# ACV_verses

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Because of this I say to you, all things, as many as ye may ask, praying, believe that ye receive, and it will be for you.


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And whenever ye may stand praying, forgive, if ye have anything against any man, so that also your Father in the heavens will forgive you your trespasses.


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And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, the chief priests, and the scholars, and the elders come to him.


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And they say to him, By what authority are thou doing these things? Or who gave thee this authority so that thou may do these things?


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And having answering, Jesus said to them, I also will question you one word, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.


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And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we should say, From heaven, he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?


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But should we say, From men? (They feared the people, for all held John that he was indeed a prophet.)


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And having answered, they say to Jesus, We do not know. And having answering, Jesus says to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.


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And he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set up a hedge, and dug a wine vat, and built a tower, and leased it to farmers, and went on a journey.


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And at the season he sent forth a bondman to the farmers, so that he might receive by the farmers from the fruit of the vineyard.


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And again he sent another bondman to them. And that man, having stoned, they wounded in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.


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And again he sent another, and that man they killed, and many others, beating some, and killing some.


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Therefore, still having his one beloved son, he also sent him to them, last, saying, They will be made ashamed by my son.


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But those farmers said among themselves, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.


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What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others.


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And have ye not read this scripture: The stone that those who build rejected, this came to be into the head of the corner.


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And they sought to seize him. And they feared the multitude, for they knew that he spoke the parable against them. And having left him, they went away.


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And they send some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to him, so that they might catch him in talk.


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And when they came, they say to him, Teacher, we have seen that thou are true, and it is not a care to thee about any man, for thou look not to a personage of men, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it permitted to give tribute to Caesar or not?


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Should we give, or should we not give? But Jesus, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why do ye test me? Bring me a denarius, so that I may see it.


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And they brought it. And he says to them, Whose is this image and inscription? And they said to him, Caesar's.


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And having answered, Jesus said to them, Render the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God. And they marveled at him.


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Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If a man's brother dies, and leaves behind a wife, and leaves no child, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.


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And having answered, Jesus said to them, Are ye not led astray because of this: not knowing the scriptures nor the power of God?


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For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as agents in the heavens.


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But about the dead, that they rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses, how God spoke to him at the bush, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?


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And one of the scholars having come, having heard them disputing, knowing that he had answered them well, he questioned him, Which is the first commandment of all?


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And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, thou Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord,


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and thou shall love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole mind, and from thy whole strength. This is the first commandment.


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And this second is similar, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.


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And the scholar said to him, Well, teacher. Thou spoke in truth that he is one, and there is no other but he.


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And to love him from the whole heart, and from the whole understanding, and from the whole soul, and from the whole strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.


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And when Jesus saw him, that he answered wisely, he said to him, Thou are not far from the kingdom of God. And no man dared to question him any more.


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And having responded as he taught in the temple, Jesus said, How do the scholars say that the Christ is the son of David?


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For David himself said by the Holy Spirit, The Lord says to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand until I may place thine enemies a footstool of thy feet.


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David himself therefore calls him Lord, and in what way is he his son? And the great multitude heard him gladly.


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And in his teaching he said to them, Look away from the scholars, those who desire to go about in long robes, and salutations in the marketplaces,


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those who devour widows' houses, and praying long in pretence. These will receive greater condemnation.


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And having sat down opposite the treasury, Jesus watched how the multitude cast money into the treasury, and many rich men cast in much.


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And having summoned his disciples, he says to them, Truly I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than all those who are casting into the treasury.


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For they all cast in from that which is abundant to them, but she from her need cast in all, as many things she had, her whole living.


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And as he went forth out of the temple, one of his disciples says to him, Teacher, see what kind of stones and what kind of buildings.


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And Jesus having answered, he said to him, See thou these great buildings? There will be left, no, not a stone upon a stone, that will, no, not be brought down.


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And as he sat upon the mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew questioned him privately,


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Tell us, when will these things be? And what is the sign when all these things are going to be fulfilled?


