and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin;

'Hypocrites, well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying,

'And his lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

'His lord said to him, Well done, servant, good and faithful, over a few things thou wast faithful, over many things I will set thee; enter into the joy of thy lord.

and he answering said to them -- 'Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you, hypocrites, as it hath been written, This people with the lips doth honour Me, and their heart is far from Me;

And he said to them, 'Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;

and they were being beyond measure astonished, saying, 'Well hath he done all things; both the deaf he doth make to hear, and the dumb to speak.'

And one of the scribes having come near, having heard them disputing, knowing that he answered them well, questioned him, 'Which is the first command of all?'

And the scribe said to him, 'Well, Teacher, in truth thou hast spoken that there is one God, and there is none other but He;

serpents they shall take up; and if any deadly thing they may drink, it shall not hurt them; on the ailing they shall lay hands, and they shall be well.'

And Jesus answering said unto them, 'They who are well have no need of a physician, but they that are ill:

Woe to you when all men shall speak well of you -- for according to these things were their fathers doing to false prophets.

Then do ye testify, and are well pleased with the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye do build their tombs;

And he spake a simile unto them, saying, 'Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

and he said to him, Well done, good servant, because in a very little thou didst become faithful, be having authority over ten cities.

And certain of the scribes answering said, 'Teacher, thou didst say well;'

and there was there a well of Jacob. Jesus therefore having been weary from the journeying, was sitting thus on the well; it was as it were the sixth hour;

The woman saith to him, 'Sir, thou hast not even a vessel to draw with, and the well is deep; whence, then, hast thou the living water?

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who did give us the well, and himself out of it did drink, and his sons, and his cattle?'

but whoever may drink of the water that I will give him, may not thirst -- to the age; and the water that I will give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up to life age-during.'

the woman answered and said, 'I have not a husband.' Jesus saith to her, 'Well didst thou say -- A husband I have not;

The Jews, therefore, answered and said to him, 'Do we not say well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?'

ye call me, The Teacher and The Lord, and ye say well, for I am;

Jesus answered him, 'If I spake ill, testify concerning the ill; and if well, why me dost thou smite?'

look out, therefore, brethren, seven men of you who are well testified of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may set over this necessity,

And they said, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.'

at once, therefore, I sent to thee; thou also didst do well, having come; now, therefore, are we all before God present to hear all things that have been commanded thee by God.'

to abstain from things offered to idols, and blood, and a strangled thing, and whoredom; from which keeping yourselves, ye shall do well; be strong!'

who was well testified to by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium;

and Paul said, 'At the tribunal of Caesar I am standing, where it behoveth me to be judged; to Jews I did no unrighteousness, as thou dost also very well know;

And not being agreed with one another, they were going away, Paul having spoken one word -- 'Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers,

for it pleased Macedonia and Achaia well to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who are in Jerusalem;

for it pleased well, and their debtors they are, for if in their spiritual things the nations did participate, they ought also, in the fleshly things, to minister to them.

And he who hath stood stedfast in the heart -- not having necessity -- and hath authority over his own will, and this he hath determined in his heart -- to keep his own virgin -- doth well;

so that both he who is giving in marriage doth well, and he who is not giving in marriage doth better.

but in the most of them God was not well pleased, for they were strewn in the wilderness,

for thou, indeed, dost give thanks well, but the other is not built up!

we have courage, and are well pleased rather to be away from the home of the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,

for He saith, 'In an acceptable time I did hear thee, and in a day of salvation I did help thee, lo, now is a well-accepted time; lo, now, a day of salvation,' --

for if the willing mind is present, according to that which any one may have it is well-accepted, not according to that which he hath not;

for if, indeed, he who is coming doth preach another Jesus whom we did not preach, or another Spirit ye receive which ye did not receive, or other good news which ye did not accept -- well were ye bearing it,

wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses -- for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;

and when God was well pleased -- having separated me from the womb of my mother, and having called me through His grace --

they are zealous for you -- yet not well, but they wish to shut us out, that for them ye may be zealous;

Ye were running well; who did hinder you -- not to obey the truth?

proving what is well-pleasing to the Lord,

which is the first command with a promise, 'That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live a long time upon the land.'

but ye did well, having communicated with my tribulation;

and I have all things, and abound; I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things from you -- an odour of a sweet smell -- a sacrifice acceptable, well-pleasing to God:

the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

so being desirous of you, we are well-pleased to impart to you not only the good news of God, but also our own souls, because beloved ye have become to us,

that they may be judged -- all who did not believe the truth, but were well pleased in the unrighteousness.

and ye, brethren, may ye not be weary doing well,

his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

Ministrants -- let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that is in Christ Jesus.

The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,

may the Lord give to him to find kindness from the Lord in that day; and how many things in Ephesus he did minister thou dost very well know.

Servants -- to their own masters are to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying,

By faith Enoch was translated -- not to see death, and was not found, because God did translate him; for before his translation he had been testified to -- that he had pleased God well,

and apart from faith it is impossible to please well, for it behoveth him who is coming to God to believe that He is, and to those seeking Him He becometh a rewarder.

wherefore, a kingdom that cannot be shaken receiving, may we have grace, through which we may serve God well-pleasingly, with reverence and religious fear;

and of doing good, and of fellowship, be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well-pleased.

Pray for us, for we trust that we have a good conscience, in all things willing to behave well,

make you perfect in every good work to do His will, doing in you that which is well-pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory -- to the ages of the ages! Amen.

and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, 'Thou -- sit thou here well,' and to the poor man may say, 'Thou -- stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,' --

If, indeed, royal law ye complete, according to the Writing, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,' -- ye do well;

thou -- thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder!

for having received from God the Father honour and glory, such a voice being borne to him by the excellent glory: 'This is My Son -- the beloved, in whom I was well pleased;'

And we have more firm the prophetic word, to which we do well giving heed, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, till day may dawn, and a morning star may arise -- in your hearts;

These are wells without water, and clouds by a tempest driven, to whom the thick gloom of the darkness to the age hath been kept;

who did testify of thy love before an assembly, whom thou wilt do well, having sent forward worthily of God,