Then Herod, when he saw that he had been deceived by the magians, was greatly enraged; and sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had ascertained from the magians.

And fear not those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

"Behold my servant, whom I chose; my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased; I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will declare judgment to the nations.

Jesus said to him, If thou wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

And the rest seized his servants, and illtreated and slew them.

And he said to him, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind."

Blind guides! who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

that on you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew, between the temple and the altar.

But the wise answered, saying, Perhaps there will not be enough for us and you; go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.

Then he saith to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death; remain here, and watch with me.

And Jesus looking at him, loved him, and said to him, One thing thou lackest; go, sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength."

And he saith to them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death; remain here and watch.

And Mary said, My soul magnifieth the Lord,

yea, a sword will pierce through thine own soul,that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.

And he answering said "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself."

and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

But God said to him, Fool! this night will thy soul he required of thee; and whose will those things be which thou hast laid up?

Sell what ye have, and give alms. Make for yourselves purses which wax not old, treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, nor moth destroyeth.

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how is my soul troubled, till it be accomplished!

Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were offenders above all the men that dwell in Jerusalem?

And will not God avenge his chosen, who cry to him day and night, though he be slow to punish in their behalf?

And Jesus hearing this said to him, One thing thou still lackest: sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.

But as for those enemies of mine, who would not that I should reign over them, bring them here, and slay them before me.

But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise a bag; and he that hath not, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword.

And he said to them, O dull of apprehension, and slow of heart to believe all that the Prophets have spoken!

His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for thy house will consume me."

He that hath received his testimony hath set his seal that God is true.

Labor not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that endureth to everlasting life, which the Son of man giveth to you; for on him hath the Father set his seal, even God.

Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour! But for this cause I came to this hour.

this man, being delivered up by the settled purpose and foreknowledge of God, ye, by the hand of godless men, crucified and slew.

because thou wilt not abandon my soul to the underworld, nor wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

And fear came upon every soul; and many wonders and signs were wrought through the apostles.

And it shall come to pass, that every soul which doth not hear that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people."

And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart, and of one soul; and not one of them said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew by hanging him on a cross;

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, of whom ye have now become the betrayers and murderers;

and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul;

And Saul was consenting to his death. And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and all were scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

But Saul ravaged the church, entering house after house, and dragging both men and women, committed them to prison.

But Saul, yet breathing out threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And Saul arose from the earth; but when his eyes were opened, he saw nothing; and they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the street called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus; for lo! he prayeth,

And Ananias went away, and entered the house; and putting his hands on him, he said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus who appeared to thee in the way thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayst receive sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

But Saul gained still more strength, and confounded the Jews who dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.

but their plot became known to Saul; and they were even watching the gates day and night to kill him.

speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. And he often spoke and disputed with the Hellenists; but they were endeavoring to slay him.

And there came a voice to him, Arise, Peter; slay, and eat.

And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they also slew by hanging him on a cross.

And I also heard a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat.

And he went to Tarsus, to seek for Saul;

which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

And he slew James, the brother of John, with the sword.

And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having performed their service, taking with them also John, surnamed Mark.

Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenaean, and Manaen, the fosterbrother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

And while they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

who was with the proconsul of the country, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. He, having called for Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God.

But Saul (who is also called Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his eyes on him

And afterward they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;

and thence set sail for Antioch, whence they had been commended to the grace of God, for the work which they had accomplished.

And setting sail from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothrace, and on the day following to Neapolis;

but having taken leave of them, saying, I will return to you, if God will, he set sail from Ephesus.

And when he had stayed three months, a plot having been laid for him by the Jews as he was about to sail for Syria, he resolved to return through Macedonia.

But we set sail from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we abode seven days.

For Paul had determined to sail past Ephesus, that he might not be detained in Asia; for he was hastening, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

and I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?

came to me, and standing over me said, Brother Saul, receive sight. And I immediately looked up upon him.

and when the blood of Stephen, thy witness, was shed, I myself was standing by and consenting, and keeping the garments of those who slew him.

And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.

And when it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

And going on board a ship of Adramyttium, about to sail along the coasts of Asia, we put to sea; Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.

And there the centurion, finding a ship of Alexandria about to sail for Italy, put us on board of it.

And as the harbor was not well situated for wintering, the greater part advised to sail thence also, if by any means they might reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, looking toward the southwest and northwest, and there winter.

which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and fearing lest they should run into the Syrtis, they lowered the sail and so were driven.

saying, Fear not, Paul! Thou must stand before Caesar; and lo, God hath given thee all those that sail with thee.

Tribulation and distress will be upon every soul of man whose works are evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Greek;

And he received the outward sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was uncircumcised; that he might be the father of all the uncircumcised who have faith, so that righteousness might be put to their account also;

For sin, seizing the opportunity, deceived me through the commandment, and through it slew me.

For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.

Be not backward in zeal; be fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.

If I am not an apostle to others, yet surely I am to you; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.

Thus is it also written: "The first man Adam became a living soul;" the last Adam a lifegiving spirit.

But I call upon God as a witness against my soul, that it was to spare you that I came no more to Corinth;

and not by his coming only, but by the comfort with which he was comforted in regard to you, when he told us of your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal in my behalf; so that I rejoiced the more.

For behold this very thing, that your sorrow had respect to God; what earnestness it wrought in you; yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what longing desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what readiness to punish! In every thing ye showed yourselves to be pure in the matter.

For I know your readiness of mind, of which I boast in behalf of you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was prepared a year ago; and your zeal stirred up the greater part of them.

They show a zeal for you, but not in honesty; yea, they wish to exclude you, that ye may be zealous for them.

But it is good to be an object of zeal in what is good always, and not only when I am present with you.

Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, that whether I come and see you, or remain absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving together for the faith of the gospel,

make my joy full, that ye be of the same mind, having the same love, with union of soul cherishing one mind;

as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, blameless.

And may the God of peace himself sanctify you wholly; and may your spirit, and soul, and body, be preserved whole, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Nevertheless Gods firm foundation standeth, having this seal, "The Lord knoweth them that are his;" and, "Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."

For the word of God is living, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, both the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart;

which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and steadfast, and which entereth within the veil;

Now my righteous man shall live by faith; but if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him."

But we are not of those who draw back, unto perdition; but of those who believe, to the saving of the soul.

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

let him know that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins.