.

2113

But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.

2114

He said to me, “For 2,300 evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be properly restored.”

2115

She made a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and a razor shall never come on his head.”

2116

And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed.][And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.]

2118

So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus.

2119

And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”

2121

When one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!”

2123

But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed.

2125

If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,

2126

On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying,
To your descendants I have given this land,
From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates:

2127

“But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light,

2128

Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and used to pay the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.

2131

Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.

2132

Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God,

2133

Now it came about after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ servant, saying,

2134

As for your male and female slaves whom you may have—you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you.

2136

And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe.”

2142

And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with one accord and said, “O Lord, it is You who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them,

2144

but I hope to see you shortly, and we will speak face to face.

2145

And that slave who knew his master’s will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes,

2147

and that most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear.

2149

And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them.

2150

that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us;

2151

The statement found approval with the whole congregation; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch.

2152

You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.

2153

And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,

2155

“When you enter the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations.

2156

Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.

2157

“Let us tear their fetters apart
And cast away their cords from us!”

2158

There were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and Joses, and Salome.

2159

Behold, I am going to rebuke your offspring, and I will spread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.

2160

but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness.”

2161

and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you,

2164

Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so do you also.

2167

Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require from you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

2170

And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury.

2173

They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.

2177

They said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?”

2178

“If because of the sabbath, you turn your foot
From doing your own pleasure on My holy day,
And call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable,
And honor it, desisting from your own ways,
From seeking your own pleasure
And speaking your own word,

2181

For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.

2182

Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

2184

For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

2185

But Peter said, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean.”

2186

Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin,

2189

Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers with the truth.

2192

But Peter said, “I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene—walk!”

2194

Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas—Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren,

2196

For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised;

2197

This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received living oracles to pass on to you.

2198

He presented another parable to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field;

2201

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask and God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should make request for this.

2203

And King Herod heard of it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him.”

2206

And He came out and proceeded as was His custom to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples also followed Him.

2207

Seek from the book of the Lord, and read:
Not one of these will be missing;
None will lack its mate.
For His mouth has commanded,
And His Spirit has gathered them.

2211

Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

2212

and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions.

2213

“When you come to appear before Me,
Who requires of you this trampling of My courts?

2214

But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel;

2215

After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will.’

2217

But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

2218

“When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house,

2220

And He *went up on the mountain and *summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him.

2222

A Song of Ascents.
I will lift up my eyes to the mountains;
From where shall my help come?

2223

and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.

2225

for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds.

2226

The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart.

2228

For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?

2229

The children of your chosen sister greet you.

2231

When he knocked at the door of the gate, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer.

2234

But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

2237

When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.

2241

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters,

2243

But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

2245

Then His mother and His brothers *arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him.

2248

Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

2249

And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

2250

Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?

2252

She *said to Him, “Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water?

2253

And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

2256

The woman answered and said, “I have no husband.” Jesus *said to her, “You have correctly said, ‘I have no husband’;

2257

Now it happened that He was passing through some grainfields on a Sabbath; and His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating the grain.

2259

Then He said to them, Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves;

2260

“Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit.

2261

Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?”

2264

even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

2269

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

2273

Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it.

2275

David said to him, “How did things go? Please tell me.” And he said, “The people have fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”

2277

Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.

2278

Afterward He appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen.

2280

Therefore it says,
When He ascended on high,
He led captive a host of captives,
And He gave gifts to men.”

2282

Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

2284

Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision?

2285

Then the herald loudly proclaimed: “To you the command is given, O peoples, nations and men of every language,

2289

When they came back to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them.

2292

And immediately He entered the boat with His disciples and came to the district of Dalmanutha.

2294

“A woman shall not wear man’s clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God.

2295

Then Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died; and she was left with her two sons.

2296

But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless?

2299

He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming quickly.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.

2301

Then He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.

2302

And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

2304

And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

2305

Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, “I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”

2306

If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained.”

2310

Looking at them, Jesus *said, With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God.”

2311

But when he came out, he was unable to speak to them; and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he kept making signs to them, and remained mute.

2312

They said to me, “The remnant there in the province who survived the captivity are in great distress and reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned with fire.”

2316

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us.

