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The Gospel According to Matthew
CHAPTER 1 THE book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.1:2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;1:3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;1:4 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon;1:5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;1:6 And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;1:7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;1:8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;1:9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;1:10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;1:11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:1:12 And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;1:13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;1:14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;1:15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;1:16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.1:17 So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon arefourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto
Christ are fourteen generations.
1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
1:19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily.1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in
her is of the Holy Ghost.
1:21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.1:22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
1:24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife:1:25 And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. CHAPTER 2NOW when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,2:2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.2:3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.2:4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.2:5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet,2:6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
2:7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.2:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
2:9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
2:10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.2:11 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.
2:12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.2:13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee
word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
2:14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt:2:15 And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
2:16 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.
2:17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,2:18 In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
2:19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,2:20 Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life.
2:21 And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel.2:22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
2:23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
CHAPTER 3IN those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.3:5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,3:6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.3:7 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?
3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to ourfather: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
3:10 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
3:11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
3:13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.3:14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?3:15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
3:17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. CHAPTER 4THEN was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.4:3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
4:5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple,4:6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash
thy foot against a stone.
4:7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 4:8 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;4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.4:10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
4:11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.4:12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;4:13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:4:14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,4:15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;4:16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.4:17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 4:18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.
4:19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 4:20 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.4:21 And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
4:22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
4:24 And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic,
and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
4:25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and frombeyond Jordan.
CHAPTER 5AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:5:2 And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
5:12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
5:13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but
to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
5:14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.
5:15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
5:19 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.
5:20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceedthe righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter
into the kingdom of heaven.
5:21 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
5:22 But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to
his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever
shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.
5:23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee;
5:24 Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
5:25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the
judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
5:26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.
5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
5:29 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.
5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, 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.
5:31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
5:32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and
whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
5:33 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:
5:34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
5:35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
5:36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
5:37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
5:38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
5:39 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.
5:40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.
5:41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 5:42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
5:43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you,
and persecute you;
5:45 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.
5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?
5:47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?
5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
CHAPTER 6 TAKE
heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them:
otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
6:2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may
have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
6:3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the
streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They
have their reward.
6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father
which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread. 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 6:13 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.
6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
6:15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
6:16 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.
6:17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 6:18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee
openly.
6:19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
6:20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:
6:21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that
darkness!
6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye
cannot serve God and mammon.
6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is
not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not
much better than they?
6:27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? 6:28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
6:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clotheyou, O ye
of little faith?
6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof.
CHAPTER 7 JUDGE
not, that ye be not judged.
7:2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
7:3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
7:4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
7:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again
and rend you.
7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
7:8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
7:9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
7:10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 7:11 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?
7:12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad isthe way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
7:17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
7:18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
7:19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 7:21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is
in heaven.
7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many
wonderful works?
7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the
sand:
7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
7:28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:7:29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. CHAPTER 8WHEN he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.8:2 And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.8:3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
8:4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
8:5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,8:6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.8:7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 8:8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
8:9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
8:11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of
heaven.
8:12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
8:13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
8:14 And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.8:15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.8:16 When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick:
8:17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare oursicknesses.8:18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.8:19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.8:20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
8:21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.8:22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. 8:23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.8:24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
8:27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!8:28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
8:29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?
8:30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.8:31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine.8:32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into
the sea, and perished in the waters.
8:33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils.
8:34 And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts. CHAPTER 9AND he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.9:2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son,
be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
9:3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, Thisman blasphemeth.9:4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? 9:5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?
9:6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins,
(then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise,
take up thy bed, and go unto thine house.
9:7 And he arose, and departed to his house.9:8 But when the multitude saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.9:9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him,Follow me.
And he arose, and followed him.
9:10 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.9:11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners?9:12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. 9:13 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.
9:14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?9:15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken
from them, and then shall they fast.
9:16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made
worse.
9:17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into
new bottles, and both are preserved.
9:18 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.
9:19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.9:20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:9:21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole.9:22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said,Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
9:23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,9:24 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.
9:25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose.9:26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.9:27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us.9:28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this?They said unto him, Yea, Lord.9:29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. 9:30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.
9:31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.9:32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.9:33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.9:34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.9:35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
9:36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
9:37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 9:38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
CHAPTER 10AND when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.
10:2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
10:3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;10:4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.10:5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
10:6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 10:7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 10:8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
10:9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, 10:10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.
10:11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
10:12 And when ye come into an house, salute it. 10:13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.
10:14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
10:15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
10:18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
10:19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
10:21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and
cause them to be put to death.
10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
10:23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of
Israel, till the Son of man be come.
10:24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub,
how much more shall they call them of his household?
10:26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.
10:27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
10:28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in
hell.
10:29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.
10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 10:31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. 10:32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
10:33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
10:34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
10:35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her
mother in law.
10:36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. 10:37 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.
10:38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
10:39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
10:40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
10:41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name
of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.
10:42 And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he
shall in no wise lose his reward.
CHAPTER 11AND it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.11:2 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,11:3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?11:4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: 11:5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor
have the gospel preached to them.
11:6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. 11:7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
11:8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
11:9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet.
11:10 For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
11:11 Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is
least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
11:12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
11:13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 11:14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. 11:15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 11:16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,
11:17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.
11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 11:19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But
wisdom is justified of her children.
11:20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:11:21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they
would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
11:22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.
11:23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had
been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
11:24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.
11:25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto
babes.
11:26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. 11:27 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.
11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. CHAPTER 12AT that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
12:2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day.12:3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
12:4 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him,
but only for the priests?
12:5 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?
12:6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. 12:7 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless.
12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. 12:9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:12:10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
12:11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and
lift it out?
12:12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
12:13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the
other.
12:14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him.12:15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;12:16 And charged them that they should not make him known:12:17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,12:18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.
12:19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.12:20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.12:21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.12:22 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.
12:23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?12:24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.12:25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
12:26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
12:27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
12:29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil
his house.
12:30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
12:31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the HolyGhost shall not be
forgiven unto men.
12:32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall
not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to
come.
12:33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
12:34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
12:35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil
things.
12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
12:37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
12:38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.12:39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
12:40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of
the earth.
12:41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and,
behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
12:42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost
parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a
greater than Solomon is here.
12:43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
12:44 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
12:45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state
of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto
this wicked generation.
12:46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.12:47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.12:48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 12:49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said,Behold my mother and my brethren! 12:50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
CHAPTER 13THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.13:2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.13:3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 13:4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:13:5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:
13:6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
13:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: 13:8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.
13:9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 13:10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?13:11 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
13:12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even
that he hath.
13:13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
13:14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and
shall not perceive:
13:15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they
should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should
understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should
heal them.
13:16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. 13:17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteousmen have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seenthem; and
to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heardthem.
13:18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in
his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
13:20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
13:21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he
is offended.
13:22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke
the word, and he becometh unfruitful.
13:23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth
forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
13:24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:
13:25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
13:26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.
13:27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?
13:28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?
13:29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.
13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind
them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
13:31 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:
13:32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the
air come and lodge in the branches thereof.
13:33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
13:34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:13:35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
13:36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.
13:37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
13:42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
13:43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
13:44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and
selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
13:45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
13:46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
13:47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:
13:48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
13:49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,
13:50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
13:51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things?They say unto him, Yea, Lord.13:52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which isinstructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his
treasure things new and old.
13:53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.13:54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?
13:55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?13:56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath thisman all these things?13:57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.
13:58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. CHAPTER 14AT that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,14:2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
14:3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.14:4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.14:5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet.14:6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.14:7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.14:8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.14:9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.14:10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.14:11 And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.14:12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus.14:13 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.
14:14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.14:15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
14:16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. 14:17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.14:18 He said, Bring them hither to me. 14:19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the
disciples to the multitude.
14:20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.14:21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.14:22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away.
14:23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.14:24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary.14:25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea.14:26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.14:27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. 14:28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.14:29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
14:30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.14:31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
14:32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.14:33 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.14:34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.14:35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased;
14:36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. CHAPTER 15THEN came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 15:4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It isa gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
15:6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
15:10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 15:11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
15:12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?15:13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 15:14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
15:15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.15:16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? 15:17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?
15:18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
15:19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
15:20 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
15:21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.15:22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.
15:23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 15:25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.15:26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and cast it to dogs. 15:27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table.15:28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
15:29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.15:30 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them:
15:31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away
fasting, lest they faint in the way.
15:33 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?15:34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
15:35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.15:36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
15:37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.15:38 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.15:39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala. CHAPTER 16THE Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.16:2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. 16:3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but
can ye not discern the signs of the times?
16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas.
And he left them, and departed.
16:5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.16:6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 16:7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.16:8 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
16:9 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
16:10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
16:11 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of
the Sadducees?
16:12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.16:13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?
16:14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.16:15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.16:17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
16:19 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
16:20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.16:21 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the
third day.
16:22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.16:23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
16:24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
16:25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
16:26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
16:28 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
CHAPTER 17AND after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,17:2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.17:3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
17:6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid.17:7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. 17:8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.17:9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the
dead.
17:10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come?17:11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. 17:12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also
the Son of man suffer of them.
17:13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.17:14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,17:15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is a lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour.17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out?17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence
to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible
unto you.
17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. 17:22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: 17:23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
17:24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?17:25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom
or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
17:26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free. 17:27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his
mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto
them for me and thee.
CHAPTER 18AT the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?18:2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
18:5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. 18:6 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.
18:7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
18:8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather
than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having
two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
18:10 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.
18:11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. 18:12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the
mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?
18:13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray.
18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained
thy brother.
18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and
a publican.
18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in
heaven.
18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father
which is in heaven.
18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?18:22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. 18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.
18:24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be
made.
18:26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
18:27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
18:28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took
him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
18:29 And his fellow servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
18:30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.
18:31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.
18:32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:
18:33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
18:34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
18:35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
CHAPTER 19AND it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
19:2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.19:3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
19:5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
19:6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?19:8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso
marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.
19:10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with hiswife, it is not good to marry.19:11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, savethey to whom it is given. 19:12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from theirmother'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.
19:13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
19:15 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence.19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?19:17 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.
19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
19:19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?19:21 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.
19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
19:25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. 19:27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?19:28 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.
19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's
sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting
life.
19:30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. CHAPTER 20 FOR
the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder,
which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his
vineyard.
20:2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
20:3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,
20:4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. 20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
20:7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye
receive.
20:8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last
unto the first.
20:9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.
20:10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
20:11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house,
20:12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
20:14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee.
20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
20:17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,20:18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to
death,
20:19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him.20:21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on
thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
20:22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized
with? They say unto him, We are able.
20:23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not
mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared
of my Father.
20:24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren.20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
20:26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;
20:27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
20:29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.20:30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
20:31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David.
20:32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? 20:33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.20:34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. CHAPTER 21AND when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples,21:2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
21:3 And if any man say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
21:4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying,21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,21:7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon.21:8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way.21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
21:10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this?21:11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.21:12 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,
21:13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
21:14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them.21:15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased,
21:16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast
perfected praise?
21:17 And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there.21:18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.21:19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever.
And presently the fig tree withered away.
21:20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!21:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto
this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it
shall be done.
21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
21:23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this
authority?
21:24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
21:25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men?And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?21:26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.21:27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
21:28 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.
21:29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. 21:30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.
21:31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily
I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the
kingdom of God before you.
21:32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye
had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
21:33 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:
21:34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it.
21:35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
21:36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise.
21:37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
21:38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
21:39 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. 21:40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen?
21:41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the
Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.
21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
21:45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.21:46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. CHAPTER 22AND Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,
22:3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlingsare killed,
and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:
22:6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated themspitefully, and slew them.
22:7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.
22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.
22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
22:10 So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was
furnished with guests.
22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
22:12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.
22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen. 22:15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.22:16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not
the person of men.
22:17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 22:19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
22:20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? 22:21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.
22:22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.22:23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.22:25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
22:26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.22:27 And last of all the woman died also.22:28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
22:31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
22:32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
22:33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.22:34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.22:35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
22:38 This is the first and great commandment. 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. 22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,22:42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David.
22:43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, 22:44 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
22:45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? 22:46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst anyman from that day forth ask him any more questions. CHAPTER 23THEN spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,23:2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 23:3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
23:4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and laythem on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of
their fingers.
23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,
23:7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren.
23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.
23:10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, evenChrist. 23:11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
23:13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go inyourselves,
neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in.
23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall
receive the greater damnation.
23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold
more the child of hell than yourselves.
23:16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the
temple, he is a debtor!
23:17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
23:18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
23:19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
23:20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
23:21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightiermatters of the
law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not
to leave the other undone.
23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of
extortion and excess.
23:26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
23:27 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.
23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
23:30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge
in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of
Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy
children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her
wings, and ye would not!
23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 23:39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
CHAPTER 24AND Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.24:2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
24:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and whatshall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.
24:6 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.
24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers
places.
24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 24:9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him
understand:)
24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:
24:18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:
24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they
shall deceive the very elect.
24:25 Behold, I have told you before. 24:26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe itnot.
24:27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.
24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from
heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
24:30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son
of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
24:31 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.
24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.
24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark,
24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have
suffered his house to be broken up.
24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
24:46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 24:47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 24:48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
24:49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;
24:50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,
24:51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
CHAPTER 25 THEN
shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took
their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
25:9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
25:14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.
25:15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his
journey.
25:16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.
25:17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 25:18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.
25:19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.
25:20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold,
I have gained beside them five talents more.
25:21 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.
25:22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other
talents beside them.
25:23 His lord said unto him, Well done, 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.
25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and
gathering where thou hast not strawed:
25:25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo,there thou hast that is thine.
25:26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have
not strawed:
25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.
25:29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he
hath.
25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
25:31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation
of the world:
25:35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 25:40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my
brethren, ye have done it unto me.
25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
25:42 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
25:43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison,
and did not minister unto thee?
25:45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
CHAPTER 26AND it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,26:2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
26:3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
26:4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and killhim.26:5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,26:7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.26:8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?26:9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.26:10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 26:11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. 26:12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she didit for my burial.
26:13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be
told for a memorial of her.
26:14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,26:15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.26:16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.26:17 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?
26:18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my
disciples.
26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.26:20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.26:21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. 26:22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?26:23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. 26:24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he
had not been born.
26:25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
26:27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
26:29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's
kingdom.
26:30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.26:31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be
scattered abroad.
26:32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. 26:33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.26:34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
26:35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.26:36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.26:38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
26:39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless
not as I will, but as thou wilt.
26:40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
26:42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
26:43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.26:44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.26:45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
26:46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. 26:47 And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
26:48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.26:49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.26:50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come?Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.26:51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched outhis hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear.
26:52 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.
26:53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
26:54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? 26:55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on
me.
26:56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled.
Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
26:57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.26:58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.26:59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;26:60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yetfound they none. At the last came two false witnesses,26:61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.26:62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?26:63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
26:64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the
clouds of heaven.
26:65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy.
26:66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.26:67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands,26:68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?26:69 Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.26:70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.26:71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.
26:72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.26:73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.
26:74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.26:75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.
CHAPTER 27WHEN the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:27:2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.27:3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,
27:4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.27:6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
27:7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in.27:8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
27:10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him,Thou sayest.
27:12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.27:13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?27:14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.27:15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would.27:16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.27:17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
27:18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.27:19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
27:20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.27:21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.27:22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.27:23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.27:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person:
see ye to it.
27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.27:26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.27:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.27:29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
27:30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.27:31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.27:32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.27:33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull,27:34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink.27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
27:36 And sitting down they watched him there;27:37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.27:38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.27:39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,27:40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
27:41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,27:42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.27:43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.27:44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour.27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying,Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
27:47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias.27:48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filledit with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.27:49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.27:51 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;27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
27:55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:27:56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children.27:57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:27:58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered.27:59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,27:60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
27:61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.27:62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,27:63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.27:64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall
be worse than the first.
27:65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.27:66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. CHAPTER 28IN the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it.
28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:28:4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as deadmen.28:5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.28:7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
28:8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.28:9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail.
And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
28:10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
28:11 Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.
28:12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,28:13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him awaywhile we slept.28:14 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you.28:15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.28:17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
28:20 Teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo,
I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Amen.
The Gospel According to Mark
CHAPTER 1
THE beginning of the gospel of
Jesus Christ, the Son of God;
1:2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my
messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before
thee.
1:3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare
ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
1:4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the
baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
1:5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea,
and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the
river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
1:6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a
girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and
wild honey;
1:7 And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than
I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop
down and unloose.
1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall
baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
1:9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came
from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in
Jordan.
1:10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw
the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon
him:
1:11 And there came a voice from heaven, saying,
Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
1:12 And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the
wilderness.
1:13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days,
tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels
ministered unto him.
1:14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came
into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
1:15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
1:16 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw
Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for
they were fishers.
1:17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.
1:18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and
followed him.
1:19 And when he had gone a little farther thence, he
saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who
also were in the ship mending their nets.
1:20 And straightway he called them: and they left their
father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went
after him.
1:21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on
the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.
1:22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he
taught them as one that had authority, and not as the
scribes.
1:23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an
unclean spirit; and he cried out,
1:24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do
with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us?
I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
1:25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.
1:26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried
with a loud voice, he came out of him.
1:27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they
questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what
new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he
even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.
1:28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout
all the region round about Galilee.
1:29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the
synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew,
with James and John.
1:30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and
anon they tell him of her.
1:31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted
her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered
unto them.
1:32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought
unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed
with devils.
1:33 And all the city was gathered together at the
door.
1:34 And he healed many that were sick of divers
diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils
to speak, because they knew him.
1:35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before
day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there
prayed.
1:36 And Simon and they that were with him followed
after him.
1:37 And when they had found him, they said unto him,
All men seek for thee.
1:38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.
1:39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all
Galilee, and cast out devils.
1:40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and
kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou
canst make me clean.
1:41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth
his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him,
I will; be thou clean.
1:42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the
leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
1:43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him
away;
1:44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
1:45 But he went out, and began to publish it
much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could
no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert
places: and they came to him from every quarter.
CHAPTER 2
AND again he entered into
Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was
in the house.
2:2 And straightway many were gathered together,
insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not
so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto
them.
2:3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the
palsy, which was borne of four.
2:4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the
press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had
broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of
the palsy lay.
2:5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of
the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
2:6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there,
and reasoning in their hearts,
2:7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who
can forgive sins but God only?
2:8 And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit
that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them,
Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
2:9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to
say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
2:10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he
saith to the sick of the palsy,)
2:11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house.
2:12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went
forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and
glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.
2:13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all
the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.
2:14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of
Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him,
Follow me. And he arose and
followed him.
2:15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in
his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with
Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed
him.
2:16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with
publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it
that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
2:17 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.
2:18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used
to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples
of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast
not?
2:19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
2:20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
2:21 No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse.
2:22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles.
2:23 And it came to pass, that he went through the corn
fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they
went, to pluck the ears of corn.
2:24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do
they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?
2:25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
2:26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
2:27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:
2:28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
CHAPTER 3
AND he entered again into the
synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered
hand.
3:2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on
the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
3:3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered
hand, Stand forth.
3:4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with
anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith
unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was
restored whole as the other.
3:6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took
counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy
him.
3:7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the
sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from
Judaea,
3:8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and
from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a
great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did,
came unto him.
3:9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship
should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should
throng him.
3:10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed
upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.
3:11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down
before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.
3:12 And he straitly charged them that they should not
make him known.
3:13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth
unto him whom he would: and they came unto him.
3:14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with
him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
3:15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast
out devils:
3:16 And Simon he surnamed Peter;
3:17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the
brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The
sons of thunder:
3:18 And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and
Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and
Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
3:19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and
they went into an house.
3:20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that
they could not so much as eat bread.
3:21 And when his friends heard of it, they went
out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside
himself.
3:22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem
said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils
casteth he out devils.
3:23 And he called them unto him, and said unto
them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?
3:24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
3:25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.
3:26 And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.
3:27 No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.
3:28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
3:29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation:
3:30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
3:31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and,
standing without, sent unto him, calling him.
3:32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto
him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for
thee.
3:33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?
3:34 And he looked round about on them which sat about
him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
3:35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.
CHAPTER 4
AND he began again to teach by the
sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so
that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole
multitude was by the sea on the land.
4:2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said
unto them in his doctrine,
4:3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
4:4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
4:5 And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
4:6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
4:7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
4:8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
4:9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
4:10 And when he was alone, they that were about him
with the twelve asked of him the parable.
4:11 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:
4:12 That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their
sins should be forgiven them.
4:13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
4:14 The sower soweth the word.
4:15 And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
4:16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
4:17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
4:18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
4:19 And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
4:20 And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty,
and some an hundred.
4:21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
4:22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
4:23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
4:24 And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
4:25 For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
4:26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
4:27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
4:28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
4:29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
4:30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
4:31 It is like a grain of
mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than
all the seeds that be in the earth:
4:32 But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
4:33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto
them, as they were able to hear it.
4:34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and
when they were alone, he expounded all things to his
disciples.
4:35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith
unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
4:36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they
took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with
him other little ships.
4:37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the
waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
4:38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep
on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master,
carest thou not that we perish?
4:39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto
the sea, Peace, be still. And the
wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
4:40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
4:41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to
another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the
sea obey him?
CHAPTER 5
AND they came over unto the other
side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
5:2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately
there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean
spirit,
5:3 Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no
man could bind him, no, not with chains:
5:4 Because that he had been often bound with fetters
and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and
the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame
him.
5:5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains,
and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
5:6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and
worshipped him,
5:7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I
to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I
adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
5:8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
5:9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name
is Legion: for we are many.
5:10 And he besought him much that he would not send
them away out of the country.
5:11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great
herd of swine feeding.
5:12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us
into the swine, that we may enter into them.
5:13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the
unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the
herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were
about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
5:14 And they that fed the swine fled, and told
it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to
see what it was that was done.
5:15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was
possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and
clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
5:16 And they that saw it told them how it befell
to him that was possessed with the devil, and also
concerning the swine.
5:17 And they began to pray him to depart out of their
coasts.
5:18 And when he was come into the ship, he that had
been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with
him.
5:19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him,
Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.
5:20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis
how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did
marvel.
5:21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto
the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh
unto the sea.
5:22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the
synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his
feet,
5:23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little
daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come
and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall
live.
5:24 And Jesus went with him; and much people
followed him, and thronged him.
5:25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood
twelve years,
5:26 And had suffered many things of many physicians,
and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but
rather grew worse,
5:27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press
behind, and touched his garment.
5:28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I
shall be whole.
5:29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried
up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that
plague.
5:30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that
virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and
said, Who touched my clothes?
5:31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the
multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
5:32 And he looked round about to see her that had done
this thing.
5:33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what
was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him
all the truth.
5:34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
5:35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of
the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter
is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
5:36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he
saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
5:37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter,
and James, and John the brother of James.
5:38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the
synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed
greatly.
5:39 And when he was come in, he saith unto them,
Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
5:40 And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put
them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the
damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the
damsel was lying.
5:41 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto
her, Talitha cumi; which is, being
interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
5:42 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for
she was of the age of twelve years. And they were
astonished with a great astonishment.
5:43 And he charged them straitly that no man should
know it; and commanded that something should be given her to
eat.
CHAPTER 6
AND he went out from thence, and
came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.
6:2 And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach
in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished,
saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what
wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such
mighty works are wrought by his hands?
6:3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the
brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are
not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at
him.
6:4 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
6:5 And he could there do no mighty work, save that he
laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed
them.
6:6 And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he
went round about the villages, teaching.
6:7 And he called unto him the twelve, and began
to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over
unclean spirits;
6:8 And commanded them that they should take nothing for
their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no
money in their purse:
6:9 But be shod with sandals; and not put on two
coats.
6:10 And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.
6:11 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
6:12 And they went out, and preached that men should
repent.
6:13 And they cast out many devils, and anointed with
oil many that were sick, and healed them.
6:14 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.
6:15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said,
That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
6:16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is
John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
6:17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon
John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother
Philip's wife: for he had married her.
6:18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for
thee to have thy brother's wife.
6:19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and
would have killed him; but she could not:
6:20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just
man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he
did many things, and heard him gladly.
6:21 And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on
his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and
chief estates of Galilee;
6:22 And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in,
and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the
king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and
I will give it thee.
6:23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of
me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my
kingdom.
6:24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What
shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
6:25 And she came in straightway with haste unto the
king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in
a charger the head of John the Baptist.
6:26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for
his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he
would not reject her.
6:27 And immediately the king sent an executioner, and
commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him
in the prison,
6:28 And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to
the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
6:29 And when his disciples heard of it, they
came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
6:30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto
Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and
what they had taught.
6:31 And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they
had no leisure so much as to eat.
6:32 And they departed into a desert place by ship
privately.
6:33 And the people saw them departing, and many knew
him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them,
and came together unto him.
6:34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and
was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as
sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many
things.
6:35 And when the day was now far spent, his disciples
came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the
time is far passed:
6:36 Send them away, that they may go into the country
round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread:
for they have nothing to eat.
6:37 He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him,
Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give
them to eat?
6:38 He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they
say, Five, and two fishes.
6:39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by
companies upon the green grass.
6:40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by
fifties.
6:41 And when he had taken the five loaves and the two
fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the
loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before
them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
6:42 And they did all eat, and were filled.
6:43 And they took up twelve baskets full of the
fragments, and of the fishes.
6:44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five
thousand men.
6:45 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.
6:46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a
mountain to pray.
6:47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst
of the sea, and he alone on the land.
6:48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was
contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he
cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed
by them.
6:49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they
supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:
6:50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And
immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them,
Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
6:51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the
wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond
measure, and wondered.
6:52 For they considered not the miracle of the
loaves: for their heart was hardened.
6:53 And when they had passed over, they came into the
land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.
6:54 And when they were come out of the ship,
straightway they knew him,
6:55 And ran through that whole region round about, and
began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they
heard he was.
6:56 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or
cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and
besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of
his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
CHAPTER 7
THEN came together unto him the
Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from
Jerusalem.
7:2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread
with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found
fault.
7:3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they
wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of
the elders.
7:4 And when they come from the market, except
they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which
they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and
pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk
not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but
eat bread with unwashen hands?
7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me.
7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of
men.
7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the
washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye
do.
7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
7:10 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
7:11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to
say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
he shall be free.
7:12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
7:13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
7:14 And when he had called all the people unto
him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
7:15 There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
7:16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
7:17 And when he was entered into the house from the
people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
7:18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it
cannot defile him;
7:19 Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
7:20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
7:21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
7:22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
7:23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
7:24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders
of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no
man know it: but he could not be hid.
7:25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter
had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his
feet:
7:26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation;
and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of
her daughter.
7:27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the
dogs.
7:28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet
the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
7:29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
7:30 And when she was come to her house, she found the
devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
7:31 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.
7:32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had
an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his
hand upon him.
7:33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put
his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his
tongue;
7:34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto
him, Ephphatha, that is, Be
opened.
7:35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the
string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
7:36 And he charged them that they should tell no man:
but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal
they published it;
7:37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath
done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the
dumb to speak.
CHAPTER 8
IN those days the multitude being
very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his
disciples unto him, and saith unto them,
8:2 I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat:
8:3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
8:4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a
man satisfy these men with bread here in the
wilderness?
8:5 And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
8:6 And he commanded the people to sit down on the
ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and
brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and
they did set them before the people.
8:7 And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and
commanded to set them also before them.
8:8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up
of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
8:9 And they that had eaten were about four thousand:
and he sent them away.
8:10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his
disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.
8:11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question
with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
8:12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith,
Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
8:13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again
departed to the other side.
8:14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take
bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one
loaf.
8:15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.
8:16 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It
is because we have no bread.
8:17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them,
Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
8:18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
8:19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
8:20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up?
And they said, Seven.
8:21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
8:22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind
man unto him, and besought him to touch him.
8:23 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him
out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his
hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
8:24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees,
walking.
8:25 After that he put his hands again upon his
eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every
man clearly.
8:26 And he sent him away to his house, saying,
Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
8:27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the
towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his
disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
8:28 And they answered, John the Baptist: but some
say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
8:29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith
unto him, Thou art the Christ.
8:30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of
him.
8:31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man
must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and
of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and
after three days rise again.
8:32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took
him, and began to rebuke him.
8:33 But when he had turned about and looked on his
disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.
8:34 And when he had called the people unto him
with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
8:35 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.
8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
8:37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
8:38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
CHAPTER 9
AND he said unto them,
Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power.
9:2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him
Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high
mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before
them.
9:3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as
snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
9:4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and
they were talking with Jesus.
9:5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is
good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one
for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
9:6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore
afraid.
9:7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a
voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son:
hear him.
9:8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they
saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves.
9:9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged
them that they should tell no man what things they had seen,
till the Son of man were risen from the dead.
9:10 And they kept that saying with themselves,
questioning one with another what the rising from the dead
should mean.
9:11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes
that Elias must first come?
9:12 And he answered and told them, and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
9:13 But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him.
9:14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a
great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with
them.
9:15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld
him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted
him.
9:16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?
9:17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master,
I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
9:18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and
he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I
spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they
could not.
9:19 He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
9:20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him,
straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and
wallowed foaming.
9:21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of
a child.
9:22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and
into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any
thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
9:23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that
believeth.
9:24 And straightway the father of the child cried out,
and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine
unbelief.
9:25 When Jesus saw that the people came running
together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him,
Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I
charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into
him.
9:26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and
came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many
said, He is dead.
9:27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up;
and he arose.
9:28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples
asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out?
9:29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
9:30 And they departed thence, and passed through
Galilee; and he would not that any man should know
it.
9:31 For he taught his disciples, and said unto them,
The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
9:32 But they understood not that saying, and were
afraid to ask him.
9:33 And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he
asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?
9:34 But they held their peace: for by the way they had
disputed among themselves, who should be the
greatest.
9:35 And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith
unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of
all.
9:36 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of
them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto
them,
9:37 Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
9:38 And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one
casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we
forbad him, because he followeth not us.
9:39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.
9:40 For he that is not against us is on our part.
9:41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
9:42 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.
9:43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
9:44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
9:45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
9:46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
9:47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
9:48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
9:49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
9:50 Salt is good: but if
the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it?
Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with
another.
CHAPTER 10
AND he arose from thence, and
cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan:
and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he
taught them again.
10:2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it
lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.
10:3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you?
10:4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of
divorcement, and to put her away.
10:5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
10:6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
10:7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
10:8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
10:9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
10:10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of
the same matter.
10:11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
10:12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
10:13 And they brought young children to him, that he
should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that
brought them.
10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much
displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
10:15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
10:16 And he took them up in his arms, put his
hands upon them, and blessed them.
10:17 And when he was gone forth into the way, there
came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good
Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?
10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one,
that is, God.
10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all
these have I observed from my youth.
10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto
him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
10:22 And he was sad at that saying, and went away
grieved: for he had great possessions.
10:23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his
disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
10:24 And the disciples were astonished at his words.
But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
10:26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying
among themselves, Who then can be saved?
10:27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God:
for with God all things are possible.
10:28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left
all, and have followed thee.
10:29 And Jesus answered and said, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
10:30 But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.
10:31 But many that are
first shall be last; and the last first.
10:32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem;
and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they
followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and
began to tell them what things should happen unto him,
10:33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles:
10:34 And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
10:35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto
him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us
whatsoever we shall desire.
10:36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you?
10:37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit,
one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy
glory.
10:38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?
10:39 And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said
unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:
10:40 But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be
given to them for whom it is prepared.
10:41 And when the ten heard it, they began to be
much displeased with James and John.
10:42 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.
10:43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister:
10:44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
10:45 For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of
Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind
Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side
begging.
10:47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth,
he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David,
have mercy on me.
10:48 And many charged him that he should hold his
peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of
David, have mercy on me.
10:49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be
called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of
good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
10:50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came
to Jesus.
10:51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The
blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my
sight.
10:52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately
he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.
CHAPTER 11
AND when they came nigh to
Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives,
he sendeth forth two of his disciples,
11:2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
11:3 And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.
11:4 And they went their way, and found the colt tied by
the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose
him.
11:5 And certain of them that stood there said unto
them, What do ye, loosing the colt?
11:6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had
commanded: and they let them go.
11:7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their
garments on him; and he sat upon him.
11:8 And many spread their garments in the way: and
others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them
in the way.
11:9 And they that went before, and they that followed,
cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the
name of the Lord:
11:10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David,
that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the
highest.
11:11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the
temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and
now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the
twelve.
11:12 And on the morrow, when they were come from
Bethany, he was hungry:
11:13 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.
11:14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.
And his disciples heard it.
11:15 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into
the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in
the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and
the seats of them that sold doves;
11:16 And would not suffer that any man should carry
any vessel through the temple.
11:17 And he taught, saying unto them, nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.
11:18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it,
and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him,
because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.
11:19 And when even was come, he went out of the
city.
11:20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw
the fig tree dried up from the roots.
11:21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him,
Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered
away.
11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.
11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
11:25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
11:26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
11:27 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was
walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and
the scribes, and the elders,
11:28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou
these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these
things?
11:29 And Jesus answered and said unto them,
I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.
11:30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.
11:31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we
shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not
believe him?
11:32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the
people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet
indeed.
11:33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot
tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.
CHAPTER 12
AND he began to speak unto them by
parables. A certain man planted a
vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a
place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to
husbandmen, and went into a far country.
12:2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.
12:3 And they caught him,
and beat him, and sent him away empty.
12:4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully
handled.
12:5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.
12:6 Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son.
12:7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
12:8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.
12:9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.
12:10 And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
12:11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?
12:12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the
people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against
them: and they left him, and went their way.
12:13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees
and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.
12:14 And when they were come, they say unto him,
Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for
thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of
God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or
not?
12:15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he,
knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.
12:16 And they brought it. And he saith unto
them, Whose is this image and
superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's.
12:17 And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at
him.
12:18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there
is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying,
12:19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother
die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no
children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up
seed unto his brother.
12:20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took
a wife, and dying left no seed.
12:21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he
any seed: and the third likewise.
12:22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of
all the woman died also.
12:23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall
rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to
wife.
12:24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
12:25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.
12:26 And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of
Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
12:27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
12:28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them
reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them
well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The
Lord our God is one Lord:
12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first
commandment.
12:31 And the second is
like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself. There is none other commandment greater than
these.
12:32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou
hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none
other but he:
12:33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all
the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the
strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more
than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
12:34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he
said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him
any question.
12:35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in
the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?
12:36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
12:37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son?
And the common people heard him gladly.
12:38 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,
12:39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:
12:40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
12:41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and
beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many
that were rich cast in much.
12:42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw
in two mites, which make a farthing.
12:43 And he called unto him his disciples, and
saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury:
12:44 For all they did cast
in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that
she had, even all her living.
CHAPTER 13
AND as he went out of the temple,
one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of
stones and what buildings are here!
13:2 And Jesus answering said unto him, left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
13:3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against
the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him
privately,
13:4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what
shall be the sign when all these things shall be
fulfilled?
13:5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you:
13:6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive
many.
13:7 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such
things must needs be; but the end shall not
be yet.
13:8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of
sorrows.
13:9 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
13:10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
13:11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what
ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall
be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that
speak, but the Holy Ghost.
13:12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause
them to be put to death.
13:13 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto
the end, the same shall be saved.
13:14 But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:
13:15 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:
13:16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.
13:17 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!
13:18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.
13:19 For in those days
shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the
creation which God created unto this time, neither shall
be.
13:20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is
there; believe him not:
13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
13:23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
13:25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.
13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.
13:27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
13:28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near:
13:29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors.
13:30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.
13:31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
13:32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are
in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
13:33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
13:34 For the Son of man is
as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave
authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and
commanded the porter to watch.
13:35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:
13:36 Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.
13:37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
CHAPTER 14
AFTER two days was the feast
of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief
priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by
craft, and put him to death.
14:2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest
there be an uproar of the people.
14:3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the
leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an
alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she
brake the box, and poured it on his head.
14:4 And there were some that had indignation within
themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment
made?
14:5 For it might have been sold for more than three
hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they
murmured against her.
14:6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.
14:7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always.
14:8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
14:9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of
for a memorial of her.
14:10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto
the chief priests, to betray him unto them.
14:11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and
promised to give him money. And he sought how he might
conveniently betray him.
14:12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they
killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt
thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the
passover?
14:13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and
saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.
14:14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
14:15 And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for
us.
14:16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the
city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready
the passover.
14:17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve.
14:18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said,
Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me.
14:19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto
him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it
I?
14:20 And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me
in the dish.
14:21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
14:22 And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and
blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said,
Take, eat: this is my body.
14:23 And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks,
he gave it to them: and they all drank of it.
14:24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.
14:25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.
14:26 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into
the mount of Olives.
14:27 And Jesus saith unto them, for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
14:28 But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee.
14:29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be
offended, yet will not I.
14:30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in
this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me
thrice.
14:31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die
with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said
they all.
14:32 And they came to a place which was named
Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray.
14:33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and John,
and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy;
14:34 And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch.
14:35 And he went forward a little, and fell on the
ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might
pass from him.
14:36 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.
14:37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and
saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour?
14:38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but
the flesh is weak.
14:39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the
same words.
14:40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again,
(for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer
him.
14:41 And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them,
Sleep on now, and take your rest:
it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is
betrayed into the hands of sinners.
14:42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand.
14:43 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas,
one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords
and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the
elders.
14:44 And he that betrayed him had given them a token,
saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and
lead him away safely.
14:45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway
to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him.
14:46 And they laid their hands on him, and took
him.
14:47 And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and
smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.
14:48 And Jesus answered and said unto them,
Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me?
14:49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled.
14:50 And they all forsook him, and fled.
14:51 And there followed him a certain young man, having
a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the
young men laid hold on him:
14:52 And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them
naked.
14:53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and
with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders
and the scribes.
14:54 And Peter followed him afar off, even into the
palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and
warmed himself at the fire.
14:55 And the chief priests and all the council sought
for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found
none.
14:56 For many bare false witness against him, but their
witness agreed not together.
14:57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness
against him, saying,
14:58 We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that
is made with hands, and within three days I will build another
made without hands.
14:59 But neither so did their witness agree
together.
14:60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and
asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it
which these witness against thee?
14:61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again
the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the
Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
14:62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
14:63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith,
What need we any further witnesses?
14:64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And
they all condemned him to be guilty of death.
14:65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his
face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the
servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.
14:66 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there
cometh one of the maids of the high priest:
14:67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked
upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of
Nazareth.
14:68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither
understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch;
and the cock crew.
14:69 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them
that stood by, This is one of them.
14:70 And he denied it again. And a little after, they
that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one
of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth
thereto.
