The Pharisee, taking up his position, said to himself these words: God, I give you praise because I am not like other men, who take more than their right, who are evil-doers, who are untrue to their wives, or even like this tax-farmer.

For I say to you that these words will be put into effect in me, And he was numbered among the evil-doers: for what has been said in the Writings about me has an end.

And two others, evil-doers, were taken with him to be put to death.

And when they came to the place which is named Golgotha, they put him on the cross, and the evil-doers, one on the right side, and the other on the left.

And one of the evil-doers on the cross, with bitter feeling, said to him, Are you not the Christ? Get yourself and us out of this.

The Son of man will be given up into the hands of evil-doers, and be put to death on the cross, and on the third day he will come back to life.

For when we were still without strength, at the right time Christ gave his life for evil-doers.

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,

But if you take a man's position into account, you do evil, and are judged as evil-doers by the law.

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.

And those of the rulers who are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers and for the praise of those who do well.

And did not have mercy on the world which then was, but only kept safe Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he let loose the waters over the world of the evil-doers;

And kept safe Lot, the upright man, who was deeply troubled by the unclean life of the evil-doers

The Lord is able to keep the upright safe in the time of testing, and to keep evil-doers under punishment till the day of judging;

For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.

Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;

But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.

Do not say evil against one another, my brothers. He who says evil against his brother or makes himself his brother's judge, says evil against the law and is judging the law: and in judging the law you become, not a doer of the law but a judge.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers of it, blinding yourselves with false ideas.

For it is not the hearers of the law who will be judged as having righteousness before God, but only the doers:

The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.

The good man, out of the good store of his heart, gives good things; and the evil man, out of his evil store, gives evil: for out of the full store of the heart come the words of the mouth.

The good man out of his good store gives good things; and the evil man out of his evil store gives evil things.

Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.

Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.

What I say is that the things offered by the Gentiles are offered to evil spirits and not to God; and it is not my desire for you to have any part with evil spirits.

It is not possible for you, at the same time, to take the cup of the Lord and the cup of evil spirits; you may not take part in the table of the Lord and the table of evil spirits.

And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem, said, He has Beelzebub, and, By the ruler of evil spirits he sends evil spirits out of men.

But whoever says evil things against the Holy Spirit will never have forgiveness, but the evil he has done will be with him for ever:

Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.

For the secret of evil is even now at work: but there is one who is keeping back the evil till he is taken out of the way.

Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.

For the evil which overtakes them is the reward of their evil-doing: such men take their pleasure in the delights of the flesh even in the daytime; they are like the marks of a disease, like poisoned wounds among you, feasting together with you in joy;

Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.

My loved one, do not be copying what is evil, but what is good. He who does good is of God: he who does evil has not seen God.

And men were burned with great heat: and they said evil things against the name of the God who has authority over these punishments; and they were not turned from their evil ways to give him glory.

And they said evil things against the God of heaven because of their pain and their wounds; and they were not turned from their evil works.

For through the wine of the wrath of her evil desires all the nations have come to destruction; and the kings of the earth made themselves unclean with her, and the traders of the earth had their wealth increased by the power of her evil ways.

And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out,

Let the evil man go on in his evil: and let the unclean be still unclean: and let the upright go on in his righteousness: and let the holy be holy still.

For he gave an order to the evil spirit to come out of the man. For frequently it would take a grip of him: and he was kept under control, and prisoned with chains; but parting the chains in two, he would be sent by the driving of the evil spirit into waste places.

But some of them said, He sends out evil spirits by Beelzebul, the ruler of evil spirits.

Others said, These are not the words of one who has an evil spirit. Is it possible for an evil spirit to make blind people see?

Jesus said in answer, If I have said anything evil, give witness to the evil: but if I said what is true, why do you give me blows?

O you, who are full of false tricks and evil ways, a son of the Evil One, hating all righteousness, will you for ever be turning people from the right ways of the Lord?