2318

“They are all straightforward to him who understands,
And right to those who find knowledge.

2320

Now concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge makes arrogant, but love edifies.

2321

“For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

2322

Seth lived one hundred and five years, and became the father of Enosh.

2323

But the Lord answered him and said, “You hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him?

2326

If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him.”

2327

While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts.

2329

in order to register along with Mary, who was engaged to him, and was with child.

2330

And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them.

2332

“Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, ‘You shall not make false vows, but shall fulfill your vows to the Lord.’

2334

On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry.

2336

It happened year after year, as often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat.

2337

“I am the Lord, and there is no other;
Besides Me there is no God.
I will gird you, though you have not known Me;

2338

From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force.

2339

The wicked are not so,
But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.

2340

Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to David, “You shall not come in here, but the blind and lame will turn you away”; thinking, “David cannot enter here.”

2342

Now it shall be, if you diligently obey the Lord your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.

2343

“To the angel of the church in Sardis write:He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: ‘I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead.

2344

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.

2347

“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey.

2350

Then Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel,
“O sun, stand still at Gibeon,
And O moon in the valley of Aijalon.”

2353

I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’

2355

And he began reasoning to himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?’

2358

As they were going along the road, someone said to Him, “I will follow You wherever You go.”

2361

Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it.

2363

But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time.

2364

In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south.

2365

For behold, in those days and at that time,
When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem,

2366

My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my commandments within you,

2367

Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

2368

As to this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to you made careful searches and inquiries,

2369

But the high priest rose up, along with all his associates (that is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

2370

And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him.

2371

In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge;
Let me never be ashamed.

2372

for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man; you take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.’

2375

how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,

2376

(Now this man acquired a field with the price of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out.

2377

Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you.

2378

When they did not find them, they began dragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have upset the world have come here also;

2381

And Mary said, “Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.

2382

And they were giving him attention because he had for a long time astonished them with his magic arts.

2384

It is He who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”

2385

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.

2386

Now when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people assembled about Aaron and said to him, “Come, make us a god who will go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”

2387

Therefore say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Return to Me,” declares the Lord of hosts, “that I may return to you,” says the Lord of hosts.

2389

“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way,
Before His works of old.

2391

Then the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet, saying,

2392

A jealous and avenging God is the Lord;
The Lord is avenging and wrathful.
The Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries,
And He reserves wrath for His enemies.

2393

And all the people gathered as one man at the square which was in front of the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the Lord had given to Israel.

2398

but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.

2399

I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.

2400

As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him;

2401

“Then You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh,
Against all his servants and all the people of his land;
For You knew that they acted arrogantly toward them,
And made a name for Yourself as it is this day.

2402

in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.

2403

Then I fell at his feet to worship him. But he *said to me, “Do not do that; I am a fellow servant of yours and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”

2404

Then David said to him, “From where do you come?” And he said to him, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.”

2405

I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today.

2406

And he said, “Hear me, brethren and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

2407

Calling them to Himself, Jesus *said to them, “You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great men exercise authority over them.

2409

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me.

2410

But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

2412

Therefore thus says the Lord God,
Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone,
A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed.
He who believes in it will not be disturbed.

2413

A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly;
My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

2415

youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for serving in the king’s court; and he ordered him to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans.

2416

Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowd away.

2417

You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.

2418

What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten;
And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;
And what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten.

2419

When the days of his priestly service were ended, he went back home.

2422

When the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the bridegroom,

2423

For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

2425

I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

2426

“that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you.”

2428

So Hazael went to meet him and took a gift in his hand, even every kind of good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ loads; and he came and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”

2430

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting;

2431

For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?

2432

And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

2433

It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour,

2437

I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours;

2439

No weapon that is formed against you will prosper;
And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And their vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord.

2440

a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,

2442

Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As the Lord, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word.”

2443

In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened.

2444

the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

2447

But as for you, go your way to the end; then you will enter into rest and rise again for your allotted portion at the end of the age.”

2448

wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions.

2450

But Jesus called for them, saying, “Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

2452

so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia.

2455

Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.

2456

“Bring your worthless offerings no longer,
Incense is an abomination to Me.
New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies—
I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly.

