'Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

'And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;

and lo, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, having come to him behind, did touch the fringe of his garments,

And she having been instigated by her mother -- 'Give me (says she) here upon a plate the head of John the Baptist;

and his head was brought upon a plate, and was given to the damsel, and she brought it nigh to her mother.

And Jesus answering said to him, 'Happy art thou, Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.

'And I also say to thee, that thou art a rock, and upon this rock I will build my assembly, and gates of Hades shall not prevail against it;

'Hear ye another simile: There was a certain man, a householder, who planted a vineyard, and did put a hedge round it, and digged in it a wine-press, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad.

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye make clean the outside of the cup and the plate, and within they are full of rapine and incontinence.

'Blind Pharisee! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the plate, that the outside of them also may become clean.

'Woe to you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous,

and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar:

for this is my blood of the new covenant, that for many is being poured out -- to remission of sins;

said, 'This one said, I am able to throw down the sanctuary of God, and after three days to build it.'

I did sin, having delivered up innocent blood;' and they said, 'What -- to us? thou shalt see!'

And the chief priests having taken the silverlings, said, 'It is not lawful to put them to the treasury, seeing it is the price of blood;'

therefore was that field called, 'Field of blood,' unto this day.

And Pilate having seen that it profiteth nothing, but rather a tumult is made, having taken water, he did wash the hands before the multitude, saying, 'I am innocent from the blood of this righteous one; ye -- ye shall see;'

and all the people answering said, 'His blood is upon us, and upon our children!'

for of itself doth the earth bear fruit, first a blade, afterwards an ear, afterwards full corn in the ear;

and a certain woman, having an issue of blood twelve years,

and immediately was the fountain of her blood dried up, and she knew in the body that she hath been healed of the plague.

and having come in immediately with haste unto the king, she asked, saying, 'I will that thou mayest give me presently, upon a plate, the head of John the Baptist.'

and he having gone, beheaded him in the prison, and brought his head upon a plate, and did give it to the damsel, and the damsel did give it to her mother;

And he began to speak to them in similes: 'A man planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around, and digged an under-wine-vat, and built a tower, and gave it out to husbandmen, and went abroad;

and he said to them, 'This is my blood of the new covenant, which for many is being poured out;

We heard him saying -- I will throw down this sanctuary made with hands, and by three days, another made without hands I will build;'

and having risen, they put him forth without the city, and brought him unto the brow of the hill on which their city had been built -- to cast him down headlong,

for he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.'

and a woman, having an issue of blood for twelve years, who, having spent on physicians all her living, was not able to be healed by any,

having come near behind, touched the fringe of his garment, and presently the issue of her blood stood.

And the Lord said unto him, 'Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness;

'Woe to you, because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;

that the blood of all the prophets, that is being poured forth from the foundation of the world, may be required from this generation;

from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.

and he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

And there were present certain at that time, telling him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate did mingle with their sacrifices;

'For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expence, whether he have the things for completing?

saying -- This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

In like manner, also, the cup after the supping, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood, that for you is being poured forth.

and having been in agony, he was more earnestly praying, and his sweat became, as it were, great drops of blood falling upon the ground.

who -- not of blood nor of a will of flesh, nor of a will of man but -- of God were begotten.

Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, If ye may not eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and may not drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves;

he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, hath life age-during, and I will raise him up in the last day;

for my flesh truly is food, and my blood truly is drink;

he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, doth remain in me, and I in him.

but one of the soldiers with a spear did pierce his side, and immediately there came forth blood and water;

and it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem, insomuch that that place is called, in their proper dialect, Aceldama, that is, field of blood,

and I will give wonders in the heaven above, and signs upon the earth beneath -- blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke,

the sun shall be turned to darkness, and the moon to blood, before the coming of the day of the Lord -- the great and illustrious;

saying, 'Did not we strictly command you not to teach in this name? and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and ye intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.'

and Solomon built Him an house.

The heaven is My throne, and the earth My footstool; what house will ye build to Me? saith the Lord, or what is the place of My rest?