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And when ye may hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not alarmed, for it must happen, but the end is not yet.


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For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines and troubles. These things are the beginnings of travails.


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But watch ye yourselves, for they will deliver you up to councils, and ye will be beaten in synagogues. And ye will be stood before rulers and kings because of me, for a testimony to them.


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But when they lead you, delivering you up, be not anxious before what ye might speak, nor meditate. But whatever may be given you in that hour, speak ye this, for ye are not who speak, but the Holy Spirit.


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And brother will betray brother to death, and a father a child. And children will rise up against parents, and will condemn them to death.


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But when ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not (let him who reads understand), then let those in Judea flee to the mountains,


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and let the man on the housetop not go down into the house, nor enter in to take anything out of his house,


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For those days will be tribulation, such as has not happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, and no, will not happen.


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And unless the Lord cut short the days, no flesh would have been saved, but because of the chosen, whom he chose, he cut short the days.


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For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will give signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen.


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But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light,


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And then he will send forth his agents, and will gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the outermost part of the earth as far as the outermost part of heaven.


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But learn a parable from the fig tree. When its branch now becomes tender, and sprouts the leaves, ye know that summer is near.


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But about that day or that hour no man knows, not even the agents in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father.


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like a man abroad, having left his house, and having given authority to his bondmen, and to each man his work, and commanded the doorkeeper that he should watch.


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Watch therefore, for ye know not when the lord of the house comes, at evening, or at midnight, or at cock crowing, or in the morning,


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Now after two days was the Passover and the unleavened bread. And the chief priests and the scholars sought how, having take him with trickery, they might kill him,


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And while he was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat relaxing, a woman came having an alabaster cruse of ointment of pure spikenard, very valuable. And having broken the alabaster cruse, she poured it on his head.


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For this could have been sold for over three hundred denarii, and given to the poor. And they grumbled at her.


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For ye always have the poor with you, and whenever ye may desire ye can do them well, but ye do not always have me.


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And truly I say to you, wherever this good news may be preached in the whole world, also what she did will be told for a memorial of her.


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And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests, so that he might betray him to them.


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And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him silver. And he sought how he might betray him conveniently.


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And on the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the Passover, his disciples say to him, Where do thou want, after going, we should prepare that thou may eat the Passover?


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And he sends forth two of his disciples, and says to them, Go into the city, and a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him.


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And wherever he may enter, say ye to the house-ruler, The teacher says, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?


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And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found just as he had said to them. And they prepared the Passover.


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And as they were relaxing and eating, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, that one of you eating with me will betray me.


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The Son of man indeed goes as it is written about him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It was good for him if that man was not born.


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And as they were eating, Jesus having taken bread, having blessed, he broke in pieces, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat, this is my body.


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Truly I say to you, that I will no more drink of the fruit of the grapevine, until that day when I drink it anew in the kingdom of God.


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And Jesus says to them, All ye will be caused to stumble by me this night, because it is written, I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.


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And Jesus says to him, Truly I say to thee, that thou today, in this night, before a cock sounds twice, will deny me thrice.


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But he spoke more extreme, If I must die with thee, I will, no, not deny thee. And they all spoke the same way also.


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And they come to a place the name of which was Gethsemane. And he says to his disciples, Sit ye here until I pray.


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And he takes Peter and James and John with him, and began to be greatly disturbed, and very distressed.


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And having gone forward a little, he fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.


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And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee. Remove this cup from me, but not what I want, but what thou want.


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And he comes and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter, Simon, Do thou sleep? Could thou not watch one hour?


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Watch ye and pray that ye may not enter into temptation. Truly, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.


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And having returned, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were weighed down, and they knew not what they should reply to him.


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And he comes the third time, and says to them, Sleep the remaining, and take your rest. It is enough. The hour has come. Behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.