2458

And he was saying, “Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!”

2460

So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, “Do not write, ‘The King of the Jews’; but that He said, ‘I am King of the Jews.’”

2461

So he began saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

2462

Then Jesus *said to him, “Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.

2465

“This is the way the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked with favor upon me, to take away my disgrace among men.”

2466

Thus says the Lord,
Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.
Where then is a house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that I may rest?

2467

Her rival, however, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.

2468

The Lord smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done.

2469

The word of the Lord came to me saying, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said, “I see a rod of an almond tree.”

2470

Though all the peoples walk
Each in the name of his god,
As for us, we will walk
In the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.

2474

He said,
“The Lord roars from Zion
And from Jerusalem He utters His voice;
And the shepherds’ pasture grounds mourn,
And the summit of Carmel dries up.”

2475

Be broken, O peoples, and be shattered;
And give ear, all remote places of the earth.
Gird yourselves, yet be shattered;
Gird yourselves, yet be shattered.

2476

Aleph.
How blessed are those whose way is blameless,
Who walk in the law of the Lord.

2477

Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.

2480

and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

2482

and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things;

2483

Then there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, “Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it.

2485

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy,

2486

In His teaching He was saying: “Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like respectful greetings in the market places,

2489

I give my opinion in this matter, for this is to your advantage, who were the first to begin a year ago not only to do this, but also to desire to do it.

2490

But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence.”

2491

Again, the devil *took Him to a very high mountain and *showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory;

2492

even as the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed in you,

2493

Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

2494

Now while the people were in a state of expectation and all were wondering in their hearts about John, as to whether he was the Christ,

2495

They were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

2496

But the Lord is the true God;
He is the living God and the everlasting King.
At His wrath the earth quakes,
And the nations cannot endure His indignation.

2498

Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the Lord, and said,
I will sing to the Lord, for He is highly exalted;
The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea.

2501

So if they say to you, ‘Behold, He is in the wilderness,’ do not go out, or, ‘Behold, He is in the inner rooms,’ do not believe them.

2503

I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals.

2504

and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth.

2505

The girl was very beautiful; and she became the king’s nurse and served him, but the king did not cohabit with her.

2507

They were amazed and astonished, saying, “Why, are not all these who are speaking Galileans?

2509

And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

2510

Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more.

2514

And He was saying to them, “To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables,

2515

Now there was a certain man from Ramathaim-zophim from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

2519

When Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me.”

2520

Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land and wrath to this people;

2522

Then they *led Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium so that they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

2524

And he reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and have Simon, who is also called Peter, brought here;

2525

Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said.

2526

and because He did not need anyone to testify concerning man, for He Himself knew what was in man.

2527

And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades!

2529

Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men;
Her priests have profaned the sanctuary.
They have done violence to the law.

2531

Cry loudly, do not hold back;
Raise your voice like a trumpet,
And declare to My people their transgression
And to the house of Jacob their sins.

2538

For if you cry for discernment,
Lift your voice for understanding;

2541

And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.

2542

After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying,Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God;

2543

But the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty, so that the land was filled with them.

2544

So they searched for a beautiful girl throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

2545

For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

2546

And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.”

2547

For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

2548

Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

2549

which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures,

2550

For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith.

2552

Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us—

2556

Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made four parts, a part to every soldier and also the tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece.

2557

Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life.

2558

Then came the first day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.

2560

But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.

2561

who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself.

2562

but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong,

2563

Then the Lord answered me and said,
Record the vision
And inscribe it on tablets,
That the one who reads it may run.

2564

His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters.

2565

Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

2568

I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot.

2570

Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers.

2571

The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

2573

If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.

2575

Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man.

2577

Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven.

2579

And so, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,

2580

So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”

2582

(Now this expression, “He ascended,” what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth?

2583

Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not listen to the law?

2584

Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi.

2585

But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to His glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?

2587

For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

2588

He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.

2589

And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here;

2590

Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity
And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in unchanging love.

2591

And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split.

2592

Even those I will bring to My holy mountain
And make them joyful in My house of prayer.
Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar;
For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.”

2594

And He was passing through from one city and village to another, teaching, and proceeding on His way to Jerusalem.

