Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to them, So says the Lord Jehovah to the shepherds: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flocks?

And the king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs that he should bring some of the sons of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the rulers;

And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has chosen your food and your drink. For why should he see your faces worse looking than the boys who are of your kind? Then you would forfeit my head to the king.

And the law went out that the wise men should be killed. And they sought Daniel and his fellows to be killed.

that they might pray for the mercies of God in Heaven concerning this secret, that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

As for you, O king, your thoughts came on your bed, what should happen after this. And He who reveals secrets makes known to you what shall happen.

And whoever does not fall down and worship, he should be thrown into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.

Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and the form of his face was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He spoke and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

Then Belshazzar commanded, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet and a golden chain around his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.

And over them were three presidents (Daniel was one of them), so that these satraps might give account to them, and the king should have no loss.

Then the king was exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of hurt was found on him, because he trusted in his God.

And dominion and glory was given Him, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations and languages, should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and His kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

For now they shall say, We have no king because we did not fear Jehovah; what then should a king do to us?

Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Have pity on Your people, O Jehovah, and give not Your inheritance to shame, for a proverb among those of the nations. Why should they say among the people, Where is their God?

But you should not have looked on the day of your brother on the day of his alienation; nor should you have rejoiced over the sons of Judah in the day of their ruin; nor should you have enlarged your mouth in the day of distress.

You should not have entered into the gate of My people in the day of their calamity; also, you should not have looked on his evil in the day of their calamity. Nor should you have sent out against his force in the day of his calamity.

Nor should you have stood on the crossways to cut off those of him who escaped; nor should you have shut up his survivors in the day of distress.

And should I not spare Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than a hundred and twenty thousand men who do not know between their right and their left hand, besides much cattle?

For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels, so that I should make you a ruin and its people a hissing; therefore you shall bear the shame of My people.

So says Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people says, The time has not come, the time that Jehovah's house should be built.

to speak to the priests who belong to the house of Jehovah of Hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, consecrating myself, as I have done these many years?

You also said, Behold, what a weariness it is! And you have puffed at it, says Jehovah of Hosts. And you bring plunder, and the lame, and the sick, and you bring the food offering. Should I accept it from your hand, says Jehovah?

For the priest's lips should guard knowledge, and they should seek the Law at his mouth; for he is the messenger of Jehovah of Hosts.

And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

And if your right eye offends you, pluck it out and throw it from you. For it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be thrown into hell.

And if your right hand offends you, cut it off and throw it from you. For it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be thrown into hell.

Therefore all things, whatever you desire that men should do to you, do even so to them; for this is the Law and the Prophets.

The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my boy will be healed.

And they said to Him, Are You he who should come, or do we look for another?

for this people's heart has become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."

And His disciples said to Him, From where should we get so many loaves in the wilderness, so as to fill so great a crowd?

Then He warned His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ.

But lest we should offend them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take up the first fish that comes up. And when you have opened its mouth, you shall find a stater; take that, and give it to them for Me and you.

Even so it is not the will of your Father in Heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

And he would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay the debt.

Should you not also have pitied your fellow servant, even as I had pity on you?

And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him.

Then little children were brought to Him, that He should put His hands on them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them.

And the crowd rebuked them, saying that they should be silent. But they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David!

And Jesus stood still and called them, and said, What do you desire that I should do to you?

And unless those days should be shortened, no flesh would be saved. But for the elect's sake, those days shall be shortened.

then you should have put my money to the exchangers, and coming I would have received my own with interest.

Peter said to Him, though I should die with You, yet I will not deny You. All the disciples also said the same.

But the chief priests and elders persuaded the crowd that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus.

Then Jesus said to them, Do not be afraid; go tell My brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see Me.

And He spoke to His disciples, so that a small boat should stay near to Him, because of the crowd, lest they should press on Him.

And He strictly charged them that they should not make Him known.

And He ordained twelve, that they should be with Him, and that He might send them out to proclaim,

so that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.

And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knows not how.

And He strictly warned them that no one should know this. And He said to give her something to eat.

And they went out and proclaimed that men should repent.

And He commanded them, that they should tell no one. But the more He commanded them, so much the more they proclaimed it.

And He charged them that they should tell no one of Him.

And as they came down from the mountain, He commanded them that they should tell no one the things that they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.

And He answered and told them, Elijah truly does come first and restores all things. And how has it been written of the Son of Man that He should suffer many things and be despised?

And wherever he seizes him, he dashes him. And he foams and gnashes his teeth and pines away. And I spoke to Your disciples that they should cast him out, and they could not.

And going out from there, they passed through Galilee. And He desired that no one should know.

And they brought children to Him, so that He should touch them. And His disciples rebuked those bringing them.

And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to Him, saying, Master, we desire that You should do for us whatever we shall ask.

And He said to them, What do you desire that I should do for you?

And many warned him that he should be quiet, but he cried a great deal more, Son of David, have mercy on me!

And answering Jesus said to him, What do you desire that I should do to you? The blind man said to Him, My Lord, that I may see again.

Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If a man's brother die and leaves his wife, and leaves no children, his brother should take his wife and raise up seed to his brother.

But whenever they lead you away and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what you should speak or think. But speak whatever shall be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speaks, but the Holy Spirit.

But he spoke the more fervently, If I should die with You, I will not deny You in any way. Also they all said likewise.

But the chief priests moved the people that he should rather release Barabbas to them.

And Pilate answered and said again to them, What then do you desire that I should do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?

And when they had crucified Him, they divided His garments, casting lots on them, as, to what each should take.

And from where is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,

And it happened in those days that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.

And as you desire that men should do to you, you do also to them likewise.

Then Jesus went with them. But He being yet not far off from the house, the centurion sent friends to Him, saying to Him, Lord, do not trouble Yourself. For I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof.

And John, calling near a certain two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, Are You He that should come, or do we look for another?

And coming to Him, the men said, John the Baptist has sent us to You, saying, Are You He who should come, or do we look for another?

Those by the roadside are the ones who hear; then the Devil comes and takes the Word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

It was right that we should make merry and be glad, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

And he said, No, father Abraham, but if one should go to them from the dead, they would repent.

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged around his neck and he were cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

And they who were in front rebuked him that he should be quiet. But he cried so much the more, Son of David! Have mercy on me.

saying, What do you desire that I should do to you? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.

But those who are my enemies, who did not desire that I should reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me.

And He answered and said to them, I tell you that if these should be silent, the stones would cry out.

And in season he sent a servant to the vinedressers, so that they should give him the fruit of the vineyard. But the vinedressers beat him and sent him away empty.

saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If anyone's brother dies, having a wife, and if he dies without children, his brother should take his wife and raise up seed to his brother.

And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts are weighed down with headaches and drinking and anxieties of this life; and that day should suddenly come on you;

And they began to inquire among themselves which of them it was that should do this thing.

And Pilate gave judgment that their request should be granted.

and that repentance and remission of sins should be proclaimed in His name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

and did not need that anyone should testify of man. For He knew what was in man.

so that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

so that all should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.

But I have greater witness than that of John, for the works which the Father has given Me that I should finish them, the works which I do themselves witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.

And this is the will of the Father who sent Me, that of all which He has given Me I should lose nothing but should raise it up again at the last day.

And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes on Him should have everlasting life. And I will raise him up at the last day.