Then, indeed, the assemblies throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, had peace, being built up, and, going on in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.

After these things I will turn back, and I will build again the tabernacle of David, that is fallen down, and its ruins I will build again, and will set it upright --

but to write to them to abstain from the pollutions of the idols, and the whoredom, and the strangled thing; and the blood;

to abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well; be strong!'

He made also of one blood every nation of men, to dwell upon all the face of the earth -- having ordained times before appointed, and the bounds of their dwellings --

and on their resisting and speaking evil, having shaken his garments, he said unto them, 'Your blood is upon your head -- I am clean; henceforth to the nations I will go on.'

wherefore I take you to witness this day, that I am clear from the blood of all,

'Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

and now, I commend you, brethren, to God, and to the word of His grace, that is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those sanctified.

'And concerning those of the nations who have believed, we have written, having given judgment, that they observe no such thing, except to keep themselves both from idol-sacrifices, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom.'

and when the blood of thy witness Stephen was being poured forth, I also was standing by and assenting to his death, and keeping the garments of those putting him to death;

and a plot having been intimated to me against this man -- about to be of the Jews -- at once I sent unto thee, having given command also to the accusers to say the things against him before thee; be strong.'

but the centurion to the pilot and to the shipowner gave credence more than to the things spoken by Paul;

Swift are their feet to shed blood.

whom God did set forth a mercy seat, through the faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the bygone sins in the forbearance of God --

much more, then, having been declared righteous now in his blood, we shall be saved through him from the wrath;

and Isaiah is very bold, and saith, 'I was found by those not seeking Me; I became manifest to those not inquiring after Me;'

God did not cast away His people whom He knew before; have ye not known -- in Elijah -- what the Writing saith? how he doth plead with God concerning Israel, saying,

and so counting it honour to proclaim good news, not where Christ was named -- that upon another's foundation I might not build --

According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master-builder, a foundation I have laid, and another doth build on it,

and if any one doth build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw --

if of any one the work doth remain that he built on it, a wage he shall receive;

The cup of the blessing that we bless -- is it not the fellowship of the blood of the Christ? the bread that we break -- is it not the fellowship of the body of the Christ?

All things to me are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things to me are lawful, but all things do not build up;

In like manner also the cup after the supping, saying, 'This cup is the new covenant in my blood; this do ye, as often as ye may drink it -- to the remembrance of me;'

so that whoever may eat this bread or may drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, guilty he shall be of the body and blood of the Lord:

for thou, indeed, dost give thanks well, but the other is not built up!

And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood the reign of God is not able to inherit, nor doth the corruption inherit the incorruption;

and I beseech you, that, being present, I may not have courage, with the confidence with which I reckon to be bold against certain reckoning us as walking according to the flesh;

For we do not make bold to rank or to compare ourselves with certain of those commending themselves, but they, among themselves measuring themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise,

in reference to dishonour I speak, how that we were weak, and in whatever any one is bold -- in foolishness I say it -- I also am bold.

to reveal His Son in me, that I might proclaim him good news among the nations, immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood,

for if the things I threw down, these again I build up, a transgressor I set myself forth;

in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

and now, in Christ Jesus, ye being once afar off became nigh in the blood of the Christ,

being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being chief corner -stone,

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

and the greater part of the brethren in the Lord, having confidence by my bonds, are more abundantly bold -- fearlessly to speak the word.

in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of the sins,

and through him to reconcile the all things to himself -- having made peace through the blood of his cross -- through him, whether the things upon the earth, whether the things in the heavens.

being rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught -- abounding in it in thanksgiving.

but having both suffered before, and having been injuriously treated (as ye have known) in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the good news of God in much conflict,

wherefore, comfort ye one another, and build ye up, one the one, as also ye do.

Seeing, then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he himself also in like manner did take part of the same, that through death he might destroy him having the power of death -- that is, the devil --

for of more glory than Moses hath this one been counted worthy, inasmuch as more honour than the house hath he who doth build it,