Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.

And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:

Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den. The king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing in regard to Daniel could be changed.

Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No diversions were brought to him, and he could not sleep.

I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.

And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

Now, as for me Daniel, then was I sick for days, but I arose and did the business of the king, - and, though I was confounded concerning the revelation, yet could no one discern it.

And when he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground, and could not speak.

He'll invade the most prosperous areas of the province during a time of tranquility, accomplishing what neither his predecessors nor his ancestors ever could. He'll distribute war spoils, booty, and wealth to them, and he'll plot the overthrow of fortresses, though only for a time.

And, I, heard, but could not understand, - so I said, O my lord! what shall be the issue of these things?

I'll punish her for the time she has devoted to the Baals, to whom she burned incense, and for whom she put on her earrings and jewels so she could go after her lovers and forget me," declares the LORD.

When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah his disease: Ephraim went unto Assyria, and sent unto king Jareb: yet could not he help you, nor ease you of your pain.

For, now, will they say, We have no king, - for we revere not Yahweh, and what could, a king, do for us?

"From the time of Gibeah, you have sinned, Israel; There they took their stand; the battle at Gibeah could not subdue the lawless.

They cast lots for my people they sold a young boy in exchange for a prostitute, and a girl for wine, so they could drink."

This is what the Lord says: "Because the Ammonites have committed three crimes -- make that four! -- I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They ripped open Gilead's pregnant women so they could expand their territory.

I brought you up from the land of Egypt; I led you through the wilderness for forty years so you could take the Amorites' land as your own.

It happened that, when they made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, "Lord GOD, forgive, I beg you. How could Jacob stand? For he is small."

Then I said, "Lord GOD, stop, I beg you. How could Jacob stand? For he is small."

Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there.

Then the men became extremely frightened and they said to him, “How could you do this?” For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the Lord, because he had told them.

Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

Those who cling to vain idols leave behind the gracious love that could have been theirs.

Then Jonah went out from the city and sat east of it. There he made a shelter for himself and sat under it in the shade until he could see what would happen in the city.

{And when the sun rose}, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head and he grew faint. {And he asked that he could die} and said, "My death [is] better than my life!"

Then God asked Jonah, "Is your anger about the vine plant justified?" And he answered, "Absolutely! I'm so angry I could die!"

Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! There is no end to the spoils, an abundance of {everything one could want}!

I asked, “What are they coming to do?”

He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so no one could raise his head. These craftsmen have come to terrify them, to cut off the horns of the nations that raised their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”

Before he could reply I asked again, "What are these two extensions of the olive trees, which are emptying out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?"

But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.

They made their hearts like flint so that they could not hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from the Lord of hosts.

For why? Before these days, neither men nor cattle could win anything, neither might any man come in and out in rest, for trouble: but I let every man go against his neighbour.

And ye have said, Lo! what a weariness! And ye have snuffed at Me, saith Yahweh of hosts, and have brought in the torn and the lame and the sick, thus have ye brought the present, - Could I accept it at your hand? saith Yahweh.

and settled in a town called Nazareth, so that it could fulfill what was spoken by the prophets [Isa. 11:1 in the Hebrew text] that Jesus would be called a Nazarene.

His winnowing shovel [Note: This was a process whereby grain was tossed into the air so that the wind could blow the husks away, leaving only good grain on the ground] is in His hand and He will completely clear off His threshing floor [by removing all of the husks]. And He will gather His wheat into the barn, but will burn up the husks with a fire that will never go out."

Which of you, though he took thought therefore, could put one cubit unto his stature?

and yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his magnificence could array himself like one of these.

and Jesus said to the centurion, go thy way, what you believed could be done, is effected for you. and his servant was healed in that very hour.

When He reached the other side, in the district of Gadara, there faced Him two men, who were under the power of demons, who were just coming out from the tombs. They were such terrors that nobody could pass that way.

As they were going away, a man who could not talk and was demon-possessed was brought to him.

and after the demon had been driven out, the dumb man could talk. So the crowds were dumbfounded, saying, "Never before among the Jews was anything like this?

And summoning his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, so that they could expel [them] and could heal every disease and every sickness.

And behold, [there was] a man who had a withered hand, and they asked him, saying, "Is it permitted to heal on the Sabbath?" in order that they could accuse him.

But the Pharisees went out {and plotted} against him in order that they could destroy him.

Then a demon-possessed man [who was] blind and mute was brought to him. And he healed him so that the [man who was] mute could speak and see.

And all the people were amazed and said, "Could this be the Son of David?"

besides, how could any one enter into the house of a man of might to rob him of his goods, except he first master the strong man? and then indeed he might plunder his house.

