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KJV Cambridge Paragraph Bible

The King James Version or Authorized Version of the Holy Bible,
Cambridge Paragraph Bible edition
Public Domain
Language: English

2020-12-20
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Contents

Matthew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Luke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Romans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
1 Corinthians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
2 Corinthians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Galatians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Ephesians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Philippians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Colossians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
1 Thessalonians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
2 Thessalonians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
1 Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
2 Timothy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Titus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Philemon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Hebrews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
James . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
1 Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
2 Peter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
1 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
2 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
3 John . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Jude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Revelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Psalms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Matthew 1:1 1 Matthew 2:11

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO

S. MATTHEW.
1 THE book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;
3 and Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat
Aram; 4 and Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat
Salmon; 5 and Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed
begat Jesse; 6 and Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that
had been the wife of Urias; 7 and Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia
begat Asa; 8 and Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
9 and Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; 10 and
Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; 11 and Josias
begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
12 and after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat
Zorobabel; 13 and Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat
Azor; 14 and Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; 15 and
Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; 16 and Jacob
begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. 17 So all
the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until
the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away
into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
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. 19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a
publick example, was minded to put her away privily. 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. 21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name
JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 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. 24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel
of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: 25 and knew her not till she had
brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.

2
1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king,
behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 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. 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem
with him. 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. 5 And they said unto him,
In Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is written by the prophet, 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. 7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the
wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. 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. 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. 10 When they saw
the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 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,
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and frankincense, and myrrh. 12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should
not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
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. 14 When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed
into Egypt: 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. 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. 17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremie the prophet, saying,
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.
19 But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to
Joseph in Egypt, 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. 21 And he arose,
and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. 22 But when
he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea 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: 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.

3
1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and
saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 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. 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.
5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about Jordan,
6 and were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. 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? 8 Bring forth therefore
fruits meet for repentance: 9 and think 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. 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. 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: 12 whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather
his wheat into the garner; but will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14 But
John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
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. 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: 17 and lo a voice from
heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

4
1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward a hungred. 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 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. 5 Then the
devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 and
Matthew 4:7 3 Matthew 4:18
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. 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou
shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 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;
9 and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship
me. 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. 11 Then the devil leaveth him,
and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
12 Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee;
13 and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast,
in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: 14 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by Esaias the prophet, saying, 15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the
way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; 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.
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven
is at hand. 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. 19 And he
saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. 20 And they straightway
left their nets, and followed him. 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. 22 And they immediately left the ship and their
father, and followed him.
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. 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 lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and
he healed them. 25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and
from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond Jordan.

5
1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his
disciples came unto him: 2 and he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,
3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
8 Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the
kingdom of heaven.
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.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted
they the prophets which were before you.
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. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid.
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. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to
destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or
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one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.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. 20 For I say unto you, That except your
righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no
case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
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: 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. 23 Therefore if thou bring
thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
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. 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. 26 Verily I say unto thee,
Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. 27 Ye
have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 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. 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. 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. 31 It hath
been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement:
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.
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: 34 but I say unto you,
Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne: 35 nor by the earth; for it is
his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. 36 Neither shalt
thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37 But let
your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh
of evil.
38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 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. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away
thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile,
go with him twain. 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of
thee turn not thou away.
43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine
enemy. 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;
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. 46 For
if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the
same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even
the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is
perfect.

6
1 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. 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
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reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand
doeth: 4 that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself
shall reward thee openly.
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 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. 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. 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what
things ye have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy
will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive
us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 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.
14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
15 but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your
trespasses.
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. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
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.
19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves break through and steal: 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: 21 for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22 The
light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full
of light. 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?
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.
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? 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? 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto
his stature? 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field,
how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: 29 and yet I say unto you, That even
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 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 clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What
shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after
all these things do the Gentiles seek): for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need
of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you. 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.

7
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be
judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 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? 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? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the
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beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of
thy brother’s eye.
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 rent you.
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened
unto you: 8 for every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth: and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask
bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 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? 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.
13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth
to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 because strait is the gate, and
narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they
are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of
thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a
corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither
can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit
is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
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. 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? 23 And then will I profess unto
them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
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: 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. 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: 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. 28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these
sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: 29 for he taught them as one having
authority, and not as the scribes.

8
1 When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 2 And
behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst
make me clean. 3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou
clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 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.
5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion,
beseeching him, 6 and saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously
tormented. 7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 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. 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. 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. 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.
12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be
weeping and gnashing of teeth. 13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as
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thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame
hour.
14 And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother laid, and
sick of a fever. 15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and
ministered unto them. 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: 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart
unto the other side. 19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow
thee whithersoever thou goest. 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. 21 And
another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. 24 And behold,
there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the
waves: but he was asleep. 25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord,
save us: we perish. 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. 27 But
the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea
obey him?
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. 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? 30 And there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine feeding. 31 So
the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd
of swine. 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. 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. 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.

9
1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. 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. 3 And
behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. 4 And Jesus
knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? 5 For whether is
easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? 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. 7 And he arose, and departed to
his house. 8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which
had given such power unto men.
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.
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. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it,
they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? 12 But
when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but
they that are sick. 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.
14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast
oft, but thy disciples fast not? 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,
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when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. 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. 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.
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. 19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.
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: 21 for she said within herself, If I may
but touch his garment, I shall be whole. 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.) 23 And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house,
and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, 24 he said unto them, Give place:
for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. 25 But when the
people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. 26 And
the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying,
Thou Son of David, have mercy on us. 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. 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith
be it unto you. 30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying,
See that no man know it. 31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame
in all that country.
32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.
33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled,
saying, It was never so seen in Israel. 34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out the devils
through the prince of the devils. 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. 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. 37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest
truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest,
that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

10
1 And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against
unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of
disease. 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; 3 Philip,
and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and
Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus; 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who
also betrayed him. 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: 6 but
go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The
kingdom of heaven is at hand. 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out
devils: freely ye have received, freely give. 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass
in your purses; 10 nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet
staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. 11 And into whatsoever city or town ye
shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. 12 And when ye
come into a house, salute it. 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. 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. 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.
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16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as
serpents, and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to
the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; 18 and ye shall be brought
before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
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. 20 For it is not ye that speak, but
the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. 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. 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my
name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. 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. 24 The disciple is not above his master,
nor the servant above his lord. 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? 26 Fear them not therefore: for there
is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. 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. 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.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground
without your Father. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear ye
not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. 32 Whosoever therefore shall
confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which
is in heaven.
34 Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a
sword. 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. 36 And a man’s
foes shall be they of his own household. 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. 38 And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
40 He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that
sent me. 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. 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.

11
1 And 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. 2 Now when John had heard in
the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 3 and said unto him, Art thou
he that should come, or do we look for another? 4 Jesus answered and said unto them,
Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: 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. 6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall
not be offended in me.
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? 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. 9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto
you, and more than a prophet. 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 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
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he. 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth
violence, and the violent take it by force. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied
until John. 14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. 15 He that hath
ears to hear, let him hear.
16 But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the
markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17 and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye
have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18 For John
came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 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.
20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done,
because they repented not. 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. 22 But I say unto you, It shall be
more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. 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. 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.
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. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. 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.
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 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. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

12
1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were
a hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 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. 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was a
hungred, and they that were with him; 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? 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? 6 But I
say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. 7 But if ye had known
what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned
the guiltless. 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: 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. 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 How much then is a man
better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. 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.
14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might
destroy him. 15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great
multitudes followed him, and he healed them all, 16 and charged them that they should
not make him known: 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the
prophet, saying, 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. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
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20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send
forth judgment unto victory. 21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
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. 23 And all the people
were amazed, and said, Is this the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they
said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 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:
26 and if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom
stand? 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out?
therefore they shall be your judges. 28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then
the kingdom of God is come unto you. 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. 30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth abroad. 31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be
forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto
men. 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. 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. 34 O
generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh. 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. 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give
account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and
by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would
see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said to 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: 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. 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. 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.
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places,
seeking rest, and findeth none. 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. 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.
46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood
without, desiring to speak with him. 47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother
and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 48 But he answered and
said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49 And
he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my
brethren. 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same
is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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1 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 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. 3 And he spake many things unto them in parables,
saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 4 and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the
way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 5 some fell upon stony places, where
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they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness
of earth: 6 and when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had not
root, they withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up,
and choked them: 8 but other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an
hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. 9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in
parables? 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. 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 Therefore speak I to them in parables:
because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
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: 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.
16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. 17 For verily I
say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men 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. 18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 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. 20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth
the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 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. 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. 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.
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: 25 but while men slept, his enemy came
and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 26 But when the blade was sprung
up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 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? 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? 29 But he said,
Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 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.
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: 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.
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.
34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake
he not unto them: 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.
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. 37 He answered
and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 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; 39 the enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the
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world; and the reapers are the angels. 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burnt
in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. 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; 42 and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and
gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of
their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
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.
45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:
46 who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and
bought it.
47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and
gathered of every kind: 48 which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down,
and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. 49 So shall it be at the end of
the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 50 and
shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea,
Lord. 52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the
kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which bringeth forth out of
his treasure things new and old.
53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed
thence. 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? 55 Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother
called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 56 And his sisters,
are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? 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. 58 And he did not many mighty works there, because
of their unbelief.

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1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 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. 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and
put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife. 4 For John said unto him, It
is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared
the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. 6 But when Herod’s birthday was
kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. 7 Whereupon
he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. 8 And she, being before
instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist’s head in a charger. 9 And the
king was sorry: nevertheless for the oaths’ sake, and them which sat with him at meat,
he commanded it to be given her. 10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. 11 And
his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her
mother. 12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and
told Jesus.
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 And
Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward
them, and he healed their sick. 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. 16 But Jesus said unto them,
They need not depart; give ye them to eat. 17 And they say unto him, We have here but
five loaves, and two fishes. 18 He said, Bring them hither to me. 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
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disciples to the multitude. 20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of
the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. 21 And they that had eaten were about
five thousand men, beside women and children.
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. 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. 24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with
waves: for the wind was contrary. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto
them, walking on the sea. 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. 27 But straightway Jesus
spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I, be not afraid. 28 And Peter answered
him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. 29 And he said,
Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go
to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind boysterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink,
he cried, saying, Lord, save me. 31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and
caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? 32 And
when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. 33 Then they that were in the ship
came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.
34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. 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; 36 and besought him that they might
only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

15
1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 2 Why
do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands
when they eat bread. 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do you also transgress
the commandment of God by your tradition? 4 For God commanded, saying, Honour
thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever
thou mightest be profited by me; 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. 7 Ye
hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people draweth nigh unto me
with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 9 But
in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
10 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 11 not that
which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth,
this defileth a man. 12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that
the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 13 But he answered and said,
Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 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 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? 17 Do not ye yet understand,
that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into
the draught? 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the
heart; and they defile the man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders,
adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 20 these are the things which
defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 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. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him,
saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent
but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came she and worshipped him,
saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s
bread, and to cast it to dogs. 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs
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which fall from their masters’ table. 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. 29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of
Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. 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: 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.
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. 33 And his disciples say
unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great
a multitude? 34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said,
Seven, and a few little fishes. 35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the
ground. 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. 37 And they did all eat, and
were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. 38 And
they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.
39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.

16
1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would
shew them a sign from heaven. 2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye
say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. 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? 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.
5 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take
bread. 6 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees
and of the Sadducees. 7 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we
have taken no bread. 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? 9 Do ye
not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how
many baskets ye took up? 10 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how
many baskets ye took up? 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? 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.
13 When Jesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying,
Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 14 And they said, Some say that thou art John
the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 15 He saith unto
them, But whom say ye that I am? 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the
Christ, the Son of the living God. 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. 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. 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. 20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus
the Christ.
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. 22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke
him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. 23 But he turned,
and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou
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savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. 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. 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose
his life for my sake shall find it. 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? 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. 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.

17
1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them
up into a high mountain apart, 2 and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine
as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 3 And behold, there appeared unto
them Moses and Elias talking with him. 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. 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. 6 And when the disciples heard it, they fell
on their face, and were sore afraid. 7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise,
and be not afraid. 8 And when they had lift up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus
only.
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. 10 And his disciples
asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? 11 And Jesus
answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. 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. 13 Then
the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man,
kneeling down to him, and saying, 15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick,
and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 16 And I
brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. 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. 18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out
of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. 19 Then came the disciples to Jesus
apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? 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 unpossible unto you. 21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer
and fasting.
22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be
betrayed into the hands of men: 23 and they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be
raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came
to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? 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?
26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.
27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast a 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.

18
1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the
kingdom of heaven? 2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst
of them, 3 and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little
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children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whosoever therefore shall
humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And
whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 11 For
the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. 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? 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. 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in
heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
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. 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. 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 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.
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. 20 For where
two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and
I forgive him? till seven times? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven
times: but, Until seventy times seven. 23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto
a certain king, which would take account of his servants. 24 And when he had begun
to reckon, one was brought unto him, which ought him ten thousand talents. 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. 26 The servant therefore fell
down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave
him the debt. 28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants,
which ought him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the
throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. 29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet,
and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 30 And he
would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. 31 So when his
fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their
lord all that was done. 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: 33 shouldest not
thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? 34 And
his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was
due unto him. 35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your
hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

19
1 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from
Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan; 2 and great multitudes followed
him; and he healed them there. 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? 4 And
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he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the
beginning made them male and female, 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? 6 Wherefore
they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not
man put asunder. 7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of
divorcement, and to put her away? 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.
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. 10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with
his wife, it is not good to marry. 11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this
saying, save they to whom it is given. 12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born
from their mother’s womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of
men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of
heaven’s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on
them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children,
and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. 15 And he
laid his hands on them, and departed thence.
16 And behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do,
that I may have eternal life? 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.
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 Honour thy father and
thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 20 The young man saith unto
him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? 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. 22 But when the young man
heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly
enter into the kingdom of heaven. 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.
25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be
saved? 26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is unpossible; but
with God all things are possible.
27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed
thee; what shall we have therefore? 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. 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. 30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall
be first.

20
1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, which went out
early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2 And when he had agreed
with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out
about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 4 and said unto
them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they
went their way. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.
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? 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. 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
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first. 9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every
man a penny. 10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received
more; and they likewise received every man a penny. 11 And when they had received it,
they murmured against the goodman of the house, 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. 13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong:
didst not thou agree with me for a penny? 14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will
give unto this last, even as unto thee. 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine
own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last:
for many be called, but few chosen.
17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said
unto them, 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, 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 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s children with her sons, worshipping him,
and desiring a certain thing of him. 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. 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. 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. 24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved
with indignation against the two brethren. 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. 26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever
will be great among you, let him be your minister; 27 and whosoever will be chief among
you, let him be your servant: 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.
29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. 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. 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. 32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What
will ye that I shall do unto you? 33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes
received sight, and they followed him.

21
1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the
mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 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. 3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The
Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. 4 All this was done, that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, 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. 6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 7 and brought
the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. 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. 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. 10 And when he was come into Jerusalem,
all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? 11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the
prophet of Nazareth of Galilee.
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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, 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. 14 And the blind and the lame came to
him in the temple; and he healed them. 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, 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? 17 And he left them, and went out of the city
into Bethany; and he lodged there.
18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. 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. 20 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the
fig tree withered away! 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. 22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall
receive.
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? 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. 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? 26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all
hold John as a prophet. 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. 28 But what think
you? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to
day in my vineyard. 29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and
went. 30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go,
sir: and went not. 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. 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.
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: 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.
35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned
another. 36 Again, he sent other servants moe than the first: and they did unto them
likewise. 37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.
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. 39 And they caught him, and cast
him out of the vineyard, and slew him. 40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh,
what will he do unto those husbandmen? 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. 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? 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. 44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but
on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 45 And when the chief priests
and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. 46 But when
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they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for
a prophet.

22
1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 2 The kingdom
of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 3 and sent forth
his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have
prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come
unto the marriage. 5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm,
another to his merchandise: 6 and the remnant took his servants, and entreated them
spitefully, and slew them. 7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent
forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burnt up their city. 8 Then saith he
to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. 9 Go
ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 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. 11 And when
the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding
garment: 12 and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a
wedding garment? And he was speechless. 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. 14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his
talk. 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. 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou?
Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not? 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and
said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought
unto him a penny. 20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
21 They say unto him, Cesar’s. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the
things which are Cesar’s; and unto God the things that are God’s. 22 When they had heard
these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection,
and asked him, 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. 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: 26 likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
27 And last of all the woman died also. 28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall
she be of the seven? for they all had her. 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do
err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they
neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. 31 But
as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto
you by God, saying, 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. 33 And when the multitude
heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.
34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they
were gathered together. 35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question,
tempting him, and saying, 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
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. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And
the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two
commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 saying, What think
ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. 43 He saith unto them,
How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, 44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit
thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? 45 If David then call him
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Lord, how is he his son? 46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any
man from that day forth ask him any moe questions.

23
1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 saying, The scribes and the
Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: 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. 4 For they bind heavy
burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves
will not move them with one of their fingers. 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,
6 and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7 and
greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 8 But be not ye called
Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man your
father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 10 Neither be ye called
masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you shall
be your servant. 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall
humble himself shall be exalted.
13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom
of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are
entering to go in.
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.
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.
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. 17 Ye
fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the
gift that is upon it, he is guilty. 19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or
the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth
by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it,
and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the
throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise
and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and
faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides,
which strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.
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. 26 Thou blind
Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them
may be clean also.
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. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men,
but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of
the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 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. 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them
which killed the prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents,
ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?
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: 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
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of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily
I say unto you,
All these things shall come upon this generation.
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? 38 Behold, your house is left
unto you desolate. 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.

24
1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him
for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 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. 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 what shall be
the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto
them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying,
I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 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.
7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be
famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning
of sorrows.
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. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray
one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall
deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 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.
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:) 16 then let
them which be in Judea flee into the mountains: 17 let him which is on the housetop
not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 neither let him which is in the
field return back to take his clothes. 19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to
them that give suck in those days. 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter,
neither on the sabbath day: 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. 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. 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there;
believe it not. 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. 25 Behold, I have told you before. 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 it not. 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. 28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be
gathered together.
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: 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. 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. 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: 33 so likewise
ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I
say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven
and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
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36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my
Father only. 37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
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, 39 and knew not until
the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women
shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 42 Watch therefore:
for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
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. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man
cometh. 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? 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his
lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make
him ruler over all his goods. 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord
delayeth his coming; 49 and shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink
with the drunken; 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 ware of, 51 and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him
his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

25
1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their
lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five
were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 but
the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they
all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom
cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
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. 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. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore,
for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.
14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his
own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 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. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and
traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17 And likewise he that had
received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one went and digged
in the earth, and hid his lord’s money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants
cometh, and reckoneth with them. 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 besides them five talents moe. 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. 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 besides them. 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. 24 Then he which had received the one talent came
and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown,
and gathering where thou hast not strawed: 25 and I was afraid, and went and hid thy
talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 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: 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.
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28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 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. 30 And cast ye the unprofitable
servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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: 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: 33 and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
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: 35 for I was a
hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and
ye took me in: 36 naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison,
and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw
we thee a hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a
stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or
in prison, and came unto thee? 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.
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: 42 for I was a hungred, and ye gave
me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 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. 44 Then
shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee a hungred, or athirst, or a
stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 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. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but
the righteous into life eternal.

26
1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his
disciples, 2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man
is betrayed to be crucified. 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,
4 and consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 5 But they said, Not
on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.
6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 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. 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying,
To what purpose is this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and
given to the poor. 10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the
woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 11 For ye have the poor always
with you; but me ye have not always. 12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my
body, she did it for my burial. 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.
14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 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. 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to
betray him.
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? 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. 19 And the disciples did as Jesus
had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.
20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. 21 And as they did eat,
he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. 22 And they were exceeding
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sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? 23 And he answered
and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. 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. 25 Then Judas, which
betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
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. 27 And he took the cup, and gave
thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28 for this is my blood of the new
testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 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.
30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. 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. 32 But after
I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. 33 Peter answered and said unto him,
Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. 34 Jesus
said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt
deny me thrice. 35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny
thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
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. 37 And he took with him Peter and
the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he
unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch
with me. 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my
Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou
wilt. 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter,
What, could ye not watch with me one hour? 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into
temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 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. 43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their
eyes were heavy. 44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time,
saying the same words. 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. 46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray
me.
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. 48 Now
he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he:
hold him fast. 49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed
him. 50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and
laid hands on Jesus, and took him. 51 And behold, one of them which were with Jesus
stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and stroke a servant of the high priest’s,
and smote off his ear. 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. 53 Thinkest thou
that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve
legions of angels? 54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
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. 56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be
fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
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. 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. 59 Now the
chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put
him to death; 60 but found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they
none. At the last came two false witnesses, 61 and said, This fellow said, I am able to
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destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. 62 Andthe high priest arose,
and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee?
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. 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. 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. 66 What think ye? They
answered and said, He is guilty of death. 67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted
him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, 68 saying, Prophesy unto us,
thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
69 Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also
wast with Jesus of Galilee. 70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou
sayest. 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. 72 And again he denied
with an oath, I do not know the man. 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.
74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the
cock crew. 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.

27
1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took
counsel against Jesus to put him to death: 2 and when they had bound him, they led him
away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.
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,
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. 5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and
departed, and went and hanged himself. 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.
7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter’s field, to bury strangers in.
8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. 9 Then was fulfilled
that which was spoken by Jeremie 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;
10 and gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.
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. 12 And when he was
accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. 13 Then said Pilate unto
him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? 14 And he answered
him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom
they would. 16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. 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? 18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered
him. 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. 20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that
they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. 21 The governor answered and said unto
them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. 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. 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done?
But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. 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. 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.
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26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered
him to be crucified.
27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered
unto him the whole band of soldiers. 28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet
robe. 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! 30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on
the head. 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. 32 And as they came out,
they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a
skull, 34 they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof,
he would not drink. 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. 36 And sitting down they watched him
there; 37 and set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF
THE JEWS. 38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand,
and another on the left.
39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, 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. 41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the
scribes and elders, said, 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. 43 He trusted in
God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. 44 The
thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth.
45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth
hour. 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? 47 Some
of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. 48 And
straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on
a reed, and gave him to drink. 49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come
to save him.
50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
51 And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom;
and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 and the graves were opened; and many
bodies of saints which slept arose, 53 and came out of the graves after his resurrection,
and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. 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. 55 And many women
were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him:
56 among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the
mother of Zebedee’s children.
57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathea, named Joseph, who
also himself was Jesus’ disciple: 58 he went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then
Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. 59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he
wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 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.
61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.
62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and
Pharisees came together unto Pilate, 63 saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said,
while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. 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. 65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as
sure as you can. 66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and
setting a watch.
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28
1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn towards the first day of the week, came
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. 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. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his
raiment white as snow: 4 and for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead
men. 5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that
ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see
the place where the Lord lay. 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. 8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and
did run to bring his disciples word. 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. 10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into
Galilee, and there shall they see me.
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. 12 And when they were
assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the
soldiers, 13 saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
14 And if this come to the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. 15 So
they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported
among the Jews until this day.
16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had
appointed them. 17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven
and in earth. 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: 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.
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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO

S. MARK.
1 THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; 2 as it is written in the
prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way
before thee. 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight. 4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of
repentance for the remission of sins. 5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judea,
and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing
their sins. 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; 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. 8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy
Ghost.
9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was
baptized of John in Jordan. 10 And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the
heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: 11 and there came a
voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
12 And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness. 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.
14 Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel
of the kingdom of God, 15 and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at
hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
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. 17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me,
and I will make you to become fishers of men. 18 And straightway they forsook their
nets, and followed him. 19 And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James
the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.
20 And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with
the hired servants, and went after him.
21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered
into the synagogue, and taught. 22 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he
taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. 23 And there was in their
synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 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. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy
peace, and come out of him. 26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried
with a loud voice, he came out of him. 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. 28 And
immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.
29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the
house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 But Simon’s wife’s mother lay sick
of a fever, and anon they tell him of her. 31 And he came and took her by the hand, and
lift her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. 32 And at
even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that
were possessed with devils. 33 And all the city was gathered together at the door. 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.
35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed
into a solitary place, and there prayed. 36 And Simon and they that were with him
followed after him. 37 And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek
for thee. 38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there
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also: for therefore came I forth. 39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all
Galilee, and cast out devils.
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. 41 And Jesus, moved with
compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou
clean. 42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and
he was cleansed. 43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; 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. 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.

2
1 And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was
in the house. 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. 3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of
four. 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. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy,
Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. 6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there,
and reasoning in their hearts, 7 Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can
forgive sins but God only? 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? 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? 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,)
11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. 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.
13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him,
and he taught them. 14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the
receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. 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. 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? 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.
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? 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. 20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them,
and then shall they fast in those days. 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. 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.
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. 24 And the Pharisees said unto
him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? 25 And he said
unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was a hungred,
he, and they that were with him? 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
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the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? 27 And he said unto them, The
sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 28 therefore the Son of man is
Lord also of the sabbath.

3
1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a
withered hand. 2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day;
that they might accuse him. 3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand,
Stand forth. 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. 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. 6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with
the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.
7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from
Galilee followed him, and from Judea, 8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, 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. 9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small
ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. 10 For
he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many
as had plagues. 11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and
cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. 12 And he straitly charged them that they should
not make him known. 13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom
he would: and they came unto him. 14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be
with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 and to have power to heal
sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 16 and Simon he surnamed Peter; 17 and James the son
of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; (and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is,
The sons of thunder:) 18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and
Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite, 19 and
Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him.
And they went into a house. 20 And the multitude cometh together again, so that they
could not so much as eat bread. 21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay
hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. 22 And the scribes which came down
from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out
devils. 23 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan
cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26 And if Satan rise
up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. 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. 28 Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven
unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 29 but
he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger
of eternal damnation. 30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit.
31 There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto
him, calling him. 32 And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold,
thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. 33 And he answered them, saying,
Who is my mother, or my brethren? 34 And he looked round about on them which sat
about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren. 35 For whosoever shall do the
will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother.

4
1 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. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them
in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 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.
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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: 6 but when the sun was up, it was scorched; and
because it had no root, it withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns
grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 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. 9 And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him
the parable. 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:
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. 13 And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will you
know all parables? 14 The sower soweth the word. 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. 16 And these are they likewise
which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately
receive it with gladness; 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. 18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
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. 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.
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? 22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be
manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. 23 If any
man have ears to hear, let him hear. 24 And he said unto them, Take heed what you hear:
with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall
more be given. 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.
26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground,
27 and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he
knoweth not how. 28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the
ear, after that the full corn in the ear. 29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately
he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
30 And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what
comparison shall we compare it? 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: 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. 33 And with many such
parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. 34 But without a
parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his
disciples.
35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over
unto the other side. 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. 37 And there arose
a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. 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? 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. 40 And
he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that you have no faith? 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?

5
1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
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2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a
man with an unclean spirit, 3 who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could
bind him, no, not with chains: 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 And always, night and day, he was in the
mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. 6 But when he saw
Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, 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. 8 For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion:
for we are many. 10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out
of the country. 11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine
feeding. 12 And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may
enter into them. 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. 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. 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. 16 And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with
the devil, and also concerning the swine. 17 And they began to pray him to depart out of
their coasts. 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. 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. 20 And he departed, and began to publish in
Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
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. 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,
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.
24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him. 25 And
a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, 26 and had suffered many
things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered,
but rather grew worse, 27 when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and
touched his garment. 28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that
she was healed of that plague. 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?
31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest
thou, Who touched me? 32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this
thing. 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. 34 And he said unto her, Daughter,
thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. 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? 36 As soon as Jesus heard
the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only
believe. 37 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the
brother of James. 38 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and
seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. 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. 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. 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. 42 And
straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And
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they were astonished with a great astonishment. 43 And
he charged them straitly that
no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.

6
1 And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow
him. 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? 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. 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. 5 And he could there do no mighty work,
save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. 6 And he marvelled
because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
7 And he calleth unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two;
and gave them power over unclean spirits; 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: 9 but be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats. 10 And he said unto them,
In what place soever ye enter into a house, there abide till ye depart from that place.
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.
12 And they went out, and preached that men should repent. 13 And they cast out many
devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
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. 15 Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet,
or as one of the prophets. 16 But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I
beheaded: he is risen from the dead. 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. 18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have
thy brother’s wife. 19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have
killed him; but she could not: 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man
and a holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard
him gladly. 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; 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.
23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the
half of my kingdom. 24 And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask?
And she said, The head of John the Baptist. 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. 26 And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oaths’ sake, and for
their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. 27 And immediately the king sent
an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him
in the prison, 28 and brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the
damsel gave it to her mother. 29 And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took
up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
30 And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things,
both what they had done, and what they had taught. 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.
32 And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. 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. 34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people,
and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having
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a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. 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: 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. 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? 38 He saith unto them, How
many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
39 And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass.
40 And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. 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. 42 And they did all eat, and were filled. 43 And they took up twelve baskets full
of the fragments, and of the fishes. 44 And they that did eat of the loaves were about five
thousand men.
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. 46 And when he had
sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. 47 And when even was come, the
ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. 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. 49 But
when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried
out: 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. 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. 52 For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their
heart was hardened.
53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Genesaret, and drew
to the shore. 54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him,
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. 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.

7
1 Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came
from Jerusalem. 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is
to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews,
except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 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. 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?
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 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of
men. 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. 9 And he said unto them,
Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 10 For
Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother,
let him die the death. 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. 12 And
ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; 13 making the word of
God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like
things do ye.
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14 And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me
every one of you, and understand: 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. 16 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 17 And when he was entered into the
house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. 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; 19 because it entereth
not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. 21 For from
within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
22 thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride,
foolishness: 23 all these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
24 And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered
into a house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. 25 For a certain
woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell
at his feet: 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. 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. 28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table
eat of the children’s crumbs. 29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the
devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30 And when she was come to her house, she found the
devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
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. 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. 33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into
his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; 34 and looking up to heaven, he sighed,
and saith unto him, EPHPHATHA, that is, Be opened. 35 And straightway his ears were
opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. 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; 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.

8
1 In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called
his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, 2 I have compassion on the multitude,
because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: 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. 4 And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these
men with bread here in the wilderness? 5 And he asked them, How many loaves have
ye? And they said, Seven. 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. 7 And they had a few small fishes:
and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. 8 So they did eat, and were
filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. 9 And they that
had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away.
10 And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of
Dalmanutha. 11 And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking
of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. 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. 13 And he left them, and entering into the ship again
departed to the other side.
14 Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them
more than one loaf. 15 And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven
of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. 16 And they reasoned among themselves,
saying, It is because we have no bread. 17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them,
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Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand?
have ye your heart yet hardened? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye
not? and do ye not remember? 19 When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how
many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. 20 And when the
seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they
said, Seven. 21 And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
22 And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought
him to touch him. 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. 24 And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. 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. 26 And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor
tell it to any in the town.
27 And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Cesarea Philippi: and by
the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? 28 And
they answered, John the Baptist: but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets.
29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith
unto him, Thou art the Christ. 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of
him. 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. 32 And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to
rebuke him. 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. 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. 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. 36 For
what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or
what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 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.

9
1 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.
2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them
up into a high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
3 And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can
white them. 4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking
with Jesus. 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.
6 For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. 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. 8 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any
more, save Jesus only with themselves.
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. 10 And they
kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the
dead should mean. 11 And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must
first come? 12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth
all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and
be set at nought. 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.
14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the
scribes questioning with them. 15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him,
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were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. 16 And he asked the scribes, What
question ye with them? 17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have
brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit: 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. 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. 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.
21 And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a
child. 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. 23 Jesus said unto him,
If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. 24 And straightway the
father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
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. 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. 27 But Jesus took him by the hand,
and lifted him up; and he arose. 28 And when he was come into the house, his disciples
asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? 29 And he said unto them, This kind
can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
30 And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any
man should know it. 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. 32 But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask
him.
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? 34 But they held their peace: for by the way
they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. 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. 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, 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.
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. 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. 40 For he that is not against us is on our part. 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. 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. 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: 44 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not
quenched. 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:
46 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 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: 48 where their worm dieth not, and the fire
is not quenched. 49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be
salted with salt. 50 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will you
season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

10
1 And he rose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judea by the farther side of
Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again.
2 And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his
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wife? tempting him. 3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command
you? 4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you
this precept. 6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 and they
twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. 9 What therefore
God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 10 And in the house his disciples asked
him again of the same matter. 11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his
wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. 12 And if a woman shall put
away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his
disciples rebuked those that brought them. 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. 15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall
not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. 16 And he took
them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
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?
18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is,
God. 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. 20 And he
answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth. 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. 22 And he was sad at that saying, and went
away grieved: for he had great possessions.
23 And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they
that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 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! 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.
26 And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can
be saved? 27 And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with
God: for with God all things are possible.
28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee.
29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left
house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my
sake, and the gospel’s, 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. 31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
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, 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:
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.
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. 36 And he said unto them, What
would ye that I should do for you? 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. 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? 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: 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. 41 And when
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the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John. 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. 43 But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you,
shall be your minister: 44 and whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of
all. 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.
46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a
great number of people, blind Bartimeus, the son of Timeus, sat by the highway side
begging. 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. 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.
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. 50 And he, casting away his
garment, rose, and came to Jesus. 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. 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.

11
1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount
of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, 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. 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. 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. 5 And certain of them that stood there said
unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? 6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had
commanded: and they let them go. 7 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their
garments on him; and he sat upon him. 8 And many spread their garments in the way:
and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. 9 And they that
went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in
the name of the Lord: 10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the
name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. 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.
12 And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: 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.
14 And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And
his disciples heard it.
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 money-
changers, and the seats of them that sold doves; 16 and would not suffer that any man
should carry any vessel through the temple. 17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not
written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it
a den of thieves. 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.
19 And when even was come, he went out of the city.
20 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the
roots. 21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree
which thou cursedst is withered away. 22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have
faith in God. 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. 24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
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that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. 25 Andwhen ye stand praying, forgive, if
ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you
your trespasses. 26 But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven
forgive your trespasses.
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, 28 and say unto him, By
what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these
things? 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. 30 The baptism of
John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. 31 And they reasoned with themselves,
saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? 32 But
if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a
prophet indeed. 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.

12
1 And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard,
and set a 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. 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. 3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. 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. 5 And again he sent another; and him
they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. 6 Having yet therefore
one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence
my son. 7 But those husbandmen said amongst themselves, This is the heir; come, let
us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours. 8 And they took him, and killed him, and
cast him out of the vineyard. 9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will
come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. 10 And have
ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of
the corner: 11 this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? 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.
13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him
in his words. 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 Cesar, or not? 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. 16 And they brought it. And he saith unto them,
Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Cesar’s. 17 And Jesus
answering said unto them, Render to Cesar the things that are Cesar’s, and to God the
things that are God’s. And they marvelled at him.
18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they
asked him, saying, 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. 20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife,
and dying left no seed. 21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed:
and the third likewise. 22 And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman
died also. 23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be
of them? for the seven had her to wife. 24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye
not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? 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. 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? 27 He is not the God of the
dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.
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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? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel;
The Lord our God is one Lord: 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. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 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: 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. 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.
35 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes
that Christ is the Son of David? 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. 37 David
therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common
people heard him gladly.
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, 39 and the chief seats in the
synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: 40 which devour widows’ houses, and
for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.
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. 42 And there came a certain poor
widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. 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: 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.

13
1 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. 2 And Jesus answering said unto
him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another,
that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the
temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, 4 Tell us, when shall
these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? 5 And
Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: 6 for many shall
come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 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. 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.
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. 10 And the gospel must first be published among all
nations. 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. 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 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.
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 Judea flee to the mountains: 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: 16 and let
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him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. 17 But woe to
them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days. 18 And pray ye that
your flight be not in the winter. 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.
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. 21 And then if any
man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or lo, he is there; believe him not: 22 for false
Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it
were possible, even the elect. 23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon
shall not give her light, 25 and the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are
in heaven shall be shaken. 26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the
clouds with great power and glory. 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. 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: 29 so ye in like
manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the
doors. 30 Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be
done. 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
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. 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know
not when the time is. 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. 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: 36 lest
coming suddenly he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.

14
1 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.
2 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people.
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. 4 And there were some that had indignation within
themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? 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. 6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble you her? she hath
wrought a good work on me. 7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever
ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. 8 She hath done what she
could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. 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.
10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him
unto them. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money.
And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
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? 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 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? 15 And he will
shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. 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.
17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. 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. 19 And they
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began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I?
20 And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in
the dish. 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.
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. 23 And he took the cup, and when he had given
thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. 24 And he said unto them, This is my
blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. 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.
26 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. 27 And
Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written,
I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. 28 But after that I am risen, I
will go before you into Galilee. 29 But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended,
yet will not I. 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. 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.
32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his
disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. 33 And he taketh with him Peter and James and
John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 and saith unto them, My soul
is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. 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. 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this
cup from me: nevertheless not that I will, but what thou wilt. 37 And he cometh, and
findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou
watch one hour? 38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is
ready, but the flesh is weak. 39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same
words. 40 And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,)
neither wist they what to answer him. 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. 42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth
me is at hand.
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. 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. 45 And as soon as he was
come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him. 46 And
they laid their hands on him, and took him. 47 And one of them that stood by drew a
sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 48 And Jesus answered
and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to
take me? 49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the
scriptures must be fulfilled. 50 And they all forsook him, and fled. 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: 52 and he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
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. 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. 55 And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to
put him to death; and found none. 56 For many bare false witness against him, but their
witness agreed not together. 57 And there arose certain, and bare false witness against
him, saying, 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. 59 But neither so did their
witness agree together. 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? 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? 62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see
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the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?
64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be
guilty of death. 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.
66 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high
priest: 67 and when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And
thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. 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. 69 And
a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. 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 Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. 71 But he began
to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. 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.

15
1 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. 2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering
said unto him, Thou sayest it. 3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but
he answered nothing. 4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing?
behold how many things they witness against thee. 5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so
that Pilate marvelled.
6 Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired.
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. 8 And the
multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them. 9 But
Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews? 10 For
he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy. 11 But the chief priests moved
the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. 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? 13 And they cried out again, Crucify him. 14 Then Pilate said unto
them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify
him. 15 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and
delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
16 And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Pretorium; and they call together
the whole band. 17 And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and
put it about his head, 18 and began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews. 19 And they smote
him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped
him. 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. 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.
22 And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place
of a skull. 23 And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it
not. 24 And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon
them, what every man should take. 25 And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
26 And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.
27 And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on
his left. 28 And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the
transgressors.
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, 30 save thyself, and come down
from the cross. 31 Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with
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the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. 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.
33 And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until
the ninth hour. 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? 35 And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he
calleth Elias. 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.
37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. 38 And the vail of the
temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. 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. 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;
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.
42 And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the
day before the sabbath, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, an honourable counseller, which also
waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the
body of Jesus. 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. 45 And when he knew it
of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. 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. 47 And Mary Magdalene and
Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

16
1 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. 2 And very early
in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of
the sun. 3 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the
door of the sepulchre? 4 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away:
for it was very great. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 10 And she went and told them that
had been with him, as they mourned and wept. 11 And they, when they had heard that
he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.
12 After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went
into the country. 13 And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they
them.
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. 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and
preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;
but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that
believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 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.
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19 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and
sat on the right hand of God. 20 And they went forth, and preached every where, the
Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO

S. LUKE.
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, 2 even as they delivered them unto us,
which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; 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, 4 that thou mightest know the
certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed.
5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest named Zacharias,
of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was
Elisabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments
and ordinances of the Lord blameless. 7 And they had no child, because that Elisabeth
was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. 8 And it came to pass, that
while he executed the priest’s office before God in the order of his course, 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. 10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at
the time of incense. 11 And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on
the right side of the altar of incense. 12 And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled,
and fear fell upon him. 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.
14 And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. 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. 16 And many
of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. 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.
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. 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. 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. 21 And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled
that he tarried so long in the temple. 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. 23 And it came to pass that, as soon as the days of his
ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. 24 And after those days
his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, 25 Thus hath the Lord
dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among
men.
26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee,
named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house
of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. 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.
29 And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what
manner of salutation this should be. 30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for
thou hast found favour with God. 31 And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and
bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 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: 33 and he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there
shall be no end. 34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not
a man? 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. 36 And behold, thy cousin
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Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with
her, who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing shall be unpossible. 38 And Mary
said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the
angel departed from her.
39 And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city
of Juda; 40 and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. 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: 42 and she spake out with a loud voice, and
said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. 43 And whence
is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 44 For lo, as soon as the
voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. 45 And
blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were
told her from the Lord.
46 And Mary said,
My soul doth magnify the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden:
For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things;
And holy is his name.
50 And his mercy is on them that fear him
From generation to generation.
51 He hath shewed strength with his arm;
He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats,
And exalted them of low degree.
53 He hath filled the hungry with good things;
And the rich he hath sent empty away.
54 He hath holpen his servant Israel,
In remembrance of his mercy,
55 (As he spake to our fathers),
To Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
56 And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house.
57 Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a
son. 58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy
upon her; and they rejoiced with her. 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. 60 And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. 61 And
they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. 62 And they
made signs to his father, how he would have him called. 63 And he asked for a writing
table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. 64 And his mouth
was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God. 65 And
fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad
throughout all the hill country of Judea. 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. 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied,
saying,
68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;
For he hath visited and redeemed his people,
69 And hath raised up a horn of salvation for us
In the house of his servant David;
70 (As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets,
Which have been since the world began:)
71 That we should be saved from our enemies,
And from the hand of all that hate us;
72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers,
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And to remember his holy covenant;
73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
74 That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies
Might serve him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before him,
All the days of our life.
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;
77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people
By the remission of their sins,
78 Through the tender mercy of our God;
Whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
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.
80 And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day
of his shewing unto Israel.