14:71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying,
I know not this man of whom ye speak.
14:72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter
called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the
cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought
thereon, he wept.
CHAPTER 15
AND straightway in the morning the
chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes
and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him
away, and delivered him to Pilate.
15:2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the
Jews? And he answering said unto him, Thou sayest it.
15:3 And the chief priests accused him of many things:
but he answered nothing.
15:4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou
nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee.
15:5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate
marvelled.
15:6 Now at that feast he released unto them one
prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
15:7 And there was one named Barabbas, which
lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him,
who had committed murder in the insurrection.
15:8 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire
him to do as he had ever done unto them.
15:9 But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I
release unto you the King of the Jews?
15:10 For he knew that the chief priests had delivered
him for envy.
15:11 But the chief priests moved the people, that he
should rather release Barabbas unto them.
15:12 And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What
will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the
King of the Jews?
15:13 And they cried out again, Crucify him.
15:14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he
done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
15:15 And so Pilate, willing to content the
people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when
he had scourged him, to be crucified.
15:16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall,
called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.
15:17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a
crown of thorns, and put it about his head,
15:18 And began to salute him, Hail, King of the
Jews!
15:19 And they smote him on the head with a reed, and
did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped
him.
15:20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the
purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him
out to crucify him.
15:21 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.
15:22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which
is, being interpreted, The place of a skull.
15:23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with
myrrh: but he received it not.
15:24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his
garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should
take.
15:25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified
him.
15:26 And the superscription of his accusation was
written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
15:27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on
his right hand, and the other on his left.
15:28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And
he was numbered with the transgressors.
15:29 And they that passed by railed on him, wagging
their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple,
and buildest it in three days,
15:30 Save thyself, and come down from the cross.
15:31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among
themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot
save.
15:32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the
cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were
crucified with him reviled him.
15:33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was
darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud
voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken me?
15:35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard
it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias.
15:36 And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar,
and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let
alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.
15:37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the
ghost.
15:38 And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from
the top to the bottom.
15:39 And when the centurion, which stood over against
him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said,
Truly this man was the Son of God.
15:40 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;
15:41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him,
and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up
with him unto Jerusalem.
15:42 And now when the even was come, because it was the
preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath,
15:43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor,
which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in
boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus.
15:44 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and
calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he
had been any while dead.
15:45 And when he knew it of the centurion, he
gave the body to Joseph.
15:46 And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and
wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was
hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the
sepulchre.
15:47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of
Joses beheld where he was laid.
CHAPTER 16
AND when the sabbath was past,
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and
Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and
anoint him.
16:2 And very early in the morning the first day
of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the
sun.
16:3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us
away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?
16:4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was
rolled away: for it was very great.
16:5 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young
man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment;
and they were affrighted.
16:6 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.
16:7 But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that
he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he
said unto you.
16:8 And they went out quickly, and fled from the
sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they
any thing to any man; for they were afraid.
16:9 Now when Jesus was risen early the first
day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene,
out of whom he had cast seven devils.
16:10 And she went and told them that had been
with him, as they mourned and wept.
16:11 And they, when they had heard that he was alive,
and had been seen of her, believed not.
16:12 After that he appeared in another form unto two of
them, as they walked, and went into the country.
16:13 And they went and told it unto the residue:
neither believed they them.
16:14 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.
16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
16:17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
16:18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
16:19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he
was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of
God.
16:20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the
Lord working with them, and confirming the word with
signs following. Amen.
The Gospel According to Luke
CHAPTER 1
FORASMUCH as many have taken in
hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which
are most surely believed among us,
1:2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the
beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word;
1:3 It seemed good to me also, having had perfect
understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto
thee in order, most excellent Theophilus,
1:4 That thou mightest know the certainty of those
things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
1:5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea,
a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and
his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name
was Elisabeth.
1:6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in
all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
1:7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was
barren, and they both were now well stricken in
years.
1:8 And it came to pass, that while he executed the
priest's office before God in the order of his course,
1:9 According to the custom of the priest's office, his
lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the
Lord.
1:10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying
without at the time of incense.
1:11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord
standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
1:12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled,
and fear fell upon him.
1:13 But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias:
for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee
a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
1:14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many
shall rejoice at his birth.
1:15 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.
1:16 And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to
the Lord their God.
1:17 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.
1:18 And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I
know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in
years.
1:19 And the angel answering said unto him, I am
Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to
speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings.
1:20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to
speak, until the day that these things shall be performed,
because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled
in their season.
1:21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled
that he tarried so long in the temple.
1:22 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.
1:23 And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of
his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own
house.
1:24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived,
and hid herself five months, saying,
1:25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days
wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among
men.
1:26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent
from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,
1:27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was
Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was
Mary.
1:28 And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail,
thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with
thee: blessed art thou among women.
1:29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at
his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this
should be.
1:30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for
thou hast found favour with God.
1:31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and
bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of
the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of
his father David:
1:33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for
ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
1:34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be,
seeing I know not a man?
1:35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy
Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall
overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be
born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
1:36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also
conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month
with her, who was called barren.
1:37 For with God nothing shall be impossible.
1:38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be
it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from
her.
1:39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the
hill country with haste, into a city of Juda;
1:40 And entered into the house of Zacharias, and
saluted Elisabeth.
1:41 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:
1:42 And she spake out with a loud voice, and said,
Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the
fruit of thy womb.
1:43 And whence is this to me, that the mother of
my Lord should come to me?
1:44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation
sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.
1:45 And blessed is she that believed: for there
shall be a performance of those things which were told her from
the Lord.
1:46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord,
1:47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
1:48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his
handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall
call me blessed.
1:49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things;
and holy is his name.
1:50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from
generation to generation.
1:51 He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath
scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
1:52 He hath put down the mighty from their
seats, and exalted them of low degree.
1:53 He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the
rich he hath sent empty away.
1:54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance
of his mercy;
1:55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his
seed for ever.
1:56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and
returned to her own house.
1:57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be
delivered; and she brought forth a son.
1:58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the
Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with
her.
1:59 And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they
came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias,
after the name of his father.
1:60 And his mother answered and said, Not so;
but he shall be called John.
1:61 And they said unto her, There is none of thy
kindred that is called by this name.
1:62 And they made signs to his father, how he would
have him called.
1:63 And he asked for a writing table, and wrote,
saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.
1:64 And his mouth was opened immediately, and his
tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God.
1:65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them:
and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the
hill country of Judaea.
1:66 And all they that heard them laid
them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child
shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
1:67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy
Ghost, and prophesied, saying,
1:68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he
hath visited and redeemed his people,
1:69 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in
the house of his servant David;
1:70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets,
which have been since the world began:
1:71 That we should be saved from our enemies, and from
the hand of all that hate us;
1:72 To perform the mercy promised to our
fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;
1:73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
1:74 That he would grant unto us, that we being
delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him
without fear,
1:75 In holiness and righteousness before him, all the
days of our life.
1:76 And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the
Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to
prepare his ways;
1:77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by
the remission of their sins,
1:78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the
dayspring from on high hath visited us,
1:79 To give light to them that sit in darkness and
in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way
of peace.
1:80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and
was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel.
CHAPTER 2
AND it came to pass in those days,
that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the
world should be taxed.
2:2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius
was governor of Syria.)
2:3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own
city.
2:4 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:)
2:5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great
with child.
2:6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days
were accomplished that she should be delivered.
2:7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped
him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because
there was no room for them in the inn.
2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding
in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
2:9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and
the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were
sore afraid.
2:10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for,
behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be
to all people.
2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David
a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
2:12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall
find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a
manger.
2:13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude
of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
2:14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace,
good will toward men.
2:15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away
from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let
us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come
to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
2:16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and
Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.
2:17 And when they had seen it, they made known
abroad the saying which was told them concerning this
child.
2:18 And all they that heard it wondered at those
things which were told them by the shepherds.
2:19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered
them in her heart.
2:20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising
God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was
told unto them.
2:21 And when eight days were accomplished for the
circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was
so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
2:22 And when the days of her purification according to
the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to
Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord;
2:23 (As it is written in the law of the Lord, Every
male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the
Lord;)
2:24 And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is
said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two
young pigeons.
2:25 And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose
name was Simeon; and the same man was just and
devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy
Ghost was upon him.
2:26 And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost,
that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's
Christ.
2:27 And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when
the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the
custom of the law,
2:28 Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God,
and said,
2:29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace,
according to thy word:
2:30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
2:31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all
people;
2:32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of
thy people Israel.
2:33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things
which were spoken of him.
2:34 And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his
mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and
rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be
spoken against;
2:35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul
also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
2:36 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;
2:37 And she was a widow of about fourscore and
four years, which departed not from the temple, but served
God with fastings and prayers night and day.
2:38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise
unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for
redemption in Jerusalem.
2:39 And when they had performed all things according to
the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own
city Nazareth.
2:40 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit,
filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
2:41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the
feast of the passover.
2:42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up to
Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
2:43 And when they had fulfilled the days, as they
returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and
Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
2:44 But they, supposing him to have been in the
company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among
their kinsfolk and acquaintance.
2:45 And when they found him not, they turned back again
to Jerusalem, seeking him.
2:46 And it came to pass, that after three days they
found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors,
both hearing them, and asking them questions.
2:47 And all that heard him were astonished at his
understanding and answers.
2:48 And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his
mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us?
behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
2:49 And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?
2:50 And they understood not the saying which he spake
unto them.
2:51 And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth,
and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these
sayings in her heart.
2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in
favour with God and man.
CHAPTER 3
NOW in the fifteenth year of the
reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of
Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother
Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis,
and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
3:2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word
of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the
wilderness.
3:3 And he came into all the country about Jordan,
preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of
sins;
3:4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias
the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
3:5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and
hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made
straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
3:6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
3:7 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?
3:8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance,
and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to
our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of
these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
3:9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the
trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit
is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
3:10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do
then?
3:11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two
coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath
meat, let him do likewise.
3:12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said
unto him, Master, what shall we do?
3:13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that
which is appointed you.
3:14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying,
And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no
man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with
your wages.
3:15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men
mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or
not;
3:16 John answered, saying unto them all, I
indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh,
the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall
baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
3:17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will
throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his
garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
3:18 And many other things in his exhortation preached
he unto the people.
3:19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for
Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which
Herod had done,
3:20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in
prison.
3:21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to
pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven
was opened,
3:22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like
a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou
art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
3:23 And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of
age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was
the son of Heli,
3:24 Which was the son of Matthat, which was
the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi,
which was the son of Janna, which was the son of
Joseph,
3:25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was
the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which
was the son of Esli, which was the son of
Nagge,
3:26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the
son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which
was the son of Joseph, which was the son of
Juda,
3:27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was
the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel,
which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son
of Neri,
3:28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was
the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam,
which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son
of Er,
3:29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the
son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which
was the son of Matthat, which was the son of
Levi,
3:30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was
the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph,
which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of
Eliakim,
3:31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the
son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which
was the son of Nathan, which was the son of
David,
3:32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the
son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was
the son of Salmon, which was the son of
Naasson,
3:33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was
the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom,
which was the son of Phares, which was the son of
Juda,
3:34 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the
son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which
was the son of Thara, which was the son of
Nachor,
3:35 Which was the son of Saruch, which was
the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec,
which was the son of Heber, which was the son of
Sala,
3:36 Which was the son of Cainan, which was
the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem,
which was the son of Noe, which was the son of
Lamech,
3:37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was
the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared,
which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son
of Cainan,
3:38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the
son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was
the son of God.
CHAPTER 4
AND Jesus being full of the Holy
Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the
wilderness,
4:2 Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those
days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward
hungered.
4:3 And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of
God, command this stone that it be made bread.
4:4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
4:5 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain,
shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of
time.
4:6 And the devil said unto him, All this power will I
give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto
me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
4:7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be
thine.
4:8 And Jesus answered and said unto him, shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
4:9 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:
4:10 For it is written, He shall give his angels charge
over thee, to keep thee:
4:11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up,
lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
4:12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou
shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
4:13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he
departed from him for a season.
4:14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into
Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the
region round about.
4:15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified
of all.
4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought
up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the
sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
4:17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the
prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the
place where it was written,
4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the
gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted,
to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight
to the blind, to set at liberty them that are
bruised,
4:19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
4:20 And he closed the book, and he gave it again
to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that
were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
4:21 And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.
4:22 And all bare him witness, and wondered at the
gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said,
Is not this Joseph's son?
4:23 And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.
4:24 And he said, Verily, I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.
4:25 But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
4:26 But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a
woman that was a widow.
4:27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
4:28 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard
these things, were filled with wrath,
4:29 And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and
led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built,
that they might cast him down headlong.
4:30 But he passing through the midst of them went his
way,
4:31 And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and
taught them on the sabbath days.
4:32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his
word was with power.
4:33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a
spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud
voice,
4:34 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do
with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to
destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.
4:35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when
the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and
hurt him not.
4:36 And they were all amazed, and spake among
themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with
authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they
come out.
4:37 And the fame of him went out into every place of
the country round about.
4:38 And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into
Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great
fever; and they besought him for her.
4:39 And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and
it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto
them.
4:40 Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any
sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid
his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
4:41 And devils also came out of many, crying out, and
saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking
them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he
was Christ.
4:42 And when it was day, he departed and went into a
desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and
stayed him, that he should not depart from them.
4:43 And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.
4:44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
CHAPTER 5
AND it came to pass, that, as the
people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by
the lake of Gennesaret,
5:2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the
fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their
nets.
5:3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was
Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from
the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the
ship.
5:4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon,
Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.
5:5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have
toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at
thy word I will let down the net.
5:6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great
multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
5:7 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.
5:8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at
Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O
Lord.
5:9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him,
at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
5:10 And so was also James, and John, the sons of
Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto
Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
5:11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they
forsook all, and followed him.
5:12 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.
5:13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him,
saying, I will: be thou clean. And
immediately the leprosy departed from him.
5:14 And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
5:15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of
him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be
healed by him of their infirmities.
5:16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and
prayed.
5:17 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.
5:18 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was
taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him
in, and to lay him before him.
5:19 And when they could not find by what way
they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went
upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with
his couch into the midst before Jesus.
5:20 And when he saw their faith, he said unto him,
Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.
5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason,
saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive
sins, but God alone?
5:22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he
answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts?
5:23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk?
5:24 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he
said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house.
5:25 And immediately he rose up before them, and took up
that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying
God.
5:26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God,
and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things
to day.
5:27 And after these things he went forth, and saw a
publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he
said unto him, Follow me.
5:28 And he left all, rose up, and followed him.
5:29 And Levi made him a great feast in his own house:
and there was a great company of publicans and of others that
sat down with them.
5:30 But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against
his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans
and sinners?
5:31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.
5:32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
5:33 And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of
John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the
disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
5:34 And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
5:35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
5:36 And he spake also a parable unto them; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the
old.
5:37 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.
5:38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
5:39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is
better.
CHAPTER 6
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.
6:2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do
ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
6:3 And Jesus answering them said, when himself was an hungered, and they which were with him;
6:4 How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
6:5 And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
6:6 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he
entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man
whose right hand was withered.
6:7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether
he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an
accusation against him.
6:8 But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man
which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood
forth.
6:9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
6:10 And looking round about upon them all, he said unto
the man, Stretch forth thy hand.
And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the
other.
6:11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one
with another what they might do to Jesus.
6:12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out
into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to
God.
6:13 And when it was day, he called unto him his
disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named
apostles;
6:14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his
brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
6:15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of
Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
6:16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas
Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
6:17 And he came down with them, and stood in the plain,
and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of
people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast
of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of
their diseases;
6:18 And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and
they were healed.
6:19 And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for
there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
6:20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and
said, Blessed be ye poor: for
yours is the kingdom of God.
6:21 Blessed are ye that
hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that
weep now: for ye shall laugh.
6:22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their
company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your
name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
6:23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in
heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the
prophets.
6:24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
6:25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
6:26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
6:27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
6:28 Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
6:29 And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that
taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat
also.
6:30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them
not again.
6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
6:32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
6:33 And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
6:34 And if ye lend to them
of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners
also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
6:35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the
evil.
6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
6:38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
6:39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
6:40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
6:41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
6:42 Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
6:43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
6:44 For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
6:45 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.
6:46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
6:47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
6:48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
6:49 But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
CHAPTER 7
NOW when he had ended all his
sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into
Capernaum.
7:2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto
him, was sick, and ready to die.
7:3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the
elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal
his servant.
7:4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him
instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do
this:
7:5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a
synagogue.
7:6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not
far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying
unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that
thou shouldest enter under my roof:
7:7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come
unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be
healed.
7:8 For I also am a man set under authority, having
under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to
another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and
he doeth it.
7:9 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.
7:10 And they that were sent, returning to the house,
found the servant whole that had been sick.
7:11 And it came to pass the day after, that he went
into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with
him, and much people.
7:12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city,
behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his
mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was
with her.
7:13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on
her, and said unto her, Weep not.
7:14 And he came and touched the bier: and they that
bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
7:15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak.
And he delivered him to his mother.
7:16 And there came a fear on all: and they glorified
God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and,
That God hath visited his people.
7:17 And this rumor of him went forth throughout all
Judaea, and throughout all the region round about.
7:18 And the disciples of John shewed him of all these
things.
7:19 And John calling unto him two of his
disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that
should come? or look we for another?
7:20 When the men were come unto him, they said, John
Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should
come? or look we for another?
7:21 And in that same hour he cured many of their
infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many
that were blind he gave sight.
7:22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
7:23 And blessed is he,
whosoever shall not be offended in me.
7:24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he
began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
7:25 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.
7:26 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet.
7:27 This is he, of whom it
is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which
shall prepare thy way before thee.
7:28 For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
7:29 And all the people that heard him, and the
publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of
John.
7:30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel
of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
7:31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?
7:32 They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
7:33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
7:34 The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
7:35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.
7:36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would
eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat
down to meat.
7:37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a
sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the
Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
7:38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping,
and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them
with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed
them with the ointment.
7:39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw
it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he
were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman
this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
7:40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And
he saith, Master, say on.
7:41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.
7:42 And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most?
7:43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he,
to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
7:44 And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon,
Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs
of her head.
7:45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet.
7:46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
7:47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth
little.
7:48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
7:49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say
within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also?
7:50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.
CHAPTER 8
AND it came to pass afterward,
that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and
shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve
were with him,
8:2 And certain women, which had been healed of evil
spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom
went seven devils,
8:3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and
Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their
substance.
8:4 And when much people were gathered together, and
were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable:
8:5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.
8:6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.
8:7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it.
8:8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when
he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
8:9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this
parable be?
8:10 And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand.
8:11 Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.
8:12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
8:13 They on the rock are
they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and
these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of
temptation fall away.
8:14 And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life,
and bring no fruit to perfection.
8:15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with
patience.
8:16 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under
a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which
enter in may see the light.
8:17 For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that
shall not be known and come abroad.
8:18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.
8:19 Then came to him his mother and his
brethren, and could not come at him for the press.
8:20 And it was told him by certain which said,
Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see
thee.
8:21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
8:22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went
into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them,
Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth.
8:23 But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came
down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with
water, and were in jeopardy.
8:24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying,
Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind
and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a
calm.
8:25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying
one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth
even the winds and water, and they obey him.
8:26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes,
which is over against Galilee.
8:27 And when he went forth to land, there met him out
of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware
no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the
tombs.
8:28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down
before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with
thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee,
torment me not.
8:29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come
out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was
kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands,
and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.)
8:30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because
many devils were entered into him.
8:31 And they besought him that he would not command
them to go out into the deep.
8:32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding
on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer
them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
8:33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered
into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place
into the lake, and were choked.
8:34 When they that fed them saw what was done,
they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the
country.
8:35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came
to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were
departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his
right mind: and they were afraid.
8:36 They also which saw it told them by what
means he that was possessed of the devils was healed.
8:37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the
Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for
they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship,
and returned back again.
8:38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed
besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him
away, saying,
8:39 Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And
he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how
great things Jesus had done unto him.
8:40 And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned,
the people gladly received him: for they were all
waiting for him.
8:41 And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he
was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet,
and besought him that he would come into his house:
8:42 For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of
age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged
him.
8:43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years,
which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could
be healed of any,
8:44 Came behind him, and touched the border of
his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched.
8:45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him
said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee,
and sayest thou, Who touched me?
8:46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me.
8:47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she
came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto
him before all the people for what cause she had touched him,
and how she was healed immediately.
8:48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.
8:49 While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler
of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is
dead; trouble not the Master.
8:50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him,
saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
8:51 And when he came into the house, he suffered no man
to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and
the mother of the maiden.
8:52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said,
Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth.
8:53 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was
dead.
8:54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand,
and called, saying, Maid, arise.
8:55 And her spirit came again, and she arose
straightway: and he commanded to give her meat.
8:56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged
them that they should tell no man what was done.
CHAPTER 9
THEN he called his twelve
disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all
devils, and to cure diseases.
9:2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and
to heal the sick.
9:3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip,
neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats
apiece.
9:4 And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart.
9:5 And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.
9:6 And they departed, and went through the towns,
preaching the gospel, and healing every where.
9:7 Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by
him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some,
that John was risen from the dead;
9:8 And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others,
that one of the old prophets was risen again.
9:9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is
this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see
him.
9:10 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.
9:11 And the people, when they knew it, followed
him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom
of God, and healed them that had need of healing.
9:12 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.
9:13 But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five
loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all
this people.
9:14 For they were about five thousand men. And he said
to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company.
9:15 And they did so, and made them all sit down.
9:16 Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes,
and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave
to the disciples to set before the multitude.
9:17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there
was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve
baskets.
9:18 And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his
disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying,
Whom say the people that I am?
9:19 They answering said, John the Baptist; but some
say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old
prophets is risen again.
9:20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of
God.
9:21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded
them to tell no man that thing;
9:22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
9:23 And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
9:24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.
9:25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?
9:26 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.
9:27 But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.
9:28 And it came to pass about an eight days after these
sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a
mountain to pray.
9:29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance
was altered, and his raiment was white and
glistering.
9:30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which
were Moses and Elias:
9:31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease
which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
9:32 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy
with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and
the two men that stood with him.
9:33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him,
Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here:
and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for
Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said.
9:34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and
overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the
cloud.
9:35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying,
This is my beloved Son: hear him.
9:36 And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone.
And they kept it close, and told no man in those days
any of those things which they had seen.
9:37 And it came to pass, that on the next day, when
they were come down from the hill, much people met him.
9:38 And, behold, a man of the company cried out,
saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is
mine only child.
9:39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly
crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and
bruising him hardly departeth from him.
9:40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and
they could not.
9:41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
9:42 And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him
down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean
spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his
father.
9:43 And they were all amazed at the mighty power of
God. But while they wondered every one at all things which
Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,
9:44 Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men.
9:45 But they understood not this saying, and it was hid
from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask
him of that saying.
9:46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of
them should be greatest.
9:47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart,
took a child, and set him by him,
9:48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
9:49 And John answered and said, Master, we saw one
casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he
followeth not with us.
9:50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us
is for us.
9:51 And it came to pass, when the time was come that he
should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to
Jerusalem,
9:52 And sent messengers before his face: and they went,
and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for
him.
9:53 And they did not receive him, because his face was
as though he would go to Jerusalem.
9:54 And when his disciples James and John saw
this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to
come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did?
9:55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and said,
Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of.
9:56 For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
And they went to another village.
9:57 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.
9:58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have
nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his
head.
9:59 And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first
to go and bury my father.
9:60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.
9:61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee;
but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my
house.
9:62 And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
CHAPTER 10
AFTER these things the Lord
appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before
his face into every city and place, whither he himself would
come.
10:2 Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers
are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that
he would send forth labourers into his harvest.
10:3 Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
10:4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.
10:5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.
10:6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again.
10:7 And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.
10:8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you:
10:9 And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
10:10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,
10:11 Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
10:12 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
10:13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
10:14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.
10:15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.
10:16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
10:17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying,
Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
10:18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
10:19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.
10:20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.
10:21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said,
I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
10:22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to
whom the Son will reveal him.
10:23 And he turned him unto his disciples, and
said privately, Blessed are the
eyes which see the things that ye see:
10:24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things
which ye hear, and have not heard them.
10:25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and
tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal
life?
10:26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?
10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all
thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as
thyself.
10:28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.
10:29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto
Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
10:30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and
fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and
wounded him, and departed, leaving him half
dead.
10:31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
10:32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed
by on the other side.
10:33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
10:34 And went to him, and
bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on
his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of
him.
10:35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the
host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou
spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
10:36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves?
10:37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then
said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
10:38 Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered
into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha
received him into her house.
10:39 And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat
at Jesus' feet, and heard his word.
10:40 But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and
came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister
hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help
me.
10:41 And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:
10:42 But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
CHAPTER 11
AND it came to pass, that, as he
was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his
disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also
taught his disciples.
11:2 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
11:3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
11:4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.
11:5 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;
11:6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
11:7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
11:8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
11:9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
11:10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
11:11 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a
serpent?
11:12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
11:13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that
ask him?
11:14 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.
11:15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils
through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
11:16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a
sign from heaven.
11:17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them,
Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a
house falleth.
11:18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.
11:19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out?
therefore shall they be your judges.
11:20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
11:21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:
11:22 But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
11:23 He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.
11:24 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.
11:25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
11:26 Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and
they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of
that man is worse than the first.
11:27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a
certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto
him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps
which thou hast sucked.
11:28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep
it.
11:29 And when the people were gathered thick together,
he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
11:30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.
11:31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
11:32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
11:33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a
bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see
the light.
11:34 The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also
is full of darkness.
11:35 Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.
11:36 If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall
be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth
give thee light.
11:37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him
to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.
11:38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled
that he had not first washed before dinner.
11:39 And the Lord said unto him, and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
11:40 Ye fools, did not he
that made that which is without make that which is within
also?
11:41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.
11:42 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.
11:43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.
11:44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of
them.
11:45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto
him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
11:46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous
to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one
of your fingers.
11:47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
11:48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
11:49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:
11:50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
11:51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
11:53 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes
and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to
provoke him to speak of many things:
11:54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch
something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.
CHAPTER 12
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.
12:2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
12:3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
12:4 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.
12:5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
12:6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
12:7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
12:8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
12:9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
12:10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
12:11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take
ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye
shall say:
12:12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
12:13 And one of the company said unto him, Master,
speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with
me.
12:14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
12:15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
12:16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying,
The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
12:17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
12:18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
12:20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of
thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast
provided?
12:21 So is he that layeth
up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
12:22 And he said unto his disciples, life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
12:23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
12:24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
12:25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
12:26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
12:27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
12:28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of
little faith?
12:29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
12:30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
12:31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
12:33 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.
12:34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
12:35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
12:36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
12:37 Blessed are those
servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching:
verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make
them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve
them.
12:38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them
so, blessed are those servants.
12:39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
12:40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
12:41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this
parable unto us, or even to all?
12:42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall
make ruler over his household, to give them their
portion of meat in due season?
12:43 Blessed is that
servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so
doing.
12:44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
12:45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
12:46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at
an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and
will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
12:47 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.
12:48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall
be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him
they will ask the more.
12:49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
12:50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
12:51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
12:52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
12:53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
12:54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
12:55 And when ye see the
south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to
pass.
12:56 Ye hypocrites, ye can
discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it
that ye do not discern this time?
12:57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
12:58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way,
give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he
hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the
officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
12:59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
CHAPTER 13
THERE were present at that season
some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had
mingled with their sacrifices.
13:2 And Jesus answering said unto them, all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things?
13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
13:4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
13:5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
13:6 He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and
he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.
13:7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?
13:8 And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:
13:9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut
it down.
13:10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on
the sabbath.
13:11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit
of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could
in no wise lift up herself.
13:12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to
him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
13:13 And he laid his hands on her: and
immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
13:14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with
indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day,
and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought
to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the
sabbath day.
13:15 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?
13:16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
13:17 And when he had said these things, all his
adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all
the glorious things that were done by him.
13:18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?
13:19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
13:20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?
13:21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
13:22 And he went through the cities and villages,
teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
13:23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that
be saved? And he said unto them,
13:24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
13:25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
13:26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
13:27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
13:28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
13:29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and
from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of
God.
13:30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
13:31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees,
saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will
kill thee.
13:32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be
perfected.
13:33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot
be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.
13:34 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!
13:35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed
is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
CHAPTER 14
AND it came to pass, as he went
into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on
the sabbath day, that they watched him.
14:2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him
which had the dropsy.
14:3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and
Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
14:4 And they held their peace. And he took him,
and healed him, and let him go;
14:5 And answered them, saying, pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
14:6 And they could not answer him again to these
things.
14:7 And he put forth a parable to those which were
bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms;
saying unto them,
14:8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest
a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;
14:9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.
14:10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
14:11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
14:12 Then said he also to him that bade him,
When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again,
and a recompence be made thee.
14:13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:
14:14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
14:15 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.
14:16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:
14:17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
14:18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I
have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it:
I pray thee have me excused.
14:19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.
14:20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
14:21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
14:23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
14:24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.
14:25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he
turned, and said unto them,
14:26 If any man come to
me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and
children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life
also, he cannot be my disciple.
14:27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish
it?
14:29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all
that behold it begin to mock him,
14:30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
14:31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
14:32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
14:33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.
14:34 Salt is good: but if
the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be
seasoned?
14:35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He
that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
CHAPTER 15
THEN drew near unto him all the
publicans and sinners for to hear him.
15:2 And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying,
This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
15:3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
15:4 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
15:5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders,
rejoicing.
15:6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto
them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was
lost.
15:7 I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance.
15:8 Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it?
15:9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her
neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found
the piece which I had lost.
15:10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
15:11 And he said, A certain man had two sons:
15:12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that
falleth to me. And he divided unto them his
living.
15:13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.
15:14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
15:15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
15:16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.
15:17 And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
15:18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
15:19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
15:20 And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
15:21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
15:22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him;
and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his
feet:
15:23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be
merry:
15:24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
15:25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.
15:26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
15:27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
15:28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him.
15:29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee,
neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet
thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my
friends:
15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
15:31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
15:32 It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
CHAPTER 16
AND he said also unto his
disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.
16:2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward.
16:3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.
16:4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.
16:5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How
much owest thou unto my lord?
16:6 And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.
16:7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.
16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
16:9 And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.
16:10 He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.
16:11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?
16:12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?
16:13 No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
16:14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard
all these things: and they derided him.
16:15 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.
16:16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is
preached, and every man presseth into it.
16:17 And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.
16:18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband
committeth adultery.
16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
16:20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,
16:21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;
16:23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
16:27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
16:28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
16:29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
16:30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.
16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
CHAPTER 17
THEN said he unto the disciples,
It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they
come!
17:2 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.
17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him.
17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
17:5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our
faith.
17:6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you.
17:7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?
17:8 And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
17:9 Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.
17:10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.
17:11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that
he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
17:12 And as he entered into a certain village, there
met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
17:13 And they lifted up their voices, and said,
Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
17:14 And when he saw them, he said unto them,
Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they
were cleansed.
17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed,
turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
17:16 And fell down on his face at his feet,
giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
17:17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the
nine?
17:18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
17:19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.p>
17:20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when
the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said,
The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:
17:21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
17:22 And he said unto the disciples, of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
17:23 And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow
them.
17:24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth
unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son
of man be in his day.
17:25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.
17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
17:28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
17:29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
17:30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
17:31 In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.
17:32 Remember Lot's wife.
17:33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.
17:34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be
taken, and the other shall be left.
17:35 Two women shall be
grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other
left.
17:36 Two men shall be in
the field; the one shall be taken, and the other
left.
17:37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord?
And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered
together.
CHAPTER 18
AND he spake a parable unto them
to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to
faint;
18:2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
18:3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
18:4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
18:5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
18:6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.
18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
18:9 And he spake this parable unto certain which
trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised
others:
18:10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
18:11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even
as this publican.
18:12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto
heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to
me a sinner.
18:14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for
every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that
humbleth himself shall be exalted.
18:15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he
would touch them: but when his disciples saw it,
they rebuked them.
18:16 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.
18:17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good
Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that
is, God.
18:20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
18:21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth
up.
18:22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto
him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
18:23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for
he was very rich.
18:24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he
said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
18:25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
18:26 And they that heard it said, Who then can
be saved?
18:27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.
18:28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and
followed thee.
18:29 And he said unto them, house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake,
18:30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
18:31 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.
18:32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
18:33 And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall
rise again.
18:34 And they understood none of these things: and this
saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which
were spoken.
18:35 And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto
Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:
18:36 And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what
it meant.
18:37 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth
by.
18:38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of
David, have mercy on me.
18:39 And they which went before rebuked him, that he
should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more,
Thou son of David, have mercy on me.
18:40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought
unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,
18:41 Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may
receive my sight.
18:42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
18:43 And immediately he received his sight, and
followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw
it, gave praise unto God.
CHAPTER 19
AND Jesus entered and
passed through Jericho.
19:2 And, behold, there was a man named
Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was
rich.
19:3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could
not for the press, because he was little of stature.
19:4 And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycamore
tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.
19:5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and
saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.
19:6 And he made haste, and came down, and received him
joyfully.
19:7 And when they saw it, they all murmured,
saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a
sinner.
19:8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord;
Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I
have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I
restore him fourfold.
19:9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
19:11 And as they heard these things, he added and spake
a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they
thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear.
19:12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
19:13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come.
19:14 But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
19:15 And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading.
19:16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
19:17 And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
19:18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
19:19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.
19:20 And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid
up in a napkin:
19:21 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.
19:22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked
servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that
I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow:
19:23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?
19:24 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him
that hath ten pounds.
19:25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.)
19:26 For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
19:27 But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
19:28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before,
ascending up to Jerusalem.
19:29 And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to
Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of
Olives, he sent two of his disciples,
19:30 Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering
ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose
him, and bring him hither.
19:31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the
Lord hath need of him.
19:32 And they that were sent went their way, and found
even as he had said unto them.
19:33 And as they were loosing the colt, the owners
thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt?
19:34 And they said, The Lord hath need of him.
19:35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their
garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon.
19:36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in the
way.
19:37 And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent
of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples
began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the
mighty works that they had seen;
19:38 Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in
the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the
highest.
19:39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude
said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples.
19:40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.
19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and
wept over it,
19:42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which
belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine
eyes.
19:43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side,
19:44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
19:45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out
them that sold therein, and them that bought;
19:46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves.
19:47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief
priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to
destroy him,
19:48 And could not find what they might do: for all the
people were very attentive to hear him.
CHAPTER 20
AND it came to pass, that
on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple,
and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came
upon him with the elders,
20:2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what
authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee
this authority?
20:3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me:
20:4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
20:5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we
shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him
not?
20:6 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will
stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet.
20:7 And they answered, that they could not tell whence
it was.
20:8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
20:9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable;
A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.
20:10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.
20:11 And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him
shamefully, and sent him away empty.
20:12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.
20:13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.
20:14 But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
20:15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord
of the vineyard do unto them?
20:16 He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others.
And when they heard it, they said, God forbid.
20:17 And he beheld them, and said, the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?
20:18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
20:19 And the chief priests and the scribes the same
hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people:
for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against
them.
20:20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies,
which should feign themselves just men, that they might take
hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the
power and authority of the governor.
20:21 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:
20:22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar,
or no?
20:23 But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto
them, Why tempt ye me?
20:24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said,
Caesar's.
20:25 And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's.
20:26 And they could not take hold of his words before
the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their
peace.
20:27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees,
which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked
him,
20:28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's
brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that
his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his
brother.
20:29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the first
took a wife, and died without children.
20:30 And the second took her to wife, and he died
childless.
20:31 And the third took her; and in like manner the
seven also: and they left no children, and died.
20:32 Last of all the woman died also.
20:33 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them
is she? for seven had her to wife.
20:34 And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
20:35 But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
20:36 Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
20:37 Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
20:38 For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
20:39 Then certain of the scribes answering said,
Master, thou hast well said.
20:40 And after that they durst not ask him any
question at all.
20:41 And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?
20:42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
20:43 Till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
20:44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?
20:45 Then in the audience of all the people he said
unto his disciples,
20:46 Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief room at feasts;
20:47 Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.
CHAPTER 21
AND he looked up, and saw the rich
men casting their gifts into the treasury.
21:2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in
thither two mites.
21:3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:
21:4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
21:5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned
with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
21:6 As for these things
which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall
not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown
down.
21:7 And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall
these things be? and what sign will there be when these
things shall come to pass?
21:8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not
therefore after them.
21:9 But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and
by.
21:10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
21:12 But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you,
delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons,
being brought before kings and rulers for my name's
sake.
21:13 And it shall turn to you for a testimony.
21:14 Settle it therefore
in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall
answer:
21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
21:16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to
death.
21:17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
21:18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
21:21 Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.
21:22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
21:23 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.
21:24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
21:27 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
21:29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
21:30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
21:31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
21:32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.
21:33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day
come upon you unawares.
21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.
21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
21:37 And in the day time he was teaching in the temple;
and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called
the mount of Olives.
21:38 And all the people came early in the morning to
him in the temple, for to hear him.
CHAPTER 22
NOW the feast of unleavened bread
drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
22:2 And the chief priests and scribes sought how they
might kill him; for they feared the people.
22:3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot,
being of the number of the twelve.
22:4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief
priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
22:5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him
money.
22:6 And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray
him unto them in the absence of the multitude.
22:7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the
passover must be killed.
22:8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.
22:9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we
prepare?
22:10 And he said unto them, shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.
22:11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
22:12 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
22:13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them:
and they made ready the passover.
22:14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the
twelve apostles with him.
22:15 And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
22:16 For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.
22:17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said,
Take this, and divide it among
yourselves:
22:18 For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.
22:19 And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake
it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
22:20 Likewise also the cup after supper, saying,
This cup is the new testament in
my blood, which is shed for you.
22:21 But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table.
22:22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
22:23 And they began to inquire among themselves, which
of them it was that should do this thing.
22:24 And there was also a strife among them, which of
them should be accounted the greatest.
22:25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.
22:26 But ye shall not
be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as
the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth
serve.
22:27 For whether is
greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is
not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that
serveth.
22:28 Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.
22:29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
22:30 That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he
may sift you as wheat:
22:32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.
22:33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with
thee, both into prison, and to death.
22:34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.
22:35 And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
22:36 Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise
his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his
garment, and buy one.
22:37 For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end.
22:38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two
swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.
22:39 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the
mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him.
22:40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them,
Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
22:41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's
cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
22:42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
22:43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven,
strengthening him.
