Knowing that, Not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, have ye been redeemed from your unmeaning behaviour paternally handed down,

And there was handed to him a scroll of the prophet Isaiah; and unfolding the scroll, he found the place where it was written:

And, folding up the scroll, he handed it to the attendant, and sat down; and, the eyes of all, in the synagogue, were intently fixed upon him;

Let no one be deceiving you with empty words; for, because of these things, is coming the anger of God upon the sons of obstinacy:

Be taking heed, lest there shall be anyone leading, you, off as a spoil, through means of their philosophy, and an empty deceit, - according to the instruction of men, according to the first principles of the world, - and not according to Christ:

But art thou willing to learn, O empty man! that, faith, apart from works, is, idle?

Then, it saith, Into my house, will I return whence I came out, - and, coming, findeth it empty and swept and adorned.

and, taking him, they beat him, and sent him away, empty.

The hungry, hath he filled with good things, and, the wealthy, hath he sent empty away;

and, coming, findeth it, empty,swept, and adorned.

And, in due season, he sent unto the husbandmen, a servant, that, of the fruit of the vineyard, they might give him; but, the husbandmen, having beaten him, sent him away empty.

And he, further, sent another servant; but, they, beating, that one also, and dishonouring him, sent him away, empty.

Who, by our father, through means of the Holy Spirit, even by the mouth of David thy servant, said - Unto what end did nations rage, and, peoples, busy themselves with empty things?

But, himself, emptied, taking, a servant's form, coming to be, in men's likeness;