2
1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cesar Augustus,
that all the world should be taxed. 2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was
governor of Syria.) 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph
also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David,
which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) 5 to be
taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. 6 And so it was that, while
they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. 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. 8 And there were in the same
country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 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. 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. 11 For unto you is born
this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 12 And this shall be a sign
unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. 13 And
suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and
saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace,
Good will towards men.
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. 16 And they came with
haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. 17 And when they
had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this
child. 18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the
shepherds. 19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. 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.
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.
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; 23 (as it is
written in the law of the Lord, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy
to the Lord;) 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.
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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. 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. 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, 28 then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said,
29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart
In peace, according to thy word:
30 For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
31 Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him.
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;
35 (yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts
may be revealed.
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 a husband seven years from her virginity;
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. 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. 39 And when they had performed all things according to the
law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. 40 And the child
grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him.
41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. 42 And
when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast.
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. 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. 45 And when they found him not, they turned back again to
Jerusalem, seeking him. 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.
47 And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. 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. 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?
50 And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. 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. 52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour
with God and man.

3
1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor
of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and
of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 2 Annas and Caiaphas
being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the
wilderness. 3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of
repentance for the remission of sins; 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. 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; 6 and all flesh shall see the salvation of God. 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? 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. 9 And
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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.
10 And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? 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. 12 Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said
unto him, Master, what shall we do? 13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that
which is appointed you. 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.
15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John,
whether he were the Christ, or not; 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: 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. 18 And many other things in
his exhortation preached he unto the people. 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,
20 added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being
baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 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.
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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.

4
1 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit
into the wilderness, 2 being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat
nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. 3 And the devil said unto
him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. 4 And Jesus
answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every
word of God. 5 And the devil, taking him up into a high mountain, shewed unto him
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all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 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. 7 If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. 8 And
Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou
shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 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: 10 for it is written, He shall give his angels charge
over thee, to keep thee: 11 and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time
thou dash thy foot against a stone. 12 And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou
shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation,
he departed from him for a season.
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. 15 And he taught in their synagogues,
being glorified of all. 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. 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, 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 broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering
of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, 19 to preach the acceptable
year of the Lord. 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. 21 And he
began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. 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? 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. 24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted
in his own country. 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; 26 but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city
of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. 27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of
Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. 28 And
all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, 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. 30 But he passing through
the midst of them went his way, 31 and came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and
taught them on the sabbath days. 32 And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his
word was with power.
33 And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and
cried out with a loud voice, 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. 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.
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.
37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about.
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. 39 And he
stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and
ministered unto them. 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. 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.
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.
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43And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for
therefore am I sent. 44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee.

5
And it came to pass that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God,
1
he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 and saw two ships standing by the lake: but the
fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 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. 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 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. 6 And
when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.
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. 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me;
for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the
draught of the fishes which they had taken: 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. 11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they
forsook all, and followed him.
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. 13 And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou
clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. 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. 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. 16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.
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
Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. 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. 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. 20 And when
he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. 21 And the scribes
and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies?
Who can forgive sins, but God alone? 22 But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he
answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts? 23 Whether is easier, to say,
Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? 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. 25 And immediately
he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house,
glorifying God. 26 And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with
fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day.
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. 28 And he left all, rose up, and
followed him. 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. 30 But their scribes
and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with
publicans and sinners? 31 And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need
not a physician; but they that are sick. 32 I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance.
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? 34 And he said unto
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them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with
them? 35 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them,
and then shall they fast in those days. 36 And he spake also a parable unto them; No man
putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh
a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. 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. 38 But new wine must be put into new bottles; and
both are preserved. 39 No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for
he saith, The old is better.

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1 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. 2 And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful
to do on the sabbath days? 3 And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much
as this, what David did, when himself was a hungred, and they which were with him;
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? 5 And
he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
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. 7 And the scribes and
Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find
an accusation against him. 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.
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? 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. 11 And they were filled with madness; and communed one
with another what they might do to Jesus.
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. 13 And when it was day, he called unto him his
disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; 14 Simon, (whom
he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon called Zelotes, 16 and Judas
the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
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 Judea and Jerusalem, and from the
sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
18 and they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed. 19 And the whole
multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
20 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said,
Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
21 Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled.
Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
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. 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.
24 But woe unto you that are rich: for ye have received your consolation.
25 Woe unto you that are full: for ye shall hunger.
Woe unto you that laugh now: for ye shall mourn and weep.
26 Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you: for so did their fathers to the
false prophets.
27 But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
28 bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. 29 And unto
him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away
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thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also. 30 Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of
him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. 31 And as ye would that men should
do to you, do ye also to them likewise. 32 For if ye love them which love you, what thank
have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. 33 And if ye do good to them which
do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. 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. 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. 36 Be ye therefore merciful,
as your Father also is merciful. 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not,
and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: 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.
39 And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both
fall into the ditch? 40 The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect
shall be as his master. 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? 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. 43 For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt
tree bring forth good fruit. 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. 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.
46 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? 47 Whosoever
cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is
like: 48 he is like a man which built a 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. 49 But he that heareth, and doeth
not, is like a man that without a foundation built a house upon the earth; against which
the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was
great.

7
1 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered
into Capernaum. 2 And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick,
and ready to die. 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. 4 And when they came to Jesus,
they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
5 for he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. 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 wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a
word, and my servant shall be healed. 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. 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. 10 And they that were
sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick.
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. 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. 13 And when the Lord saw her,
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he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. 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.
15 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.
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. 17 And this rumour of him
went forth throughout all Judea, and throughout all the region round about.
18 And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. 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? 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? 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. 22 Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your
way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame
walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is
preached. 23 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. 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? 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. 26 But what went ye out
for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. 27 This is he,
of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare
thy way before thee. 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. 29 And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God,
being baptized with the baptism of John. 30 But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the
counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him.
31 And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and
to what are they like? 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. 33 For John the Baptist came neither
eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. 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. 35 But wisdom is justified of all her children.
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. 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, 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. 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.
40 And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And
he saith, Master, say on. 41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one
ought five hundred pence, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing to pay, he
frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? 43 Simon
answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him,
Thou hast rightly judged. 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. 45 Thou
gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my
feet. 46 Mine head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet
with ointment. 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. 48 And he said unto
her, Thy sins are forgiven. 49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within
themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? 50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith
hath saved thee; go in peace.
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1 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, 2 and certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary
called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, 3 and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s
steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.
4 And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every
city, he spake by a parable: 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. 6 And
some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked
moisture. 7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked
it. 8 And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And
when he said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
9 And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? 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. 11 Now the
parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 17 For
nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not
be known and come abroad. 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.
19 Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the
press. 20 And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand
without, desiring to see thee. 21 And he answered and said unto them, My mother and
my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it.
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. 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. 24 And they came to him,
and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he rose, and rebuked the wind
and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. 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.
26 And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee.
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.
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. 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.) 30 And Jesus
asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were
entered into him. 31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out
into the deep. 32 And there was there a 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. 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. 34 When they that fed
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them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country.
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. 36 They also which saw it told them by what means he that
was possessed of the devils was healed. 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. 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, 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.
40 And it came to pass that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him:
for they were all waiting for him. 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: 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. 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, 44 came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and
immediately her issue of blood stanched. 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? 46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched
me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. 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.
48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole;
go in peace.) 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. 50 But when Jesus
heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
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. 52 And all wept, and bewailed
her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. 53 And they laughed him to
scorn, knowing that she was dead. 54 And he put them all out, and took her by the hand,
and called, saying, Maid, arise. 55 And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway:
and he commanded to give her meat. 56 And her parents were astonished: but he charged
them that they should tell no man what was done.

9
1 Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority
over all devils, and to cure diseases. 2 And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God,
and to heal the sick. 3 And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither
staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece. 4 And
whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. 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. 6 And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching
the gospel, and healing every where.
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; 8 and of some, that
Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. 9 And
Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he
desired to see him.
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. 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.
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,
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and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place. 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. 14 For they were about five thousand men. And he
said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. 15 And they did so, and
made them all sit down. 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. 17 And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments
that remained to them twelve baskets.
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? 19 They answering said, John the
Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.
20 He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of
God. 21 And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;
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. 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. 24 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life
for my sake, the same shall save it. 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole
world, and lose himself, or be cast away? 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. 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.
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. 29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his
countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. 30 And behold, there
talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: 31 who appeared in glory, and
spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. 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. 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. 34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they
feared as they entered into the cloud. 35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying,
This is my beloved Son: hear him. 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.
37 And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill,
much people met him. 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. 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. 40 And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and
they could not. 41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how
long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither. 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.
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, 44 Let these sayings sink
down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. 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.
46 Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. 47 And
Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him, 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.
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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. 50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid
him not: for he that is not against us is for us.
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, 52 and sent messengers before his face: and
they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. 53 And
they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. 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? 55 But he turned,
and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. 56 For the Son
of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another
village.
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. 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. 59 And
he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my
father. 60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the
kingdom of God. 61 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid
them farewell, which are at home in my house. 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.

10
1 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. 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. 3 Go your
ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. 4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip,
nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. 5 And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say,
Peace be to this house. 6 And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it:
if not, it shall turn to you again. 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. 8 And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are
set before you: 9 and heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of
God is come nigh unto you. 10 But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you
not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, 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. 12 But I say unto you, that it shall
be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.
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. 14 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre
and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. 15 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to
heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. 16 He that heareth you heareth me; and he that
despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
17 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject
unto us through thy name. 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from
heaven. 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. 20 Notwithstanding
in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your
names are written in heaven.
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. 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. 23 And he turned
him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that
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ye see: 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.
25 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall
I do to inherit eternal life? 26 He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest
thou? 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. 28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt
live. 29 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?
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. 31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way:
and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. 32 And likewise a Levite, when
he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. 33 But a
certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had
compassion on him, 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.
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. 36 Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour
unto him that fell among the thieves? 37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him.
Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise.
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. 39 And she had a sister called
Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and heard his word. 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. 41 And Jesus answered and
said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: 42 but
one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away
from her.

11
1 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.
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. 3 Give us day by day our daily bread. 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.
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; 6 for a friend of mine in his
journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him: 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? 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. 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. 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he
that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 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? 12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 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?
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. 15 But some of them said, He
casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. 16 And other, tempting him,
sought of him a sign from heaven. 17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them,
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Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against
a house falleth. 18 If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. 19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out
devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. 20 But
if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon
you. 21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: 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. 23 He that is not with me is against
me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. 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. 25 And when he cometh, he findeth it swept
and garnished. 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.
27 And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lift
up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which
thou hast sucked. 28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God,
and keep it.
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. 30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to
this generation. 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. 32 The men
of Nineveh 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.
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. 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. 35 Take heed therefore
that the light which is in thee be not darkness. 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.
37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in,
and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not
first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make
clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and
wickedness. 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is
within also? 41 But rather give alms of such things as you have; and behold, all things are
clean unto you. 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.
43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and
greetings in the markets.
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.
45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou
reproachest us also. 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.
47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed
them. 48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed
killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. 49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will
send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: 50 that
the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be
required of this generation; 51 from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which
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perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of
this generation.
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.
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: 54 laying wait for him, and
seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

12
1 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. 2 For there
is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
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. 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. 5 But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear: Fear him, which
after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. 6 Are
not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of
more value than many sparrows. 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: 9 but he
that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. 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. 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 for the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the
same hour what ye ought to say.
13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide
the inheritance with me. 14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider
over you? 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. 16 And he spake a
parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where
to bestow my fruits? 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. 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. 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? 21 So is he that layeth up
treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.
22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your
life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than
meat, and the body is more than raiment. 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? 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to
his stature one cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye
thought for the rest? 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. 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? 29 And seek not ye what ye
shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. 30 For all these things do
the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these
things. 31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto
you. 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure
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in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 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. 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. 38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch,
and find them so, blessed are those servants. 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. 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son
of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
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? 43 Blessed is that servant,
whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he
will make him ruler over all that he hath. 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; 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 ware, and will cut him in sunder,
and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. 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. 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.
49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? 50 But
I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52 for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and
two against three. 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.
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. 55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye
say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. 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? 57 Yea, and why
even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? 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. 59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast
paid the very last mite.

13
1 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood
Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose
ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such
things? 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 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? 5 I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent, ye
shall all likewise perish. 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. 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? 8 And he answering
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said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: 9 and
if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 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. 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and
said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thy infirmity. 13 And he laid his hands on
her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. 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. 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? 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? 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.
18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble
it? 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. 20 And
again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21 It is like leaven, which a
woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying towards
Jerusalem. 23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said
unto them, 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. 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
you are: 26 then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and
thou hast taught in our streets. 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence you
are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. 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. 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. 30 And behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first
which shall be last.
31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and
depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. 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. 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. 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? 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.

14
1 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. 2 And behold, there was a certain man
before him, which had the dropsy. 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and
Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? 4 And they held their peace.
And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; 5 and answered them, saying, Which of
you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on
the sabbath day? 6 And they could not answer him again to these things.
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, 8 When thou art bidden of any man to a
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wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be
bidden of him; 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. 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. 11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that
humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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. 13 But when thou makest a
feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: 14 and thou shalt be blessed; for
they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the
just.
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. 16 Then said he unto him,
A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: 17 and sent his servant at supper
time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. 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. 19 And
another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have
me excused. 20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.
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. 22 And the servant
said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. 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. 24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were
bidden shall taste of my supper.
25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,
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. 27 And
whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. 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? 29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation,
and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, 30 saying, This man began
to build, and was not able to finish. 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? 32 Or else, while the other
is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. 33 So
likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my
disciple. 34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be
seasoned? 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.

15
1 Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. 2 And
the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth
with them. 3 And he spake this parable unto them, saying, 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? 5 And when he hath found it,
he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 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. 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.
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? 9 And when she hath
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found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me;
for I have found the piece which I had lost. 10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the
presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.
11 And he said, A certain man had two sons: 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. 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. 14 And
when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in
want. 15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into
his fields to feed swine. 16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the
swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. 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? 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned
against heaven, and before thee, 19 and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make
me as one of thy hired servants. 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. 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. 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: 23 and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be
merry: 24 for this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they
began to be merry. 25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to
the house, he heard musick and dancing. 26 And he called one of the servants, and asked
what these things meant. 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. 28 And he was
angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out and intreated him. 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: 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. 31 And he said unto him,
Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. 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.

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1 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. 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. 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. 4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the
stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 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?
6 And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit
down quickly, and write fifty. 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. 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.
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. 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. 11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who
will commit to your trust the true riches? 12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which
is another man’s, who shall give you that which is your own? 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.
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14 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided
him. 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 amongst men is abomination
in the sight of God. 16 The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the
kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. 17 And it is easier for heaven
and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. 18 Whosoever putteth away his wife,
and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put
away from her husband committeth adultery.
19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared
sumptuously every day: 20 and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was
laid at his gate, full of sores, 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. 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; 23 and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth
Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 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. 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. 26 And besides 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. 27 Then he said, I pray thee
therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father’s house: 28 for I have five
brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will
repent. 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.

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1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but
woe unto him, through whom they come. 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. 3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him;
and if he repent, forgive him. 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.
5 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. 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. 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? 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? 9 Doth he thank that servant because he did the
things that were commanded him? I trow not. 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.
11 And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst
of Samaria and Galilee. 12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten
men that were lepers, which stood afar off: 13 and they lifted up their voices, and said,
Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. 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.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice
glorified God, 16 and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a
Samaritan. 17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the
nine? 18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. 19 And
he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
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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:
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here: or, lo there: for behold, the kingdom of God is within
you. 22 And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see
one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. 23 And they shall say to you,
See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them. 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. 25 But first must he suffer many things, and
be rejected of this generation. 26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in
the days of the Son of man. 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. 28 Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank,
they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 29 but the same day that Lot went out
of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 30 Even thus
shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 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. 32 Remember Lot’s wife.
33 Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall
preserve it. 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. 35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall
be taken, and the other left. 36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and
the other left. 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.

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1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not
to faint; 2 saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded
man: 3 and there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me
of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself,
Though I fear not God, nor regard man; 5 yet because this widow troubleth me, I will
avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. 6 And the Lord said, Hear what
the unjust judge saith. 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night
unto him, though he bear long with them? 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.
Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?
9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were
righteous, and despised other: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a
Pharisee, and the other a publican. 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. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 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. 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.
15 And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his
disciples saw it, they rebuked them. 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.
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 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal
life? 19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that
is, God. 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. 21 And he said,
All these have I kept from my youth up. 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. 23 And when he heard
this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. 24 And when Jesus saw that he was
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very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom
of God! 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. 26 And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved?
27 And he said, The things which are unpossible with men are possible with God.
28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. 29 And he said unto them,
Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or
wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake, 30 who shall not receive manifold more
in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
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. 32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be
mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: 33 and they shall scourge him, and
put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. 34 And they understood none
of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which
were spoken.
35 And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat
by the way side begging: 36 and hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant.
37 And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. 38 And he cried, saying, Jesus,
thou Son of David, have mercy on me. 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. 40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he
was come near, he asked him, 41 saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And
he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. 42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight:
thy faith hath saved thee. 43 And immediately he received his sight, and followed him,
glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God.

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1 And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. 2 And behold, there was a man named
Zaccheus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. 3 And he sought to
see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. 4 And
he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that
way. 5 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him,
Zaccheus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. 6 And he
made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. 7 And when they saw it, they
all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. 8 And
Zaccheus 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. 9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch
as he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that
which was lost.
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. 12 He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for
himself a kingdom, and to return. 13 And he called his ten servants, and delivered them
ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. 14 But his citizens hated him, and
sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. 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. 16 Then came the first,
saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. 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. 18 And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds.
19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. 20 And another came, saying,
Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: 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. 22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge
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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: 23 wherefore then gavest not thou my money
into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? 24 And he
said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten
pounds. 25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) 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. 27 But those mine enemies, which would not that
I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
28 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. 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, 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. 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. 32 And they that were sent
went their way, and found even as he had said unto them. 33 And as they were loosing
the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt? 34 And they said, The
Lord hath need of him. 35 And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments
upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. 36 And as he went, they spread their clothes in
the way. 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; 38 saying, Blessed be the King that cometh
in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. 39 And some of the
Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. 40 And
he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the
stones would immediately cry out.
41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 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. 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, 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.
45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them
that bought; 46 saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye
have made it a den of thieves. 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, 48 and could not find
what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

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1 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,
2 and spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who
is he that gave thee this authority? 3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask
you one thing; and answer me: 4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say,
Why then believed ye him not? 6 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us:
for they be persuaded that John was a prophet. 7 And they answered, that they could not
tell whence it was. 8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do
these things.
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. 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. 11 And again he sent
another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him
away empty. 12 And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out.
13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may
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be they will reverence him when they see him. 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. 15 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What
therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? 16 He shall come and destroy these
husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said,
God forbid. 17 And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone
which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? 18 Whosoever
shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind
him to powder. 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 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. 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: 22 is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Cesar, or no? 23 But he
perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? 24 Shew me a penny.
Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Cesar’s. 25 And he
said unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which be Cesar’s, and unto God
the things which be God’s. 26 And they could not take hold of his words before the people:
and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.
27 Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any
resurrection; and they asked him, 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. 29 There were therefore seven brethren: and the
first took a wife, and died without children. 30 And the second took her to wife, and he
died childless. 31 And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left
no children, and died. 32 Last of all the woman died also. 33 Therefore in the resurrection
whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife. 34 And Jesus answering said unto
them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: 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: 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.
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. 38 For he is not a God of
the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.
39 Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said. 40 And after
that they durst not ask him any question at all. 41 And he said unto them, How say they
that Christ is David’s son? 42 And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD
said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 43 till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
44 David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son?
45 Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples, 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 rooms at feasts; 47 which devour widows’
houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation.

21
1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. 2 And
he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. 3 And he said, Of a truth
I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: 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.
5 And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts,
he said, 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. 7 And they asked him,
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saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these
things shall come to pass?
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. 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.
10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against king-
dom: 11 and great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and
fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. 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. 13 And it
shall turn to you for a testimony. 14 Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate
before what ye shall answer: 15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your
adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. 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. 17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake. 18 But there shall
not a hair of your head perish. 19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the
desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judea 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. 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which
are written may be fulfilled. 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. 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. 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; 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. 27 And then shall they
see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 And when these
things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption
draweth nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; 30 when they
now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.
31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of
God is nigh at hand. 32 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all
be fulfilled. 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.
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. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole
earth. 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.
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. 38 And all the people came early in
the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

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1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. 2 And the
chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people.
3 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.
4 And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might
betray him unto them. 5 And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. 6 And
he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the
multitude.
7 Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. 8 And
he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. 9 And
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they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? 10 And he said unto them, Behold,
when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water;
follow him into the house where he entereth in. 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? 12 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished:
there make ready. 13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made
ready the passover.
14 And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. 15 And
he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:
16 for I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom
of God. 17 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among
yourselves: 18 for I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom
of God shall come.
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. 20 Likewise also the
cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for
you.
21 But behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. 22 And
truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he
is betrayed. 23 And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that
should do this thing.
24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the
greatest. 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. 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. 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. 28 Ye
are they which have continued with me in my temptations. 29 And I appoint unto you a
kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; 30 that ye may eat and drink at my table
in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he
may sift you as wheat: 32 but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when
thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. 33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready
to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. 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. 35 And
he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any
thing? And they said, Nothing. 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. 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. 38 And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is
enough.
39 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples
also followed him. 40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye
enter not into temptation. 41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and
kneeled down, and prayed, 42 saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me:
nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. 43 And there appeared an angel unto him
from heaven, strengthening him. 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. 45 And
when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for
sorrow, 46 and said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
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. 48 But Jesus said
unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? 49 When they which were
about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the
sword? 50 And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear.
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51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed
him. 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?
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.
54 Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And
Peter followed afar off. 55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and
were set down together, Peter sat down among them. 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. 57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. 58 And after a little while
another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. 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 Galilean. 60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what
thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. 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. 62 And Peter went out, and
wept bitterly.
63 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. 64 And when they had
blindfolded him, they stroke him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is
it that smote thee? 65 And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.
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, 67 Art thou the Christ? tell us.
And he said unto them, If I tell you, you will not believe: 68 and if I also ask you, you will
not answer me, nor let me go. 69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand
of the power of God. 70 Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said
unto them, Ye say that I am. 71 And they said, What need we any further witness? for we
ourselves have heard of his own mouth.

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1 And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. 2 And they began
to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give
tribute to Cesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. 3 And Pilate asked him, saying,
Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. 4 Then said
Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. 5 And they were the
more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning
from Galilee to this place. 6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were
a Galilean. 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. 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.
9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing. 10 And the
chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. 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. 12 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together:
for before they were at enmity between themselves.
13 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the
people, 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: 15 no, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him;
and lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. 16 I will therefore chastise him, and
release him. 17 (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) 18 And they
cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: 19 (who
for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) 20 Pilate
therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. 21 But they cried, saying, Crucify
him, crucify him. 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 And
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they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices
of them and of the chief priests prevailed. 24 And Pilate gave sentence that it should be
as they required. 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.
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. 27 And
there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and
lamented him. 28 But Jesus turning unto them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for
me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. 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. 30 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall
on us; and to the hills, Cover us. 31 For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall
be done in the dry? 32 And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be
put to death.
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. 34 Then
said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his
raiment, and cast lots. 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. 36 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
37 and saying, If thou be the King of the Jews, save thyself. 38 And a superscription also
was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF
THE JEWS.
39 And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be
Christ, save thyself and us. 40 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not
thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly; for
we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. 42 And he
said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. 43 And Jesus
said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until
the ninth hour. 45 And the sun was darkened, and the vail of the temple was rent in the
midst. 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.
47 Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly
this was a righteous man. 48 And all the people that came together to that sight,
beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. 49 And all his
acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding
these things.
50 And behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counseller; and he was a good man,
and a just: 51 (the same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of
Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. 52 This
man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. 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. 54 And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on.
55 And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld
the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. 56 And they returned, and prepared spices and
ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment.

24
1 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.
2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. 3 And they entered in, and
found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed
thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: 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? 6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you
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when he was yet in Galilee, 7 saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands
of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 8 And they remembered
his words, 9 and returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven,
and to all the rest. 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. 11 And
their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. 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.
13 And behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which
was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. 14 And they talked together of all these
things which had happened. 15 And it came to pass, that while they communed together
and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. 16 But their eyes were
holden that they should not know him. 17 And he said unto them, What manner of
communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? 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? 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: 20 and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to
death, and have crucified him. 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.
22 Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early
at the sepulchre; 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 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. 25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all
that the prophets have spoken: 26 ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to
enter into his glory? 27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto
them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. 28 And they drew nigh unto the
village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. 29 But
they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is towards evening, and the day is far
spent. And he went in to tarry with them. 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. 31 And their eyes were
opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. 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? 33 And they rose up the same hour, and returned
to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,
34 saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. 35 And they told what
things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
36 And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto
them, Peace be unto you. 37 But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that
they had seen a spirit. 38 And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do
thoughts arise in your hearts? 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. 40 And when he had
thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet. 41 And while they yet believed not
for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? 42 And they gave him
a piece of a broiled fish, and of a honeycomb. 43 And he took it, and did eat before them.
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. 45 Then opened he their understanding,
that they might understand the scriptures, 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: 47 and that
repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations,
beginning at Jerusalem. 48 And ye are witnesses of these things. 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.
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50 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lift up his hands, and blessed them.
51 And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried
up into heaven. 52 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
53 and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.
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THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO

S. JOHN.
1 IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without
him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life; and the life was the light
of men. 5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 The same came for a witness,
to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. 8 He was not that
Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. 9 That was the true Light, which lighteth
every man that cometh into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made
by him, and the world knew him not. 11 He came unto his own, and his own received him
not. 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: 13 which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of
the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 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. 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. 16 And of
his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses,
but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 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.
19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem
to ask him, Who art thou? 20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not
the Christ. 21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not.
Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. 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? 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. 24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. 25 And
they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ,
nor Elias, neither that prophet? 26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but
there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; 27 he it is, who coming after me is
preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose. 28 These things
were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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. 30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh
a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. 31 And I knew him not: but
that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
32 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and
it abode upon him. 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. 34 And I saw, and bare record
that this is the Son of God.
35 Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; 36 and looking upon
Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God. 37 And the two disciples heard him
speak, and they followed Jesus. 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? 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. 40 One of
the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
41 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias,
which is, being interpreted, the Christ. 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.
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43 The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith
unto him, Follow me. 44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.
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. 46 And
Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith
unto him, Come and see. 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold
an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. 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. 49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi,
thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. 50 Jesus answered and said unto
him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt
see greater things than these. 51 And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending
upon the Son of man.

2
1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus
was there: 2 and both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. 3 And when
they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. 4 Jesus saith
unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. 5 His mother
saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. 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. 7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they
filled them up to the brim. 8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the
governor of the feast. And they bare it. 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, 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. 11 This beginning
of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples
believed on him.
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. 13 And the Jews’ passover was at
hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, 14 and found in the temple those that sold oxen and
sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: 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; 16 and said unto them that
sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise.
17 And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten
me up.
18 Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing
that thou doest these things? 19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple,
and in three days I will raise it up. 20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this
temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? 21 But he spake of the temple
of his body. 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. 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. 24 But Jesus did not
commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, 25 and needed not that any should
testify of man: for he knew what was in man.

3
1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 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 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born
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again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 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? 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. 6 That which is born of the
flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said unto
thee, Ye must be born again. 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. 9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these
things be? 10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest
not these things? 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. 12 If I have told you earthly things,
and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 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. 14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must
the Son of man be lifted up: 15 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but
have eternal life. 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. 17 For God sent
not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might
be saved. 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. 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. 20 For every one that doeth evil
hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21 But
he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they
are wrought in God.
22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there
he tarried with them, and baptized. 23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to
Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. 24 For
John was not yet cast into prison. 25 Then there arose a question between some of John’s
disciples and the Jews about purifying. 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. 27 John answered and said, A man can receive
nothing, except it be given him from heaven. 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that
I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 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.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease. 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. 32 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth
his testimony. 33 He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by
measure unto him. 35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
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.

4
1 When therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made
and baptized more disciples than John, 2 (though Jesus himself baptized not, but his
disciples,) 3 he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee. 4 And he must needs go
through Samaria. 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. 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. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her,
Give me to drink. 8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 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.
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10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that
saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have
given thee living water. 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? 12 Art thou
greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his
children, and his cattle? 13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this
water shall thirst again: 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. 15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst
not, neither come hither to draw. 16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come
hither. 17 The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou
hast well said, I have no husband: 18 for thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou
now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. 19 The woman saith unto him, Sir,
I perceive that thou art a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye
say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. 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. 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we
worship: for salvation is of the Jews. 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. 24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit
and in truth. 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. 26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak
unto thee am he.
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? 28 The woman then left
her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, 29 Come, see a man,
which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? 30 Then they went out of
the city, and came unto him.
31 In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. 32 But he said unto
them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. 33 Therefore said the disciples one to
another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? 34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to
do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. 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. 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. 37 And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. 38 I
sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are
entered into their labours. 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. 40 So when
the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them:
and he abode there two days. 41 And many moe believed because of his own word; 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.
43 Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. 44 For Jesus himself
testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. 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. 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. 47 When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea 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. 48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will
not believe. 49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. 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. 51 And as he was now going down, his servants
met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. 52 Then inquired he of them the hour
when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the
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fever left him. 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. 54 This is again the
second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee.

5
1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is
at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda,
having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt,
withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 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 And a certain
man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. 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? 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. 8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. 9 And immediately the man
was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
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. 11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said
unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. 12 Then asked they him, What man is that which
said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? 13 And he that was healed wist not who it
was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. 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. 15 The man departed, and told the Jews that it
was Jesus, which had made him whole.
16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had
done these things on the sabbath day. 17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh
hitherto, and I work. 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. 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. 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. 21 For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so
the Son quickeneth whom he will. 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed
all judgment unto the Son: 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. 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. 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. 26 For as the
Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; 27 and hath
given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. 28 Marvel
not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his
voice, 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. 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. 31 If I bear witness of myself, my
witness is not true. 32 There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the
witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness
unto the truth. 34 But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye
might be saved. 35 He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season
to rejoice in his light. 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. 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. 38 And ye
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have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. 39 Search
the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify
of me. 40 And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. 41 I receive not honour
from men. 42 But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. 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. 44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek
not the honour that cometh from God only? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to
the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. 46 For had ye
believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote of me. 47 But if ye believe not
his writings, how shall ye believe my words?

6
1 After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. 2 And
a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that
were diseased. 3 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
4 And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. 5 When Jesus then lift 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 And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would
do. 7 Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them,
that every one of them may take a little. 8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s
brother, saith unto him, 9 There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two
small fishes: but what are they among so many? 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. 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. 12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the
fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. 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. 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.
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. 16 And when even
was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, 17 and entered into a ship, and went
over the sea towards Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.
18 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. 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. 20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.
21 Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the
land whither they went.
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; 23 (howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where
they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:) 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. 25 And when they had found him on the other side of
the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? 26 Jesus answered them
and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles,
but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. 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.
28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him
whom he hath sent. 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that
we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? 31 Our fathers did eat manna in
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the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32 Then Jesus said
unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but
my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he which
cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. 34 Then said they unto him,
Lord, evermore give us this bread. 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.
36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. 37 All that the Father
giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. 38 For
I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
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. 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. 41 The Jews then murmured at
him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. 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? 43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them,
Murmur not among yourselves. 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. 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. 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father,
save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that
believeth on me hath everlasting life. 48 I am that bread of life. 49 Your fathers did eat
manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50 This is the bread which cometh down from
heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 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. 52 The Jews therefore
strove amongst themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 53 Then
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of
man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh
my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is
meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my
blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. 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. 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. 59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in
Capernaum.
60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying;
who can hear it? 61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said
unto them, Doth this offend you? 62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up
where he was before? 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. 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. 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.
66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? 68 Then Simon Peter answered
him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 69 And we believe
and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. 70 Jesus answered them,
Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? 71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the
son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.

7
1 After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the
Jews sought to kill him. 2 Now the Jews’ feast of tabernacles was at hand. 3 His brethren
therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may
see the works that thou doest. 4 For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he
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himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world.
5 For neither did his brethren believe in him. 6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not
yet come: but your time is alway ready. 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth,
because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. 8 Go ye up unto this feast: I go not
up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come. 9 When he had said these words
unto them, he abode still in Galilee.
10 But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly,
but as it were in secret. 11 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
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. 13 Howbeit no man spake
openly of him for fear of the Jews.
14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 And
the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 16 Jesus
answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 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. 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. 19 Did not
Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill
me? 20 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel. 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. 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? 24 Judge not according to the
appearance, but judge righteous judgment. 25 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is
not this he, whom they seek to kill? 26 But lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing
unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? 27 Howbeit we know
this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. 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.
29 But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. 30 Then they sought to take
him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. 31 And many
of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do moe miracles
than these which this man hath done? 32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured
such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take
him. 33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto
him that sent me. 34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye
cannot come. 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?
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?
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. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture
hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 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.) 40 Many of the people therefore, when
they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. 41 Others said, This is the
Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? 42 Hath not the scripture said,
That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David
was? 43 So there was a division among the people because of him. 44 And some of them
would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
45 Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them,
Why have ye not brought him? 46 The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
47 Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? 48 Have any of the rulers or
of the Pharisees believed on him? 49 But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.
50 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) 51 Doth
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our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth? 52 They answered
and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth
no prophet.
53 And every man went unto his own house.

8
1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 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. 3 And
the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they
had set her in the midst, 4 they say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery,
in the very act. 5 Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but
what sayest thou? 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. 7 So when they continued asking him, he lift up himself, and said unto them, He
that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8 And again he stooped
down, and wrote on the ground. 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. 10 When Jesus had lift up
himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine
accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto
her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
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. 13 The Pharisees
therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. 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. 15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. 16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is true:
for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. 17 It is also written in your law, that
the testimony of two men is true. 18 I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father
that sent me beareth witness of me. 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. 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.
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. 22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself?
because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. 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. 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. 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. 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. 27 They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. 28 Then
said Jesus unto them, When ye have lift 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.
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. 30 As he spake these words, many believed on him.
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word,
then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make
you free. 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? 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I
say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. 35 And the servant abideth
not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. 36 If the Son therefore shall make you
free, ye shall be free indeed. 37 I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me,
because my word hath no place in you. 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father:
and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39 They answered and said unto him,
Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do
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the works of Abraham. 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. 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. 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. 43 Why do ye not understand
my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. 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. 45 And because I tell you the truth, ye
believe me not. 46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye
not believe me? 47 He that is of God heareth God’s words: ye therefore hear them not,
because ye are not of God. 48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well
that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I
honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is
one that seeketh and judgeth. 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying,
he shall never see death. 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. 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead?
and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? 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: 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. 56 Your
father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. 57 Then said the
Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? 58 Jesus
said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. 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.

9
1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples
asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of
God should be made manifest in him. 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while
it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am
the light of the world. 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, 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.
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 Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him:
but he said, I am he. 10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? 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. 12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.
13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. 14 And it was the
sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. 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. 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. 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. 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. 19 And
they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he
now see? 20 His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and
that he was born blind: 21 but by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath
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opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. 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.
23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. 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.
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. 26 Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how
opened he thine eyes? 27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear:
wherefore would you hear it again? will ye also be his disciples? 28 Then they reviled him,
and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses’ disciples. 29 We know that God spake
unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is. 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. 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. 32 Since the world
began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. 33 If this
man were not of God, he could do nothing. 34 They answered and said unto him, Thou
wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. 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? 36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might
believe on him? 37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that
talketh with thee. 38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
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. 40 And some of the Pharisees
which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus
said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore
your sin remaineth.

10
1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but
climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. 2 But he that entereth in by
the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear
his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4 And when
he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for
they know his voice. 5 And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for
they know not the voice of strangers. 6 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they
understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.
7 Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the
sheep. 8 All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear
them. 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 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. 11 I
am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 12 But he that is
a 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.
13 The hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep. 14 I am the
good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. 15 As the Father knoweth
me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. 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. 17 Therefore doth my Father love me,
because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. 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. 19 There was a division therefore again
among the Jews for these sayings. 20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad;
why hear ye him? 21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can
a devil open the eyes of the blind?
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22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. 23 And
Jesus
walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch. 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.
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believe not: the works that I do in my Father’s
name, they bear witness of me. 26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep,
as I said unto you. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man
pluck them out of my hand. 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. 30 I and my Father are one. 31 Then
the Jews took up stones again to stone him. 32 Jesus answered them, Many good works
have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? 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. 34 Jesus answered them, Is it not
written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? 35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word
of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; 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? 37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. 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. 39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their
hand, 40 and went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized;
and there he abode. 41 And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but
all things that John spake of this man were true. 42 And many believed on him there.

11
1 Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her
sister Martha. 2 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped
his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) 3 Therefore his sisters sent unto
him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 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. 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. 6 When he had
heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.
7 Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judea again. 8 His disciples say
unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
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. 10 But if a man walk in the night,
he stumbleth, because there is no light in him. 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.
12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. 13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his
death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. 14 Then said Jesus
unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. 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. 16 Then said Thomas, which
is called Didymus, unto his fellow-disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
17 Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lien in the grave four days already.
18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: 19 and many of
the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 20 Then
Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still
in the house. 21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother
had not died. 22 But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will
give it thee. 23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. 24 Martha saith unto
him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. 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: 26 and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest
thou this? 27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of
God, which should come into the world. 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.
29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him. 30 Now Jesus was
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not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him. 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. 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. 33 When
Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he
groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 34 and said, Where have ye laid him? They say
unto him, Lord, come and see. 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then said the Jews, Behold, how he loved
him. 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? 38 Jesus therefore again groaning
in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. 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. 40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto
thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? 41 Then they
took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lift up his eyes,
and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. 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. 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus,
come forth. 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.
45 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus
did, believed on him. 46 But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told
them what things Jesus had done. 47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a
council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. 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. 49 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same
year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, 50 nor consider that it is expedient for us,
that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. 51 And this
spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should
die for that nation; 52 and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together
in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. 53 Then from that day forth they
took counsel together for to put him to death. 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. 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. 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? 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.

12
1 Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which
had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. 2 There they made him a supper; and
Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. 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.
4 Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, which should betray him,
5 Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? 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. 7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying
hath she kept this. 8 For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
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.
10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; 11 because
that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.
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12 On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that
Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 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. 14 And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, 15 Fear
not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s colt. 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.
17 The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and
raised him from the dead, bare record. 18 For this cause the people also met him, for
that they heard that he had done this miracle. 19 The Pharisees therefore said among
themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
20 And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
21 the same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him,
saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. 22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew
and Philip tell Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the
Son of man should be glorified. 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.
25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it
unto life eternal. 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. 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. 28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying,
I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. 29 The people therefore, that stood by,
and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. 30 Jesus answered
and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. 31 Now is the judgment
of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. 32 And I, if I be lifted up from
the earth, will draw all men unto me. 33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.
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 lift up? who is this Son of man? 35 Then
Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light,
lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he
goeth. 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.
37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:
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? 39 Therefore
they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, 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. 41 These things said Esaias, when he saw
his glory, and spake of him. 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: 43 for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
44 Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that
sent me. 45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. 46 I am come a light into the
world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. 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. 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. 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. 50 And I know that his commandment is life
everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

13
1 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. 2 And supper being ended, the devil having now
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put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him; 3 Jesus knowing that the
Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to
God; 4 he riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded
himself. 5 After that, he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet,
and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. 6 Then cometh he to Simon
Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? 7 Jesus answered and said
unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. 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. 9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my
hands and my head. 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. 11 For he knew who should
betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean.
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 Ye call me Master and
Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your
feet; ye also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 For I have given you an example, that
ye should do as I have done to you. 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. 17 If ye know
these things, happy are ye if ye do them. 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 lift
up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye
may believe that I am he. 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.
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. 22 Then the disciples looked one
on another, doubting of whom he spake. 23 Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one
of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. 24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he
should ask who it should be of whom he spake. 25 He then lying on Jesus’ breast saith
unto him, Lord, who is it? 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. 27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That
thou doest, do quickly. 28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this
unto him. 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. 30 He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it
was night.
31 Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and
God is glorified in him. 32 If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself,
and shall straightway glorify him. 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. 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved
you, that ye also love one another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples,
if ye have love one to another.
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. 37 Peter said
unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.
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.