22:44 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.
22:45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to
his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
22:46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
22:47 And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he
that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and
drew near unto Jesus to kiss him.
22:48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?
22:49 When they which were about him saw what would
follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the
sword?
22:50 And one of them smote the servant of the high
priest, and cut off his right ear.
22:51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear,
and healed him.
22:52 Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and
captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him,
Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves?
22:53 When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.
22:54 Then took they him, and led him, and
brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed
afar off.
22:55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of
the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among
them.
22:56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the
fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was
also with him.
22:57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him
not.
22:58 And after a little while another saw him, and
said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.
22:59 And about the space of one hour after another
confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow
also was with him: for he is a Galilaean.
22:60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest.
And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.
22:61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And
Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto
him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
22:62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
22:63 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote
him.
22:64 And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him
on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that
smote thee?
22:65 And many other things blasphemously spake they
against him.
22:66 And as soon as it was day, the elders of the
people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and
led him into their council, saying,
22:67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto
them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
22:68 And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me
go.
22:69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.
22:70 Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God?
And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
22:71 And they said, What need we any further witness?
for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth.
CHAPTER 23
AND the whole multitude of them
arose, and led him unto Pilate.
23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this
fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give
tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King.
23:3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of
the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.
23:4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to
the people, I find no fault in this man.
23:5 And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth
up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from
Galilee to this place.
23:6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the
man were a Galilaean.
23:7 And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto
Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also
was at Jerusalem at that time.
23:8 And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad:
for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because
he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some
miracle done by him.
23:9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he
answered him nothing.
23:10 And the chief priests and scribes stood and
vehemently accused him.
23:11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought,
and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and
sent him again to Pilate.
23:12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made
friends together: for before they were at enmity between
themselves.
23:13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief
priests and the rulers and the people,
23:14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me,
as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having
examined him before you, have found no fault in this man
touching those things whereof ye accuse him:
23:15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo,
nothing worthy of death is done unto him.
23:16 I will therefore chastise him, and release
him.
23:17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at
the feast.)
23:18 And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with
this man, and release unto us Barabbas:
23:19 (Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and
for murder, was cast into prison.)
23:20 Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake
again to them.
23:21 But they cried, saying, Crucify him,
crucify him.
23:22 And he said unto them the third time, Why, what
evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I
will therefore chastise him, and let him go.
23:23 And they were instant with loud voices, requiring
that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the
chief priests prevailed.
23:24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they
required.
23:25 And he released unto them him that for sedition
and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he
delivered Jesus to their will.
23:26 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one
Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they
laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
23:27 And there followed him a great company of people,
and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him.
23:28 But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.
23:29 For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the
barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never
gave suck.
23:30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
23:31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
23:32 And there were also two other, malefactors, led
with him to be put to death.
23:33 And when they were come to the place, which is
called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors,
one on the right hand, and the other on the left.
23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they
parted his raiment, and cast lots.
23:35 And the people stood beholding. And the rulers
also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let
him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God.
23:36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him,
and offering him vinegar,
23:37 And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save
thyself.
23:38 And a superscription also was written over him in
letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF
THE JEWS.
23:39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged
railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and
us.
23:40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost
not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same
condemnation?
23:41 And we indeed justly; for we receive the due
reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.
23:42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when
thou comest into thy kingdom.
23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
23:44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a
darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.
23:45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the
temple was rent in the midst.
23:46 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he
said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost.
23:47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he
glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
23:48 And all the people that came together to that
sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their
breasts, and returned.
23:49 And all his acquaintance, and the women that
followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these
things.
23:50 And, behold, there was a man named Joseph,
a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:
23:51 (The same had not consented to the counsel and
deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews:
who also himself waited for the kingdom of God.
23:52 This man went unto Pilate, and begged the
body of Jesus.
23:53 And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and
laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never
man before was laid.
23:54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath
drew on.
23:55 And the women also, which came with him from
Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his
body was laid.
23:56 And they returned, and prepared spices and
ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the
commandment.
CHAPTER 24
NOW upon the first day of
the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the
sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and
certain others with them.
24:2 And they found the stone rolled away from the
sepulchre.
24:3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the
Lord Jesus.
24:4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed
thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining
garments:
24:5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down
their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek
ye the living among the dead?
24:6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake
unto you when he was yet in Galilee,
24:7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the
hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise
again.
24:8 And they remembered his words,
24:9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these
things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.
24:10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the
mother of James, and other women that were with
them, which told these things unto the apostles.
24:11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and
they believed them not.
24:12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and
stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves,
and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to
pass.
24:13 And, behold, two of them went that same day to a
village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about
threescore furlongs.
24:14 And they talked together of all these things which
had happened.
24:15 And it came to pass, that, while they communed
together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went
with them.
24:16 But their eyes were holden that they should not
know him.
24:17 And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to
another, as ye walk, and are sad?
24:18 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas,
answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem,
and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in
these days?
24:19 And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of
Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before
God and all the people:
24:20 And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered
him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.
24:21 But we trusted that it had been he which should
have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third
day since these things were done.
24:22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us
astonished, which were early at the sepulchre;
24:23 And when they found not his body, they came,
saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said
that he was alive.
24:24 And certain of them which were with us went to the
sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said:
but him they saw not.
24:25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
24:26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?
24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he
expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning
himself.
24:28 And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they
went: and he made as though he would have gone further.
24:29 But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us:
for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went
in to tarry with them.
24:30 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them,
he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to
them.
24:31 And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and
he vanished out of their sight.
24:32 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?
24:33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to
Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them
that were with them,
24:34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath
appeared to Simon.
24:35 And they told what things were done in the
way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
24:36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the
midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
24:37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and
supposed that they had seen a spirit.
24:38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?
24:39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
24:40 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them
his hands and his feet.
24:41 And while they yet believed not for joy, and
wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
24:42 And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and
of an honeycomb.
24:43 And he took it, and did eat before
them.
24:44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet
with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written
in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in
the psalms, concerning me.
24:45 Then opened he their understanding, that they
might understand the scriptures,
24:46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:
24:47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
24:48 And ye are witnesses of these things.
24:49 And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
24:50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he
lifted up his hands, and blessed them.
24:51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was
parted from them, and carried up to heaven.
24:52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem
with great joy;
24:53 And were continually in the temple, praising and
blessing God. Amen.
The Gospel According to John
CHAPTER 1
IN the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
1:2 The same was in the beginning with God.
1:3 All things were made by him; and without him was not
any thing made that was made.
1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of
men.
1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness
comprehended it not.
1:6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was
John.
1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the
Light, that all men through him might believe.
1:8 He was not that Light, but was sent to bear
witness of that Light.
1:9 That was the true Light, which lighteth every
man that cometh into the world.
1:10 He was in the world, and the world was made by him,
and the world knew him not.
1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him
not.
1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power
to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on
his name:
1:13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of
the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.
1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,
(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of
the Father,) full of grace and truth.
1:15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This
was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred
before me: for he was before me.
1:16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace
for grace.
1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace
and truth came by Jesus Christ.
1:18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten
Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared
him.
1:19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent
priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art
thou?
1:20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I
am not the Christ.
1:21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And
he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered,
No.
1:22 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may
give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of
thyself?
1:23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the
wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the
prophet Esaias.
1:24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
1:25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why
baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias,
neither that prophet?
1:26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water:
but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
1:27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before
me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
1:28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan,
where John was baptizing.
1:29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and
saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the
world.
1:30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man
which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
1:31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made
manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with
water.
1:32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit
descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
1:33 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.
1:34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of
God.
1:35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his
disciples;
1:36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith,
Behold the Lamb of God!
1:37 And the two disciples heard him speak, and they
followed Jesus.
1:38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and
saith unto them, What seek ye?
They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted,
Master,) where dwellest thou?
1:39 He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with
him that day: for it was about the tenth hour.
1:40 One of the two which heard John speak, and
followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
1:41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith
unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being
interpreted, the Christ.
1:42 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.
1:43 The day following Jesus would go forth into
Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me.
1:44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and
Peter.
1:45 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.
1:46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good
thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and
see.
1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of
him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
1:48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me?
Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.
1:49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou
art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.
1:50 Jesus answered and said unto him, tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
1:51 And he saith unto him, see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.
CHAPTER 2
AND the third day there was a
marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was
there:
2:2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the
marriage.
2:3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith
unto him, They have no wine.
2:4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.
2:5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he
saith unto you, do it.
2:6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone,
after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two
or three firkins apiece.
2:7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the
brim.
2:8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And
they bare it.
2:9 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,
2:10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth
set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that
which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until
now.
2:11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of
Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples
believed on him.
2:12 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his
mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued
there not many days.
2:13 And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went
up to Jerusalem,
2:14 And found in the temple those that sold oxen and
sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting:
2:15 And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he
drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen;
and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the
tables;
2:16 And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.
2:17 And his disciples remembered that it was written,
The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.
2:18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign
shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?
2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
2:20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this
temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
2:21 But he spake of the temple of his body.
2:22 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his
disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they
believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
2:23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in
the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw
the miracles which he did.
2:24 But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because
he knew all men,
2:25 And needed not that any should testify of man: for
he knew what was in man.
CHAPTER 3
THERE was a man of the Pharisees,
named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
3:2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him,
Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no
man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with
him.
3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when
he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb,
and be born?
3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of
God.
3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
3:7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
3:8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
3:9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these
things be?
3:10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
3:11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
3:12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
3:13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the
Son of man which is in heaven.
3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
3:15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
3:19 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
3:20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
3:21 But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
3:22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples
into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and
baptized.
3:23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim,
because there was much water there: and they came, and were
baptized.
3:24 For John was not yet cast into prison.
3:25 Then there arose a question between some of
John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
3:26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi,
he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest
witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to
him.
3:27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing,
except it be given him from heaven.
3:28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am
not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
3:29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the
friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him,
rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my
joy therefore is fulfilled.
3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
3:31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is
of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that
cometh from heaven is above all.
3:32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he
testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
3:33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his
seal that God is true.
3:34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of
God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto
him.
3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all
things into his hand.
3:36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life:
and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the
wrath of God abideth on him.
CHAPTER 4
WHEN therefore the Lord knew how
the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more
disciples than John,
4:2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his
disciples,)
4:3 He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee.
4:4 And he must needs go through Samaria.
4:5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called
Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son
Joseph.
4:6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being
wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well:
and it was about the sixth hour.
4:7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus
saith unto her, Give me to drink.
4:8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to
buy meat.)
4:9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it
that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of
Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
4:11 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?
4:12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave
us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and
his cattle?
4:13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again:
4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
4:15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water,
that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
4:16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
4:17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband.
Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
4:18 For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly.
4:19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou
art a prophet.
4:20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye
say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to
worship.
4:21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
4:24 God is a Spirit: and
they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in
truth.
4:25 The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias
cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell
us all things.
4:26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.
4:27 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled
that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest
thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
4:28 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way
into the city, and saith to the men,
4:29 Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever
I did: is not this the Christ?
4:30 Then they went out of the city, and came unto
him.
4:31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying,
Master, eat.
4:32 But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of.
4:33 Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath
any man brought him ought to eat?
4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
4:35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto
you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are
white already to harvest.
4:36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
4:37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth.
4:38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours.
4:39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on
him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me
all that ever I did.
4:40 So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they
besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there
two days.
4:41 And many more believed because of his own word;
4:42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not
because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves,
and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the
world.
4:43 Now after two days he departed thence, and went
into Galilee.
4:44 For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no
honour in his own country.
4:45 Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans
received him, having seen all the things that he did at
Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast.
4:46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he
made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose
son was sick at Capernaum.
4:47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea
into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would
come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of
death.
4:48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
4:49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my
child die.
4:50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that
Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.
4:51 And as he was now going down, his servants met him,
and told him, saying, Thy son liveth.
4:52 Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to
amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour
the fever left him.
4:53 So the father knew that it was at the same
hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and
himself believed, and his whole house.
4:54 This is again the second miracle that
Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee.
CHAPTER 5
AFTER this there was a feast of
the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
5:2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market
a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having
five porches.
5:3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of
blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
5:4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the
pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the
troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever
disease he had.
5:5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity
thirty and eight years.
5:6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been
now a long time in that case, he saith unto him,
Wilt thou be made whole?
5:7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man,
when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while
I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
5:8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
5:9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up
his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
5:10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It
is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry
thy bed.
5:11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same
said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.
5:12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said
unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?
5:13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for
Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in
that place.
5:14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said
unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.
5:15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was
Jesus, which had made him whole.
5:16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and
sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the
sabbath day.
5:17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.
5:18 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him,
because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that
God was his Father, making himself equal with God.
5:19 Then answered Jesus and said unto them,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.
5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.
5:21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son
quickeneth whom he will.
5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
5:23 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.
5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
5:27 And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.
5:28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,
5:29 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.
5:30 I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.
5:31 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
5:32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.
5:33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.
5:34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.
5:35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.
5:36 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath
given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of
me, that the Father hath sent me.
5:37 And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape.
5:38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.
5:40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.
5:41 I receive not honour from men.
5:42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
5:43 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.
5:44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
5:45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth
you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
5:46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me.
5:47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
CHAPTER 6
AFTER these things Jesus went over
the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
6:2 And a great multitude followed him, because they saw
his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.
6:3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat
with his disciples.
6:4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.
6:5 When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a
great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
6:6 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew
what he would do.
6:7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread
is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a
little.
6:8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother,
saith unto him,
6:9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves,
and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
6:10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the
men sat down, in number about five thousand.
6:11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given
thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to
them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as
they would.
6:12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples,
Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.
6:13 Therefore they gathered them together, and
filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley
loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had
eaten.
6:14 Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that
Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should
come into the world.
6:15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come
and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again
into a mountain himself alone.
6:16 And when even was now come, his disciples
went down unto the sea,
6:17 And entered into a ship, and went over the sea
toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come
to them.
6:18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that
blew.
6:19 So when they had rowed about five and twenty or
thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing
nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.
6:20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
6:21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and
immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.
6:22 The day following, when the people which stood on
the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat
there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and
that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but
that his disciples were gone away alone;
6:23 (Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh
unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord
had given thanks:)
6:24 When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not
there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came
to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
6:25 And when they had found him on the other side of
the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou
hither?
6:26 Jesus answered them and said, because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
6:27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
6:28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we
might work the works of God?
6:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
6:30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest
thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou
work?
6:31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is
written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
6:32 Then Jesus said unto them, that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
6:33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
6:34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us
this bread.
6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
6:36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
6:37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
6:39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
6:40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
6:41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I
am the bread which came down from heaven.
6:42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of
Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he
saith, I came down from heaven?
6:43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them,
Murmur not among yourselves.
6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
6:45 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.
6:46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
6:48 I am that bread of life.
6:49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
6:50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
6:52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying,
How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
6:53 Then Jesus said unto them, flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
6:54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
6:55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
6:56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
6:57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
6:58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
6:59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught
in Capernaum.
6:60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had
heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear
it?
6:61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples
murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?
6:62 What and if ye shall
see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are
life.
6:64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who
they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
6:66 From that time many of his disciples went
back, and walked no more with him.
6:67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall
we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
6:69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that
Christ, the Son of the living God.
6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
6:71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon:
for he it was that should betray him, being one of the
twelve.
CHAPTER 7
AFTER these things Jesus walked in
Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews
sought to kill him.
7:2 Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
7:3 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence,
and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works
that thou doest.
7:4 For there is no man that doeth any
thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If
thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
7:5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.
7:6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
7:8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come.
7:9 When he had said these words unto them, he abode
still in Galilee.
7:10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he
also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in
secret.
7:11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said,
Where is he?
7:12 And there was much murmuring among the people
concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said,
Nay; but he deceiveth the people.
7:13 Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the
Jews.
7:14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into
the temple, and taught.
7:15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this
man letters, having never learned?
7:16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
7:18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
7:19 Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye
about to kill me?
7:20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil:
who goeth about to kill thee?
7:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
7:22 Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man.
7:23 If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day?
7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
7:25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this
he, whom they seek to kill?
7:26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing
unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very
Christ?
7:27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when
Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
7:28 Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught,
saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
7:29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
7:30 Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands
on him, because his hour was not yet come.
7:31 And many of the people believed on him, and said,
When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which
this man hath done?
7:32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such
things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests
sent officers to take him.
7:33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I
go unto him that sent me.
7:34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot
come.
7:35 Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will
he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the
dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
7:36 What manner of saying is this that he said,
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am,
thither ye cannot come?
7:37 In the last day, that great day of the
feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
7:38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
7:39 (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.)
7:40 Many of the people therefore, when they heard this
saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet.
7:41 Others said, This is the Christ. But some said,
Shall Christ come out of Galilee?
7:42 Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of
the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where
David was?
7:43 So there was a division among the people because of
him.
7:44 And some of them would have taken him; but no man
laid hands on him.
7:45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and
Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought
him?
7:46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this
man.
7:47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also
deceived?
7:48 Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed
on him?
7:49 But this people who knoweth not the law are
cursed.
7:50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus
by night, being one of them,)
7:51 Doth our law judge any man, before it hear
him, and know what he doeth?
7:52 They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of
Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no
prophet.
7:53 And every man went unto his own house.
CHAPTER 8
JESUS went unto the mount of
Olives.
8:2 And early in the morning he came again into the
temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and
taught them.
8:3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a
woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the
midst,
8:4 They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in
adultery, in the very act.
8:5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should
be stoned: but what sayest thou?
8:6 This they said, tempting him, that they might have
to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his
finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them
not.
8:7 So when they continued asking him, he lifted up
himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.
8:8 And again he stooped down, and wrote on the
ground.
8:9 And they which heard it, being convicted by
their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at
the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left
alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
8:10 When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but
the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
8:11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her,
Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
8:12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying,
I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
8:13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest
record of thyself; thy record is not true.
8:14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record
is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye
cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
8:15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man.
8:16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
8:17 It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true.
8:18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
8:19 Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus
answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
8:20 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he
taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his
hour was not yet come.
8:21 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.
8:22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because
he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
8:23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
8:24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
8:25 Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus
saith unto them, Even the same
that I said unto you from the beginning.
8:26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
8:27 They understood not that he spake to them of the
Father.
8:28 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.
8:29 And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
8:30 As he spake these words, many believed on him.
8:31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on
him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
8:33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were
never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made
free?
8:34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
8:35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth
ever.
8:36 If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
8:38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
8:39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our
father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
8:40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of
fornication; we have one Father, even God.
8:42 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.
8:43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.
8:44 Ye are of your father
the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a
murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of
it.
8:45 And because I tell you
the truth, ye believe me not.
8:46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
8:47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are
not of God.
8:48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we
not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
8:49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
8:50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
8:52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou
hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou
sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of
death.
8:53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is
dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
8:54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
8:55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
8:56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
8:57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty
years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
8:59 Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus
hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the
midst of them, and so passed by.
CHAPTER 9
AND as Jesus passed by, he
saw a man which was blind from his birth.
9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did
sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
9:3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
9:6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and
made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind
man with the clay,
9:7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.)
He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
9:8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had
seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and
begged?
9:9 Some said, This is he: others said, He is
like him: but he said, I am he.
9:10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes
opened?
9:11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus
made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the
pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received
sight.
9:12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I
know not.
9:13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime
was blind.
9:14 And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the
clay, and opened his eyes.
9:15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had
received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine
eyes, and I washed, and do see.
9:16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is
not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others
said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And
there was a division among them.
9:17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou
of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a
prophet.
9:18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that
he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called
the parents of him that had received his sight.
9:19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who
ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?
9:20 His parents answered them and said, We know that
this is our son, and that he was born blind:
9:21 But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who
hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he
shall speak for himself.
9:22 These words spake his parents, because they
feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any
man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the
synagogue.
9:23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask
him.
9:24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and
said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a
sinner.
9:25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or
no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was
blind, now I see.
9:26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee?
how opened he thine eyes?
9:27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye
did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye
also be his disciples?
9:28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his
disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.
9:29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for
this fellow, we know not from whence he is.
9:30 The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is
a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and
yet he hath opened mine eyes.
9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if
any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he
heareth.
9:32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man
opened the eyes of one that was born blind.
9:33 If this man were not of God, he could do
nothing.
9:34 They answered and said unto him, Thou wast
altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast
him out.
9:35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he
had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
9:36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might
believe on him?
9:37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.
9:38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped
him.
9:39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
9:40 And some of the Pharisees which were with
him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind
also?
9:41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth.
CHAPTER 10
the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
10:2 But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
10:3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
10:4 And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
10:5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
10:6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they
understood not what things they were which he spake unto
them.
10:7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
10:8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.
10:9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
10:10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more
abundantly.
10:11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
10:12 But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep.
10:13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
10:14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine.
10:15 As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and
one shepherd.
10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
10:18 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.
10:19 There was a division therefore again among the
Jews for these sayings.
10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is
mad; why hear ye him?
10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that
hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?
10:22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the
dedication, and it was winter.
10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's
porch.
10:24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto
him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the
Christ, tell us plainly.
10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.
10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man
pluck them out of my hand.
10:29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able
to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
10:30 I and my Father are
one.
10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone
him.
10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
10:33 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.
10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?
10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;
10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
10:37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in
him.
10:39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he
escaped out of their hand,
10:40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place
where John at first baptized; and there he abode.
10:41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no
miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were
true.
10:42 And many believed on him there.
CHAPTER 11
NOW a certain man was sick,
named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her
sister Martha.
11:2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord
with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother
Lazarus was sick.)
11:3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord,
behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
11:4 When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
11:5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and
Lazarus.
11:6 When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he
abode two days still in the same place where he was.
11:7 Then after that saith he to his disciples,
Let us go into Judaea again.
11:8 His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews
of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
11:9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
11:10 But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
11:11 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.
11:12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he
shall do well.
11:13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought
that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
11:14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
11:15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
11:16 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto
his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with
him.
11:17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had
lain in the grave four days already.
11:18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen
furlongs off:
11:19 And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to
comfort them concerning their brother.
11:20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was
coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the
house.
11:21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst
been here, my brother had not died.
11:22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt
ask of God, God will give it thee.
11:23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again.
11:24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise
again in the resurrection at the last day.
11:25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
11:26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
11:27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou
art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the
world.
11:28 And when she had so said, she went her way, and
called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come,
and calleth for thee.
11:29 As soon as she heard that, she arose
quickly, and came unto him.
11:30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was
in that place where Martha met him.
11:31 The Jews then which were with her in the house,
and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily
and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to
weep there.
11:32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw
him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou
hadst been here, my brother had not died.
11:33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews
also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and
was troubled,
11:34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
11:35 Jesus wept.
11:36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
11:37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which
opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man
should not have died?
11:38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh
to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
11:39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith
unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been
dead four days.
11:40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
11:41 Then they took away the stone from the
place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up
his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
11:42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent
me.
11:43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud
voice, Lazarus, come forth.
11:44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and
foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a
napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
11:45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had
seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.
11:46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees,
and told them what things Jesus had done.
11:47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees
a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many
miracles.
11:48 If we let him thus alone, all men will
believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both
our place and nation.
11:49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the
high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at
all,
11:50 Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one
man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish
not.
11:51 And this spake he not of himself: but being high
priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that
nation;
11:52 And not for that nation only, but that also he
should gather together in one the children of God that were
scattered abroad.
11:53 Then from that day forth they took counsel
together for to put him to death.
11:54 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the
Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness,
into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his
disciples.
11:55 And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many
went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to
purify themselves.
11:56 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among
themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he
will not come to the feast?
11:57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had
given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he
should shew it, that they might take him.
CHAPTER 12
THEN Jesus six days before the
passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been
dead, whom he raised from the dead.
12:2 There they made him a supper; and Martha served:
but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
12:3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard,
very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet
with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the
ointment.
12:4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot,
Simon's son, which should betray him,
12:5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred
pence, and given to the poor?
12:6 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but
because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put
therein.
12:7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this.
12:8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
12:9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was
there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they
might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
12:10 But the chief priests consulted that they might
put Lazarus also to death;
12:11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews
went away, and believed on Jesus.
12:12 On the next day much people that were come to the
feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
12:13 Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to
meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of
Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord.
12:14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat
thereon; as it is written,
12:15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King
cometh, sitting on an ass's colt.
12:16 These things understood not his disciples at the
first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that
these things were written of him, and that they had done
these things unto him.
12:17 The people therefore that was with him when he
called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead,
bare record.
12:18 For this cause the people also met him, for that
they heard that he had done this miracle.
12:19 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves,
Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone
after him.
12:20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came
up to worship at the feast:
12:21 The same came therefore to Philip, which was of
Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would
see Jesus.
12:22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew
and Philip tell Jesus.
12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
12:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
12:26 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.
12:27 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.
12:28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven,
saying, I have both glorified it, and will
glorify it again.
12:29 The people therefore, that stood by, and heard
it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake
to him.
12:30 Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
12:32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
12:33 This he said, signifying what death he should
die.
12:34 The people answered him, We have heard out of the
law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son
of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
12:35 Then Jesus said unto them, ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
12:36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.
These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself
from them.
12:37 But though he had done so many miracles before
them, yet they believed not on him:
12:38 That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be
fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report?
and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?
12:39 Therefore they could not believe, because that
Esaias said again,
12:40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their
heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor
understand with their heart, and be converted, and I
should heal them.
12:41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory,
and spake of him.
12:42 Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many
believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not
confess him, lest they should be put out of the
synagogue:
12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the
praise of God.
12:44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
12:45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.
12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
12:48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
12:49 For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
12:50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
CHAPTER 13
NOW before the feast of the
passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should
depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own
which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
13:2 And supper being ended, the devil having now put
into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray
him;
13:3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things
into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to
God;
13:4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments;
and took a towel, and girded himself.
13:5 After that he poureth water into a basin, and began
to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the
towel wherewith he was girded.
13:6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto
him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet?
13:7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
13:8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my
feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.
13:9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only,
but also my hands and my head.
13:10 Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is
clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.
13:11 For he knew who should betray him; therefore said
he, Ye are not all clean.
13:12 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken
his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them,
Know ye what I have done to you?
13:13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am.
13:14 If I then, your Lord
and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one
another's feet.
13:15 For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
13:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.
13:17 If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
13:18 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.
13:19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
13:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.
13:21 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.
13:22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting
of whom he spake.
13:23 Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his
disciples, whom Jesus loved.
13:24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he
should ask who it should be of whom he spake.
13:25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him,
Lord, who is it?
13:26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it.
And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas
Iscariot, the son of Simon.
13:27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then
said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
13:28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he
spake this unto him.
13:29 For some of them thought, because Judas had
the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things
that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give
something to the poor.
13:30 He then having received the sop went immediately
out: and it was night.
13:31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said,
Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
13:32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
13:33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
13:35 By this shall all men
know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to
another.
13:36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest
thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
13:37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow
thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
13:38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.
CHAPTER 14
L
ET not your
heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in
me.
14:2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told
you. I go to prepare a place for you.
14:3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
14:4 And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
14:5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither
thou goest; and how can we know the way?
14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
14:7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father,
and it sufficeth us.
14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
14:10 Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
14:11 Believe me that I am
in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the
very works' sake.
14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because
I go unto my Father.
14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
14:17 Even the Spirit of
truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not,
neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you,
and shall be in you.
14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in
you.
14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
14:22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is
it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the
world?
14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
14:25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
14:26 But the Comforter, which
is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he
shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
14:27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
14:28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye
loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the
Father: for my Father is greater than I.
14:29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
CHAPTER 15
I
am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
15:2 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.
15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.
15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
15:5 I am the vine, ye are
the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same
bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do
nothing.
15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are
burned.
15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
15:8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.
15:9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.
15:10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.
15:11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your
joy might be full.
15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.
15:13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
15:14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15:15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
15:16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that
whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give
it you.
15:17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
15:19 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.
15:20 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.
15:21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
15:22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
15:23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
15:24 If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
15:25 But this cometh to
pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in
their law, They hated me without a cause.
15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even
the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall
testify of me:
15:27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
CHAPTER 16
T
HESE things
have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be
offended.
16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
16:3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
16:4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
16:5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
16:6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
16:9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
16:12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to
come.
16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto
you.
16:15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
16:16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
16:17 Then said some of his disciples among
themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while,
and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye
shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
16:18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A
little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
16:19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him,
and said unto them, Do ye enquire 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?
16:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
16:21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
16:23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it
you.
16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
16:25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
16:26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
16:27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
16:29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou
plainly, and speakest no proverb.
16:30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and
needest not that any man should ask thee: but this we believe
that thou camest forth from God.
16:31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
16:32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
CHAPTER 17
THESE words spake Jesus, and
lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
17:2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
17:4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
17:5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
17:6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
17:7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
17:8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee,
and they have believed that thou didst send me.
17:9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
17:10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
17:11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
17:12 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.
17:13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
17:14 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.
17:15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
17:16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
17:18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
17:19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
17:20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
17:21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also
may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast
sent me.
17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:
17:23 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.
17:24 Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
17:25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
17:26 And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love
wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in
them.
CHAPTER 18
WHEN Jesus had spoken these words,
he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where
was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
18:2 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place:
for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples.
18:3 Judas then, having received a band of men
and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh
thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.
18:4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should
come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
18:5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith
unto them, I am he. And
Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them.
18:6 As soon then as he had said unto them, I am
he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.
18:7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of
Nazareth.
18:8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go
their way:
18:9 That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake,
Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none.
18:10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote
the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The
servant's name was Malchus.
18:11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it?
18:12 Then the band and the captain and officers of the
Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
18:13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father
in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same
year.
18:14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the
Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the
people.
18:15 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did
another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest,
and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest.
18:16 But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out
that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and
spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.
18:17 Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto
Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He
saith, I am not.
18:18 And the servants and officers stood there, who had
made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed
themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself.
18:19 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples,
and of his doctrine.
18:20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing.
18:21 Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said.
18:22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers
which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying,
Answerest thou the high priest so?
18:23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
18:24 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the
high priest.
18:25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They
said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his
disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.
18:26 One of the servants of the high priest, being
his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I
see thee in the garden with him?
18:27 Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock
crew.
18:28 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.
18:29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What
accusation bring ye against this man?
18:30 They answered and said unto him, If he were not a
malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
18:31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge
him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It
is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
18:32 That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which
he spake, signifying what death he should die.
18:33 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again,
and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the
Jews?
18:34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me?
18:35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and
the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou
done?
18:36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king
then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
18:38 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he
had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto
them, I find in him no fault at all.
18:39 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto
you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto
you the King of the Jews?
18:40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man,
but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber.
CHAPTER 19
THEN Pilate therefore took Jesus,
and scourged him.
19:2 And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put
it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe,
19:3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote
him with their hands.
19:4 Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto
them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I
find no fault in him.
19:5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns,
and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold
the man!
19:6 When the chief priests therefore and officers saw
him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify
him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify
him: for I find no fault in him.
19:7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our
law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of
God.
19:8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the
more afraid;
19:9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith
unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
19:10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto
me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and
have power to release thee?
19:11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were
given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee
hath the greater sin.
19:12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him:
but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou
art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king
speaketh against Caesar.
19:13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he
brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a
place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew,
Gabbatha.
19:14 And it was the preparation of the passover, and
about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your
King!
19:15 But they cried out, Away with him, away
with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I
crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king
but Caesar.
19:16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be
crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away.
19:17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a place
called the place of a skull, which is called in the
Hebrew Golgotha:
19:18 Where they crucified him, and two others with him,
on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.
19:19 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the
cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE
JEWS.
19:20 This title then read many of the Jews: for the
place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it
was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.
19:21 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.
19:22 Pilate answered, What I have written I have
written.
19:23 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.
19:24 They said therefore among themselves, Let us not
rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the
scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my
raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots.
These things therefore the soldiers did.
19:25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother,
and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and
Mary Magdalene.
19:26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the
disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother,
Woman, behold thy son!
19:27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that
disciple took her unto his own home.
19:28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now
accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith,
I thirst.
19:29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and
they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon
hyssop, and put it to his mouth.
19:30 When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he
said, It is finished: and he bowed
his head, and gave up the ghost.
19:31 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.
19:32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the
first, and of the other which was crucified with him.
19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was
dead already, they brake not his legs:
19:34 But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his
side, and forthwith came there out blood and water.
19:35 And he that saw it bare record, and his
record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye
might believe.
19:36 For these things were done, that the scripture
should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
19:37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look
on him whom they pierced.
19:38 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.
19:39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first
came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and
aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
19:40 Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in
linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to
bury.
19:41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was
a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never
man yet laid.
19:42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the
Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at
hand.
CHAPTER 20
THE first day of the week
cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the
sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the
sepulchre.
20:2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to
the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They
have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not
where they have laid him.
20:3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other
disciple, and came to the sepulchre.
20:4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple
did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre.
20:5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw
the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.
20:6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went
into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie,
20:7 And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying
with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by
itself.
20:8 Then went in also that other disciple, which came
first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
20:9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he
must rise again from the dead.
20:10 Then the disciples went away again unto their own
home.
20:11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping:
and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the
sepulchre,
20:12 And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at
the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus
had lain.
20:13 And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou?
She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and
I know not where they have laid him.
20:14 And when she had thus said, she turned herself
back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was
Jesus.
20:15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him
to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him
hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him
away.
20:16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him,
Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
20:18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that
she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these
things unto her.
20:19 Then the same day at evening, being the first
day of the week, when the doors were shut where the
disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and
stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
20:20 And when he had so said, he shewed unto them
his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad,
when they saw the Lord.
20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath
sent me, even so send I you.
20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on
them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
20:23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever
sins ye retain, they are retained.
20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was
not with them when Jesus came.
20:25 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.
20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were
within, 20:26 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.
20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and
be not faithless, but believing.
20:28 And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and
my God.
20:29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and
yet have believed.
20:30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the
presence of his disciples, which are not written in this
book:
20:31 But these are written, that ye might believe that
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye
might have life through his name.
CHAPTER 21
AFTER these things Jesus shewed
himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on
this wise shewed he himself.
21:2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called
Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons
of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
21:3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They
say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and
entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught
nothing.
21:4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on
the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
21:5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him,
No.
21:6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to
draw it for the multitude of fishes.
21:7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto
Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was
the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him,
(for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
21:8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for
they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred
cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
21:9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a
fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
21:10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.
21:11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full
of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all
there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
21:12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask
him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
21:13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth
them, and fish likewise.
21:14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed
himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the
dead.
21:15 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon
Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest
thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord;
thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.
21:16 He saith to him again the second time,
Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou
me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I
love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
21:17 He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?
Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time,
Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all
things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him,
Feed my sheep.
21:18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not.
21:19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should
glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him,
Follow me.
21:20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom
Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at
supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee?
21:21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what
shall this man do?
21:22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee?
follow thou me.
21:23 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren,
that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him,
He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come,
what is that to thee?
21:24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these
things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony
is true.
21:25 And there are also many other things which Jesus
did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose
that even the world itself could not contain the books that
should be written. Amen.
The Acts of the Apostles
CHAPTER 1
THE former treatise have I made, O
Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
1:2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that
he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the
apostles whom he had chosen:
1:3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his
passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty
days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of
God:
1:4 And, being assembled together with them,
commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but
wait for the promise of the Father,
which, saith he, ye have
heard of me.
1:5 For John truly baptized with
water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many
days hence.
1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked
of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the
kingdom to Israel?
1:7 And he said unto them, It is
not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father
hath put in his own power.
1:8 But ye shall receive power,
after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be
witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
1:9 And when he had spoken these things, while they
beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their
sight.
1:10 And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as
he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;
1:11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye
gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from
you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen
him go into heaven.
1:12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount
called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's
journey.
1:13 And when they were come in, they went up into an
upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and
Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James
the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the
brother of James.
1:14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and
supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and
with his brethren.
1:15 And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of
the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were
about an hundred and twenty,)
1:16 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.
1:17 For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part
of this ministry.
1:18 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.
1:19 And it was known unto all the dwellers at
Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper
tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
1:20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his
habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his
bishopric let another take.
1:21 Wherefore of these men which have companied with us
all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
1:22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same
day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a
witness with us of his resurrection.
1:23 And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who
was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
1:24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which
knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two
thou hast chosen,
1:25 That he may take part of this ministry and
apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he
might go to his own place.
1:26 And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell
upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven
apostles.
CHAPTER 2
AND when the day of Pentecost was
fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2:2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a
rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they
were sitting.
2:3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as
of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
2:4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and
began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them
utterance.
2:5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout
men, out of every nation under heaven.
2:6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came
together, and were confounded, because that every man heard
them speak in his own language.
2:7 And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one
to another, Behold, are not all these which speak
Galilaeans?
2:8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein
we were born?
2:9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers
in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and
Asia,
2:10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts
of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and
proselytes,
2:11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our
tongues the wonderful works of God.
2:12 And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying
one to another, What meaneth this?
2:13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new
wine.
2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up
his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all
ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and
hearken to my words:
2:15 For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it
is but the third hour of the day.
2:16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet
Joel;
2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith
God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons
and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see
visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
2:18 And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will
pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall
prophesy:
2:19 And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs
in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon
into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord
come:
2:21 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever
shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
2:22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of
Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and
wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as
ye yourselves also know:
2:23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and
foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have
crucified and slain:
2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of
death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of
it.
2:25 For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the
Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I
should not be moved:
2:26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was
glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
2:27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell,
neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
2:28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou
shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance.
2:29 Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto
you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried,
and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
2:30 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;
2:31 He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of
Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh
did see corruption.
2:32 This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are
witnesses.
2:33 Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted,
and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy
Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
2:34 For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he
saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right
hand,
2:35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know
assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have
crucified, both Lord and Christ.
2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked
in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the
apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission
of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
2:39 For the promise is unto you, and to your children,
and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord
our God shall call.
2:40 And with many other words did he testify and
exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward
generation.
2:41 Then they that gladly received his word were
baptized: and the same day there were added unto them
about three thousand souls.
2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles'
doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in
prayers.
2:43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and
signs were done by the apostles.
2:44 And all that believed were together, and had all
things common;
2:45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted
them to all men, as every man had need.
2:46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the
temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their
meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
2:47 Praising God, and having favour with all the
people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should
be saved.
CHAPTER 3
NOW Peter and John went up
together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being
the ninth hour.
3:2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was
carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which
is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the
temple;
3:3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the
temple asked an alms.
3:4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John,
said, Look on us.
3:5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive
something of them.
3:6 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.
3:7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted
him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones
received strength.
3:8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered
with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising
God.
