I will stand on my watch and set myself on the tower, and will watch to see what He will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

And Jehovah answered me and said, Write the vision, and make it plain on the tablets, that he who reads it may run.

Woe to him who robs evil booty for his house, to set his nest on high, to be delivered from the hand of evil!

I said, Surely you will fear Me; you will receive instruction; then her dwelling shall not be cut off, all that I appointed for her. But they rose early, corrupting all their doings.

In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear not! Do not let not your hands droop, Zion.

And now so says Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart on your ways;

So says Jehovah of Hosts: Set your heart on your ways.

If one carries holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and touches his skirt to bread, or boiled food, or wine, or oil, or any food, will it become holy? And the priests answered and said, No.

Then Haggai said, If one unclean of body touches these, is it unclean? And the priests answered and said, It is unclean.

And Haggai answered and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before Me, says Jehovah. And so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean.

And now, I ask you, set your heart on it; from this day and onward, before the placing of a stone on a stone in the temple of Jehovah;

Now set your heart from this day and forward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the day that Jehovah's temple was founded. Set your heart:

Is the seed still in the barn? Yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, have not brought forth. From this day I will bless you.

But My Words and My statutes which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? And they returned and said, As Jehovah of Hosts planned to do to us, according to our ways and according to our doings, so He has done with us.

Then I said, O my lord, what are these? And the angel who talked with me said to me, I will show you what these are.

And the Man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are those whom Jehovah has sent to walk to and fro through the earth.

And they answered the Angel of Jehovah who stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and behold, all the earth sits still and is at peace.

Then the Angel of Jehovah answered and said, O Jehovah of Hosts, how long will You not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah against which You have cursed these seventy years?

So the angel who talked with me said to me, Cry out, saying, So says Jehovah of Hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.

And I said to the angel who talked with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

And I said, What are these coming to do? And He spoke, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man lifted up his head. But these have come to terrify them, to throw down the horns of the nations who lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.

Then I said, Where are you going? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length.

And he said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited, as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle in her midst.

And Jehovah said to Satan, May Jehovah rebuke you, Satan! May even Jehovah who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked out of the fire?

And He answered and spoke to those who stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy clothes from him. And to him He said, Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with ceremonial robes.

And I said, Let them set a clean turban on his head. And they set a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments. And the Angel of Jehovah stood by.

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men of symbol.

For behold! I will bring forth My Servant the Branch. For behold the stone that I have set before Joshua: On one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave its engraving, says Jehovah of Hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

In that day, says Jehovah of Hosts, you shall call, each man to his neighbor, to sit under the vine and under the fig tree.

And he said to me, What do you see? And I said, I see, and behold, a lampstand, all of it gold, and a bowl on its top, and its seven lamps on it, and seven pipes to the seven lamps on its top;

Then the angel who talked with me answered and said to me, Do you know what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

And I answered and said to him, What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?

And I answered again and said to him, What are the two olive clusters beside the two golden pipes, emptying the golden oil from themselves?

And he answered me and said, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord.

And he said, These are the two sons of fresh oil who stand by Jehovah of the whole earth.

And he said to me, What do you see? And I answered, I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, and its width ten cubits.

And he said to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth; for from now on everyone who steals shall be cut off according to it; and everyone who swears from now on shall be cut off according to it.

Then the angel who talked with me went forth and said to me, Now lift up your eyes and see what this is that goes forth.

And I said, What is it? And he said, This is the ephah that goes forth. And he said, This is their form in all the earth.

And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah. And he cast the lead stone over its opening.

And I said to the angel who talked with me, Where are they going with the ephah?

And he said to me, To build a house for it in the land of Shinar; and it shall be established and set there on its own base.

And I answered and said to the angel who talked with me, What are these, my lord?

And the angel answered and said to me, These are the four spirits of the heavens who go forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth.

And the strong colored ones went forth and sought to go, so to walk to and fro through the earth. And he said, Go! Walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.

