And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went out to sow:

Ye, therefore, hear the parable of the sower.

And the bondmen of the householder came up and said to him, Sir, hast thou not sown good seed in thy field? whence then has it darnel?

And coming to the second he said likewise; and he answering said, I go, sir, and went not.

Woe to you, blind guides, who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.

Then he began to curse and to swear, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.

saying, Sir, we have called to mind that that deceiver said when he was still alive, After three days I arise.

Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow.

The sower sows the word:

And he swore to her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask me I will give thee, to half of my kingdom.

But he began to curse and to swear, I know not this man of whom ye speak.

the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,

The census itself first took place when Cyrenius had the government of Syria.

The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the way, and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it up;

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

And one said to him, Sir, are such as are to be saved few in number? But he said unto them,

And the bondman said, Sir, it is done as thou hast commanded, and there is still room.

The woman says to him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then hast thou the living water?

The woman says to him, Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst nor come here to draw.

The woman says to him, Sir, I see that thou art a prophet.

The courtier says to him, Sir, come down ere my child die.

The infirm man answered him, Sir, I have not a man, in order, when the water has been troubled, to cast me into the pool; but while I am coming another descends before me.

And she said, No one, sir. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

these therefore came to Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and they asked him saying, Sir, we desire to see Jesus.

But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

Jesus says to her, Woman, why dost thou weep? Whom seekest thou? She, supposing that it was the gardener, says to him, Sir, if thou hast borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away.

having by their hand written thus: The apostles, and the elders, and the brethren, to the brethren who are from among the nations at Antioch, and in Syria and Cilicia, greeting:

And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the assemblies.

And Paul, having yet stayed there many days, took leave of the brethren and sailed thence to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila, having shorn his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow;

And having spent three months there, a treacherous plot against him having been set on foot by the Jews, as he was going to sail to Syria, the resolution was adopted of returning through Macedonia.

And they all wept sore; and falling upon the neck of Paul they ardently kissed him,

and having sighted Cyprus, and left it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and made the land at Tyre, for there the ship was to discharge her cargo.

Therefore it is on the principle of faith, that it might be according to grace, in order to the promise being sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of Abraham's faith, who is father of us all,

and not being weak in faith, he considered not his own body already become dead, being about a hundred years old, and the deadening of Sarah's womb,

For this word is of promise, According to this time I will come, and there shall be a son to Sarah.

(and our hope for you is sure;) or whether we are encouraged, it is for your encouragement and salvation: knowing that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also of the encouragement.

Now he that supplies seed to the sower and bread for eating shall supply and make abundant your sowing, and increase the fruits of your righteousness:

Then I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia.

for he was also sick close to death, but God had mercy on him, and not indeed on him alone, but also on me, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

so I swore in my wrath, If they shall enter into my rest.

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who had not hearkened to the word?

For God, having promised to Abraham, since he had no greater to swear by, swore by himself,

For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.

By faith also Sarah herself received strength for the conception of seed, and that beyond a seasonable age; since she counted him faithful who promised.

But before all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, that ye do not fall under judgment.

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children ye have become, doing good, and not fearing with any kind of consternation.

Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;

and swore by him that lives to the ages of ages, who created the heaven and the things that are in it, and the earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are in it, that there should be no longer delay;

And the first went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and there came an evil and grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and those who worshipped its image.