14
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 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. 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. 4 And whither I go ye know, and the way
ye know. 5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can
we know the way? 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
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cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 Ifye had known me, ye should have known my
Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. 8 Philip saith unto
him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 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? 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. 11 Believe me that I am
in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake. 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. 13 And whatsoever ye
shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If ye
shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall
give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 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. 18 I will not leave you
comfortless: I will come to you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more;
but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. 20 At that day ye shall know that I am in
my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 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. 22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot,
Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23 Jesus
answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will
love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 24 He that loveth me
not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father’s
which sent me.
25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 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. 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. 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. 29 And now I have told
you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. 30 Hereafter
I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in
me. 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.

15
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 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. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken
unto you. 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. 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. 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.
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. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my
disciples. 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 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.
11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your
joy might be full. 12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved
you. 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 15 Henceforth I call you not
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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. 16 Ye have not
chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that you 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. 17 These things I command you, that ye love one another.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 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. 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.
21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not
him that sent me. 22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but
now they have no cloke for their sin. 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 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. 25 But this cometh to pass,
that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a
cause. 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: 27 and
ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

16
1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. 2 They shall put
you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think
that he doeth God service. 3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have
not known the Father, nor me. 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. 5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and
none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? 6 But because I have said these things unto
you, sorrow hath filled your heart. 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. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world
of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 of sin, because they believe not on me;
10 of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11 of judgment,
because the prince of this world is judged.
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 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. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto
you. 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 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.
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? 18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little
while? we cannot tell what he saith. 19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask
him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while,
and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? 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. 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. 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. 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.
24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy
may be full. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh,
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when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the
Father. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray
the Father for you: 27 for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and
have believed that I came out from God. 28 I came forth from the Father, and am come
into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask
thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. 31 Jesus answered them, Do ye
now believe? 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. 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.

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1 These words spake Jesus, and lift up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is
come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: 2 as thou hast given him power
over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 3 And
this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom
thou hast sent. 4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou
gavest me to do. 5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory
which I had with thee before the world was.
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. 7 Now they have
known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. 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. 9 I pray
for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are
thine. 10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. 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. 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. 13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in
the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 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. 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that
thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not
of the world. 17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent
me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19 And for their sakes I
sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. 20 Neither pray I
for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 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. 22 And the glory which thou
gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 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. 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.
25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these
have known that thou hast sent me. 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.

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1When 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. 2 And Judas
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also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his
disciples. 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. 4 Jesus therefore,
knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom
seek ye? 5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And
Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. 6 As soon then as he had said unto
them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. 7 Then asked he them again,
Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. 8 Jesus answered, I have told you that I
am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way: 9 that the saying might be fulfilled,
which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none. 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. 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?
12 Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,
13 and led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the
high priest that same year. 14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that
it was expedient that one man should die for the people.
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. 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. 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 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.
19 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. 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. 21 Why askest
thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what
I said. 22 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by stroke Jesus
with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? 23 Jesus answered
him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?
24 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest.
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. 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? 27 Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew.
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. 29 Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What
accusation bring you against this man? 30 They answered and said unto him, If he were
not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. 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: 32 that the saying of Jesus might be
fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die. 33 Then Pilate entered
into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of
the Jews? 34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it
thee of me? 35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have
delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? 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. 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. 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. 39 But ye have a custom, that I should
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release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of
the Jews? 40 Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas
was a robber.

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1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. 2 And the soldiers platted a crown
of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, 3 and said, Hail, King
of the Jews: and they smote him with their hands. 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. 5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple
robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man. 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. 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.
8 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; 9 and went again
into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no
answer. 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? 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. 12 And from thenceforth
Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou
art not Cesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cesar. 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. 14 And it was
the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews,
Behold your King. 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 Cesar. 16 Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified.
And they took Jesus, and led him away. 17 And he bearing his cross went forth into a
place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: 18 where they
crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. 19 And
Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH
THE KING OF THE JEWS. 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. 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. 22 Pilate answered, What I have written
I have written. 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. 24 They said therefore among themselves, Let
us not rent 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.
25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the
wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the
disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son.
27 Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother. And from that hour that disciple took
her unto his own home.
28 After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture
might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. 29 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they
filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. 30 When
Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head,
and gave up the ghost.
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 a high day,)
besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away.
32 Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was
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crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already,
they brake not his legs: 34 but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and
forthwith came there out blood and water. 35 And he that saw it bare record, and his
record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. 36 For these
things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
37 And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
38 And after this Joseph of Arimathea, 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. 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. 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. 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. 42 There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews’
preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

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1 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. 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. 3 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to
the sepulchre. 4 So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and
came first to the sepulchre. 5 And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes
lying; yet went he not in. 6 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the
sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, 7 and the napkin, that was about his head, not
lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. 8 Then went in
also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. 9 For
as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. 10 Then the
disciples went away again unto their own home.
11 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped
down, and looked into the sepulchre, 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. 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. 14 And when she had thus
said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus.
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. 16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned
herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. 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.
18 Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he
had spoken these things unto her.
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 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.
21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even
so send I you. 22 And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them,
Receive ye the Holy Ghost: 23 whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them;
and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained.
24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
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. 26 And after eight
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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. 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. 28 And Thomas answered and
said unto him, My Lord and my God. 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.
30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are
not written in this book: 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.

21
1 After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias;
and on this wise shewed he himself. 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. 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. 4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but
the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. 5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have
ye any meat? They answered him, No. 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. 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. 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. 9 As soon then as they were come to
land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. 10 Jesus saith unto
them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. 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. 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. 13 Jesus then
cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. 14 This is now the third
time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
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. 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. 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. 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. 19 This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify
God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. 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 Peter seeing him saith to
Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? 22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I
come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. 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?
24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we
know that his testimony is true. 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.
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THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

1 THE former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and
teach, 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: 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: 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. 5 For John truly
baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at
this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? 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. 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 Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part
of the earth. 9 And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up;
and a cloud received him out of their sight. 10 And while they looked stedfastly toward
heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 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. 12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is
from Jerusalem a sabbath day’s journey. 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 Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes,
and Judas the brother of James. 14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and
supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
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,) 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. 17 For he was
numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. 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. 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. 20 For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate,
and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take. 21 Wherefore of these
men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out
among us, 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. 23 And they
appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. 24 And
they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether
of these two thou hast chosen, 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. 26 And they
gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the
eleven apostles.

2
1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one
place. 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. 3 And there appeared unto them cloven
tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 4 And they were all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under
heaven. 6 Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were
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confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. 7 And they
were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which
speak Galileans? 8 And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were
born? 9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in
Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in
the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, 11 Cretes
and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. 12 And
they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
13 Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine.
14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lift up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men
of Judea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my
words: 15 for these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the
day. 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 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: 18 and on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in
those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 19 and I will shew wonders in heaven
above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 20 the sun
shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable
day of the Lord come: 21 and it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name
of the Lord shall be saved. 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: 23 him, being delivered by the determinate
counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified
and slain: 24 whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it
was not possible that he should be holden of it. 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: 26 therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my
flesh shall rest in hope: 27 because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou
suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 28 Thou hast made known to me the ways of life;
thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. 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. 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; 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. 32 This Jesus hath
God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 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. 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, 35 until I make
thy foes thy footstool. 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.
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? 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. 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. 40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save
yourselves from this untoward generation.
41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were
added unto them about three thousand souls. 42 And they continued stedfastly in the
apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. 43 And fear
came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. 44 And
all that believed were together, and had all things common; 45 and sold their possessions
and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. 46 And they, continuing
daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat
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their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, 47 praising God, and having favour with
all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

3
1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the
ninth hour. 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 who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked
an alms. 4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. 5 And
he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. 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. 7 And he took him by the right hand, and lift him up: and
immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength, 8 and he leaping up stood, and
walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God: 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.
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. 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? 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. 14 But ye denied the Holy One
and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; 15 and killed the Prince of
life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. 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.
17 And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. 18 But
those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ
should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. 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; 20 and he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: 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. 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. 23 And it shall
come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from
among the people. 24 Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after,
as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. 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. 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.

4
1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the
Sadducees, came upon them, 2 being grieved that they taught the people, and preached
through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they laid hands on them, and put
them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. 4 Howbeit many of them which
heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. 5 And it
came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, 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. 7 And when they had set them
in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 8 Then
Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of
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Israel, 9 if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what
means he is made whole; 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. 11 This is the stone which
was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. 12 Neither is
there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among
men, whereby we must be saved.
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. 14 And beholding the man which was healed standing with
them, they could say nothing against it. 15 But when they had commanded them to go
aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, 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. 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. 18 And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach
in the name of Jesus. 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. 20 For
we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. 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. 22 For the man
was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.
23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief
priests and elders had said unto them. 24 And when they heard that, they lift 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: 25 who by the mouth of thy servant David
hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? 26 The kings of
the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against
his Christ. 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, 28 for to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be
done. 29 And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that
with all boldness they may speak thy word, 30 by stretching forth thine hand to heal; and
that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. 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.
32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither
said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had
all things common. 33 And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection
of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. 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, 35 and laid them down at the apostles’
feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. 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, 37 having land, sold it, and brought
the money, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

5
1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, 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. 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? 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 And
Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on
all them that heard these things. 6 And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried
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him out, and buried him. 7 And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife,
not knowing what was done, came in. 8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether
ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. 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. 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. 11 And great
fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.
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. 13 And of the rest durst
no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. 14 And believers were the
more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) 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. 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.
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, 18 and laid their hands on the apostles,
and put them in the common prison. 19 But the angel of the Lord by night opened the
prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, 20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to
the people all the words of this life. 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. 22 But when the officers came, and found
them not in the prison, they returned, and told, 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. 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. 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. 26 Then went the captain
with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest
they should have been stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before
the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 saying, Did not we straitly command you
that you 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. 29 Then Peter and the other
apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our
fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. 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. 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.
33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
34 Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of law,
had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little
space; 35 and said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend
to do as touching these men. 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.
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.
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: 39 but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow
it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. 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. 41 And they departed from the presence
of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
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42 And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus
Christ.

6
1 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. 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.
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. 4 But we will give
ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. 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 whom they set before the apostles: and when they had
prayed, they laid their hands on them. 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.
8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the
people. 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. 10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he
spake. 11 Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous
words against Moses, and against God. 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,
13 and set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous
words against this holy place, and the law: 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. 15 And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been
the face of an angel.

7
1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so? 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, 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. 4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran:
and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye
now dwell. 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. 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 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. 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. 9 And
the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, 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. 11 Now
there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and
our fathers found no sustenance. 12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt,
he sent out our fathers first. 13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his
brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. 14 Then sent Joseph,
and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. 15 So
Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, 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. 17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which
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God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 18 till another king
arose, which knew not Joseph. 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. 20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in
his father’s house three months: 21 and when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took
him up, and nourished him for her own son. 22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom
of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds. 23 And when he was full forty
years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. 24 And seeing
one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and
smote the Egyptian: 25 for he supposed his brethren would have understood how that
God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. 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? 27 But he that did his neighbour
wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Wilt thou
kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday? 29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was
a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons. 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. 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, 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. 33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from
thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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: 39 to whom our fathers would not obey,
but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, 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. 41 And they made a calf in those days,
and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 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? 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. 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. 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; 46 who found favour before God, and desired to find
a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. 47 But Solomon built him a house. 48 Howbeit the most
High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, 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? 50 Hath not my hand made all these things? 51 Ye stiffnecked and
uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did,
so do ye. 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: 53 who have received the law by the disposition of angels,
and have not kept it.
54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on
him with their teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into
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heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56 and
said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand
of God. 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon
him with one accord, 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. 59 And they stoned
Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 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.

8
1 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 Judea and
Samaria, except the apostles. 2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made
great lamentation over him. 3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into
every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. 4 Therefore they
that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. 6 And
the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and
seeing the miracles which he did. 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 And there was great joy in that city. 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: 10 to whom they all
gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with
sorceries. 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. 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.
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: 15 who, when they were come
down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: 16 (for as yet he was
fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 17 Then
laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon
saw that through laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered
them money, 19 saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he
may receive the Holy Ghost. 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. 21 Thou
hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine
heart may be forgiven thee. 23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and
in the bond of iniquity. 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. 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.
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. 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, 28 was returning, and sitting in his chariot read
Esaias the prophet. 29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this
chariot. 30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and
said, Understandest thou what thou readest? 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. 32 The
place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and
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like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: 33 in his humiliation his
judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from
the earth. 34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh
the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and
began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. 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? 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. 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. 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. 40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he
preached in all the cities, till he came to Cesarea.

9
1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of
the Lord, went unto the high priest, 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. 3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus:
and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 4 and he fell to the
earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 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. 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. 7 And the men which journeyed with him stood
speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. 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 And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.
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. 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, 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. 13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much
evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: 14 and here he hath authority from the
chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. 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: 16 for I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my
name’s sake. 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. 18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and
he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized, 19 and when he had received
meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at
Damascus. 20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of
God. 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? 22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and
confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.
23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: 24 but
their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill
him. 25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
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. 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
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in the name of Jesus. 28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.
29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians:
but they went about to slay him. 30 Which when the brethren knew, they brought him
down to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. 31 Then had the churches rest throughout
all Judea 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.
32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to
the saints which dwelt at Lydda. 33 And there he found a certain man named Aeneas,
which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. 34 And Peter said unto
him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose
immediately. 35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 41 And he gave her his hand, and lift her up, and when he had called the saints
and widows, presented her alive. 42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many
believed in the Lord. 43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one
Simon a tanner.

10
1 There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called
the Italian band, 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. 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. 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. 5 And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: 6 he
lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what
thou oughtest to do. 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; 8 and when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to
Joppa.
9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter
went up upon the house to pray about the sixth hour: 10 and he became very hungry, and
would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 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: 12 wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts
of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. 13 And there
came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. 14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have
never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. 15 And the voice spake unto him again
the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. 16 This was done
thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
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, 18 and called, and asked whether Simon, which was
surnamed Peter, were lodged there. 19 While Peter thought on the vision, the spirit said
unto him, Behold, three men seek thee: 20 arise therefore, and get thee down, and go
with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. 21 Then Peter went down to the
men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek:
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what is the cause wherefore ye are come? 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 a holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words
of thee. 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. 24 And the morrow after
they entered into Cesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his
kinsmen and near friends.
25 And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and
worshipped him. 26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
27 And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.
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. 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?
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, 31 and said,
Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of
God. 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. 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.
34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter
of persons: 35 but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is
accepted with him. 36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching
peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) 37 that word, I say, you know, which was
published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John
preached; 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. 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: 40 him God raised up the
third day, and shewed him openly; 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.
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. 43 To him give all the prophets
witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of
sins.
44 While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the
word. 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.
46 For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter,
47 Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the
Holy Ghost as well as we? 48 And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the
Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days.

11
1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also
received the word of God. 2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of
the circumcision contended with him, 3 saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised,
and didst eat with them. 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and
expounded it by order unto them, saying, 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: 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. 7 And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter;
slay and eat. 8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time
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entered into my mouth. 9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath
cleansed, that call not thou common. 10 And this was done three times: and all were
drawn up again into heaven. 11 And behold, immediately there were three men already
come unto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea unto me. 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: 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; 14 who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be
saved. 15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
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. 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? 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.
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. 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. 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and
turned unto the Lord. 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.
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. 24 For he was a good man, and
full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord. 25 Then
departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: 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.
27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. 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 Cesar.
29 Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto
the brethren which dwelt in Judea: 30 which also they did, and sent it to the elders by
the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

12
1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the
church. 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. 3 And because he
saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days
of unleavened bread.) 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. 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made
without ceasing of the church unto God for him. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 And when he had considered the thing, he
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came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many
were gathered together praying.
13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named
Rhoda. 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. 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.
16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they
were astonished. 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. 18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers,
what was become of Peter. 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 Judea to Cesarea, and there abode.
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. 21 And upon a set day
Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. 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. 24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry,
and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.

13
1 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. 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. 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on
them, they sent them away. 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto
Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 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. 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: 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. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by
interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. 9 Then
Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him, 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? 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. 12 Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being
astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
13 Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in
Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. 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. 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. 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand
said,
Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. 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 a high arm brought he them out of it. 18 And about the time of forty
years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. 19 And when he had destroyed seven
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nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land to them by lot. 20 And after that
he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel
the prophet. 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. 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. 23 Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise
raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: 24 when John had first preached before his coming
the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 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. 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. 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. 28 And though they found no cause of death in him, yet
desired they Pilate that he should be slain. 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. 30 But God
raised him from the dead: 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. 32 And we declare
unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 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. 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. 35 Wherefore he saith also
in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 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: 37 but he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
38 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached
unto you the forgiveness of sins: 39 and by him all that believe are justified from all things,
from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. 40 Beware therefore, lest that
come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; 41 Behold ye despisers, and wonder,
and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which you shall in no wise believe,
though a man declare it unto you.
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. 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. 44 And the next
sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. 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. 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. 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. 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. 49 And the word of the
Lord was published throughout all the region. 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. 51 But they shook off the dust of
their feet against them, and came unto Iconium. 52 And the disciples were filled with joy,
and with the Holy Ghost.

14
1 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. 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil
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affected against the brethren. 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. 4 But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held
with the Jews, and part with the apostles. 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, 6 they were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto
the region that lieth round about: 7 and there they preached the gospel.
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: 9 the same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly
beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, 10 said with a loud voice,
Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. 11 And when the people saw
what Paul had done, they lift up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods
are come down to us in the likeness of men. 12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and
Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. 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 Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they
rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, 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: 16 who in times past suffered all nations to
walk in their own ways. 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. 18 And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had
not done sacrifice unto them.
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. 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. 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, 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. 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. 24 And after
they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. 25 And when they had
preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia: 26 and thence sailed to Antioch,
from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they
fulfilled. 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. 28 And there they abode long time with the disciples.

15
1 And certain men which came down from Judea taught the brethren, and said, Except
ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. 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. 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. 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. 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.
6 And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 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. 8 And God, which knoweth the
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hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; 9 and put
no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. 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? 11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we
shall be saved, even as they. 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.
13 And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren,
hearken unto me: 14 Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to
take out of them a people for his name. 15 And to this agree the words of the prophets;
as it is written, 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: 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. 18 Known unto God are all his works
from the beginning of the world. 19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them,
which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: 20 but that we write unto them, that
they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled,
and from blood. 21 For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being
read in the synagogues every sabbath day.
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: 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: 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: 25 it seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send
chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, 26 men that have hazarded
their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 We have sent therefore Judas and
Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. 28 For it seemed good to the Holy
Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; 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.
30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered
the multitude together, they delivered the epistle: 31 which when they had read, they
rejoiced for the consolation. 32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves,
exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them. 33 And after they had
tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles.
34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. 35 Paul also and Barnabas
continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others
also.
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. 37 And
Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. 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. 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; 40 and Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto
the grace of God. 41 And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.

16
1 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: 2 which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and
Iconium. 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
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Greek. 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. 5 And so were
the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily. 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, 7 after they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into
Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. 8 And they passing by Mysia came down to
Troas. 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. 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. 11 Therefore loosing from Troas,
we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; 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.
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. 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. 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 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: 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. 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.
19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul
and Silas, and drew them into the market-place unto the rulers, 20 and brought them to
the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, 21 and
teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their
clothes, and commanded to beat them. 23 And when they had laid many stripes upon
them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: 24 who, having
received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in
the stocks.
25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners
heard them. 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. 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. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself
no harm: for we are all here. 29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came
trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, 30 and brought them out, and said, Sirs,
what must I do to be saved? 31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou
shalt be saved, and thy house. 32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to
all that were in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed
their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. 34 And when he had brought
them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his
house.
35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go.
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. 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.
38 And the sergeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they
heard that they were Romans, 39 and they came and besought them, and brought them
out, and desired them to depart out of the city. 40 And they went out of the prison, and
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entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted
them, and departed.

17
1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to
Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: 2 and Paul, as his manner was, went in
unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, 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. 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. 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. 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; 7 whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of
Cesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. 8 And they troubled the people and
the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. 9 And when they had taken security
of Jason, and of the other, they let them go.
10 And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who
coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 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. 12 Therefore many of them believed;
also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. 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. 14 And then immediately the brethren
sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. 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.
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 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. 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. 19 And
they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new
doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our
ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 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.) 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. 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. 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; 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; 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; 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: 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. 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. 30 And the times of this ignorance
God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: 31 because he hath
appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom
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he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised
him from the dead.
32 And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others
said, We will hear thee again of this matter. 33 So Paul departed from among them.
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.

18
1 After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; 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. 3 And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for
by their occupation they were tentmakers. 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every
sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 5 And when Silas and Timotheus were
come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was
Christ. 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. 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.
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. 9 Then spake the Lord
to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: 10 for I
am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this
city. 11 And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among
them.
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, 13 saying, This fellow
persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. 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: 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.
16 And he drave them from the judgment seat. 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 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. 19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there:
but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. 20 When they
desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; 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. 22 And when he had landed at
Cesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. 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.
24 And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty
in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. 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. 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. 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: 28 for he mightily convinced the Jews,
and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.
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1 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, 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. 3 And he said unto them, Unto
what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism. 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. 5 When they
heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had laid
his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and
prophesied. 7 And all the men were about twelve. 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. 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. 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. 11 And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: 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.
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. 14 And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests,
which did so. 15 And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but
who are ye? 16 And the man in whom the evil spirit was leapt on them, and overcame
them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.
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. 18 And many that believed
came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. 19 Many also of them 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. 20 So mightily grew the word
of God and prevailed.
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. 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. 23 And the same
time there arose no small stir about that way. 24 For a certain man named Demetrius,
a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the
craftsmen; 25 whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said,
Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. 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: 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. 28 And when they heard these sayings, they were full
of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 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. 30 And when
Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not. 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. 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. 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. 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. 35 And when
the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there
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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? 36 Seeing then that these things
cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. 37 For ye have
brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of
your goddess. 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. 39 But if ye inquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in
a lawful assembly. 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. 41 And when
he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly.

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1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced
them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. 2 And when he had gone over those parts,
and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, 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. 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. 5 These going before tarried for us at
Troas. 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. 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. 8 And there
were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together. 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. 10 And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said,
Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. 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. 12 And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted.
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. 14 And when he met with us at
Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. 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. 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. 17 And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and
called the elders of the church. 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, 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 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, 21 testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks,
repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 22 And now behold, I go
bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
23 save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions
abide me. 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. 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.
26 Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. 27 For I
have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. 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. 29 For I know
this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the
flock. 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away
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disciples after them. 31 Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I
ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. 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. 33 I have coveted no man’s silver, or
gold, or apparel. 34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my
necessities, and to them that were with me. 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.
36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. 37 And
they all wept sore, and fell on Paul’s neck, and kissed him, 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.

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1 And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came
with a straight course unto Cos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence
unto Patara: 2 and finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set
forth. 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. 4 And finding
disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should
not go up to Jerusalem. 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. 6 And when we had taken
our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again. 7 And when we
had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and
abode with them one day. 8 And the next day we that were of Paul’s company departed,
and came unto Cesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which
was one of the seven; and abode with him. 9 And the same man had four daughters,
virgins, which did prophesy. 10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down
from Judea a certain prophet, named Agabus. 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 oweth this girdle, and shall deliver him
into the hands of the Gentiles. 12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of
that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. 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. 14 And when he would not be persuaded,
we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done. 15 And after those days we took up our
carriages, and went up to Jerusalem. 16 There went with us also certain of the disciples
of Cesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we
should lodge.
17 And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. 18 And the
day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. 19 And
when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among
the Gentiles by his ministry. 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 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. 22 What is it therefore?
the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come. 23 Do
therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them; 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. 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. 26 Then Paul took the men, and the next
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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.
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, 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. 29 (For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an
Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. 35 And when he came upon the stairs,
so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people. 36 For the
multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him.
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? 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? 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.
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,

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1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. 2 (And
when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more
silence: and he saith,) 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 towards God, as ye all are this day.
4 And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both
men and women. 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. 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. 7 And I fell unto the
ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 8 And
I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom
thou persecutest. 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. 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. 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. 12 And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report
of all the Jews which dwelt there, 13 came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother
Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him. 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. 15 For thou shalt be his witness unto
all men of what thou hast seen and heard. 16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be
baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. 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; 18 and saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem:
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for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. 19 And I said, Lord, they know
that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: 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. 21 And he said unto me, Depart:
for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles.
22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lift up their voices, and said,
Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. 23 And as
they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, 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. 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? 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. 27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He
said, Yea. 28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom.
And Paul said, But I was free born. 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.
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.

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1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all
good conscience before God until this day. 2 And the high priest Ananias commanded
them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. 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? 4 And they that stood by said, Revilest thou
God’s high priest? 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. 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. 7 And when he had so said, there arose
a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided.
8 For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel nor spirit: but the
Pharisees confess both. 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. 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.
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. 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. 13 And they
were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. 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. 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. 16 And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered
into the castle, and told Paul. 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.
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. 19 Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside
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privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me? 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. 21 But do not thou yield
unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them moe 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. 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 And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred
soldiers to go to Cesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred,
at the third hour of the night; 24 and provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and
bring him safe unto Felix the governor. 25 And he wrote a letter after this manner:
26 Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting. 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. 28 And when I would have
known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council:
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. 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.
31 Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night
to Antipatris. 32 On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to
the castle: 33 who, when they came to Cesarea, and delivered the epistle to the governor,
presented Paul also before him. 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; 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.

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1 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. 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, 3 we accept it always, and in all places, most noble
Felix, with all thankfulness. 4 Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee,
I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. 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: 6 who also hath gone about to
profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law. 7 But
the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our
hands, 8 commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself
mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him. 9 And the Jews also
assented, saying that these things were so.
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: 11 because that thou mayest understand, that there
are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. 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: 13 neither can they prove the things whereof they now
accuse me. 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 the
prophets: 15 and have hope towards God, which they themselves also allow, that there
shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. 16 And herein do I exercise
myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men. 17 Now
after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings. 18 Whereupon certain
Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.
19 Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.
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20 Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood
before the council, 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.
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. 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 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. 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.
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. 27 But after two
years Porcius Festus came into Felix’ room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure,
left Paul bound.

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1 Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from
Cesarea to Jerusalem. 2 Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him
against Paul, and besought him, 3 and desired favour against him, that he would send
for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him. 4 But Festus answered, that Paul
should be kept at Cesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither. 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. 6 And when he had tarried among them more than
ten days, he went down unto Cesarea; and the next day sitting in the judgment seat,
commanded Paul to be brought. 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. 8 While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of
the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Cesar, have I offended any thing at
all. 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? 10 Then said Paul, I stand
at Cesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong,
as thou very well knowest. 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 Cesar. 12 Then Festus, when he had
conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Cesar? unto Cesar shalt
thou go.
13 And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Cesarea to salute Festus.
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: 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. 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. 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. 18 Against whom when the accusers
stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed: 19 but had certain
questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom
Paul affirmed to be alive. 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. 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 Cesar. 22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear
the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and
were entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of
the city, at Festus’ commandment Paul was brought forth. 24 And Festus said, King
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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 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.
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. 27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner,
and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him.

26
1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul
stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself:
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: 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. 4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the
first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; 5 which knew me from
the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I
lived a Pharisee. 6 And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made
of God unto our fathers: 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. 8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the
dead? 9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the
name of Jesus of Nazareth. 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. 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. 12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with
authority and commission from the chief priests, 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. 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. 15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And
he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. 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;
17 delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,
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. 19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient
unto the heavenly vision: 20 but shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem,
and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent
and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. 21 For these causes the Jews caught
me in the temple, and went about to kill me. 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: 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.
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. 25 But he said, I am not mad, most noble
Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. 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. 27 King Agrippa,
believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. 28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul,
Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. 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
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I am, except these bonds. 30 And
when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the
governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: 31 and when they were gone aside,
they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of
bonds. 32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he
had not appealed unto Cesar.

27
1 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. 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. 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. 4 And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under
Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. 5 And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia
and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. 6 And there the centurion found a ship
of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein. 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; 8 and, hardly passing it, came unto a place
which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea. 9 Now when much
time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already
past, Paul admonished them, 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.
11 Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than
those things which were spoken by Paul. 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 a haven of Crete, and lieth toward the
south west and north west. 13 And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they
had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. 14 But not long
after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. 15 And when the
ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive. 16 And running
under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
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. 18 And we being
exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; 19 and the third
day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. 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. 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. 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. 23 For there stood by
me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 saying, Fear not, Paul;
thou must be brought before Cesar: and lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with
thee. 25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was
told me. 26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
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; 28 and
sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they
sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. 29 Then fearing lest we should have fallen
upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. 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, 31 Paul said
to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. 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. 34 Wherefore I
pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not a hair fall from
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the head of any of you. 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. 36 Then were
they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. 37 And we were in all in the ship
two hundred threescore and sixteen souls. 38 And when they had eaten enough, they
lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. 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. 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. 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.
42 And the soldiers’ counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out,
and escape. 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: 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.

28
1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. 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. 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. 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. 5 And he shook off the beast
into the fire, and felt no harm. 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. 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. 8 And it came to pass, that the father of Publius
lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flixe: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his
hands on him, and healed him. 9 So when this was done, others also, which had diseases
in the island, came, and were healed: 10 who also honoured us with many honours; and
when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary.
11 And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered
in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. 12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried
there three days. 13 And from thence we fet a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after
one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: 14 where we found
brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome.
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.
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.
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. 18 Who, when they had examined
me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me. 19 But when the
Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Cesar; not that I had ought to
accuse my nation of. 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. 21 And
they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judea concerning thee, neither any
of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee. 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. 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
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concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning
till evening. 24 And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed
not. 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,
26 saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand;
and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: 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 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation
of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. 29 And when he had said these
words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came
in unto him, 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 the Acts of the Apostles.
Romans 1:1 133 Romans 1:32

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE

TO THE
ROMANS.
1 PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
2 (which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) 3 concerning his
Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
4 and declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by
the resurrection from the dead: 5 by whom we have received grace and apostleship, for
obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: 6 among whom are ye also the
called of Jesus Christ: 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.
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of
throughout the whole world. 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,
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. 11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you
some spiritual gift, to the end you may be established; 12 that is, that I may be comforted
together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. 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. 14 I am
debtor both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
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. 17 For therein is the
righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by
faith.
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrigh-
teousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; 19 because that which may
be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. 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: 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. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 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. 24 Wherefore God also gave them up
to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies
between themselves: 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.
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: 27 and likewise also
the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one towards
another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves
that recompence of their error which was meet. 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; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication,
wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity;
whisperers, 30 backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil
things, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, covenant-breakers, without
natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: 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.
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2
1 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 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them
which commit such things. 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?
4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not
knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? 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; 6 who will render to every man according to
his deeds: 7 to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour
and immortality, eternal life: 8 but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey
the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, 9 tribulation and anguish,
upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; 10 but
glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to
the Gentile: 11 for there is no respect of persons with God. 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; 13 (for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of
the law shall be justified. 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:
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;) 16 in
the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,
18 and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed
out of the law; 19 and art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of
them which are in darkness, 20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which
hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. 21 Thou therefore which teachest
another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou
steal? 22 Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery?
thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? 23 thou that makest thy boast of
the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? 24 For the name of God is
blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. 25 For circumcision verily
profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision
is made uncircumcision. 26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of
the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? 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? 28 For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly;
neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: 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.

3
1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? 2 Much
every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. 3 For
what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
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. 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) 6 God forbid: for then how shall
God judge the world? 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? 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.
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; 10 as it is written, There is none righteous,
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no, not one: 11 there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none
that doeth good, no, not one. 13 Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues
they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: 14 whose mouth is full of
cursing and bitterness: 15 their feet are swift to shed blood: 16 destruction and misery are
in their ways: 17 and the way of peace have they not known: 18 there is no fear of God
before their eyes. 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. 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.
21 But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed
by the law and the prophets; 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: 23 for all have
sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 being justified freely by his grace through
the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 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; 26 to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness:
that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. 27 Where is
boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith.
28 Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.
29 Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also:
30 seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision
through faith. 31 Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we
establish the law.

4
1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath
found? 2 For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before
God. 3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him
for righteousness. 4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but
of debt. 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly,
his faith is counted for righteousness. 6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness
of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 7 saying, Blessed are
they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man to
whom the Lord will not impute sin. 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. 10 How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in
uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. 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: 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. 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. 14 For if they which are of the
law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: 15 because the law
worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. 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, 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. 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.
19 And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was
about an hundred year old, neither yet the deadness of Sara’s womb: 20 he staggered
not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
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21 and being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
22 And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. 23 Now it was not written for
his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; 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; 25 who was delivered
for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

5
1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus
Christ: 2 by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and
rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also:
knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 and patience, experience; and experience,
hope: 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. 6 For when we were yet without
strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man
will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God
commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through
him. 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. 11 And not only so, but we also
joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.
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: 13 for until the law sin was in the world:
but sin is not imputed when there is no law. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 19 For as by one man’s disobedience
many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded,
grace did much more abound: 21 that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace
reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

6
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God
forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so
many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 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. 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 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. 7 For he that is dead is
freed from sin. 8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with
him: 9 knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no
more dominion over him. 10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he
liveth, he liveth unto God. 11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto
sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. 12 Let not sin therefore reign in
your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. 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
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unto God. 14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but
under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God
forbid. 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?
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. 18 Being then made free from sin,
ye became the servants of righteousness. 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. 20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.
21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of
those things is death. 22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God,
ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. 23 For the wages of sin is
death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

7
1 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? 2 For the woman which hath a 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 the husband. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. 8 But
sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence.
For without the law sin was dead. 9 For I was alive without the law once: but when
the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the commandment, which was
ordained to life, I found to be unto death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment,
deceived me, and by it slew me. 12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy,
and just, and good. 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.
14 For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. 15 For that
which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. 16 If
then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 17 Now then it
is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 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. 19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which
I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin
that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with
me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 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. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me
from the body of this death? 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.

8
1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus who walk
not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus
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hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 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: 4 that the righteousness of the law might be
fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 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. 6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God,
neither indeed can be. 8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 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. 10 And if Christ be in you, the body is
dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. 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.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. 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. 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
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. 16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with
our spirit, that we are the children of God: 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. 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. 19 For the earnest expectation
of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. 20 For the creature
was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the
same, in hope, 21 because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of
corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole
creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. 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. 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? 25 But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
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. 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. 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. 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 amongst many
brethren. 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. 31 What
shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 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? 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that
justifieth: 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. 35 Who
shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or
famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all
the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we
are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things
to come, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

9
1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the
Holy Ghost, 2 that I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could
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wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to
the flesh: 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; 5 whose
are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God
blessed for ever. Amen. 6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they
are not all Israel, which are of Israel: 7 neither, because they are the seed of Abraham,
are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. 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 For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and
Sara shall have a son. 10 And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one,
even by our father Isaac; 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;) 12 it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. 13 As
it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. 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. 16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that
runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. 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. 18 Therefore hath he mercy on
whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. 19 Thou wilt say then unto
me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? 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? 21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump
to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? 22 What if God, willing
to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the
vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23 and that he might make known the riches of
his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24 even us,
whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? 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. 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. 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: 28 for he will finish the work, and cut it short in
righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. 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. 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. 31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not
attained to the law of righteousness. 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; 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.

10
1 Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
2 For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
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. 4 For
Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. 5 For Moses
describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things
shall live by them. 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:) 7 or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from
the dead.) 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; 9 that if thou shalt confess with thy
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mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the
dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and
with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever
believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 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. 13 For whosoever
shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. 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? 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! 16 But they have not all obeyed the
gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? 17 So then faith cometh by
hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 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. 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. 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. 21 But to Israel he saith, All day long have I stretched forth my hands unto a
disobedient and gainsaying people.

11
1 I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of
the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 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, 3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine
altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. 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. 5 Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to
the election of grace. 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. 7 What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election
hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded, 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. 9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and
a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: 10 let their eyes be darkened, that they
may not see, and bow down their back alway.
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. 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? 13 For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am
the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: 14 if by any means I may provoke to
emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. 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? 16 For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy,
so are the branches. 17 And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild
olive tree, wert graffed in amongst them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness
of the olive tree; 18 boast not against the branches: but if thou boast, thou bearest not
the root, but the root thee. 19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I
might be graffed in. 20 Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest
by faith. Be not high-minded, but fear: 21 for if God spared not the natural branches, take
heed lest he also spare not thee. 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. 23 And they also, if they bide not still in unbelief,
shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. 24 For if thou wert cut out of
the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good
olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into
their own olive tree?
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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. 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:
27 for this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. 28 As concerning
the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved
for the fathers’ sakes. 29 For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. 30 For
as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their
unbelief: 31 even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also
may obtain mercy. 32 For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have
mercy upon all.
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! 34 For who hath known
the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counseller? 35 Or who hath first given to
him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? 36 For of him, and through him, and
to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

12
1 I beseech 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. 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. 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. 4 For as we have many members in one body, and
all members have not the same office: 5 so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and
every one members one of another. 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;
7 or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; 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.
9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is
good. 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring
one another; 11 not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12 rejoicing in
hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; 13 distributing to the necessity
of saints; given to hospitality. 14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.
15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. 16 Be of the same
mind one towards another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.
Be not wise in your own conceits. 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things
honest in the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably
with all men. 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. 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. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

13
1 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. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the
power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves
damnation. 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:
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. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for
wrath, but also for conscience sake. 6 For for this cause pay you tribute also: for they
are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. 7 Render therefore to
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all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom
fear; honour to whom honour. 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he
that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 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. 10 Love worketh no ill to his
neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
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. 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 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering
and wantonness, not in strife and envying. 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and
make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

14
1 Him that is weak in the faith receive you, but not to doubtful disputations. 2 For one
believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. 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. 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. 5 One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every
day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. 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. 7 For none of us liveth to himself,
and no man dieth to himself. 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. 9 For
to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the
dead and living.
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. 11 For it is written, As I live, saith
the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. 12 So then
every one of us shall give account of himself to God. 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 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. 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. 16 Let not then your good be evil
spoken of: 17 for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace,
and joy in the Holy Ghost. 18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to
God, and approved of men. 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for
peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. 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.
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. 22 Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before
God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. 23 And he
that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of
faith is sin.

15
1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please
ourselves. 2 Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. 3 For even
Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached
thee fell on me. 4 For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our
learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. 5 Now
the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one towards another
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according to Christ Jesus: that ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God,
6
even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ
also received us, to the glory of God. 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:
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. 10 And again he saith,
Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. 11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and
laud him, all ye people. 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. 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.
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 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, 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. 17 I have therefore whereof
I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. 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, 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. 20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not
where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation: 21 but as it
is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard
shall understand. 22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you.
23 But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many
years to come unto you; 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. 25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister
unto the saints. 26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain
contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. 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. 28 When therefore I have
performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain. 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. 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;
31 that I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judea; and that my service
which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; 32 that I may come unto you
with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. 33 Now the God of peace be
with you all. Amen.

16
1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at
Cenchrea: 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. 3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: 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. 5 Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my wellbeloved
Epenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. 6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much
labour on us. 7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who
are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. 8 Greet Amplias
my beloved in the Lord. 9 Salute Urban our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.
10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus’ household.
11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which
are in the Lord. 12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the
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beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord. 13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord,
and his mother and mine. 14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and
the brethren which are with them. 15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister,
and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them. 16 Salute one another with a holy
kiss. The churches of Christ salute you.
17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences
contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. 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. 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. 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your
feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.
21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute
you. 22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. 23 Gaius mine host, and
of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and
Quartus a brother. 24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
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, 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: 27 to God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for
ever. Amen.