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And straightaway, while he still spoke, Judas, being one of the twelve, comes, and with him a great multitude with swords and clubs from the chief priests, and the scholars, and the elders.


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Now he who betrayed him had given them a sign, saying, Whomever I may kiss is he. Seize him, and lead away securely.


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And a certain one of those who stood by, having drawn his sword, struck the bondman of the high priest, and cut off his ear.


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And having answered, Jesus said to them, Have ye come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to arrest me?


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I was daily near you, teaching in the temple, and ye did not seize me-but that the scriptures might be fulfilled.


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And a certain one young man followed with him, having been wrapped naked in a linen cloth. And the young men seized him,


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And they led Jesus away to the high priest. And all the chief priests and the elders and the scholars assemble with him.


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And Peter followed him from a distance, as far as inside the courtyard of the high priest, and was sitting with the subordinates, and warming himself near the light.


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Now the chief priests and the whole council sought testimony against Jesus in order to put him to death, and did not find it.


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We heard him saying, I will destroy this temple made with hands, and by three days I will build another not made with hands.


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And the high priest having stood up in the midst, he demanded Jesus, saying, Thou answer nothing? What is it these men testify against thee?


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But he remained silent, and answered nothing. Again the high priest demanded him, and says to him, Are thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?


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And Jesus said, I am. And ye will see the Son of man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky.


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Ye have heard the blasphemy. What does it seem to you? And they all condemned him to be deserving of death.


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And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to strike him with a fist, and to say to him, Prophesy. And the subordinates were throwing him with slaps.


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And having seen Peter warming himself, having looked at him, she says, Thou also were with Jesus of Nazareth.


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But he denied, saying, I know not, nor understand what thou say. And he went outside onto the porch, and a cock sounded.


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And the servant girl having seen him, she began again to say to those who stood by, This man is from them.


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But he again denied it. And after a little while again those who stood by said to Peter, Surely thou are from them, for thou are a Galilean, and thy accent is similar.


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And the second time a cock sounded. And Peter remembered the saying that Jesus said to him, Before a cock sounds twice, thou will deny me thrice. And having broke down, he wept.


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And straightaway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scholars and the whole council, having made a plan, after binding Jesus, they took him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.


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And Pilate questioned him, Are thou the king of the Jews? And having answered, he said to him, Thou say.


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And Pilate again questioned him, saying, Thou answer nothing? Behold how many things they testify against thee.


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And a man who was called Barabbas was with the rebels who were bound, men who had committed murder during the insurrection.


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And again having answered, Pilate said to them, What then do ye wish I would do to the man whom ye call the king of the Jews?


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And Pilate, wanting to do what was sufficient for the crowd, released Barabbas to them. And he delivered Jesus, after scourging, so that he might be crucified.


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And the soldiers led him away inside the courtyard, which is the Praetorium, and they call together the whole band.


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And when they had mocked him, they took the purple garment off of him, and dressed him with his own garments. And they lead him out so that they might crucify him.


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And they draft a certain Simon, a Cyrenian passing by coming from the countryside, the father of Alexander and Rufus, so that he would take his cross.


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And those who passed by railed at him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ha! Thou who destroy the temple, and build it in three days,


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Likewise also the chief priests mocking among each other with the scholars said, He saved others, he cannot save himself.


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Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe in him. And those who were crucified with him reviled him.


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And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a great voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me?


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And one having ran, and having filled a sponge of vinegar, and having placed it on a reed, gave him to drink, saying, Leave be. We might see if Elijah comes to take him down.


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And when the centurion, who stood from opposite him, saw that he expired, having cried out this way, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.


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And there were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were also Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the small man, and of Joses, and Salome;


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women who also followed him and served him when he was in Galilee, also many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.


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Joseph of Arimathaea came, an honorable councilman who also himself was awaiting the kingdom of God, emboldened, he went in near Pilate, and requested the body of Jesus.


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And Pilate wondered if he died already. And having summoned the centurion, he questioned him if he was already dead.


