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Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.
Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem.
And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day.
Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;
Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging.
To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin:
{A Psalm of David.} The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:
And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,
But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God.
And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind.
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine.
Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;
Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years.
That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach;
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.
Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)
A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD'S house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.
After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days.
And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die.
Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is?
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty.
Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry.
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.
Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness;
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you:
But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.
For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth:
But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
Rejoice evermore.
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.
Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee.
Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently:
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.
And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD.
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.
I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;
And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
And the spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house:
Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child.
And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.
After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst.
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.
And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call.
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
He must increase, but I must decrease.
And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?
Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.
For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you.
For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together;
Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things.
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery.
And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.
To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
{A Song of degrees for Solomon.} Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ;
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;
For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season.
If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it.
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen:
Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject;
Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;
For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD.
And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.
If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
Jesus wept.
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,
He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.
But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;
I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews:
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began,
Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;
They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.} Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground;
But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,
Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit;
And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.
Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour.
Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,
(For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded?
For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.
But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.
And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.
For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.
And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me.
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honourable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valour, but he was a leper.
Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia;
And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:
Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!
For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things;
The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers;
So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.
Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
{To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.} My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth.
For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.
But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.
Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not?
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land.
And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.
And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ.
For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you.
Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well:
He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.
{To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.} As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.
And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away.
And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him.
And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;
But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people.
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?
And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save!
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.
In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.
And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes.
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,
And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.
But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn.
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.
And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre,
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight.
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run.
Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah.
And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ.
If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:
Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S: it is holy unto the LORD.
And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me.
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come!
For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any.
Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves:
After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.
And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.
And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come?
And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves;
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.
A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words.
Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.
And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;