3:9 And all the people saw him walking and praising
God:
3:10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at
the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with
wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
3:11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and
John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that
is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
3:12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the
people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye
so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we
had made this man to walk?
3:13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the
God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye
delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he
was determined to let him go.
3:14 But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and
desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
3:15 And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised
from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
3:16 And his name through faith in his name hath made
this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is
by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of
you all.
3:17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye
did it, as did also your rulers.
3:18 But those things, which God before had shewed by
the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he
hath so fulfilled.
3:19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your
sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall
come from the presence of the Lord;
3:20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was
preached unto you:
3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of
restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth
of all his holy prophets since the world began.
3:22 For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet
shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren,
like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he
shall say unto you.
3:23 And it shall come to pass, that every soul,
which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among
the people.
3:24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those
that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise
foretold of these days.
3:25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the
covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham,
And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be
blessed.
3:26 Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus,
sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from
his iniquities.
CHAPTER 4
AND as they spake unto the people,
the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees,
came upon them,
4:2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and
preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
4:3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in
hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
4:4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed;
and the number of the men was about five thousand.
4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their
rulers, and elders, and scribes,
4:6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John,
and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high
priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
4:7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked,
By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?
4:8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto
them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
4:9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to
the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
4:10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of
Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye
crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him
doth this man stand here before you whole.
4:11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you
builders, which is become the head of the corner.
4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there
is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we
must be saved.
4:13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John,
and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they
marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been
with Jesus.
4:14 And beholding the man which was healed standing
with them, they could say nothing against it.
4:15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of
the council, they conferred among themselves,
4:16 Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that
indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is
manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot
deny it.
4:17 But that it spread no further among the people, let
us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man
in this name.
4:18 And they called them, and commanded them not to
speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
4:19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them,
Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you
more than unto God, judge ye.
4:20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have
seen and heard.
4:21 So when they had further threatened them, they let
them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of
the people: for all men glorified God for that which was
done.
4:22 For the man was above forty years old, on whom this
miracle of healing was shewed.
4:23 And being let go, they went to their own company,
and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said
unto them.
4:24 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:
4:25 Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said,
Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain
things?
4:26 The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers
were gathered together against the Lord, and against his
Christ.
4:27 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,
4:28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel
determined before to be done.
4:29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant
unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy
word,
4:30 By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that
signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child
Jesus.
4:31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken
where they were assembled together; and they were all filled
with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with
boldness.
4:32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one
heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that
aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they
had all things common.
4:33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of
the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon
them all.
4:34 Neither was there any among them that lacked: for
as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and
brought the prices of the things that were sold,
4:35 And laid them down at the apostles' feet:
and distribution was made unto every man according as he had
need.
4:36 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,
4:37 Having land, sold it, and brought the money,
and laid it at the apostles' feet.
CHAPTER 5
BUT a certain man named Ananias,
with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
5:2 And kept back part of the price, his wife
also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and
laid it, at the apostles' feet.
5:3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine
heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of
the price of the land?
5:4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after
it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou
conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto
men, but unto God.
5:5 And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave
up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these
things.
5:6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried
him out, and buried him.
5:7 And it was about the space of three hours after,
when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.
5:8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold
the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.
5:9 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.
5:10 Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and
yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her
dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her
husband.
5:11 And great fear came upon all the church, and upon
as many as heard these things.
5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs
and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with
one accord in Solomon's porch.
5:13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them:
but the people magnified them.
5:14 And believers were the more added to the Lord,
multitudes both of men and women.)
5:15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the
streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the
least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of
them.
5:16 There came also a multitude out of the
cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and
them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were
healed every one.
5:17 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,
5:18 And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them
in the common prison.
5:19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the
prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
5:20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all
the words of this life.
5:21 And when they heard that, they entered into
the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high
priest came, and they that were with him, and called the
council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel,
and sent to the prison to have them brought.
5:22 But when the officers came, and found them not in
the prison, they returned, and told,
5:23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all
safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but
when we had opened, we found no man within.
5:24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the
temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted
of them whereunto this would grow.
5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the
men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and
teaching the people.
5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and
brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest
they should have been stoned.
5:27 And when they had brought them, they set
them before the council: and the high priest asked
them,
5:28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye
should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled
Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's
blood upon us.
5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered
and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
5:30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye
slew and hanged on a tree.
5:31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to
be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to
Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
5:32 And we are his witnesses of these things; and so
is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that
obey him.
5:33 When they heard that, they were cut to
the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
5:34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee,
named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among
all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a
little space;
5:35 And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to
yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.
5:36 For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting
himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four
hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as
obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
5:37 After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days
of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also
perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were
dispersed.
5:38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and
let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it
will come to nought:
5:39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest
haply ye be found even to fight against God.
5:40 And to him they agreed: and when they had called
the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they
should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council,
rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his
name.
5:42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they
ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
CHAPTER 6
AND in those days, when the number
of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the
Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were
neglected in the daily ministration.
6:2 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.
6:3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men
of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we
may appoint over this business.
6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer,
and to the ministry of the word.
6:5 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:
6:6 Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had
prayed, they laid their hands on them.
6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the
disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company
of the priests were obedient to the faith.
6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great
wonders and miracles among the people.
6:9 Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is
called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians,
and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing
with Stephen.
6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the
spirit by which he spake.
6:11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard
him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against
God.
6:12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and
the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and
brought him to the council,
6:13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man
ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place,
and the law:
6:14 For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of
Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs
which Moses delivered us.
6:15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly
on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
CHAPTER 7
THEN said the high priest, Are
these things so?
7:2 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,
7:3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and
from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew
thee.
7:4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and
dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he
removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
7:5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not
so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he
would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after
him, when as yet he had no child.
7:6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should
sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into
bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
7:7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will
I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and
serve me in this place.
7:8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so
Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day;
and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve
patriarchs.
7:9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph
into Egypt: but God was with him,
7:10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and
gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of
Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his
house.
7:11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt
and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no
sustenance.
7:12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt,
he sent out our fathers first.
7:13 And at the second time Joseph was made known
to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto
Pharaoh.
7:14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to
him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen
souls.
7:15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and
our fathers,
7:16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the
sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of
Emmor the father of Sychem.
7:17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which
God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in
Egypt,
7:18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
7:19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil
entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young
children, to the end they might not live.
7:20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding
fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:
7:21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took
him up, and nourished him for her own son.
7:22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the
Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
7:23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into
his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
7:24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he
defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and
smote the Egyptian:
7:25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood
how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they
understood not.
7:26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as
they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying,
Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
7:27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him
away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
7:28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian
yesterday?
7:29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger
in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
7:30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared
to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in
a flame of fire in a bush.
7:31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight:
and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord
came unto him,
7:32 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers,
the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
7:33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from
thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
7:34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my
people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and
am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee
into Egypt.
7:35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee
a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler
and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him
in the bush.
7:36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed
wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and
in the wilderness forty years.
7:37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of
Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of
your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
7:38 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:
7:39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust
him from them, and in their hearts turned back again
into Egypt,
7:40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us:
for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land
of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
7:41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered
sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own
hands.
7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the
host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O
ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and
sacrifices by the space of forty years in the
wilderness?
7:43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the
star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship
them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
7:44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the
wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he
should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
7:45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in
with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave
out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
7:46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a
tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
7:47 But Solomon built him an house.
7:48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made
with hands; as saith the prophet,
7:49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my
footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what
is the place of my rest?
7:50 Hath not my hand made all these things?
7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears,
ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did,
so do ye.
7:52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers
persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the
coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers
and murderers:
7:53 Who have received the law by the disposition of
angels, and have not kept it.
7:54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the
heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
7:55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up
stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus
standing on the right hand of God,
7:56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the
Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
7:57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped
their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
7:58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned
him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a
young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
7:59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God,
and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
7:60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice,
Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said
this, he fell asleep.
CHAPTER 8
AND Saul was consenting unto his
death. And at that time there was a great persecution against
the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered
abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the
apostles.
8:2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial,
and made great lamentation over him.
8:3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering
into every house, and haling men and women committed
them to prison.
8:4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every
where preaching the word.
8:5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and
preached Christ unto them.
8:6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those
things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles
which he did.
8:7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came
out of many that were possessed with them: and many
taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
8:8 And there was great joy in that city.
8:9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which
beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the
people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great
one:
8:10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the
greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
8:11 And to him they had regard, because that of long
time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
8:12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things
concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ,
they were baptized, both men and women.
8:13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was
baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the
miracles and signs which were done.
8:14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard
that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them
Peter and John:
8:15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them,
that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
8:16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only
they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
8:17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they
received the Holy Ghost.
8:18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the
apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them
money,
8:19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever
I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
8:20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with
thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be
purchased with money.
8:21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for
thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
8:22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray
God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven
thee.
8:23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of
bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
8:24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord
for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come
upon me.
8:25 And they, when they had testified and preached the
word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the
gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
8:26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip,
saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth
down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
8:27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of
Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of
the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had
come to Jerusalem for to worship,
8:28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read
Esaias the prophet.
8:29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join
thyself to this chariot.
8:30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him
read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou
readest?
8:31 And he said, How can I, except some man should
guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit
with him.
8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this,
He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb
before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
8:33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and
who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from
the earth.
8:34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray
thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some
other man?
8:35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same
scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
8:36 And as they went on their way, they came
unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is
water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine
heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
8:38 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.
8:39 And when they were come up out of the water, the
Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him
no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
8:40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through
he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
CHAPTER 9
AND Saul, yet breathing out
threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord,
went unto the high priest,
9:2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the
synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were
men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and
suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:
9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying
unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest
thou me?
9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said,
I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it
is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what
wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him,
Arise, and go into the city, and it shall
be told thee what thou must do.
9:7 And the men which journeyed with him stood
speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.
9:8 And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes
were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and
brought him into Damascus.
9:9 And he was three days without sight, and neither did
eat nor drink.
9:10 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.
9:11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called
Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one
called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,
9:12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.
9:13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many
of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at
Jerusalem:
9:14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests
to bind all that call on thy name.
9:15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children
of Israel:
9:16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
9:17 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.
9:18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had
been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and
was baptized.
9:19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened.
Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at
Damascus.
9:20 And straightway he preached Christ in the
synagogues, that he is the Son of God.
9:21 But all that heard him were amazed, and
said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this
name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he
might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
9:22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and
confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this
is very Christ.
9:23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews
took counsel to kill him:
9:24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they
watched the gates day and night to kill him.
9:25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let
him down by the wall in a basket.
9:26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to
join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him,
and believed not that he was a disciple.
9:27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to
the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord
in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had
preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
9:28 And he was with them coming in and going out at
Jerusalem.
9:29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus,
and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay
him.
9:30 Which when the brethren knew, they brought
him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.
9:31 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.
9:32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all
quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at
Lydda.
9:33 And there he found a certain man named AEneas,
which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the
palsy.
9:34 And Peter said unto him, AEneas, Jesus Christ
maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose
immediately.
9:35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and
turned to the Lord.
9:36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named
Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman
was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.
9:37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was
sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her
in an upper chamber.
9:38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the
disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him
two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to
them.
9:39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was
come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the
widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments
which Dorcas made, while she was with them.
9:40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and
prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha,
arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat
up.
9:41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up,
and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her
alive.
9:42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many
believed in the Lord.
9:43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in
Joppa with one Simon a tanner.
CHAPTER 10
THERE was a certain man in
Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the
Italian band,
10:2 A devout man, and one that feared God
with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and
prayed to God alway.
10:3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour
of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto
him, Cornelius.
10:4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said,
What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine
alms are come up for a memorial before God.
10:5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one
Simon, whose surname is Peter:
10:6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is
by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to
do.
10:7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was
departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout
soldier of them that waited on him continually;
10:8 And when he had declared all these things
unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
10:9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and
drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to
pray about the sixth hour:
10:10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten:
but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
10:11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel
descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the
four corners, and let down to the earth:
10:12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of
the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of
the air.
10:13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill,
and eat.
10:14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never
eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
10:15 And the voice spake unto him again the
second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou
common.
10:16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received
up again into heaven.
10:17 Now while Peter doubted in himself what this
vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which
were sent from Cornelius had made inquiry for Simon's house,
and stood before the gate,
10:18 And called, and asked whether Simon, which was
surnamed Peter, were lodged there.
10:19 While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said
unto him, Behold, three men seek thee.
10:20 Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with
them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.
10:21 Then Peter went down to the men which were sent
unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye
seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?
10:22 And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just
man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the
nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to
send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.
10:23 Then called he them in, and lodged them.
And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain
brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
10:24 And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea.
And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his
kinsmen and near friends.
10:25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and
fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
10:26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself
also am a man.
10:27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found
many that were come together.
10:28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an
unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come
unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I
should not call any man common or unclean.
10:29 Therefore came I unto you without
gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what
intent ye have sent for me?
10:30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting
until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house,
and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
10:31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and
thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
10:32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon,
whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one
Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall
speak unto thee.
10:33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou
hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all
here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded
thee of God.
10:34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a
truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:
10:35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and
worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
10:36 The word which God sent unto the children
of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of
all:)
10:37 That word, I say, ye know, which was
published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after
the baptism which John preached;
10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing
all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
10:39 And we are witnesses of all things which he did
both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew
and hanged on a tree:
10:40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him
openly;
10:41 Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen
before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with
him after he rose from the dead.
10:42 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.
10:43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through
his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of
sins.
10:44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost
fell on all them which heard the word.
10:45 And they of the circumcision which believed were
astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the
Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost.
10:46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and
magnify God. Then answered Peter,
10:47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be
baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
10:48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name
of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.
CHAPTER 11
AND the apostles and brethren that
were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the
word of God.
11:2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that
were of the circumcision contended with him,
11:3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and
didst eat with them.
11:4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the
beginning, and expounded it by order unto them,
saying,
11:5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance
I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a
great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came
even to me:
11:6 Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I
considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild
beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
11:7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter;
slay and eat.
11:8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or
unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
11:9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What
God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
11:10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn
up again into heaven.
11:11 And, behold, immediately there were three men
already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea
unto me.
11:12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing
doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we
entered into the man's house:
11:13 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;
11:14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all
thy house shall be saved.
11:15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on
them, as on us at the beginning.
11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that
he said, John indeed baptized with water;
but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
11:17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as
he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ;
what was I, that I could withstand God?
11:18 When they heard these things, they held their
peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the
Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
11:19 Now they which were scattered abroad upon the
persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as
Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none
but unto the Jews only.
11:20 And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene,
which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians,
preaching the Lord Jesus.
11:21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a
great number believed, and turned unto the Lord.
11:22 Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of
the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth
Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.
11:23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God,
was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart
they would cleave unto the Lord.
11:24 For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost
and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord.
11:25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek
Saul:
11:26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto
Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled
themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the
disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.
11:27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem
unto Antioch.
11:28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and
signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth
throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of
Claudius Caesar.
11:29 Then the disciples, every man according to his
ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which
dwelt in Judaea:
11:30 Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by
the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
CHAPTER 12
NOW about that time Herod the king
stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the
church.
12:2 And he killed James the brother of John with the
sword.
12:3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he
proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of
unleavened bread.)
12:4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him
in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of
soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth
to the people.
12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was
made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
12:6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the
same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with
two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the
prison.
12:7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon
him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote
Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly.
And his chains fell off from his hands.
12:8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind
on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy
garment about thee, and follow me.
12:9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not
that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he
saw a vision.
12:10 When they were past the first and the second ward,
they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which
opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed
on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from
him.
12:11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I
know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath
delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the
expectation of the people of the Jews.
12:12 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.
12:13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a
damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
12:14 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.
12:15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she
constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is
his angel.
12:16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had
opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
12:17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold
their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him
out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto
James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into
another place.
12:18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir
among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
12:19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him
not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they
should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to
Caesarea, and there abode.
12:20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre
and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having
made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired
peace; because their country was nourished by the king's
country.
12:21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal
apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto
them.
12:22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is
the voice of a god, and not of a man.
12:23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him,
because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms,
and gave up the ghost.
12:24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
12:25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem,
when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with
them John, whose surname was Mark.
CHAPTER 13
NOW there were in the church that
was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and
Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen,
which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and
Saul.
13:2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the
Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work
whereunto I have called them.
13:3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid
their hands on them, they sent them away.
13:4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost,
departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to
Cyprus.
13:5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the
word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also
John to their minister.
13:6 And when they had gone through the isle unto
Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew,
whose name was Bar-jesus:
13:7 Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius
Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and
desired to hear the word of God.
13:8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by
interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy
from the faith.
13:9 Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled
with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
13:10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief,
thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all
righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of
the Lord?
13:11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is
upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a
season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a
darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the
hand.
13:12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done,
believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
13:13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos,
they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them
returned to Jerusalem.
13:14 But when they departed from Perga, they came to
Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath
day, and sat down.
13:15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets
the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye
men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for
the people, say on.
13:16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his
hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give
audience.
13:17 The God of this people of Israel chose our
fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in
the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of
it.
13:18 And about the time of forty years suffered he
their manners in the wilderness.
13:19 And when he had destroyed seven nations in the
land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
13:20 And after that he gave unto them judges
about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel
the prophet.
13:21 And afterward they desired a king: and God gave
unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin,
by the space of forty years.
13:22 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.
13:23 Of this man's seed hath God according to
his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
13:24 When John had first preached before his coming the
baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
13:25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom
think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there
cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not
worthy to loose.
13:26 Men and brethren, children of the stock of
Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the
word of this salvation sent.
13:27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their
rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the
prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled
them in condemning him.
13:28 And though they found no cause of death in
him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
13:29 And when they had fulfilled all that was written
of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid
him in a sepulchre.
13:30 But God raised him from the dead:
13:31 And he was seen many days of them which came up
with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto
the people.
13:32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the
promise which was made unto the fathers,
13:33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their
children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also
written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I
begotten thee.
13:34 And as concerning that he raised him up from the
dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on
this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
13:35 Wherefore he saith also in another psalm,
Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
13:36 For David, after he had served his own generation
by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his
fathers, and saw corruption:
13:37 But he, whom God raised again, saw no
corruption.
13:38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and
brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the
forgiveness of sins:
13:39 And by him all that believe are justified from all
things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of
Moses.
13:40 Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which
is spoken of in the prophets;
13:41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for
I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise
believe, though a man declare it unto you.
13:42 And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue,
the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to
them the next sabbath.
13:43 Now when the congregation was broken up, many of
the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas:
who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace
of God.
13:44 And the next sabbath day came almost the whole
city together to hear the word of God.
13:45 But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were
filled with envy, and spake against those things which were
spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
13:46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It
was necessary that the word of God should first have been
spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge
yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the
Gentiles.
13:47 For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying,
I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou
shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad,
and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were
ordained to eternal life believed.
13:49 And the word of the Lord was published throughout
all the region.
13:50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable
women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution
against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their
coasts.
13:51 But they shook off the dust of their feet against
them, and came unto Iconium.
13:52 And the disciples were filled with joy, and with
the Holy Ghost.
CHAPTER 14
AND it came to pass in Iconium,
that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews,
and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also
of the Greeks believed.
14:2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles,
and made their minds evil affected against the brethren.
14:3 Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in
the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and
granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
14:4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part
held with the Jews, and part with the apostles.
14:5 And when there was an assault made both of the
Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use
them despitefully, and to stone them,
14:6 They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra
and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth
round about:
14:7 And there they preached the gospel.
14:8 And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in
his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had
walked:
14:9 The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding
him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,
14:10 Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet.
And he leaped and walked.
14:11 And when the people saw what Paul had done, they
lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The
gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.
14:12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul,
Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker.
14:13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their
city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have
done sacrifice with the people.
14:14 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul,
heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the
people, crying out,
14:15 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:
14:16 Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in
their own ways.
14:17 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.
14:18 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the
people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.
14:19 And there came thither certain Jews from
Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having
stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had
been dead.
14:20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him,
he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he
departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
14:21 And when they had preached the gospel to that
city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and
to Iconium, and Antioch,
14:22 Confirming the souls of the disciples, and
exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must
through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every
church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the
Lord, on whom they believed.
14:24 And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they
came to Pamphylia.
14:25 And when they had preached the word in Perga, they
went down into Attalia:
14:26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had
been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they
fulfilled.
14:27 And when they were come, and had gathered the
church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with
them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the
Gentiles.
14:28 And there they abode long time with the
disciples.
CHAPTER 15
AND certain men which came down
from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be
circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
15:2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small
dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul
and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to
Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question.
15:3 And being brought on their way by the church, they
passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of
the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the
brethren.
15:4 And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were
received of the church, and of the apostles and elders,
and they declared all things that God had done with them.
15:5 But there rose up certain of the sect of the
Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to
circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of
Moses.
15:6 And the apostles and elders came together for to
consider of this matter.
15:7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose
up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how
that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the
Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and
believe.
15:8 And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them
witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto
us;
15:9 And put no difference between us and them,
purifying their hearts by faith.
15:10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon
the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we
were able to bear?
15:11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord
Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
15:12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave
audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and
wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
15:13 And after they had held their peace, James
answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:
15:14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did
visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his
name.
15:15 And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it
is written,
15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the
tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build
again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
15:17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord,
and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the
Lord, who doeth all these things.
15:18 Known unto God are all his works from the
beginning of the world.
15:19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not
them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain
from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and
from things strangled, and from blood.
15:21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that
preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
15:22 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:
15:23 And they wrote letters by them after this
manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send
greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch
and Syria and Cilicia:
15:24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which
went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your
souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law:
to whom we gave no such commandment:
15:25 It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one
accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas
and Paul,
15:26 Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
15:27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall
also tell you the same things by mouth.
15:28 For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us,
to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary
things;
15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and
from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication:
from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye
well.
15:30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch:
and when they had gathered the multitude together, they
delivered the epistle:
15:31 Which when they had read, they rejoiced for
the consolation.
15:32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also
themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and
confirmed them.
15:33 And after they had tarried there a space,
they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the
apostles.
15:34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there
still.
15:35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch,
teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others
also.
15:36 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.
15:37 And Barnabas determined to take with them John,
whose surname was Mark.
15:38 But Paul thought not good to take him with them,
who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them
to the work.
15:39 And the contention was so sharp between them, that
they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took
Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
15:40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being
recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God.
15:41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming
the churches.
CHAPTER 16
THEN came he to Derbe and Lystra:
and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the
son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but
his father was a Greek:
16:2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that
were at Lystra and Iconium.
16:3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took
and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those
quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
16:4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered
them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the
apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
16:5 And so were the churches established in the faith,
and increased in number daily.
16:6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the
region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to
preach the word in Asia,
16:7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go
into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
16:8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
16:9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There
stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over
into Macedonia, and help us.
16:10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we
endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the
Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
16:11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a
straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to
Neapolis;
16:12 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief
city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we
were in that city abiding certain days.
16:13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a
river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down,
and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of
purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard
us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto
the things which were spoken of Paul.
16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she
besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful
to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And
she constrained us.
16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a
certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us,
which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
16:17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying,
These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew
unto us the way of salvation.
16:18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being
grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the
name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the
same hour.
16:19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their
gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew
them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
16:20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These
men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
16:21 And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to
receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them:
and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to
beat them.
16:23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them,
they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep
them safely:
16:24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them
into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the
stocks.
16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang
praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
16:26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that
the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all
the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
16:27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his
sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword,
and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had
been fled.
16:28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do
thyself no harm: for we are all here.
16:29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and
came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
16:30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I
do to be saved?
16:31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
16:32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and
to all that were in his house.
16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and
washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his,
straightway.
16:34 And when he had brought them into his house, he
set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all
his house.
16:35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the
serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
16:36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to
Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore
depart, and go in peace.
16:37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us
openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into
prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but
let them come themselves and fetch us out.
16:38 And the serjeants told these words unto the
magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were
Romans.
16:39 And they came and besought them, and brought
them out, and desired them to depart out of the
city.
16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into
the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren,
they comforted them, and departed.
CHAPTER 17
NOW when they had passed through
Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was
a synagogue of the Jews:
17:2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and
three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the
scriptures,
17:3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have
suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus,
whom I preach unto you, is Christ.
17:4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul
and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of
the chief women not a few.
17:5 But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy,
took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and
gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and
assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to
the people.
17:6 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;
17:7 Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary
to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king,
one Jesus.
17:8 And they troubled the people and the rulers of the
city, when they heard these things.
17:9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of
the other, they let them go.
17:10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and
Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into
the synagogue of the Jews.
17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,
in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and
searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were
so.
17:12 Therefore many of them believed; also of
honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.
17:13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge
that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came
thither also, and stirred up the people.
17:14 And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul
to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode
there still.
17:15 And they that conducted Paul brought him unto
Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus
for to come to him with all speed, they departed.
17:16 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his
spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to
idolatry.
17:17 Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the
Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with
them that met with him.
17:18 Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and
of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this
babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of
strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the
resurrection.
17:19 And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus,
saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou
speakest, is?
17:20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our
ears: we would know therefore what these things mean.
17:21 (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.)
17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and
said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye
are too superstitious.
17:23 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.
17:24 God that made the world and all things therein,
seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in
temples made with hands;
17:25 Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though
he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath,
and all things;
17:26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for
to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the
times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
17:27 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:
17:28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being;
as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also
his offspring.
17:29 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.
17:30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but
now commandeth all men every where to repent:
17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he
will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom
he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto
all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
17:32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the
dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of
this matter.
17:33 So Paul departed from among them.
17:34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed:
among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a
woman named Damaris, and others with them.
CHAPTER 18
AFTER these things Paul departed
from Athens, and came to Corinth;
18:2 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.
18:3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with
them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were
tentmakers.
18:4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and
persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
18:5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from
Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the
Jews that Jesus was Christ.
18:6 And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed,
he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood
be upon your own heads; I am clean: from
henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
18:7 And he departed thence, and entered into a certain
man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped
God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue.
18:8 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.
18:9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a
vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and
hold not thy peace:
18:10 For I am with thee, and no
man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in
this city.
18:11 And he continued there a year and six
months, teaching the word of God among them.
18:12 And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews
made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him
to the judgment seat,
18:13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to
worship God contrary to the law.
18:14 And when Paul was now about to open his
mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong
or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I
should bear with you:
18:15 But if it be a question of words and names, and
of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no
judge of such matters.
18:16 And he drave them from the judgment seat.
18:17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief
ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment
seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
18:18 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.
18:19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but
he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the
Jews.
18:20 When they desired him to tarry longer time
with them, he consented not;
18:21 But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all
means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will
return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from
Ephesus.
18:22 And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up,
and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
18:23 And after he had spent some time there, he
departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and
Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
18:24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at
Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the
scriptures, came to Ephesus.
18:25 This man was instructed in the way of the Lord;
and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently
the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
18:26 And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue:
whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto
them, and expounded unto him the way of God more
perfectly.
18:27 And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the
brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who,
when he was come, helped them much which had believed through
grace:
18:28 For he mightily convinced the Jews, and
that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was
Christ.
CHAPTER 19
AND it came to pass, that, while
Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper
coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
19:2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost
since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much
as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
19:3 And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye
baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
19:4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the
baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should
believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ
Jesus.
19:5 When they heard this, they were baptized in
the name of the Lord Jesus.
19:6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them,
the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and
prophesied.
19:7 And all the men were about twelve.
19:8 And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly
for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the
things concerning the kingdom of God.
19:9 But when divers were hardened, and believed not,
but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed
from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the
school of one Tyrannus.
19:10 And this continued by the space of two years; so
that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord
Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
19:11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of
Paul:
19:12 So that from his body were brought unto the sick
handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them,
and the evil spirits went out of them.
19:13 Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took
upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of
the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul
preacheth.
19:14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a
Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
19:15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I
know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
19:16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on
them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that
they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
19:17 And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also
dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of
the Lord Jesus was magnified.
19:18 And many that believed came, and confessed, and
shewed their deeds.
19:19 Many of them also which used curious arts brought
their books together, and burned them before all men:
and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty
thousand pieces of silver.
19:20 So mightily grew the word of God and
prevailed.
19:21 After these things were ended, Paul purposed in
the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to
go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also
see Rome.
19:22 So he sent into Macedonia two of them that
ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself
stayed in Asia for a season.
19:23 And the same time there arose no small stir about
that way.
19:24 For a certain man named Demetrius, a
silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no
small gain unto the craftsmen;
19:25 Whom he called together with the workmen of like
occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have
our wealth.
19:26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at
Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath
persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no
gods, which are made with hands:
19:27 So that not only this our craft is in danger to be
set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess
Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be
destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
19:28 And when they heard these sayings, they
were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is
Diana of the Ephesians.
19:29 And the whole city was filled with confusion: and
having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's
companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the
theatre.
19:30 And when Paul would have entered in unto the
people, the disciples suffered him not.
19:31 And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his
friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not
adventure himself into the theatre.
19:32 Some therefore cried one thing, and some another:
for the assembly was confused; and the more part knew not
wherefore they were come together.
19:33 And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the
Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand,
and would have made his defence unto the people.
19:34 But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one
voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is
Diana of the Ephesians.
19:35 And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he
said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth
not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the
great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down
from Jupiter?
19:36 Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken
against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
19:37 For ye have brought hither these men, which are
neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your
goddess.
19:38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which
are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open,
and there are deputies: let them implead one another.
19:39 But if ye inquire any thing concerning other
matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly.
19:40 For we are in danger to be called in question for
this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an
account of this concourse.
19:41 And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the
assembly.
CHAPTER 20
AND after the uproar was ceased,
Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced
them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.
20:2 And when he had gone over those parts, and had
given them much exhortation, he came into Greece,
20:3 And there abode three months. And when the
Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he
purposed to return through Macedonia.
20:4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of
Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and
Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and
Trophimus.
20:5 These going before tarried for us at Troas.
20:6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of
unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days;
where we abode seven days.
20:7 And upon the first day of the week, when the
disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto
them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech
until midnight.
20:8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber,
where they were gathered together.
20:9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named
Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long
preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the
third loft, and was taken up dead.
20:10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing
him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in
him.
20:11 When he therefore was come up again, and had
broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till
break of day, so he departed.
20:12 And they brought the young man alive, and were not
a little comforted.
20:13 And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos,
there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed,
minding himself to go afoot.
20:14 And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in,
and came to Mitylene.
20:15 And we sailed thence, and came the next day
over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at
Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we
came to Miletus.
20:16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus,
because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if
it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of
Pentecost.
20:17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called
the elders of the church.
20:18 And when they were come to him, he said unto them,
Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what
manner I have been with you at all seasons,
20:19 Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and
with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying
in wait of the Jews:
20:20 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,
20:21 Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the
Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus
Christ.
20:22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto
Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me
there:
20:23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city,
saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I
my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with
joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus,
to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
20:25 And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I
have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no
more.
20:26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I
am pure from the blood of all men.
20:27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the
counsel of God.
20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all
the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you
overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased
with his own blood.
20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall
grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
20:30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking
perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
20:31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space
of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day
with tears.
20:32 And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to
the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to
give you an inheritance among all them which are
sanctified.
20:33 I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or
apparel.
20:34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have
ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with
me.
20:35 I have shewed you all things, how that so
labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the
words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It
is more blessed to give than to receive.
20:36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and
prayed with them all.
20:37 And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck,
and kissed him,
20:38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he
spake, that they should see his face no more. And they
accompanied him unto the ship.
CHAPTER 21
AND it came to pass, that after we
were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a
straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto
Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:
21:2 And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we
went aboard, and set forth.
21:3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on
the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for
there the ship was to unlade her burden.
21:4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days:
who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up
to Jerusalem.
21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we
departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way,
with wives and children, till we were out of the city:
and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
21:6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we
took ship; and they returned home again.
21:7 And when we had finished our course from
Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode
with them one day.
21:8 And the next day we that were of Paul's
company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into
the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the
seven; and abode with him.
21:9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which
did prophesy.
21:10 And as we tarried there many days, there
came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
21:11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's
girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith
the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man
that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the
hands of the Gentiles.
21:12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they
of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to
break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also
to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
21:14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased,
saying, The will of the Lord be done.
21:15 And after those days we took up our carriages, and
went up to Jerusalem.
21:16 There went with us also certain of the
disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of
Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.
21:17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren
received us gladly.
21:18 And the day following Paul went in with us
unto James; and all the elders were present.
21:19 And when he had saluted them, he declared
particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by
his ministry.
21:20 And when they heard it, they glorified the
Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many
thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all
zealous of the law:
21:21 And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest
all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses,
saying that they ought not to circumcise their children,
neither to walk after the customs.
21:22 What is it therefore? the multitude must needs
come together: for they will hear that thou art come.
21:23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have
four men which have a vow on them;
21:24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at
charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and
all may know that those things, whereof they were informed
concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also
walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
21:25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have
written and concluded that they observe no such thing,
save only that they keep themselves from things offered
to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from
fornication.
21:26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying
himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the
accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an
offering should be offered for every one of them.
21:27 And when the seven days were almost ended, the
Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple,
stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him,
21:28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man,
that teacheth all men every where against the people,
and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also
into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
21:29 (For they had seen before with him in the city
Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought
into the temple.)
21:30 And all the city was moved, and the people ran
together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple:
and forthwith the doors were shut.
21:31 And as they went about to kill him, tidings came
unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in
an uproar.
21:32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and
ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the
soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
21:33 Then the chief captain came near, and took him,
and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and
demanded who he was, and what he had done.
21:34 And some cried one thing, some another, among the
multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the
tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
21:35 And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that
he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the
people.
21:36 For the multitude of the people followed after,
crying, Away with him.
21:37 And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said
unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst
thou speak Greek?
21:38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these
days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four
thousand men that were murderers?
21:39 But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of
Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city:
and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.
21:40 And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on
the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And
when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them
in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
CHAPTER 22
MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear
ye my defence which I make now unto you.
22:2 (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew
tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
22:3 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.
22:4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding
and delivering into prisons both men and women.
22:5 As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and
all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters
unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which
were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.
22:6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey,
and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there
shone from heaven a great light round about me.
22:7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice
saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me?
22:8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said
unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom
thou persecutest.
22:9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light,
and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake
to me.
22:10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord
said unto me, Arise, and go into
Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which
are appointed for thee to do.
22:11 And when I could not see for the glory of that
light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came
into Damascus.
22:12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the
law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt
there,
22:13 Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother
Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon
him.
22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen
thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One,
and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth.
22:15 For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what
thou hast seen and heard.
22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized,
and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
22:17 And it came to pass, that, when I was come again
to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a
trance;
22:18 And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem:
for they will not receive thy testimony concerning
me.
22:19 And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and
beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee:
22:20 And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed,
I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept
the raiment of them that slew him.
22:21 And he said unto me, Depart:
for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
22:22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and
then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a
fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should
live.
22:23 And as they cried out, and cast off their
clothes, and threw dust into the air,
22:24 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into
the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging;
that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
22:25 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto
the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a
man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
22:26 When the centurion heard that, he went and
told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for
this man is a Roman.
22:27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him,
Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
22:28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum
obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free
born.
22:29 Then straightway they departed from him which
should have examined him: and the chief captain also was
afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had
bound him.
22:30 On the morrow, because he would have known the
certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him
from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all
their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him
before them.
CHAPTER 23
AND Paul, earnestly beholding the
council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all
good conscience before God until this day.
23:2 And the high priest Ananias commanded them that
stood by him to smite him on the mouth.
23:3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee,
thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the
law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?
23:4 And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's
high priest?
23:5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was
the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil
of the ruler of thy people.
23:6 But when Paul perceived that the one part were
Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the
council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a
Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called
in question.
23:7 And when he had so said, there arose a dissension
between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was
divided.
23:8 For the Sadducees say that there is no
resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees
confess both.
23:9 And there arose a great cry: and the scribes
that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove,
saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an
angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God.
23:10 And when there arose a great dissension, the chief
captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of
them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by
force from among them, and to bring him into the
castle.
23:11 And the night following the Lord stood by him, and
said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou
hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness
also at Rome.
23:12 And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded
together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they
would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
23:13 And they were more than forty which had made this
conspiracy.
23:14 And they came to the chief priests and elders, and
said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will
eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
23:15 Now therefore ye with the council signify to the
chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as
though ye would inquire something more perfectly concerning
him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him.
23:16 And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying
in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told
Paul.
23:17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto
him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief
captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
23:18 So he took him, and brought him to the
chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto
him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee,
who hath something to say unto thee.
23:19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and
went with him aside privately, and asked him,
What is that thou hast to tell me?
23:20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee
that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council,
as though they would inquire somewhat of him more
perfectly.
23:21 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in
wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound
themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink
till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for
a promise from thee.
23:22 So the chief captain then let the young man
depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou
hast shewed these things to me.
23:23 And he called unto him two centurions,
saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and
horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the
third hour of the night;
23:24 And provide them beasts, that they may set
Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.
23:25 And he wrote a letter after this manner:
23:26 Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor
Felix sendeth greeting.
23:27 This man was taken of the Jews, and should have
been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him,
having understood that he was a Roman.
23:28 And when I would have known the cause wherefore
they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
23:29 Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of
their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of
death or of bonds.
23:30 And when it was told me how that the Jews laid
wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave
commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what
they had against him. Farewell.
23:31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took
Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris.
23:32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with
him, and returned to the castle:
23:33 Who, when they came to Caesarea, and delivered the
epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him.
23:34 And when the governor had read the letter,
he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that
he was of Cilicia;
23:35 I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are
also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment
hall.
CHAPTER 24
AND after five days Ananias the
high priest descended with the elders, and with a
certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the
governor against Paul.
24:2 And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to
accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great
quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation
by thy providence,
24:3 We accept it always, and in all places, most
noble Felix, with all thankfulness.
24:4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto
thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a
few words.
24:5 For we have found this man a pestilent
fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews
throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the
Nazarenes:
24:6 Who also hath gone about to profane the temple:
whom we took, and would have judged according to our law.
24:7 But the chief captain Lysias came upon us,
and with great violence took him away out of our
hands,
24:8 Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by
examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these
things, whereof we accuse him.
24:9 And the Jews also assented, saying that these
things were so.
24:10 Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned
unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast
been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more
cheerfully answer for myself:
24:11 Because that thou mayest understand, that there
are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to
worship.
24:12 And they neither found me in the temple disputing
with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the
synagogues, nor in the city:
24:13 Neither can they prove the things whereof they now
accuse me.
24:14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way
which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers,
believing all things which are written in the law and in the
prophets:
24:15 And have hope toward God, which they themselves
also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead,
both of the just and unjust.