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And having bought fine linen, and having taken him down, he wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulcher, being that which had been hewn out of rock. And he rolled a stone to the door of the sepulcher.


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And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that having come, they might anoint him.


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And very much early morning on the first day of the week, they come near to the sepulcher when the sun was risen.


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And having entered into the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe, and they were alarmed.


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And he says to them, Be not alarmed. Ye seek Jesus, the man of Nazareth who was crucified. He was raised. He is not here. Behold, the place where they laid him.


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But go, tell his disciples and Peter, that he goes before you into Galilee. Ye will see him there, just as he said to you.


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And having come out, they fled from the sepulcher, and trembling and astonishment seized them. And they said nothing to any man, for they were afraid.


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Now having risen early morning on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.


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And after these things he appeared in a different form to two of them as they walked going into the countryside.


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Afterward he became visible to them, to the eleven, who were relaxing. And he upbraided their unbelief and hard heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he was raised.


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And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will cast out demons. They will speak in new tongues.


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They will take up serpents, and if they drink anything deadly, it will, no, not harm them. They will lay hands on the feeble, and they will fare well.


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Therefore indeed, the Lord, after he spoke to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.


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And those men, having gone forth, they preached everywhere, the Lord working jointly, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Truly.


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Inasmuch as many have taken in hand to arrange in order a narration about the deeds that have been brought to fullness among us,


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just as they delivered them to us, who became from the beginning eyewitnesses and servants of the word,


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it occurred to me also, having followed closely from the beginning all things accurately, to write to thee in order, eminent Theophilus,


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It came to pass in the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest, named Zacharias, from the division of Abijah, and his wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.


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And they were both righteous before God, going in all the commandments and righteous things of the Lord blameless.


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And there was no child to them because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in their days.


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But it came to pass during his service as a priest in the course of his division in the presence of God,


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that, according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to burn incense after entering into the temple of the Lord.


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But the agent said to him, Fear not, Zacharias, because thy plea was heard, and thy wife Elizabeth will bear a son for thee. And thou shall call his name John.


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For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he should, no, not drink wine and strong drink. And he will be filled of the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's belly.


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And he will go ahead, in front of him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn back the hearts of fathers toward children, and the disobedient in a mentality of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.


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And Zacharias said to the agent, How will I know this? For I am aged, and my wife is advanced in her days.


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And having answered, the agent said to him, I am Gabriel who stand in the presence of God. And I was sent to speak to thee, and to announce these good news to thee.


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And behold, thou will be mute, and not able to speak until that day these things will come to pass, because thou did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time.


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And when he came out, he could not speak to them, and they recognized that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he was beckoning to them, and remained speechless.


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to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. And the virgin's name was Mary.


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And the agent having come in near her, he said, Hail, thou who are highly favored. The Lord is with thee, thou who are blessed among women.


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But having seen, she was perplexed at his saying, and was pondering what kind of greeting this might be.


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And behold, thou will conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son. And thou shall call his name JESUS.


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This man will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David.


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And having answered, the agent said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Most High will overshadow thee. Therefore also the holy thing that is begotten will be called the Son of God.


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And behold, Elizabeth thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age, and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren.


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And Mary said, Behold the maid-servant of the Lord. May it happen to me according to thy word. And the agent departed from her.


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And it came to pass, when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the babe leaped in her belly. And Elizabeth was filled of the Holy Spirit,


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and she exclaimed in a great voice, and said, Blessed are thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy belly.


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And blessed is she who believed, because there will be a fulfillment of the things that were spoken to her from the Lord.


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because he has looked upon the lowliness of his bondmaid. For behold, from henceforth all generations will regard me blessed,


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And her neighbors and her kinfolk heard that the Lord magnified his mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.


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And it came to pass on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child, and they were calling it by the name of his father Zacharias.


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And fear developed in all who dwell around them. And all these sayings were talked about in the entire hill country of Judea.


