And Judah begat Pharez and Zarah of Thamar, and Pharez begat Esrom, and Esrom begat Aram;

And his fame went thro' all Syria; and they brought to him all sick people, that were seized with divers diseases and tormenting pains; even demoniacs, and lunaticks, and paralytics; and he healed them.

But I say unto you, Swear not at all, neither by heaven, for it is God's throne.

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

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

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom,

So the servants of the housholder came to him and said, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? Whence then hath it darnel?

And the disciples hearing it, fell on their face and were sore afraid.

were sore displeased, And said to him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith to them, Yea: have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

And coming to the other, he said likewise. And he answered, I go Sir: but went not.

Wo to you, ye blind guides; who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound.

And whosoever shall swear by the altar, ye say, it is nothing: but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, is bound.

And he that had received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Sir, thou deliveredst to me five talents; behold I have gained to them five talents more.

He also that had received two talents came and said, Sir, thou deliveredst to me two talents; behold I have gained to them two other talents.

Then he that had received the one talent came and said, Sir, I knew that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sown, and gathering whence thou hadst not scattered.

Then began he to curse and to swear, I know not the man.

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

Behold, a sower went out to sow.

The sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way-side, where the word is sown;

And he sware to her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask me, I will give thee, to the half my kingdom.

For he knew not what to say; for they were sore afraid.

And having cried and rent him sore, he came out; and he was as dead, so that many said, He is dead.

And he taketh with him Peter and James and John; and he began to be sore amazed and in deep anguish, And saith to them,

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

The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,

(Now this first inrolment was made, when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

And lo an angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them; and they were sore afraid.

And much people being gathered together, coming to him out of every city, he spake by a parable, A sower went forth to sow his seed:

And the servant said, Sir, it is done as thou hast commanded; and yet there is room.

Is it lawful for us, to give tribute to C?sar, or no?

Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answering said, C?sar's.

He said, Render therefore to C?sar the things which are C?sar's, and to God the things which are God's.

and found them sleeping for sorrow, And said to them, Why sleep ye? Rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.

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

The woman saith to him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, 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 die.

The infirm man answered him, Sir, I have no man to put me into the bath, when the water is troubled; and while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

She saith, No man, Sir. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee. Go, and sin no more.

He answered and said, Sir, who is he, that I may believe on him?

These came to Philip of Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, we desire to see Jesus.

But because I have told you this, sorrow hath filled your heart.

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

A woman when she is in travel, hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she is delivered of the child, she no longer remembreth 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 one taketh from you.

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

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

And because he raised him up from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he spake thus, I will give you the sure mercies of David.

Writing thus by their hand, The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren salute 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 still continued many days; and then taking leave of the brethren, sailed thence for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shaved his head at Cenchrea; for he had a vow.

And having abode there three months, an ambush being laid for him by the Jews, as he was about to sail into Syria, he determined to return by Macedonia.

And they all wept sore, and falling on Paul's neck kissed him,

And coming within sight of Cyprus, and leaving it on the left-hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload her burden.

And not being weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, being about an hundred years old, nor the deadness of Sarah's womb.

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

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

So that on the contrary ye should rather forgive and comfort him, lest such an one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.

For godly sorrow worketh repentance unto salvation not to be repented of, whereas the sorrow of the world worketh death.

And may he who supplieth seed to the sower, and bread for your food, supply and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:)

Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

He was indeed sick nigh unto death; but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me likewise, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of C?sar's houshold.

Now we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others who have no hope.

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

Whose carcases fell in the wilderness? And to whom sware he, that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

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

he swore by himself, Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.

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 stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil,

but this with an oath, by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedek:)

By faith Sarah also herself received power to conceive seed, even when she was past age, because she accounted him faithful who had promised.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay nay, lest ye fall into condemnation.

being subject to their own husbands, As Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children ye are while ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein, There shall be no more a time.

And the first went and poured out his phial upon the earth, and there came a grievous sore on the men that had the mark of the wild beast, and that worshiped his image.

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

Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and sorrow, and famine; and she shall be burnt with fire; for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.

And he shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall sorrow, or crying, or pain, be any more; because the former things are gone away.