And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Uriah;

It has been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

Again, you have heard that it has been said by them of old time, You shall not perjure yourself, but shall perform unto the Lord your oaths:

You have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:

You have heard that it has been said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy.

Woe unto you, Chorazin! woe unto you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

And you, Capernaum, which is exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hades: for if the mighty works, which have been done in you, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

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.

His lord said unto him, Well done, you good and faithful servant: you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter into the joy of your lord.

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter into the joy of your lord.

For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

The Son of man goes as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.

Because he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been wrenched apart by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man subdue him.

And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the demon asked him that he might be with him.

I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:

For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

The Son of man indeed goes, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.

And Pilate marveled that he was already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been for some time dead.

And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

That you might know the certainty of those things, in which you have been instructed.

As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who have been since the world began:

But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintances.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.

And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.

And certain women, who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven demons,

Woe unto you, Chorazin! woe unto you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they would have a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.

If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?

And he said unto him, Well done, good servant: because you have been faithful in a very little, have authority over ten cities.

When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been now a long time in that condition, he said unto him, Will you be made whole?

But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

Then when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said unto him, Lord, by this time he stinks: for he has been dead four days.

Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.

That the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, Lord, who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

Jesus said unto him, Have I been so long a time with you, and yet have you not known me, Philip? he that has seen me has seen the Father; and how say you then, Show us the Father?

And you also shall bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.

For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit by the mouth of David spoke before concerning Judas, who was guide to them that took Jesus.

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ordinary men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle has been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

And all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them who showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers:

And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight, and arose, and was baptized.

And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had been in bed eight years, and was paralyzed.

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet held at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:

Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

Then Paul and Barnabas grew bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing you put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

And there came there certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.

And from there sailed to Antioch, from where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.

And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, you know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.

After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

And when they were come to him, he said unto them, You know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all times,

And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the barracks.

This man was taken of the Jews, and would have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman.

Then Paul, after the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Since I know that you have been for many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself:

Who ought to have been here before you, and object, if they had anything against me.

He hoped also that money should have been given him by Paul, that he might release him: therefore he sent for him often, and conferred with him.

And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:

Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.

For if we have been united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:

For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now.

And as Isaiah said before, Except the Lord of hosts had left us a descendant, we had been as Sodom, and been made like unto Gomorrah.

For who has known the mind of the Lord? or who has been his counselor?

For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.

It has pleased them greatly; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in material things.

That you receive her in the Lord, as becomes saints, and that you assist her in whatever business she has need of you: for she has been a helper of many, and of myself also.

For it has been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them who are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.

For by one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

But though I be unskilled in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things.

I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. But in whatsoever way any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

Three times was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, three times I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you: for in nothing am I behind the very chief apostles, though I be nothing.

O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been openly set forth, crucified among you?

Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

Where is then the blessedness you spoke of? for I bear you witness, that, if it had been possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.

For, brethren, you have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

And to make all men see what is the plan of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

If so be that you have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because you had heard that he had been sick.

Even the mystery which has been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints:

Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

And Jesus, who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellow workers unto the kingdom of God, who have been a comfort unto me.

Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ.

Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

Let not a widow be put on the list under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,

But continue in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing of whom you have learned them;

Holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to refute the opposition.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from which they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.

Be not carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with foods, which have not profited them that have been observing them.

For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind:

You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.