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And all who heard stored up in their heart, saying, What then will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.


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And thou, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High. For thou will go ahead, before the face of the Lord, to prepare his ways,


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to give light to those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into a way of peace.


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And the child grew, and became strong in spirit. And he was in the desolate regions until the day of his manifestation to Israel.


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And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and patriarchy of David,


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And she brought forth her son, the firstborn, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in the feed trough, because there was no place for them in the inn.


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And there were shepherds in the same region living in the fields, and keeping watch by night over their flock.


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And behold, an agent of the Lord stood near them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them. And they feared a great fear.


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And the agent said to them, Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be to all the people,


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And this is the sign to you: Ye will find a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, and lying in a feed trough.


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And suddenly there came to be with the agent a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,


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And it came to pass, as the agents went away from them into heaven, that the men (the shepherds) said to each other, Let us indeed go through as far as Bethlehem, and see this declaration that has come to pass, which the Lord made known to us.


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And having hastened, they came and found both Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in the feed trough.


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And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they heard and saw, as it was told to them.


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And when eight days were fulfilled to circumcise him, that his name was called JESUS, the one called by the agent before he was conceived in the belly.


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And when the days of their purification according to the law of Moses were fulfilled, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord,


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(just as it is written in a law of the Lord that every male that opens a womb will be called holy to the Lord),


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and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in a law of the Lord, a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.


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And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. And this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the encouragement of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.


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And it was divinely revealed to him by the Holy Spirit, that he would not see death before he would see the Christ of the Lord.


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And he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus, for them to do according to the custom of the law about him,


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And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this man is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign being repudiated


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(and also of thee, a sword will pierce through thine own soul), so that thoughts out of many hearts may be revealed.


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And there was Anna, a prophetess, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (being advanced in many days, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,


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and this woman was a widow to eighty-four years), who did not depart from the temple, serving with fastings and supplications night and day.


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And having stood near at that same hour, she acknowledged the Lord, and spoke about him to all those who were awaiting redemption in Jerusalem.


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And when they completed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee to their own city Nazareth.


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And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom. And the grace of God was upon it.


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and having fulfilled the days, during their return the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem. And Joseph and his mother did not know it,


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but, having supposed him to be in the caravan, they went a day's journey. And they sought him among their kinfolk and acquaintances.


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And it came to pass after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and questioning them.


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And when they saw him they were amazed. And his mother said to him, Child, why did thou this way to us? Behold, thy father and I were seeking thee sorrowing.


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And he said to them, Why is it that ye were seeking me? Had ye not known that I must be among the things of my Father?


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And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was being subordinate to them. And his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.


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Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip being tetrarch of the region belonging to Ituraea, and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene,


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in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to be in John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.


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And he came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching an immersion of repentance for remission of sins,


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as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, which says, The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight.


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Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low. And the crooked things will be into straight and the rough into smooth ways.


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He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be immersed by him, Ye offspring of vipers, who showed you to flee from the coming wrath?


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Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have a father, Abraham. For I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham.


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And even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore not making good fruit is cut down, and cast into fire.


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And having answered, he says to them, He who has two coats, let him share with him not having, and he who has food, let him do likewise.


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And men who were soldiers also questioned him, saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.


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And as the people were expectant, and all pondering in their hearts about John, if perhaps he was the Christ,


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John responded, saying to them all, I indeed immerse you in water, but a man mightier than I comes, of whom I am not worthy to unloose the strap of his shoes. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire,


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whose winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.


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But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him about Herodias his brother's wife, and about all of which evil things Herod had done,


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Now it came to pass, during the immersion of all the people, Jesus also having been immersed and praying, for the heaven to be opened,


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and the Holy Spirit to descend in a bodily form as a dove upon him, and a voice to occur out of heaven, saying, Thou are my beloved Son. In thee I am well pleased.


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And Jesus himself was beginning to be about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,


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the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,


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And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,


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being tempted forty days by the devil. And he ate nothing in those days, and when they were ended, afterward he was hungry.