But some of the Jews who went from place to place driving out evil spirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whom Paul is preaching.

Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;

But the Pharisees said, By the ruler of evil spirits, he sends evil spirits out of men.

But the Pharisees, hearing of it, said, This man only sends evil spirits out of men by Beelzebub, the ruler of evil spirits.

So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.

And the field is the world; and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom; and the evil seeds are the sons of the Evil One;

I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy.

And a number, who were ill with different diseases, he made well, and sent out evil spirits; but he did not let the evil spirits say anything, because they had knowledge of him.

And the rest of the people, who were not put to death by these evils, were not turned from the works of their hands, but went on giving worship to evil spirits, and images of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood which have no power of seeing or hearing or walking:

For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;

Let it not be possible for men to say evil about your good:

Do not let the work of God come to nothing on account of food. All things are certainly clean; but it is evil for that man who by taking food makes it hard for another.

For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.

For all have knowledge of how you do what you are ordered. For this reason I have joy in you, but it is my desire that you may be wise in what is good, and without knowledge of evil.

When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.

Let us then keep the feast, not with old leaven, and not with the leaven of evil thoughts and acts, but with the unleavened bread of true thoughts and right feelings.

As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you.

Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.

Now these things were for an example to us, so that our hearts might not go after evil things, as they did.

And do not say evil things against the Lord, as some of them did, and destruction overtook them.

But if I give praise to God for the food which I take, let no man say evil of me for that reason.

And the rest put violent hands on his servants, and did evil to them, and put them to death.

But if that evil servant says in his heart, My lord is a long time in coming;

Then will he say to those on the left, Go from me, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire which is ready for the Evil One and his angels:

Who gave himself for our sins, so that he might make us free from this present evil world, after the purpose of our God and Father:

But I say, Go on in the Spirit, and you will not come under the rule of the evil desires of the flesh.

Now the works of the flesh are clear, which are these: evil desire, unclean things, wrong use of the senses,

And those who are Christ's have put to death on the cross the flesh with its passions and its evil desires.

Even as he made selection of us in him from the first, so that we might be holy and free from all evil before him in love:

Who having no more power of feeling, have given themselves up to evil passions, to do all unclean things with overmuch desire.

That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;

And do not give way to the Evil One.

Let no evil talk come out of your mouth, but only what is good for giving necessary teaching, and for grace to those who give ear.

Let all bitter, sharp and angry feeling, and noise, and evil words, be put away from you, with all unkind acts;

But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.

Take up God's instruments of war, so that you may be able to keep your position against all the deceits of the Evil One.

For our fight is not against flesh and blood, but against authorities and powers, against the world-rulers of this dark night, against the spirits of evil in the heavens.

For this reason take up all the arms of God, so that you may be able to be strong in the evil day, and, having done all, to keep your place.

And most of all, using faith as a cover to keep off all the flaming arrows of the Evil One.

Be on the watch against dogs, against the workers of evil, against those of the circumcision:

And he said to them, Is it right to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil? to give life or to put to death? But they said nothing.

And give them the power of driving out evil spirits:

Truly, I say to you, The sons of men will have forgiveness for all their sins and for all the evil words they say:

And these are they by the wayside, where the word is planted; and when they have given ear, the Evil One comes straight away and takes away the word which has been planted in them.

And they came to Jesus, and saw the man in whom had been the evil spirits seated, clothed and with full use of his senses, and they were full of fear.

And those who had seen it gave them an account of what had been done to him who had the evil spirits, and of the fate of the pigs.

And when he was getting into the boat, the man in whom had been the evil spirits had a great desire to come with him.

And they sent out a number of evil spirits, and put oil on a great number who were ill, and made them well.

Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;

And you, who in the past were cut off and at war with God in your minds through evil works, he has now made one

In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him:

And you, being dead through your sins and the evil condition of your flesh, to you, I say, he gave life together with him, and forgiveness of all our sins;