24:16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a
conscience void of offence toward God, and toward
men.
24:17 Now after many years I came to bring alms to my
nation, and offerings.
24:18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified
in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
24:19 Who ought to have been here before thee, and
object, if they had ought against me.
24:20 Or else let these same here say, if they
have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the
council,
24:21 Except it be for this one voice, that I cried
standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am
called in question by you this day.
24:22 And when Felix heard these things, having more
perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and
said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will
know the uttermost of your matter.
24:23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to
let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of
his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
24:24 And after certain days, when Felix came with his
wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard
him concerning the faith in Christ.
24:25 And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance,
and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way
for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for
thee.
24:26 He hoped also that money should have been given
him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him
the oftener, and communed with him.
24:27 But after two years Porcius Festus came into
Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure,
left Paul bound.
CHAPTER 25
NOW when Festus was come into the
province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to
Jerusalem.
25:2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews
informed him against Paul, and besought him,
25:3 And desired favour against him, that he would send
for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him.
25:4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at
Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly
thither.
25:5 Let them therefore, said he, which among you are
able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be
any wickedness in him.
25:6 And when he had tarried among them more than ten
days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on
the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought.
25:7 And when he was come, the Jews which came down from
Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous
complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
25:8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the
law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against
Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.
25:9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure,
answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and
there be judged of these things before me?
25:10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat,
where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong,
as thou very well knowest.
25:11 For if I be an offender, or have committed any
thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be
none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may
deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
25:12 Then Festus, when he had conferred with the
council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar
shalt thou go.
25:13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice
came unto Caesarea to salute Festus.
25:14 And when they had been there many days, Festus
declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain
man left in bonds by Felix:
25:15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief
priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring
to have judgment against him.
25:16 To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the
Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is
accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to
answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.
25:17 Therefore, when they were come hither, without any
delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded
the man to be brought forth.
25:18 Against whom when the accusers stood up, they
brought none accusation of such things as I supposed:
25:19 But had certain questions against him of their own
superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul
affirmed to be alive.
25:20 And because I doubted of such manner of questions,
I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there
be judged of these matters.
25:21 But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the
hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might
send him to Caesar.
25:22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear
the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
25:23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and
Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of
hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the
city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth.
25:24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which
are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the
multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem,
and also here, crying that he ought not to live any
longer.
25:25 But when I found that he had committed nothing
worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus,
I have determined to send him.
25:26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my
lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and
specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination
had, I might have somewhat to write.
25:27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a
prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid
against him.
CHAPTER 26
THEN Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou
art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth
the hand, and answered for himself:
26:2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall
answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things
whereof I am accused of the Jews:
26:3 Especially because I know thee to be expert
in all customs and questions which are among the Jews:
wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently.
26:4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the
first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the
Jews;
26:5 Which knew me from the beginning, if they would
testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I
lived a Pharisee.
26:6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the
promise made of God unto our fathers:
26:7 Unto which promise our twelve tribes,
instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For
which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
26:8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with
you, that God should raise the dead?
26:9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do
many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
26:10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of
the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority
from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave
my voice against them.
26:11 And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and
compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad
against them, I persecuted them even unto strange
cities.
26:12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and
commission from the chief priests,
26:13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from
heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me
and them which journeyed with me.
26:14 And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard
a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue,
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
it is hard for thee to kick against the
pricks.
26:15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said,
I am Jesus whom thou
persecutest.
26:16 But rise, and stand upon thy
feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make
thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou
hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto
thee;
26:17 Delivering thee from the
people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send
thee,
26:18 To open their eyes,
and to turn them from darkness to light, and
from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive
forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are
sanctified by faith that is in me.
26:19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient
unto the heavenly vision:
26:20 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.
26:21 For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple,
and went about to kill me.
26:22 Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue
unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none
other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say
should come:
26:23 That Christ should suffer, and that he
should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should
shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
26:24 And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with
a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth
make thee mad.
26:25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but
speak forth the words of truth and soberness.
26:26 For the king knoweth of these things, before whom
also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these
things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a
corner.
26:27 King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know
that thou believest.
26:28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou
persuadest me to be a Christian.
26:29 And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou,
but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and
altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
26:30 And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and
the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them:
26:31 And when they were gone aside, they talked between
themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or
of bonds.
26:32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have
been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar.
CHAPTER 27
AND when it was determined that we
should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other
prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of
Augustus' band.
27:2 And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we
launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one
Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.
27:3 And the next day we touched at Sidon. And
Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty
to go unto his friends to refresh himself.
27:4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed
under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
27:5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and
Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
27:6 And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria
sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.
27:7 And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce
were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we
sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;
27:8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is
called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of
Lasea.
27:9 Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was
now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul
admonished them,
27:10 And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this
voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the
lading and ship, but also of our lives.
27:11 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and
the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken
by Paul.
27:12 And because the haven was not commodious to winter
in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any
means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter;
which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south
west and north west.
27:13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing
that they had obtained their purpose, loosing
thence, they sailed close by Crete.
27:14 But not long after there arose against it a
tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon.
27:15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear
up into the wind, we let her drive.
27:16 And running under a certain island which is called
Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
27:17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps,
undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into
the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.
27:18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest,
the next day they lightened the ship;
27:19 And the third day we cast out with our own
hands the tackling of the ship.
27:20 And when neither sun nor stars in many days
appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that
we should be saved was then taken away.
27:21 But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the
midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto
me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this
harm and loss.
27:22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for
there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but
of the ship.
27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God,
whose I am, and whom I serve,
27:24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought
before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail
with thee.
27:25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe
God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
27:26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
27:27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were
driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed
that they drew near to some country;
27:28 And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms:
and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again,
and found it fifteen fathoms.
27:29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon
rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for
the day.
27:30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the
ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under
colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the
foreship,
27:31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers,
Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
27:32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat,
and let her fall off.
27:33 And while the day was coming on, Paul besought
them all to take meat, saying, This day is the
fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting,
having taken nothing.
27:34 Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for
this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from
the head of any of you.
27:35 And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and
gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had
broken it, he began to eat.
27:36 Then were they all of good cheer, and they also
took some meat.
27:37 And we were in all in the ship two hundred
threescore and sixteen souls.
27:38 And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the
ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea.
27:39 And when it was day, they knew not the land: but
they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which
they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the
ship.
27:40 And when they had taken up the anchors, they
committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder
bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward
shore.
27:41 And falling into a place where two seas met, they
ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained
unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of
the waves.
27:42 And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the
prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape.
27:43 But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them
from their purpose; and commanded that they which could
swim should cast themselves first into the sea,
and get to land:
27:44 And the rest, some on boards, and some on
broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that
they escaped all safe to land.
CHAPTER 28
AND when they were escaped, then
they knew that the island was called Melita.
28:2 And the barbarous people shewed us no little
kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one,
because of the present rain, and because of the cold.
28:3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and
laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the
heat, and fastened on his hand.
28:4 And when the barbarians saw the venomous
beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt
this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea,
yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
28:5 And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt
no harm.
28:6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or
fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great
while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds,
and said that he was a god.
28:7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief
man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and
lodged us three days courteously.
28:8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay
sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in,
and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him.
28:9 So when this was done, others also, which had
diseases in the island, came, and were healed:
28:10 Who also honoured us with many honours; and when
we departed, they laded us with such things as were
necessary.
28:11 And after three months we departed in a ship of
Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was
Castor and Pollux.
28:12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there
three days.
28:13 And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to
Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the
next day to Puteoli:
28:14 Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry
with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.
28:15 And from thence, when the brethren heard of us,
they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three
taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took
courage.
28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered
the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was
suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
28:17 And it came to pass, that after three days Paul
called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come
together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I
have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our
fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the
hands of the Romans.
28:18 Who, when they had examined me, would have let
me go, because there was no cause of death in me.
28:19 But when the Jews spake against it, I was
constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to
accuse my nation of.
28:20 For this cause therefore have I called for you, to
see you, and to speak with you: because that for
the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.
28:21 And they said unto him, We neither received
letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the
brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee.
28:22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest:
for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is
spoken against.
28:23 And when they had appointed him a day, there came
many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and
testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus,
both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets,
from morning till evening.
28:24 And some believed the things which were spoken,
and some believed not.
28:25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they
departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the
Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
28:26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye
shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see,
and not perceive:
28:27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and
their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they
closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear
with their ears, and understand with their heart,
and should be converted, and I should heal them.
28:28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation
of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will
hear it.
28:29 And when he had said these words, the Jews
departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
28:30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired
house, and received all that came in unto him,
28:31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those
things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all
confidence, no man forbidding him.
THE END
OF ACTS
The Epistle of Paul to the Romans
CHAPTER 1
PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ,
called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of
God,
1:2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the
holy scriptures,)
1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was
made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
1:4 And declared to be the Son of God with power,
according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from
the dead:
1:5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for
obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
1:6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus
Christ:
1:7 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.
1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you
all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole
world.
1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit
in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention
of you always in my prayers;
1:10 Making request, if by any means now at length I
might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto
you.
1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you
some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
1:12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you
by the mutual faith both of you and me.
1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that
oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,)
that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among
other Gentiles.
1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the
Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the
gospel to you that are at Rome also.
1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for
it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that
believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God revealed
from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by
faith.
1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold
the truth in unrighteousness;
1:19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest
in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
1:20 For the invisible things of him from the creation
of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things
that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so
that they are without excuse:
1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified
him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain
in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was
darkened.
1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became
fools,
1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into
an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and
fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness
through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own
bodies between themselves:
1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and
worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who
is blessed for ever. Amen.
1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile
affections: for even their women did change the natural use
into that which is against nature:
1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use
of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with
men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves
that recompence of their error which was meet.
1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in
their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind,
to do those things which are not convenient;
1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication,
wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder,
debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
1:30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud,
boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
1:31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without
natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which
commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same,
but have pleasure in them that do them.
CHAPTER 2
THEREFORE thou art inexcusable, O
man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest
another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest
the same things.
2:2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is
according to truth against them which commit such things.
2:3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them
which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt
escape the judgment of God?
2:4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and
forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of
God leadeth thee to repentance?
2:5 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;
2:6 Who will render to every man according to his
deeds:
2:7 To them who by patient continuance in well doing
seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
2:8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey
the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
2:9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that
doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
2:10 But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that
worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
2:11 For there is no respect of persons with God.
2:12 For as many as have sinned without law shall also
perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall
be judged by the law;
2:13 (For not the hearers of the law are just
before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
2:14 For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do
by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not
the law, are a law unto themselves:
2:15 Which shew the work of the law written in their
hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their
thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one
another;)
2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men
by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
2:17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the
law, and makest thy boast of God,
2:18 And knowest his will, and approvest the
things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the
law;
2:19 And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of
the blind, a light of them which are in darkness,
2:20 An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes,
which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the
law.
2:21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest
thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal,
dost thou steal?
2:22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery,
dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou
commit sacrilege?
2:23 Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through
breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
2:24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the
Gentiles through you, as it is written.
2:25 For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the
law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is
made uncircumcision.
2:26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the
righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be
counted for circumcision?
2:27 And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if
it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and
circumcision dost transgress the law?
2:28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly;
neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the
flesh:
2:29 But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and
circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit,
and not in the letter; whose praise is not of
men, but of God.
CHAPTER 3
WHAT advantage then hath the Jew?
or what profit is there of circumcision?
3:2 Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were
committed the oracles of God.
3:3 For what if some did not believe? shall their
unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
3:4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a
liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy
sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged.
3:5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness
of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh
vengeance? (I speak as a man)
3:6 God forbid: for then how shall God judge the
world?
3:7 For if the truth of God hath more abounded through
my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a
sinner?
3:8 And not rather, (as we be slanderously
reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that
good may come? whose damnation is just.
3:9 What then? are we better than they? No, in no
wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that
they are all under sin;
3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not
one:
3:11 There is none that understandeth, there is none
that seeketh after God.
3:12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together
become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not
one.
3:13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with
their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps
is under their lips:
3:14 Whose mouth is full of cursing and
bitterness:
3:15 Their feet are swift to shed blood:
3:16 Destruction and misery are in their
ways:
3:17 And the way of peace have they not known:
3:18 There is no fear of God before their eyes.
3:19 Now we know that what things soever the law saith,
it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be
stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no
flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the
knowledge of sin.
3:21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is
manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;
3:22 Even the righteousness of God which is by
faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe:
for there is no difference:
3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of
God;
3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the
redemption that is in Christ Jesus:
3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation
through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for
the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of
God;
3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his
righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him
which believeth in Jesus.
3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By
what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
3:28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by
faith without the deeds of the law.
3:29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he
not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
3:30 Seeing it is one God, which shall justify
the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through
faith.
3:31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God
forbid: yea, we establish the law.
CHAPTER 4
WHAT shall we say then that
Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
4:2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath
whereof to glory; but not before God.
4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God,
and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
4:4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned
of grace, but of debt.
4:5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him
that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for
righteousness.
4:6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the
man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
4:7 Saying, Blessed are they whose
iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
4:8 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not
impute sin.
4:9 Cometh this blessedness then upon the
circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for
we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for
righteousness.
4:10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in
circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in
uncircumcision.
4:11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of
the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being
uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that
believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness
might be imputed unto them also: might be imputed unto them
also:
4:12 And the father of circumcision to them who are not
of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of
that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being
yet uncircumcised.
4:13 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.
4:14 For if they which are of the law be heirs,
faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
4:15 Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is,
there is no transgression.
4:16 Therefore it is of faith, that it might
be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all
the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that
also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us
all,
4:17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of
many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God,
who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not
as though they were.
4:18 Who against hope believed in hope, that he might
become the father of many nations, according to that which was
spoken, So shall thy seed be.
4:19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his
own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old,
neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb:
4:20 He staggered not at the promise of God through
unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
4:21 And being fully persuaded that, what he had
promised, he was able also to perform.
4:22 And therefore it was imputed to him for
righteousness.
4:23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it
was imputed to him;
4:24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we
believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
4:25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised
again for our justification.
CHAPTER 5
THEREFORE being justified by
faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ:
5:2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace
wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
5:3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations
also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
5:4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:
5:5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God
is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given
unto us.
5:6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time
Christ died for the ungodly.
5:7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet
peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.
5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that,
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
5:9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we
shall be saved from wrath through him.
5:10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to
God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we
shall be saved by his life.
5:11 And not only so, but we also joy in God
through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the
atonement.
5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the
world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for
that all have sinned:
5:13 (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is
not imputed when there is no law.
5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even
over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's
transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.
5:15 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.
5:16 And not as it was by one that sinned, so
is the gift: for the judgment was by one to
condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto
justification.
5:17 For if by one man's offence death reigned by one;
much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift
of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)
5:18 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment
came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the
righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men
unto justification of life.
5:19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made
sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made
righteous.
5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might
abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:
5:21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might
grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus
Christ our Lord.
CHAPTER 6
WHAT shall we say then? Shall we
continue in sin, that grace may abound?
6:2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live
any longer therein?
6:3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized
into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?
6:4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into
death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the
glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of
life.
6:5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness
of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of
his resurrection:
6:6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with
him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that
henceforth we should not serve sin.
6:7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
6:8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we
shall also live with him:
6:9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth
no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
6:10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in
that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead
indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our
Lord.
6:12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body,
that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof.
6:13 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.
6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye
are not under the law, but under grace.
6:15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under
the law, but under grace? God forbid.
6:16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves
servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether
of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
6:17 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.
6:18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the
servants of righteousness.
6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the
infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members
servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so
now yield your members servants to righteousness unto
holiness.
6:20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free
from righteousness.
6:21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye
are now ashamed? for the end of those things is
death.
6:22 But now being made free from sin, and become
servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end
everlasting life.
6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift
of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord.
CHAPTER 7
KNOW ye not, brethren, (for I
speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath
dominion over a man as long as he liveth?
7:2 For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the
law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the
husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her
husband.
7:3 So then if, while her husband liveth, she be
married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but
if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she
is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.
7:4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to
the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to
another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that
we should bring forth fruit unto God.
7:5 For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins,
which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth
fruit unto death.
7:6 But now we are delivered from the law, that being
dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of
spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
7:7 What shall we say then? is the law sin? God
forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not
known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
7:8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought
in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin
was dead.
7:9 For I was alive without the law once: but when the
commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
7:10 And the commandment, which was ordained to
life, I found to be unto death.
7:11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment,
deceived me, and by it slew me.
7:12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the
commandment holy, and just, and good.
7:13 Was then that which is good made death unto me? God
forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me
by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become
exceeding sinful.
7:14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am
carnal, sold under sin.
7:15 For that which I do I allow not: for what I would,
that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.
7:16 If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto
the law that it is good.
7:17 Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that
dwelleth in me.
7:18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,)
dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but
how to perform that which is good I find not.
7:19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil
which I would not, that I do.
7:20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that
do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
7:21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil
is present with me.
7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward
man:
7:23 But I see another law in my members, warring
against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to
the law of sin which is in my members.
7:24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from
the body of this death?
7:25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then
with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh
the law of sin.
CHAPTER 8
T
HERE is therefore
now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk
not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
8:3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak
through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of
sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
8:4 That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled
in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
8:5 For they that are after the flesh do mind the things
of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of
the Spirit.
8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be
spiritually minded is life and peace.
8:7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against
God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed
can be.
8:8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please
God.
8:9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if
so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have
not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
8:10 And if Christ be in you, the body is
dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of
righteousness.
8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from
the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead
shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that
dwelleth in you.
8:12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the
flesh, to live after the flesh.
8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but
if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye
shall live.
8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they
are the sons of God.
8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage
again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
8:16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit,
that we are the children of God:
8:17 And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and
joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with
him, that we may be also glorified together.
8:18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present
time are not worthy to be compared with the glory
which shall be revealed in us.
8:19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth
for the manifestation of the sons of God.
8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity, not
willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the
same in hope,
8:21 Because the creature itself also shall be delivered
from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the
children of God.
8:22 For we know that the whole creation groaneth and
travaileth in pain together until now.
8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which
have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan
within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the
redemption of our body.
8:24 For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is
not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
8:25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do
we with patience wait for it.
8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities:
for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the
Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which
cannot be uttered.
8:27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what
is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh
intercession for the saints according to the will of
God.
8:28 And we know that all things work together for good
to them that love God, to them who are the called according to
his purpose.
8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate
to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might
be the firstborn among many brethren.
8:30 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.
8:31 What shall we then say to these things? If God
be for us, who can be against us?
8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him
up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us
all things?
8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's
elect? It is God that justifieth.
8:34 Who is he that condemneth? It is
Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even
at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for
us.
8:35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all
the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him that loved us.
8:38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life,
nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
nor things to come,
8:39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is n
Christ Jesus our Lord.
CHAPTER 9
Isay
the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me
witness in the Holy Ghost,
9:2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in
my heart.
9:3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from
Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
9:4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the
adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of
the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
9:5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as
concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God
blessed for ever. Amen.
9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none
effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of
Israel:
9:7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham,
are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be
called.
9:8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh,
these are not the children of God: but the children of
the promise are counted for the seed.
9:9 For this is the word of promise, At this time
will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.
9:10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had
conceived by one, even by our father Isaac;
9:11 (For the children being not yet born,
neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God
according to election might stand, not of works, but of him
that calleth;)
9:12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the
younger.
9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have
I hated.
9:14 What shall we say then? Is there
unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
9:15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I
will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have
compassion.
9:16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor
of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.
9:17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this
same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power
in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the
earth.
9:18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have
mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.
9:19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find
fault? For who hath resisted his will?
9:20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against
God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it,
Why hast thou made me thus?
9:21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the
same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto
dishonour?
9:22 What if God, willing to shew his
wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much
longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
9:23 And that he might make known the riches of his
glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto
glory,
9:24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only,
but also of the Gentiles?
9:25 As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my
people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was
not beloved.
9:26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place
where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there
shall they be called the children of the living God.
9:27 Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the
number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a
remnant shall be saved:
9:28 For he will finish the work, and cut it
short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make
upon the earth.
9:29 And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of
Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been
made like unto Gomorrha.
9:30 What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which
followed not after righteousness, have attained to
righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of
righteousness, hath not attained to the law of
righteousness.
9:32 Wherefore? Because they sought it not by
faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they
stumbled at that stumblingstone;
9:33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a
stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on
him shall not be ashamed.
CHAPTER 10
BRETHREN, my heart's desire and
prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
10:2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of
God, but not according to knowledge.
10:3 For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and
going about to establish their own righteousness, have not
submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for
righteousness to every one that believeth.
10:5 For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of
the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by
them.
10:6 But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on
this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into
heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)
10:7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to
bring up Christ again from the dead.)
10:8 But what saith it? The word is nigh thee,
even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word
of faith, which we preach;
10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised
him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto
righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation.
10:11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on
him shall not be ashamed.
10:12 For there is no difference between the Jew and the
Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call
upon him.
10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord
shall be saved.
10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have
not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they
have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
10:15 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!
10:16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For
Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report?
10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and
hearing by the word of God.
10:18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their
sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of
the world.
10:19 But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith,
I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no
people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
10:20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of
them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that
asked not after me.
10:21 But to Israel he saith, All day long I have
stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying
people.
CHAPTER 11
Isay
then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am
an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of
Benjamin.
11:2 God hath not cast away his people which he
foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he
maketh intercession to God against Israel, saying,
11:3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged
down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my
life.
11:4 But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have
reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the
knee to the image of Baal.
11:5 Even so then at this present time also there is a
remnant according to the election of grace.
11:6 And if by grace, then is it no more of
works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of
works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more
work.
11:7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he
seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest
were blinded
11:8 (According as it is written, God hath given them
the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears
that they should not hear;) unto this day.
11:9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare,
and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto
them:
11:10 Let their eyes be darkened that they may not see,
and bow down their back alway.
11:11 I say then, Have they stumbled that they should
fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall
salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them
to jealousy.
11:12 Now if the fall of them be the riches of
the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the
Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
11:13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the
apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
11:14 If by any means I may provoke to emulation them
which are my flesh, and might save some of them.
11:15 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?
11:16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump
is also holy: and if the root be holy, so
are the branches.
11:17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and
thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and
with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive
tree;
11:18 Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast,
thou bearest not the root, but the root thee.
11:19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off,
that I might be grafted in.
11:20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off,
and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear:
11:21 For if God spared not the natural branches,
take heed lest he also spare not thee.
11:22 Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God:
on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if
thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt
be cut off.
11:23 And they also, if they abide not still in
unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in
again.
11:24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which
is wild by nature, and wert grafted contrary to nature into a
good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the
natural branches, be grafted into their own olive
tree?
11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be
ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own
conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until
the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is
written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall
turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I
shall take away their sins.
11:28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies
for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are
beloved for the fathers' sakes.
11:29 For the gifts and calling of God are
without repentance.
11:30 For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet
have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
11:31 Even so have these also now not believed, that
through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
11:32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that
he might have mercy upon all.
11:33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and
knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments,
and his ways past finding out!
11:34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who
hath been his counsellor?
11:35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be
recompensed unto him again?
11:36 For of him, and through him, and to him,
are all things: to whom be glory for ever.
Amen.
CHAPTER 12
Ibeseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye
present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto
God, which is your reasonable service.
12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye
transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove
what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of
God.
12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to
every man that is among you, not to think of himself
more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly,
according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of
faith.
12:4 For as we have many members in one body, and all
members have not the same office:
12:5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ,
and every one members one of another.
12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace
that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy
according to the proportion of faith;
12:7 Or ministry, let us wait on our
ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;
12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that
giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth,
with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor
that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.
12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with
brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;
12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit;
serving the Lord;
12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation;
continuing instant in prayer;
12:13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to
hospitality.
12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse
not.
12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with
them that weep.
12:16 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.
12:17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things
honest in the sight of all men.
12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live
peaceably with all men.
12:19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but
rather give place unto wrath: for it is written,
Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
12:20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he
thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals
of fire on his head.
12:21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with
good.
CHAPTER 13
LET every soul be subject unto the
higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers
that be are ordained of God.
13:2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth
the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to
themselves damnation.
13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to
the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that
which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
13:4 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.
13:5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only
for wrath, but also for conscience sake.
13:6 For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they
are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very
thing.
13:7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom
tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom
fear; honour to whom honour.
13:8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for
he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
13:9 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.
13:10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore
love is the fulfilling of the law.
13:11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is
high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our
salvation nearer than when we believed.
13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us
therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the
armour of light.
13:13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in
rioting and drunkeness, not in chambering and wantonness, not
in strife and envying.
13:14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not
provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts
thereof.
CHAPTER 14
HIM that is weak in the faith
receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
14:2 For one believeth that he may eat all things:
another, who is weak, eateth herbs.
14:3 Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth
not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth:
for God hath received him.
14:4 Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to
his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden
up: for God is able to make him stand.
14:5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another
esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully
persuaded in his own mind.
14:6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto
the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he
doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord,
for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord
he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. and giveth God
thanks.
14:7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth
to himself.
14:8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and
whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live
therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
14:9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and
revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
14:10 But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost
thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before
the judgment seat of Christ.
14:11 For it is written, As I live, saith the
Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall
confess to God.
14:12 So then every one of us shall give account of
himself to God.
14:13 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.
14:14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that
there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that
esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is
unclean.
14:15 But if thy brother be grieved with thy
meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy
meat, for whom Christ died.
14:16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of:
14:17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but
righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
14:18 For he that in these things serveth Christ
is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
14:19 Let us therefore follow after the things which
make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
14:20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things
indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who
eateth with offence.
14:21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to
drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth,
or is offended, or is made weak.
14:22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before
God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that
thing which he alloweth.
14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because
he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of
faith is sin.
CHAPTER 15
WE then that are strong ought to
bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please
ourselves.
15:2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for
his good to edification.
15:3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is
written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on
me.
15:4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were
written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort
of the scriptures might have hope.
15:5 Now the God of patience and consolation grant you
to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ
Jesus:
15:6 That ye may with one mind and one mouth
glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15:7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also
received us to the glory of God.
15:8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the
circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises
made unto the fathers:
15:9 And that the Gentiles might glorify God for
his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will
confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.
15:10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his
people.
15:11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and
laud him, all ye people.
15:12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of
Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in
him shall the Gentiles trust.
15:13 Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and
peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the
power of the Holy Ghost.
15:14 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.
15:15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more
boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because
of the grace that is given to me of God,
15:16 That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to
the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering
up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the
Holy Ghost.
15:17 I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus
Christ in those things which pertain to God.
15:18 For I will not dare to speak of any of those
things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the
Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
15:19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of
the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto
Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.
15:20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not
where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's
foundation:
15:21 But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken
of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall
understand.
15:22 For which cause also I have been much hindered
from coming to you.
15:23 But now having no more place in these parts, and
having a great desire these many years to come unto you;
15:24 Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will
come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be
brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat
filled with your company.
15:25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the
saints.
15:26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia
to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at
Jerusalem.
15:27 It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors
they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their
spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in
carnal things.
15:28 When therefore I have performed this, and have
sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.
15:29 And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall
come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of
Christ.
15:30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus
Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive
together with me in your prayers to God for me;
15:31 That I may be delivered from them that do not
believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for
Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
15:32 That I may come unto you with joy by the will of
God, and may with you be refreshed.
15:33 Now the God of peace be with you all.
Amen.
CHAPTER 16
Icommend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the
church which is at Cenchrea:
16:2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh
saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath
need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of
myself also.
16:3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ
Jesus:
16:4 Who have for my life laid down their own necks:
unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of
the Gentiles.
16:5 Likewise greet the church that is in their
house. Salute my wellbeloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits
of Achaia unto Christ.
16:6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.
16:7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my
fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also
were in Christ before me.
16:8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
16:9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my
beloved.
16:10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them
which are of Aristobulus' household.
16:11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of
the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord.
16:12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the
Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the
Lord.
16:13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother
and mine.
16:14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas,
Hermes, and the brethren which are with them.
16:15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his
sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with
them.
16:16 Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches
of Christ salute you.
16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause
divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have
learned; and avoid them.
16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus
Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair
speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
16:19 For your obedience is come abroad unto all
men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would
have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning
evil.
16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your
feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you. Amen.
16:21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason,
and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.
16:22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute
you in the Lord.
16:23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth
you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and
Quartus a brother.
16:24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you all. Amen.
16:25 Now to him that is of power to stablish you
according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ,
according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept
secret since the world began,
16:26 But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of
the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting
God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith:
16:27 To God only wise, be glory through Jesus
Christ for ever. Amen.
THE END
OF ROMANS
The First Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians
CHAPTER 1
PAUL, called to be an
apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes
our brother,
1:2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them
that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be
saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of
Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:
1:3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our
Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace
of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
1:5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all
utterance, and in all knowledge;
1:6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in
you:
1:7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
1:8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye
may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1:9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto
the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
1:10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and
that there be no divisions among you; but that ye
be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same
judgment.
1:11 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.
1:12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am
of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of
Christ.
1:13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or
were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
1:14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but
Crispus and Gaius;
1:15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own
name.
1:16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas:
besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
1:17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach
the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ
should be made of none effect.
1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that
perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power
of God.
1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the
wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the
prudent.
1:20 Where is the wise? where is the
scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not
God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
1:21 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.
1:22 For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek
after wisdom:
1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a
stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
1:24 But unto them which are called, both Jews and
Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men;
and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not
many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble,
are called:
1:27 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;
1:28 And base things of the world, and things which are
despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are
not, to bring to nought things that are:
1:29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is
made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and
redemption:
1:31 That, according as it is written, He that glorieth,
let him glory in the Lord.
CHAPTER 2
AND I, brethren, when I came to
you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring
unto you the testimony of God.
2:2 For I determined not to know any thing among you,
save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
2:3 And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in
much trembling.
2:4 And my speech and my preaching was not with
enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the
Spirit and of power:
2:5 That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of
men, but in the power of God.
2:6 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:
2:7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery,
even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before
the world unto our glory:
2:8 Which none of the princes of this world knew: for
had they known it, they would not have crucified the
Lord of glory.
2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear
heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things
which God hath prepared for them that love him.
2:10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his
Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep
things of God.
2:11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the
spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God
knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
2:12 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.
2:13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which
man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth;
comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the
Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can
he know them, because they are spiritually
discerned.
2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he
himself is judged of no man.
2:16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he
may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.
CHAPTER 3
AND I, brethren, could not speak
unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as
unto babes in Christ.
3:2 I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for
hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now
are ye able.
3:3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is
among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not
carnal, and walk as men?
3:4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I
am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but
ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every
man?
3:6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the
increase.
3:7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing,
neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
3:8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one:
and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own
labour.
3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's
husbandry, ye are God's building.
3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto
me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and
another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he
buildeth thereupon.
3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is
laid, which is Jesus Christ.
3:12 Now if any man build upon this foundation gold,
silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
3:13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the
day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and
the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.
3:14 If any man's work abide which he hath built
thereupon, he shall receive a reward.
3:15 If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer
loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and
that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?
3:17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God
destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye
are.
3:18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you
seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that
he may be wise.
3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with
God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own
craftiness.
3:20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the
wise, that they are vain.
3:21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things
are yours;
3:22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world,
or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all
are yours;
3:23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ is
God's.
CHAPTER 4
LET a man so account of us, as of
the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of
God.
4:2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be
found faithful.
4:3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should
be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine
own self.
4:4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby
justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
4:5 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.
4:6 And these things, brethren, I have in a figure
transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes;
that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that
which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one
against another.
4:7 For who maketh thee to differ from another?
and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou
didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst
not received it?
4:8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as
kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also
might reign with you.
4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles
last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a
spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
4:10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye
are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye
are strong; ye are honourable, but we are
despised.
4:11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and
thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain
dwellingplace;
4:12 And labour, working with our own hands: being
reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
4:13 Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth
of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto
this day.
4:14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my
beloved sons I warn you.
4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in
Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ
Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
4:16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me.
4:17 For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who
is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring
you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach
every where in every church.
4:18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come
to you.
4:19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will,
and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but
the power.
4:20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but
in power.
4:21 What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or
in love, and in the spirit of meekness?
CHAPTER 5
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.
5:2 And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned,
that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among
you.
5:3 For I verily, as absent in body, but present in
spirit, have judged already, as though I were present,
concerning him that hath so done this deed,
5:4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are
gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord
Jesus Christ,
5:5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for the
destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the
day of the Lord Jesus.
5:6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a
little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
5:7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a
new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is
sacrificed for us:
5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old
leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but
with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with
fornicators:
5:10 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.
5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep
company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator,
or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an
extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
5:12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are
without? do not ye judge them that are within?
5:13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore
put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
CHAPTER 6
DARE any of you, having a matter
against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before
the saints?
6:2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the
world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy
to judge the smallest matters?
6:3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much
more things that pertain to this life?
6:4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to
this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the
church.
6:5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a
wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge
between his brethren?
6:6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and that
before the unbelievers.
6:7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you,
because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather
take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be
defrauded?
6:8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your
brethren.
6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit
the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor
idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of
themselves with mankind,
6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of
God.
6:11 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.
6:12 All things are lawful unto me, but all things are
not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be
brought under the power of any.
6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but
God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not
for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the
body.
6:14 And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also
raise up us by his own power.
6:15 Know ye not that your bodies are the members of
Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make
them the members of an harlot? God forbid.
6:16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to an
harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
6:17 But he that is joined unto the Lord is one
spirit.
6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is
without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth
against his own body.
6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of
the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God,
and ye are not your own?
6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify
God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
CHAPTER 7
NOW concerning the things whereof
ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a
woman.
7:2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every
man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own
husband.
7:3 Let the husband render unto the wife due
benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.
7:4 The wife hath not power of her own body, but the
husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his
own body, but the wife.
7:5 Defraud ye not one the other, except it be
with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting
and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not
for your incontinency.
7:6 But I speak this by permission, and not of
commandment.
7:7 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But
every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner,
and another after that.
7:8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is
good for them if they abide even as I.
7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it
is better to marry than to burn.
7:10 And unto the married I command, yet not I,
but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her
husband:
7:11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or
be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband
put away his wife.
7:12 But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any
brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to
dwell with him, let him not put her away.
7:13 And the woman which hath an husband that believeth
not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave
him.
7:14 For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the
wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband:
else were your children unclean; but now are they holy.
7:15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A
brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases:
but God hath called us to peace.
7:16 For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt
save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether
thou shalt save thy wife?
7:17 But as God hath distributed to every man, as the
Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in
all churches.
7:18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not
become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him
not be circumcised.
7:19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is
nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God.
7:20 Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he
was called.
7:21 Art thou called being a servant? care not
for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it
rather.
7:22 For he that is called in the Lord, being a
servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is
called, being free, is Christ's servant.
7:23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants
of men.
7:24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called,
therein abide with God.
7:25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the
Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy
of the Lord to be faithful.
7:26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the
present distress, I say, that it is good for a
man so to be.
7:27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed.
Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife.
7:28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if
a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall
have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you.
7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short:
it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they
had none;
7:30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and
they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that
buy, as though they possessed not;
7:31 And they that use this world, as not abusing
it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
7:32 But I would have you without carefulness. He that
is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how
he may please the Lord:
7:33 But he that is married careth for the things that
are of the world, how he may please his wife.
7:34 There is difference also between a wife and
a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the
Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she
that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may
please her husband.
7:35 And this I speak for your own profit; not that I
may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and
that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction.
7:36 But if any man think that he behaveth himself
uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of
her age, and need so require, let him do what he will,
he sinneth not: let them marry.
7:37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his
heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will,
and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin,
doeth well.
7:38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth
well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth
better.
7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband
liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be
married to whom she will; only in the Lord.
7:40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my
judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.
CHAPTER 8
NOW as touching things offered
unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge
puffeth up, but charity edifieth.
8:2 And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he
knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
8:3 But if any man love God, the same is known of
him.
8:4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things
that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol
is nothing in the world, and that there is none
other God but one.
8:5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in
heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords
many,)
8:6 But to us there is but one God, the Father,
of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord
Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
8:7 Howbeit there is not in every man that
knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour
eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their
conscience being weak is defiled.
8:8 But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if
we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the
worse.
8:9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty of
yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.
8:10 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;
8:11 And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother
perish, for whom Christ died?
8:12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound
their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.
8:13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I
will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my
brother to offend.
CHAPTER 9
AM I not an apostle? am I not
free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work
in the Lord?
9:2 If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I
am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the
Lord.
9:3 Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
9:4 Have we not power to eat and to drink?
9:5 Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as
well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord,
and Cephas?
9:6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear
working?
9:7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who
planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or
who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the
flock?
9:8 Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law
the same also?
9:9 For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt
not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth
God take care for oxen?
9:10 Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For
our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that
ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope
should be partaker of his hope.
9:11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is
it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?
9:12 If others be partakers of this power over
you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used
this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the
gospel of Christ.
9:13 Do ye not know that they which minister about holy
things live of the things of the temple? and they which
wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
9:14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which
preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
9:15 But I have used none of these things: neither have
I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for
it were better for me to die, than that any man should
make my glorying void.
9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to
glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me,
if I preach not the gospel!
9:17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward:
but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is
committed unto me.
9:18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I
preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without
charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel.
9:19 For though I be free from all men, yet have
I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
9:20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might
gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the
law, that I might gain them that are under the law;
9:21 To them that are without law, as without law,
(being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,)
that I might gain them that are without law.
9:22 To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the
weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by
all means save some.
9:23 And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might
be partaker thereof with you.
9:24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all,
but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is
temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a
corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
9:26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I,
not as one that beateth the air:
9:27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into
subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to
others, I myself should be a castaway.
CHAPTER 10
MOREOVER, brethren, I would not
that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under
the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
10:2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and
in the sea;
10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
10:4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for
they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that
Rock was Christ.
10:5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for
they were overthrown in the wilderness.
10:6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent
we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
10:7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of
them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink,
and rose up to play.
10:8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them
committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
10:9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also
tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
10:10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured,
and were destroyed of the destroyer.
10:11 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.
10:12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take
heed lest he fall.
10:13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as is
common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer
you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the
temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to
bear it.
10:14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from
idolatry.
10:15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
10:16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the
communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is
it not the communion of the body of Christ?
10:17 For we being many are one bread, and
one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
10:18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which
eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
10:19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or
that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing?
10:20 But I say, that the things which the
Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God:
and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
10:21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup
of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of
the table of devils.
10:22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we
stronger than he?