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And the devil said to him, If thou are the Son of God, speak to this stone that it may become bread.


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And Jesus answered, saying to him, It is written, Man will not live on bread alone, but on every saying of God.


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And having brought him onto a high mountain, the devil showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.


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And the devil said to him, I will give to thee all this authority, and the glory of them, because it has been delivered to me, and to whomever I want I give it.


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And having answered, Jesus said to him, Go thee behind me, Satan. It is written, Thou shall worship the Lord thy God, and him only shall thou serve.


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And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and he said to him, If thou are the Son of God, cast thyself down from here,


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And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee. And a report went out about him through the entire region around.


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And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up. And according to that which was customary to him, he entered into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read.


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And the book of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. And having opened the book, he found the place where it was written,


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The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to sent forth in deliverance those who have been broken,


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And having closed the book, having given it back to the attendant, he sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were focused on him.


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And all witnessed to him, and wondered at the words of grace that proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is this not the son of Joseph?


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And he said to them, Ye will doubtless say to me this proverb: Physician, heal thyself. How many things we heard that happened at Capernaum, do also here in thy fatherland.


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But in truth I say to you, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine occurred on all the land.


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And many lepers were in Israel near Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.


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And having risen up, they thrust him outside of the city, and brought him as far as the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw him down headlong.


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And in the synagogue there was a man who had a spirit of an unclean deity. And it cried out in a great voice, saying,


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Oh no! What is with us and with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Did thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou are, the Holy man of God.


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And Jesus rebuked it, saying, Be thou muzzled, and come out of him. And the demon having thrown him down in the midst, it came out of him, not having harm him.


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And amazement developed in all, and they spoke among each other, saying, What is this word? Because with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.


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And having arisen from the synagogue, he entered into the house of Simon. And Simon's mother-in-law was gripped by a great fever, and they besought him about her.


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And having stood over her, he rebuked the fever. And it left her, and immediately after rising up, she served them.


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And when the sun was setting, all, as many as had those who were incapacitated with various diseases, brought them to him. And having laid his hands on each one of them, he healed them.


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And also demons came out from many, crying out, and saying, Thou are the Christ, the Son of God. And rebuking them, he did not allow them to speak, because they knew him to be the Christ.


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And when it became day, having departed, he went to a desolate place. And the multitudes sought him, and they came to him, and were restraining him not depart from them.


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But he said to them, I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because I was sent for this.


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Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him to hear the word of God, and having stood still, he was beside the lake of Gennesaret.


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And he saw two boats standing by the lake, but the fishermen having gone out of them, were washing their nets.


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And having entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And having sat down, he taught the crowds from the boat.


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And when he stopped speaking, he said to Simon, Put out into the depth, and let down your nets for a catch.


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And having answered, Simon said to him, Master, having toiled through the whole night, we took nothing, but at thy saying, I will let down the net.


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And they beckoned to their partners in the other boat, after coming, to assist them. And they came and filled both the boats, so as for them to be sunk down.


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But Simon Peter having seen, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, because I am a sinful man, Lord.


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For astonishment surrounded him, and all those with him, at the catch of the fishes that they caught,


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and likewise also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not, from henceforth thou will be catching men.


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And it came to pass while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy. And having seen Jesus, having fallen on his face, he besought him, saying, Lord, if thou will, thou can make me clean.


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And having stretched forth his hand, he touched him, having said, I will, be thou clean. And straightaway the leprosy departed from him.


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And he commanded him to tell no man, but, After going, show thyself to the priest, and bring concerning thy cleansing, just as Moses commanded for a testimony to them.


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But the report about him went through more, and many multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him from their infirmities.


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And it came to pass during one of those days, he was also teaching. And there were seated Pharisees and law teachers, who were men having come out of every town of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was to heal them.


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And behold, men bringing a man on a bed who was paralyzed. And they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him.