¶ Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and sent by Phebe servant of the church at
Cenchrea.
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THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE

TO THE
CORINTHIANS.
1 PAUL, called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our
brother, 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: 3 grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and
from the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus
Christ; 5 that in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: 7 so that ye come behind in no
gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: 8 who shall also confirm you unto
the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 God is faithful, by
whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
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. 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. 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. 13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified
for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none
of you, but Crispus and Gaius; 15 lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own
name. 16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I
baptized any other.
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. 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. 19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing
the understanding of the prudent. 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?
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. 22 For the Jews require a
sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: 23 but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews
a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; 24 but unto them which are called,
both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. 25 Because the
foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not
many mighty, not many noble, are called: 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; 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: 29 that no flesh should glory in his presence. 30 But of him are ye in Christ
Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and
redemption: 31 that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

2
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of
1
wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know any
thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness,
and in fear, and in much trembling. 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: 5 that
your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
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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: 7 but we speak the wisdom
of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto
our glory: 8 which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they
would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 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. 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for
the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 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. 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. 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. 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. 15 But he that is
spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known
the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ.

3
1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even
as unto babes in Christ. 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 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas
there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
4 For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal?
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the
Lord gave to every man? 6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that
giveth the increase. 8 Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every
man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. 9 For we are labourers
together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building. 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.
11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now
if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble;
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. 14 If any
man’s work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15 If any
man’s work shall be burnt, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by
fire. 16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth
in you? 17 If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of
God is holy, which temple ye are. 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. 19 For the
wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their
own craftiness. 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are
vain. 21 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; 22 whether Paul, or
Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all
are yours; 23 and ye are Christ’s; and Christ is God’s.

4
1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries
of God. 2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. 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 For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he
that judgeth me is the Lord. 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.
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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. 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? 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. 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. 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. 11 Even unto this present hour we both
hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place;
12 and labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted,
we suffer it: 13 being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are
the offscouring of all things unto this day. 14 I write not these things to shame you, but as
my beloved sons I warn you. 15 For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ,
yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. 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.
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. 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. 20 For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. 21 What will ye? shall
I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?

5
1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as
is not so much as named amongst the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.
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. 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, 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 to deliver such a one unto Satan for
the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
6 Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?
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: 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.
9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: 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. 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 a one no not to eat.
12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that
are within? 13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among
yourselves that wicked person.

6
1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and
not before the saints? 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? 3 Know ye
not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? 4 If then ye
have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed
in the church. 5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man amongst
you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? 6 But brother goeth
to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. 7 Now therefore there is utterly
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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? 8 Nay, you do wrong, and
defraud, and that your brethren. 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, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous,
nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 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.
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. 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. 14 And God hath both raised up
the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. 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 a harlot? God forbid. 16 What? know ye not that he which is joined to a
harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. 17 But he that is joined unto the
Lord is one spirit. 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body;
but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 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? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your
body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

7
1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to
touch a woman. 2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife,
and let every woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband render unto the wife due
benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. 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. 5 Defraud you 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. 6 But I speak this by permission, and not of
commandment. 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.
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even
as I. 9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
10 And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from
her husband: 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. 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. 13 And the woman which hath a husband that believeth not, and
if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. 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. 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. 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? 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. 18 Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised.
Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. 19 Circumcision is nothing,
and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. 20 Let
every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. 21 Art thou called being a
servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. 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. 23 Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of
men. 24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.
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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. 26 I suppose
therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so
to be. 27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a
wife? seek not a wife. 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. 29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that
have wives be as though they had none; 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; 31 and they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this
world passeth away. 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: 33 but he that is
married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. 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. 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 you may attend upon the Lord without distraction. 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. 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. 38 So then
he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth
better.
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. 40 But she is
happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.

8
1 Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge.
Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. 2 And if any man think that he knoweth any
thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. 3 But if any man love God, the same
is known of him. 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. 5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven
or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) 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. 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 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. 9 But take heed lest by
any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. 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; 11 and through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ
died? 12 But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye
sin against Christ. 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.

9
1 Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not you
my work in the Lord? 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. 3 Mine answer to them that do examine
me is this: 4 Have we not power to eat and to drink? 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? 6 Or
I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? 7 Who goeth a warfare any
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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? 8 Say I these things as a
man? or saith not the law the same also? 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? 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. 11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we
shall reap your carnal things? 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. 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? 14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live
of the gospel. 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. 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! 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. 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. 19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that
I might gain the more. 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; 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. 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. 23 And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker
thereof with you.
24 Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So
run, that ye may obtain. 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. 26 I
therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 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.

10
1 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; 2 and were all baptized unto Moses
in the cloud and in the sea; 3 and did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 and did all drink
the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and
that Rock was Christ. 5 But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were
overthrown in the wilderness. 6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we
should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 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.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day
three and twenty thousand. 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted,
and were destroyed of serpents. 10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured,
and were destroyed of the destroyer. 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. 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. 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 you are able; but will with the temptation also
make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. 14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved,
flee from idolatry. 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
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? 17 For we
being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
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18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the
altar? 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to
idols is any thing? 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.
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. 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we
stronger than he?
23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for
me, but all things edify not. 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth.
25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
26 for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof. 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. 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: 29 conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other’s: for
why is my liberty judged of another man’s conscience? 30 For if I by grace be a partaker,
why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? 31 Whether therefore ye eat, or
drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 32 Give none offence, neither to
the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: 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.

11
1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
2 Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things, and keep the
ordinances, as I delivered them to you. 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.
4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
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. 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. 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. 8 For the man is not of the
woman; but the woman of the man. 9 Neither was the man created for the woman; but
the woman for the man. 10 For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head
because of the angels. 11 Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither
the woman without the man, in the Lord. 12 For as the woman is of the man, even so is
the man also by the woman; but all things of God. 13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that
a woman pray unto God uncovered? 14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a
man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? 15 But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory
to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious,
we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
17 Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that you come together not for
the better, but for the worse. 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. 19 For there must be also
heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.
20 When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord’s supper.
21 For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and
another is drunken. 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. 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: 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. 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. 26 For as often as ye eat this bread,
and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come. 27 Wherefore whosoever
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shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body
and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread,
and drink of that cup. 29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh
damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. 30 For this cause many are weak
and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not
be judged. 32 But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not
be condemned with the world. 33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to
eat, tarry one for another. 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.

12
1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. 2 Ye
know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
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.
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 And there are differences of
administrations, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of operations, but it is
the same God which worketh all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given
to every man to profit withal. 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom;
to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; 9 to another faith by the same
Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; 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: 11 but all these worketh that one
and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
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. 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. 14 For the body is not one member, but many.
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? 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? 17 If the whole body were an eye, where were the
hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? 18 But now hath God set
the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. 19 And if they were
all one member, where were the body? 20 But now are they many members, yet but one
body. 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. 22 Nay, much more those members of the body,
which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: 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. 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: 25 that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members
should have the same care one for another. 26 And whether one member suffer, all the
members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular.
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. 29 Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles?
30 have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? 31 But covet
earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.

13
1 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. 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 no charity, I am nothing. 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,
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it profiteth me nothing. 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her
own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; 6 rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in
the truth; 7 beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
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. 9 For we
know in part, and we prophesy in part. 10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that
which is in part shall be done away. 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.
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 And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these
three; but the greatest of these is charity.

14
1 Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
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. 3 But he that
prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. 4 He that
speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the
church. 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. 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? 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? 8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who
shall prepare himself to the battle? 9 So likewise you, 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. 10 There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is
without signification. 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. 12 Even
so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying
of the church. 13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may
interpret. 14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding
is unfruitful. 15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and will pray with the
understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding
also. 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? 17 For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. 18 I thank
my God, I speak with tongues more than you all: 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. 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding:
howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. 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. 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. 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? 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: 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.
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. 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. 28 But if there be no interpreter,
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let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. 29 Let the
prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. 30 If any thing be revealed to another
that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace. 31 For ye may all prophesy one by one, that
all may learn, and all may be comforted. 32 And the spirits of the prophets are subject to
the prophets: 33 for God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of
the saints.
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. 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. 36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you
only? 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. 38 But if any man be
ignorant, let him be ignorant. 39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not
to speak with tongues. 40 Let all things be done decently and in order.

15
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which
also you have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in
memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 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; 4 and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according
to the scriptures: 5 and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: 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. 7 After that, he was seen of James; then of all the
apostles. 8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. 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. 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. 11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we
preach, and so ye believed.
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? 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead,
then is Christ not risen: 14 and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and
your faith is also vain. 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. 16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 17 and if Christ be not raised,
your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in
Christ are perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most
miserable. 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them
that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his
own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming. 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. 25 For he must reign,
till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is
death. 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. 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. 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? 30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 31 I protest by your rejoicing
which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 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. 33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good
manners. 34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not: for some have not the knowledge of
God: I speak this to your shame.
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35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they
come? 36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: 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: 38 but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and
to every seed his own body. 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. 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. 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. 42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in
incorruption: 43 it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it
is raised in power: 44 it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a
natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 45 And so it is written, The first man Adam
was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. 46 Howbeit that was
not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. 48 As
is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also
that are heavenly. 49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the
image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God;
neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall
not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 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. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal
must put on immortality. 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. 55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where
is thy victory? 56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks
be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my
beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord,
forasmuch as you know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

16
1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches
of Galatia, even so do ye. 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. 3 And
when I come, whomsoever you shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring
your liberality unto Jerusalem. 4 And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.
5 Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through
Macedonia. 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. 7 For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust
to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit. 8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost.
9 For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. 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. 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. 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. 13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. 14 Let all your
things be done with charity.
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 that ye
submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth. 17 I
am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was
lacking on your part they have supplied. 18 For they have refreshed my spirit and yours:
therefore acknowledge ye them that are such. 19 The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila
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and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. 20 All
the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with a holy kiss.
21 The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. 22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus
Christ, let him be anathema, Maran-atha. 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with
you. 24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.

¶ The first epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi by Stephanas, and
Fortunatus, and Achaicus, and Timotheus.
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THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE

TO THE
CORINTHIANS.
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: 2 grace be
to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and
the God of all comfort; 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. 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation
also aboundeth by Christ. 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. 7 And our hope of
you is stedfast, knowing, that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of
the consolation. 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: 9 but we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should
not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: 10 who delivered us from so
great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; 11 you 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.
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-wards. 13 For we write none
other things unto you, than what you read or acknowledge; and I trust you shall
acknowledge even to the end; 14 as also you have acknowledged us in part, that we
are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus. 15 And in this
confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that you might have a second benefit;
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 Judea. 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? 18 But as God is true, our word toward you was
not yea and nay. 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. 20 For
all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; 22 who
hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts.
23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet
unto Corinth. 24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your
joy: for by faith ye stand.

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1 But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
2 For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made
sorry by me? 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. 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many
tears; not that you should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more
abundantly unto you.
5 But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not
overcharge you all. 6 Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of
many. 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. 8 Wherefore I beseech you
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that you would confirm your love towards him. 9 For to this end also did I write, that I
might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. 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; 11 lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are
not ignorant of his devices.
12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened
unto me of the Lord, 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. 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. 15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in
them that are saved, and in them that perish: 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? 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.

3
1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of
commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? 2 Ye are our epistle written
in our hearts, known and read of all men: 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. 4 And such
trust have we through Christ to God-ward: 5 not that we are sufficient of ourselves to
think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; 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. 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: 8 how
shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? 9 For if the ministration of
condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in
glory. 10 For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason
of the glory that excelleth. 11 For if that which is done away was glorious, much more
that which remaineth is glorious. 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great
plainness of speech: 13 and not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children
of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: 14 but their minds
were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of
the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. 15 But even unto this day, when
Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. 16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord,
the vail shall be taken away. 17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the
Lord is, there is liberty. 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.

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1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 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. 3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that
are lost: 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. 5 For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your
servants for Jesus’ sake. 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.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be
of God, and not of us. 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed,
but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 always
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bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might
be made manifest in our body. 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. 12 So
then death worketh in us, but life in you. 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; 14 knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus,
and shall present us with you. 15 For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace
might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. 16 For which cause
we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day
by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more
exceeding and eternal weight of glory; 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.

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1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a
building of God, a house not made with hand, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this we
groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: 3 if
so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 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 Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame
thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 6 Therefore we are
always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from
the Lord: 7 (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) 8 we are confident, I say, and willing rather
to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
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.
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. 12 For we commend
not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that you
may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. 13 For
whether we be besides ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
14 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all,
then were all dead: 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. 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. 17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he
is a new creature: old things are past away; behold, all things are become new. 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; 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. 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. 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.

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1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace
of God in vain. 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.) 3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: 4 but
in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions,
in necessities, in distresses, 5 in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in
watchings, in fastings; 6 by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by
the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, 7 by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the
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armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 8 by honour and dishonour,
by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; 9 as unknown, and yet well
known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet
alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all
things.
11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. 12 Ye
are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. 13 Now for a
recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. 14 Be ye
not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness
with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 15 and what
concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
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. 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, 18 and
will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

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1 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.
2 Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded
no man. 3 I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that you are in our
hearts to die and live with you. 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.
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. 6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth
those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; 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.
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. 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. 10 For
godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow
of the world worketh death. 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. 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.
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. 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. 15 And his inward affection is
more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with
fear and trembling you received him. 16 I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you
in all things.

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1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches
of Macedonia; 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. 3 For to their power, I
bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; 4 praying us
with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the
ministering to the saints. 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. 6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that
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as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. 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 I speak not by commandment,
but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.
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. 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. 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 you have. 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. 13 For I mean not that other men be eased, and you burdened: 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: 15 as it
is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little
had no lack.
16 But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for
you. 17 For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own
accord he went unto you. 18 And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in
the gospel throughout all the churches; 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: 20 avoiding this, that no man should
blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: 21 providing for honest things,
not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. 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. 23 Whether any do
inquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellow-helper concerning you: or our brethren be
inquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ. 24 Wherefore
shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on
your behalf.

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1 For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to
you: 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.
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: 4 lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find
you unprepared, we (that we say not, you) should be ashamed in this same confident
boasting. 5 Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go
before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before,
that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. 6 But
this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth
bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 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. 8 And
God is able to make all grace abound towards you; that ye, always having all sufficiency
in all things, may abound to every good work: 9 (as it is written, He hath dispersed
abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. 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;) 11 being enriched in every
thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. 12 For the
administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant
also by many thanksgivings unto God; 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; 14 and by their prayer for you, which
long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. 15 Thanks be unto God for his
unspeakable gift.
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10
1 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: 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. 3 For though
we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: 4 (for the weapons of our warfare
are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 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; 6 and having
in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
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. 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:
9 that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. 10 For his letters, say they,
are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
11 Let such a 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.
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 amongst themselves, are not wise. 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. 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: 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, 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. 17 But he that
glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved,
but whom the Lord commendeth.

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1 Would to God you could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.
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. 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. 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. 5 For I suppose
I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 6 But though I be rude in speech, yet
not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things.
7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that you might be exalted, because I
have preached to you the gospel of God freely? 8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of
them, to do you service. 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 to you, and so will I
keep myself. 10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the
regions of Achaia. 11 Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. 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. 13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers,
transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself
is transformed into an angel of light. 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.
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. 17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it
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were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. 18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh,
I will glory also. 19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. 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. 21 I speak as concerning reproach, as
though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am
bold also. 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed
of Abraham? so am I. 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. 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with
rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwrack, a night and a day I have been in the
deep; 26 in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by my 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; 27 in weariness and painfulness, in
watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 28 Besides
those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the
churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? 30 If
I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. 31 The God
and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie
not. 32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes
with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: 33 and through a window in a basket was I let
down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

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1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations
of the Lord. 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 a one caught
up to the third heaven. 3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the
body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) 4 how that he was caught up into paradise, and heard
unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. 5 Of such a one will I glory:
yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. 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. 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. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
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. 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. 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 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience,
in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. 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.
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. 15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though
the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. 16 But be it so, I did not burden you:
nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile. 17 Did I make a gain of you by any of
them whom I sent unto you? 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?
19 Again, think you that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ:
but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. 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,
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tumults: 21 andlest, 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.

13
1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall
every word be established. 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: 3 since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking
in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. 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. 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? 6 But I trust that ye shall know that we are not
reprobates. 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. 8 For we can do
nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 9 For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye
are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection. 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.
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. 12 Greet one another with a holy
kiss. 13 All the saints salute you. 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 second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia,
by Titus and Lucas.
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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE

TO THE
GALATIANS.
1 PAUL, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father,
who raised him from the dead;) 2 and all the brethren which are with me, unto the
churches of Galatia: 3 grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord
Jesus Christ, 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: 5 to whom be glory for ever and
ever. Amen.
6 I marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace
of Christ unto another gospel: 7 which is not another; but there be some that trouble
you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 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. 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. 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.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after
man. 12 For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of
Jesus Christ. 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: 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. 15 But when it pleased God, who separated me
from my mother’s womb, and called me by his grace, 16 to reveal his Son in me, that I
might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
17 neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me: but I went
into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. 18 Then after three years I went up to
Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. 19 But other of the apostles saw
I none, save James the Lord’s brother. 20 Now the things which I write unto you, behold,
before God, I lie not. 21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; 22 and was
unknown by face unto the churches of Judea which were in Christ: 23 but they had heard
only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he
destroyed. 24 And they glorified God in me.

2
1 Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus
with me also. 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. 3 But neither Titus, who was with me,
being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: 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: 5 to whom we gave place by subjection,
no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. 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: 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; 8 (for he that
wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty
in me towards the Gentiles:) 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. 10 Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I
also was forward to do.
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11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to
be blamed. 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. 13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that
Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. 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? 15 We who are Jews by nature, and
not sinners of the Gentiles, 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. 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.
18 For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. 19 For
I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. 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.
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is
dead in vain.

3
1 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth,
before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? 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 Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the
flesh? 4 Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. 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? 6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted
to him for righteousness. 7 Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same
are the children of Abraham. 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. 9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
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. 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. 12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them
shall live in them. 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: 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. 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. 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. 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. 18 For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave
it to Abraham by promise.
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. 20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. 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. 22 But the
scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might
be given to them that believe. 23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut
up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 24 Wherefore the law was our
schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after that
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faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. 26 Forye are all the children of
God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have
put on Christ. 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. 29 And if ye be Christ’s, then
are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

4
1 Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant,
though he be lord of all; 2 but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of
the father. 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of
the world: 4 but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of
a woman, made under the law, 5 to redeem them that were under the law, that we might
receive the adoption of sons. 6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of
his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant,
but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. 8 Howbeit then, when ye
knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. 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? 10 Ye observe days, and
months, and times, and years. 11 I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour
in vain.
12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.
13 Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.
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. 15 Where is then the blessedness you 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. 16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell
you the truth? 17 They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you,
that you might affect them. 18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good
thing, and not only when I am present with you. 19 My little children, of whom I travail
in birth again until Christ be formed in you, 20 I desire to be present with you now, and
to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you.
21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? 22 For it is
written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman.
23 But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman
was by promise. 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. 25 For this Agar
is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage
with her children. 26 But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that
travailest not: for the desolate hath many moe children than she which hath a husband.
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. 29 But as then he that
was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
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. 31 So then,
brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.

5
1 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not
entangled again with the yoke of bondage. 2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be
circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. 3 For I testify again to every man that is
circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. 4 Christ is become of no effect
unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. 5 For
we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. 6 For in Jesus Christ
neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh
by love. 7 Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? 8 This
persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. 9 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.
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10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will be none otherwise minded:
but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. 11 And I, brethren,
if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the
cross ceased. 12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you.
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. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word,
even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 15 But if ye bite and devour one
another, take heed ye be not consumed one of another. 16 This I say then, Walk in the
Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 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. 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the
law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication,
uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath,
strife, seditions, heresies, 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. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 meekness, temperance: against such there
is no law. 24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and
lusts. 25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 26 Let us not be desirous of
vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.

6
1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such a
one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2 Bear ye
one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. 3 For if a man think himself to
be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 4 But let every man prove his
own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 5 For
every man shall bear his own burden. 6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate
unto him that teacheth in all good things. 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for
whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 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. 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if
we faint not. 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially
unto them who are of the household of faith.
11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. 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. 13 For neither they themselves who
are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory
in your flesh. 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. 15 For in Christ
Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
16 And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon
the Israel of God. 17 From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the
marks of the Lord Jesus. 18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your
spirit. Amen.

¶ Unto the Galatians written from Rome.

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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE

TO THE
EPHESIANS.
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: 2 grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and
from the Lord Jesus Christ.
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: 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: 5 having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ
to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 to the praise of the glory of his
grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved: 7 in whom we have redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; 8 wherein
he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; 9 having made known unto
us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he had purposed in
himself: 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:
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: 12 that we should
be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ: 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, 14 which is the earnest of
our inheritance, until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of
his glory.
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the
saints, 16 cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; 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: 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, 19 and what is the exceeding greatness of his
power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, 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, 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:
22 and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the
church, 23 which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

2
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 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: 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. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 even
when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are
saved;) 6 and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in
Christ Jesus: 7 that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace
in his kindness towards us through Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith;
and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 not of works, lest any man should boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath
before ordained that we should walk in them.
11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time passed Gentiles in the flesh, who are
called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by
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hands; 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: 13 but now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by
the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken
down the middle wall of partition between us; 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; 16 and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body
by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 and came and preached peace to you
which were afar off, and to them that were nigh; 18 for through him we both have access
by one Spirit unto the Father. 19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners,
but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; 20 and are built upon
the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner
stone; 21 in whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto a holy temple in
the Lord: 22 in whom you also are builded together for a habitation of God through the
Spirit.

3
1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 2 if ye have heard
of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: 3 how that by
revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, 4 whereby,
when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) 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; 6 that the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the
same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: 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. 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; 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: 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, 11 according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ
Jesus our Lord: 12 in whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of
him. 13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 of whom the
whole family in heaven and earth is named, 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; 17 that
Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth,
and height; 19 and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be
filled with all the fulness of God. 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, 21 unto him be
glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.

4
1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the
vocation wherewith ye are called, 2 with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering,
forbearing one another in love; 3 endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond
of peace. 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your
calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all,
and through all, and in you all. 7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the
measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led
captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that
he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He that descended is the
same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he
gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and
teachers; 12 for the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry, for the edifying
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of the body of Christ: 13 tillwe 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: 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; 15 but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all
things, which is the head, even Christ: 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.
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, 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: 19 who being past feeling have given themselves over unto
lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not so learned
Christ; 21 if so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is
in Jesus: 22 that ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is
corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 and be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true
holiness.
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are
members one of another. 26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your
wrath: 27 neither give place to the devil. 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. 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. 30 And
grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away
from you, with all malice: 32 and be ye kind one to another, tender hearted, forgiving
one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

5
1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; 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. 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it
not be once named amongst you, as becometh saints; 4 neither filthiness, nor foolish
talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. 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. 6 Let no man deceive you
with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children
of disobedience. 7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them. 8 For ye were sometimes
darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (for the fruit of the
Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) 10 proving what is acceptable unto
the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather
reprove them. 12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in
secret. 13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever
doth make manifest is light. 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise
from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly,
not as fools, but as wise, 16 redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore
be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. 18 And be not drunk
with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; 19 speaking to yourselves in
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the
Lord; 20 giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ; 21 submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 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. 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be
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to their own husbands in every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also
loved the church, and gave himself for it; 26 that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the
washing of water by the word, 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. 28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife
loveth himself. 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth
it, even as the Lord the church: 30 for we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of
his bones. 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. 32 This is a great mystery: but I speak
concerning Christ and the church. 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.
6
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and
mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3 that it may be well with thee,
and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to
wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
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 not with eyeservice, as
menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 7 with
good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 8 knowing that whatsoever good
thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
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.
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put
on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
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. 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. 14 Stand therefore, having your
loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 and your
feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; 16 above all, taking the shield of
faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take
the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 praying
always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all
perseverance and supplication for all saints; 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,
20 for which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to
speak.
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: 22 whom I have sent unto
you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your
hearts. 23 Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ. 24 Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.

¶ Written from Rome unto the Ephesians by Tychicus.

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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE

TO THE
PHILIPPIANS.
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: 2 grace be unto you, and peace, from God
our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 4 always in every prayer of mine
for you all making request with joy, 5 for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day
until now; 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: 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. 8 For God is my
record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. 9 And this I pray,
that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; 10 that
ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence
till the day of Christ; 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus
Christ unto the glory and praise of God.
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; 13 so that my bonds in Christ
are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; 14 and many of the brethren in the
Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without
fear. 15 Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:
16 the one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my
bonds: 17 but the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel.
18 What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is
preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. 19 For I know that this shall
turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
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. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if
I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. 23 For
I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far
better: 24 nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. 25 And having this
confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and
joy of faith; 26 that your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my
coming to you again.
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; 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. 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; 30 having the same conflict which ye
saw in me, and now hear to be in me.
2
1 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 fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having
the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. 3 Let nothing be done through strife or
vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 4 Look
not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. 5 Let this
mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: 6 who, being in the form of God, thought
it not robbery to be equal with God: 7 but made himself of no reputation, and took upon
him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: 8 and being found in
fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death
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of the cross. 9 Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which
is above every name: 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in
heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; 11 and that every tongue should
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 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. 13 For it is God which worketh in
you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. 14 Do all things without murmurings and
disputings: 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;
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. 17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and
service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18 For the same cause also do ye joy,
and rejoice with me.
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. 20 For I have no man likeminded, who will
naturally care for your state. 21 For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus
Christ’s. 22 But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served
with me in the gospel. 23 Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see
how it will go with me. 24 But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
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.
26 For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that
he had been sick. 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. 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. 29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and
hold such in reputation: 30 because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not
regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

3
1 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. 2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers,
beware of the concision. 3 For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit,
and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. 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: 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe
of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; 6 concerning
zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.
7 But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 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, 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: 10 that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his
sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11 if by any means I might attain unto
the resurrection of the dead. 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. 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, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ
Jesus. 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. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we
have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have
us for an ensample. 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: 19 whose end is destruction,
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whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) 20 For
our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus
Christ: 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.

4
1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand
fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. 2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that
they be of the same mind in the Lord. 3 And I intreat 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 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. 5 Let your moderation be known
unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And
the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds
through Christ Jesus. 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. 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.
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. 11 Not that I speak in
respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 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. 13 I can do
all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. 14 Notwithstanding ye have well done,
that ye did communicate with my affliction. 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. 16 For even in Thessalonica ye
sent once and again unto my necessity. 17 Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit
that may abound to your account. 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, well pleasing to God. 19 But my God shall supply all your need according to
his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. 20 Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and
ever. Amen.
21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you. 22 All
the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Cesar’s household. 23 The grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

¶ It was written to the Philippians from Rome by Epaphroditus.

Colossians 1:1 176 Colossians 2:5

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE

TO THE
COLOSSIANS.
1 PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, 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.
3 We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for
you, 4 since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all
the saints, 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; 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: 7 as ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for
you a faithful minister of Christ; 8 who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.
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; 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; 11 strengthened
with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with
joyfulness; 12 giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers
of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13 who hath delivered us from the power of
darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 14 in whom we have
redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: 15 who is the image of the
invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: 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:
17 and he is before all things, and by him all things consist. 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. 19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness
dwell; 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.
21 And you, that were sometimes alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works,
yet now hath he reconciled 22 in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy
and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: 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; 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: 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; 26 even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from
generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: 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: 28 whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in
all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: 29 whereunto I also
labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.

2
1 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 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; 3 in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. 4 And this I say, lest
any man should beguile you with enticing words. 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
Colossians 2:6 177 Colossians 3:23
your faith in Christ.6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in
him: 7 rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught,
abounding therein with thanksgiving.
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. 9 For in him dwelleth all
the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of
all principality and power: 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: 12 buried with him in baptism, wherein also you are risen with him through
the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. 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; 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; 15 and having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly,
triumphing over them in it.
16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holyday, or of
the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17 which are a shadow of things to come; but the
body is of Christ. 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 puft up
by his fleshly mind, 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. 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, 21 (touch not; taste not; handle
not; 22 which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of
men? 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.

3
1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth
on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life,
shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness,
inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: 6 for which
things’ sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: 7 in the which
ye also walked sometime, when ye lived in them. 8 But now you also put off all these;
anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 9 Lie not one
to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; 10 and have put on
the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
11 where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, barbarian,
Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. 12 Put on therefore, as the elect
of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness,
longsuffering; 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. 14 And above all these
things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. 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. 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.
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.
18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. 20 Children, obey your
parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. 21 Fathers, provoke not your
children to anger, lest they be discouraged. 22 Servants, obey in all things your masters
according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart,
fearing God: 23 and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;
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24 knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve
the Lord Christ. 25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath
done: and there is no respect of persons.
4
1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also
have a Master in heaven.
2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; 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 that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. 5 Walk in
wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. 6 Let your speech be alway
with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how ye ought to answer every man.
7 All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful
minister and fellowservant in the Lord: 8 whom I have sent unto you for the same
purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; 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. 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;) 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. 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. 13 For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in
Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. 14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.
15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in
his house. 16 And when this epistle is read amongst you, cause that it be read also in the
church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. 17 And say
to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou
fulfil it. 18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with
you. Amen.

¶ Written from Rome to the Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.

1 Thessalonians 1:1 179 1 Thessalonians 2:20

THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE

TO THE
THESSALONIANS.
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.
2 We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers;
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; 4 knowing, brethren
beloved, your election of God. 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. 6 And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord,
having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost: 7 so that ye were
ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. 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. 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, 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.

2
1For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:
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. 3 For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
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. 5 For neither at any time used we
flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: 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. 7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her
children: 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.
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.
10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved
ourselves among you that believe: 11 as you know how we exhorted and comforted and
charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, 12 that ye would walk worthy of
God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. 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. 14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches
of God which in Judea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own
countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 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: 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.
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. 18 Wherefore we
would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. 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? 20 For ye are our glory and joy.
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3
1 Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens
alone; 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 that
no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed
thereunto. 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. 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. 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: 7 therefore, brethren, we were comforted
over you in all our affliction and distress, by your faith: 8 for now we live, if ye stand
fast in the Lord. 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; 10 night and day praying exceedingly
that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? 11 Now
God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. 12 And
the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one towards another, and towards all
men, even as we do towards you: 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.

4
1 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. 2 For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is
the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: 4 that
every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
5 not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: 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. 7 For God hath not called us
unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. 8 He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man,
but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.
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. 10 And indeed ye do it towards all the brethren
which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and
more; 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; 12 that ye may walk honestly toward them that are
without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
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. 14 For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
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. 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: 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. 18 Wherefore comfort one another with these
words.

5
1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
2 For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
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. 4 But ye, brethren, are not
in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of light,
and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 6 Therefore let us
1 Thessalonians 5:7 181 1 Thessalonians 5:28
not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. 7 For they that sleep sleep in the
night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. 8 But let us, who are of the
day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of
salvation. 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord
Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together
with him. 11 Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also
ye do.
12 And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over
you in the Lord, and admonish you; 13 and to esteem them very highly in love for their
work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves. 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn
them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all
men. 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. 16 Rejoice evermore. 17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.
19 Quench not the Spirit. 20 Despise not prophesyings. 21 Prove all things; hold fast that
which is good. 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil. 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. 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will
do it.
25 Brethren, pray for us. 26 Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss. 27 I charge you by
the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. 28 The grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ be with you. Amen.

¶ The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens.
2 Thessalonians 1:1 182 2 Thessalonians 3:2

THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE

TO THE
THESSALONIANS.
1 PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 2 grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and
the Lord Jesus Christ.
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 towards each other
aboundeth; 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: 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: 6 seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense
tribulation to them that trouble you; 7 and to you who are troubled rest with us, when
the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire,
taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord
Jesus Christ: 9 who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of
the Lord, and from the glory of his power; 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. 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: 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.

2
1Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our
gathering together unto him, 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. 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; 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. 5 Remember ye
not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know what
withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth
already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. 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: 9 even him, whose coming
is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 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. 11 And for this cause God shall send them
strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12 that they all might be damned who
believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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: 14 whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the
obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and
hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or by our epistle.
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, 17 comfort your
hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.

3
1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be
glorified, even as it is with you: 2 and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and
2 Thessalonians 3:3 183 2 Thessalonians 3:18
wicked men: for all men have not faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you,
and keep you from evil. 4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both
do and will do the things which we command you. 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into
the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
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. 7 For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for
we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; 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: 9 not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an
ensample unto you to follow us. 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded
you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some
which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 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. 13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. 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. 15 Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a
brother. 16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord
be with you all.
17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so
I write. 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

¶ The second epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens.

1 Timothy 1:1 184 1 Timothy 2:15

THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE

TO
TIMOTHY.
1 PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord
Jesus Christ, which is our hope; 2 unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy,
and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord.
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, 4 neither give heed to fables
and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which
is in faith: so do. 5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart,
and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 6 from which some having swerved
have turned aside unto vain jangling; 7 desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding
neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. 8 But we know that the law is good, if a
man use it lawfully; 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, 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; 11 according to
the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. 12 And I thank
Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting
me into the ministry; 13 who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious:
but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the grace of our
Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 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. 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. 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal,
invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 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; 19 holding faith, and a good
conscience; which some having put away, concerning faith have made shipwrack: 20 of
whom is Hymeneus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may
learn not to blaspheme.

2
I exhort therefore that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving
1
of thanks, be made for all men; 2 for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we
may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and
acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 who will have all men to be saved, and to
come unto the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and one mediator between
God and men, the man Christ Jesus; 6 who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified
in due time. 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. 8 I will therefore
that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. 9 In like
manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefastness and
sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; 10 but (which becometh
women professing godliness) with good works. 11 Let the woman learn in silence with all
subjection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but
to be in silence. 13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve. 14 And Adam was not deceived,
but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 15 Notwithstanding she shall be
saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
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3
1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good
behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 not given to wine, no striker, not greedy
of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4 one that ruleth well his own
house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5 (for if a man know not how
to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) 6 Not a novice, lest
being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover he must
have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of
the devil. 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much
wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found
blameless. 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses
well. 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.
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: 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. 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.

4
1 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; 2 speaking lies in hypocrisy,
having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 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 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to
be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5 for it is sanctified by the word of God
and prayer. 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. 7 But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise
thyself rather unto godliness. 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. 9 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. 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. 11 These things command and teach.
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. 13 Till I come, give attendance to
reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 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. 15 Meditate
upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
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.

5
1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;
2 the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. 3 Honour widows
that are widows indeed. 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 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in
supplications and prayers night and day. 6 But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while
she liveth. 7 And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. 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. 9 Let not a widow be taken into the number under
1 Timothy 5:10 186 1 Timothy 6:20
threescore years old, having been the wife of one man, well reported of for good
10
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. 11 But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton
against Christ, they will marry; 12 having damnation, because they have cast off their
first faith. 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. 14 I
will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none
occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. 15 For some are already turned aside
after Satan. 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.
17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they
who labour in the word and doctrine. 18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle
the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward. 19 Against
an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses. 20 Them that sin
rebuke before all, that others also may fear. 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. 22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be
partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure. 23 Drink no longer water, but use a little
wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities. 24 Some men’s sins are open
beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after. 25 Likewise also
the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be
hid.

6
1 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. 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. 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; 4 he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of
words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 5 perverse disputings of
men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from
such withdraw thyself. 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought
nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and
raiment let us be therewith content. 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. 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.
11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness,
faith, love, patience, meekness. 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. 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; 14 that thou keep
this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus
Christ: 15 which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the
King of kings, and Lord of lords; 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.
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; 18 that they
do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
19 laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that
they may lay hold on eternal life. 20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy
1 Timothy 6:21 187 1 Timothy 6:21
trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
21 which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.

¶ The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia
Pacatiana.
2 Timothy 1:1 188 2 Timothy 2:18

THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE

TO
TIMOTHY.
1 PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life
which is in Christ Jesus, 2 to Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace,
from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
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; 4 greatly desiring
to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; 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. 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. 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of
a sound mind. 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; 9 who hath saved us, and called us with a 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, 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: 11 whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the
Gentiles. 12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed:
for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I
have committed unto him against that day. 13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which
thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 14 That good thing
which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. 15 This
thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are
Phygellus and Hermogenes. 16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for
he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: 17 but, when he was in Rome,
he sought me out very diligently, and found me. 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.

2
1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 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. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good
soldier of Jesus Christ. 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. 5 And if a man also
strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. 6 The husbandman
that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. 7 Consider what I say; and the Lord
give thee understanding in all things. 8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David
was raised from the dead according to my gospel: 9 wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil
doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. 10 Therefore I endure all things
for the elects’ sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with
eternal glory. 11 It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with
him: 12 if we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: 13 if
we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
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. 15 Study to shew
thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing
the word of truth. 16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto
more ungodliness. 17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymeneus
and Philetus; 18 who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is
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past already; and overthrow the faith of some. 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. 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. 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. 22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with
them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 23 But foolish and unlearned questions
avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. 24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive;
but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, 25 in meekness instructing those that
oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging
of the truth; 26 and that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who
are taken captive by him at his will.

3
1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall
be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to
parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers,
incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, 4 traitors, heady, highminded, lovers
of pleasures more than lovers of God; 5 having a form of godliness, but denying the power
thereof: from such turn away. 6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and
lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, 7 ever learning,
and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres
withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate
concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest
unto all men, as theirs also was. 10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life,
purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 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. 12 Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer
persecution. 13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and
being deceived. 14 But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been
assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 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. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17 that the man
of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.

4
1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the
quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; 2 preach the word; be instant in
season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. 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 and they shall turn away
their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. 5 But watch thou in all things,
endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. 6 For I
am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought a
good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 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.
9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: 10 for Demas hath forsaken me, having
loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus
unto Dalmatia. 11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is
profitable to me for the ministry. 12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. 13 The cloke
that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but
especially the parchments. 14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord
reward him according to his works: 15 of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly
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withstood our words. 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. 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. 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.
19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. 20 Erastus abode at
Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick. 21 Do thy diligence to come before
winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.
22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen.

¶ The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the
Ephesians, was written from Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero the second
time.
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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO

TITUS.
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, 2 in hope of eternal
life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; 3 but hath in due times
manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the
commandment of God our Saviour; 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.
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: 6 if any be blameless,
the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. 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; 8 but a lover of hospitality, a lover
of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; 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. 10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially
they of the circumcision: 11 whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses,
teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake. 12 One of themselves, even a
prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. 13 This
witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;
14 not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.
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. 16 They profess that they
know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto
every good work reprobate.

2
1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: 2 that the aged men be sober,
grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. 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; 4 that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love
their husbands, to love their children, 5 to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good,
obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. 6 Young men
likewise exhort to be sober minded. 7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good
works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 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. 9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to
please them well in all things; not answering again; 10 not purloining, but shewing all
good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. 11 For
the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 teaching us that
denying ungodliness and worldly lusts we should live soberly, righteously, and godly,
in this present world; 13 looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the
great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 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.
15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.

3
Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates,
1
to be ready to every good work, 2 to speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle,
shewing all meekness unto all men. 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. 4 But after that the kindness and love of God our
Saviour toward man appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but
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according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the
Holy Ghost; 6 which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; 7 that
being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal
life. 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. 9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and
contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. 10 A man
that is a heretick, after the first and second admonition, reject; 11 knowing that he that is
such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.
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. 13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos
on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them. 14 And let ours also learn
to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. 15 All that are
with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen.

¶ It was written to Titus, ordained the first bishop of the church of the Cretians, from
Nicopolis of Macedonia.
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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO

PHILEMON.
1 PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our
dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer, 2 and to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our
fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house: 3 Grace to you, and peace, from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, 5 hearing of thy
love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; 6 that the
communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good
thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. 7 For we have great joy and consolation in thy love,
because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother. 8 Wherefore, though I
might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, 9 yet for love’s
sake I rather beseech thee, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner
of Jesus Christ. 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my
bonds: 11 which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to
me: 12 whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:
13 whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered
unto me in the bonds of the gospel: 14 but without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy
benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. 15 For perhaps he therefore
departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; 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? 17 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him
as myself. 18 If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account; 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. 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee
in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord. 21 Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote
unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say. 22 But withal prepare me also
a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you. 23 There salute
thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; 24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas,
my fellowlabourers. 25 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

¶ Written from Rome to Philemon, by Onesimus a servant.