2596

When the apostles returned, they gave an account to Him of all that they had done. Taking them with Him, He withdrew by Himself to a city called Bethsaida.

2597

“But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go work today in the vineyard.’

2598

Each man said to his mate, “Come, let us cast lots so we may learn on whose account this calamity has struck us.” So they cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah.

2600

God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also.

2603

Alas, you who are longing for the day of the Lord,
For what purpose will the day of the Lord be to you?
It will be darkness and not light;

2604

If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble?
If a calamity occurs in a city has not the Lord done it?

2606

I saw a dream and it made me fearful; and these fantasies as I lay on my bed and the visions in my mind kept alarming me.

2612

Now if You slay this people as one man, then the nations who have heard of Your fame will say,

2613

the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel;

2614

and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.

2615

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem, which he saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

2618

But it was because of the false brethren secretly brought in, who had sneaked in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us into bondage.

2620

Then Moses said to God, “Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you.’ Now they may say to me, ‘What is His name?’ What shall I say to them?”

2622

For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.

2623

The Jews answered Him, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God.”

2626

Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, “This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?”

2628

It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble.

2635

so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

2637

Then the men became extremely frightened and they said to him, “How could you do this?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.

2638

They *pressed into service a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to bear His cross.

2639

Then Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat and why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”

2640

“All the sinners of My people will die by the sword,
Those who say, ‘The calamity will not overtake or confront us.’

2642

From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it.

2643

This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

2646

Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties.

2647

trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

2649

After these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body.

2655

Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered?

2656

With what shall I come to the Lord
And bow myself before the God on high?
Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings,
With yearling calves?

2657

God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul,

2661

So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.

2662

For in what respect were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not become a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

2663

But the Lord said to me,
“Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’
Because everywhere I send you, you shall go,
And all that I command you, you shall speak.

2664

He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

2666

Vanity of vanities,” says the Preacher,
Vanity of vanities! All is vanity.”

2669

Then the heads of fathers’ households of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites arose, even everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up and rebuild the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.

2673

(Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.)

2674

So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob; and worthless fellows gathered themselves about Jephthah, and they went out with him.

2676

Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made.

2680

Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him.

2681

And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say,Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come.”

2682

He said, “Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you.”

2684

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

2685

Philip *found Nathanael and *said to him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

2686

But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days!

2687

The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed.

2688

This is He on behalf of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’

2689

Therefore Pilate entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

2691

for John had not yet been thrown into prison.

2692

Then they will cry out to the Lord,
But He will not answer them.
Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time
Because they have practiced evil deeds.

2693

Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb,
“I, the Lord, am the maker of all things,
Stretching out the heavens by Myself
And spreading out the earth all alone,

2697

If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness,

2699

“Behold now, Behemoth, which I made as well as you;
He eats grass like an ox.

2700

Now it came about, as she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli was watching her mouth.

2701

So they said to him, “What should we do to you that the sea may become calm for us?”—for the sea was becoming increasingly stormy.

2704

The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying,

2706

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

2708

So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, “Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live?”

2709

For this, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

2711

Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith.

2712

Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.

2714

And as they were crying out and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air,

2715

He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John; you shall be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).

2717

and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight.”

2719

Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days.

2720

He said, “Go, and tell this people:
‘Keep on listening, but do not perceive;
Keep on looking, but do not understand.’

2722

and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,

2724

If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait for blood,
Let us ambush the innocent without cause;

2727

so they signaled to their partners in the other boat for them to come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats, so that they began to sink.

2729

So the captain approached him and said, “How is it that you are sleeping? Get up, call on your god. Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish.”

2731

Though Edom says, “We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins”; thus says the Lord of hosts, “They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the wicked territory, and the people toward whom the Lord is indignant forever.”

2732

Again He went out from the region of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of Decapolis.

2734

For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, ‘TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.’ Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.

2737

Now if a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave acquired for another man, but who has in no way been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment; they shall not, however, be put to death, because she was not free.

2738

Do not let your speech cause you to sin and do not say in the presence of the messenger of God that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice and destroy the work of your hands?

2739

And it came about when the Lord was about to take up Elijah by a whirlwind to heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.

2740

according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

2741

Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation.

