Josiah begat Jechoniah and his brethren about the time they were carried away to Babylon.

When he saw many of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, "O generation of vipers, who hath taught you to flee from the vengeance to come?

Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest that adversary deliver ye to the judge, and the judge deliver ye to the minister, and then thou be cast into prison.

"Therefore whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, even so do ye to them: this is the law and the prophets.

And, behold, they cried out, saying, "O Jesus, the son of God, what have we to do with thee? Art thou come hither to torment us before the time be come?"

And as they departed, Jesus began to speak unto the people, of John, "What for to see went ye out into the wilderness? Went ye to see a reed shaken in the wind?

Other, what went ye out for to see? Went ye to see a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.

He answered, and said unto them, "It is given unto you to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

Therefore speak I to them in similitudes: For though they see, they see not; and hearing, they hear not, neither understand.

Jesus said unto them, "Because of your unbelief. For I say verily unto you, if ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye should say unto this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and he should remove: Neither should any thing be impossible for you to do.

He said unto them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives: But from the beginning it was not so.

"What say ye to this? A certain man had two sons, and came to the elder and said, 'Son, go and work today in my vineyard.'

Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which tithe mint, anise, and cumin, and leave the weightier matters of the law undone: judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to have left the other undone.

Then shall they put you to trouble, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake:

And when they had mocked him, they took the robe off him again, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

And Jesus said unto them, "Follow me, and I will make you to be fishers of men."

saying, "Let me be: what have we to do with thou, Jesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee, what thou art, thou art even that holy man promised of God."

and cried with a loud voice and said, "What have I to do with thee, Jesus the son of the most highest God? I require thee in the name of God, that thou torment me not."

Ought we to give, or ought we not to give?" He understood their dissimulation, and said unto them, "Why tempt ye me? Bring me a penny, that I may see it."

And whithersoever he goeth in, say ye to the good man of the house, 'The master asketh where is the guest chamber, where I shall eat the Easter lamb with my disciples?'

And they led Jesus away to the highest priest of all, and to him came all the high priests and the elders, and the scribes.

Then said he to the people that were come to be baptised of him, "O generation of vipers: who hath taught you to fly away from the wrath to come?

And as ye would that men should do to you: so do ye to them likewise.

Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doth the same, I will show you to whom he is like.

When the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people of John, "What went ye out for to see into the wilderness? Went ye to see a reed shaken with the wind?

When he saw Jesus, he cried, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What have I to do with thee Jesus the son of the God most highest? I beseech thee torment me not."

for a friend of mine is come out of the way to me, and I have nothing to set before him':

But woe be to you Pharisees: for ye tithe the mint, and rue, and all manner herbs; and pass over judgment, and the love of God. These ought ye to have done, and yet not to have left the other undone.

And a certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good Master: what ought I to do, to obtain eternal life?"

And there shall be signs, in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars: and in the earth the people shall be in such perplexity, that they shall not tell which way to turn themselves. The sea and the waters shall roar,

And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired you, to sift you, as it were wheat:

No, nor yet Herod. For I sent you to him: and lo, nothing worthy of death is done to him.

And certain of them which were with us, went their way to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not."

Jesus said unto her, "Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come."

I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labor. Other men laboured; And ye are entered into their labors."

Do not think that I will accuse you to my father. There is one that accuseth you, even Moses in whom ye trust.

But now go I my way to him that sent me, and none of you asketh me, 'Whither goest thou?'

Now come I to thee, and these words speak I in the world, that they might have my joy full in them.

and led him away to Annas, first: For he was father-in-law unto Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.

And he said unto them, "It is not for you to know the times, or the seasons which the father hath put in his own power:

Then God turned himself, and gave them up, that they should worship the stars of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, 'O ye of the house of Israel: gave ye to me sacrifices and meat offerings by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

Then answered Simon, and said, "Pray ye to the Lord for me that none of these things which ye have spoken fall on me."

Then loosed we forth from Troas, and with a straight course came we to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis,

but if it be a question of words, or of names, or of your law, look ye to it yourselves. For I will be no judge in such matters."

Wherefore I take you to record this same day, that I am pure from the blood of all men.

And now dear brethren I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build further, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman and uncondemned?"

And therefore study I to have a clear conscience toward God, and toward man also.

and desired favour against him that he would send for him to Jerusalem, and laid wait for him in the way to kill him.

And the next day came we to Sidon, and Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends, and to refresh himself.

And now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you: save of the ship only.

wherefore I pray you to take meat: for this no doubt is for your health, for there shall not a hair fall from the head of any of you."

where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so came we to Rome.

Wherefore I desire you to follow me.

For what have I to do to judge them which are without? Do ye not judge them that are within?

Every man that proveth masteries abstaineth from all things. And they do it to obtain a corruptible crown: but we to obtain an uncorruptible crown.

There hath none other temptation taken you, such as followeth the nature of man. God is faithful, which shall not suffer you to be tempted above your strength: but shall in the midst of the temptation make a way to escape out.

If any of them which believe not bid you to a feast, and if ye be disposed to go, whatsoever is set before you eat, asking no question for conscience sake.

by the which also ye are saved - I do you to know, after what manner I preached unto you - if ye keep it, except ye have believed in vain.

Behold what diligence this godly sorrow that ye took hath wrought in you: yea it caused you to clear yourselves. It caused indignation, it caused fear, it caused desire, it caused a fervent mind, it caused punishment. For in all things ye have showed yourselves that ye were clear in that matter.

I do you to wit, brethren, of the grace of God, which is given in the congregations of Macedonia:

and we boast not ourselves out of measure in other men's labors. Yea, and we hope, when your faith is increased among you, to be magnified according to our measure more largely;

For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy. For I coupled you to one man, to make you a chaste virgin to Christ:

As many as desire with outward appearance to please carnally, they constrain you to be circumcised, only because they would not suffer persecution with the cross of Christ.

Our exhortation was not to bring you to error, nor yet to uncleanness, neither was it with guile:

But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, beloved of the Lord, for because that God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctifying of the spirit; And through believing the truth:

not but that we had authority: but to make ourselves an example unto you, to follow us.

Dearly beloved, be not troubled in this heat, which now is come among you to try you, as though some strange thing had happened unto you:

If all these things shall perish, what manner persons ought ye to be in holy conversation, and godliness:

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, to exhort you, that ye should continually labour in the faith, which was once given unto the saints.

And I beheld and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe; Woe, to the inhabiters of the earth because of the voices to come of the trumpet of the three angels which were yet to blow!"

Therefore rejoice heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea: for the devil is come down unto you, which hath great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time."