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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE

TO THE
HEBREWS.
1 GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers
by the prophets, 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; 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; 4 being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance
obtained a more excellent name than they. 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? 6 And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the
world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. 7 And of the angels he saith,
Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. 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. 9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even
thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 10 And, Thou,
Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the
works of thine hands: 11 they shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old
as doth a garment; 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. 13 But to which of the angels said he at
any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? 14 Are they not
all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

2
1 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 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast,
and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; 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; 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?
5 For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we
speak: 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? 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: 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. 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. 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. 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,
12 saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I
sing praise unto thee. 13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I, and
the children which God hath given me. 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; 15 and deliver them
who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 16 For verily he took
not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. 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
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the people. 18 For
in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour
them that are tempted.

3
1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle
and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; 2 who was faithful to him that appointed
him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. 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. 4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
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; 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. 7 Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8 harden not
your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: 9 when
your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. 10 Wherefore I was
grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have
not known my ways. 11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing
from the living God. 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of
you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we are made partakers of Christ,
if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; 15 whilst it is said, To
day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. 16 For some,
when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned,
whose carcases fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom sware he that they should not
enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? 19 So we see that they could not enter
in because of unbelief.
4
1 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. 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. 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 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. 5 And in this place again, If they
shall enter into my rest. 6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein,
and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief, 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. 8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then
would he not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest
to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his
own works, as God did from his. 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest
any man fall after the same example of unbelief. 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. 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.
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. 15 For we have not a 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. 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.
5
1 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: 2 who can have compassion on
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the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed
with infirmity. 3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself,
to offer for sins. 4 And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of
God, as was Aaron. 5 So also Christ glorified not himself to be made a high priest; but he
that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. 6 As he saith also in
another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 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;
8 though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; 9 and
being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey
him; 10 called of God a high priest after the order of Melchisedec.
11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of
hearing. 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. 13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the
word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 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.

6
1 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
towards God, 2 of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection
of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 3 And this will we do, if God permit. 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, 5 and have tasted the good word of God,
and the powers of the world to come, 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. 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:
8 but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose
end is to be burned.
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany
salvation, though we thus speak. 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. 11 And we desire that every one of you do shew the same
diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: 12 that ye be not slothful, but
followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. 13 For when God
made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
14 saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. 15 And
so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. 16 For men verily swear
by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. 17 Wherein
God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of
his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: 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: 19 which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both
sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the vail; 20 whither the forerunner
is for us entered, even Jesus, made a high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

7
1 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; 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; 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. 4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even
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the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. 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: 6 but he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes
of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. 7 And without all contradiction
the less is blessed of the better. 8 And here men that die receive tithes; but there he
receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. 9 And as I may so say, Levi also,
who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. 10 For he was yet in the loins of his father,
when Melchisedec met him. 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?
12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the
law. 13 For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no
man gave attendance at the altar. 14 For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda;
of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. 15 And it is yet far more
evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, 16 who
is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless
life. 17 For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 18 For
there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and
unprofitableness thereof. 19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a
better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. 20 And inasmuch as not without
an oath he was made priest: 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:) 22 by so much was Jesus made a surety of a
better testament. 23 And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered
to continue by reason of death: 24 but this man, because he continueth ever, hath an
unchangeable priesthood. 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.
26 For such a high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from
sinners, and made higher than the heavens; 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. 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.

8
1 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such a high priest,
who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; 2 a minister of
the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. 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. 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: 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. 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.
7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought
for the second. 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
Juda: 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. 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: 11 and they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and
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every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to
the greatest. 12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their
iniquities will I remember no more. 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.

9
1 Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly
sanctuary. 2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick,
and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. 3 And after the second
vail, the tabernacle which is called the holiest of all; 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; 5 and
over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak
particularly. 6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into
the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. 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: 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 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;
10 which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances,
imposed on them until the time of reformation. 11 But Christ being come a 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, 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. 13 For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the
unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: 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?
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. 16 For where a testament
is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For a testament is of
force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all whilst the testator liveth.
18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. 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, 20 saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath
enjoined unto you. 21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all
the vessels of the ministry. 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood;
and without shedding of blood is no remission. 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. 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: 25 nor yet that he should offer himself often, as
the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; 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. 27 And as it
is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 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.

10
1 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. 2 For then would they not have ceased to be offered?
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because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins.
3 But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. 4 For it
is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. 5 Wherefore
when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but
a body hast thou prepared me: 6 in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had
no pleasure. 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to
do thy will, O God. 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; 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 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering
of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 And every priest standeth daily ministering
and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 but this
man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of
God; 13 from henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 14 For by one
offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost
also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, 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; 17 and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.
18 Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 by a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the vail, that is to
say, his flesh; 21 and having a high priest over the house of God; 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. 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our hope
without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 24 and let us consider one another
to provoke unto love and to good works: 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.
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there
remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and
fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28 He that despised Moses’ law
died without mercy under two or three witnesses: 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? 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. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living
God. 32 But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated,
ye endured a great fight of afflictions; 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. 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. 35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of
reward. 36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might
receive the promise. 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will
not tarry. 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have
no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them
that believe to the saving of the soul.

11
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. 2 For
by it the elders obtained a good report. 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. 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. 5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see
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death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation
he had this testimony, that he pleased God. 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. 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. 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. 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: 10 for he looked for a
city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. 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. 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. 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. 14 For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. 15 And
truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might
have had opportunity to have returned. 16 But now they desire a better country, that is, a
heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for
them a city. 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had
received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 of whom it was said, That in
Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19 accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from
the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. 20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob
and Esau concerning things to come. 21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed
both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. 22 By faith
Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave
commandment concerning his bones. 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. 24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years,
refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; 25 choosing rather to suffer affliction
with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; 26 esteeming the
reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto
the recompence of the reward. 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of
the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. 28 Through faith he kept the
passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch
them. 29 By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians
assaying to do were drowned. 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were
compassed about seven days. 31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that
believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.

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: 33 who
through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped
the mouths of lions, 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. 35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured,
not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: 36 and others
had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
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;
38 (of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and
in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through
faith, received not the promise: 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that
they without us should not be made perfect.
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12
1 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, 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. 3 For consider him that endured
such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. 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: 6 for whom the
Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 If ye endure
chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father
chasteneth not? 8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then
are ye bastards, and not sons. 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? 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.
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 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; 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. 14 Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man
shall see the Lord: 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; 16 lest there be any
fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
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.
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, 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: 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:
21 and so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake;) 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, 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, 24 and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood
of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel. 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: 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. 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. 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:
29 for our God is a consuming fire.

13
1 Let brotherly love continue. 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby
some have entertained angels unawares. 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound
with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.
4 Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers
God will judge. 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. 6 So that we
may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
7 Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word
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of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. 8 JesusChrist the
same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. 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. 10 We have an altar,
whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. 11 For the bodies of those
beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burnt
without the camp. 12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his
own blood, suffered without the gate. 13 Let us go forth therefore unto him without the
camp, bearing his reproach. 14 For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to
come. 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. 16 But to do good and to communicate
forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 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. 18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live
honestly. 19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the
sooner.
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, 21 make you
perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his
sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 22 And I beseech
you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in
few words. 23 Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come
shortly, I will see you. 24 Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints.
They of Italy salute you. 25 Grace be with you all. Amen.

¶ Written to the Hebrews from Italy by Timothy.

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THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF

JAMES.
1 JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are
scattered abroad, greeting.
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; 3 knowing this,
that the trying of your faith worketh patience. 4 But let patience have her perfect work,
that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 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.
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. 7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any
thing of the Lord. 8 A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. 9 Let the brother of
low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: 10 but the rich, in that he is made low: because
as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. 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. 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.
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: 14 but every man is tempted, when he is drawn
away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth
sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
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. 18 Of his own will
begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow
to wrath: 20 for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. 21 Wherefore
lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the
engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be ye doers of the word, and not
hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 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: 24 for he beholdeth
himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
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. 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. 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.

2
1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect
of persons. 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; 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: 4 are ye not then partial
in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? 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? 6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich
men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? 7 Do not they blaspheme
that worthy name by the which ye are called? 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the
scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: 9 but if ye have respect to
persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 10 For whosoever
shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. 11 For he that
said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet
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if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they
that shall be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For he shall have judgment without mercy,
that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not
works? can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily
food, 16 and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be you warmed and filled;
notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth
it profit? 17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 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. 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the
devils also believe, and tremble. 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without
works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered
Isaac his son upon the altar? 22 Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by
works was faith made perfect? 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. 24 Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
25 Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the
messengers, and had sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit is
dead, so faith without works is dead also.

3
1 My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater
condemnation. 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 Behold, we put bits in the
horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. 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. 5 Even so the
tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little
fire kindleth. 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue amongst
our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature;
and it is set on fire of hell. 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: 8 but the tongue can no
man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 Therewith bless we God, even the
Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. 10 Out
of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not
so to be. 11 Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? 12 Can
the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both
yield salt water and fresh.
13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge amongst you? let him shew out
of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. 14 But if ye have bitter
envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wisdom
descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying and
strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 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. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in
peace of them that make peace.

4
1 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of
your lusts that war in your members? 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. 3 Ye
ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 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. 5 Do ye think
that the scripture saith in vain, the spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? 6 But he
giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto
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the humble. 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from
you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners;
and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your
laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the
sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
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. 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to
save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
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: 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. 15 For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this,
or that. 16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. 17 Therefore to
him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

5
1 Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 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. 4 Behold, the hire of
the labourers which 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 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished
your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he
doth not resist you.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husband-
man waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until
he receive the early and latter rain. 8 Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the
coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest
ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. 10 Take, my brethren,
the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering
affliction, and of patience. 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. 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. 13 Is any among you afflicted? let him
pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 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: 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. 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. 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. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the
earth brought forth her fruit.
19 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; 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.
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THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF

PETER.
1 PETER, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia,
Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 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.
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, 4 to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth
not away, reserved in heaven for you, 5 who are kept by the power of God through faith
unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though
now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: 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: 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: 9 receiving the end of
your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 10 Of which salvation the prophets have
inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
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. 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.
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; 14 as obedient children,
not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15 but as he
which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16 because it is
written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 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: 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;
19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
20 who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in
these last times for you, 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. 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: 23 being born again, not
of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for
ever. 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: 25 but the word of the Lord endureth for
ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.

2
1 Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and
all evil speakings, 2 as newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may
grow thereby: 3 if so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 4 To whom coming, as
unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, 5 ye also,
as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual
sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. 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. 7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but
unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is
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made the head of the corner, 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.
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a 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: 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.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts,
which war against the soul; 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. 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance
of man for the Lord’s sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 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. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to
silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 as free, and not using your liberty for a cloke
of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. 17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood.
Fear God. Honour the king. 18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not
only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 19 For this is thankworthy, if a man
for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 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. 21 For even hereunto were ye
called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow
his steps: 22 who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: 23 who, when he was
reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself
to him that judgeth righteously: 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. 25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the
Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

3
1 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;
2 while they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. 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; 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. 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: 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. 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.
8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be
pitiful, be courteous: 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. 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: 11 let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace,
and ensue it. 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. 13 And who is
he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? 14 But and if ye suffer for
righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
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:
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. 17 For it is better,
if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. 18 For Christ
also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God,
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being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: 19 by which also he went and
preached unto the spirits in prison; 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. 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: 22 who is gone into
heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made
subject unto him.

4
1 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; 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. 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 wherein they think it strange that you run not with them to the
same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: 5 who shall give account to him that is ready to
judge the quick and the dead. 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.
7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the
multitude of sins. 9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging. 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. 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.
12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though
some strange thing happened unto you: 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. 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. 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. 16 Yet if any man suffer as a Christian,
let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. 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? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where
shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 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.

5
1 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: 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; 3 neither as being lords over God’s heritage,
but being ensamples to the flock. 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall
receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. 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. 6 Humble yourselves therefore
under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 casting all your care
upon him; for he careth for you. 8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil,
as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: 9 whom resist stedfast
in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that
are in the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us into his eternal glory by
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Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen,
settle you. 11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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. 13 The
church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my
son. 14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ
Jesus. Amen.
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THE SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL OF

PETER.
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:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus
our Lord.
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:
4 whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you
might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the
world through lust: 5 and beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and
to virtue knowledge; 6 and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and
to patience godliness; 7 and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness
charity. 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. 9 But he that lacketh
these things is blind, and cannot see far off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from
his old sins. 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and
election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: 11 for so an entrance shall be
ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ.
12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things,
though ye know them, and be stablished in the present truth. 13 Yea, I think it meet, as
long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; 14 knowing
that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed
me. 15 Moreover I will endeavour that you may be able after my decease to have these
things always in remembrance. 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. 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. 18 And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when
we were with him in the holy mount. 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: 20 knowing this first, that no
prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. 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.

2
1But 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 And many shall
follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken
of. 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.
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; 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; 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; 7 and delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation
of the wicked: 8 (for that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing,
vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) 9 the Lord knoweth
how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of
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judgment to be punished: but chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of
10
uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not
afraid to speak evil of dignities. 11 Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might,
bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. 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; 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; 14 having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable
souls: a heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: 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; 16 but was rebuked for his iniquity:
the dumb ass speaking with man’s voice forbad the madness of the prophet. 17 These
are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of
darkness is reserved for ever. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

3
1 This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure
minds by way of remembrance: 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 knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after
their own lusts, 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. 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: 6 whereby the world that then was,
being overflowed with water, perished: 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. 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. 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. 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 burnt up. 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be
dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
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? 13 Nevertheless
we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth
righteousness. 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. 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; 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. 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. 18 But
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grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory
both now and for ever. Amen.
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THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF

JOHN.
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;
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;) 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. 4 And these
things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. 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. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not
the truth: 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. 8 If we say that
we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

2
1 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 and he is the propitiation
for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 3 And hereby we
do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him,
and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. 5 But whoso
keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are
in him. 6 He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.
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. 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. 9 He that
saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 10 He that
loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
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.
12 I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s
sake. 13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning.
I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write unto
you, little children, because ye have known the Father. 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. 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. 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. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the
will of God abideth for ever. 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. 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. 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One,
and ye know all things. 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. 22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that
Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 23 Whosoever
denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the
Father also. 24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If
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that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue
in the Son, and in the Father. 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even
eternal life. 26 These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.
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. 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. 29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every
one which doeth righteousness is born of him.

3
1 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.
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 And
every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. 4 Whosoever
committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. 5 And
ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. 6 Whosoever
abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even
as he is righteous. 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. 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. 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. 11 For this is the message that ye
heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. 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. 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
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. 15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a
murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. 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. 17 But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother hath
need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God
in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and
in truth. 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts
before him. 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth
all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God.
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and
do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 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. 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.

4
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because
many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God:
Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 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 you have heard that it should come; and even now already
is it in the world. 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. 5 They are of the world, therefore
speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 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. 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every
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one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God;
for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God towards us, because that God
sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 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. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 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. 13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath
given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the
world. 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and
he in God. 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. 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. 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. 19 We love him, because he
first loved us. 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?
21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother
also.
5
1 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. 2 By this we know that we love the
children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of
God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. 4 For
whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh
the world, even our faith. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth
that Jesus is the Son of God? 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. 7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the
Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth,
the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. 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. 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. 11 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and
this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of
God hath not life.
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. 14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing
according to his will, he heareth us: 15 and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we
ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. 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. 17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. 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. 19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole
world lieth in wickedness. 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. 21 Little children, keep
yourselves from idols. Amen.
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THE SECOND EPISTLE OF

JOHN.
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; 2 for the truth’s sake, which dwelleth in us,
and shall be with us for ever. 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. 4 I rejoiced greatly
that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from
the Father. 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. 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. 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. 8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we
have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. 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. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this
doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 for he that
biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
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. 13 The children
of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
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THE THIRD EPISTLE OF

JOHN.
1 THE elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. 2 Beloved, I wish above
all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 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. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk
in truth. 5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to
strangers; 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: 7 because that for
his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. 8 We therefore ought to
receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth.
9 I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among
them, receiveth us not. 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. 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. 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.
13 I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: 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.
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THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF

JUDE.
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: 2 mercy unto you, and peace,
and love, be multiplied.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 8 Likewise also these filthy
dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. 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. 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. 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.
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; 13 raging waves
of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the
blackness of darkness for ever. 14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied
of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, 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.
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.
17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our
Lord Jesus Christ; 18 how that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who
should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These be they who separate themselves,
sensual, having not the Spirit. 20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most
holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for
the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And of some have compassion,
making a difference: 23 and others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating
even the garment spotted by the flesh.
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, 25 to the only wise God our Saviour,
be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.
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THE REVELATION
OF
S. JOHN THE DIVINE.
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: 2 who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ,
and of all things that he saw. 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.
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; 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, 6 and hath made us kings and priests unto
God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
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. 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.
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. 10 I was in the spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard
behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, 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, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 12 And I turned to see the voice
that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; 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. 14 His head and his hairs
were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 and his feet
like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many
waters. 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. 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: 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. 19 Write
the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be
hereafter; 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.

2
1 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 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: 3 and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast
laboured, and hast not fainted. 4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because
thou hast left thy first love. 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. 6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest
the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 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.
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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; 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. 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. 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.
12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath
the sharp sword with two edges; 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. 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.
15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the
sword of my mouth. 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.
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; 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. 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. 21 And
I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. 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. 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. 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. 25 But that which ye have already
hold fast till I come. 26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to
him will I give power over the nations: 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. 28 And
I will give him the morning star. 29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
unto the churches.

3
1 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 6 He that hath an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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; 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
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hast not denied my name. 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. 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. 11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that
fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. 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. 13 He
that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
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; 15 I know
thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So
then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my
mouth. 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: 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. 19 As many as
I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 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. 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.
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

4
1 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. 2 And immediately I was in the spirit:
and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 9 And when those beasts give glory and
honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 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, 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.

5
1 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. 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? 3 And no
man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither
to look thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to
read the book, neither to look thereon. 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
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book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. 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. 7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that
sat upon the throne. 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. 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; 10 and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the
earth.
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; 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. 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. 14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty
elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

6
1 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. 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.
3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and
see. 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.
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 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.
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say,
Come and see. 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.
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: 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? 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.
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; 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. 14 And the heaven departed as a scrole when it
is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 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; 16 and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and
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hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 for the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

7
1 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. 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, 3 saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the
trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 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.
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.
6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand.
Of the tribe of Isachar were sealed twelve thousand.
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.
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; 10 and cried with a loud
voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
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, 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. 13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto
me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? 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. 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. 16 They shall
hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any
heat. 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.

8
1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the
space of half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven
trumpets. 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. 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. 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. 6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves
to sound.
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.
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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; 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.
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;
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.
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. 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.

9
1 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 8 And they had hair as
the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. 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. 10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there
were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. 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. 12 One woe is past;
and behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden
altar which is before God, 14 saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the
four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. 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. 16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred
thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. 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. 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. 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. 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: 21 neither repented they of their murders, nor of
their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

10
1 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
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fire: 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, 3 and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when
he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. 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. 5 And the
angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
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: 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.
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. 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 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. 11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and
nations, and tongues, and kings.

11
1 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. 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. 3 And I
will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred
and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. 4 These are the two olive trees, and the two
candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. 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. 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. 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. 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. 9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations
shall see their dead bodies three days and a half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies
to be put in graves. 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 And after three days and a 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. 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.
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. 14 The second woe is past; and behold, the third
woe cometh quickly.
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. 16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God
on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 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. 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.
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19And 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.

12
1 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: 2 and she being with
child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. 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. 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. 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. 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.
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and
the dragon fought and his angels, 8 and prevailed not; neither was their place found any
more in heaven. 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. 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.
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 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.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman
which brought forth the man child. 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. 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. 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. 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.

13
1 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. 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. 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. 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? 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. 6 And he opened his
mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them
that dwell in heaven. 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.
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. 9 If any man have an
ear, let him hear. 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth
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with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the
saints.
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. 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 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire
come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 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. 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. 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: 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. 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.

14
1 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. 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: 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. 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. 5 And in their mouth was
found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
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, 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. 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. 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, 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: 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. 12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments
of God, and the faith of Jesus. 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 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. 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. 16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and
the earth was reaped.
17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a
sharp sickle. 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. 19 And
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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. 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.

15
1 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. 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. 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. 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.
5 And after that I looked, and behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony
in heaven was opened: 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. 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. 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.

16
1 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. 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.
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.
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and
they became blood. 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. 6 For they have shed
the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are
worthy. 7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and
righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him
to scorch men with fire. 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.
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, 11 and blasphemed the God
of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
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.
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. 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. 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 And he gathered them together into a place called in
the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.
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. 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. 19 And the great city
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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. 20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 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.

17
1 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: 2 with whom the kings of the earth have committed
fornication, and the inhabiters of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her
fornication. 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. 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold
and precious stone and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and
filthiness of her fornication: 5 and upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY,
BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
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. 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. 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. 9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The
seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. 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. 11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth,
and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. 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. 13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength
unto the beast. 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. 15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where
the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. 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 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. 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city,
which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

18
1 And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great
power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 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.
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.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying,
Come out of her, my people,
That ye be not partakers of her sins,
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And that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto heaven,
And God hath remembered her iniquities.
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.
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.
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day,
Death, and mourning, and famine;
And she shall be utterly burnt with fire:
For strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
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,
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.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her;
For no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
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,
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.
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.
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, 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:
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought.

And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships,

And sailers, and as many as trade by sea,
Stood afar off, 18 and cried
When they saw the smoke of her burning, saying,
What city is like unto this great city?
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.
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20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven,
And ye holy apostles and prophets;
For God hath avenged you on her.
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.
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;
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.
24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints,
And of all that were slain upon the earth.

19
1 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: 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.
3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. 4 And the four
and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the
throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipt in blood: and
his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed
him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. 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. 16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND
LORD OF LORDS.
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; 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 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. 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
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cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. 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.

20
1 And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and
a great chain in his hand. 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the
devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 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.
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. 5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were
finished. This is the first resurrection. 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.
7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,
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. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake
of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of
life was cast into the lake of fire.

21
1 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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. 7 He that
overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 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.
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. 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,
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11 having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a
jasper stone, clear as crystal; 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: 13 on the east three gates; on the north three gates; on
the south three gates; and on the west three gates. 14 And the wall of the city had twelve
foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. 15 And he that
talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the
wall thereof. 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. 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. 18 And
the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
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; 20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite;
the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth;
the twelfth, an amethyst. 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.
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple
of it. 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. 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. 25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there
shall be no night there. 26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into
it. 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.

22
1 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. 2 In the midst of the street of it, and of 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. 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: 4 and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their
foreheads. 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.
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. 7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of
this book.
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. 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. 10 And he saith
unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. 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.
12 And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according
as his work shall be. 13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and
the last. 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. 15 For without are dogs, and
sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and
maketh a lie.
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. 17 And the Spirit
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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. 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: 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. 20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even
so, come, Lord Jesus. 21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
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THE BOOK OF PSALMS.

1
1 BLESSED is the man
That walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor standeth in the way of sinners,
Nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD;
And in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,
That bringeth forth his fruit in his season;
His leaf also shall not wither;
And whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so:
But are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment,
Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous:
But the way of the ungodly shall perish.

2
1 Why do the heathen rage,
And the people imagine a vain thing?
2 The kings of the earth set themselves,
And the rulers take counsel together,
Against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
3 Let us break their bands asunder,
And cast away their cords from us.
4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh:
The Lord shall have them in derision.
5 Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath,
And vex them in his sore displeasure.
6 Yet have I set my king
Upon my holy hill of Zion.
7 I will declare the decree:
The LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son;
This day have I begotten thee.
8 Ask of me,
And I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance,
And the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;
Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
10 Be wise now therefore, O ye kings:
Be instructed, ye judges of the earth.
11 Serve the LORD with fear,
And rejoice with trembling.
12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry,
And ye perish from the way,
When his wrath is kindled but a little:
Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.

3
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
1 LORD, how are they increased that trouble me!
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Many are they that rise up against me.
2 Many there be which say of my soul,
There is no help for him in God. Selah.
3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me;
My glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
4 I cried unto the LORD with my voice,
And he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
5 I laid me down and slept;
I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people,
That have set themselves against me round about.
7 Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God:
For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone;
Thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD:
Thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.

4
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.
1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness:
Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress;
Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame?
How long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
3 But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself:
The LORD will hear when I call unto him.
4 Stand in awe, and sin not:
Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,
And put your trust in the LORD.
6 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good?
LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart,
More than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep:
For thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

5
To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David.
1 Give ear to my words, O LORD,
Consider my meditation.
2 Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God:
For unto thee will I pray.
3 My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD;
In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.
4 For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness:
Neither shall evil dwell with thee.
5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight:
Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing:
The LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy:
And in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
8 Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;
Make thy way straight before my face.
9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;
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Their inward part is very wickedness;
Their throat is an open sepulchre;
They flatter with their tongue.
10 Destroy thou them, O God;
Let them fall by their own counsels;
Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions;
For they have rebelled against thee.
11 But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice:
Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them:
Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous;
With favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.

6
To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger,
Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak:
O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
3 My soul is also sore vexed:
But thou, O LORD, how long?
4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul:
O save me for thy mercy’s sake.
5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee:
In the grave who shall give thee thanks?
6 I am weary with my groaning;
All the night make I my bed to swim;
I water my couch with my tears.
7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief;
It waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
8 Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity;
For the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
9 The LORD hath heard my supplication;
The LORD will receive my prayer.
10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed:
Let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

7
Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto the LORD, concerning the words of Cush the
Benjamite.
1 O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust:
Save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me:
2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion,
Rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.
3 O LORD my God, if I have done this;
If there be iniquity in my hands;
4 If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me;
(Yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it;
Yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth,
And lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
6 Arise, O LORD, in thine anger,
Lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies:
And awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded.
7 So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about:
For their sakes therefore return thou on high.
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8 The LORD shall judge the people:
Judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness,
And according to mine integrity that is in me.
9 O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just:
For the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
10 My defence is of God,
Which saveth the upright in heart.
11 God judgeth the righteous,
And God is angry with the wicked every day.
12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword;
He hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death;
He ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity,
And hath conceived mischief,
And brought forth falsehood.
15 He made a pit, and digged it,
And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
16 His mischief shall return upon his own head,
And his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness:
And will sing praise to the name of the LORD most High.

8
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David.
1 O LORD our Lord,
How excellent is thy name in all the earth!
Who hast set thy glory above the heavens.
2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength
Because of thine enemies,
That thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers,
The moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;
4 What is man, that thou art mindful of him?
And the son of man, that thou visitest him?
5 For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels,
And hast crowned him with glory and honour.
6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands;
Thou hast put all things under his feet:
7 All sheep and oxen,
Yea, and the beasts of the field;
8 The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea,
And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
9 O LORD our Lord,
How excellent is thy name in all the earth!

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To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, A Psalm of David.
1 (‫ )א‬I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart;
I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
2 I will be glad and rejoice in thee:
I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.
3 (‫ )ב‬When mine enemies are turned back,
They shall fall and perish at thy presence.
4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause;
Thou satest in the throne judging right.
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5 (‫ )ג‬Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked,
Thou hast put out their name for ever and ever.
6 (‫ )ה‬O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end:
And thou hast destroyed cities;
Their memorial is perished with them.
7 (‫ )ו‬But the LORD shall endure for ever:
He hath prepared his throne for judgment.
8 And he shall judge the world in righteousness,
He shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble.
10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee:
For thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
11 (‫ )ז‬Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion:
Declare among the people his doings.
12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them:
He forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
13 (‫ )ח‬Have mercy upon me, O LORD;
Consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me,
Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death:
14 That I may shew forth all thy praise
In the gates of the daughter of Zion:
I will rejoice in thy salvation.
15 (‫ )ט‬The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made:
In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth:
The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.
Higgaion. Selah.
17 (‫ )י‬The wicked shall be turned into hell,
And all the nations that forget God.
18 (‫ )כ‬For the needy shall not alway be forgotten:
The expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.
19 Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail:
Let the heathen be judged in thy sight.
20 Put them in fear, O LORD:
That the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

10
1 (‫ )ל‬Why standest thou afar off, O LORD?
Why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble?
2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor:
Let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined.
3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire,
And blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.
4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God:
God is not in all his thoughts.
5 His ways are always grievous;
Thy judgments are far above out of his sight:
As for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
6 He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved:
For I shall never be in adversity.
7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud:
Under his tongue is mischief and vanity.
8 He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages:
In the secret places doth he murder the innocent:
His eyes are privily set against the poor.
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9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den:
He lieth in wait to catch the poor:
He doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
10 He croucheth, and humbleth himself,
That the poor may fall by his strong ones.
11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten:
He hideth his face; he will never see it.
12 (‫ )ק‬Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand:

Forget not the humble.

13 Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God?
He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
14 (‫ )ר‬Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite,
To requite it with thy hand:
The poor committeth himself unto thee;
Thou art the helper of the fatherless.
15 (‫ )ש‬Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man:
Seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
16 The LORD is King for ever and ever:
The heathen are perished out of his land.
17 (‫ )ת‬LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble:
Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
18 To judge the fatherless and the oppressed,
That the man of the earth may no more oppress.

11
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 In the LORD put I my trust:
How say ye to my soul,
Flee as a bird to your mountain?
2 For lo, the wicked bend their bow,
They make ready their arrow upon the string,
That they may privily shoot at the upright in heart.
3 If the foundations be destroyed,
What can the righteous do?
4 The LORD is in his holy temple,
The LORD’S throne is in heaven:
His eyes behold,
His eyelids try, the children of men.
5 The LORD trieth the righteous:
But the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone,
And a horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
7 For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness;
His countenance doth behold the upright.

12
To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
1 Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth;
For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
2 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour:
With flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
3 The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips,
And the tongue that speaketh proud things:
4 Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail;
Our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
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Now will I arise, saith the LORD;
I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
6 The words of the LORD are pure words:
As silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
7 Thou shalt keep them, O LORD,
Thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever.
8 The wicked walk on every side,
When the vilest men are exalted.
13
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever?
How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2 How long shall I take counsel in my soul,
Having sorrow in my heart daily?
How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
3 Consider and hear me, O LORD my God:
Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him;
And those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.
5 But I have trusted in thy mercy;
My heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.
6 I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

14
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
They are corrupt, they have done abominable works,
There is none that doeth good.
2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there were any that did understand, and seek God.
3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy:
There is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge?
Who eat up my people as they eat bread,
And call not upon the LORD.
5 There were they in great fear:
For God is in the generation of the righteous.
6 You have shamed the counsel of the poor,
Because the LORD is his refuge.
7 O that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion!
When the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people,
Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

15
A Psalm of David.
1 LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle?
Who shall dwell in thy holy hill?
2 He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness,
And speaketh the truth in his heart.
3 He that backbiteth not with his tongue,
Nor doeth evil to his neighbour,
Nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.
4 In whose eyes a vile person is contemned;
But he honoureth them that fear the LORD.
He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.
5 He that putteth not out his money to usury,
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Nor taketh reward against the innocent.
He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

16
Michtam of David.
1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.
2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord:
My goodness extendeth not to thee;
3 But to the saints that are in the earth,
And to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god:
Their drink offerings of blood will I not offer,
Nor take up their names into my lips.
5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup:
Thou maintainest my lot.
6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places;
Yea, I have a goodly heritage.
7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel:
My reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
8 I have set the LORD always before me:
Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth:
My flesh also shall rest in hope.
10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell;
Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life:
In thy presence is fulness of joy;
At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

17
A Prayer of David.
1 Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry,
Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
2 Let my sentence come forth from thy presence;
Let thine eyes behold the things that are equal.
3 Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night;
Thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing;
I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips
I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
5 Hold up my goings in thy paths,
That my footsteps slip not.
6 I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God:
Incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech.
7 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which
put their trust in thee
From those that rise up against them.
8 Keep me as the apple of the eye,
Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
9 From the wicked that oppress me,
From my deadly enemies, who compass me about.
10 They are inclosed in their own fat:
With their mouth they speak proudly.
11 They have now compassed us in our steps:
They have set their eyes bowing down to the earth;
12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey,
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And as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
13 Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down:
Deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword:
14 From men which are thy hand, O LORD,
From men of the world, which have their portion in this life,
And whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure:
They are full of children,
And leave the rest of their substance to their babes.
15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness:
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.

18
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, the servant of the LORD, who spake unto the
LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all
his enemies, and from the hand of Saul: And he said,
1 I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
2 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
My God, my strength, in whom I will trust;
My buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
3 I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised:
So shall I be saved from mine enemies.
4 The sorrows of death compassed me,
And the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.
5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about:
The snares of death prevented me.
6 In my distress I called upon the LORD,
And cried unto my God:
He heard my voice out of his temple,
And my cry came before him, even into his ears.
7 Then the earth shook and trembled;
The foundations also of the hills moved
And were shaken, because he was wroth.
8 There went up a smoke out of his nostrils,
And fire out of his mouth devoured:
Coals were kindled by it.
9 He bowed the heavens also, and came down:
And darkness was under his feet.
10 And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly:
Yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
11 He made darkness his secret place;
His pavilion round about him
Were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12 At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed,
Hail-stones and coals of fire.
13 The LORD also thundered in the heavens,
And the Highest gave his voice;
Hail-stones and coals of fire.
14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them;
And he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them.
15 Then the channels of waters were seen,
And the foundations of the world were discovered
At thy rebuke, O LORD,
At the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.
16 He sent from above, he took me,
He drew me out of many waters.
17 He delivered me from my strong enemy,
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And from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me.
18 They prevented me in the day of my calamity:
But the LORD was my stay.
19 He brought me forth also into a large place;
He delivered me, because he delighted in me.
20 The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness;
According to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.
21 For I have kept the ways of the LORD,
And have not wickedly departed from my God.
22 For all his judgments were before me,
And I did not put away his statutes from me.
23 I was also upright before him,
And I kept myself from mine iniquity.
24 Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness,
According to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight.
25 With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful;
With an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright;
26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure;
And with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people;
But wilt bring down high looks.
28 For thou wilt light my candle:
The LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.
29 For by thee I have run through a troop;
And by my God have I leaped over a wall.
30 As for God, his way is perfect:
The word of the LORD is tried:
He is a buckler to all those that trust in him.
31 For who is God save the LORD?
Or who is a rock save our God?
32 It is God that girdeth me with strength,
And maketh my way perfect.
33 He maketh my feet like hinds’ feet,
And setteth me upon my high places.
34 He teacheth my hands to war,
So that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
35 Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation:
And thy right hand hath holden me up,
And thy gentleness hath made me great.
36 Thou hast enlarged my steps under me,
That my feet did not slip.
37 I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them:
Neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
38 I have wounded them that they were not able to rise:
They are fallen under my feet.
39 For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle:
Thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
40 Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies;
That I might destroy them that hate me.
41 They cried, but there was none to save them:
Even unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
42 Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind:
I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.
43 Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people;
And thou hast made me the head of the heathen:
A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
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44 As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me:
The strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
45 The strangers shall fade away,
And be afraid out of their close places.
46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock;
And let the God of my salvation be exalted.
47 It is God that avengeth me,
And subdueth the people under me.
48 He delivereth me from mine enemies:
Yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me:
Thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
49 Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen,
And sing praises unto thy name.
50 Great deliverance giveth he to his king;
And sheweth mercy to his anointed,
To David, and to his seed for evermore.
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To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament sheweth his handywork.
2 Day unto day uttereth speech,
And night unto night sheweth knowledge.
3 There is no speech nor language,
Where their voice is not heard.
4 Their line is gone out through all the earth,
And their words to the end of the world.
In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun,
5 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber,
And rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race.
6 His going forth is from the end of the heaven,
And his circuit unto the ends of it:
And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul:
The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
8 The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart:
The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.
9 The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever:
The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether.
10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold:
Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.
11 Moreover by them is thy servant warned:
And in keeping of them there is great reward.
12 Who can understand his errors?
Cleanse thou me from secret faults.
13 Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins;
Let them not have dominion over me:
Then shall I be upright,
And I shall be innocent from the great transgression.
14 Let the words of my mouth,
And the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight,
O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.

20
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
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1 The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble;
The name of the God of Jacob defend thee;
2 Send thee help from the sanctuary,
And strengthen thee out of Zion;
3 Remember all thy offerings,
And accept thy burnt sacrifice. Selah.
4 Grant thee according to thine own heart,
And fulfil all thy counsel.
5 We will rejoice in thy salvation,
And in the name of our God we will set up our banners:
The LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
6 Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed;
He will hear him from his holy heaven
With the saving strength of his right hand.
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses:
But we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
8 They are brought down and fallen:
But we are risen, and stand upright.
9 Save, LORD:
Let the king hear us when we call.

21
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD;
And in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice!
2 Thou hast given him his heart’s desire,
And hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah.
3 For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness:
Thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head.
4 He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him,
Even length of days for ever and ever.
5 His glory is great in thy salvation:
Honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.
6 For thou hast made him most blessed for ever:
Thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
7 For the king trusteth in the LORD,
And through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies:
Thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger:
The LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth,
And their seed from among the children of men.
11 For they intended evil against thee:
They imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
12 Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back,
When thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.
13 Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength:
So will we sing and praise thy power.

22
To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.
1 My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
Why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?
2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not;
And in the night season, and am not silent.
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3 But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
4 Our fathers trusted in thee:
They trusted, and thou didst deliver them.
5 They cried unto thee, and were delivered:
They trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
6 But I am a worm, and no man;
A reproach of men, and despised of the people.
7 All they that see me laugh me to scorn:
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him:
Let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
9 But thou art he that took me out of the womb:
Thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
10 I was cast upon thee from the womb:
Thou art my God from my mother’s belly.
11 Be not far from me; for trouble is near;
For there is none to help.
12 Many bulls have compassed me:
Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.
13 They gaped upon me with their mouths,
As a ravening and a roaring lion.
14 I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint:
My heart is like wax;
It is melted in the midst of my bowels.
15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd;
And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws;
And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16 For dogs have compassed me:
The assembly of the wicked have inclosed me:
They pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I may tell all my bones:
They look and stare upon me.
18 They part my garments among them,
And cast lots upon my vesture.
19 But be not thou far from me, O LORD:
O my strength, haste thee to help me.
20 Deliver my soul from the sword;
My darling from the power of the dog.
21 Save me from the lion’s mouth:
For thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
22 I will declare thy name unto my brethren:
In the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
23 Ye that fear the LORD, praise him;
All ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him;
And fear him, all ye the seed of Israel.
24 For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Neither hath he hid his face from him;
But when he cried unto him, he heard.
25 My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation:
I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied:
They shall praise the LORD that seek him:
Your heart shall live for ever.
27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD:
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And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28 For the kingdom is the LORD’S:
And he is the governor among the nations.
29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship:
All they that go down to the dust shall bow before him:
And none can keep alive his own soul.
30 A seed shall serve him;
It shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.
31 They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness
Unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this.

23
A Psalm of David.
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
And I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
24
A Psalm of David.
1 The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof;
The world, and they that dwell therein.
2 For he hath founded it upon the seas,
And established it upon the floods.
3 Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD?
And who shall stand in his holy place?
4 He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart;
Who hath not lift up his soul unto vanity,
Nor sworn deceitfully.
5 He shall receive the blessing from the LORD,
And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6 This is the generation of them that seek him,
That seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates;
And be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors;
And the King of glory shall come in.
8 Who is this King of glory?
The LORD strong and mighty,
The LORD mighty in battle.
9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates;
Even lift them up, ye everlasting doors;
And the King of glory shall come in.
10 Who is this King of glory?
The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.

25
A Psalm of David.
1 (‫ )א‬Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.
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2 O my God, (‫ )ב‬I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed,
Let not mine enemies triumph over me.
3 (‫ )ג‬Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed:
Let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.
4 (‫ )ד‬Shew me thy ways, O LORD; Teach me thy paths.
5 (‫ )ה‬Lead me in thy truth, and teach me:
For thou art the God of my salvation;
On thee do I wait all the day.
6 (‫ )ז‬Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses;
For they have been ever of old.
7 (‫ )ח‬Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions:
According to thy mercy remember thou me
For thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
8 (‫ )ט‬Good and upright is the LORD:
Therefore will he teach sinners in the way.
9 (‫ )י‬The meek will he guide in judgment:
And the meek will he teach his way.
10 (‫ )כ‬All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth
Unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
11 (‫ )ל‬For thy name’s sake, O LORD,
Pardon mine iniquity; for it is great.
12 (‫ )מ‬What man is he that feareth the LORD?
Him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
13 (‫ )נ‬His soul shall dwell at ease;
And his seed shall inherit the earth.
14 (‫ )ס‬The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him;
And he will shew them his covenant.
15 (‫ )ע‬Mine eyes are ever towards the LORD;
For he shall pluck my feet out of the net.
16 (‫ )פ‬Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me;
For I am desolate and afflicted.
17 (‫ )צ‬The troubles of my heart are enlarged:
O bring thou me out of my distresses.
18 (‫ )ר‬Look upon mine affliction and my pain;
And forgive all my sins.
19 (‫ )ר‬Consider mine enemies; for they are many;
And they hate me with cruel hatred.
20 (‫ )ש‬O keep my soul, and deliver me:
Let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee.
21 (‫ )ת‬Let integrity and uprightness preserve me;
For I wait on thee.
22 (‫ )פ‬Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.