2742

he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh suffer decay.

2743

In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that the Lord had commanded him to give to them,

2744

It came about when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

2745

For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe’s people, that there are quarrels among you.

2746

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it!

2747

Jesus *said to them, “Fill the waterpots with water.” So they filled them up to the brim.

2750

If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.

2751

After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus *came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, Peace be with you.”

2752

Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples.

2753

But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men,

2754

And he *said to them, “Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him.

2756

While He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man covered with leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

2757

The one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house;

2758

And He will send forth His angels with a great trumpet and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other.

2759

I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim
And the horse from Jerusalem;
And the bow of war will be cut off.
And He will speak peace to the nations;
And His dominion will be from sea to sea,
And from the River to the ends of the earth.

2761

Then the sailors became afraid and every man cried to his god, and they threw the cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone below into the hold of the ship, lain down and fallen sound asleep.

2762

Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated?

2763

Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

2764

If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.”

2765

If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food,

2766

And the Lord said, “The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.

2769

“Who prepares for the raven its nourishment
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?

2771

and one of the elders *said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals.”

2773

No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you.

2774

and in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash.

2777

So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, ‘Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.’

2778

He is the stone which was rejected by you, the builders, but which became the chief corner stone.

2779

The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court,

2780

just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

2781

But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished.

2784

And He *said to them, “Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.” So they took it to him.

2785

Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you.

2786

And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables.

2787

to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place.”

2788

For I hate divorce,” says the Lord, the God of Israel, “and him who covers his garment with wrong,” says the Lord of hosts. “So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously.”

2790

Jesus knew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, “Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me’?

2792

Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped.

2793

And He said to them, “Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father’s house?”

2794

“Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies desolate?”

2795

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.”

2798

and the Sabeans attacked and took them. They also slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

2799

“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

2800

and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so.

2803

“Have you not just now called to Me,
My Father, You are the friend of my youth?

2804

Therefore, come out from their midst and be separate,” says the Lord.
And do not touch what is unclean;
And I will welcome you.

2805

When the multitude is carried away, his heart will be lifted up, and he will cause tens of thousands to fall; yet he will not prevail.

2806

Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the land of Moab, for she had heard in the land of Moab that the Lord had visited His people in giving them food.

2809

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

2810

Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says,
Sacrifice and offering You have not desired,
But a body You have prepared for Me;

2812

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.

2813

Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom.

2814

and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.

2815

Let the wicked forsake his way
And the unrighteous man his thoughts;
And let him return to the Lord,
And He will have compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon.

2818

so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

2820

but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to repentance.

2821

He *found first his own brother Simon and *said to him, “We have found the Messiah” (which translated means Christ).

2822

King Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know that you do.”

2823

It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

2826

Then He said again to them, “I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.”

2827

The woman *said to Him, “Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw.”

2828

On the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was disclosed to Pharaoh.

2829

Now the day was ending, and the twelve came and said to Him, “Send the crowd away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and get something to eat; for here we are in a desolate place.”

2830

After these days Elizabeth his wife became pregnant, and she kept herself in seclusion for five months, saying,

2831

Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,

2832

Listen to Me, O islands,
And pay attention, you peoples from afar.
The Lord called Me from the womb;
From the body of My mother He named Me.

2833

So you will stumble by day,
And the prophet also will stumble with you by night;
And I will destroy your mother.

2834

It happened that when the priests came from the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the Lord,

2835

He again fixes a certain day, “Today,” saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before,
Today if you hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts.”

2838

O Lord, our Lord,
How majestic is Your name in all the earth!

2840

But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

2841

All those about them encouraged them with articles of silver, with gold, with goods, with cattle and with valuables, aside from all that was given as a freewill offering.

2842

Then you shall say to Pharaoh, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Israel is My son, My firstborn.

2844

But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are.”

2845

And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day,

2846

to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood,

2848

Paul, having remained many days longer, took leave of the brethren and put out to sea for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. In Cenchrea he had his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow.

2850

Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things.

2851

But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse.

2852

No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.”

2856

I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him.

2857

For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.

2859

But you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

2860

Which, having no chief,
Officer or ruler,

2862

Just at that time some Pharisees approached, saying to Him, “Go away, leave here, for Herod wants to kill You.”

