whilst I was yet speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, flying swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.

and the sword shall turn about in his cities, and shall consume his bars, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

Ephraim encompasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah yet walketh with God, and with the holy things of truth.

Haste ye and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together. Thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.

Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about.

Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An adversary! even round about the land! And he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be pillaged.

For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.

The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.

Art thou better than No-Amon, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about her, whose rampart was the sea, and of the sea was her wall?

Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that loadeth himself with pledges!

and I, saith Jehovah, I will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.

Are not these the words that Jehovah cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and at peace, and her cities round about her, when the south and the lowland were inhabited?

And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of those that pass by and that return; and the exactor shall not pass through them any more: for now have I seen it with mine eyes.

For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, who shall not visit those that are about to perish, neither shall seek that which is strayed away, nor heal that which is wounded, nor feed that which is sound; but he will eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their hoofs in pieces.

Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of bewilderment unto all the peoples round about, and also against Judah shall it be in the siege against Jerusalem.

In that day will I make the leaders of Judah like a hearth of fire among wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left; and Jerusalem shall dwell again in her own place, in Jerusalem.

And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together gold, and silver, and garments, in great abundance.

And John himself had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and his nourishment was locusts and wild honey.

For this cause I say unto you, Do not be careful about your life, what ye should eat and what ye should drink; nor for your body what ye should put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?

And why are ye careful about clothing? Observe with attention the lilies of the field, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin;

Be not careful therefore for the morrow, for the morrow shall be careful about itself. Sufficient to the day is its own evil.

But as they went away, Jesus began to say to the crowds concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? a reed moved about by the wind?

And going out he saw a great crowd, and was moved with compassion about them, and healed their infirm.

But those that had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

Hypocrites! well has Esaias prophesied about you, saying,

For the Son of man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to each according to his doings.

But I say unto you that Elias has already come, and they have not known him, but have done unto him whatever they would. Thus also the Son of man is about to suffer from them.

And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,

And having gone out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle;

Again, having gone out about the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise.

But about the eleventh hour, having gone out, he found others standing, and says to them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

And when they who came to work about the eleventh hour came, they received each a denarius.

And Jesus answering said, Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye drink the cup which I am about to drink? They say to him, We are able.

And the ten, having heard of it, were indignant about the two brothers.

And the chief priests and the Pharisees, having heard his parables, knew that he spoke about them.

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

And John was clothed in camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey.

And the mother-in-law of Simon lay in a fever. And straightway they speak to him about her.

And when he was alone, those about him with the twelve asked him as to the parables.

And Jesus immediately allowed them. And the unclean spirits going out entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep slope, into the sea (about two thousand), and were choked in the sea.

And he looked round about to see her who had done this.

And seeing them labouring in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he comes to them walking on the sea, and would have passed them by.

they ran through that whole country around, and began to carry about those that were ill on couches, where they heard that he was.

And they that had eaten were about four thousand; and he sent them away.

And he charged them straitly, in order that they should tell no man about him.

And he asked them, What do ye question with them about?

And whosoever shall be a snare to one of the little ones who believe in me, it were better for him if a millstone were hung about his neck, and he cast into the sea.

And the ten having heard of it, began to be indignant about James and John.

And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he walked about in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders come to him,

And he said to them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and salutations in the marketplaces,

And a certain young man followed him with a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men seize him;

And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her house.

And fear came upon all who dwelt round about them; and in the whole hill-country of Judaea all these things were the subject of conversation.

and having seen it they made known about the country the thing which had been said to them concerning this child.

And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years old; being as was supposed son of Joseph; of Eli,

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee; and a rumour went out into the whole surrounding country about him;

And he withdrew himself, and was about in the desert places and praying.

And a certain centurion's bondman who was dear to him was ill and about to die;

because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. And as he went the crowds thronged him.

for they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in companies by fifties.

And it came to pass after these words, about eight days, that taking Peter and John and James he went up into a mountain to pray.

who, appearing in glory, spoke of his departure which he was about to accomplish in Jerusalem.

Do ye let these words sink into your ears. For the Son of man is about to be delivered into men's hands.

Now after these things the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place where he himself was about to come.

But Jesus answering said to her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things;

If therefore ye cannot do even what is least, why are ye careful about the rest?

Let your loins be girded about, and lamps burning;

But he answering says to him, Sir, let it alone for this year also, until I shall dig about it and put dung,

It would be more profitable for him if a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea, than that he should be a snare to one of these little ones.

But as they were listening to these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem and they thought that the kingdom of God was about to be immediately manifested.

for days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall make a palisaded mound about thee, and shall close thee around, and keep thee in on every side,

Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes, and who love salutations in the market-places, and first seats in the synagogues, and first places at suppers;

Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

And they began to question together among themselves who then it could be of them who was about to do this.

And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and having knelt down he prayed,

And after the lapse of about one hour another stoutly maintained it, saying, In truth this man also was with him, for also he is a Galilaean.

And it was about the sixth hour, and there came darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

And it came to pass as they were in perplexity about it, that behold, two men suddenly stood by them in shining raiment.

and they conversed with one another about all these things which had taken place.

But we had hoped that he was the one who is about to redeem Israel. But then, besides all these things, it is now, to-day, the third day since these things took place.

He says to them, Come and see. They went therefore, and saw where he abode; and they abode with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.

There was therefore a reasoning of the disciples of John with a Jew about purification.

Now a fountain of Jacob's was there; Jesus therefore, being wearied with the way he had come, sat just as he was at the fountain. It was about the sixth hour.

He, having heard that Jesus had come out of Judaea into Galilee, went to him and asked him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was about to die.

And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place: the men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand.

Having rowed then about twenty-five or thirty stadia, they see Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the ship; and they were frightened.

The Jews therefore murmured about him, because he said, I am the bread which has come down out of heaven.

The Jews therefore said to one another, Where is he about to go that we shall not find him? Is he about to go to the dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

But this he said concerning the Spirit, which they that believed on him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep.

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia off,

One of his disciples therefore, Judas son of Simon, Iscariote, who was about to deliver him up, says,

But this he said signifying by what death he was about to die.

(now it was the preparation of the passover; it was about the sixth hour;) and he says to the Jews, Behold your king!

And Nicodemus also, who at first came to Jesus by night, came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds weight.

and the other disciples came in the small boat, for they were not far from the land, but somewhere about two hundred cubits, dragging the net of fishes.

And in those days Peter, standing up in the midst of the brethren, said, (the crowd of names who were together was about a hundred and twenty,)

Those then who had accepted his word were baptised; and there were added in that day about three thousand souls.

who, seeing Peter and John about to enter into the temple, asked to receive alms.

But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become about five thousand.