10:23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are
not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things
edify not.
10:24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another's
wealth.
10:25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that
eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
10:26 For the earth is the Lord's, and the
fulness thereof.
10:27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a
feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before
you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
10:28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in
sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and
for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and
the fulness thereof:
10:29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the
other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's
conscience?
10:30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil
spoken of for that for which I give thanks?
10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever
ye do, do all to the glory of God.
10:32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the
Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
10:33 Even as I please all men in all
things, not seeking mine own profit, but the
profit of many, that they may be saved.
CHAPTER 11
BE ye followers of me, even as I
also am of Christ.
11:2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in
all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them
to you.
11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every
man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and
the head of Christ is God.
11:4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his
head covered, dishonoureth his head.
11:5 But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with
her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is
even all one as if she were shaven.
11:6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be
shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven,
let her be covered.
11:7 For a man indeed ought not to cover his
head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the
woman is the glory of the man.
11:8 For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of
the man.
11:9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but the
woman for the man.
11:10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on
her head because of the angels.
11:11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman,
neither the woman without the man, in the Lord.
11:12 For as the woman is of the man, even so
is the man also by the woman; but all things of God.
11:13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman
pray unto God uncovered?
11:14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a
man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
11:15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to
her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
11:16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no
such custom, neither the churches of God.
11:17 Now in this that I declare unto you I
praise you not, that ye come together not for the
better, but for the worse.
11:18 For first of all, when ye come together in the
church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly
believe it.
11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that
they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
11:20 When ye come together therefore into one place,
this is not to eat the Lord's supper.
11:21 For in eating every one taketh before other
his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
11:22 What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in?
or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not?
What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise
you not.
11:23 For I have received of the Lord that which also I
delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night
in which he was betrayed took bread:
11:24 And when he had given thanks, he brake it,
and said, Take, eat: this is my body,
which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of
me.
11:25 After the same manner also he took the cup,
when he had supped, saying, This cup is
the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink
it, in remembrance of me.
11:26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this
cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and
drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty
of the body and blood of the Lord.
11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat
of that bread, and drink of that cup.
11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth
and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's
body.
11:30 For this cause many are weak and sickly
among you, and many sleep.
11:31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be
judged.
11:32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the
Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
11:33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to
eat, tarry one for another.
11:34 And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that
ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set
in order when I come.
CHAPTER 12
NOW concerning spiritual
gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
12:2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto
these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
12:3 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.
12:4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same
Spirit.
12:5 And there are differences of administrations, but
the same Lord.
12:6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is
the same God which worketh all in all.
12:7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to
every man to profit withal.
12:8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of
wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same
Spirit;
12:9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the
gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
12:10 To another the working of miracles; to another
prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another
divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation
of tongues:
12:11 But all these worketh that one and the selfsame
Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
12:12 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and
all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so
also is Christ.
12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one
body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we
be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one
Spirit.
12:14 For the body is not one member, but many.
12:15 If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand,
I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
12:16 And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the
eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body?
12:17 If the whole body were an eye, where
were the hearing? If the whole were hearing,
where were the smelling?
12:18 But now hath God set the members every one of them
in the body, as it hath pleased him.
12:19 And if they were all one member, where were
the body?
12:20 But now are they many members, yet but one
body.
12:21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no
need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of
you.
12:22 Nay, much more those members of the body, which
seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
12:23 And those members of the body, which we
think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant
honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant
comeliness.
12:24 For our comely parts have no need: but God
hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant
honour to that part which lacked:
12:25 That there should be no schism in the body; but
that the members should have the same care one for
another.
12:26 And whether one member suffer, all the members
suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members
rejoice with it.
12:27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in
particular.
12:28 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.
12:29 Are all apostles? are all prophets?
are all teachers? are all workers of
miracles?
12:30 Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with
tongues? do all interpret?
12:31 But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I
unto you a more excellent way.
CHAPTER 13
THOUGH I speak with the tongues of
men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as
sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
13:2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and
understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have
all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not
charity, I am nothing.
13:3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the
poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not
charity, it profiteth me nothing.
13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity
envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her
own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
13:6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the
truth;
13:7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth
all things, endureth all things.
13:8 Charity never faileth: but whether there be
prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues,
they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall
vanish away.
13:9 For we know in part, and we prophesy in part.
13:10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that
which is in part shall be done away.
13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I
understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became
a man, I put away childish things.
13:12 For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then
face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as
also I am known.
13:13 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three;
but the greatest of these is charity.
CHAPTER 14
FOLLOW after charity, and desire
spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
14:2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue
speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth
him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
14:3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to
edification, and exhortation, and comfort.
14:4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue
edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the
church.
14:5 I would that ye all spake with tongues, but rather
that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth
than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that
the church may receive edifying.
14:6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with
tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you
either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by
doctrine?
14:7 And even things without life giving sound, whether
pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how
shall it be known what is piped or harped?
14:8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who
shall prepare himself to the battle?
14:9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words
easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken?
for ye shall speak into the air.
14:10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in
the world, and none of them is without
signification.
14:11 Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice,
I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that
speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
14:12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of
spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying
of the church.
14:13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an
unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.
14:14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my
spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful.
14:15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and
I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the
spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
14:16 Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how
shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at
thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou
sayest?
14:17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other
is not edified.
14:18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye
all:
14:19 Yet in the church I had rather speak five words
with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach
others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown
tongue.
14:20 Brethren, be not children in understanding:
howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be
men.
14:21 In the law it is written, With men of other
tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet
for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.
14:22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that
believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying
serveth not for them that believe not, but for them
which believe.
14:23 If therefore the whole church be come together
into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in
those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not
say that ye are mad?
14:24 But if all prophesy, and there come in one that
believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all,
he is judged of all:
14:25 And thus are the secrets of his heart made
manifest; and so falling down on his face he will
worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
14:26 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.
14:27 If any man speak in an unknown tongue,
let it be by two, or at the most by three, and
that by course; and let one interpret.
14:28 But if there be no interpreter, let him keep
silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to
God.
14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the
other judge.
14:30 If any thing be revealed to another that
sitteth by, let the first hold his peace.
14:31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may
learn, and all may be comforted.
14:32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the
prophets.
14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but
of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for
it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are
commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
14:35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask
their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in
the church.
14:36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came
it unto you only?
14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or
spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write
unto you are the commandments of the Lord.
14:38 But if any man be ignorant, let him be
ignorant.
14:39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid
not to speak with tongues.
14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
CHAPTER 15
MOREOVER, brethren, I declare unto
you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have
received, and wherein ye stand;
15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory
what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I
also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to
the scriptures;
15:4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the
third day according to the scriptures:
15:5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the
twelve:
15:6 After that, he was seen of above five hundred
brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this
present, but some are fallen asleep.
15:7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the
apostles.
15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one
born out of due time.
15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not
meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church
of God.
15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his
grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I
laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the
grace of God which was with me.
15:11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we
preach, and so ye believed.
15:12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the
dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of
the dead?
15:13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then
is Christ not risen:
15:14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our
preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
15:15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God;
because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom
he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
15:16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ
raised:
15:17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is
vain; ye are yet in your sins.
15:18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ
are perished.
15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we
are of all men most miserable.
15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and
become the firstfruits of them that slept.
15:21 For since by man came death, by man
came also the resurrection of the dead.
15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall
all be made alive.
15:23 But every man in his own order: Christ the
firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his
coming.
15:24 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.
15:25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies
under his feet.
15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed
is death.
15:27 For he hath put all things under his feet. But
when he saith all things are put under him, it is
manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under
him.
15:28 And when all things shall be subdued unto him,
then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put
all things under him, that God may be all in all.
15:29 Else what shall they do which are baptized for the
dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized
for the dead?
15:30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
15:31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ
Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
15:32 If after the manner of men I have fought with
beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise
not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.
15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good
manners.
15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have
not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your
shame.
15:35 But some man will say, How are the dead
raised up? and with what body do they come?
15:36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not
quickened, except it die:
15:37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that
body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or
of some other grain:
15:38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him,
and to every seed his own body.
15:39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but
there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh
of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
15:40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies
terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and
the glory of the terrestrial is another.
15:41 There is one glory of the sun, and another
glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for
one star differeth from another star in
glory.
15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It
is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
15:43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it
is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
15:44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a
spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a
spiritual body.
15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made
a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening
spirit.
15:46 Howbeit that was not first which is
spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which
is spiritual.
15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the
second man is the Lord from heaven.
15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also
that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are
they also that are heavenly.
15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we
shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood
cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption
inherit incorruption.
15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all
sleep, but we shall all be changed,
15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the
last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be
raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and
this mortal must put on immortality.
15:54 So when this corruptible shall have put on
incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality,
then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death
is swallowed up in victory.
15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where
is thy victory?
15:56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength
of sin is the law.
15:57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the
victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast,
unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch
as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
CHAPTER 16
NOW concerning the collection for
the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia,
even so do ye.
16:2 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.
16:3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by
your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality
unto Jerusalem.
16:4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go
with me.
16:5 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through
Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia.
16:6 And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter
with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I
go.
16:7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust
to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit.
16:8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
16:9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me,
and there are many adversaries.
16:10 Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you
without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also
do.
16:11 Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him
forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him
with the brethren.
16:12 As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly
desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will
was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he
shall have convenient time.
16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like
men, be strong.
16:14 Let all your things be done with charity.
16:15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of
Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and
that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of
the saints,)
16:16 That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every
one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.
16:17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and
Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your
part they have supplied.
16:18 For they have refreshed my spirit and yours:
therefore acknowledge ye them that are such.
16:19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and
Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is
in their house.
16:20 All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another
with an holy kiss.
16:21 The salutation of me Paul with mine own
hand.
16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him
be Anathema Maran-atha.
16:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you.
16:24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus.
Amen.
THE END
OF I CORINTHIANS
The Second Epistle of Paul to the Corinthians
CHAPTER 1
PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ
by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the
church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which
are in all Achaia:
1:2 Grace be to you and peace from God our
Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all
comfort;
1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we
may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the
comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
1:5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our
consolation also aboundeth by Christ.
1:6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your
consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring
of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be
comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
1:7 And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing,
that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye
be also of the consolation.
1:8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our
trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of
measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of
life:
1:9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that
we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the
dead:
1:10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth
deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver
us;
1:11 Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for
the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons
thanks may be given by many on our behalf.
1:12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our
conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with
fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our
conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
1:13 For we write none other things unto you, than what
ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even
to the end;
1:14 As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we
are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day
of the Lord Jesus.
1:15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto
you before, that ye might have a second benefit;
1:16 And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come
again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my
way toward Judaea.
1:17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use
lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according
to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay
nay?
1:18 But as God is true, our word toward
you was not yea and nay.
1:19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached
among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus,
was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
1:20 For all the promises of God in him are yea,
and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
1:21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and
hath anointed us, is God;
1:22 Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of
the Spirit in our hearts.
1:23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that
to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
1:24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but
are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
CHAPTER 2
BUT I determined this with myself,
that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
2:2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh
me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
2:3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I
should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having
confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you
all.
2:4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I
wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved,
but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly
unto you.
2:5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved
me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
2:6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment,
which was inflicted of many.
2:7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to
forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a
one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
2:8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm
your love toward him.
2:9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know
the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
2:10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive
also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it,
for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we
are not ignorant of his devices.
2:12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach
Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
2:13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not
Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from
thence into Macedonia.
2:14 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.
2:15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in
them that are saved, and in them that perish:
2:16 To the one we are the savour of death unto
death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who
is sufficient for these things?
2:17 For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of
God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God
speak we in Christ.
CHAPTER 3
DO we begin again to commend
ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of
commendation to you, or letters of commendation from
you?
3:2 Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and
read of all men:
3:3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be
the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink,
but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone,
but in fleshy tables of the heart.
3:4 And such trust have we through Christ to
God-ward:
3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any
thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of
God;
3:6 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.
3:7 But if the ministration of death, written and
engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of
Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the
glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done
away:
3:8 How shall not the ministration of the spirit be
rather glorious?
3:9 For if the ministration of condemnation be
glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed
in glory.
3:10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory
in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth.
3:11 For if that which is done away was glorious,
much more that which remaineth is glorious.
3:12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great
plainness of speech:
3:13 And not as Moses, which put a veil over his
face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to
the end of that which is abolished:
3:14 But their minds were blinded: for until this day
remaineth the same veil untaken away in the reading of the old
testament; which veil is done away in Christ.
3:15 But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the
veil is upon their heart.
3:16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the
veil shall be taken away.
3:17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit
of the Lord is, there is liberty.
3:18 But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass
the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from
glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.
CHAPTER 4
THEREFORE seeing we have this
ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
4:2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty,
not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God
deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending
ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
4:3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are
lost:
4:4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds
of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious
gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto
them.
4:5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the
Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.
4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of
darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light
of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus
Christ.
4:7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that
the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
4:8 We are troubled on every side, yet not
distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
4:9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not
destroyed;
4:10 Always bearing about in the body the dying of the
Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest
in our body.
4:11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death
for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made
manifest in our mortal flesh.
4:12 So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
4:13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it
is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also
believe, and therefore speak;
4:14 Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus
shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us
with you.
4:15 For all things are for your sakes, that the
abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound
to the glory of God.
4:16 For which cause we faint not; but though our
outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by
day.
4:17 For our light affliction, which is but for a
moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal
weight of glory;
4:18 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.
CHAPTER 5
FOR we know that if our earthly
house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a
building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the
heavens.
5:2 For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be
clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
5:3 If so be that being clothed we shall not be found
naked.
5:4 For we that are in this tabernacle do groan,
being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed
upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
5:5 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing
is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the
Spirit.
5:6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing
that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the
Lord:
5:7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather
to be absent from the body, and to be present with the
Lord.
5:9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or
absent, we may be accepted of him.
5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of
Christ; that every one may receive the things done in
his body, according to that he hath done, whether it
be good or bad.
5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we
persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust
also are made manifest in your consciences.
5:12 For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but
give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have
somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and
not in heart.
5:13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to
God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
5:14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we
thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
5:15 And that he died for all, that they which
live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him
which died for them, and rose again.
5:16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the
flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet
now henceforth know we him no more.
5:17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he
is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all
things are become new.
5:18 And all things are of God, who hath
reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us
the ministry of reconciliation;
5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the
world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them;
and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
5:20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though
God did beseech you by us: we pray you in
Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
5:21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who
knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in
him.
CHAPTER 6
WE then, as workers
together with him, beseech you also that ye
receive not the grace of God in vain.
6:2 (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.)
6:3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be
not blamed:
6:4 But in all things approving ourselves as the
ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in
necessities, in distresses,
6:5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in
labours, in watchings, in fastings;
6:6/b> By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by
kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the
armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
6:8 By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good
report: as deceivers, and yet true;
6:9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying,
and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
6:10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet
making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing
all things.
6:11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto
you, our heart is enlarged.
6:12 Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened
in your own bowels.
6:13 Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto
my children,) be ye also enlarged.
6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with
unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with
darkness?
6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what
part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with
idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath
said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will
be their God, and they shall be my people.
6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye
separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean
thing; and I will receive you,
6:18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my
sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
CHAPTER 7
HAVING therefore these promises,
dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of
the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of
God.
7:2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have
corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man.
7:3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I
have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live
with you.
7:4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you,
great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I
am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
7:5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had
no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without
were fightings, within were fears.
7:6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are
cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;
7:7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation
wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest
desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I
rejoiced the more.
7:8 For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not
repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same
epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a
season.
7:9 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.
7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation
not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh
death.
7:11 For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed
after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea,
what clearing of yourselves, yea, what
indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement
desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all
things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this
matter.
7:12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it
not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause
that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of
God might appear unto you.
7:13 Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea,
and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because
his spirit was refreshed by you all.
7:14 For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am
not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even
so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a
truth.
7:15 And his inward affection is more abundant toward
you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with
fear and trembling ye received him.
7:16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you
in all things.
CHAPTER 8
MOREOVER, brethren, we do you to
wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of
Macedonia;
8:2 How that in a great trial of affliction the
abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the
riches of their liberality.
8:3 For to their power, I bear record, yea, and
beyond their power they were willing of
themselves;
8:4 Praying us with much entreaty that we would receive
the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the
ministering to the saints.
8:5 And this they did, not as we hoped, but first
gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of
God.
8:6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had
begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also.
8:7 Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in
faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all
diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye
abound in this grace also.
8:8 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the
forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your
love.
8:9 For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor,
that ye through his poverty might be rich.
8:10 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.
8:11 Now therefore perform the doing of it; that
as there was a readiness to will, so there may be
a performance also out of that which ye have.
8:12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is
accepted according to that a man hath, and not according
to that he hath not.
8:13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and
ye burdened:
8:14 But by an equality, that now at this time
your abundance may be a supply for their want, that
their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that
there may be equality:
8:15 As it is written, He that had gathered much
had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no
lack.
8:16 But thanks be to God, which put the same
earnest care into the heart of Titus for you.
8:17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being
more forward, of his own accord he went unto you.
8:18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise
is in the gospel throughout all the churches;
8:19 And not that only, but who was also chosen
of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is
administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and
declaration of your ready mind:
8:20 Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this
abundance which is administered by us:
8:21 Providing for honest things, not only in the sight
of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
8:22 And we have sent with them our brother, whom we
have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much
more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in
you.
8:23 Whether any do enquire of Titus, he
is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our
brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the
churches, and the glory of Christ.
8:24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches,
the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
CHAPTER 9
FOR as touching the ministering to
the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you:
9:2 For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I
boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year
ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many.
9:3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of
you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may
be ready:
9:4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and
find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed
in this same confident boasting.
9:5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the
brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up
before hand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the
same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as
of covetousness.
9:6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly
shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully
shall reap also bountifully.
9:7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart,
so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for
God loveth a cheerful giver.
9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound
toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all
things, may abound to every good work:
9:9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath
given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
9:10 Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both
minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed
sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)
9:11 Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness,
which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.
9:12 For the administration of this service not only
supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many
thanksgivings unto God;
9:13 Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they
glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of
Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and
unto all men;
9:14 And by their prayer for you, which long after you
for the exceeding grace of God in you.
9:15 Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable
gift.
CHAPTER 10
NOW I Paul myself beseech you by
the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence
am base among you, but being absent am bold toward
you:
10:2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold
when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be
bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according
to the flesh.
10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war
after the flesh:
10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not
carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong
holds;)
10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing
that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing
into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
10:6 And having in a readiness to revenge all
disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
10:7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance?
If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of
himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even
so are we Christ's.
10:8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our
authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and
not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
10:9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by
letters.
10:10 For his letters, say they, are
weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is
weak, and his speech contemptible.
10:11 Let such an one think this, that, such as we are
in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be
also in deed when we are present.
10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or
compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they
measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves
among themselves, are not wise.
10:13 But we will not boast of things without our
measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God
hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
10:14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our
measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come
as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of
Christ:
10:15 Not boasting of things without our measure,
that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when
your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you
according to our rule abundantly,
10:16 To preach the gospel in the regions beyond
you, and not to boast in another man's line of things
made ready to our hand.
10:17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the
Lord.
10:18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved,
but whom the Lord commendeth.
CHAPTER 11
WOULD to God ye could bear with me
a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.
11:2 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.
11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent
beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be
corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
11:4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom
we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit,
which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have
not accepted, ye might well bear with him.
11:5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very
chiefest apostles.
11:6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in
knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you
in all things.
11:7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that
ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel
of God freely?
11:8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of
them, to do you service.
11:9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was
chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the
brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all
things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto
you, and so will I keep myself.
11:10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop
me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11:11 Wherefore? because I love you not? God
knoweth.
11:12 But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off
occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they
glory, they may be found even as we.
11:13 For such are false apostles, deceitful
workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of
Christ.
11:14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed
into an angel of light.
11:15 Therefore it is no great thing if his
ministers also be transformed as the ministers of
righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
11:16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if
otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a
little.
11:17 That which I speak, I speak it not after
the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of
boasting.
11:18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will
glory also.
11:19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye
yourselves are wise.
11:20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if
a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man
exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
11:21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had
been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak
foolishly,) I am bold also.
11:22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they
Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so
am I.
11:23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool)
I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above
measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
11:24 Of the Jews five times received I forty
stripes save one.
11:25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned,
thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in
the deep;
11:26 In journeyings often, in perils of
waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by
mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen,
in perils in the city, in perils in the
wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among
false brethren;
11:27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often,
in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and
nakedness.
11:28 Beside those things that are without, that which
cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended,
and I burn not?
11:30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things
which concern mine infirmities.
11:31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which
is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king
kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to
apprehend me:
11:33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by
the wall, and escaped his hands.
CHAPTER 12
IT is not expedient for me
doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of
the Lord.
12:2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago,
(whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the
body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the
third heaven.
12:3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out
of the body, I cannot tell: God knoeweth;)
12:4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard
unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to
utter.
12:5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will
not glory, but in mine infirmities.
12:6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be
a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear,
lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me
to be, or that he heareth of me.
12:7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through
the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn
in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I
should be exalted above measure.
12:8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it
might depart from me.
12:9 And he said unto me, My grace
is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in
weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in
my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in
reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for
Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
12:11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled
me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing
am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be
nothing.
12:12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among
you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty
deeds.
12:13 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.
12:14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you;
and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but
you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but
the parents for the children.
12:15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you;
though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
12:16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless,
being crafty, I caught you with guile.
12:17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I
sent unto you?
12:18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a
brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the
same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
12:19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you?
we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things,
dearly beloved, for your edifying.
12:20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find
you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you
such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings,
wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings,
tumults:
12:21 And lest, when I come again, my God will
humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which
have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness
and fornication and lasciviousness which they have
committed.
CHAPTER 13
THIS is the third
time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three
witnesses shall every word be established.
13:2 I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were
present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them
which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come
again, I will not spare:
13:3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me,
which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
13:4 For though he was crucified through weakness, yet
he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but
we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
13:5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith;
prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that
Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?
13:6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not
reprobates.
13:7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we
should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is
honest, though we be as reprobates.
13:8 For we can do nothing against the truth, but for
the truth.
13:9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are
strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
13:10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest
being present I should use sharpness, according to the power
which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to
destruction.
13:11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of
good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of
love and peace shall be with you.
13:12 Greet one another with an holy kiss.
13:13 All the saints salute you.
13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love
of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you
all. Amen.
THE END
OF II CORINTHIANS
The Epistle of Paul to the Galatians
CHAPTER 1
PAUL, an apostle, (not of men,
neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who
raised him from the dead;)
1:2 And all the brethren which are with me, unto the
churches of Galatia:
1:3 Grace be to you and peace from God the
Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ,
1:4 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:
1:5 To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
1:6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that
called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:
1:7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble
you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.
1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any
other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto
you, let him be accursed.
1:9 As we said before, so say I now again, If any
man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have
received, let him be accursed.
1:10 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.
1:11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which
was preached of me is not after man.
1:12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I
taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1:13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past
in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the
church of God, and wasted it:
1:14 And profited in the Jews' religion above many my
equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of
the traditions of my fathers.
1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my
mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
1:16 To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him
among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and
blood:
1:17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were
apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again
unto Damascus.
1:18 Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to
see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.
1:19 But other of the apostles saw I none, save James
the Lord's brother.
1:20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold,
before God, I lie not.
1:21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and
Cilicia;
1:22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea
which were in Christ:
1:23 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted
us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he
destroyed.
1:24 And they glorified God in me.
CHAPTER 2
THEN fourteen years after I went
up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with
me also.
2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto
them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but
privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I
should run, or had run, in vain.
2:3 But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek,
was compelled to be circumcised:
2:4 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:
2:5 To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an
hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.
2:6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever
they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's
person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in
conference added nothing to me:
2:7 But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of
the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel
of the circumcision was unto Peter;
2:8 (For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the
apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me
toward the Gentiles:)
2:9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be
pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave
to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we
should go unto the heathen, and they unto the
circumcision.
2:10 Only they would that we should remember the
poor; the same which I also was forward to do.
2:11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him
to the face, because he was to be blamed.
2:12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat
with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and
separated himself, fearing them which were of the
circumcision.
2:13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him;
insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their
dissimulation.
2:14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly
according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before
them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner
of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the
Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
2:15 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners
of the Gentiles,
2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of
the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have
believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the
faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the
works of the law shall no flesh be justified. the law shall no
flesh be justified.
2:17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we
ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ
the minister of sin? God forbid.
2:18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed,
I make myself a transgressor.
2:19 For I through the law am dead to the law, that I
might live unto God.
2:20 I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live;
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now
live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who
loved me, and gave himself for me.
2:21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if
righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in
vain.
CHAPTER 3
Ofoolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not
obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been
evidently set forth, crucified among you?
3:2 This only would I learn of you, Received ye the
Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3:3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are
ye now made perfect by the flesh?
3:4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it
be yet in vain.
3:5 He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and
worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of
the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3:6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted
to him for righteousness.
3:7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the
same are the children of Abraham.
3:8 And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify
the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto
Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be
blessed.
3:9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with
faithful Abraham.
3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are
under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one
that continueth not in all things which are written in the book
of the law to do them.
3:11 But that no man is justified by the law in the
sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by
faith.
3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that
doeth them shall live in them.
3:13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law,
being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is
every one that hangeth on a tree:
3:14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on the
Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the
promise of the Spirit through faith.
3:15 Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though
it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be
confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
3:16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made.
He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to
thy seed, which is Christ.
3:17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was
confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four
hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should
make the promise of none effect.
3:18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it
is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by
promise.
3:19 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.
3:20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but
God is one.
3:21 Is the law then against the promises of God?
God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have
given life, verily righteousness should have been by the
law.
3:22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin,
that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to
them that believe.
3:23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law,
shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.
3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring
us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
3:25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer
under a schoolmaster.
3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in
Christ Jesus.
3:27 For as many of you as have been baptized into
Christ have put on Christ.
3:28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither
bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all
one in Christ Jesus.
3:29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's
seed, and heirs according to the promise.
CHAPTER 4
NOW I say, That the heir,
as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant,
though he be lord of all;
4:2 But is under tutors and governors until the time
appointed of the father.
4:3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage
under the elements of the world:
4:4 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent
forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
4:5 To redeem them that were under the law, that we
might receive the adoption of sons.
4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the
Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
4:7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and
if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
4:8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service
unto them which by nature are no gods.
4:9 But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are
known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly
elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
4:10 Ye observe days, and months, and times, and
years.
4:11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you
labour in vain.
4:12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I
am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
4:13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I
preached the gospel unto you at the first.
4:14 And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised
not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God,
even as Christ Jesus.
4:15 Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I
bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would
have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
4:16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell
you the truth?
4:17 They zealously affect you, but not well;
yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
4:18 But it is good to be zealously affected
always in a good thing, and not only when I am
present with you.
4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth
again until Christ be formed in you,
4:20 I desire to be present with you now, and to change
my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
4:21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye
not hear the law?
4:22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the
one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
4:23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born
after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by
promise.
4:24 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two
covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to
bondage, which is Agar.
4:25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and
answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her
children.
4:26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the
mother of us all.
4:27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that
bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for
the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an
husband.
4:28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of
promise.
4:29 But as then he that was born after the flesh
persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so
it is now.
4:30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the
bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not
be heir with the son of the freewoman.
4:31 So then, brethren, we are not children of the
bondwoman, but of the free.
CHAPTER 5
STAND fast therefore in the
liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not
entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
5:2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be
circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
5:3 For I testify again to every man that is
circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law.
5:4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of
you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace.
5:5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of
righteousness by faith.
5:6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth
any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by
love.
5:7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should
not obey the truth?
5:8 This persuasion cometh not of him that
calleth you.
5:9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
5:10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye
will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall
bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
5:11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why
do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross
ceased.
5:12 I would they were even cut off which trouble
you.
5:13 For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty;
only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but
by love serve one another.
5:14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word,
even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself.
5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed
that ye be not consumed one of another.
5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye
shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
5:17 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.
5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under
the law.
5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are
these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness,
lasciviousness,
5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations,
wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
5:21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and
such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told
you in time past, that they which do such things shall
not inherit the kingdom of God.
5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
5:23 Meekness, temperance: against such there is no
law.
5:24 And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh
with the affections and lusts.
5:25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the
Spirit.
5:26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one
another, envying one another.
CHAPTER 6
BRETHREN, if a man be overtaken in
a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the
spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be
tempted.
6:2 Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law
of Christ.
6:3 For if a man think himself to be something, when he
is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
6:4 But let every man prove his own work, and then shall
he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.
6:5 For every man shall bear his own burden.
6:6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto
him that teacheth in all good things.
6:7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a
man soweth, that shall he also reap.
6:8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh
reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the
Spirit reap life everlasting.
6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due
season we shall reap, if we faint not.
6:10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good
unto all men, especially unto them who are of the
household of faith.
6:11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you
with mine own hand.
6:12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh,
they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should
suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
6:13 For neither they themselves who are circumcised
keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may
glory in your flesh.
6:14 But God forbid that I should glory, save in the
cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified
unto me, and I unto the world.
6:15 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth
any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
6:16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace
be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
6:17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear
in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
6:18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
be with your spirit. Amen.
THE END
OF GALATIANS
The Epistle of Paul to the Ephesians
CHAPTER 1
PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ
by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to
the faithful in Christ Jesus:
1:2 Grace help to you, and peace, from God our Father,
and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings
in heavenly places in Christ:
1:4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without
blame before him in love:
1:5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of
children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good
pleasure of his will,
1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he
hath made us accepted in the beloved.
1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;
1:8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and
prudence;
1:9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will,
according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in
himself:
1:10 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:
1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being
predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all
things after the counsel of his own will:
1:12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who
first trusted in Christ.
1:13 In whom ye also trusted after that ye heard
the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also
after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of
promise,
1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the
redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his
glory.
1:15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in
the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints,
1:16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of
you in my prayers;
1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father
of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation
in the knowledge of him:
1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened;
that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the
riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his
power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his
mighty power,
1:20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from
the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the
heavenly places
1:21 Far above all principality, and power, and might,
and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this
world, but also in that which is to come:
1:22 And hath put all things under his feet, and
gave him to be the head over all things to the
church,
1:23 Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth
all in all.
CHAPTER 2
AND you hath he quickened
who were dead in trespasses and sins:
2:2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the
course of this world, according to the prince of the power of
the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of
disobedience:
2:3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times
past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the
flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of
wrath, even as others.
2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love
wherewith he loved us,
2:5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us
together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
2:6 And hath raised us up together, and made
us sit together in heavenly places in Christ
Jesus:
2:7 That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding
riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through
Christ Jesus.
2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
2:9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
2:10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus
unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should
walk in them.
2:11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time
past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by
that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by
hands;
2:12 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:
2:13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far
off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
2:14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and
hath broken down the middle wall of partition between
us
2:15 Having abolished in his flesh the enmity,
even the law of commandments contained in
ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man,
so making peace;
2:16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one
body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
2:17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar
off, and to them that were nigh.
2:18 For through him we both have access by one Spirit
unto the Father.
2:19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and
foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the
household of God;
2:20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles
and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner
stone
2:21 In whom all the building fitly framed together
groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:
2:22 In whom ye also are builded together for an
habitation of God through the Spirit.
CHAPTER 3
FOR this cause I Paul, the
prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
3:2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of
God which is given me to you-ward:
3:3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the
mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words,
3:4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my
knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
3:5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons
of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and
prophets by the Spirit;
3:6 That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the
same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the
gospel:
3:7 Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift
of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of
his power.
3:8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints,
is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles
the unsearchable riches of Christ;
3:9 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:
3:10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and
powers in heavenly places might be known by the church
the manifold wisdom of God,
3:11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed
in Christ Jesus our Lord:
3:12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence
by the faith of him.
3:13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my
tribulations for you, which is your glory.
3:14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ,
3:15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is
named,
3:16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of
his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the
inner man;
3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that
ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
3:18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what
is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;
3:19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth
knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of
God.
3:20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the
power that worketh in us,
3:21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ
Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
CHAPTER 4
Itherefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk
worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
4:2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering,
forbearing one another in love;
4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the
bond of peace.
4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye
are called in one hope of your calling;
4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all,
and through all, and in you all.
4:7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to
the measure of the gift of Christ.
4:8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he
led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.
4:9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also
descended first into the lower parts of the earth?
4:10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up
far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.)
4:11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and
some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
4:12 For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of
the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
4:13 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of
the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the
measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
4:14 That we henceforth be no more children,
tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of
doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness,
whereby they lie in wait to deceive;
4:15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into
him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
4:16 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.
4:17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that
ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of
their mind,
4:18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated
from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them,
because of the blindness of their heart:
4:19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over
unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with
greediness.
4:20 But ye have not so learned Christ;
4:21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been
taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:
4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation
the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful
lusts;
4:23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
4:24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is
created in righteousness and true holiness.
4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth
with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down
upon your wrath:
4:27 Neither give place to the devil.
4:28 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.
4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your
mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it
may minister grace unto the hearers.
4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye
are sealed unto the day of redemption.
4:31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and
clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all
malice:
4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted,
forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath
forgiven you.
CHAPTER 5
BE ye therefore followers of God,
as dear children;
5:2 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.
5:3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or
covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh
saints;
5:4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor
jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of
thanks.
5:5 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.
5:6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because
of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of
disobedience.
5:7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are
ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all
goodness and righteousness and truth;)
5:10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of
darkness, but rather reprove them
5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things
which are done of them in secret.
5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest
by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and
arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
5:15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools,
but as wise,
5:16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what
the will of the Lord is
5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but
be filled with the Spirit;
5:19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the
Lord;
5:20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and
the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;
5:21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of
God.
5:22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as
unto the Lord.
5:23 For the husband is the head of the wife, even as
Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the
body.
5:24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so
let the wives be to their own husbands in every
thing.
5:25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also
loved the church, and gave himself for it;
5:26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the
washing of water by the word,
5:27 That he might present it to himself a glorious
church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but
that it should be holy and without blemish.
5:28 So ought men to love their wives as their own
bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.
5:29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but
nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
5:30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and
of his bones.
5:31 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.
5:32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning
Christ and the church.
5:33 Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so
love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she
reverence her husband.
CHAPTER 6
CHILDREN, obey your parents in the
Lord: for this is right.
6:2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first
commandment with promise;
6:3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live
long on the earth.
6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath:
but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the
Lord.
6:5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your
masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in
singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
6:6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the
servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
6:7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and
not to men:
6:8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth,
the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be
bond or free.
6:9 And, ye masters, do the same things unto them,
forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in
heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.
6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in
the power of his might.
6:11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able
to stand against the wiles of the devil.
6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of
the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in
high places
6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God,
that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having
done all, to stand.
6:14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with
truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
6:15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the
gospel of peace;
6:16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye
shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of
the Spirit, which is the word of God:
6:18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in
the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and
supplication for all saints;
6:19 And for me, that utterance may be given unto me,
that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of
the gospel,
6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein
I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
6:21 But that ye also may know my affairs, and
how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in
the Lord, shall make known to you all things:
6:22 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose,
that ye might know our affairs, and that he might
comfort your hearts.
6:23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with
faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
6:24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord
Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
THE END
OF EPHESIANS
The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians
CHAPTER 1
PAUL and Timotheus, the servants
of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at
Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
1:2 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our
Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,
1:4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making
request with joy,
1:5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day
until now;
1:6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which
hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the
day of Jesus Christ:
1:7 Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all,
because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds,
and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are
partakers of my grace.
1:8 For God is my record, how greatly I long after you
all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more
and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
1:10 That ye may approve things that are excellent; that
ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of
Christ;
1:11 Being filled with the fruits of righteousness,
which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of
God.
1:12 But I would ye should understand, brethren, that
the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather
unto the furtherance of the gospel;
1:13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the
palace, and in all other places
1:14 And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing
confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word
without fear.
1:15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife;
and some also of good will:
1:16 The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely,
supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
1:17 But the other of love, knowing that I am set for
the defence of the gospel.
1:18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in
pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do
rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
1:19 For I know that this shall turn to my salvation
through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus
Christ,
1:20 According to my earnest expectation and my
hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with
all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be
magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by
death.
1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die
is gain.
1:22 But if I live in the flesh, this is the
fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.
1:23 For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire
to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
1:24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more
needful for you.
1:25 And having this confidence, I know that I shall
abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of
faith;
1:26 That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus
Christ for me by my coming to you again.
1:27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the
gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be
absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one
spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the
gospel;
1:28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which
is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of
salvation, and that of God.
1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ,
not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his
sake;
1:30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and
now hear to be in me.
CHAPTER 2
IF there be therefore any
consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any
fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2:2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the
same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or
vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other
better than themselves.
2:4 Look not every man on his own things, but every man
also on the things of others.
2:5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ
Jesus:
2:6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not
robbery to be equal with God:
2:7 But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him
the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
2:8 And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled
himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the
cross.
2:9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and
given him a name which is above every name:
2:10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of
things in heaven, and things in earth, and
things under the earth;
2:11 And that every tongue should confess that
Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.
2:12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed,
not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence,
work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.
2:13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and
to do of his good pleasure.
2:14 Do all things without murmurings and
disputings:
2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of
God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse
nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
2:16 Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice
in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither
laboured in vain.
2:17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and
service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
2:18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with
me.
2:19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus
shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I
know your state.
2:20 For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally
care for your state.
2:21 For all seek their own, not the things which are
Jesus Christ's.
2:22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with
the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.
2:23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as
I shall see how it will go with me.
2:24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall
come shortly.
2:25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you
Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and
fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my
wants.
2:26 For he longed after you all, and was full of
heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
2:27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had
mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I
should have sorrow upon sorrow.
2:28 I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when
ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less
sorrowful.
2:29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all
gladness; and hold such in reputation:
2:30 Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto
death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service
toward me.
CHAPTER 3
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.
3:2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of
the concision.
3:3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in
the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence
in the flesh.
3:4 Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If
any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in
the flesh, I more:
3:5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel,
of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as
touching the law, a Pharisee;
3:6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching
the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
3:7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted
loss for Christ.
3:8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but
loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my
Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do
count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
3:9 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:
3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his
resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made
conformable unto his death;
3:11 If by any means I might attain unto the
resurrection of the dead.
3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were
already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend
that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended:
but this one thing I do forgetting those things
which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which
are before,
3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high
calling of God in Christ Jesus.
3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus
minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall
reveal even this unto you.
3:16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let
us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark
them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
3:18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and
now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of
the cross of Christ:
3:19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is
their belly, and whose glory is in their
shame, who mind earthly things.)