For I tell you, many prophets and upright men have longed to see what you see, and could not see it, and to hear what you hear, and could not hear it.

"The kingdom of heaven is similar to a person finding a treasure hidden in a field. After finding it, he was so happy he hid it [again], then went out and sold everything he owned so he could buy that field.

There he could not do many miracles owing to their lack of faith.

Then immediately Jesus ordered the disciples to enter the boat and row on ahead of Him to the other side [i.e., to the west side of Lake Galilee] until He could send the crowds away.

They begged him if they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother, I have given to God the money I could have helped you with;'

And Jesus having called his disciples, said, I feel compassion for the crowd, for already they remain with me three days, and they have nothing they could eat: and I will not leave them fasting, lest they be relaxed in the way.

And the disciples said to him, "Where in [this] desolate place {can we get} so much bread that such a great crowd could be satisfied?"

How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!"

For what would a man be advantaged, though he could gain the whole world, if he should suffer the loss of his soul? or what will a man give as the ransom for his soul?

And having responded, Peter said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here. If thou desire, we could make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not heal him."

Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said, "Why could not we cast him out?"

He answered them, "[It was] because you had such little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith as [small as] a mustard tree seed, you could say to this mountain, 'Move from here to that place over there' and it would move. And nothing will be impossible for you [to do]." {[{[Some manuscripts contain the following verse:

"Yes," answered Peter. But, on going into the house, before he could speak, Jesus said: "What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings take taxes or tribute? From their sons, or from others?"

Then Peter came to Him and said, “Lord, how many times could my brother sin against me and I forgive him? As many as seven times?”

And because he could not pay it, his master ordered him to be sold, yea, even his wife and children and all he had, and payment to be made.

But he wasn’t willing. On the contrary, he went and threw him into prison until he could pay what was owed.

And his master got angry and handed him over to the jailers to be tortured until he could pay everything that was owed.

Then children were brought to him so that he could lay his hands on them and pray, but the disciples rebuked them.

Then Jesus' heart was moved with pity, and He touched their blinded eyes, and at once they could see again, and followed Him.

When His disciples saw this, they marvelled, saying, "How could the fig tree wither up so suddenly?"

The servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding was furnished with guests.

And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here, not having wedding clothes?' But {he could say nothing}.

Then the Pharisees went {and consulted} so that they could entrap him with a statement.

If David then could call Him [i.e., Jesus] Lord, how could He be his son?"

And none of them could answer him again one word. Neither durst any from that day forth, ask him any more questions.

for unless the time was to be short, very few could escape, but for the sake of the converts the time shall be short.

So you ought to have deposited my money with the bankers, so that when I came back I could have collected my principal with interest.

and plotted in order that they could arrest Jesus by stealth and kill [him].

For this could have been sold for a large sum and given to the poor!"

And from that time on, he began seeking a favorable opportunity in order that he could betray him.

Then He said to them, "My soul is extremely grieved, even to [the point where I could] die. Stay here and be alert with me [i.e., in prayer]."

And he came unto the disciples, and found them asleep, and said to Peter, "What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

And he came again [and] found them sleeping, {for they could not keep their eyes open}.

Or do you think that I could not ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?

How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, for they say this is the way it must be?"

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order that they could put him to death.

but they could not, although many false witnesses came forward to testify. At last two men came forward

When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

Then he released Barabbas for them, but [after] he had Jesus flogged, he handed [him] over so that he could be crucified.

As they were leaving [i.e., probably the city of Jerusalem], they met a man from Cyrene [Note: This was a city in the northern African country of Libya]. His name was Simon and they forced him to go with them so he could carry Jesus' cross [i.e., probably only the cross-beam portion].

and cry'd, you that could destroy the temple, and rebuild it in three days, now save thy self: if thou art the son of God, come down from the cross.

But he, having gone forth, began to proclaim it much, and to spread the matter abroad, so that he could no longer enter openly into the city, but was without in desert places, and they came to him from every side.

And immediately many came together, so that the house could contain them no longer, nor could the space about the door. And he preached the word to them.

and because they could not come nigh unto him for press, they uncovered the roof of the house where he was. And when they had broken it open, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

And they were watching him closely [to see] if he would heal him on the Sabbath, in order that they could accuse him.

And the Pharisees went out immediately with the Herodians {and began to conspire} against him with regard to how they could destroy him.

He told His disciples to have a small boat waiting for Him [i.e., from which He could address the people. See 4:1], to prevent His being thronged by the large crowd.

For he had healed many, so that all those who {were suffering from diseases} pressed about him in order that they could touch him.

And he appointed twelve, so that they would be with him and so that he could send them out to preach

And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.