Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thy heritage, which dwell solitarily, in the forest in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee?

But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.

And his brightness was as the light; He had rays coming forth from his hand; And there was the hiding of his power.

The sun and moon stood still in their habitation, At the light of thine arrows as they went, At the shining of thy glittering spear.

And herds shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the pelican and the porcupine shall lodge in the capitals thereof; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he hath laid bare the cedar-work.

Her prophets are light and treacherous persons; her priests have profaned the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

Jehovah in the midst of her is righteous; he will not do iniquity; every morning doth he bring his justice to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame.

In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not; O Zion, let not thy hands be slack.

And now, I pray you, consider from this day and backward, before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of Jehovah.

Consider, I pray you, from this day and backward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month , since the day that the foundation of Jehovah's temple was laid, consider it.

And I said, Let them set a clean mitre upon his head. So they set a clean mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments; and the angel of Jehovah was standing by.

The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that Jehovah of hosts hath sent me unto you.

(and, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.

And he said, This is Wickedness: and he cast her down into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

and oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the sojourner, nor the poor; and let none of you devise evil against his brother in your heart.

but I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they have not known. Thus the land was desolate after them, so that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets that were in the day that the foundation of the house of Jehovah of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.

And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong.

and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith Jehovah.

and the inhabitants of one city'shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to entreat the favor of Jehovah, and to seek Jehovah of hosts: I will go also.

A voice of the wailing of the shepherds! for their glory is destroyed: a voice of the roaring of young lions! for the pride of the Jordan is laid waste.

Then said I, I will not feed you: that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left eat every one the flesh of another.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that there shall not be light; the bright ones shall withdraw themselves:

but it shall be one day which is known unto Jehovah; not day, and not night; but it shall come to pass, that at evening time there shall be light.

And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

The people that sat in darkness Saw a great light, And to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, To them did light spring up.

Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.

Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shineth unto all that are in the house.

Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:

But let your speech be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one .

And if any man would go to law with thee, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is the darkness!

Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me cast out the mote out of thine eye; and lo, the beam is in thine own eye?

And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.

He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

He that hath ears, let him hear.

Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.

For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

Let them alone: they are blind guides. And if the blind guide the blind, both shall fall into a pit.

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

and he was transfigured before them; and his face did shine as the sun, and his garments became white as the light.

And if he refuse to hear them, tell it unto the church: and if he refuse to hear the church also, let him be unto thee as the Gentile and the publican.

But that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him a hundred shillings: and he laid hold on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay what thou owest.

So that they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

For there are eunuchs, that were so born from their mother's womb: and there are eunuchs, that were made eunuchs by men: and there are eunuchs, that made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.

And seeing a fig tree by the way side, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only; and he saith unto it, Let there be no fruit from thee henceforward for ever. And immediately the fig tree withered away.

Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country.

But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance.

They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, who shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise;

and the rest laid hold on his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.

And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray.

For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.

And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray.

When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand),

then let them that are in Judaea flee unto the mountains:

let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out things that are in his house:

and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloak.

For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

But immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

And he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

Arise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that betrayeth me.

And Jesus said unto him, Friend, do that for which thou art come. Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

And they that had taken Jesus led him away to the house of Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together.

and they bound him, and led him away, and delivered him up to Pilate the governor.

Pilate saith unto them, What then shall I do unto Jesus who is called Christ? They all say, Let him be crucified.

And he said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out exceedingly, saying, Let him be crucified.

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

He saved others; himself he cannot save. He is the King of Israel; let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him.

He trusteth on God; let him deliver him now, if he desireth him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

And the rest said, Let be; let us see whether Elijah cometh to save him.

And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.

and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed.

Now late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.

And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.

And he saith unto them, Let us go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also; for to this end came I forth.

And when they could not come nigh unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the sick of the palsy lay.

And he said, Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

For there is nothing hid, save that it should be manifested; neither was anything made secret, but that it should come to light.

If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.

And on that day, when even was come, he saith unto them, Let us go over unto the other side.

and crying out with a loud voice, he saith, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I adjure thee by God, torment me not.

And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.

For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife; for he had married her.

And when his disciples heard thereof , they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.

And wheresoever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:

If any man hath ears to hear, let him hear.

And he said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.