And take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest.

Even He shall build the temple of Jehovah; and He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on His throne. And He shall be a priest on His throne; and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

For the seed shall be blessed; the vine shall give its fruit, and the ground shall give its increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.

And I said, I will not feed you; that which dies, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off. And those left, let them eat, each woman her neighbor's flesh.

And I said to them, If it is good, give My price; and if not, let it go. So they weighed My price thirty pieces of silver.

And Jehovah said to me, Throw it to the potter, the magnificent price at which I was valued by them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of Jehovah.

And Jehovah said to me, Take to yourself yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.

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?

If you will not hear, and if you will not set it on your heart to give glory to My name, says Jehovah of Hosts, then I will send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings. And indeed I have cursed it, because you do not set it on your heart.

Behold, I am rebuking your seed; and I will spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your appointed feasts. And one shall lift you up to it.

And did He not make you one? Yet the vestige of the Spirit is in him. And what of the one? He was seeking a godly seed. Then guard your spirit, and do not act treacherously with the wife of your youth.

And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may be offerers of a food offering in righteousness to Jehovah.

You have said, It is vain to serve God; and, What profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked as mourners before Jehovah of Hosts?

For behold, the day is coming, burning like a fire pot; and all the proud, and every doer of wickedness, shall be chaff. And the coming day will set them ablaze, says Jehovah of Hosts, which will not leave root or branches to them.

And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judea. For so it is written by the prophet,

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child. And when you have found him, bring me word again so that I may come and worship him also.

But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

And answering Jesus said to him, Allow it now, for it is becoming to us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he allowed Him.

And when the tempter came to Him, he said, If You are the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

But He answered and said, It is written, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God."

Then the Devil took Him up into the holy city and set Him upon a pinnacle of the Temple.

And he said to Him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down. For it is written, "He shall give His angels charge concerning You, and in their hands they shall bear You up, lest at any time You dash Your foot against a stone."

Jesus said to him, It is written again, "You shall not tempt the Lord your God."

And he said to Him, All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.

Then Jesus said to him, Go, Satan! For it is written, "You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve."

The people who sat in darkness saw a great Light; and Light has sprung up to those who sat in the region and shadow of death."

And He said to them, Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And seeing the multitudes, He went up into a mountain. And when He had sat down, His disciples came to Him.

You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

You have heard that it was said to the ancients, "You shall not kill" --and, "Whoever shall kill shall be liable to the judgment."

You have heard that it was said to the ancients, "You shall not commit adultery."

It was also said, Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a bill of divorce.

Again, you have heard that it has been said to the ancients, "You shall not swear falsely, but you shall perform your oaths to the Lord."

You have heard that it was said, "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth."

You have heard that it was said, "You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy."

And when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, of a sad face. For they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to men to fast. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

And Jesus said to him, See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest. And offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

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.

When Jesus heard, He marvelled and said to those who followed, Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel.

And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of Heaven.

And Jesus said to the centurion, Go. And as you have believed, so let it be to you. And his boy was healed in that hour.

And seeing great crowds, Jesus gave orders to depart to the other side.

And a certain scribe came and said to him, Master, I will follow You wherever You go.

And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head.

And another of His disciples said to him, Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.

But Jesus said to him, Follow Me, and let the dead bury their dead.

And He said to them, Why are you afraid, little-faiths? Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

And when He had come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, two demon-possessed ones met Him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one might pass by that way.

And He said to them, Go! And when they had come out, they went into the herd of swine. And behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters.

And behold, they brought to Him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, Child, be of good cheer. Your sins are forgiven you.

And lo, some of the scribes said within themselves, This one blasphemes.

And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, Why do you think evil in your hearts?

But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins, then He said to the paralytic, Arise, take up your bed and go to your house.

And as Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax-office. And He said to him, Follow Me! And he arose and followed Him.

And when the Pharisees saw, they said to His disciples, Why does your master eat with tax-collectors and sinners?