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A Psalm of David.
1 Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity:
I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
2 Examine me, O LORD, and prove me;
Try my reins and my heart.
3 For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes:
And I have walked in thy truth.
4 I have not sat with vain persons,
Neither will I go in with dissemblers.
5 I have hated the congregation of evildoers;
And will not sit with the wicked.
6 I will wash mine hands in innocency:
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So will I compass thine altar, O LORD:
7 That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving,
And tell of all thy wondrous works.
8 LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house,
And the place where thine honour dwelleth.
9 Gather not my soul with sinners,
Nor my life with bloody men:
10 In whose hands is mischief,
And their right hand is full of bribes.
11 But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity:
Redeem me, and be merciful unto me.
12 My foot standeth in an even place:
In the congregations will I bless the LORD.

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A Psalm of David.
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh,
They stumbled and fell.
3 Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear:
Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.
4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after;
That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.
5 For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion:
In the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me;
He shall set me up upon a rock.
6 And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me:
Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy;
I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
7 Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice:
Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.
8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee,
Thy face, LORD, will I seek.
9 Hide not thy face far from me;
Put not thy servant away in anger:
Thou hast been my help; leave me not,
Neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10 When my father and my mother forsake me,
Then the LORD will take me up.
11 Teach me thy way, O LORD,
And lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies.
12 Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies:
For false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
13 I had fainted, unless I had believed
To see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14 Wait on the LORD:
Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart:
Wait, I say, on the LORD.

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A Psalm of David.
1 Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me:
Lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
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2 Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee,
When I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity,
Which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
4 Give them according to their deeds,
And according to the wickedness of their endeavours:
Give them after the work of their hands;
Render to them their desert.
5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD,
Nor the operation of his hands,
He shall destroy them, and not build them up.
6 Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
7 The LORD is my strength and my shield;
My heart trusted in him, and I am helped:
Therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth;
And with my song will I praise him.
8 The LORD is their strength,
And he is the saving strength of his anointed.
9 Save thy people,
And bless thine inheritance:
Feed them also, and lift them up for ever.

29
A Psalm of David.
1 Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty,
Give unto the LORD glory and strength.
2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name;
Worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters:
The God of glory thundereth:
The LORD is upon many waters.
4 The voice of the LORD is powerful;
The voice of the LORD is full of majesty.
5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars;
Yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon.
6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf;
Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn.
7 The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire.
8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness;
The LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve,
And discovereth the forests:
And in his temple doth every one speak of his glory.
10 The LORD sitteth upon the flood;
Yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever.
11 The LORD will give strength unto his people;
The LORD will bless his people with peace.

30
A Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.
1 I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up,
And hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.
2 O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.
3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave:
Thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
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4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his,
And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life:
Weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
6 And in my prosperity I said,
I shall never be moved.
7 LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong:
Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
8 I cried to thee, O LORD;
And unto the LORD I made supplication.
9 What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit?
Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
10 Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me:
LORD, be thou my helper.
11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing:
Thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
12 To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent.
O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

31
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust;
Let me never be ashamed:
Deliver me in thy righteousness.
2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily:
Be thou my strong rock,
For a house of defence to save me.
3 For thou art my rock and my fortress;
Therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me:
For thou art my strength.
5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit:
Thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities:
But I trust in the LORD.
7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy:
For thou hast considered my trouble;
Thou hast known my soul in adversities;
8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy:
Thou hast set my feet in a large room.
9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble:
Mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing:
My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies,
But especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance:
They that did see me without fled from me.
12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind:
I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I have heard the slander of many:
Fear was on every side:
While they took counsel together against me,
They devised to take away my life.
14 But I trusted in thee, O LORD:
I said, Thou art my God.
15 My times are in thy hand:
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Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant:
Save me for thy mercy’s sake.
17 Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee:
Let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave.
18 Let the lying lips be put to silence;
Which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
19 O how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee;
Which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee
Before the sons of men!
20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man:
Thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
21 Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city.
22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes:
Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.
23 O love the LORD, all ye his saints:
For the LORD preserveth the faithful,
And plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart,
All ye that hope in the LORD.

32
A Psalm of David, Maschil.
1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no guile.
3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old
Through my roaring all the day long.
4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me:
My moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee,
And mine iniquity have I not hid.
I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD;
And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be
found:
Surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble;
Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go:
I will guide thee with mine eye.
9 Be ye not as the horse,
Or as the mule, which have no understanding:
Whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle,
Lest they come near unto thee.
10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked:
But he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
11Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous:
And shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

33
1 Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous:
For praise is comely for the upright.
2 Praise the LORD with harp:
Sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
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3 Sing unto him a new song;
Play skilfully with a loud noise.
4 For the word of the LORD is right;
And all his works are done in truth.
5 He loveth righteousness and judgment:
The earth is full of the goodness of the LORD.
6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made;
And all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as a heap:
He layeth up the depth in storehouses.
8 Let all the earth fear the LORD:
Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.
9 For he spake, and it was done;
He commanded, and it stood fast.
10 The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought:
He maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
11 The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever,
The thoughts of his heart to all generations.
12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD;
And the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.
13 The LORD looketh from heaven;
He beholdeth all the sons of men.
14 From the place of his habitation he looketh
Upon all the inhabitants of the earth.
15 He fashioneth their hearts alike;
He considereth all their works.
16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host:
A mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
17 A horse is a vain thing for safety:
Neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him,
Upon them that hope in his mercy;
19 To deliver their soul from death,
And to keep them alive in famine.
20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD:
He is our help and our shield.
21 For our heart shall rejoice in him,
Because we have trusted in his holy name.
22 Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us,
According as we hope in thee.

34
A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him
away, and he departed.
1 (‫ )א‬I will bless the LORD at all times:
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
2 (‫ )ב‬My soul shall make her boast in the LORD:
The humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
3 (‫ )ג‬O magnify the LORD with me,
And let us exalt his name together.
4 (‫ )ד‬I sought the LORD, and he heard me,
And delivered me from all my fears.
5 (‫ )ה‬They looked unto him, and were lightened:
(‫ )ו‬And their faces were not ashamed.
6 (‫ )ז‬This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.
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7 (‫ )ח‬The angel of the LORD encampeth
Round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
8 (‫ )ט‬O taste and see that the LORD is good:
Blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
9 (‫ )י‬O fear the LORD, ye his saints:
For there is no want to them that fear him.
10 (‫ )כ‬The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger:
But they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.
11 (‫ )ל‬Come, ye children, hearken unto me:
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
12 (‫ )מ‬What man is he that desireth life,
And loveth many days, that he may see good?
13 (‫ )נ‬Keep thy tongue from evil,
And thy lips from speaking guile.
14 (‫ )ס‬Depart from evil, and do good;
Seek peace, and pursue it.
15 (‫ )ע‬The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous,
And his ears are open unto their cry.
16 (‫ )פ‬The face of the LORD is against them that do evil,
To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
17 (‫ )צ‬The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth,
And delivereth them out of all their troubles.
18 (‫ )ק‬The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;

And saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.

19 (‫ )ר‬Many are the afflictions of the righteous:
But the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
20 (‫ )ש‬He keepeth all his bones:
Not one of them is broken.
21 (‫ )ת‬Evil shall slay the wicked:
And they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
22 (‫ )פ‬The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants:
And none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
35
A Psalm of David.
1 Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me:
Fight against them that fight against me.
2 Take hold of shield and buckler,
And stand up for mine help.
3 Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me:
Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
4 Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul:
Let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.
5 Let them be as chaff before the wind:
And let the angel of the LORD chase them.
6 Let their way be dark and slippery:
And let the angel of the LORD persecute them.
7 For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit,
Which without cause they have digged for my soul.
8 Let destruction come upon him at unawares;
And let his net that he hath hid catch himself:
Into that very destruction let him fall.
9 And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD:
It shall rejoice in his salvation.
10 All my bones shall say,
LORD, who is like unto thee,
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Which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him,
Yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him?
11 False witnesses did rise up;
They laid to my charge things that I knew not.
12 They rewarded me evil for good
To the spoiling of my soul.
13 But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth:
I humbled my soul with fasting;
And my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother:
I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother.
15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together:
Yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not;
They did tear me, and ceased not:
16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts,
They gnashed upon me with their teeth.
17 Lord, how long wilt thou look on?
Rescue my soul from their destructions,
My darling from the lions.
18 I will give thee thanks in the great congregation:
I will praise thee among much people.
19 Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me:
Neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause.
20 For they speak not peace:
But they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land.
21 Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me,
And said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it.
22 This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence:
O Lord, be not far from me.
23 Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment,
Even unto my cause, my God and my Lord.
24 Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness;
And let them not rejoice over me.
25 Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it:
Let them not say, We have swallowed him up.
26 Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt:
Let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me.
27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause:
Yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified,
Which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
28 And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness
And of thy praise all the day long.

36
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.
1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart,
That there is no fear of God before his eyes.
2 For he flattereth himself in his own eyes,
Until his iniquity be found to be hateful.
3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit:
He hath left off to be wise, and to do good.
4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed;
He setteth himself in a way that is not good;
He abhorreth not evil.
5 Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens;
And thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds.
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6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains;
Thy judgments are a great deep:
O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
7 How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God!
Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.
8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house;
And thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
9 For with thee is the fountain of life:
In thy light shall we see light.
10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee;
And thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
11 Let not the foot of pride come against me,
And let not the hand of the wicked remove me.
12 There are the workers of iniquity fallen:
They are cast down, and shall not be able to rise.

37
A Psalm of David.
1 (‫ )א‬Fret not thyself because of evildoers,
Neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.
2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass,
And wither as the green herb.
3 (‫ )ב‬Trust in the LORD, and do good;
So shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.
4 Delight thyself also in the LORD;
And he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
5 (‫ )ג‬Commit thy way unto the LORD;
Trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light,
And thy judgment as the noonday.
7(‫ )ד‬Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him:
Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way,
Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
8 (‫ )ה‬Cease from anger, and forsake wrath:
Fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
9 For evildoers shall be cut off:
But those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth.
10 (‫ )ו‬For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be:
Yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
11 But the meek shall inherit the earth;
And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
12 (‫ )ז‬The wicked plotteth against the just,
And gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
13 The Lord shall laugh at him:
For he seeth that his day is coming.
14 (‫ )ח‬The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow,
To cast down the poor and needy,
And to slay such as be of upright conversation.
15 Their sword shall enter into their own heart,
And their bows shall be broken.
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16 (‫ )ט‬A little that a righteous man hath
Is better than the riches of many wicked.
17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken:
But the LORD upholdeth the righteous.
18 (‫ )י‬The LORD knoweth the days of the upright:
And their inheritance shall be for ever.
19 They shall not be ashamed in the evil time:
And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied.
20(‫ )כ‬But the wicked shall perish,
And the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs:
They shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.

21 (‫ )ל‬The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again:

But the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
22 For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth;
And they that be cursed of him shall be cut off.
23 (‫ )מ‬The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD:
And he delighteth in his way.
24 Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down:
For the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.
25 (‫ )נ‬I have been young, and now am old;
Yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken,
Nor his seed begging bread.
26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth;
And his seed is blessed.
27 (‫ )ס‬Depart from evil, and do good;
And dwell for evermore.
28 For the LORD loveth judgment,
And forsaketh not his saints;

(‫ )לע‬They are preserved for ever:

But the seed of the wicked shall be cut off.
29 The righteous shall inherit the land,
And dwell therein for ever.
30 (‫ )פ‬The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom,
And his tongue talketh of judgment.
31 The law of his God is in his heart;
None of his steps shall slide.
32 (‫ )צ‬The wicked watcheth the righteous,
And seeketh to slay him.
33 The LORD will not leave him in his hand,
Nor condemn him when he is judged.
34(‫ )ק‬Wait on the LORD, and keep his way,
And he shall exalt thee to inherit the land:
When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
35(‫ )ר‬I have seen the wicked in great power,
And spreading himself like a green bay tree.
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36Yet he passed away, and lo, he was not:
Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
37 (‫ )ש‬Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright:
For the end of that man is peace.
38 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together:
The end of the wicked shall be cut off.
39 (‫ )ות‬But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD:
He is their strength in the time of trouble.
40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them:
He shall deliver them from the wicked,
And save them, because they trust in him.

38
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath:
Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me,
And thy hand presseth me sore.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger;
Neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head:
As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds stink and are corrupt
Because of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly;
I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease:
And there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and sore broken:
I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee;
And my groaning is not hid from thee.
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me:
As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore;
And my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me:
And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things,
And imagine deceits all the day long.
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not;
And I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not,
And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope:
Thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me:
When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17 For I am ready to halt,
And my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity;
I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong:
And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries;
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Because I follow the thing that good is.
21 Forsake me not, O LORD:
O my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me,
O Lord my salvation.

39
To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.
1 I said, I will take heed to my ways,
That I sin not with my tongue:
I will keep my mouth with a bridle,
While the wicked is before me.
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good;
And my sorrow was stirred.
3 My heart was hot within me,
While I was musing the fire burned:
Then spake I with my tongue,
4 LORD, make me to know mine end,
And the measure of my days, what it is;
That I may know how frail I am.
5 Behold, thou hast made my days as a handbreadth;
And mine age is as nothing before thee:
Verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew:
Surely they are disquieted in vain:
He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
7 And now, Lord, what wait I for?
My hope is in thee.
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions:
Make me not the reproach of the foolish.
9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth;
Because thou didst it.
10 Remove thy stroke away from me:
I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
11 When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity,
Thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth:
Surely every man is vanity. Selah.
12 Hear my prayer, O LORD,
And give ear unto my cry;
Hold not thy peace at my tears:
For I am a stranger with thee,
And a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
13 O spare me, that I may recover strength,
Before I go hence, and be no more.

40
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 I waited patiently for the LORD;
And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
2 He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay,
And set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God:
Many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
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4 Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust,
And respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.
5 Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done,
And thy thoughts which are to us-ward:
They cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee:
If I would declare and speak of them,
They are moe than can be numbered.
6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire;
Mine ears hast thou opened:
Burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come:
In the volume of the book it is written of me,
8 I delight to do thy will, O my God:
Yea, thy law is within my heart.
9 I have preached righteousness in the great congregation:
Lo, I have not refrained my lips,
O LORD, thou knowest.
10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart;
I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation:
I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD:
Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12 For innumerable evils have compassed me about:
Mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up;
They are moe than the hairs of mine head, therefore my heart faileth me.
13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me:
O LORD, make haste to help me.
14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it;
Let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
15 Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame
That say unto me, Aha, aha!
16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee:
Let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.
17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me:
Thou art my help and my deliverer;
Make no tarrying, O my God.

41
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor:
The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble.
2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive;
And he shall be blessed upon the earth:
And thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing:
Thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me:
Heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
5 Mine enemies speak evil of me,
When shall he die, and his name perish?
6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity:
His heart gathereth iniquity to itself;
When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
7 All that hate me whisper together against me:
Against me do they devise my hurt.
8 An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him:
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And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.
9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted,
Which did eat of my bread,
Hath lift up his heel against me.
10 But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me,
And raise me up, that I may requite them.
11 By this I know that thou favourest me,
Because mine enemy doth not triumph over me.
12 And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity,
And settest me before thy face for ever.
13 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and
Amen.
42
To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.
1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks,
So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:
When shall I come and appear before God?
3 My tears have been my meat day and night,
While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me:
For I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God,
With the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me?
Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him
For the help of his countenance.
6 O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee
From the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.
7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts:
All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
8 Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime,
And in the night his song shall be with me,
And my prayer unto the God of my life.
9 I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me?
Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
10 As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me;
While they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?
11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me?
Hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him,
Who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

43
1 Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation:
O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man.
2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off?
Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?
3 O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me;
Let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
4 Then will I go unto the altar of God,
Unto God my exceeding joy:
Yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me?
Hope in God: for I shall yet praise him,
Who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
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44
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.
1 We have heard with our ears, O God,
Our fathers have told us,
What work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
2 How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them;
How thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
3 For they got not the land in possession by their own sword,
Neither did their own arm save them:
But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance,
Because thou hadst a favour unto them.
4 Thou art my King, O God:
Command deliverances for Jacob.
5 Through thee will we push down our enemies:
Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
6 For I will not trust in my bow,
Neither shall my sword save me.
7 But thou hast saved us from our enemies,
And hast put them to shame that hated us.
8 In God we boast all the day long,
And praise thy name for ever. Selah.
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame;
And goest not forth with our armies.
10 Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy:
And they which hate us spoil for themselves.
11 Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat;
And hast scattered us among the heathen.
12 Thou sellest thy people for nought,
And dost not increase thy wealth by their price.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours,
A scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen,
A shaking of the head among the people.
15 My confusion is continually before me,
And the shame of my face hath covered me,
16 For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth;
By reason of the enemy and avenger.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee,
Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
18 Our heart is not turned back,
Neither have our steps declined from thy way;
19 Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons,
And covered us with the shadow of death.
20 If we have forgotten the name of our God,
Or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
21 Shall not God search this out?
For he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long;
We are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?
Arise, cast us not off for ever.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
And forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust:
Our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
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26Arise for our help,
And redeem us for thy mercy’s sake.

45
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.
1 My heart is inditing a good matter:
I speak of the things which I have made touching the king:
My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
2 Thou art fairer than the children of men:
Grace is poured into thy lips:
Therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty,
With thy glory and thy majesty.
4 And in thy majesty ride prosperously
Because of truth and meekness and righteousness;
And thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
5 Thine arrows are sharp
In the heart of the king’s enemies;
Whereby the people fall under thee.
6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever:
The sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness:
Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee
With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia,
Out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.
9 Kings’ daughters were among thy honourable women:
Upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir.
10 Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear;
Forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
11 So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty:
For he is thy Lord; and worship thou him.
12 And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift;
Even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
13 The king’s daughter is all glorious within:
Her clothing is of wrought gold.
14 She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework:
The virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
15 With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought:
They shall enter into the king’s palace.
16 Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children,
Whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.
17 I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations:
Therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.

46
To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.
1 God is our refuge and strength,
A very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah.
4There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God,
The holy place of the tabernacles of the most High.
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5 God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved:
God shall help her, and that right early.
6 The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved:
He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
7 The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
8 Come, behold the works of the LORD,
What desolations he hath made in the earth.
9 He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth;
He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder;
He burneth the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God:
I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
11 The LORD of hosts is with us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.

47
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1 O clap your hands, all ye people;
Shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
2 For the LORD most High is terrible;
He is a great King over all the earth.
3 He shall subdue the people under us,
And the nations under our feet.
4 He shall choose our inheritance for us,
The excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
5 God is gone up with a shout,
The LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises:
Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the earth:
Sing ye praises with understanding.
8 God reigneth over the heathen:
God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
9 The princes of the people are gathered together,
Even the people of the God of Abraham:
For the shields of the earth belong unto God:
He is greatly exalted.

48
A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised
In the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.
2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion,
On the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
3 God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
4 For lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
5 They saw it, and so they marvelled;
They were troubled, and hasted away.
6 Fear took hold upon them there,
And pain, as of a woman in travail.
7 Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.
8 As we have heard, so have we seen
In the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God:
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God will establish it for ever. Selah.
9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God,
In the midst of thy temple.
10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth:
Thy right hand is full of righteousness.
11 Let mount Zion rejoice,
Let the daughters of Judah be glad,
Because of thy judgments.
12 Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces;
That ye may tell it to the generation following.
14 For this God is our God for ever and ever:
He will be our guide even unto death.

49
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1 Hear this, all ye people;
Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
2 Both low and high,
Rich and poor, together.
3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom;
And the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.
4 I will incline mine ear to a parable:
I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
5 Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil,
When the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about?
6 They that trust in their wealth,
And boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;
7 None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
Nor give to God a ransom for him:
8 (For the redemption of their soul is precious,
And it ceaseth for ever:)
9 That he should still live for ever,
And not see corruption.
10 For he seeth that wise men die,
Likewise the fool and the brutish person perish,
And leave their wealth to others.
11 Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever,
And their dwelling places to all generations;
They call their lands after their own names.
12 Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not:
He is like the beasts that perish.
13 This their way is their folly:
Yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
14 Like sheep they are laid in the grave;
Death shall feed on them;
And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning;
And their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling.
15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave:
For he shall receive me. Selah.
16 Be not thou afraid when one is made rich,
When the glory of his house is increased;
17 For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away:
His glory shall not descend after him.
18 Though whiles he lived he blessed his soul:
And men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.
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19 He shall go to the generation of his fathers;
They shall never see light.
20 Man that is in honour, and understandeth not,
Is like the beasts that perish.

50
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth
From the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God hath shined.
3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence:
A fire shall devour before him,
And it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
4 He shall call to the heavens from above,
And to the earth, that he may judge his people.
5 Gather my saints together unto me;
Those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness:
For God is judge himself. Selah.
7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak;
O Israel, and I will testify against thee:
I am God, even thy God.
8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices
Or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
9 I will take no bullock out of thy house,
Nor he goats out of thy folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine,
And the cattle upon a thousand hills.
11 I know all the fowls of the mountains:
And the wild beasts of the field are mine.
12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee:
For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls,
Or drink the blood of goats?
14 Offer unto God thanksgiving;
And pay thy vows unto the most High:
15 And call upon me in the day of trouble:
I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
16 But unto the wicked God saith,
What hast thou to do to declare my statutes,
Or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
17 Seeing thou hatest instruction,
And castest my words behind thee.
18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him,
And hast been partaker with adulterers.
19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil,
And thy tongue frameth deceit.
20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother;
Thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.
21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence;
Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself:
But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
22 Now consider this, ye that forget God,
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Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me:
And to him that ordereth his conversation aright
Will I shew the salvation of God.
51
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after
he had gone in to Bath-sheba.
1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness:
According unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity,
And cleanse me from my sin.
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions:
And my sin is ever before me.
4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned,
And done this evil in thy sight:
That thou mightest be justified when thou speakest,
And be clear when thou judgest.
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity;
And in sin did my mother conceive me.
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts:
And in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean:
Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness;
That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
9 Hide thy face from my sins,
And blot out all mine iniquities.
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God;
And renew a right spirit within me.
11 Cast me not away from thy presence;
And take not thy holy Spirit from me.
12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation;
And uphold me with thy free spirit.
13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways;
And sinners shall be converted unto thee.
14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation:
And my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.
15 O Lord, open thou my lips;
And my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it:
Thou delightest not in burnt offering.
17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit:
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion:
Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering
and whole burnt offering:
Then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

52
To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when Doeg the Edomite came and told
Saul, and said unto him, David is come to the house of Ahimelech.
1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man?
The goodness of God endureth continually.
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2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs;
Like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.
3 Thou lovest evil more than good;
And lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.
4 Thou lovest all devouring words,
O thou deceitful tongue.
5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever,
He shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place,
And root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.
6 The righteous also shall see, and fear,
And shall laugh at him:
7 Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength;
But trusted in the abundance of his riches,
And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
8 But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God:
I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever.
9 I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it:
And I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints.

53
To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.
1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.
Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity:
There is none that doeth good.
2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men,
To see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God.
3 Every one of them is gone back, they are altogether become filthy;
There is none that doeth good, no, not one.
4 Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge?
Who eat up my people as they eat bread:
They have not called upon God.
5 There were they in great fear, where no fear was:
For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee:
Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
6 O that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion!
When God bringeth back the captivity of his people,
Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

54
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphims came
and said to Saul, Doth not David hide himself with us?
1 Save me, O God, by thy name,
And judge me by thy strength.
2 Hear my prayer, O God;
Give ear to the words of my mouth.
3 For strangers are risen up against me,
And oppressors seek after my soul:
They have not set God before them. Selah.
4 Behold, God is mine helper:
The Lord is with them that uphold my soul.
5 He shall reward evil unto mine enemies:
Cut them off in thy truth.
6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee:
I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good.
7 For he hath delivered me out of all trouble:
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And mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies.

55
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, A Psalm of David.
1 Give ear to my prayer, O God;
And hide not thyself from my supplication.
2 Attend unto me, and hear me:
I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise;
3 Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked:
For they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me.
4 My heart is sore pained within me:
And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
5 Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me,
And horror hath overwhelmed me.
6 And I said, O that I had wings like a dove,
For then would I fly away, and be at rest.
7 Lo, then would I wander far off,
And remain in the wilderness. Selah.
8 I would hasten my escape
From the windy storm and tempest.
9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues:
For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
10 Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof:
Mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it.
11 Wickedness is in the midst thereof:
Deceit and guile depart not from her streets.
12 For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it:
Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have
hid myself from him:
13 But it was thou, a man mine equal,
My guide, and mine acquaintance.
14 We took sweet counsel together,
And walked unto the house of God in company.
15 Let death seize upon them,
And let them go down quick into hell:
For wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.
16 As for me, I will call upon God;
And the LORD shall save me.
17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud:
And he shall hear my voice.
18 He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me:
For there were many with me.
19 God shall hear, and afflict them,
Even he that abideth of old. Selah.
Because they have no changes,
Therefore they fear not God.
20 He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him:
He hath broken his covenant.
21 The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart:
His words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.
22 Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee:
He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction:
Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;
But I will trust in thee.
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56
To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem-rechokim, Michtam of David, when the
Philistines took him in Gath.
1 Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up;
He fighting daily oppresseth me.
2 Mine enemies would daily swallow me up:
For they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.
3 What time I am afraid,
I will trust in thee.
4 In God I will praise his word,
In God I have put my trust; I will not fear
What flesh can do unto me.
5 Every day they wrest my words:
All their thoughts are against me for evil.
6 They gather themselves together, they hide themselves,
They mark my steps,
When they wait for my soul.
7 Shall they escape by iniquity?
In thine anger cast down the people, O God.
8 Thou tellest my wanderings:
Put thou my tears into thy bottle:
Are they not in thy book?
9 When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back:
This I know; for God is for me.
10 In God will I praise his word:
In the LORD will I praise his word.
11 In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid
What man can do unto me.
12 Thy vows are upon me, O God:
I will render praises unto thee.
13 For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling,
That I may walk before God in the light of the living?

57
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David, when he fled from Saul in the cave.
1 Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me:
For my soul trusteth in thee:
Yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge,
Until these calamities be overpast.
2 I will cry unto God most High;
Unto God that performeth all things for me.
3 He shall send from heaven, and save me
From the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah.
God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.
4 My soul is among lions:
And I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men,
Whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens;
Let thy glory be above all the earth.
6They have prepared a net for my steps;
My soul is bowed down:
They have digged a pit before me,
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Into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah.
7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed:
I will sing and give praise.
8 Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp:
I myself will awake early.
9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people:
I will sing unto thee among the nations.
10 For thy mercy is great unto the heavens,
And thy truth unto the clouds.
11 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens:
Let thy glory be above all the earth.

58
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David.
1 Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation?
Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
2 Yea, in heart you work wickedness;
You weigh the violence of your hands in the earth.
3 The wicked are estranged from the womb:
They go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
4 Their poison is like the poison of a serpent:
They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers,
Charming never so wisely.
6 Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth:
Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
7 Let them melt away as waters which run continually:
When he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces.
8 As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away:
Like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun.
9 Before your pots can feel the thorns,
He shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath.
10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance:
He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.
11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous:
Verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth.

59
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Michtam of David; when Saul sent, and they watcht
the house to kill him.
1 Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God:
Defend me from them that rise up against me.
2 Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,
And save me from bloody men.
3 For lo, they lie in wait for my soul:
The mighty are gathered against me;
Not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD.
4 They run and prepare themselves without my fault:
Awake to help me, and behold.
5 Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel,
Awake to visit all the heathen:
Be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah.
6They return at evening:
They make a noise like a dog,
And go round about the city.
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7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth:
Swords are in their lips:
For who, say they, doth hear?
8 But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them;
Thou shalt have all the heathen in derision.
9 Because of his strength will I wait upon thee:
For God is my defence.
10 The God of my mercy shall prevent me:
God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies.
11 Slay them not, lest my people forget:
Scatter them by thy power;
And bring them down, O Lord our shield.
12 For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips
Let them even be taken in their pride:
And for cursing and lying which they speak.
13 Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be:
And let them know that God ruleth in Jacob
Unto the ends of the earth. Selah.
14And at evening let them return;
And let them make a noise like a dog,
And go round about the city.
15 Let them wander up and down for meat,
And grudge if they be not satisfied.
16 But I will sing of thy power;
Yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning:
For thou hast been my defence
And refuge in the day of my trouble.
17 Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing:
For God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.

60
To the chief Musician upon Shushan-eduth, Michtam of David, to teach; when he strove
with Aram-naharaim and with Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and smote of Edom in
the valley of salt twelve thousand.
1 O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us,
Thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again.
2 Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it:
Heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh.
3 Thou hast shewed thy people hard things:
Thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment.
4 Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee,
That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.
5 That thy beloved may be delivered;
Save with thy right hand, and hear me.
6 God hath spoken in his holiness;
I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem,
And mete out the valley of Succoth.
7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim also is the strength of mine head;
Judah is my lawgiver;
8 Moab is my washpot;
Over Edom will I cast out my shoe:
Philistia, triumph thou because of me.
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9 Who will bring me into the strong city?
Who will lead me into Edom?
10 Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off?
And thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?
11 Give us help from trouble:
For vain is the help of man.
12 Through God we shall do valiantly:
For he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
61
To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A Psalm of David.
1 Hear my cry, O God;
Attend unto my prayer.
2 From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed:
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
3 For thou hast been a shelter for me,
And a strong tower from the enemy.
4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever:
I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
5 For thou, O God, hast heard my vows:
Thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name.
6 Thou wilt prolong the king’s life:
And his years as many generations.
7 He shall abide before God for ever:
O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him.
8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever,
That I may daily perform my vows.

62
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.
1 Truly my soul waiteth upon God:
From him cometh my salvation.
2 He only is my rock and my salvation;
He is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved.
3 How long will ye imagine mischief against a man?
Ye shall be slain all of you:
As a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
4 They only consult to cast him down from his excellency:
They delight in lies:
They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah.
5 My soul, wait thou only upon God;
For my expectation is from him.
6 He only is my rock and my salvation:
He is my defence; I shall not be moved.
7 In God is my salvation and my glory:
The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
8 Trust in him at all times; ye people,
Pour out your heart before him:
God is a refuge for us. Selah.
9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie:
To be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.
10 Trust not in oppression,
And become not vain in robbery:
If riches increase, set not your heart upon them.
11 God hath spoken once;
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Twice have I heard this;
That power belongeth unto God.
12 Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy:
For thou renderest to every man according to his work.

63
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee:
My soul thirsteth for thee,
My flesh longeth for thee,
In a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2 To see thy power and thy glory,
So as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise thee.
4 Thus will I bless thee while I live:
I will lift up my hands in thy name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness;
And my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
6 When I remember thee upon my bed,
And meditate on thee in the night watches.
7 Because thou hast been my help,
Therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
8 My soul followeth hard after thee:
Thy right hand upholdeth me.
9 But those that seek my soul, to destroy it,
Shall go into the lower parts of the earth.
10 They shall fall by the sword:
They shall be a portion for foxes.
11 But the king shall rejoice in God;
Every one that sweareth by him shall glory:
But the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.

64
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer:
Preserve my life from fear of the enemy.
2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked;
From the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
3 Who whet their tongue like a sword,
And bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
4 That they may shoot in secret at the perfect:
Suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter:
They commune of laying snares privily;
They say, Who shall see them?
6 They search out iniquities;
They accomplish a diligent search:
Both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep.
7 But God shall shoot at them with an arrow;
Suddenly shall they be wounded.
8 So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves:
All that see them shall flee away.
9 And all men shall fear,
And shall declare the work of God;
For they shall wisely consider of his doing.
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10The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him;
And all the upright in heart shall glory.

65
To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song of David.
1 Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion:
And unto thee shall the vow be performed.
2 O thou that hearest prayer,
Unto thee shall all flesh come.
3 Iniquities prevail against me:
As for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.
4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest,
And causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts:
We shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house,
Even of thy holy temple.
5 By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation;
Who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the
sea:
6 Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains;
Being girded with power:
7 Which stilleth the noise of the seas,
The noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.
8 They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens:
Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice.
9 Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it:
Thou greatly enrichest it
With the river of God, which is full of water:
Thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof:
Thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness;
And thy paths drop fatness.
12 They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness:
And the little hills rejoice on every side.
13 The pastures are clothed with flocks;
The valleys also are covered over with corn;
They shout for joy, they also sing.

66
To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm.
1 Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
2 Sing forth the honour of his name:
Make his praise glorious.
3 Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works!
Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.
4 All the earth shall worship thee,
And shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah.
5 Come and see the works of God:
He is terrible in his doing toward the children of men.
6 He turned the sea into dry land:
They went through the flood on foot:
There did we rejoice in him.
7 He ruleth by his power for ever;
His eyes behold the nations:
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Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah.
8 O bless our God, ye people,
And make the voice of his praise to be heard:
9 Which holdeth our soul in life,
And suffereth not our feet to be moved.
10 For thou, O God, hast proved us:
Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
11 Thou broughtest us into the net;
Thou laidst affliction upon our loins.
12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads;
We went through fire and through water:
But thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings:
I will pay thee my vows,
14 Which my lips have uttered,
And my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings,
With the incense of rams;
I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
16 Come and hear, all ye that fear God,
And I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
17 I cried unto him with my mouth,
And he was extolled with my tongue.
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart,
The Lord will not hear me:
19 But verily God hath heard me;
He hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer,
Nor his mercy from me.

67
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song.
1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us;
And cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.
2 That thy way may be known upon earth,
Thy saving health among all nations.
3 Let the people praise thee, O God;
Let all the people praise thee.
4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy:
For thou shalt judge the people righteously,
And govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
5 Let the people praise thee, O God;
Let all the people praise thee.
6 Then shall the earth yield her increase;
And God, even our own God, shall bless us.
7 God shall bless us;
And all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
68
To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David.
1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered:
Let them also that hate him flee before him.
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away:
As wax melteth before the fire,
So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
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3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God:
Yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.
4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name:
Extol him that rideth upon the heavens
By his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows,
Is God in his holy habitation.
6 God setteth the solitary in families:
He bringeth out those which are bound with chains:
But the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people,
When thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah.
8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped
At the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved
At the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain,
Whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein:
Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the word:
Great was the company of those that published it.
12 Kings of armies did flee apace:
And she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
13 Though ye have lien among the pots,
Yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And her feathers with yellow gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it,
It was white as snow in Salmon.
15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan;
A high hill as the hill of Bashan.
16 Why leap ye, ye high hills?
This is the hill which God desireth to dwell in;
Yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels:
The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive:
Thou hast received gifts for men;
Yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
19 Blessed be the Lord,
Who daily loadeth us with benefits,
Even the God of our salvation. Selah.
20 He that is our God is the God of salvation;
And unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies,
And the hairy scalp of such a one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan,
I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies,
And the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
24 They have seen thy goings, O God;
Even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after;
Among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
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26 Bless ye God in the congregations,
Even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
27 There is little Benjamin with their ruler,
The princes of Judah and their council,
The princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength:
Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem
Shall kings bring presents unto thee.
30 Rebuke the company of spearmen,
The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people,
Till every one submit himself with pieces of silver:
Scatter thou the people that delight in war.
31 Princes shall come out of Egypt;
Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth;
O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah.
33 To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old;
Lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.
34 Ascribe ye strength unto God:
His excellency is over Israel,
And his strength is in the clouds.
35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places:
The God of Israel is he
That giveth strength and power unto his people.
Blessed be God.
69
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of David.
1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing:
I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried:
Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
4 They that hate me without a cause are moe than the hairs of mine head:
They that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty:
Then I restored that which I took not away.
5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness;
And my sins are not hid from thee.
6 Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake:
Let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.
7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach;
Shame hath covered my face.
8 I am become a stranger unto my brethren,
And an alien unto my mother’s children.
9 For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up;
And the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
10 When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting,
That was to my reproach.
11 I made sackcloth also my garment;
And I became a proverb to them.
12 They that sit in the gate speak against me;
And I was the song of the drunkards.
13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time:
O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.
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14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink:
Let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
15 Let not the waterflood overflow me,
Neither let the deep swallow me up,
And let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
16 Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good:
Turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies.
17 And hide not thy face from thy servant;
For I am in trouble: hear me speedily.
18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it:
Deliver me because of mine enemies.
19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour:
Mine adversaries are all before thee.
20 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness:
And I looked for some to take pity, but there was none;
And for comforters, but I found none.
21 They gave me also gall for my meat;
And in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
22 Let their table become a snare before them:
And that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
23 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not;
And make their loins continually to shake.
24 Pour out thine indignation upon them,
And let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.
25 Let their habitation be desolate;
And let none dwell in their tents.
26 For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten;
And they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded.
27 Add iniquity unto their iniquity:
And let them not come into thy righteousness.
28 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living,
And not be written with the righteous.
29 But I am poor and sorrowful:
Let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
30 I will praise the name of God with a song;
And will magnify him with thanksgiving.
31 This also shall please the LORD better than an ox
Or bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
32 The humble shall see this, and be glad:
And your heart shall live that seek God.
33 For the LORD heareth the poor,
And despiseth not his prisoners.
34 Let the heaven and earth praise him,
The seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
35 For God will save Zion,
And will build the cities of Judah:
That they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
36 The seed also of his servants shall inherit it:
And they that love his name shall dwell therein.

70
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
1 Make haste, O God, to deliver me;
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Make haste to help me, O LORD.
2 Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul:
Let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt.
3 Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame
That say, Aha, aha.
4 Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee:
And let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.
5 But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God:
Thou art my help and my deliverer;
O LORD, make no tarrying.

71
1 In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust:
Let me never be put to confusion.
2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape:
Incline thine ear unto me, and save me.
3 Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort:
Thou hast given commandment to save me;
For thou art my rock and my fortress.
4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked,
Out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man.
5 For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD:
Thou art my trust from my youth.
6 By thee have I been holden up from the womb:
Thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels:
My praise shall be continually of thee.
7 I am as a wonder unto many;
But thou art my strong refuge.
8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise
And with thy honour all the day.
9 Cast me not off in the time of old age;
Forsake me not when my strength faileth.
10 For mine enemies speak against me;
And they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
11 Saying, God hath forsaken him:
Persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him.
12 O God, be not far from me:
O my God, make haste for my help.
13 Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul;
Let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt.
14 But I will hope continually,
And will yet praise thee more and more.
15 My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness
And thy salvation all the day;
For I know not the numbers thereof.
16 I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD:
I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
17 O God, thou hast taught me from my youth:
And hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works.
18 Now also when I am old and grayheaded,
O God, forsake me not;
Until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation,
And thy power to every one that is to come.
19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high,
Who hast done great things:
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O God, who is like unto thee!
20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles,
Shalt quicken me again,
And shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.
21 Thou shalt increase my greatness,
And comfort me on every side.
22 I will also praise thee with the psaltery,
Even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing
With the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
23 My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee;
And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
24 My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long:
For they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.

72
A Psalm for Solomon.
1 Give the king thy judgments, O God,
And thy righteousness unto the king’s son.
2 He shall judge thy people with righteousness,
And thy poor with judgment.
3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people,
And the little hills, by righteousness.
4 He shall judge the poor of the people,
He shall save the children of the needy,
And shall break in pieces the oppressor.
5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun
And moon endure, throughout all generations.
6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass:
As showers that water the earth.
7 In his days shall the righteous flourish;
And abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea,
And from the river unto the ends of the earth.
9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him;
And his enemies shall lick the dust.
10 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents:
The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
11 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him:
All nations shall serve him.
12 For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth;
The poor also, and him that hath no helper.
13 He shall spare the poor and needy,
And shall save the souls of the needy.
14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence:
And precious shall their blood be in his sight.
15 And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba:
Prayer also shall be made for him continually;
And daily shall he be praised.
16 There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains;
The fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon:
And they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
17 His name shall endure for ever:
His name shall be continued as long as the sun:
And men shall be blessed in him:
All nations shall call him blessed.
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18 Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel,
Who only doeth wondrous things.
19 And blessed be his glorious name for ever:
And let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
20 The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.

