And Judah begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

And his fame spread throughout all Syria: and they brought to him all sick people that were taken with diverse diseases and torments, and those who were possessed with demons, and those who were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

But I say to you, Swear not at all: neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:

Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.

And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

So the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

And whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

Whoever therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things upon it.

And whoever shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it.

And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth upon it.

Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crowed.

Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.

Hearken; Behold, a sower went out to sow:

The sower soweth the word.

And he swore to her, Whatever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, to the half of my kingdom.

But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

The oath which he swore to our father Abraham,

(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

Even the very dust of your city which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding, be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh to you.

And when he arose from prayer, and had come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow:

The woman saith to him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?

The woman saith to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, neither come hither to draw.

The woman saith to him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet.

The nobleman saith to him, Sir, come down ere my child dieth.

The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is agitated, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

And we believe, and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.

The same came therefore to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.

But because I have said these things to you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice: and ye will be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest from God.

Jesus saith to her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith to him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

And as concerning that he raised him from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.

And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles, and elders, and brethren, send greeting to the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia.

And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.

And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.

Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.

But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth, against them who commit such things.

Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all;

And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about a hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb.

That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.

And I am sure that when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.

And I wrote this same to you, lest, coming I should have sorrow from them by whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

So that on the other hand, ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such one should be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.

For godly sorrow worketh penitence to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

Now may he that ministereth seed to the sower, both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;

For indeed he was sick nigh to death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them who are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others who have no hope.

So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all contradiction.

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the vail;

(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath, by him that said to him, The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)

Through faith also Sarah herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea, be yea: and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

We have also a more sure word of prophecy; to which ye do well that ye take heed, as to a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts:

And I said to him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they who came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

And swore by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that are in it, and the earth, and the things that are in it, and the sea, and the things which are in it, that there should be time no longer:

And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men who had the mark of the beast, and upon them who worshiped his image.

How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

And God will wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things have passed away.