2863

and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.

2865

Now when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself; and when the people heard of this, they followed Him on foot from the cities.

2870

For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.
Sing for joy to God our strength;
Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

2872

and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

2873

Thus you shall say to them, “The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens.”

2874

but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God,

2875

Then Hannah rose after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the temple of the Lord.

2876

But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’

2878

“I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near;
A star shall come forth from Jacob,
A scepter shall rise from Israel,
And shall crush through the forehead of Moab,
And tear down all the sons of Sheth.

2881

“Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

2882

Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away;

2883

Now Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from harm that it may not pain me!” And God granted him what he requested.

2884

What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice.Yes, and I will rejoice,

2885

Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household:

2886

Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.

2888

Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, “Ananias.” And he said, “Here I am, Lord.”

2891

Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized.

2893

They questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth.

2895

and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life.

2896

Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches;

2897

While He was saying these things to them, a synagogue official came and bowed down before Him, and said, “My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live.”

2898

Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

2899

“But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

2900

Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things which are written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.

2902

They came to Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He began to question them, “What were you discussing on the way?”

2904

When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom.

2906

“I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts,
They have become a burden to Me;
I am weary of bearing them.

2907

For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope

2908

But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many.

2909

Or I will strip her naked
And expose her as on the day when she was born.
I will also make her like a wilderness,
Make her like desert land
And slay her with thirst.

2910

so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

2911

“So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael
And it will consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.

2912

Now the Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons.”

2913

You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

2914

Out of the ground the Lord God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

2915

But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.

2916

Your eyes will see this and you will say, “The Lord be magnified beyond the border of Israel!”

2917

“I will remove man and beast;
I will remove the birds of the sky
And the fish of the sea,
And the ruins along with the wicked;
And I will cut off man from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord.

2918

Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, “Come.”

2919

I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world.

2922

that the Lord called Samuel; and he said, “Here I am.”

2924

Now Joseph, a Levite of Cyprian birth, who was also called Barnabas by the apostles (which translated means Son of Encouragement),

2926

But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed,

2927

And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them,

2928

He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.)

2931

But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes’s and Jambres’s folly was also.

2933

Jesus *said to him, Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.”

2936

So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not true.”

2937

But pray that it may not happen in the winter.

2938

And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”

2939

And while some were talking about the temple, that it was adorned with beautiful stones and votive gifts, He said,

2941

And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and He was teaching them on the Sabbath;

2942

Why do You make me see iniquity,
And cause me to look on wickedness?
Yes, destruction and violence are before me;
Strife exists and contention arises.

2944

Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands,

2946

“Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God,
“You had the seal of perfection,
Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

2947

Now then send and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, together with 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel’s table.”

2948

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

2949

Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.

2950

On that day I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”

2951

“See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms,
To pluck up and to break down,
To destroy and to overthrow,
To build and to plant.”

2952

Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unreasonable.

2953

And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh.

2954

Let those who persecute me be put to shame, but as for me, let me not be put to shame;
Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed.
Bring on them a day of disaster,
And crush them with twofold destruction!

2956

And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation,

2961

the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment.

2964

in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

2966

I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us.

2967

So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after laying his hands on him said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

2968

When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

2970

And when he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

2971

And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”

2974

Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division;

2975

For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother’s womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it.”

2976

And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? So they will be your judges.

2979

Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

2981

Then the king’s face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints went slack and his knees began knocking together.

2982

Listen to the word of the Lord, O sons of Israel,
For the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land,
Because there is no faithfulness or kindness
Or knowledge of God in the land.

2984

When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath,

2986

Oh give thanks to the Lord, for He is good,
For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

2988

Now when Jesus heard that John had been taken into custody, He withdrew into Galilee;

2990

Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth;
For the Lord speaks,
Sons I have reared and brought up,
But they have revolted against Me.

2992

For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.

2994

I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they will know that I am the Lord when I lay My vengeance on them.”’”

2995

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?”

2996

and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the deputies; and Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest, was the king’s friend;

2997

Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was bereft of her two children and her husband.

2998

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks.

3000

In the third month after the sons of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day they came into the wilderness of Sinai.

3001

And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who received tithes, paid tithes,