73
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 Truly God is good to Israel,
Even to such as are of a clean heart.
2 But as for me, my feet were almost gone;
My steps had well nigh slipt.
3 For I was envious at the foolish,
When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4 For there are no bands in their death:
But their strength is firm.
5 They are not in trouble as other men;
Neither are they plagued like other men.
6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain;
Violence covereth them as a garment.
7 Their eyes stand out with fatness:
They have more than heart could wish.
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression:
They speak loftily.
9 They set their mouth against the heavens,
And their tongue walketh through the earth.
10 Therefore his people return hither:
And waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11 And they say, How doth God know?
And is there knowledge in the most High?
12 Behold, these are the ungodly,
Who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13 Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain,
And washed my hands in innocency.
14 For all the day long have I been plagued,
And chastened every morning.
15 If I say, I will speak thus;
Behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
16 When I thought to know this,
It was too painful for me;
17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God;
Then understood I their end.
18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places:
Thou castedst them down into destruction.
19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment!
They are utterly consumed with terrors.
20 As a dream when one awaketh;
So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21 Thus my heart was grieved,
And I was pricked in my reins.
22 So foolish was I, and ignorant:
I was as a beast before thee.
23 Nevertheless I am continually with thee:
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Thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel,
And afterward receive me to glory.
25 Whom have I in heaven but thee?
And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
26 My flesh and my heart faileth:
But God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27 For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish:
Thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
28 But it is good for me to draw near to God:
I have put my trust in the Lord GOD,
That I may declare all thy works.

74
Maschil of Asaph.
1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever?
Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old;
The rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed;
This mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations;
Even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations;
They set up their ensigns for signs.
5 A man was famous according as he had lifted up
Axes upon the thick trees.
6 But now they break down the carved work thereof
At once with axes and hammers.
7 They have cast fire into thy sanctuary,
They have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.
8 They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together:
They have burnt up all the synagogues of God in the land.
9 We see not our signs:
There is no more any prophet:
Neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.
10 O God, how long shall the adversary reproach?
Shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand?
Pluck it out of thy bosom.
12 For God is my King of old,
Working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength:
Thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces,
And gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood:
Thou driedst up mighty rivers.
16 The day is thine, the night also is thine:
Thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17 Thou hast set all the borders of the earth:
Thou hast made summer and winter.
18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD,
And that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19 O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked:
Forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
20 Have respect unto the covenant:
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For the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
21 O let not the oppressed return ashamed:
Let the poor and needy praise thy name.
22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause:
Remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
23 Forget not the voice of thine enemies:
The tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.

75
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.
1 Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks:
For that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.
2 When I shall receive the congregation
I will judge uprightly.
3 The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved:
I bear up the pillars of it. Selah.
4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly:
And to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:
5 Lift not up your horn on high:
Speak not with a stiff neck.
6 For promotion cometh neither from the east,
Nor from the west, nor from the south.
7 But God is the judge:
He putteth down one, and setteth up another.
8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red;
It is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same:
But the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them.
9 But I will declare for ever;
I will sing praises to the God of Jacob.
10 All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off;
But the horns of the righteous shall be exalted.

76
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm or Song of Asaph.
1 In Judah is God known:
His name is great in Israel.
2 In Salem also is his tabernacle,
And his dwelling place in Zion.
3 There brake he the arrows of the bow,
The shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah.
4 Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.
5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep:
And none of the men of might have found their hands.
6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,
Both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.
7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared:
And who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry?
8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven;
The earth feared, and was still,
9 When God arose to judgment,
To save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
10Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee:
The remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain.
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11 Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God:
Let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
12 He shall cut off the spirit of princes: He is terrible to the kings of the earth.

77
To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph.
1 I cried unto God with my voice,
Even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me.
2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord:
My sore ran in the night, and ceased not:
My soul refused to be comforted.
3 I remembered God, and was troubled:
I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking:
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.
5 I have considered the days of old,
The years of ancient times.
6 I call to remembrance my song in the night:
I commune with mine own heart:
And my spirit made diligent search.
7 Will the Lord cast off for ever?
And will he be favourable no more?
8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever?
Doth his promise fail for evermore?
9 Hath God forgotten to be gracious?
Hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah.
10 And I said, This is my infirmity:
But I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
11 I will remember the works of the LORD:
Surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
12 I will meditate also of all thy work, And talk of thy doings.
13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary:
Who is so great a God as our God?
14 Thou art the God that doest wonders:
Thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people,
The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid:
The depths also were troubled.
17 The clouds poured out water:
The skies sent out a sound:
Thine arrows also went abroad.
18 The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven:
The lightnings lightened the world:
The earth trembled and shook.
19 Thy way is in the sea,
And thy path in the great waters,
And thy footsteps are not known.
20 Thou leddest thy people like a flock
By the hand of Moses and Aaron.

78
Maschil of Asaph.
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1 Give ear, O my people, to my law:
Incline your ears to the words of my mouth.
2 I will open my mouth in a parable:
I will utter dark sayings of old:
3 Which we have heard and known,
And our fathers have told us.
4 We will not hide them from their children,
Shewing to the generation to come
The praises of the LORD, and his strength,
And his wonderful works that he hath done.
5 For he established a testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a law in Israel,
Which he commanded our fathers,
That they should make them known to their children:
6 That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born;
Who should arise and declare them to their children:
7 That they might set their hope in God,
And not forget the works of God,
But keep his commandments:
8 And might not be as their fathers,
A stubborn and rebellious generation;
A generation that set not their heart aright,
And whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
9 The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows,
Turned back in the day of battle.
10 They kept not the covenant of God,
And refused to walk in his law;
11 And forgat his works,
And his wonders that he had shewed them.
12 Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers,
In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan.
13 He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through;
And he made the waters to stand as a heap.
14 In the daytime also he led them with a cloud,
And all the night with a light of fire.
15 He clave the rocks in the wilderness,
And gave them drink as out of the great depths.
16 He brought streams also out of the rock,
And caused waters to run down like rivers.
17 And they sinned yet more against him
By provoking the most High in the wilderness.
18 And they tempted God in their heart
By asking meat for their lust.
19 Yea, they spake against God; they said,
Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?
20 Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out,
And the streams overflowed;
Can he give bread also?
Can he provide flesh for his people?
21 Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth:
So a fire was kindled against Jacob,
And anger also came up against Israel;
22 Because they believed not in God,
And trusted not in his salvation:
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23 Though he had commanded the clouds from above,
And opened the doors of heaven,
24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat,
And had given them of the corn of heaven.
25 Man did eat angels’ food:
He sent them meat to the full.
26 He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven:
And by his power he brought in the south wind.
27 He rained flesh also upon them as dust,
And feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea:
28 And he let it fall in the midst of their camp,
Round about their habitations.
29 So they did eat, and were well filled:
For he gave them their own desire;
30 They were not estranged from their lust.
But while their meat was yet in their mouths,
31 The wrath of God came upon them,
And slew the fattest of them,
And smote down the chosen men of Israel.
32 For all this they sinned still,
And believed not for his wondrous works.
33 Therefore their days did he consume in vanity,
And their years in trouble.
34 When he slew them, then they sought him:
And they returned and inquired early after God.
35 And they remembered that God was their rock,
And the high God their redeemer.
36 Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth,
And they lied unto him with their tongues.
37 For their heart was not right with him,
Neither were they stedfast in his covenant.
38 But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not:
Yea, many a time turned he his anger away,
And did not stir up all his wrath.
39 For he remembered that they were but flesh;
A wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.
40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness,
And grieve him in the desert!
41 Yea, they turned back and tempted God,
And limited the Holy One of Israel.
42 They remembered not his hand:
Nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy.
43 How he had wrought his signs in Egypt,
And his wonders in the field of Zoan:
44 And had turned their rivers into blood;
And their floods, that they could not drink.
45 He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them;
And frogs, which destroyed them.
46 He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar,
And their labour unto the locust.
47 He destroyed their vines with hail,
And their sycomore trees with frost.
48 He gave up their cattle also to the hail,
And their flocks to hot thunderbolts.
49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger,
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Wrath, and indignation, and trouble,
By sending evil angels among them.
50 He made a way to his anger;
He spared not their soul from death,
But gave their life over to the pestilence;
51 And smote all the firstborn in Egypt;
The chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham:
52 But made his own people to go forth like sheep,
And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
53 And he led them on safely, so that they feared not:
But the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
54 And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary,
Even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased.
55 He cast out the heathen also before them,
And divided them an inheritance by line,
And made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
56 Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God,
And kept not his testimonies:
57 But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers:
They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.
58 For they provoked him to anger with their high places,
And moved him to jealousy with their graven images.
59 When God heard this, he was wroth,
And greatly abhorred Israel:
60 So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh,
The tent which he placed among men;
61 And delivered his strength into captivity,
And his glory into the enemy’s hand.
62 He gave his people over also unto the sword;
And was wroth with his inheritance.
63 The fire consumed their young men;
And their maidens were not given to marriage.
64 Their priests fell by the sword;
And their widows made no lamentation.
65 Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep,
And like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.
66 And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts:
He put them to a perpetual reproach.
67 Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph,
And chose not the tribe of Ephraim:
68 But chose the tribe of Judah,
The mount Zion which he loved.
69 And he built his sanctuary like high palaces,
Like the earth which he hath established for ever.
70 He chose David also his servant,
And took him from the sheepfolds:
71 From following the ewes great with young he brought him
To feed Jacob his people,
And Israel his inheritance.
72 So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart;
And guided them by the skilfulness of his hands.

79
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance;
Thy holy temple have they defiled;
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They have laid Jerusalem on heaps.
2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given
To be meat unto the fowls of the heaven,
The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
3 Their blood have they shed like water
Round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours,
A scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
5 How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever?
Shall thy jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee,
And upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.
7 For they have devoured Jacob,
And laid waste his dwelling place.
8 O remember not against us former iniquities:
Let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us:
For we are brought very low.
9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name:
And deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.
10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God?
Let him be known among the heathen in our sight
By the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed.
11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee,
According to the greatness of thy power:
Preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom
Their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture
Will give thee thanks for ever:
We will shew forth thy praise to all generations.

80
To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.
1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock;
Thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh
Stir up thy strength,
And come and save us.
3 Turn us again, O God,
And cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
4 O LORD God of hosts,
How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears;
And givest them tears to drink in great measure.
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours:
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts,
And cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt:
Thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
9 Thou preparedst room before it,
And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it,
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And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
11 She sent out her boughs unto the sea,
And her branches unto the river.
12 Why hast thou then broken down her hedges,
So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
13 The boar out of the wood doth waste it,
And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts:
Look down from heaven, and behold,
And visit this vine;
15 And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted,
And the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
16 It is burnt with fire, it is cut down:
They perish at the rebuke of thy countenance.
17 Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand,
Upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself.
18 So will not we go back from thee:
Quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.
19 Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts,
Cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

81
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.
1 Sing aloud unto God our strength:
Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel,
The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon,
In the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
4 For this was a statute for Israel,
And a law of the God of Jacob.
5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony,
When he went out through the land of Egypt:
Where I heard a language that I understood not.
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden:
His hands were delivered from the pots.
7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee;
I answered thee in the secret place of thunder:
I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee:
O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
9 There shall no strange god be in thee;
Neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
10 I am the LORD thy God,
Which brought thee out of the land of Egypt:
Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
11 But my people would not hearken to my voice;
And Israel would none of me.
12 So I gave them up unto their own heart’s lust:
And they walked in their own counsels.
13 O that my people had hearkened unto me,
And Israel had walked in my ways!
14 I should soon have subdued their enemies,
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And turned my hand against their adversaries.
15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him:
But their time should have endured for ever.
16 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat:
And with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

82
A Psalm of Asaph.
1 God standeth in the congregation of the mighty;
He judgeth among the gods.
2 How long will ye judge unjustly,
And accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
3 Defend the poor and fatherless:
Do justice to the afflicted and needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy:
Rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
5 They know not, neither will they understand;
They walk on in darkness:
All the foundations of the earth are out of course.
6 I have said, Ye are gods;
And all of you are children of the most High.
7 But ye shall die like men,
And fall like one of the princes.
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth:
For thou shalt inherit all nations.
83
A Song or Psalm of Asaph.
1 Keep not thou silence, O God:
Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
2 For lo, thine enemies make a tumult:
And they that hate thee have lift up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people,
And consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation;
That the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent:
They are confederate against thee:
6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites;
Of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek;
The Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assur also is joined with them:
They have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites;
As to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
10 Which perished at En-dor:
They became as dung for the earth.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb:
Yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves
The houses of God in possession.
13 O my God, make them like a wheel;
As the stubble before the wind.
14 As the fire burneth a wood,
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And as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
15 So persecute them with thy tempest,
And make them afraid with thy storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame;
That they may seek thy name, O LORD.
17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever;
Yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH,
Art the most High over all the earth.

84
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD:
My heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
3 Yea, the sparrow hath found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,
Even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.
4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house:
They will be still praising thee. Selah.
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee;
In whose heart are the ways of them.
6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well;
The rain also filleth the pools.
7 They go from strength to strength,
Every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer:
Give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.
9 Behold, O God our shield,
And look upon the face of thine anointed.
10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.
I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,
Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield:
The LORD will give grace and glory:
No good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
12 O LORD of hosts,
Blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.
85
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
1 LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land:
Thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people,
Thou hast covered all their sin. Selah.
3 Thou hast taken away all thy wrath:
Thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger.
4 Turn us, O God of our salvation,
And cause thine anger towards us to cease.
5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever?
Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?
6 Wilt thou not revive us again:
That thy people may rejoice in thee?
7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD,
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And grant us thy salvation.
8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak:
For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints:
But let them not turn again to folly.
9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him;
That glory may dwell in our land.
10 Mercy and truth are met together;
Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
11 Truth shall spring out of the earth;
And righteousness shall look down from heaven.
12 Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good;
And our land shall yield her increase.
13 Righteousness shall go before him;
And shall set us in the way of his steps.

86
A Prayer of David.
1 Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me:
For I am poor and needy.
2 Preserve my soul; for I am holy:
O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee.
3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord:
For I cry unto thee daily.
4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant:
For unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive;
And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
6 Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer;
And attend to the voice of my supplications.
7 In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee:
For thou wilt answer me.
8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord;
Neither are there any works like unto thy works.
9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come
And worship before thee, O Lord;
And shall glorify thy name.
10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things:
Thou art God alone.
11 Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth:
Unite my heart to fear thy name.
12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart:
And I will glorify thy name for evermore.
13 For great is thy mercy toward me:
And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
14 O God, the proud are risen against me,
And the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul;
And have not set thee before them.
15 But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious,
Longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
16 O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me;
Give thy strength unto thy servant,
And save the son of thine handmaid.
17 Shew me a token for good;
That they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed:
Because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
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87
A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah.
1 His foundation is in the holy mountains.
2 The LORD loveth the gates of Zion
More than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3 Glorious things are spoken of thee,
O city of God. Selah.
4 I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me:
Behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia;
This man was born there.
5 And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her:
And the Highest himself shall establish her.
6 The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people,
That this man was born there. Selah.
7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there:
All my springs are in thee.

88
A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah. To the chief Musician upon Mahalath Leannoth,
Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite.
1 O LORD God of my salvation,
I have cried day and night before thee:
2 Let my prayer come before thee:
Incline thine ear unto my cry;
3 For my soul is full of troubles:
And my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit:
I am as a man that hath no strength:
5 Free among the dead,
Like the slain that lie in the grave,
Whom thou rememberest no more:
And they are cut off from thy hand.
6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit,
In darkness, in the deeps.
7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me,
And thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.
8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me;
Thou hast made me an abomination unto them:
I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction:
LORD, I have called daily upon thee,
I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead?
Shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah.
11 Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave?
Or thy faithfulness in destruction?
12 Shall thy wonders be known in the dark?
And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
13 But unto thee have I cried, O LORD;
And in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee.
14 LORD, why castest thou off my soul?
Why hidest thou thy face from me?
15 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up:
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While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.
16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me;
Thy terrors have cut me off.
17 They came round about me daily like water;
They compassed me about together.
18 Lover and friend hast thou put far from me,
And mine acquaintance into darkness.

89
Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite.
1 I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever:
With my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
2 For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever:
Thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
3 I have made a covenant with my chosen,
I have sworn unto David my servant,
4 Thy seed will I stablish for ever,
And build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
5 And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD:
Thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints.
6 For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD?
Who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints,
And to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.
8 O LORD God of hosts,
Who is a strong LORD like unto thee?
Or to thy faithfulness round about thee?
9 Thou rulest the raging of the sea:
When the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10 Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain;
Thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm.
11 The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine:
As for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them.
12 The north and the south thou hast created them:
Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name.
13 Thou hast a mighty arm:
Strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand.
14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne:
Mercy and truth shall go before thy face.
15 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound:
They shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
16 In thy name shall they rejoice all the day:
And in thy righteousness shall they be exalted.
17 For thou art the glory of their strength:
And in thy favour our horn shall be exalted.
18 For the LORD is our defence;
And the Holy One of Israel is our king.
19 Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one,
And saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty;
I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
20 I have found David my servant;
With my holy oil have I anointed him:
21 With whom my hand shall be established:
Mine arm also shall strengthen him.
22 The enemy shall not exact upon him;
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Nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
23 And I will beat down his foes before his face,
And plague them that hate him.
24 But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him:
And in my name shall his horn be exalted.
25 I will set his hand also in the sea,
And his right hand in the rivers.
26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art my Father,
My God, and the rock of my salvation.
27 Also I will make him my firstborn,
Higher than the kings of the earth.
28 My mercy will I keep for him for evermore,
And my covenant shall stand fast with him.
29 His seed also will I make to endure for ever,
And his throne as the days of heaven.
30 If his children forsake my law,
And walk not in my judgments;
31 If they break my statutes,
And keep not my commandments;
32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod,
And their iniquity with stripes.
33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him,
Nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
34 My covenant will I not break,
Nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35 Once have I sworn by my holiness
That I will not lie unto David.
36 His seed shall endure for ever,
And his throne as the sun before me.
37 It shall be established for ever as the moon,
And as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah.
38 But thou hast cast off and abhorred,
Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed.
39 Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant:
Thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground.
40 Thou hast broken down all his hedges;
Thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
41 All that pass by the way spoil him:
He is a reproach to his neighbours.
42 Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries;
Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword,
And hast not made him to stand in the battle.
44 Thou hast made his glory to cease,
And cast his throne down to the ground.
45 The days of his youth hast thou shortened:
Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
46 How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever?
Shall thy wrath burn like fire?
47 Remember how short my time is:
Wherefore hast thou made all men in vain?
48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death?
Shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.
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49 Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses,
Which thou swarest unto David in thy truth?
50 Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants;
How I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people;
51 Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD;
Wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.
52 Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen.
90
A Prayer of Moses the man of God.
1 LORD, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
2 Before the mountains were brought forth,
Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,
Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
3 Thou turnest man to destruction;
And sayest, Return, ye children of men.
4 For a thousand years in thy sight
Are but as yesterday when it is past,
And as a watch in the night.
5 Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep:
In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
6 In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up;
In the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
7 For we are consumed by thine anger,
And by thy wrath are we troubled.
8 Thou hast set our iniquities before thee,
Our secret sins in the light of thy countenance.
9 For all our days are passed away in thy wrath:
We spend our years as a tale that is told.
10 The days of our years are threescore years and ten;
And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years,
Yet is their strength labour and sorrow;
For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
11 Who knoweth the power of thine anger?
Even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath.
12 So teach us to number our days,
That we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
13 Return, O LORD, how long?
And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
14 O satisfy us early with thy mercy;
That we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
15 Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us,
And the years wherein we have seen evil.
16 Let thy work appear unto thy servants,
And thy glory unto their children.
17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us:
And establish thou the work of our hands upon us;
Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
91
1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High
Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
2 I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress:
My God; in him will I trust.
3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler,
And from the noisome pestilence.
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4 He shall cover thee with his feathers,
And under his wings shalt thou trust:
His truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night;
Nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
6 Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness;
Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
7 A thousand shall fall at thy side,
And ten thousand at thy right hand;
But it shall not come nigh thee.
8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold
And see the reward of the wicked.
9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge,
Even the most High, thy habitation;
10 There shall no evil befall thee,
Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee,
To keep thee in all thy ways.
12 They shall bear thee up in their hands,
Lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.
13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder:
The young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet.
14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him:
I will set him on high, because he hath known my name.
15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him:
I will be with him in trouble;
I will deliver him, and honour him.
16 With long life will I satisfy him,
And shew him my salvation.

92
A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.
1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD,
And to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning,
And thy faithfulness every night,
3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery;
Upon the harp with a solemn sound.
4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work:
I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
5 O LORD, how great are thy works!
And thy thoughts are very deep.
6 A brutish man knoweth not;
Neither doth a fool understand this.
7 When the wicked spring as the grass,
And when all the workers of iniquity do flourish;
It is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
8 But thou, LORD, art most High for evermore.
9 For lo, thine enemies, O LORD,
For lo, thine enemies shall perish;
All the workers of iniquity shall be scattered.
10 But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn:
I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
11 Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies,
And mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.
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12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree:
He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
13 Those that be planted in the house of the LORD
Shall flourish in the courts of our God.
14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age;
They shall be fat and flourishing;
15 To shew that the LORD is upright:
He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.

93
1 The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty;
The LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself:
The world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
2 Thy throne is established of old:
Thou art from everlasting.
3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD,
The floods have lifted up their voice;
The floods lift up their waves.
4 The LORD on high is mightier
Than the noise of many waters,
Yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
5 Thy testimonies are very sure:
Holiness becometh thine house,
O LORD, for ever.
94
1 O LORD God, to whom vengeance belongeth;
O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself.
2 Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth:
Render a reward to the proud.
3 LORD, how long shall the wicked,
How long shall the wicked triumph?
4 How long shall they utter and speak hard things?
And all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
5 They break in pieces thy people, O LORD,
And afflict thine heritage.
6 They slay the widow and the stranger,
And murder the fatherless.
7 Yet they say, The LORD shall not see,
Neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
8 Understand, ye brutish among the people:
And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear?
He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct?
He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man,
That they are vanity.
12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD,
And teachest him out of thy law;
13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity,
Until the pit be digged for the wicked.
14 For the LORD will not cast off his people,
Neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 But judgment shall return unto righteousness:
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And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Who will rise up for me against the evildoers?
Or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Unless the LORD had been my help,
My soul had almost dwelt in silence.
18 When I said, My foot slippeth;
Thy mercy, O LORD, held me up.
19 In the multitude of my thoughts within me
Thy comforts delight my soul.
20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee,
Which frameth mischief by a law?
21 They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous,
And condemn the innocent blood.
22 But the LORD is my defence;
And my God is the rock of my refuge.
23 And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity,
And shall cut them off in their own wickedness;
Yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
95
1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD:
Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving,
And make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
3 For the LORD is a great God,
And a great King above all gods.
4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth:
The strength of the hills is his also.
5 The sea is his, and he made it:
And his hands formed the dry land.
6 O come, let us worship and bow down:
Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
7 For he is our God;
And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.

To day if ye will hear his voice,

8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation,
And as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me,
Proved me, and saw my work.
10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation,
And said, It is a people that do err in their heart,
And they have not known my ways:
11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath
That they should not enter into my rest.

96
1 O sing unto the LORD a new song:
Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.
2 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name;
Shew forth his salvation from day to day.
3 Declare his glory among the heathen,
His wonders among all people.
4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised:
He is to be feared above all gods.
5 For all the gods of the nations are idols:
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But the LORD made the heavens.
6 Honour and majesty are before him:
Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7 Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people,
Give unto the LORD glory and strength.
8 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name:
Bring an offering, and come into his courts.
9 O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness:
Fear before him, all the earth.
10 Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth:
The world also shall be established that it shall not be moved:
He shall judge the people righteously.
11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad;
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.
12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein:
Then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice
13 Before the LORD, for he cometh,
For he cometh to judge the earth:
He shall judge the world with righteousness,
And the people with his truth.

97
1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice;
Let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
2 Clouds and darkness are round about him:
Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
3 A fire goeth before him,
And burneth up his enemies round about.
4 His lightnings enlightened the world:
The earth saw, and trembled.
5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD,
At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
6 The heavens declare his righteousness,
And all the people see his glory.
7 Confounded be all they that serve graven images,
That boast themselves of idols:
Worship him, all ye gods.
8 Zion heard, and was glad,
And the daughters of Judah rejoiced,
Because of thy judgments, O LORD.
9 For thou, LORD, art High above all the earth:
Thou art exalted far above all gods.
10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil:
He preserveth the souls of his saints;
He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked.
11 Light is sown for the righteous,
And gladness for the upright in heart.
12 Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous;
And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

98
A Psalm.
1 O sing unto the LORD a new song;
For he hath done marvellous things:
His right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
2 The LORD hath made known his salvation:
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His righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel:
All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
4 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth:
Make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
5 Sing unto the LORD with the harp;
With the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
6 With trumpets and sound of cornet
Make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;
The world, and they that dwell therein.
8 Let the floods clap their hands:
Let the hills be joyful together
9 Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth:
With righteousness shall he judge the world,
And the people with equity.

99
1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble:
He sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
2 The LORD is great in Zion;
And he is high above all the people.
3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name;
For it is holy.
4 The king’s strength also loveth judgment;
Thou dost establish equity,
Thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt ye the LORD our God,
And worship at his footstool;
For he is holy.
6 Moses and Aaron among his priests,
And Samuel among them that call upon his name;
They called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar:
They kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God:
Thou wast a God that forgavest them,
Though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
9 Exalt the LORD our God,
And worship at his holy hill;
For the LORD our God is holy.

100
A Psalm of praise.
1 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
2 Serve the LORD with gladness:
Come before his presence with singing.
3 Know ye that the LORD he is God:
It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,
And into his courts with praise:
Be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting;
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And his truth endureth to all generations.

101
A Psalm of David.
1 I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing.
2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me?
I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
3 I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes:
I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off:
Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me:
He that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house:
He that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land;
That I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.

102
A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is overwhelmed, and poureth out his complaint before
the LORD.
1 Hear my prayer, O LORD,
And let my cry come unto thee.
2 Hide not thy face from me
In the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me:
In the day when I call answer me speedily.
3 For my days are consumed like smoke,
And my bones are burnt as a hearth.
4 My heart is smitten, and withered like grass;
So that I forget to eat my bread.
5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin.
6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness:
I am like an owl of the desert.
7 I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the housetop.
8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day;
And they that are mad against me are sworn against me.
9 For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And mingled my drink with weeping,
10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath:
For thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.
11 My days are like a shadow that declineth;
And I am withered like grass.
12 But thou, O LORD, shalt endure for ever;
And thy remembrance unto all generations.
13 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion:
For the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones,
And favour the dust thereof.
15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD,
And all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16 When the LORD shall build up Zion,
He shall appear in his glory.
17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute,
And not despise their prayer.
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18 This shall be written for the generation to come:
And the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD.
19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary;
From heaven did the LORD behold the earth;
20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner;
To loose those that are appointed to death;
21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion,
And his praise in Jerusalem;
22 When the people are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD.
23 He weakened my strength in the way;
He shortened my days.
24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days:
Thy years are throughout all generations.
25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth:
And the heavens are the work of thy hands.
26 They shall perish, but thou shalt endure:
Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment;
As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed:
27 But thou art the same,
And thy years shall have no end.
28 The children of thy servants shall continue,
And their seed shall be established before thee.
103
A Psalm of David.
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul:
And all that is within me, bless his holy name.
2 Bless the LORD, O my soul,
And forget not all his benefits:
3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;
Who healeth all thy diseases;
4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction;
Who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies;
5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things;
So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.
6 The LORD executeth righteousness
And judgment for all that are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways unto Moses,
His acts unto the children of Israel.
8 The LORD is merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.
9 He will not always chide:
Neither will he keep his anger for ever.
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins;
Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.
11 For as the heaven is high above the earth,
So great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
12 As far as the east is from the west,
So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.
13 Like as a father pitieth his children,
So the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
14 For he knoweth our frame;
He remembereth that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are as grass:
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As a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.
16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone;
And the place thereof shall know it no more.
17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him,
And his righteousness unto children’s children;
18 To such as keep his covenant,
And to those that remember his commandments to do them.
19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens;
And his kingdom ruleth over all.
20 Bless the LORD, ye his angels,
That excel in strength, that do his commandments,
Hearkening unto the voice of his word.
21 Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts;
Ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure.
22 Bless the LORD, all his works
In all places of his dominion:
Bless the LORD, O my soul.

104
1 Bless the LORD, O my soul.
O LORD my God, thou art very great;
Thou art clothed with honour and majesty.
2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment:
Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:
3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters:
Who maketh the clouds his chariot:
Who walketh upon the wings of the wind:
4 Who maketh his angels spirits;
His ministers a flaming fire:
5 Who laid the foundations of the earth,
That it should not be removed for ever.
6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment:
The waters stood above the mountains.
7 At thy rebuke they fled;
At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
8 They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys
Unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
9 Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over;
That they turn not again to cover the earth.
10 He sendeth the springs into the valleys,
Which run among the hills.
11 They give drink to every beast of the field:
The wild asses quench their thirst.
12 By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation,
Which sing among the branches.
13 He watereth the hills from his chambers:
The earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works.
14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle,
And herb for the service of man:
That he may bring forth food out of the earth;
15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man,
And oil to make his face to shine,
And bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap;
The cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;
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17 Where the birds make their nests:
As for the stork, the fir trees are her house.
18 The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats;
And the rocks for the conies.
19 He appointed the moon for seasons:
The sun knoweth his going down.
20 Thou makest darkness, and it is night:
Wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth.
21 The young lions roar after their prey,
And seek their meat from God.
22 The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together,
And lay them down in their dens.
23 Man goeth forth unto his work
And to his labour until the evening.
24 O LORD, how manifold are thy works!
In wisdom hast thou made them all:
The earth is full of thy riches.
25 So is this great and wide sea,
Wherein are things creeping innumerable,
Both small and great beasts.
26 There go the ships:
There is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
27 These wait all upon thee;
That thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
28 That thou givest them they gather:
Thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
29 Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled:
Thou takest away their breath, they die,
And return to their dust.
30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created:
And thou renewest the face of the earth.
31 The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever:
The LORD shall rejoice in his works.
32 He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth:
He toucheth the hills, and they smoke.
33 I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live:
I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.
34 My meditation of him shall be sweet:
I will be glad in the LORD.
35 Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth,
And let the wicked be no more.
Bless thou the LORD, O my soul.
Praise ye the LORD.

105
1 O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name:
Make known his deeds among the people.
2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him:
Talk ye of all his wondrous works.
3 Glory ye in his holy name:
Let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.
4 Seek the LORD, and his strength:
Seek his face evermore.
5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done;
His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;
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6 O ye seed of Abraham his servant,
Ye children of Jacob, his chosen.
7 He is the LORD our God:
His judgments are in all the earth.
8 He hath remembered his covenant for ever,
The word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
9 Which covenant he made with Abraham,
And his oath unto Isaac;
10 And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law,
And to Israel for an everlasting covenant:
11 Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan,
The lot of your inheritance:
12 When they were but a few men in number;
Yea, very few, and strangers in it.
13 When they went from one nation to another,
From one kingdom to another people;
14 He suffered no man to do them wrong:
Yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed,
And do my prophets no harm.
16 Moreover, he called for a famine upon the land:
He brake the whole staff of bread.
17 He sent a man before them,
Even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
18 Whose feet they hurt with fetters:
He was laid in iron:
19 Until the time that his word came:
The word of the LORD tried him.
20 The king sent and loosed him;
Even the ruler of the people, and let him go free.
21 He made him lord of his house,
And ruler of all his substance:
22 To bind his princes at his pleasure;
And teach his senators wisdom.
23 Israel also came into Egypt;
And Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.
24 And he increased his people greatly;
And made them stronger than their enemies.
25 He turned their heart to hate his people,
To deal subtilly with his servants.
26 He sent Moses his servant;
And Aaron whom he had chosen.
27 They shewed his signs among them,
And wonders in the land of Ham.
28 He sent darkness, and made it dark;
And they rebelled not against his word.
29 He turned their waters into blood,
And slew their fish.
30 Their land brought forth frogs in abundance,
In the chambers of their kings.
31 He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies,
And lice in all their coasts.
32 He gave them hail for rain,
And flaming fire in their land.
33 He smote their vines also and their fig trees;
And brake the trees of their coasts.
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34 He spake, and the locusts came,
And caterpillars, and that without number,
35 And did eat up all the herbs in their land,
And devoured the fruit of their ground.
36 He smote also all the first-born in their land,
The chief of all their strength.
37 He brought them forth also with silver and gold:
And there was not one feeble person among their tribes.
38 Egypt was glad when they departed:
For the fear of them that fell upon them.
39 He spread a cloud for a covering;
And fire to give light in the night.
40 The people asked, and he brought quails,
And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
41 He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out;
They ran in the dry places like a river.
42 For he remembered his holy promise,
And Abraham his servant.
43 And he brought forth his people with joy,
And his chosen with gladness:
44 And gave them the lands of the heathen:
And they inherited the labour of the people;
45 That they might observe his statutes,
And keep his laws.
Praise ye the LORD.

106
1 Praise ye the LORD.
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good:
For his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD?
Who can shew forth all his praise?
3 Blessed are they that keep judgment,
And he that doeth righteousness at all times.
4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people:
O visit me with thy salvation;
5 That I may see the good of thy chosen,
That I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation,
That I may glory with thine inheritance.
6 We have sinned with our fathers,
We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt;
They remembered not the multitude of thy mercies;
But provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.
8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name’s sake,
That he might make his mighty power to be known.
9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up:
So he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
10 And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them,
And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 And the waters covered their enemies:
There was not one of them left.
12 Then believed they his words;
They sang his praise.
13 They soon forgat his works;
They waited not for his counsel:
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14 But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness,
And tempted God in the desert.
15 And he gave them their request;
But sent leanness into their soul.
16 They envied Moses also in the camp,
And Aaron the saint of the LORD.
17 The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan,
And covered the company of Abiram.
18 And a fire was kindled in their company;
The flame burnt up the wicked.
19 They made a calf in Horeb,
And worshipped the molten image.
20 Thus they changed their glory
Into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.
21 They forgat God their saviour,
Which had done great things in Egypt;
22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham,
And terrible things by the Red sea.
23 Therefore he said that he would destroy them,
Had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach,
To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.
24 Yea, they despised the pleasant land,
They believed not his word:
25 But murmured in their tents,
And hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD.
26 Therefore he lifted up his hand against them,
To overthrow them in the wilderness:
27 To overthrow their seed also among the nations,
And to scatter them in the lands.
28 They joined themselves also unto Baal-peor,
And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29 Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions:
And the plague brake in upon them.
30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment:
And so the plague was stayed.
31 And that was counted unto him for righteousness
Unto all generations for evermore.
32 They angered him also at the waters of strife,
So that it went ill with Moses for their sakes:
33 Because they provoked his spirit,
So that he spake unadvisedly with his lips.
34 They did not destroy the nations,
Concerning whom the LORD commanded them:
35 But were mingled among the heathen,
And learned their works.
36 And they served their idols:
Which were a snare unto them.
37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons
And their daughters unto devils,
38 And shed innocent blood,
Even the blood of their sons and of their daughters,
Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan:
And the land was polluted with blood.
39 Thus were they defiled with their own works,
And went a whoring with their own inventions.
40 Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people,
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Insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance.
41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen;
And they that hated them ruled over them.
42 Their enemies also oppressed them,
And they were brought into subjection under their hand.
43 Many times did he deliver them;
But they provoked him with their counsel,
And were brought low for their iniquity.
44 Nevertheless he regarded their affliction,
When he heard their cry:
45 And he remembered for them his covenant,
And repented according to the multitude of his mercies.
46 He made them also to be pitied
Of all those that carried them captives.
47 Save us, O LORD our God,
And gather us from among the heathen,
To give thanks unto thy holy name,
And to triumph in thy praise.
48 Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting:
And let all the people say, Amen.
Praise ye the LORD.

107
1 O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good:
For his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so,
Whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
3 And gathered them out of the lands,
From the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way;
They found no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirsty,
Their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble,
And he delivered them out of their distresses.
7 And he led them forth by the right way,
That they might go to a city of habitation.
8 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
9 For he satisfieth the longing soul,
And filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
10 Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Being bound in affliction and iron;
11 Because they rebelled against the words of God,
And contemned the counsel of the most High:
12 Therefore he brought down their heart with labour;
They fell down, and there was none to help.
13 Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble,
And he saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And brake their bands in sunder.
15 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
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16For he hath broken the gates of brass,
And cut the bars of iron in sunder.
17 Fools because of their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
18 Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat;
And they draw near unto the gates of death.
19 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble,
He saveth them out of their distresses.
20 He sent his word, and healed them,
And delivered them from their destructions.
21 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And declare his works with rejoicing.
23 They that go down to the sea in ships,
That do business in great waters;
24 These see the works of the LORD,
And his wonders in the deep.
25 For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind,
Which lifteth up the waves thereof.
26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths:
Their soul is melted because of trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,
And are at their wit’s end.
28 Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble,
And he bringeth them out of their distresses.
29 He maketh the storm a calm,
So that the waves thereof are still.
30 Then are they glad because they be quiet;
So he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness,
And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
32 Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people,
And praise him in the assembly of the elders.
33 He turneth rivers into a wilderness,
And the watersprings into dry ground;
34 A fruitful land into barrenness,
For the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
35 He turneth the wilderness into a standing water,
And dry ground into watersprings;
36 And there he maketh the hungry to dwell,
That they may prepare a city for habitation;
37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards,
Which may yield fruits of increase.
38 He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly;
And suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
39 Again, they are minished and brought low
Through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
40 He poureth contempt upon princes,
And causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
41 Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction,
And maketh him families like a flock.
42 The righteous shall see it, and rejoice:
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And all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
43 Whoso is wise, and will observe these things,
Even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.

108
A Song or Psalm of David.
1 O God, my heart is fixed;
I will sing and give praise,
Even with my glory.
2 Awake, psaltery and harp:
I myself will awake early.
3 I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people:
And I will sing praises unto thee among the nations.
4 For thy mercy is great above the heavens:
And thy truth reacheth unto the clouds.
5 Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens:
And thy glory above all the earth.
6 That thy beloved may be delivered;
Save with thy right hand, and answer me.
7 God hath spoken in his holiness;
I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem,
And mete out the valley of Succoth.
8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine;
Ephraim also is the strength of mine head;
Judah is my lawgiver;
9 Moab is my washpot;
Over Edom will I cast out my shoe;
Over Philistia will I triumph.
10 Who will bring me into the strong city?
Who will lead me into Edom?
11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off?
And wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts?
12 Give us help from trouble:
For vain is the help of man.
13 Through God we shall do valiantly:
For he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
109
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise;
2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me:
They have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
3 They compassed me about also with words of hatred;
And fought against me without a cause.
4 For my love they are my adversaries:
But I give myself unto prayer.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good,
And hatred for my love.
6 Set thou a wicked man over him:
And let Satan stand at his right hand.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned:
And let his prayer become sin.
8 Let his days be few;
And let another take his office.
9 Let his children be fatherless,
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And his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg:
Let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places.
11 Let the extortioner catch all that he hath;
And let the strangers spoil his labour.
12 Let there be none to extend mercy unto him:
Neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be cut off;
And in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD;
And let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Let them be before the LORD continually,
That he may cut off the memory of them from the earth.
16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy,
But persecuted the poor and needy man,
That he might even slay the broken in heart.
17 As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him:
As he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18 As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment,
So let it come into his bowels like water,
And like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him,
And for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually.
20 Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD,
And of them that speak evil against my soul.
21 But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name’s sake:
Because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me.
22 For I am poor and needy,
And my heart is wounded within me.
23 I am gone like the shadow when it declineth:
I am tossed up and down as the locust.
24 My knees are weak through fasting;
And my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 I became also a reproach unto them:
When they looked upon me they shaked their heads.
26 Help me, O LORD my God:
O save me according to thy mercy:
27 That they may know that this is thy hand;
That thou, LORD, hast done it.
28 Let them curse, but bless thou:
When they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
29 Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame,
And let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle.
30 I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth;
Yea, I will praise him among the multitude.
31 For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor,
To save him from those that condemn his soul.
110
A Psalm of David.
1 The LORD said unto my Lord,
Sit thou at my right hand,
Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion:
Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
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3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness
From the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent,
Thou art a priest for ever
After the order of Melchizedek.
5 The Lord at thy right hand
Shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies;
He shall wound the heads over many countries.
7 He shall drink of the brook in the way:
Therefore shall he lift up the head.