3:20 For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also
we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ:
3:21 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.
CHAPTER 4
THEREFORE, my brethren, dearly
beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the
Lord, my dearly beloved.
4:2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they
be of the same mind in the Lord.
4:3 And I entreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those
women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also,
and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names
are in the book of life.
4:4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say,
Rejoice.
4:5 Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord
is at hand.
4:6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made
known unto God.
4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all
understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ
Jesus.
4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true,
whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things
are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever
things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good
report; if there be any virtue, and if there be
any praise, think on these things.
4:9 Those things, which ye have both learned, and
received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace
shall be with you.
4:10 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.
4:11 Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have
learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be
content.
4:12 I know both how to be abased, and I know how to
abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to
be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer
need.
4:13 I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me.
4:14 Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did
communicate with my affliction.
4:15 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning
of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church
communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye
only.
4:16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again
unto my necessity.
4:17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit
that may abound to your account.
4:18 But I have all, and abound: I am full, having
received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from
you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable,
wellpleasing to God.
4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to
his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
4:20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for
ever and ever. Amen.
4:21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren
which are with me greet you.
4:22 All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of
Caesar's household.
4:23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you all. Amen.
THE END
OF PHILIPPIANS
The Epistle of Paul to the Colossians
CHAPTER 1
PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ
by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother,
1:2 To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which
are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God
our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
1:4 Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of
the love which ye have to all the saints,
1:5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven,
whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the
gospel;
1:6 Which is come unto you, as it is in all the
world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you,
since the day ye heard of it and knew the grace of God
in truth:
1:7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear
fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of
Christ;
1:8 Who also declared unto us your love in the
Spirit.
1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard
it do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye
might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom
and spiritual understanding;
1:10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all
pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in
the knowledge of God;
1:11 Strengthened with all might, according to his
glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with
joyfulness;
1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us
meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in
light:
1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness,
and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear
Son:
1:14 In whom we have redemption through his blood,
even the forgiveness of sins:
1:15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the
firstborn of every creature:
1:16 For by him were all things created, that are in
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether
they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or
powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
1:17 And he is before all things, and by him all things
consist.
1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is
the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all
things he might have the preeminence.
1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should
all fulness dwell;
1:20 And, having made peace through the blood of his
cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him,
I say whether they be things in earth, or things
in heaven.
1:21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies
in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he
reconciled
1:22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present
you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
1:23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled,
and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which
ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature
which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;
1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill
up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my
flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
1:25 Whereof I am made a minister, according to the
dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the
word of God;
1:26 Even the mystery which hath been hid from
ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his
saints:
1:27 To whom God would make known what is the
riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which
is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
1:28 Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching
every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect
in Christ Jesus:
1:29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his
working, which worketh in me mightily.
CHAPTER 2
FOR I would that ye knew what
great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea,
and for as many as have not seen my face in the
flesh;
2:2 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;
2:3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and
knowledge.
2:4 And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with
enticing words.
2:5 For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with
you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the
stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
2:6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord,
so walk ye in him:
2:7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the
faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with
thanksgiving.
2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and
vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of
the world, and not after Christ.
2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead
bodily.
2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of
all principality and power:
2:11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the
circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the
sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
2:12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are
risen with him through the faith of the operation of
God, who hath raised him from the dead.
2:13 And you, being dead in your sins and the
uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with
him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
2:14 Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was
against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the
way, nailing it to his cross;
2:15 And having spoiled principalities and
powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in
it.
2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in
drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of
the sabbath days
2:17 Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body
is of Christ.
2:18 Let no man beguile you of your reward in a
voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into
those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his
fleshly mind,
2:19 And not holding the Head, from which all the body
by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit
together, increaseth with the increase of God.
2:20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the
rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are
ye subject to ordinances,
2:21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
2:22 Which all are to perish with the using;) after the
commandments and doctrines of men?
2:23 Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will
worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any
honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
CHAPTER 3
IF ye then be risen with Christ,
seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the
right hand of God.
3:2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on
the earth.
3:3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in
God.
3:4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear,
then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
3:5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the
earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil
concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
3:6 For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on
the children of disobedience:
3:7 In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived
in them.
3:8 But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath,
malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
3:9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off
the old man with his deeds;
3:10 And have put on the new man which is renewed
in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
3:11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision
nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free:
but Christ is all, and in all.
3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and
beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind,
meekness, longsuffering;
3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another,
if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave
you, so also do ye.
3:14 And above all these things put on charity,
which is the bond of perfectness.
3:15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to
the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye
thankful.
3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all
wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to
the Lord.
3:17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all
in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the
Father by him.
3:18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as
it is fit in the Lord.
3:19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter
against them.
3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things:
for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
3:21 Fathers, provoke not your children to anger
lest they be discouraged.
3:22 Servants, obey in all things your masters
according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers;
but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
3:23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to
the Lord, and not unto men;
3:24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the
reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
3:25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong
which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.
CHAPTER 4
MASTERS, give unto your
servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also
have a Master in heaven.
4:2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with
thanksgiving;
4:3 Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto
us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for
which I am also in bonds:
4:4 That I may make it manifest, as I ought to
speak.
4:5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without,
redeeming the time.
4:6 Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned
with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every
man.
4:7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who
is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and
fellowservant in the Lord:
4:8 Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that
he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts;
4:9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who
is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things
which are done here.
4:10 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and
Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received
commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;)
4:11 And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the
circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the
kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me.
4:12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of
Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in
prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will
of God.
4:13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal
for you, and them that are in Laodicea and them in
Hierapolis.
4:14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet
you.
4:15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and
Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
4:16 And when this epistle is read among you, cause that
it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye
likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.
4:17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry
which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
4:18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my
bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.
THE END
OF COLOSSIANS
The First Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians
CHAPTER 1
PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timotheus,
unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the
Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be
unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus
Christ.
1:2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making
mention of you in our prayers;
1:3 Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and
labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ,
in the sight of God and our Father;
1:4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God.
1:5 For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but
also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as
ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake.
1:6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord,
having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the
Holy Ghost:
1:7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in
Macedonia and Achaia.
1:8 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not
only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your
faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to
speak any thing.
1:9 For they themselves shew of us what manner of
entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from
idols to serve the living and true God;
1:10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised
from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the
wrath to come.
CHAPTER 2
FOR yourselves, brethren, know our
entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
2:2 But even after that we had suffered before, and were
shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in
our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much
contention.
2:3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of
uncleanness, nor in guile:
2:4 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.
2:5 For neither at any time used we flattering words, as
ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is
witness:
2:6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor
yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as
the apostles of Christ.
2:7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse
cherisheth her children:
2:8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were
willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only,
but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.
2:9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail:
for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable
unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
2:10 Ye are witnesses, and God also how
holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among
you that believe:
2:11 As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and
charged every one of you, as a father doth his
children,
2:12 That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called
you unto his kingdom and glory.
2:13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing,
because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us,
ye received it not as the word of men, but as it
is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in
you that believe.
2:14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches
of 2:14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of
God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have
suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they
have of the Jews:
2:15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own
prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and
are contrary to all men:
2:16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they
might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is
come upon them to the uttermost.
2:17 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short
time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly
to see your face with great desire.
2:18 Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul,
once and again; but Satan hindered us.
2:19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of
rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord
Jesus Christ at his coming?
2:20 For ye are our glory and joy.
CHAPTER 3
WHEREFORE when we could no longer
forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone;
3:2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of
God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to
establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
3:3 That no man should be moved by these afflictions:
for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
3:4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you
before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to
pass, and ye know.
3:5 For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I
sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have
tempted you, and our labour be in vain.
3:6 But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and
brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye
have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us,
as we also to see you:
3:7 Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in
all our affliction and distress by your faith:
3:8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.
3:9 For what thanks can we render to God again for you,
for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our
God;
3:10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see
your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your
faith?
3:11 Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus
Christ, direct our way unto you.
3:12 And the Lord make you to increase and abound in
love one toward another, and toward all men even as we
do toward you:
3:13 To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable
in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints.
CHAPTER 4
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.
4:2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the
Lord Jesus.
4:3 For this is the will of God, even your
sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:
4:4 That every one of you should know how to possess his
vessel in sanctification and honour;
4:5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the
Gentiles which know not God:
4:6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother
in any matter: because that the Lord is the
avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and
testified.
4:7 For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but
unto holiness.
4:8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but
God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
4:9 But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I
write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one
another.
4:10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which
are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye
increase more and more;
4:11 And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own
business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded
you;
4:12 That ye may walk honestly toward them that are
without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
4:13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren,
concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as
others which have no hope.
4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again,
even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with
him.
4:15 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.
4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with
a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of
God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
4:17 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.
4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
CHAPTER 5
BUT of the times and the seasons,
brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
5:2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the
Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then
sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman
with child; and they shall not escape.
5:4 But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day
should overtake you as a thief.
5:5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children
of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but
let us watch and be sober.
5:7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they
that be drunken are drunken in the night.
5:8 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.
5:9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to
obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
5:10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we
should live together with him.
5:11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify
one another, even as also ye do.
5:12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which
labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish
you;
5:13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their
work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
5:14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are
unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient
toward all men
5:15 See that none render evil for evil unto any
man but ever follow that which is good, both among
yourselves, and to all men
5:16 Rejoice evermore.
5:17 Pray without ceasing.
5:18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of
God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
5:19 Quench not the Spirit.
5:20 Despise not prophesyings.
5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and
I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be
preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
5:24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also
will do it
5:25 Brethren, pray for us.
5:26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss.
5:27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read
unto all the holy brethren.
5:28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you. Amen.
THE END OF I THESSALONIANS
The Second Epistle of Paul to the Thessalonians
CHAPTER 1
PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timotheus,
unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ:
1:2 Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ.
1:3 We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren,
as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and
the charity of every one of you all toward each other
aboundeth;
1:4 So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of
God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and
tribulations that ye endure:
1:5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous
judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom
of God, for which ye also suffer:
1:6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to
recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
1:7 And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the
Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty
angels,
1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know
not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ:
1:9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction
from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his
power;
1:10 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.
1:11 Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God
would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all
the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith
with power:
1:12 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.
CHAPTER 2
NOW we beseech you, brethren, by
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our
gathering together unto him,
2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled,
neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as
that the day of Christ is at hand.
2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day
shall not come except there come a falling away first, and
that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;
2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is
called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in
the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
2:5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I
told you these things?
2:6 And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be
revealed in his time.
2:7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only
he who now letteth will let until he be taken out of the
way.
2:8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the
Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall
destroy with the brightness of his coming:
2:9 Even him whose coming is after the working of
Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in
them that perish; because they received not the love of the
truth, that they might be saved.
2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong
delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the
truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
2:13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for
you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the
beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the
Spirit and belief of the truth:
2:14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the
obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the
traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our
epistle.
2:16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even
our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us
everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
2:17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good
word and work.
CHAPTER 3
FINALLY, brethren, pray for us,
that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be
glorified, even as it is with you:
3:2 And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and
wicked men: for all men have not faith.
3:3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you,
and keep you from evil.
3:4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you,
that ye both do and will do the things which we command
you.
3:5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of
God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
3:6 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.
3:7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for
we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;
3:8 Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but
wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might
not be chargeable to any of you:
3:9 Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves
an ensample unto you to follow us.
3:10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded
you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
3:11 For we hear that there are some which walk among
you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
3:12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our
Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their
own bread.
3:13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
3:14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle,
note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be
ashamed.
3:15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish
him as a brother.
3:16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always
by all means. The Lord be with you all.
3:17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is
the token in every epistle: so I write.
3:18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you all. Amen.
THE END OF II THESSALONIANS
The First Epistle of Paul to Timothy
CHAPTER 1
PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ
by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ,
which is our hope;
1:2 Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace,
mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ
our Lord.
1:3 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,
1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies,
which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is
in faith: so do
1:5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a
pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of
faith unfeigned:
1:6 From which some having swerved have turned aside
unto vain jangling;
1:7 Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding
neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm.
1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man
use it lawfully;
1:9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a
righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the
ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers
of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
1:10 For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves
with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons,
and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound
doctrine;
1:11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed
God, which was committed to my trust.
1:12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled
me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the
ministry;
1:13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and
injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it
ignorantly in unbelief.
1:14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant
with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
1:15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all
acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save
sinners; of whom I am chief.
1:16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me
first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a
pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life
everlasting.
1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the
only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever.
Amen.
1:18 This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy,
according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that
thou by them mightest war a good warfare;
1:19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some
having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck:
1:20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have
delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
CHAPTER 2
Iexhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers,
intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all
men;
2:2 For kings, and for all that are in authority;
that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness
and honesty.
2:3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight
of God our Saviour;
2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto
the knowledge of the truth.
2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator
between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
2:6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified
in due time.
2:7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle,
(I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of
the Gentiles in faith and verity.
2:8 I will therfore that men pray every where, lifting
up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in
modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with
broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
2:10 But (which becometh women professing godliness)
with good works.
2:11 Let the woman learn in silence with all
subjection.
2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp
authority over the man, but to be in silence.
2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
2:14 And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being
deceived was in the transgression.
2:15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing,
if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with
sobriety.
CHAPTER 3
THIS is a true saying, If a
man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one
wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality,
apt to teach;
3:3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy
lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
3:4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his
children in subjection with all gravity;
3:5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house,
how shall he take care of the church of God?)
3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he
fall into the condemnation of the devil.
3:7 Moreover he must have a good report of them which
are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the
devil.
3:8 Likewise must the deacons be grave,
not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy
lucre;
3:9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure
conscience.
3:10 And let these also first be proved; then let them
use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
3:11 Even so must their wives be grave,
not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
3:12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling
their children and their own houses well.
3:13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well
purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the
faith which is in Christ Jesus.
3:14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto
thee shortly:
3:15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou
oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the
church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the
truth.
3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of
godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the
Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on
in the world, received up into glory.
CHAPTER 4
NOW the Spirit speaketh expressly,
that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith,
giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
4:2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience
seared with a hot iron;
4:3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to
abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with
thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
4:4 For every creature of God is good, and
nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
4:5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and
prayer.
4:6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these
things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ,
nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine,
whereunto thou hast attained.
4:7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and
exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
4:8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness
is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that
now is, and of that which is to come.
4:9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all
acceptation.
4:10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach,
because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all
men, specially of those that believe.
4:11 These things command and teach.
4:12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an
example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity,
in spirit, in faith, in purity.
4:13 Till I come, give attendance to reading, to
exhortation, to doctrine.
4:14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was
given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the
presbytery.
4:15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to
them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
4:16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine;
continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save
thyself, and them that hear thee.
CHAPTER 5
REBUKE not an elder, but intreat
him as a father; and the younger men as
brethren;
5:2 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters,
with all purity.
5:3 Honour widows that are widows indeed.
5:4 But if any widow have children or nephews, let them
learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their
parents: for that is good and acceptable before God.
5:5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate,
trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers
night and day.
5:6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she
liveth.
5:7 And these things give in charge, that they may be
blameless.
5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially
for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is
worse than an infidel.
5:9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under
threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
5:10 Well reported of for good works; if she have
brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have
washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if
she have diligently followed every good work.
5:11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have
begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry;
5:12 Having damnation, because they have cast off their
first faith.
5:13 And withal they learn to be idle, wandering
about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also
and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
5:14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear
children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary
to speak reproachfully.
5:15 For some are already turned aside after Satan.
5:16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let
them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it
may relieve them that are widows indeed.
5:17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of
double honour, especially they who labour in the word and
doctrine.
5:18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the
ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is
worthy of his reward.
5:19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but
before two or three witnesses.
5:20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also
may fear.
5:21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus
Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things
without preferring one before another, doing nothing by
partiality.
5:22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker
of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
5:23 Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for
thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities.
5:24 Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before
to judgment; and some men they follow after.
5:25 Likewise also the good works of some are
manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be
hid.
CHAPTER 6
LET as many servants as are under
the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the
name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed.
6:2 And they that have believing masters, let them not
despise them because they are brethren; but rather do
them service, because they are faithful and beloved,
partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.
6:3 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;
6:4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about
questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife,
railings, evil surmisings,
6:5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and
destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from
such withdraw thyself.
6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.
6:7 For we brought nothing into this world,
and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith
content.
6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and
a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which
drown men in destruction and perdition.
6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil:
which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith,
and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and
follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience,
meekness.
6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal
life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good
profession before many witnesses.
6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of God, who
quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who
before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;
6:14 That thou keep this commandment without
spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus
Christ:
6:15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the
blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of
lords;
6:16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light
which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can
see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
6:17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they
be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the
living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
6:18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works,
ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
6:19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation
against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal
life.
6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy
trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and
oppositions of science falsely so called:
6:21 Which some professing have erred concerning the
faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
THE END
OF I TIMOTHY
The Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy
CHAPTER 1
PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ
by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is
in Christ Jesus,
1:2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace,
mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus
our Lord.
1:3 I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers
with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance
of thee in my prayers night and day;
1:4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy
tears, that I may be filled with joy;
1:5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that
is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy
mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
1:6 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.
1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of
power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
1:8 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;
1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy
calling, not according to our works, but according to his own
purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before
the world began,
1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our
Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath
brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
1:11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an
apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.
1:12 For the which cause I also suffer these things:
nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed,
and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have
committed unto him against that day.
1:13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast
heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
1:14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep
by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.
1:15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia
be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and
Hermogenes.
1:16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus;
for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
1:17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very
diligently, and found me
1:18 The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of
the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto
me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.
CHAPTER 2
THOU therefore, my son, be strong
in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many
witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be
able to teach others also.
2:3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of
Jesus Christ.
2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the
affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath
chosen him to be a soldier.
2:5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet
is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
2:6 The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker
of the fruits.
2:7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee
understanding in all things.
2:8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was
raised from the dead according to my gospel:
2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer,
even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the elect's
sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in
Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
2:11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead
with him we shall also live with him
2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him
if we deny him he also will deny us:
2:13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful:
he cannot deny himself.
2:14 Of these things put them in remembrance,
charging them before the Lord that they strive not about
words to no profit, but to the subverting of the
hearers.
2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman
that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of
truth.
2:16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for
they will increase unto more ungodliness.
2:17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom
is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
2:18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that
the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of
some.
2:19 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.
2:20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of
gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to
honour, and some to dishonour.
2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he
shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the
master's use, and prepared unto every good work.
2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness,
faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a
pure heart.
2:23 But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing
that they do gender strifes.
2:24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be
gentle unto all men apt to teach, patient,
2:25 In meekness instructing those that oppose
themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to
the acknowledging of the truth;
2:26 And that they may recover themselves out of
the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his
will.
CHAPTER 3
THIS know also, that in the last
days perilous times shall come.
3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves,
covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents,
unthankful, unholy,
3:3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false
accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are
good,
3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures
more than lovers of God;
3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power
thereof: from such turn away.
3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses,
and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with
divers lusts,
3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the
knowledge of the truth.
3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do
these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate
concerning the faith.
3:9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly
shall be manifest unto all men as theirs also was.
3:10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of
life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
3:11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at
Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured:
but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
3:12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus
shall suffer persecution.
3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and
worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
3:14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast
learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast
learned them
3:15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy
scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation
through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of
God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness:
3:17 That the man of God may be perfect, throughly
furnished unto all good works.
CHAPTER 4
Icharge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus
Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing
and his kingdom;
4:2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of
season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and
doctrine.
4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure
sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to
themselves teachers, having itching ears;
4:4 And they shall turn away their ears from the
truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
4:5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do
the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
4:6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my
departure is at hand.
4:7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished
my course, I have kept the faith:
4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give
me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that
love his appearing.
4:9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me:
4:10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this
present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to
Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
4:11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with
thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry.
4:12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.
4:13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when
thou comest, bring with thee and the books, but
especially the parchments.
4:14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the
Lord reward him according to his works:
4:15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly
withstood our words.
4:16 At my first answer no man stood with me, but all
men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be
laid to their charge.
4:17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and
strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known,
and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was
delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
4:18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work,
and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom
be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
4:19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of
Onesiphorus.
4:20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left
at Miletum sick.
4:21 Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus
greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the
brethren.
4:22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit.
Grace be with you. Amen.
THE END
OF II TIMOTHY
The Epistle of Paul to Titus
CHAPTER 1
PAUL, a servant of God, and an
apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect,
and the acknowledging of the truth which is after
godliness;
1:2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie,
promised before the world began;
1:3 But hath in due times manifested his word through
preaching, which is committed unto me according to the
commandment of God our Saviour;
1:4 To Titus, mine own son after the common
faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou
shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain
elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:
1:6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having
faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
1:7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of
God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no
striker, not given to filthy lucre;
1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men,
sober, just, holy, temperate;
1:9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been
taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort
and to convince the gainsayers.
1:10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and
deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
1:11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole
houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy
lucre's sake.
1:12 One of themselves, even a prophet of their
own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts,
slow bellies.
1:13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them
sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
1:14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments
of men, that turn from the truth.
1:15 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.
1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they
deny him being abominable, and disobedient, and unto
every good work reprobate.
CHAPTER 2
BUT speak thou the things which
become sound doctrine:
2:2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound
in faith, in charity, in patience.
2:3 The aged women likewise, that they be in
behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given
to much wine, teachers of good things;
2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to
love their husbands, to love their children,
2:5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home,
good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be
not blasphemed.
2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
2:7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good
works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity,
sincerity,
2:8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that
is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to
say of you.
2:9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own
masters, and to please them well in all
things not answering again;
2:10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that
they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all
things.
2:11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath
appeared to all men,
2:12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly
lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this
present world;
2:13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious
appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us
from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people,
zealous of good works.
2:15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all
authority. Let no man despise thee.
CHAPTER 3
PUT them in mind to be subject to
principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to
every good work,
3:2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers,
but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
3:3 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish,
disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures,
living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one
another.
3:4 But after that the kindness and love of God our
Saviour toward man appeared,
3:5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done,
but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
3:6 Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ
our Saviour;
3:7 That being justified by his grace, we should be made
heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
3:8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I
will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed
in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things
are good and profitable unto men.
3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and
contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are
unprofitable and vain.
3:10 A man that is an heretick after the first and
second admonition reject;
3:11 Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and
sinneth, being condemned of himself.
3:12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus,
be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined
there to winter.
3:13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey
diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them.
3:14 And let ours also learn to maintain good works for
necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful.
3:15 All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that
love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.
THE END
OF TITUS
The Epistle of Paul to Philemon
CHAPTER 1
PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ,
and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly
beloved, and fellowlabourer,
1:2 And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our
fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:
1:3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
1:4 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my
prayers,
1:5 Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast
toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints;
1:6 That the communication of thy faith may become
effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in
you in Christ Jesus.
1:7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love,
because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee,
brother.
1:8 Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to
enjoin thee that which is convenient,
1:9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee
being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of
Jesus Christ.
1:10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have
begotten in my bonds:
1:11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but
now profitable to thee and to me:
1:12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him,
that is, mine own bowels:
1:13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy
stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the
gospel:
1:14 But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy
benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but
willingly.
1:15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season,
that thou shouldest receive him for ever;
1:16 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a
brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee,
both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
1:17 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him
as myself.
1:18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee
ought, put that on mine account;
1:19 I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I
will repay it albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest
unto me even thine own self besides.
1:20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord:
refresh my bowels in the Lord.
1:21 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto
thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
1:22 But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust
that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.
1:23 There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in
Christ Jesus;
1:24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my
fellowlabourers.
1:25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
your spirit. Amen.
THE END OF PHILEMON
The Epistle of Paul to the Hebrews
CHAPTER 1
GOD, who at sundry times and in
divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the
prophets,
1:2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his
Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he
made the worlds;
1:3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and
the express image of his person, and upholding all things by
the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins,
sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
1:4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he
hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than
they.
1:5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time,
Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I
will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?
1:6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten
into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship
him.
1:7 And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels
spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
1:8 But unto the Son he saith Thy throne, O God,
is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness
is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
1:9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity;
therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the
oil of gladness above thy fellows.
1:10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the
foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine
hands:
1:11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all
shall wax old as doth a garment;
1:12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they
shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall
not fail.
1:13 But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit
on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?
1:14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to
minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
CHAPTER 2
THEREFORE we ought to give the
more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at
any time we should let them slip.
2:2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and
every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence
of reward;
2:3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great
salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord,
and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him
2:4 God also bearing them witness, both with
signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the
Holy Ghost, according to his own will?
2:5 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection
the world to come, whereof we speak.
2:6 But one in a certain place testified, saying, What
is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man, that
thou visitest him?
2:7 Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou
crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the
works of thy hands:
2:8 Thou hast put all things in subjection under his
feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left
nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not
yet all things put under him.
2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than
the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and
honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for
every man.
2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things,
and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto
glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through
sufferings.
2:11 For both he that sanctifieth and they who are
sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not
ashamed to call them brethren,
2:12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren,
in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee.
2:13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again,
Behold I and the children which God hath given me.
2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of
flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the
same; that through death he might destroy him that had the
power of death, that is, the devil;
2:15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all
their lifetime subject to bondage.
2:16 For verily he took not on him the nature of
angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.
2:17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made
like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and
faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to
make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
2:18 For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted,
he is able to succour them that are tempted.
CHAPTER 3
WHEREFORE, holy brethren,
partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and
High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
3:2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also
Moses was faithful in all his house.
3:3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory
than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more
honour than the house.
3:4 For every house is builded by some man but he
that built all things is God.
3:5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his
house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were
to be spoken after;
3:6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house
are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the
hope firm unto the end.
3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye
will hear his voice,
3:8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in
the day of temptation in the wilderness:
3:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my
works forty years.
3:10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and
said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have
not known my ways.
3:11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into
my rest.)
3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an
evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To
day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of
sin.
3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the
beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
3:15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice,
harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
3:16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit
not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
3:17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was
it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in
the wilderness?
3:18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter
into his rest, but to them that believed not?
3:19 So we see that they could not enter in because of
unbelief.
CHAPTER 4
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.
4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto
them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being
mixed with faith in them that heard it
4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he
said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my
rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of
the world.
4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh
day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from
all his works.
4:5 And in this place again, If they shall enter
into my rest.
4:6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter
therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in
because of unbelief:
4:7 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.
4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not
afterward have spoken of another day.
4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of
God.
4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath
ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest,
lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful,
and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and
marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents
of the heart.
4:13 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.
4:14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that
is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold
fast our profession.
4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be
touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all
points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time
of need.
CHAPTER 5
FOR every high priest taken from
among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to
God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
5:2 Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them
that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed
with infirmity.
5:3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so
also for himself, to offer for sins.
5:4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he
that is called of God, as was Aaron.
5:5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an
high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day
have I begotten thee.
5:6 As he saith also in another place Thou
art a priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedec.
5:7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up
prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him
that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he
feared;
5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by
the things which he suffered;
5:9 And being made perfect, he became the author of
eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;
5:10 Called of God an high priest after the order of
Melchisedec.
5:11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be
uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.
5:12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye
have need that one teach you again which be the first
principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have
need of milk, and not of strong meat.
5:13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful
in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
5:14 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.
CHAPTER 6
THEREFORE leaving the principles
of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not
laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and
of faith toward God,
6:2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of
hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal
judgment.
6:3 And this will we do, if God permit.
6:4 For it is impossible for those who were once
enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were
made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
6:5 And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers
of the world to come,
6:6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto
repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God
afresh, and put him to an open shame.
6:7 For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh
oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it
is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:
6:8 But that which beareth thorns and briers is
rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is
to be burned.
6:9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you,
and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
6:10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your
work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name,
in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
6:11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the
same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
6:12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who
through faith and patience inherit the promises.
6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, because he
could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
6:14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and
multiplying I will multiply thee.
6:15 And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained
the promise.
6:16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath
for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
6:17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto
the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed
it by an oath:
6:18 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:
6:19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul,
both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the
veil;
6:20 Whither the forerunner is for us entered,
even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order
of Melchisedec.
CHAPTER 7
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;
7:2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first
being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that
also King of Salem, which is, King of peace;
7:3 Without father, without mother, without descent,
having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made
like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
7:4 Now consider how great this man was unto whom
even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
7:5 And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who
receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to
take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of
their brethren, though they come out of the loins of
Abraham:
7:6 But he whose descent is not counted from them
received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the
promises.
7:7 And without all contradiction the less is blessed of
the better.
7:8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he
receiveth them of whom it is witnessed that he
liveth.
7:9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth
tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.
7:10 For he was yet in the loins of his father, when
Melchisedec met him.
7:11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical
priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what
further need was there that another priest should rise
after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the
order of Aaron?
7:12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of
necessity a change also of the law.
7:13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth
to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the
altar.
7:14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out
of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning
priesthood.
7:15 And it is yet far more evident: for that after the
similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest,
7:16 Who is made, not after the law of a carnal
commandment, but after the power of an endless life.
7:17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for
ever after the order of Melchisedec.
7:18 For there is verily a disannulling of the
commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness
thereof.
7:19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing
in of a better hope did by the which we draw nigh unto
God.
7:20 And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made
priest
7:21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but
this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and
will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the
order of Melchisedec:)
7:22 By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better
testament.
7:23 And they truly were many priests, because they were
not suffered to continue by reason of death:
7:24 But this man because he continueth ever,
hath an unchangeable priesthood.
7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the
uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to
make intercession for them.
7:26 For such an high priest became us, who is
holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made
higher than the heavens;
7:27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to
offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the
people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
7:28 For the law maketh men high priests which have
infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law,
maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
CHAPTER 8
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;
8:2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true
tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
8:3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and
sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man
have somewhat also to offer.
8:4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest,
seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the
law:
8:5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly
things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to
make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make
all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the
mount.
8:6 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.
8:7 For if that first covenant had been
faultless, then should no place have been sought for the
second.
8:8 For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the
days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with
the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:
8:9 Not according to the covenant that I made with their
fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them
out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my
covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.
8:10 For this is the covenant that I will make
with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I
will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their
hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a
people:
8:11 And they shall not teach every man his neighbour,
and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall
know me, from the least to the greatest.
8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness,
and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no
more.
8:13 In that he saith, A new covenant he hath
made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old
is ready to vanish away.
CHAPTER 9
THEN verily the first
covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a
worldly sanctuary.
9:2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein
was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread;
which is called the sanctuary.
9:3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is
called the Holiest of all;
9:4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the
covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the
golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the
tables of the covenant;
9:5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the
mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
9:6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the
priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing
the service of God
9:7 But into the second went the high priest
alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for
himself, and for the errors of the people:
9:8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into
the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the
first tabernacle was yet standing:
9:9 Which was a figure for the time then present,
in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not
make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the
conscience;
9:10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and
divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them
until the time of reformation.
9:11 But Christ being come an high priest of good things
to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made
with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
9:12 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
9:13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the
ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the
purifying of the flesh:
9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who
through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God,
purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living
God?
9:15 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.
9:16 For where a testament is there must also of
necessity be the death of the testator.
9:17 For a testament is of force after men are
dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator
liveth.
9:18 Whereupon neither the first testament was
dedicated without blood.
9:19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the
people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of
goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled
both the book, and all the people,
9:20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament
which God hath enjoined unto you.
9:21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the
tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with
blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
9:23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns
of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the
heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than
these.
9:24 For Christ is not entered into the holy places made
with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into
heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
9:25 Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the
high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood
of others;
9:26 For then must he often have suffered since the
foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world
hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of
himself.
9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but
after this the judgment:
9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of
many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the
second time without sin unto salvation.
CHAPTER 10
FOR the law having a shadow of
good things to come, and not the very image of the
things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year
by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.
10:2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered?
because that the worshippers once purged should have had no
more conscience of sins.
10:3 But in those sacrifices there is a
remembrance again made of sins every year.
10:4 For it is not possible that the blood of
bulls and of goats should take away sins.
10:5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith,
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou
prepared me:
10:6 In burntofferings and sacrifices for sin
thou hast had no pleasure.
10:7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book
it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
10:8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and
burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not,
neither hadst pleasure therein which are offered by the
law;
10:9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He
taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
10:10 By the which will we are sanctified through the
offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all
10:11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and
offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take
away sins:
10:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice
for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;
10:13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made
his footstool.
10:14 For by one offering he hath perfected for ever
them that are sanctified.
10:15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to
us: for after that he had said before,
10:16 This is the covenant that I will make with
them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into
their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
10:17 And their sins and iniquities will I remember no
more.
10:18 Now where remission of these is, there is
no more offering for sin.
10:19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into
the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
10:20 By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated
for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
10:21 And having an high priest over the house of
God;
10:22 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.
10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our
faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that
promised;)
10:24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto
love and to good works:
10:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves
together, as the manner of some is but exhorting one
another and so much the more, as ye see the day
approaching.
10:26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received
the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice
for sins,
10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and
fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
10:28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy
under two or three witnesses:
10:29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he
be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God,
and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was
sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the
Spirit of grace?
10:30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance
belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord.
And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the
hands of the living God.
10:32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which,
after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of
afflictions;
10:33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by
reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became
companions of them that were so used.
10:34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took
joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that
ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
10:35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which
hath great recompence of reward.
10:36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have
done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
10:37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come
will come, and will not tarry.
10:38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any
man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
10:39 But we are not of them who draw back unto
perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the
soul.
CHAPTER 11
NOW faith is the substance of
things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
11:2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were
framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were
not made of things which do appear.
11:4 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.
11:5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not
see death; and was not found, because God had translated him:
for before his translation he had this testimony, that he
pleased God.
11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please
him for he that cometh to God must believe that he is,
and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek
him.
11:7 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.
11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into
a place which he should after receive for an inheritance,
obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
11:9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as
in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac
and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
11:10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations,
whose builder and maker is God.
11:11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength
to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was
past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
11:12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as
good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in
multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore
innumerable.
11:13 These all died in faith, not having received the
promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of
them and embraced them and confessed that they
were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
11:14 For they that say such things declare plainly that
they seek a country.
11:15 And truly, if they had been mindful of that
country from whence they came out, they might have had
opportunity to have returned.
11:16 But now they desire a better country that
is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called
their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
11:17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up
Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his
only begotten son
11:18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed
be called:
11:19 Accounting that God was able to raise
him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received
him in a figure.
11:20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning
things to come.
11:21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both
the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top
of his staff.
11:22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the
departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment
concerning his bones.
11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three
months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper
child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
11:24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused
to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
11:25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the
people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a
season;
11:26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches
than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the
recompence of the reward.
11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath
of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is
invisible.
11:28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the
sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn
should touch them.
11:29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry
land which the Egyptians assaying to do were
drowned.
11:30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after
they were compassed about seven days.
11:31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them
that believed not, when she had received the spies with
peace.
11:32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail
me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of
Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and
Samuel, and of the prophets:
11:33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought
righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of
lions,
11:34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of
the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in
fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
11:35 Women received their dead raised to life again:
and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they
might obtain a better resurrection:
11:36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and
scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
11:37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were
tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in
sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted,
tormented;
11:38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered
in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and
caves of the earth.
11:39 And these all, having obtained a good report
through faith, received not the promise:
11:40 God having provided some better thing for us, that
they without us should not be made perfect.
CHAPTER 12
WHEREFORE seeing we also are
compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay
aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset
us and let us run with patience the race that is set
before us,
12:2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of
our faith; who for the joy that was set before him
endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the
right hand of the throne of God.
12:3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of
sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your
minds.
12:4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving
against sin.
12:5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which
speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou
the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of
him:
12:6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and
scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
12:7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as
with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth
not?
12:8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are
partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
12:9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which
corrected us and we gave them reverence: shall we
not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits,
and live?
12:10 For they verily for a few days chastened us
after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that
we might be partakers of his holiness.
12:11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be
joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the
peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised
thereby.
12:12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and
the feeble knees;
12:13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that
which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be
healed.
12:14 Follow peace with all men and holiness,
without which no man shall see the Lord:
12:15 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;
12:16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane
person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his
birthright.
12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have
inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place
of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
12:18 For ye are not come unto the mount that might be
touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and
darkness, and tempest,
12:19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of
words; which voice they that heard intreated that the
word should not be spoken to them any more:
12:20 (For they could not endure that which was
commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it
shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
12:21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses
said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
12:22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city
of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an
innumerable company of angels,
12:23 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,
12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and
to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than
that of Abel.
12:25 See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if
they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more
shall not we escape if we turn away from him that
speaketh from heaven:
12:26 Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath
promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but
also heaven.
12:27 And this word Yet once more, signifieth the
removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are
made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
12:28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be
moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably
with reverence and godly fear:
12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.
CHAPTER 13
LET brotherly love continue.
13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for
thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
13:3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with
them; and them which suffer adversity, as being
yourselves also in the body.
13:4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed
undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.
13:5 Let your conversation be without
covetousness; and be content with such things as ye
have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake
thee.
13:6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my
helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
13:7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who
have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow,
considering the end of their conversation.
13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and
for ever.
13:9 Be not carried about with divers and strange
doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be
established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited
them that have been occupied therein.
13:10 We have an altar, whereof they have no right to
eat which serve the tabernacle.
13:11 For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is
brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are
burned without the camp.
13:12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the
people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.
13:13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the
camp, bearing his reproach.
13:14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek
one to come.
13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of
praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our
lips giving thanks to his name.
13:16 But to do good and to communicate forget not: for
with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
13:17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit
yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must
give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief:
for that is unprofitable for you.
13:18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good
conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
13:19 But I beseech you the rather to do this,
that I may be restored to you the sooner.
13:20 Now the God of peace, that brought again from the
dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through
the blood of the everlasting covenant,
13:21 Make you perfect in every good work to do his
will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight,
through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and
ever. Amen.
13:22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of
exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few
words.
13:23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at
liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.
13:24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and
all the saints. They of Italy salute you.
13:25 Grace be with you all. Amen.
THE END
OF HEBREWS
The Epistle of James
CHAPTER 1
JAMES, a servant of God and of the
Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered
abroad, greeting.
1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into
divers temptations;
1:3 Knowing this that the trying of your faith
worketh patience.
1:4 But let patience have her perfect work, that
ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that
giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it
shall be given him.
1:6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he
that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind
and tossed.
1:7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any
thing of the Lord.
1:8 A double minded man is unstable in all his
ways.
