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For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.
And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing?
But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.
The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
{A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.} I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul.
And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount.
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit.
For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.
His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church.
I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity.
For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
{A Psalm of David, Maschil.} Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem.
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.
I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.
And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.
As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)
When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;
Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.
Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the Lord from his holy temple.
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
{A Psalm of praise.} Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations.
And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head.
And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool.
Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.
O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth.
And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:
But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.
And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.
And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:
And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;
And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;
Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.
And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness.
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
{A Song of degrees of David.} Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.
And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
Paul, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among the brethren:
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers.
When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts?
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:
And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.
But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
{A Song of degrees.} I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues.
And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God.
And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.
(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.
Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith.
To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;
And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,
Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
Do all things without murmurings and disputings:
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God.
When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.
Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible.
And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless.
And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire.
Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.
And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;
They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling;
Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things.
But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would.
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither.
If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.
And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country:
There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south.
For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;
Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.
For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow.
Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,
Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.
And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.
For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies.
And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel.
And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
MEM. O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned.
I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.
In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
{A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.} O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
I am that bread of life.
Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.
And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people.
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house.
I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,
For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease?
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?
And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.
And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.
Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.
Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men.
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree.
For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever.
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.
And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.
Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
ALEPH. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword.
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.
And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:
And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces,
But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost:
And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.
But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.
And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth.
And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not.
Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.
And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans?
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned.
Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Quench not the Spirit.
And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way.
Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.
But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.
And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them.
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.
And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:
If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet.
Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven.
Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it.
He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence:
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.
Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida.
But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.
And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit.
Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.
Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.} I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.
And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;
Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying,
The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.
And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them?
The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:
Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him, Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.
And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?
All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.
My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?
And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem.
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)
Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
Who will render to every man according to his deeds:
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews?
And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:
And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.
Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.
From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him;
Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive?
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone.
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.
Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.
Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.
Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.
Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever.
And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father:
And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?
And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal.
According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.
He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them;
And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair.
For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!
Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim.
And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.
And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house:
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.
Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.
Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.
By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith.
Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.
And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,
Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.
And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.
While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.
Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.
For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.
Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.
Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them.
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.
Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying,
But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.
Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.
(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered.
And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh.
And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities.
When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.
That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ;
For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
{To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.} Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron?
Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.
What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.
Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished.
Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope,
But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad.
And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel.
I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD.
And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.
And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.
And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,
But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true.
And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days.
Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.
You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.
Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table.
Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.
And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.
And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.
And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.
And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges.
And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever.
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them.
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:
And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,