and Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez became the father of Hezron, and Hezron became the father of Aram,

And a report about him went out {throughout} Syria, and they brought to him all those {who were sick} with various diseases and afflicted by torments, demon-possessed and epileptics and paralytics, and he healed them.

"Again you have heard that it was said to the {people of old}, 'Do not swear falsely, but fulfill your oaths to the Lord.'

But I say to you, do not swear at all, either by heaven, because it is the throne of God,

And do not swear by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

And he spoke many [things] to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow,

"You, therefore, listen to the parable of the sower:

And [he] approached the second [and] said the same [thing]. So he answered [and] said, 'I [will], sir,' and he did not go.

Then he began to curse and to swear with an oath, "I do not know the man!" And immediately a rooster crowed.

And immediately one of them ran and took a sponge and filled [it] with sour wine and put [it] on a reed [and] gave [it] to him to drink.

saying, "Sir, we remember that [while] that deceiver was still alive he said, 'After three days I will rise.'

"Listen! Behold, the sower went out to sow.

The sower sows the word.

And he swore to her, "Anything whatever you ask me for I will give you, up to half my kingdom!"

And he began to curse and to swear with an oath, "I do not know this man whom you are talking about!"

And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put [it] on a reed, [and] gave [it] to him to drink, saying, "Leave [him] alone! Let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down."

the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to grant us

(This first registration took place [when] Quirinius was governor of Syria.)

"The sower went out to sow his seed, and while he was sowing, {some seed} fell on the side of the path and was trampled under foot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.

But he answered [and] said to him, 'Sir, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it and put manure on [it].

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

So the first arrived, saying, 'Sir, your mina has made ten minas more!'

And the second came, saying, 'Sir, your mina has made five minas.'

And another came, saying, 'Sir, behold your mina, which I had put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth.

And they said to him, 'Sir, he has ten minas.'

And [when he] got up from the prayer [and] came to the disciples, he found them sleeping from sorrow,

And the soldiers also mocked him, coming up [and] offering him sour win

The woman said to him, "Sir, you have no bucket and the well is deep! From where then do you get this living water?

The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or come here to draw [water]!"

The woman said to him, "Sir, I see that you are a prophet.

The royal official said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies!"

The one who was sick answered him, "Sir, I do not have anyone that, whenever the water is stirred up, could put me into the pool. But {while} I am coming, another goes down before me."

So they said to him, "Sir, always give us this bread!"

He answered and said, "And who is [he], sir, that I may believe in him?"

So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and began asking him saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."

But because I have said these [things] to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.

Truly, truly I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will become sorrowful, but your sorrow will change to joy.

So you also are experiencing sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy from you.

A jar full of sour wine was standing there, so [they] put a sponge full of the sour wine on a [branch of] hyssop [and] brought [it] to his mouth.

Then when he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, "It is completed," and bowing [his] head, he gave up [his] spirit.

Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She thought that it was the gardener, [and] said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him."

writing [this letter] {to be delivered by them}: The apostles and the elders, brothers. To the brothers [who are] from among the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia. Greetings!

And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

So Paul, [after] remaining many days longer, said farewell to the brothers [and] sailed away to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved [his] head at Cenchrea, because he had [taken] a vow.

and stayed three months. [Because] a plot was made against him by the Jews [as he] was about to set sail for Syria, he came to a decision to return through Macedonia.

And [after we] sighted Cyprus and left it behind {on the port side}, we sailed to Syria and arrived at Tyre, because the ship was to unload [its] cargo there.

And not being weak in faith, he considered his own body as good as dead, [because he] was approximately a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb.

For the statement of the promise [is] this: "At this time I will return and {Sarah will have} a son."

For I have decided this for myself, not to come to you again in sorrow.

For if I [cause] you sorrow, then who will make me glad except the one who is caused to be sad by me?

And I wrote this very [thing] in order that [when I] came, I would not experience sorrow from those who ought to have made me glad, [because I] have confidence about you all, that my joy {belongs to all of you}.

But if anyone has caused sorrow, he has not caused me sorrow, but {to some degree}--{in order not to say too much}--[to] all [of] you.

So then, you should rather forgive and comfort him, lest somehow this person should be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

Now the one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your seed, and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow,

Then I came to the regions of Syria and of Cilicia,

which [things] {although they have}, to be sure, an appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and humility and unsparing treatment of the body, {do not have any value} against the indulgence of the flesh.

As I swore in my anger, '{They will never enter} into my rest.'"

And to whom did he swear [they would] not enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?

For we who have believed enter into rest, just as he has said, "As I swore in my anger, '{They will never enter} into my rest.'" And yet these works have been accomplished from the foundation of the world.

For [when] God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself,

For people swear by what is greater [than themselves], and the oath for confirmation [is the] end of all dispute for them.

By faith also, {with Sarah}, he received {the ability to procreate} even {past the normal age}, because he regarded the one who had promised [to be] faithful.

Now above all, my brothers, do not swear either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your yes be yes and your no, no, in order that you may not fall under judgment.

like Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you have become [when you] do good and are not frightened with respect to any terror.

and swore by the one who lives {forever and ever}, who created heaven and the [things] in it, and the earth and the [things] in it, and the sea and the [things] in it, "There will be no more delay!

And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth, and there was an evil and painful sore on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image.