1:9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is
exalted:
1:10 But the rich, in that he is made low: because as
the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
1:11 For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat,
but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and
the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the
rich man fade away in his ways.
1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation:
for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which
the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
1:13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of
God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he
any man:
1:14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of
his own lust, and enticed.
1:15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth
sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
1:16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from
above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is
no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
1:18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth,
that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
1:19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be
swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
1:20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness
of God.
1:21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity
of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word,
which is able to save your souls.
1:22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only,
deceiving your own selves.
1:23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer,
he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a
glass:
1:24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and
straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
1:25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty,
and continueth therein he being not a forgetful hearer,
but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his
deed.
1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and
bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this
man's religion is vain.
1:27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the
Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their
affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the
world.
CHAPTER 2
MY brethren, have not the faith of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect
of persons.
2:2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a
gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man
in vile raiment;
2:3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay
clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and
say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my
footstool:
2:4 Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are
become judges of evil thoughts?
2:5 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?
2:6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men
oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
2:7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which
ye are called?
2:8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the
scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do
well:
2:9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin,
and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet
offend in one point he is guilty of all.
2:11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said
also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou
kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
2:12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be
judged by the law of liberty.
2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath
shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a
man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save
him?
2:15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of
daily food,
2:16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be
ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not
those things which are needful to the body; what doth it
profit?
2:17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being
alone.
2:18 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.
2:19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest
well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without
works is dead?
2:21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when
he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
2:22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by
works was faith made perfect?
2:23 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.
2:24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified,
and not by faith only.
2:25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by
works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent
them out another way?
2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so
faith without works is dead also.
CHAPTER 3
MY brethren, be not many masters,
knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.
3:2 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.
3:3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they
may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.
3:4 Behold also the ships, which though they be
so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they
turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor
listeth.
3:5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth
great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire
kindleth!
3:6 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.
3:7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of
serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been
tamed of mankind:
3:8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an
unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
3:9 Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and
therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of
God.
3:10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and
cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
3:11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet
water and bitter?
3:12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries?
either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt
water and fresh.
3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge
among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works
with meekness of wisdom.
3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your
hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
3:15 This wisdom descendeth not from above, but
is earthly, sensual, devilish.
3:16 For where envying and strife is there
is confusion and every evil work.
3:17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure,
then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full
of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without
hypocrisy.
3:18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of
them that make peace.
CHAPTER 4
FROM whence come wars and
fightings among you? come they not hence, even of
your lusts that war in your members?
4:2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have,
and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because
ye ask not.
4:3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that
ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the
friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore
will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
4:5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The
spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
4:6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God
resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the
devil, and he will flee from you.
4:8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.
Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify
your hearts, ye double minded.
4:9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter
be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
4:10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he
shall lift you up.
4:11 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.
4:12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to
destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
4:13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will
go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and
sell, and get gain:
4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the
morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that
appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
4:15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will,
we shall live, and do this, or that.
4:16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such
rejoicing is evil.
4:17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth
it not, to him it is sin.
CHAPTER 5
GO to now, ye rich men,
weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon
you
5:2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are
motheaten.
5:3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of
them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh
as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last
days.
5:4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped
down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth:
and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the
ears of the Lord of sabaoth.
5:5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been
wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of
slaughter.
5:6 Ye have condemned and killed the just;
and he doth not resist you.
5:7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of
the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit
of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive
the early and latter rain.
5:8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the
coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be
condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
5:10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in
the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction,
and of patience.
5:11 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.
5:12 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.
5:13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any
merry? let him sing psalms.
5:14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders
of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with
oil in the name of the Lord:
5:15 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.
5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray
one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent
prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
5:17 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.
5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and
the earth brought forth her fruit.
5:19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and
one convert him;
5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner
from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and
shall hide a multitude of sins.
THE END
OF JAMES
The First Epistle of Peter
CHAPTER 1
PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia,
Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the
Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience
and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you,
and peace, be multiplied.
1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath
begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ from the dead,
1:4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and
that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto
salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season,
if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold
temptations:
1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more
precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with
fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the
appearing of Jesus Christ:
1:8 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:
1:9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the
salvation of your souls.
1:10 Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and
searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should
come unto you:
1:11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit
of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified
beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should
follow.
1:12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto
themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are
now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel
unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which
things the angels desire to look into.
1:13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober,
and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto
you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
1:14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves
according to the former lusts in your ignorance:
1:15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye
holy in all manner of conversation;
1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am
holy.
1:17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect
of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time
of your sojourning here in fear:
1:18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with
corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain
conversation received by tradition from your
fathers;
1:19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb
without blemish and without spot:
1:20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation
of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,
1:21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up
from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope
might be in God.
1:22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the
truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren,
see that ye love one another with a pure heart
fervently:
1:23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of
incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for
ever.
1:24 For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory
of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the
flower thereof falleth away:
1:25 But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And
this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
CHAPTER 2
WHEREFORE laying aside all malice,
and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil
speakings,
2:2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the
word, that ye may grow thereby:
2:3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is
gracious.
2:4 To whom coming, as unto a living stone,
disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and
precious,
2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual
house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
2:6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture,
Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious:
and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
2:7 Unto you therefore which believe he is
precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which
the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the
corner,
2:8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence,
even to them which stumble at the word, being
disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
2:9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal
priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should
shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of
darkness into his marvellous light:
2:10 Which in time past were not a people, but
are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy,
but now have obtained mercy.
2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers
and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the
soul;
2:12 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.
2:13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the
Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme;
2:14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by
him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them
that do well.
2:15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye
may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
2:16 As free, and not using your liberty for a
cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
2:17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear
God. Honour the king.
2:18 Servants, be subject to your masters
with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the
froward.
2:19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for
conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
2:20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be
buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if,
when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it
patiently, this is acceptable with God.
2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ
also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should
follow his steps:
2:22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his
mouth:
2:23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when
he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to
him that judgeth righteously:
2:24 Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on
the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto
righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.
2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now
returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
CHAPTER 3
LIKEWISE, ye wives, be in
subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the
word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation
of the wives;
3:2 While they behold your chaste conversation
coupled with fear.
3:3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward
adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold,
or of putting on of apparel;
3:4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in
that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a
meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great
price.
3:5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women
also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in
subjection unto their own husbands:
3:6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose
daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid
with any amazement.
3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them
according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto
the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of
life; that your prayers be not hindered.
3:8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having
compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful,
be courteous:
3:9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing:
but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto
called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
3:10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let
him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak
no guile:
3:11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek
peace, and ensue it.
3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the
righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but
the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
3:13 And who is he that will harm you, if ye be
followers of that which is good?
3:14 But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy
are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be
troubled;
3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and
be ready always to give an answer to every man
that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with
meekness and fear:
3:16 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak
evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely
accuse your good conversation in Christ.
3:17 For it is better, if the will of God be so,
that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
3:18 For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the
just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put
to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
3:19 By which also he went and preached unto the spirits
in prison;
3:20 Which sometime were disobedient, when once the
longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark
was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved
by water.
3:21 The like figure whereunto even baptism doth
also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the
flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ:
3:22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand
of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject
unto him.
CHAPTER 4
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;
4:2 That he no longer should live the rest of his
time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of
God.
4:3 For the time past of our life may suffice us
to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in
lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings,
and abominable idolatries:
4:4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with
them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of
you:
4:5 Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge
the quick and the dead.
4:6 For for this cause was the gospel preached also to
them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men
in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.
4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye
therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among
yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
4:9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.
4:10 As every man hath received the gift, even so
minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the
manifold grace of God.
4:11 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.
4:12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery
trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing
happened unto you:
4:13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of
Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye
may be glad also with exceeding joy.
4:14 If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy
are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon
you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is
glorified.
4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or
as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody
in other men's matters.
4:16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let
him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.
4:17 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?
4:18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall
the ungodly and the sinner appear?
4:19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the
will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in
well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.
CHAPTER 5
THE elders which are among you I
exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings
of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be
revealed:
5:2 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;
5:3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage,
but being ensamples to the flock.
5:4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall
receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
5:5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the
elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be
clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth
grace to the humble.
5:6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of
God, that he may exalt you in due time:
5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for
you.
5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the
devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may
devour:
5:9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the
same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in
the world.
5:10 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.
5:11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and
ever. Amen.
5:12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I
suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that
this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand.
5:13 The church that is at Babylon, elected
together with you, saluteth you; and so doth
Marcus my son.
5:14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace
be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen.
THE END
OF I PETER
The Second Epistle of Peter
CHAPTER 1
SIMON Peter, a servant and an
apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like
precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ:
1:2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the
knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
1:3 According as his divine power hath given unto us all
things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the
knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
1:4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and
precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the
divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the
world through lust.
1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your
faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance
patience; and to patience godliness;
1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to
brotherly kindness charity.
1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make
you that ye shall neither be barren nor
unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and
cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from
his old sins.
1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to
make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things,
ye shall never fall:
1:11 For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you
abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ.
1:12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always
in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and
be established in the present truth.
1:13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this
tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in
remembrance;
1:14 Knowing that shortly I must put off this my
tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
1:15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after
my decease to have these things always in remembrance.
1:16 For we have not followed cunningly devised fables,
when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
1:17 For he received from God the Father honour and
glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent
glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
1:18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard,
when we were with him in the holy mount.
1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy;
whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that
shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star
arise in your hearts:
1:20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the
scripture is of any private interpretation.
1:21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will
of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by
the Holy Ghost.
CHAPTER 2
BUT there were false prophets also
among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among
you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying
the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift
destruction.
2:2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by
reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
2:3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned
words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long
time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but
cast them down to hell, and delivered them into
chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
2:5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the
eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in
the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
2:6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into
ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making
them an ensample unto those that after should live
ungodly;
2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy
conversation of the wicked:
2:8 (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in
seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to
day with their unlawful deeds;)
2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of
temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment
to be punished:
2:10 But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the
lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous
are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil
of dignities.
2:11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and
might, bring not railing accusation against them before the
Lord.
2:12 But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be
taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they
understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own
corruption;
2:13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness,
as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time.
Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with
their own deceivings while they feast with you;
2:14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease
from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have
exercised with covetous practices; cursed children:
2:15 Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone
astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor,
who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
2:16 But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass
speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the
prophet.
2:17 These are wells without water, clouds that are
carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is
reserved for ever.
2:18 For when they speak great swelling words of
vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through
much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them
who live in error.
2:19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves
are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome,
of the same is he brought in bondage.
2:20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of
the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the
latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
2:21 For it had been better for them not to have known
the way of righteousness, than, after they have known
it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto
them.
2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true
proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and
the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
CHAPTER 3
THIS second epistle, beloved, I
now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure
minds by way of remembrance:
3:2 That ye may be mindful of the words which were
spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of
us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the
last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
3:4 And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for
since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they
were from the beginning of the creation.
3:5 For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the
word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out
of the water and in the water:
3:6 Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed
with water, perished:
3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the
same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day
of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
3:8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing,
that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a
thousand years as one day.
3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as
some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not
willing that any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance.
3:10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the
night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great
noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth
also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
3:11 Seeing then that all these things
shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to
be in all holy conversation and godliness,
3:12 Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day
of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved,
and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
3:13 Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for
new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth
righteousness.
3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such
things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace,
without spot, and blameless.
3:15 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;
3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in
them of these things; in which are some things hard to be
understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest,
as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own
destruction.
3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these
things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the
error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.
3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of
our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both
now and for ever. Amen.
THE END
OF II PETER
The First Epistle of John
CHAPTER 1
THAT which was from the beginning,
which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we
have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of
life;
1:2 (For the life was manifested, and we have seen
it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal
life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto
us;)
1:3 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto
you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our
fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus
Christ.
1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy
may be full.
1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him,
and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no
darkness at all.
1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk
in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light,
we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus
Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1:8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,
and the truth is not in us.
1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
1:10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a
liar, and his word is not in us.
CHAPTER 2
MY little children, these things
write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have
an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for
ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
2:3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep
his commandments.
2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his
commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the
love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
2:6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also
so to walk, even as he walked.
2:7 Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but
an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old
commandment is the word which ye have heard from the
beginning.
2:8 Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which
thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past,
and the true light now shineth.
2:9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his
brother, is in darkness even until now.
2:10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light,
and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
2:11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and
walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because
that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
2:12 I write unto you, little children, because your
sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.
2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known
him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young
men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you,
little children, because ye have known the Father.
2:14 I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have
known him that is from the beginning. I have written
unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God
abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
2:15 Love not the world, neither the things that
are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of
the Father is not in him.
2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of
the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is
not of the Father, but is of the world.
2:17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof:
but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye
have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many
antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for
if they had been of us, they would no doubt have
continued with us: but they went out, that they might be
made manifest that they were not all of us.
2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye
know all things.
2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the
truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the
truth.
2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the
Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the
Son.
2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the
Father: but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the
Father also.
2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have
heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the
beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the
Son, and in the Father.
2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us,
even eternal life.
2:26 These things have I written unto you
concerning them that seduce you.
2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him
abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as
the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth,
and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide
in him.
2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when
he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed
before him at his coming.
2:29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every
one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
CHAPTER 3
BEHOLD, what manner of love the
Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons
of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him
not.
3:2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not
yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall
appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he
is.
3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth
himself, even as he is pure.
3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law:
for sin is the transgression of the law.
3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our
sins; and in him is no sin.
3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever
sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that
doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the
devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of
God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the
devil.
3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for
his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is
born of God.
3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the
children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not
of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the
beginning, that we should love one another.
3:12 Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and
slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own
works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
3:13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
3:14 We know that we have passed from death unto life,
because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his
brother abideth in death.
3:15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye
know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.
3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because
he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down
our lives for the brethren.
3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his
brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of
compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in
him?
3:18 My little children, let us not love in word,
neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
3:19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and
shall assure our hearts before him.
3:20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than
our heart, and knoweth all things.
3:21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then
have we confidence toward God.
3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because
we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing
in his sight.
3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe
on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as
he gave us commandment.
3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in
him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us,
by the Spirit which he hath given us.
CHAPTER 4
BELOVED, believe not every spirit,
but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false
prophets are gone out into the world.
4:2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that
confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of
God:
4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus
Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that
spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it
should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome
them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in
the world.
4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the
world, and the world heareth them.
4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he
that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of
truth, and the spirit of error.
4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of
God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth
God.
4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is
love.
4:9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us,
because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world,
that we might live through him.
4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he
loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for
our sins.
4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love
one another.
4:12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one
another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in
us.
4:13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us,
because he hath given us of his Spirit.
4:14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father
sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
4:15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of
God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
4:16 And we have known and believed the love that God
hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth
in God, and God in him.
4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have
boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in
this world.
4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth
out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not
made perfect in love.
4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
4:20 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?
4:21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who
loveth God love his brother also.
CHAPTER 5
WHOSOEVER believeth that Jesus is
the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that
begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
5:2 By this we know that we love the children of God,
when we love God, and keep his commandments.
5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his
commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world:
and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even
our faith.
5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that
believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
5:6 This is he that came by water and blood, even
Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it
is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is
truth.
5:7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are
one.
5:8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the
Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in
one.
5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God
is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath
testified of his Son.
5:10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the
witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a
liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his
Son.
5:11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us
eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
5:12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that
hath not the Son of God hath not life.
5:13 These things have I written unto you that believe
on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have
eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of
God.
5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him,
that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth
us:
5:15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask,
we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
5:16 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.
5:17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not
unto death.
5:18 We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not;
but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked
one toucheth him not.
5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the
whole world lieth in wickedness.
5:20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath
given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true,
and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus
Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
5:21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
Amen.
THE END
OF I JOHN
The Second Epistle of John
CHAPTER 1
THE elder unto the elect lady and
her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but
also all they that have known the truth;
1:2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and
shall be with us for ever.
1:3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God
the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the
Father, in truth and love.
1:4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children
walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the
Father.
1:5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote
a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the
beginning, that we love one another.
1:6 And this is love, that we walk after his
commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard
from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who
confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a
deceiver and an antichrist.
1:8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things
which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
1:9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the
doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the
doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
1:10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this
doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid
him God speed:
1:11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of
his evil deeds.
1:12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not
write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you,
and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
1:13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee.
Amen.
THE END
OF II JOHN
The Third Epistle of John
CHAPTER 1
THE elder unto the wellbeloved
Gaius, whom I love in the truth.
1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest
prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.
1:3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and
testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in
the truth.
1:4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children
walk in truth.
1:5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest
to the brethren, and to strangers;
1:6 Which have borne witness of thy charity before the
church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a
godly sort, thou shalt do well:
1:7 Because that for his name's sake they went forth,
taking nothing of the Gentiles.
1:8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be
fellowhelpers to the truth.
1:9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth
to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.
1:10 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.
1:11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that
which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth
evil hath not seen God.
1:12 Demetrius hath good report of all men, and
of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and
ye know that our record is true.
1:13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink
and pen write unto thee:
1:14 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.
THE END
OF III JOHN
The Epistle of Jude
CHAPTER 1
JUDE, the servant of Jesus Christ,
and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the
Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:
1:2 Mercy unto you, and peace and love, be
multiplied.
1:3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you
of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto
you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for
the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
1:4 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.
1:5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye
once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out
of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed
not.
1:6 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.
1:7 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.
1:8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile
the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.
1:9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the
devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring
against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke
thee.
1:10 But these speak evil of those things which they
know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in
those things they corrupt themselves.
1:11 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.
1:12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when
they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds
they are without water, carried about of winds; trees
whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by
the roots;
1:13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own
shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of
darkness for ever.
1:14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied
of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of
his saints,
1:15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all
that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which
they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard
speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against
him.
1:16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after
their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling
words having men's persons in admiration because of
advantage.
1:17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were
spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
1:18 How that they told you there should be mockers in
the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly
lusts.
1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual,
having not the Spirit.
1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your
most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the
mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
1:22 And of some have compassion, making a
difference:
1:23 And others save with fear, pulling them out
of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
1:24 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,
1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory
and majesty, dominion and power, both now and for ever.
Amen.
THE END OF JUDE
The Revelation of Jesus Christ
CHAPTER 1
THE Revelation of Jesus Christ,
which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which
must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it
by his angel unto his servant John:
1:2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the
testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that
hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which
are written therein: for the time is at hand.
1:4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace
be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which
was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are
before his throne;
1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful
witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the
prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and
washed us from our sins in his own blood,
1:6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his
Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever.
Amen.
1:7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall
see him, and they also which pierced him: and all
kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so,
Amen.
1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,
saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come,
the Almighty.
1:9 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.
1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard
behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
1:11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega,
the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book,
and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia;
unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto
Thyatira, and unto Sardis, unto Philadelphia, and unto
Laodicea.
1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me.
And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
1:13 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.
1:14 His head and his hairs were white
like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a
flame of fire;
1:15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they
burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many
waters.
1:16 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.
1:17 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:
1:18 I am he that liveth,
and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and
have the keys of hell and of death.
1:19 Write the things which thou
hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall
be hereafter;
1:20 The mystery of the seven
stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden
candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven
churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the
seven churches.
CHAPTER 2
UNTO the
angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he
that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in
the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
2:2 I know thy works, and thy
labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them
which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are
apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
2:3 And hast borne, and hast
patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not
fainted.
2:4 Nevertheless I have
somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first
love.
2:5 Remember therefore from whence
thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I
will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick
out of his place, except thou repent.
2:6 But this thou hast, that thou
hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also
hate.
2:7 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.
2:8 And unto the angel of the
church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the
last, which was dead, and is alive;
2:9 I know thy works, and
tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know
the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but
are the synagogue of Satan.
2:10 Fear none of those things
which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast
some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye
shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death,
and I will give thee a crown of life.
2:11 He that hath an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that
overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death.
2:12 And to the angel of the
church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the
sharp sword with two edges;
2:13 I know thy works and where
thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and
thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even
in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr,
who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
2:14 But I have a few things
against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the
doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock
before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto
idols, and to commit fornication.
2:15 So hast thou also them that
hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I
hate.
2:16 Repent; or else I will come
unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword
of my mouth.
2:17 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 hidden manna, and will
give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written,
which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth
it.
2:18 And unto the angel of the
church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God,
who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet
are like fine brass;
2:19 I know thy works, and
charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy
works; and the last to be more than the
first.
2:20 Notwithstanding I have a few
things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel,
which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my
servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed
unto idols.
2:21 And I gave her space to
repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
2:22 Behold, I will cast her into
a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great
tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
2:23 And I will kill her children
with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which
searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one
of you according to your works.
2:24 But unto you I say, and unto
the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and
which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will
put upon you none other burden.
2:25 But that which ye have
already hold fast till I come.
2:26 And he that overcometh, and
keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over
the nations:
2:27 And he shall rule them with a
rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to
shivers: even as I received of my Father.
2:28 And I will give him the
morning star.
2:29 He that hath an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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CHAPTER 3
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.
3:2 Be watchful, and strengthen
the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not
found thy works perfect before God.
3:3 Remember therefore how thou
hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If
therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief,
and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon
thee.
3:4 Thou hast a few names even in
Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall
walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
3:5 He that overcometh, the same
shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his
name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name
before my Father, and before his angels.
3:6 He that hath an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
3:7 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;
3:8 I know thy works: behold, I
have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for
thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast
not denied my name.
3:9 Behold, I will make them of
the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not,
but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before
thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
3:10 Because thou hast kept the
word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of
temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them
that dwell upon the earth.
3:11 Behold, I come quickly: hold
that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy
crown.
3:12 Him that overcometh will I
make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more
out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name
of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which
cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon
him my new name.
3:13 He that hath an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
3:14 And unto the angel of the
church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen,
the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of
God;
3:15 I know thy works, that thou
art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or
hot.
3:16 So then because thou art
lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my
mouth.
3:17 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:
3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me
gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white
raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame
of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with
eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke
and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
3:20 Behold, I stand at the door,
and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will
come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with
me.
3:21 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.
3:22 He that hath an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
CHAPTER 4
AFTER this I looked, and, behold,
a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I
heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which
said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be
hereafter.
4:2 And immediately I was in the spirit; and, behold, a
throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
4:3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a
sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the
throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
4:4 And round about the throne were four and
twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders
sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads
crowns of gold.
4:5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and
thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of
fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of
God.
4:6 And before the throne there was a sea of
glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and
round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes
before and behind.
4:7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the
second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a
man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
4:8 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.
4:9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and
thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and
ever,
4:10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him
that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever
and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and
honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy
pleasure they are and were created.
CHAPTER 5
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.
5:2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud
voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals
thereof?
5:3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under
the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look
thereon.
5:4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to
open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
5:5 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.
5:6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne
and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a
Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes,
which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the
earth.
5:7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand
of him that sat upon the throne.
5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and
four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having
every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which
are the prayers of saints.
5:9 And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to
take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast
slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every
kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
5:10 And hast made us unto our God kings and priests:
and we shall reign on the earth.
5:11 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;
5:12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that
was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and
strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the
earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all
that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and
glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the
throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
5:14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four
and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that
liveth for ever and ever.
CHAPTER 6
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.
6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat
on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went
forth conquering, and to conquer.
6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the
second beast say, Come and see.
6:4 And there went out another horse that was
red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take
peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another:
and there was given unto him a great sword.
6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the
third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black
horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his
hand.
6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts
say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of
barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and
the wine.
6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the
voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name
that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And
power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to
kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the
beasts of the earth.
6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under
the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of
God, and for the testimony which they held:
6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long,
O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood
on them that dwell on the earth?
6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them;
and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a
little season, until their fellowservants also and their
brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be
fulfilled.
6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal,
and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black
as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;
6:13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even
as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of
a mighty wind.
6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is
rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out
of their places.
6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and
the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and
every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens
and in the rocks of the mountains;
6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us,
and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb:
6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who
shall be able to stand?
CHAPTER 7
AND after these things I saw four
angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the
four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the
earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east,
having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud
voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the
earth and the sea,
7:3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the
trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their
foreheads.
7:4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed:
and there were sealed an hundred and forty
and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of
Israel.
7:5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve
thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve
thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve
thousand.
7:6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve
thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve
thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve
thousand.
7:7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve
thousand. Of the the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve
thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve
thousand.
7:8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve
thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve
thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve
thousand.
7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude,
which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and
people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the
Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
7:10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to
our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
7:11 And all the angels stood round about the throne,
and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell
before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
7:12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and
thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto
our God for ever and ever. Amen.
7:13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me,
What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence
came they?
7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said
to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and
have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of
the Lamb.
7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and
serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on
the throne shall dwell among them.
7:16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more;
neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne
shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of
waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
CHAPTER 8
AND when he had opened the seventh
seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an
hour.
8:2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God;
and to them were given seven trumpets.
8:3 And another angel came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much
incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all
saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
8:4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with
the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the
angel's hand.
8:5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with
fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there
were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an
earthquake.
8:6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets
prepared themselves to sound.
8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and
fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and
the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was
burnt up.
8:8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great
mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third
part of the sea became blood;
8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were in
the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships
were destroyed.
8:10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great
star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon
the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of
waters;
8:11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and
the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died
of the waters, because they were made bitter.
8:12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of
the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the
third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was
darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the
night likewise.
8:13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the
midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to
the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of
the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
CHAPTER 9
AND the fifth angel sounded, and I
saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was
given the key of the bottomless pit.
9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a
smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the
sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the
pit.
9:3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the
earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the
earth have power.
9:4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt
the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any
tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in
their foreheads.
9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill
them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their
torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he
striketh a man.
9:6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall
not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from
them.
9:7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto
horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as
it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the
faces of men.
9:8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their
teeth were as the teeth of lions.
9:9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates
of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound
of chariots of many horses running to battle.
9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there
were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt
men five months.
9:11 And they had a king over them, which is the
angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue
is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name
Apollyon.
9:12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two
woes more hereafter.
9:13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice
from the four horns of the golden altar which is before
God,
9:14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet,
Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river
Euphrates.
9:15 And the four angels were loosed, which were
prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for
to slay the third part of men.
9:16 And the number of the army of the horsemen
were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the
number of them.
9:17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them
that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth,
and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the
heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke
and brimstone.
9:18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by
the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued
out of their mouths.
9:19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their
tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had
heads, and with them they do hurt.
9:20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by
these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands,
that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and
silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can
see, nor hear, nor walk:
9:21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of
their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their
thefts.
CHAPTER 10
AND I saw another mighty angel
come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow
was upon his head, and his face was as it were
the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
10:2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he
set his right foot upon the sea, and his left
foot on the earth,
10:3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion
roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their
voices.
10:4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their
voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven
saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders
uttered, and write them not.
10:5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and
upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
10:6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who
created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth,
and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things
which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
10:7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel,
when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be
finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
10:8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto
me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is
open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and
upon the earth.
10:9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give
me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and
eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be
in thy mouth sweet as honey.
10:10 And I took the little book out of the angel's
hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and
as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
10:11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again
before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
CHAPTER 11
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.
11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave
out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and
the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two
months.
11:3 And I will give power unto my two witnesses,
and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and
threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
11:4 These are the two olive trees, and the two
candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
11:5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out
of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man
will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not
in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to
turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as
often as they will.
11:7 And when they shall have finished their testimony,
the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make
war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
11:8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the
street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and
Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.
11:9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and
nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and
shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
11:10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice
over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another;
because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the
earth.
11:11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of
life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their
feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
11:12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying
unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a
cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake,
and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were
slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted,
and gave glory to the God of heaven.
11:14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the
third woe cometh quickly.
11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were
great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are
become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and
he shall reign for ever and ever.
11:16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before
God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped
God,
11:17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty,
which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken
to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
11:18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come,
and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that
thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and
to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great;
and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.
11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and
there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and
there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an
earthquake, and great hail.
CHAPTER 12
AND there appeared a great wonder
in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her
feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in
birth, and pained to be delivered.
12:3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and
behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns,
and seven crowns upon his heads.
12:4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of
heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood
before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour
her child as soon as it was born.
12:5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule
all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up
unto God, and to his throne.
12:6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she
hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a
thousand two hundred and threescore days.
12:7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels
fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his
angels,
12:8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found
any more in heaven.
12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old
serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole
world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast
out with him.
12:10 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.
12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb,
and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their
lives unto the death.
12:12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that
dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the
sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath,
because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the
earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man
child.
12:14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great
eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place,
where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time,
from the face of the serpent.
12:15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a
flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried
away of the flood.
12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth
opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon
cast out of his mouth.
12:17 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.
CHAPTER 13
AND I stood upon the sand of the
sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads
and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his
heads the name of blasphemy.
13:2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard,
and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth
as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and
his seat, and great authority.
13:3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to
death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world
wondered after the beast.
13:4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power
unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who
is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with
him?
13:5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great
things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to
continue forty and two months.
13:6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God,
to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell
in heaven.
13:7 And it was given unto him to make war with the
saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all
kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship
him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the
Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
13:9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
13:10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into
captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with
the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the
saints.
13:11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the
earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a
dragon.
13:12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast
before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein
to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13:13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire
come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
13:14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by
the means of those miracles which he had power to do in
the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth,
that they should make an image to the beast, which had the
wound by a sword, and did live.
13:15 And he had power to give life unto the image of
the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and
cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast
should be killed.
13:16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and
poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or
in their foreheads:
13:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that
had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his
name.
13:18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding
count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man;
and his number is Six hundred threescore and
six.
CHAPTER 14
AND I looked, and, lo, a Lamb
stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty
and four thousand, having his Father's name written in
their foreheads.
14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of
many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard
the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
14:3 And they sung as it were a new song before the
throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man
could learn that song but the hundred and forty
and four thousand, which were redeemed from the
earth.
14:4 These are they which were not defiled with women;
for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb
whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men,
being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
14:5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are
without fault before the throne of God.
14:6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven,
having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on
the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and
people,
14:7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory
to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him
that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of
waters.
14:8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon
is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all
nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.
14:9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a
loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and
receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
14:10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of
God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his
indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone
in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the
Lamb:
14:11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for
ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship
the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of
his name.
14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here
are they that keep the commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.
14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me,
Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from
henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from
their labours; and their works do follow them.
14:14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon
the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on
his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
14:15 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.
14:16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle
on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
14:17 And another angel came out of the temple which is
in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
14:18 And another angel came out from the altar, which
had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had
the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and
gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes
are fully ripe.
14:19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth,
and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the
great winepress of the wrath of God.
14:20 And the winepress was trodden without the city,
and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse
bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred
furlongs.
CHAPTER 15
AND I saw another sign in heaven,
great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last
plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
15:2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with
fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and
over his image, and over his mark, and over the number
of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of
God.
15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God,
and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous
are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true
are thy ways, thou King of saints.
15:4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy
name? for thou only art holy: for all nations
shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made
manifest.
15:5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of
the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened:
15:6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having
the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having
their breasts girded with golden girdles.
15:7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven
angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth
for ever and ever.
15:8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory
of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into
the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were
fulfilled.
CHAPTER 16
AND I heard a great voice out of
the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour
out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
16:2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon
the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the
men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which
worshipped his image.
16:3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the
sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man; and every
living soul died in the sea.
16:4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the
rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
16:5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art
righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because
thou hast judged thus.
16:6 For they have shed the blood of saints and
prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are
worthy.
16:7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so,
Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy
judgments.
16:8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the
sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
16:9 And men were scorched with great heat, and
blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these
plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
16:10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the
seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and
they gnawed their tongues for pain,
16:11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their
pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the
great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that
the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
16:13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs
come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the
mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false
prophet.
16:14 For they are the spirits of devils, working
miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and
of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great
day of God Almighty.
16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he
that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked,
and they see his shame.
16:16 And he gathered them together into a place called
in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
16:17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the
air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven,
from the throne, saying, It is done.
16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and
lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not
since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake,
and so great.
16:19 And the great city was divided into three parts,
and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in
remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of
the fierceness of his wrath.
16:20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were
not found.
16:21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of
heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and
men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the
plague thereof was exceeding great.
CHAPTER 17
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:
17:2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed
fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made
drunk with the wine of her fornication.
17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the
wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured
beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten
horns.
17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet
colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls,
having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and
filthiness of her fornication:
17:5 And upon her forehead was a name written,
MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the
saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I
saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
17:7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou
marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the
beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten
horns.
17:8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and
shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition:
and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were
not written in the book of life from the foundation of the
world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet
is.
17:9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The
seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman
sitteth.
17:10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and
one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he
cometh, he must continue a short space.
17:11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the
eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
17:12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings,
which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as
kings one hour with the beast.
17:13 These have one mind, and shall give their power
and strength unto the beast.
17:14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb
shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of
kings: and they that are with him are called, and
chosen, and faithful.
17:15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou
sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes,
and nations, and tongues.
17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the
beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate
and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
17:17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his
will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast,
until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great
city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
CHAPTER 18
AND after these things I saw
another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and
the earth was lightened with his glory.
18:2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying,
Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the
habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a
cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
18:3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath
of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed
fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed
rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
18:4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come
out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins,
and that ye receive not of her plagues.
18:5 For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath
remembered her iniquities.
18:6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double
unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she
hath filled fill to her double.
18:7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived
deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith
in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no
sorrow.
18:8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death,
and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with
fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
18:9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed
fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her,
and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her
burning,
18:10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment,
saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city!
for in one hour is thy judgment come.
18:11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and
mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any
more:
18:12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious
stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk,
and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of
ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of
brass, and iron, and marble,
18:13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and
frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and
beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and
souls of men.
18:14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are
departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly
are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at
all.
18:15 The merchants of these things, which were made
rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment,
weeping and wailing,
18:16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was
clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with
gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
18:17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought.
And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and
sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18:18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning,
saying, What city is like unto this great city!
18:19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried,
weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city,
wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason
of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
18:20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and
ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you
on her.
18:21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great
millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with
violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and
shall be found no more at all.
18:22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of
pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee;
and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be
found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be
heard no more at all in thee;
18:23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at
all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride
shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were
the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all
nations deceived.
18:24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of
saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
CHAPTER 19
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:
19:2 For true and righteous are his judgments:
for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth
with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his
servants at her hand.
19:3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose
up for ever and ever.
19:4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts
fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying,
Amen; Alleluia.
19:5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise
our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small
and great.
19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great
multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of
mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God
omnipotent reigneth.
19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him:
for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made
herself ready.
19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed
in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the
righteousness of saints.
19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are
they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And
he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
19:10 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.
19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse;
and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True,
and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
19:12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on
his head were many crowns; and he had a name written,
that no man knew, but he himself.
19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in
blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
19:14 And the armies which were in heaven
followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white
and clean.
19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that
with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them
with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the
fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
19:16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh
a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he
cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in
the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto
the supper of the great God;
19:18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh
of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of
horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all
men, both free and bond, both small and great.
19:19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth,
and their armies, gathered together to make war against him
that sat on the horse, and against his army.
19:20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false
prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he
deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them
that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a
lake of fire burning with brimstone.
19:21 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.
CHAPTER 20
AND I saw an angel come down from
heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain
in his hand.
20:2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent,
which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand
years,
20:3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him
up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations
no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after
that he must be loosed a little season.
20:4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and
judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of
them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the
word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither
his image, neither had received his mark upon their
foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with
Christ a thousand years.
20:5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the
thousand years were finished. This is the first
resurrection.
20:6 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.
20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan
shall be loosed out of his prison,
20:8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are
in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather
them together to battle: the number of whom is as the
sand of the sea.
20:9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and
compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city:
and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured
them.
20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the
lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false
prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for
ever and ever.
20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat
on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and
there was found no place for them.
20:12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before
God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened,
which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out
of those things which were written in the books, according to
their works.
20:13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and
death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and
they were judged every man according to their works.
20:14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of
fire. This is the second death.
20:15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of
life was cast into the lake of fire.
CHAPTER 21
AND I saw a new heaven and a new
earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed
away; and there was no more sea.
21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming
down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for
her husband.
21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying,
Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will
dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself
shall be with them, and be their God.
21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes;
and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying,
neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are
passed away.
21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I
make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these
words are true and faithful.
21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and
Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is
athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I
will be his God, and he shall be my son.
21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the
abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake
which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second
death.
21:9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels
which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and
talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the
bride, the Lamb's wife.
21:10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great
and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy
Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
21:11 Having the glory of God: and her light was
like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone,
clear as crystal;
21:12 And had a wall great and high, and had
twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written
thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the
children of Israel:
21:13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates;
on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
21:14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations,
and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
21:15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to
measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall
thereof.
21:16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is
as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the
reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and
the height of it are equal.
21:17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred
and forty and four cubits, according to
the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
21:18 And the building of the wall of it was of
jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear
glass.
21:19 And the foundations of the wall of the city
were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The
first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the
third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
21:20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the
seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the
tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an
amethyst.
21:21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls:
every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city
was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.
21:22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God
Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
21:23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of
the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it,
and the Lamb is the light thereof.
21:24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk
in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their
glory and honour into it.
21:25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by
day: for there shall be no night there.
21:26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the
nations into it.
21:27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing
that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination,
or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the
Lamb's book of life.
CHAPTER 22
AND he shewed me a pure river of
water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne
of God and of the Lamb.
22:2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either
side of the river, was there the tree of life, which
bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her
fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for
the healing of the nations.
22:3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of
God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall
serve him:
22:4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall
be in their foreheads.
22:5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no
candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them
light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
22:6 And he said unto me, These sayings are
faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent
his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must
shortly be done.
22:7 Behold, I come
quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings
of the prophecy of this book.
22:8 And I John saw these things, and heard them.
And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before
the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
22:9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not:
for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets,
and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship
God.
22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the
prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
22:11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he
which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is
righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let
him be holy still.
22:12 And, behold, I come quickly;
and my reward is with me, to give every man according as
his work shall be.
22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the end, the first and the last.
22:14 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.
22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and
whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever
loveth and maketh a lie.
22:16 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.
22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let
him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come.
And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
22:18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the
words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto
these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are
written in this book:
22:19 And if any man shall take away from the words of
the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of
the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the
things which are written in this book.
22:20 He which testifieth these things saith,
Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even
so, come, Lord Jesus.
22:21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you all. Amen.
THE END
OF REVELATION