111
1 Praise ye the LORD.
(‫ )א‬I will praise the LORD with my whole heart,
(‫ )ב‬In the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.
2 (‫ )ג‬The works of the LORD are great,
(‫ )ד‬Sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
3 (‫ )ה‬His work is honourable and glorious:
(‫ )ו‬And his righteousness endureth for ever.
4 (‫ )ז‬He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered:
(‫ )ח‬The LORD is gracious and full of compassion.
5 (‫ )ט‬He hath given meat unto them that fear him:
(‫ )י‬He will ever be mindful of his covenant.
6 (‫ )כ‬He hath shewed his people the power of his works,

(‫ )ל‬That he may give them the heritage of the heathen.

7 (‫ )מ‬The works of his hands are verity and judgment;
(‫ )נ‬All his commandments are sure.
8 (‫ )ס‬They stand fast for ever and ever,
(‫ )ע‬And are done in truth and uprightness.
9 (‫ )פ‬He sent redemption unto his people:
(‫ )צ‬He hath commanded his covenant for ever:
(‫ )ק‬Holy and reverend is his name.
10 (‫ )ר‬The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom:
(‫ )ש‬A good understanding have all they that do his commandments:
(‫ )ת‬His praise endureth for ever.

112
1 Praise ye the LORD.
(‫ )א‬Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD,
(‫ )ב‬That delighteth greatly in his commandments.
2 (‫ )ג‬His seed shall be mighty upon earth:
(‫ )ד‬The generation of the upright shall be blessed.
3 (‫ )ה‬Wealth and riches shall be in his house:
(‫ )ו‬And his righteousness endureth for ever.
4 (‫ )ז‬Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness:
(‫ )ח‬He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
5 (‫ )ט‬A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth:
(‫ )י‬He will guide his affairs with discretion.
6 (‫ )כ‬Surely he shall not be moved for ever:

(‫ )ל‬The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

7 (‫ )מ‬He shall not be afraid of evil tidings:
(‫ )נ‬His heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
8 (‫ )ס‬His heart is established, he shall not be afraid,
(‫ )ע‬Until he see his desire upon his enemies.
9 (‫ )פ‬He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor;
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(‫ )צ‬His righteousness endureth for ever;
(‫ )ק‬His horn shall be exalted with honour.
10 (‫ )ר‬The wicked shall see it, and be grieved;
(‫ )ש‬He shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away:
(‫ )ת‬The desire of the wicked shall perish.

113
1 Praise ye the LORD.
Praise, O ye servants of the LORD,
Praise the name of the LORD.
2 Blessed be the name of the LORD
From this time forth and for evermore.
3 From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same
The LORD’S name is to be praised.
4 The LORD is high above all nations,
And his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like unto the LORD our God,
Who dwelleth on high,
6 Who humbleth himself to behold
The things that are in heaven, and in the earth?
7 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,
And lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
8 That he may set him with princes,
Even with the princes of his people.
9 He maketh the barren woman to keep house,
To be a joyful mother of children.
Praise ye the LORD.

114
1 When Israel went out of Egypt,
The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
2 Judah was his sanctuary,
And Israel his dominion.
3 The sea saw it, and fled:
Jordan was driven back.
4 The mountains skipped like rams,
And the little hills like lambs.
5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest?
Thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams;
And ye little hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord,
At the presence of the God of Jacob;
8 Which turned the rock into a standing water,
The flint into a fountain of waters.
115
1 Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us,
But unto thy name give glory,
For thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake.
2 Wherefore should the heathen say,
Where is now their God?
3 But our God is in the heavens:
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He hath done whatsoever he pleased.
4 Their idols are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
5 They have mouths, but they speak not:
Eyes have they, but they see not:
6 They have ears, but they hear not:
Noses have they, but they smell not:
7 They have hands, but they handle not:
Feet have they, but they walk not:
Neither speak they through their throat.
8 They that make them are like unto them;
So is every one that trusteth in them.
9 O Israel, trust thou in the LORD:
He is their help and their shield.
10 O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD:
He is their help and their shield.
11 Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD:
He is their help and their shield.
12 The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us;
He will bless the house of Israel;
He will bless the house of Aaron.
13 He will bless them that fear the LORD,
Both small and great.
14 The LORD shall increase you more and more,
You and your children.
15 You are blessed of the LORD
Which made heaven and earth.
16 The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD’S:
But the earth hath he given to the children of men.
17 The dead praise not the LORD,
Neither any that go down into silence.
18 But we will bless the LORD
From this time forth and for evermore.
Praise the LORD.
116
1 I love the LORD, because he hath heard
My voice and my supplications.
2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me,
Therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.
3 The sorrows of death compassed me,
And the pains of hell gat hold upon me:
I found trouble and sorrow.
4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD;
O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
5 Gracious is the LORD, and righteous;
Yea, our God is merciful.
6 The LORD preserveth the simple:
I was brought low, and he helped me.
7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul;
For the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee.
8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death,
Mine eyes from tears,
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And my feet from falling.
9 I will walk before the LORD
In the land of the living.
10 I believed, therefore have I spoken:
I was greatly afflicted:
11 I said in my haste,
All men are liars.
12 What shall I render unto the LORD
For all his benefits towards me?
13 I will take the cup of salvation,
And call upon the name of the LORD.
14 I will pay my vows unto the LORD
Now in the presence of all his people.
15 Precious in the sight of the LORD
Is the death of his saints.
16 Oh LORD, truly I am thy servant;
I am thy servant, and the son of thy handmaid:
Thou hast loosed my bonds.
17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving,
And will call upon the name of the LORD.
18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD
Now in the presence of all his people,
19 In the courts of the LORD’S house,
In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem.
Praise ye the LORD.

117
1 O praise the LORD, all ye nations:
Praise him, all ye people.
2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us:
And the truth of the LORD endureth for ever.
Praise ye the LORD.

118
1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good:
Because his mercy endureth for ever.
2 Let Israel now say,
That his mercy endureth for ever.
3 Let the house of Aaron now say,
That his mercy endureth for ever.
4 Let them now that fear the LORD say,
That his mercy endureth for ever.
5 I called upon the LORD in distress:
The LORD answered me, and set me in a large place.
6 The LORD is on my side; I will not fear:
What can man do unto me?
7 The LORD taketh my part with them that help me:
Therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me.
8 It is better to trust in the LORD
Than to put confidence in man.
9 It is better to trust in the LORD
Than to put confidence in princes.
10 All nations compassed me about:
But in the name of the LORD will I destroy them.
11 They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about:
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But in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
12 They compassed me about like bees;
They are quenched as the fire of thorns:
For in the name of the LORD I will destroy them.
13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall:
But the LORD helped me.
14 The LORD is my strength and song,
And is become my salvation.
15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous:
The right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
16 The right hand of the LORD is exalted:
The right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
17 I shall not die, but live,
And declare the works of the LORD.
18 The LORD hath chastened me sore:
But he hath not given me over unto death.
19 Open to me the gates of righteousness:
I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:
20 This gate of the LORD,
Into which the righteous shall enter.
21 I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me,
And art become my salvation.
22 The stone which the builders refused
Is become the head stone of the corner.
23 This is the LORD’S doing;
It is marvellous in our eyes.
24 This is the day which the LORD hath made;
We will rejoice and be glad in it.
25 Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD:
O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity.
26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD:
We have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
27 God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light:
Bind the sacrifice with cords,
Even unto the horns of the altar.
28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee:
Thou art my God, I will exalt thee.
29 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good:
For his mercy endureth for ever.

119
ALEPH.
1 (‫ )א‬Blessed are the undefiled in the way,
Who walk in the law of the LORD.
2 (‫ )א‬Blessed are they that keep his testimonies,
And that seek him with the whole heart.
3 (‫ )א‬They also do no iniquity:
They walk in his ways.
4 (‫ )א‬Thou hast commanded us
To keep thy precepts diligently.
5 (‫ )א‬O that my ways were directed
To keep thy statutes!
6 (‫ )א‬Then shall I not be ashamed,
When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
7 (‫ )א‬I will praise thee with uprightness of heart,
When I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
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8(‫ )א‬I will keep thy statutes:
O forsake me not utterly.
BETH.
9 (‫ )ב‬Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way?
By taking heed thereto according to thy word.
10 (‫ )ב‬With my whole heart have I sought thee:
O let me not wander from thy commandments.
11 (‫ )ב‬Thy word have I hid in mine heart,
That I might not sin against thee.
12 (‫ )ב‬Blessed art thou, O LORD:
Teach me thy statutes.
13 (‫ )ב‬With my lips have I declared
All the judgments of thy mouth.
14 (‫ )ב‬I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies,
As much as in all riches.
15 (‫ )ב‬I will meditate in thy precepts,
And have respect unto thy ways.
16 (‫ )ב‬I will delight myself in thy statutes:
I will not forget thy word.
GIMEL.
17 (‫ )ג‬Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live,
And keep thy word.
18 (‫ )ג‬Open thou mine eyes,
That I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
19 (‫ )ג‬I am a stranger in the earth:
Hide not thy commandments from me.
20 (‫ )ג‬My soul breaketh for the longing
That it hath unto thy judgments at all times.
21 (‫ )ג‬Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed,
Which do err from thy commandments.
22 (‫ )ג‬Remove from me reproach and contempt;
For I have kept thy testimonies.
23 (‫ )ג‬Princes also did sit and speak against me:
But thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
24 (‫ )ג‬Thy testimonies also are my delight
And my counsellers.
DALETH.
25 (‫ )ד‬My soul cleaveth unto the dust:
Quicken thou me according to thy word.
26 (‫ )ד‬I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me:
Teach me thy statutes.
27 (‫ )ד‬Make me to understand the way of thy precepts:
So shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
28 (‫ )ד‬My soul melteth for heaviness:
Strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
29 (‫ )ד‬Remove from me the way of lying:
And grant me thy law graciously.
30 (‫ )ד‬I have chosen the way of truth:
Thy judgments have I laid before me.
31 (‫ )ד‬I have stuck unto thy testimonies:
O LORD, put me not to shame.
32 (‫ )ד‬I will run the way of thy commandments,
When thou shalt enlarge my heart.
HE.
33 (‫ )ה‬Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes;
And I shall keep it unto the end.
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34 (‫ )ה‬Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law;
Yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
35 (‫ )ה‬Make me to go in the path of thy commandments;
For therein do I delight.
36 (‫ )ה‬Incline my heart unto thy testimonies,
And not to covetousness.
37 (‫ )ה‬Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity;
And quicken thou me in thy way.
38 (‫ )ה‬Stablish thy word unto thy servant,
Who is devoted to thy fear.
39 (‫ )ה‬Turn away my reproach which I fear:
For thy judgments are good.
40 (‫ )ה‬Behold, I have longed after thy precepts:
Quicken me in thy righteousness.
VAU.
41 (‫ )ו‬Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD,
Even thy salvation, according to thy word.
42 (‫ )ו‬So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me:
For I trust in thy word.
43 (‫ )ו‬And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth;
For I have hoped in thy judgments.
44 (‫ )ו‬So shall I keep thy law continually
For ever and ever.
45 (‫ )ו‬And I will walk at liberty:
For I seek thy precepts.
46 (‫ )ו‬I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings,
And will not be ashamed.
47 (‫ )ו‬And I will delight myself in thy commandments,
Which I have loved.
48 (‫ )ו‬My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved;
And I will meditate in thy statutes.
ZAIN.
49 (‫ )ז‬Remember the word unto thy servant,
Upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
50 (‫ )ז‬This is my comfort in my affliction:
For thy word hath quickened me.
51 (‫ )ז‬The proud have had me greatly in derision:
Yet have I not declined from thy law.
52 (‫ )ז‬I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD;
And have comforted myself.
53 (‫ )ז‬Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked
That forsake thy law.
54 (‫ )ז‬Thy statutes have been my songs
In the house of my pilgrimage.
55 (‫ )ז‬I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night,
And have kept thy law.
56 (‫ )ז‬This I had,
Because I kept thy precepts.
CHETH.
57 (‫ )ח‬Thou art my portion, O LORD:
I have said that I would keep thy words.
58 (‫ )ח‬I intreated thy favour with my whole heart:
Be merciful unto me according to thy word.
59 (‫ )ח‬I thought on my ways,
And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
60 (‫ )ח‬I made haste, and delayed not
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To keep thy commandments.
61 (‫ )ח‬The bands of the wicked have robbed me:
But I have not forgotten thy law.
62 (‫ )ח‬At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee
Because of thy righteous judgments.
63 (‫ )ח‬I am a companion of all them that fear thee,
And of them that keep thy precepts.
64 (‫ )ח‬The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy:
Teach me thy statutes.
TETH.
65 (‫ )ט‬Thou hast dealt well with thy servant,
O LORD, according unto thy word.
66 (‫ )ט‬Teach me good judgment and knowledge:
For I have believed thy commandments.
67 (‫ )ט‬Before I was afflicted I went astray:
But now have I kept thy word.
68 (‫ )ט‬Thou art good, and doest good; Teach me thy statutes.
69 (‫ )ט‬The proud have forged a lie against me:
But I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart.
70 (‫ )ט‬Their heart is as fat as grease;
But I delight in thy law.
71 (‫ )ט‬It is good for me that I have been afflicted;
That I might learn thy statutes.
72 (‫ )ט‬The law of thy mouth is better unto me
Than thousands of gold and silver.
JOD.
73 (‫ )י‬Thy hands have made me and fashioned me:
Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74 (‫ )י‬They that fear thee will be glad when they see me;
Because I have hoped in thy word.
75 (‫ )י‬I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right,
And that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
76 (‫ )י‬Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort,
According to thy word unto thy servant.
77 (‫ )י‬Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live:
For thy law is my delight.
78 (‫ )י‬Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause:
But I will meditate in thy precepts.
79 (‫ )י‬Let those that fear thee turn unto me,
And those that have known thy testimonies.
80 (‫ )י‬Let my heart be sound in thy statutes;
That I be not ashamed.
CAPH.
81 (‫ )כ‬My soul fainteth for thy salvation:
But I hope in thy word.
82 (‫ )כ‬Mine eyes fail for thy word,
Saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
83 (‫ )כ‬For I am become like a bottle in the smoke;
Yet do I not forget thy statutes.
84 (‫ )כ‬How many are the days of thy servant?
When wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
85 (‫ )כ‬The proud have digged pits for me,
Which are not after thy law.
86 (‫ )כ‬All thy commandments are faithful:
They persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
87 (‫ )כ‬They had almost consumed me upon earth;
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But I forsook not thy precepts.
88 (‫ )כ‬Quicken me after thy lovingkindness;
So shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
LAMED.
89 (‫ )ל‬For ever, O LORD,
Thy word is settled in heaven.
90 (‫ )ל‬Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:
Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
91 (‫ )ל‬They continue this day according to thine ordinances:
For all are thy servants.
92 (‫ )ל‬Unless thy law had been my delights,
I should then have perished in mine affliction.
93 (‫ )ל‬I will never forget thy precepts:
For with them thou hast quickened me.
94 (‫ )ל‬I am thine, save me;
For I have sought thy precepts.
95 (‫ )ל‬The wicked have waited for me to destroy me:
But I will consider thy testimonies.
96 (‫ )ל‬I have seen an end of all perfection:
But thy commandment is exceeding broad.
MEM.
97 (‫ )מ‬O how love I thy law!
It is my meditation all the day.
98 (‫ )מ‬Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies:
For they are ever with me.
99 (‫ )מ‬I have more understanding than all my teachers:
For thy testimonies are my meditation.
100 (‫ )מ‬I understand more than the ancients,
Because I keep thy precepts.
101 (‫ )מ‬I have refrained my feet from every evil way,
That I might keep thy word.
102 (‫ )מ‬I have not departed from thy judgments:
For thou hast taught me.
103 (‫ )מ‬How sweet are thy words unto my taste!
Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 (‫ )מ‬Through thy precepts I get understanding:
Therefore I hate every false way.
NUN.
105 (‫ )נ‬Thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
And a light unto my path.
106 (‫ )נ‬I have sworn, and I will perform it,
That I will keep thy righteous judgments.
107 (‫ )נ‬I am afflicted very much:
Quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
108 (‫ )נ‬Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD,
And teach me thy judgments.
109 (‫ )נ‬My soul is continually in my hand:
Yet do I not forget thy law.
110 (‫ )נ‬The wicked have laid a snare for me:
Yet I erred not from thy precepts.
111 (‫ )נ‬Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever:
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 (‫ )נ‬I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes
Alway, even unto the end.
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SAMECH.
113 (‫ )ס‬I hate vain thoughts:
But thy law do I love.
114 (‫ )ס‬Thou art my hiding place and my shield:
I hope in thy word.
115 (‫ )ס‬Depart from me, ye evildoers:
For I will keep the commandments of my God.
116 (‫ )ס‬Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live:
And let me not be ashamed of my hope.
117 (‫ )ס‬Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe:
And I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
118 (‫ )ס‬Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes:
For their deceit is falsehood.
119 (‫ )ס‬Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross:
Therefore I love thy testimonies.
120 (‫ )ס‬My flesh trembleth for fear of thee;
And I am afraid of thy judgments.
AIN.
121 (‫ )ע‬I have done judgment and justice:
Leave me not to mine oppressors.
122 (‫ )ע‬Be surety for thy servant for good:
Let not the proud oppress me.
123 (‫ )ע‬Mine eyes fail for thy salvation,
And for the word of thy righteousness.
124 (‫ )ע‬Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy,
And teach me thy statutes.
125 (‫ )ע‬I am thy servant; give me understanding,
That I may know thy testimonies.
126 (‫ )ע‬It is time for thee, LORD, to work:
For they have made void thy law.
127 (‫ )ע‬Therefore I love thy commandments
Above gold; yea, above fine gold.
128 (‫ )ע‬Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right;
And I hate every false way.
PE.
129 (‫ )פ‬Thy testimonies are wonderful:
Therefore doth my soul keep them.
130 (‫ )פ‬The entrance of thy words giveth light;
It giveth understanding unto the simple.
131 (‫ )פ‬I opened my mouth, and panted:
For I longed for thy commandments.
132 (‫ )פ‬Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me,
As thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
133 (‫ )פ‬Order my steps in thy word:
And let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
134 (‫ )פ‬Deliver me from the oppression of man:
So will I keep thy precepts.
135 (‫ )פ‬Make thy face to shine upon thy servant;
And teach me thy statutes.
136 (‫ )פ‬Rivers of waters run down mine eyes,
Because they keep not thy law.
TZADDI.
137 (‫ )צ‬Righteous art thou, O LORD, And upright are thy judgments.
138 (‫ )צ‬Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous
And very faithful.
139 (‫ )צ‬My zeal hath consumed me,
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Because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
140 (‫ )צ‬Thy word is very pure:
Therefore thy servant loveth it.
141 (‫ )צ‬I am small and despised:
Yet do not I forget thy precepts.
142 (‫ )צ‬Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
And thy law is the truth.
143 (‫ )צ‬Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me:
Yet thy commandments are my delights.
144 (‫ )צ‬The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting:
Give me understanding, and I shall live.
KOPH.
145 (‫ )ק‬I cried with my whole heart;

Hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.

146 (‫ )ק‬I cried unto thee; save me,

And I shall keep thy testimonies.

147 (‫ )ק‬I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried:

I hoped in thy word.

148 (‫ )ק‬Mine eyes prevent the night watches,

That I might meditate in thy word.

149 (‫ )ק‬Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness:

O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.

150 (‫ )ק‬They draw nigh that follow after mischief:

They are far from thy law.

151 (‫ )ק‬Thou art near, O LORD;

And all thy commandments are truth.

152 (‫ )ק‬Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old

That thou hast founded them for ever.

RESH.
153 (‫ )ר‬Consider mine affliction, and deliver me:
For I do not forget thy law.
154 (‫ )ר‬Plead my cause, and deliver me:
Quicken me according to thy word.
155 (‫ )ר‬Salvation is far from the wicked:
For they seek not thy statutes.
156 (‫ )ר‬Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD:
Quicken me according to thy judgments.
157 (‫ )ר‬Many are my persecutors and mine enemies;
Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies.
158 (‫ )ר‬I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved;
Because they kept not thy word.
159 (‫ )ר‬Consider how I love thy precepts:
Quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
160 (‫ )ר‬Thy word is true from the beginning:
And every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever.
SCHIN.
161 (‫ )ש‬Princes have persecuted me without a cause:
But my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
162 (‫ )ש‬I rejoice at thy word,
As one that findeth great spoil.
163 (‫ )ש‬I hate and abhor lying:
But thy law do I love.
164 (‫ )ש‬Seven times a day do I praise thee
Because of thy righteous judgments.
165 (‫ )ש‬Great peace have they which love thy law:
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And nothing shall offend them.
166 (‫ )ש‬LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation,
And done thy commandments.
167 (‫ )ש‬My soul hath kept thy testimonies;
And I love them exceedingly.
168 (‫ )ש‬I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies:
For all my ways are before thee.
TAU.
169 (‫ )ת‬Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD:
Give me understanding according to thy word.
170 (‫ )ת‬Let my supplication come before thee:
Deliver me according to thy word.
171 (‫ )ת‬My lips shall utter praise,
When thou hast taught me thy statutes.
172 (‫ )ת‬My tongue shall speak of thy word:
For all thy commandments are righteousness.
173 (‫ )ת‬Let thine hand help me;
For I have chosen thy precepts.
174 (‫ )ת‬I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD;
And thy law is my delight.
175 (‫ )ת‬Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee;
And let thy judgments help me.
176 (‫ )ת‬I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant;
For I do not forget thy commandments.

120
A Song of degrees.
1 In my distress I cried unto the LORD,
And he heard me.
2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips,
And from a deceitful tongue.
3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee,
Thou false tongue?
4 Sharp arrows of the mighty,
With coals of juniper.
5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech,
That I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
6 My soul hath long dwelt
With him that hateth peace.
7 I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war.

121
A Song of degrees.
1 I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills,
From whence cometh my help.
2 My help cometh from the LORD,
Which made heaven and earth.
3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:
He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD is thy keeper:
The LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.
6 The sun shall not smite thee by day,
Nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil:
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He shall preserve thy soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in
From this time forth, and even for evermore.
122
A Song of degrees of David.
1 I was glad when they said unto me,
Let us go into the house of the LORD.
2 Our feet shall stand
Within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
3 Jerusalem is builded
As a city that is compact together:
4 Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD,
Unto the testimony of Israel,
To give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
5 For there are set thrones of judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
They shall prosper that love thee.
7 Peace be within thy walls,
And prosperity within thy palaces.
8 For my brethren and companions’ sakes,
I will now say, Peace be within thee.
9 Because of the house of the LORD our God
I will seek thy good.

123
A Song of degrees.
1 Unto thee lift I up mine eyes,
O thou that dwellest in the heavens.
2 Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters,
And as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress;
So our eyes wait upon the LORD our God,
Until that he have mercy upon us.
3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us:
For we are exceedingly filled with contempt.
4 Our soul is exceedingly filled
With the scorning of those that are at ease,
And with the contempt of the proud.

124
A Song of degrees of David.
1 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,
Now may Israel say;
2 If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,
When men rose up against us:
3 Then they had swallowed us up quick,
When their wrath was kindled against us:
4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us,
The stream had gone over our soul:
5 Then the proud waters
Had gone over our soul.
6 Blessed be the LORD,
Who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.
7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers:
The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
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8Our help is in the name of the LORD,
Who made heaven and earth.
125
A Song of degrees.
1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion,
Which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever.
2 As the mountains are round about Jerusalem,
So the LORD is round about his people
From henceforth even for ever.
3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous;
Lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
4 Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good,
And to them that are upright in their hearts.
5 As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways,
The LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity:
But peace shall be upon Israel.

126
A Song of degrees.
1 When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion,
We were like them that dream.
2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter,
And our tongue with singing:
Then said they among the heathen,
The LORD hath done great things for them.
3 The LORD hath done great things for us;
Whereof we are glad.
4 Turn again our captivity, O LORD,
As the streams in the south.
5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed,
Shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

127
A Song of degrees for Solomon.
1 Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it:
Except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late,
To eat the bread of sorrows:
For so he giveth his beloved sleep.
3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD:
And the fruit of the womb is his reward.
4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man;
So are children of the youth.
5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them:
They shall not be ashamed,
But they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

128
A Song of degrees.
1 Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD;
That walketh in his ways.
2 For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands:
Happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.
3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine
By the sides of thine house:
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Thy children like olive plants
Round about thy table.
4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD.
5 The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion:
And thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem
All the days of thy life.
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children,
And peace upon Israel.

129
A Song of degrees.
1 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth,
May Israel now say:
2 Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth:
Yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 The plowers plowed upon my back:
They made long their furrows.
4 The LORD is righteous:
He hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.
5 Let them all be confounded and turned back
That hate Zion.
6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops,
Which withereth afore it groweth up:
7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand;
Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.
8 Neither do they which go by say,
The blessing of the LORD be upon you:
We bless you in the name of the LORD.

130
A Song of degrees.
1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.
2 Lord, hear my voice:
Let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
3 If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities,
O Lord, who shall stand?
4 But there is forgiveness with thee,
That thou mayest be feared.
5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait,
And in his word do I hope.
6 My soul waiteth for the Lord
More than they that watch for the morning:
I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
7 Let Israel hope in the LORD:
For with the LORD there is mercy,
And with him is plenteous redemption.
8 And he shall redeem Israel
From all his iniquities.

131
A Song of degrees of David.
1 LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty:
Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
2 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself,
As a child that is weaned of his mother:
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My soul is even as a weaned child.
3 Let Israel hope in the LORD
From henceforth and for ever.
132
A Song of degrees.
1 LORD, remember David,
And all his afflictions:
2 How he sware unto the LORD,
And vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
3 Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house,
Nor go up into my bed;
4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes,
Or slumber to mine eyelids,
5 Until I find out a place for the LORD,
A habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah:
We found it in the fields of the wood.
7 We will go into his tabernacles:
We will worship at his footstool.
8 Arise, O LORD, into thy rest;
Thou, and the ark of thy strength.
9 Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness;
And let thy saints shout for joy.
10 For thy servant David’s sake
Turn not away the face of thine anointed.
11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David;
He will not turn from it;
Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
12 If thy children will keep my covenant
And my testimony that I shall teach them,
Their children also shall sit upon thy throne for evermore.
13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion;
He hath desired it for his habitation.
14 This is my rest for ever:
Here will I dwell; for I have desired it.
15 I will abundantly bless her provision:
I will satisfy her poor with bread.
16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation:
And her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
17 There will I make the horn of David to bud:
I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
18 His enemies will I clothe with shame:
But upon himself shall his crown flourish.

133
A Song of degrees of David.
1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brethren to dwell together in unity.
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head,
That ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard:
That went down to the skirts of his garments;
3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion:
For there the LORD commanded the blessing,
Even life for evermore.
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134
A Song of degrees.
1 Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD,
Which by night stand in the house of the LORD.
2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary,
And bless the LORD.
3The LORD that made heaven and earth
Bless thee out of Zion.
135
1 Praise ye the LORD.
Praise ye the name of the LORD;
Praise him, O ye servants of the LORD.
2 Ye that stand in the house of the LORD,
In the courts of the house of our God,
3 Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good:
Sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.
4 For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself,
And Israel for his peculiar treasure.
5 For I know that the LORD is great,
And that our Lord is above all gods.
6 Whatsoever the LORD pleased,
That did he in heaven, and in earth,
In the seas, and all deep places.
7 He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth;
He maketh lightnings for the rain;
He bringeth the wind out of his treasuries.
8 Who smote the firstborn of Egypt,
Both of man and beast.
9 Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt,
Upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
10 Who smote great nations,
And slew mighty kings;
11 Sihon king of the Amorites,
And Og king of Bashan,
And all the kingdoms of Canaan:
12 And gave their land for an heritage,
An heritage unto Israel his people.
13 Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever;
And thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.
14 For the LORD will judge his people,
And he will repent himself concerning his servants.
15 The idols of the heathen are silver and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
16 They have mouths, but they speak not;
Eyes have they, but they see not;
17 They have ears, but they hear not;
Neither is there any breath in their mouths.
18 They that make them are like unto them:
So is every one that trusteth in them.
19 Bless the LORD, O house of Israel:
Bless the LORD, O house of Aaron:
20 Bless the LORD, O house of Levi:
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Ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD.
21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem.
Praise ye the LORD.

136
1 O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good:
For his mercy endureth for ever.
2 O give thanks unto the God of gods:
For his mercy endureth for ever.
3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords:
For his mercy endureth for ever.
4 To him who alone doeth great wonders:
For his mercy endureth for ever.
5 To him that by wisdom made the heavens:
For his mercy endureth for ever.
6 To him that stretched out the earth above the waters:
For his mercy endureth for ever.
7 To him that made great lights:
For his mercy endureth for ever:
8 The sun to rule by day:
For his mercy endureth for ever:
9 The moon and stars to rule by night:
For his mercy endureth for ever.
10 To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn:
For his mercy endureth for ever:
11 And brought out Israel from among them:
For his mercy endureth for ever:
12 With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm:
For his mercy endureth for ever.
13 To him which divided the Red sea into parts:
For his mercy endureth for ever:
14 And made Israel to pass through the midst of it:
For his mercy endureth for ever:
15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea:
For his mercy endureth for ever.
16 To him which led his people through the wilderness:
For his mercy endureth for ever.
17 To him which smote great kings:
For his mercy endureth for ever:
18 And slew famous kings:
For his mercy endureth for ever:
19 Sihon king of the Amorites:
For his mercy endureth for ever:
20 And Og the king of Bashan:
For his mercy endureth for ever:
21 And gave their land for an heritage:
For his mercy endureth for ever:
22 Even an heritage unto Israel his servant:
For his mercy endureth for ever.
23 Who remembered us in our low estate:
For his mercy endureth for ever:
24 And hath redeemed us from our enemies:
For his mercy endureth for ever.
25 Who giveth food to all flesh:
For his mercy endureth for ever.
26 O give thanks unto the God of heaven:
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For his mercy endureth for ever.

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1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept,
When we remembered Zion.
2 We hanged our harps
Upon the willows in the midst thereof.
3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song;
And they that wasted us required of us mirth,
Saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4 How shall we sing the LORD’S song
In a strange land?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget her cunning.
6 If I do not remember thee,
Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth;
If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem;
Who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed;
Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee
As thou hast served us.
9 Happy shall he be that taketh
And dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

138
A Psalm of David.
1 I will praise thee with my whole heart:
Before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
2 I will worship towards thy holy temple,
And praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth:
For thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.
3 In the day when I cried thou answeredst me,
And strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.
4 All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD,
When they hear the words of thy mouth.
5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD:
For great is the glory of the LORD.
6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly:
But the proud he knoweth afar off.
7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me:
Thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies,
And thy right hand shall save me.
8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me:
Thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever:
Forsake not the works of thine own hands.
139
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising,
Thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down,
And art acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue,
But lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5 Thou hast beset me behind and before,
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And laid thine hand upon me.
6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;
It is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit?
Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:
If I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
9 If I take the wings of the morning,
And dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10 Even there shall thy hand lead me,
And thy right hand shall hold me.
11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me;
Even the night shall be light about me.
12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee;
But the night shineth as the day:
The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13 For thou hast possessed my reins:
Thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:
Marvellous are thy works;
And that my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee,
When I was made in secret,
And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;
And in thy book all my members were written,
Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God:
How great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them, they are moe in number than the sand:
When I awake, I am still with thee.
19 Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God:
Depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20 For they speak against thee wickedly,
And thine enemies take thy name in vain.
21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee?
And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22 I hate them with perfect hatred:
I count them mine enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart:
Try me, and know my thoughts:
24 And see if there be any wicked way in me,
And lead me in the way everlasting.

140
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
1 Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man:
Preserve me from the violent man;
2 Which imagine mischiefs in their heart;
Continually are they gathered together for war.
3 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent;
Adder’s poison is under their lips. Selah.
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4 Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;
Preserve me from the violent man;
Who have purposed to overthrow my goings.
5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords;
They have spread a net by the way side;
They have set grins for me. Selah.
6 I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God:
Hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD.
7 O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation,
Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle.
8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked:
Further not his wicked device;
Lest they exalt themselves. Selah.
9 As for the head of those that compass me about,
Let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
10 Let burning coals fall upon them:
Let them be cast into the fire;
Into deep pits, that they rise not up again.
11 Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth:
Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
12 I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted,
And the right of the poor.
13 Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name:
The upright shall dwell in thy presence.

141
A Psalm of David.
1 LORD, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me;
Give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee.
2 Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense;
And the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
3 Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth;
Keep the door of my lips.
4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing,
To practise wicked works with men that work iniquity:
And let me not eat of their dainties.
5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness:
And let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil,
Which shall not break my head:
For yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places,
They shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
7 Our bones are scattered at the grave’s mouth,
As when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord:
In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute.
9 Keep me from the snare which they have laid for me,
And the grins of the workers of iniquity.
10 Let the wicked fall into their own nets,
Whilst that I withal escape.
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142
Maschil of David; A Prayer when he was in the cave.
1 I cried unto the LORD with my voice;
With my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication.
2 I poured out my complaint before him;
I shewed before him my trouble.
3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me,
Then thou knewest my path.
In the way wherein I walked
Have they privily laid a snare for me.
4 I looked on my right hand, and beheld,
But there was no man that would know me:
Refuge failed me;
No man cared for my soul.
5 I cried unto thee, O LORD:
I said, Thou art my refuge
And my portion in the land of the living.
6 Attend unto my cry;
For I am brought very low:
Deliver me from my persecutors;
For they are stronger than I.
7 Bring my soul out of prison,
That I may praise thy name:
The righteous shall compass me about;
For thou shalt deal bountifully with me.

143
A Psalm of David.
1 Hear my prayer, O LORD,
Give ear to my supplications:
In thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness.
2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant:
For in thy sight shall no man living be justified.
3 For the enemy hath persecuted my soul;
He hath smitten my life down to the ground;
He hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead.
4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me;
My heart within me is desolate.
5 I remember the days of old;
I meditate on all thy works;
I muse on the work of thy hands.
6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee:
My soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
7 Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth:
Hide not thy face from me,
Lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning;
For in thee do I trust:
Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk;
For I lift up my soul unto thee.
9 Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies:
I flee unto thee to hide me.
10 Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God:
Thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.
11 Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake:
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For thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.
12 And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies,
And destroy all them that afflict my soul:
For I am thy servant.

144
A Psalm of David.
1 Blessed be the LORD my strength,
Which teacheth my hands to war,
And my fingers to fight:
2 My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer;
My shield, and he in whom I trust;
Who subdueth my people under me.
3 LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him?
Or the son of man, that thou makest account of him?
4 Man is like to vanity:
His days are as a shadow that passeth away.
5 Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down:
Touch the mountains, and they shall smoke.
6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter them:
Shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them.
7 Send thine hand from above;
Rid me, and deliver me out of great waters,
From the hand of strange children;
8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity,
And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood.
9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God:
Upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings:
Who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children,
Whose mouth speaketh vanity,
And their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:
12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth;
That our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
13 That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store:
That our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets:
14 That our oxen may be strong to labour;
That there be no breaking in, nor going out;
That there be no complaining in our streets.
15 Happy is that people, that is in such a case:
Yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.

145
David’s Psalm of praise.
1 (‫ )א‬I will extol thee, my God, O King;
And I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
2 (‫ )ב‬Every day will I bless thee;
And I will praise thy name for ever and ever.
3 (‫ )ג‬Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised;
And his greatness is unsearchable.
4 (‫ )ד‬One generation shall praise thy works to another,
And shall declare thy mighty acts.
5 (‫ )ה‬I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty,
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And of thy wondrous works.
6 (‫ )ו‬And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts:
And I will declare thy greatness.
7 (‫ )ז‬They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness,
And shall sing of thy righteousness.
8 (‫ )ח‬The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion;
Slow to anger, and of great mercy.
9 (‫ )ט‬The LORD is good to all:
And his tender mercies are over all his works.
10 (‫ )י‬All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD;
And thy saints shall bless thee.
11 (‫ )כ‬They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom,
And talk of thy power;
12 (‫ )ל‬To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts,
And the glorious majesty of his kingdom.
13 (‫ )מ‬Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
And thy dominion endureth throughout all generations.
14 (‫ )ס‬The LORD upholdeth all that fall,
And raiseth up all those that be bowed down.
15 (‫ )ע‬The eyes of all wait upon thee;
And thou givest them their meat in due season.
16 (‫ )פ‬Thou openest thine hand,
And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.
17 (‫ )צ‬The LORD is righteous in all his ways,
And holy in all his works.
18 (‫ )ק‬The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him,

To all that call upon him in truth.

19 (‫ )ר‬He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him:
He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
20 (‫ )ש‬The LORD preserveth all them that love him:
But all the wicked will he destroy.
21 (‫ )ת‬My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD:
And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.

146
1 Praise ye the LORD.
Praise the LORD, O my soul.
2 While I live will I praise the LORD:
I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
3 Put not your trust in princes,
Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth;
In that very day his thoughts perish.
5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the LORD his God:
6 Which made heaven, and earth,
The sea, and all that therein is:
Which keepeth truth for ever:
7 Which executeth judgment for the oppressed:
Which giveth food to the hungry.
The LORD looseth the prisoners:
8 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind:
The LORD raiseth them that are bowed down:
The LORD loveth the righteous:
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9 The LORD preserveth the strangers;
He relieveth the fatherless and widow:
But the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
10 The LORD shall reign for ever,
Even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations.
Praise ye the LORD.

147
1 Praise ye the LORD:
For it is good to sing praises unto our God;
For it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem:
He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
3 He healeth the broken in heart,
And bindeth up their wounds.
4 He telleth the number of the stars;
He calleth them all by their names.
5 Great is our Lord, and of great power:
His understanding is infinite.
6 The LORD lifteth up the meek:
He casteth the wicked down to the ground.
7 Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving;
Sing praise upon the harp unto our God:
8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds,
Who prepareth rain for the earth,
Who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.
9 He giveth to the beast his food,
And to the young ravens which cry.
10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse:
He taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him,
In those that hope in his mercy.
12 Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem;
Praise thy God, O Zion.
13 For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates;
He hath blessed thy children within thee.
14 He maketh peace in thy borders,
And filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.
15 He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth:
His word runneth very swiftly.
16 He giveth snow like wool:
He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes.
17 He casteth forth his ice like morsels:
Who can stand before his cold?
18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them:
He causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow.
19 He sheweth his word unto Jacob,
His statutes and his judgments unto Israel.
20 He hath not dealt so with any nation:
And as for his judgments, they have not known them.
Praise ye the LORD.

148
1Praise ye the LORD.
Praise ye the LORD from the heavens:
Praise him in the heights.
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2 Praise ye him, all his angels:
Praise ye him, all his hosts.
3 Praise ye him, sun and moon:
Praise him, all ye stars of light.
4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens,
And ye waters that be above the heavens.
5 Let them praise the name of the LORD:
For he commanded, and they were created.
6 He hath also stablished them for ever and ever:
He hath made a decree which shall not pass.
7 Praise the LORD from the earth,
Ye dragons, and all deeps:
8 Fire, and hail; snow, and vapour;
Stormy wind fulfilling his word:
9 Mountains, and all hills;
Fruitful trees, and all cedars:
10 Beasts, and all cattle;
Creeping things, and flying fowl:
11 Kings of the earth, and all people;
Princes, and all judges of the earth:
12 Both young men, and maidens;
Old men, and children:
13 Let them praise the name of the LORD:
For his name alone is excellent;
His glory is above the earth and heaven.
14 He also exalteth the horn of his people,
The praise of all his saints;
Even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him.
Praise ye the LORD.

149
1 Praise ye the LORD.
Sing unto the LORD a new song,
And his praise in the congregation of saints.
2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him:
Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
3 Let them praise his name in the dance:
Let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people:
He will beautify the meek with salvation.
5 Let the saints be joyful in glory:
Let them sing aloud upon their beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
And a twoedged sword in their hand;
7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen,
And punishments upon the people;
8 To bind their kings with chains,
And their nobles with fetters of iron;
9 To execute upon them the judgment written:
This honour have all his saints.
Praise ye the LORD.

150
1Praise ye the LORD.
Praise God in his sanctuary:
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Praise him in the firmament of his power.
2 Praise him for his mighty acts:
Praise him according to his excellent greatness.
3 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet:
Praise him with the psaltery and harp.
4 Praise him with the timbrel and dance:
Praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
5 Praise him upon the loud cymbals:
Praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
6 Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD.
Praise ye the LORD.