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And not having found how they might bring him in because of the multitude, after going up upon the housetop, they let him down through the tiles with the small bed into the midst in front of Jesus.


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And the scholars and the Pharisees began to deliberate, saying, Who is this who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, except God alone?


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But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, having responded, he said to them, Why do ye deliberate in your hearts?


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But that ye may know that the Son of man has authority upon earth to forgive sins (he said to the paralyzed man), I say to thee, Arise, and after taking up thy small bed, go to thy house.


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And immediately having risen up before them, after taking up that on which he lay, he departed to his house glorifying God.


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And amazement gripped all, and they glorified God. And they were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things today.


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And after these things he went forth and saw a tax collector, named Levi, sitting at the tax office. And he said to him, Follow me.


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And Levi made a great feast for him in his house, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were relaxing with them.


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And their scholars and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?


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And having answered, Jesus said to them, Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those faring badly.


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And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make supplications, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink.


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And he said to them, Ye cannot make the sons of the wedding hall fast while the bridegroom is with them.


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But the days will also come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.


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And he also spoke a parable to them. No man puts a patch of a new garment on an old garment, otherwise both the new tears, and that from the new will not blend with the old.


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And no man puts new wine into old wineskins, otherwise the new wine will burst the wineskins, and will itself be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined.


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Now it came to pass for him to be going through the grain fields on a particular sabbath, and his disciples were plucking the ears and were eating, rubbing them in their hands.


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And having answered them, Jesus said, Have ye not read even this, what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him,


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how he entered into the house of God, and took and ate the loaves of the presentation, and also gave to those who were with him, which is not permitted to eat, except the priests alone?


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And it also came to pass on another sabbath for him to enter into the synagogue and teach. And a man was there, and his right hand was withered.


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And the scholars and the Pharisees watched if he would heal on the sabbath, so that they might find an accusation against him.


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But he knew their thoughts, and he said to the man who had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And having risen, he stood up.


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Then Jesus said to them, I will question you. What? Is it permitted on the sabbath to do good, or to do harm, to save life, or to kill?


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And having looked around on them all, he said to him, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did, and his hand was restored whole as the other.


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And he happened in these days to go out onto the mountain to pray, and he was continuing all night in prayer to God.


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And when it became day, he called his disciples, and chose twelve from them, whom he also named apostles:


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And having come down with them, he stood on a level place. And a company of his disciples, and a large number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the maritime Tyre and Sidon, were those who came to hear him, and to be healed from their diseases,


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And having lifted up his eyes on his disciples, he said, Blessed are the poor, because the kingdom of God is what belongs to you.


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Blessed are those who hunger now, because ye will be filled. Blessed are those who weep now, because ye will laugh.


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Blessed are ye, when men will hate you, and when they will exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the Son of man.


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Rejoice ye in that day, and leap, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did in the same way to the prophets.


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Woe to you who are filled now, because ye will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, because ye will mourn and weep.


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To him who strikes thee on the cheek offer the other also, and from him who takes away thy cloak, also do not withhold thy coat.


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Give to every man who asks thee, and from him who takes away thy personal things do not demand them back.


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And if ye love those who love you, what credit is for you? For even sinners love those who love them.


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And if ye do good to those who do good to you, what credit is for you? For even sinners do the same.


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And if ye lend to whom ye hope to receive, what credit is for you? For even sinners lend to sinners, to receive as much again.


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But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, despairing nothing, and your reward will be great. And ye will be sons of the Most High, because he is good toward the ungrateful and bad.


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And do not criticize, and ye will, no, not be criticized. And do not condemn, and ye will, no, not be condemned. Forgive, and ye will be forgiven.


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Give, and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, they will give into your bosom. For with the same measure with which ye measure, it will be measured again to you.


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And he spoke a parable to them. Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a ditch?


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A disciple is not above his teacher, but every disciple who is fully developed will be as his teacher.


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Or how can thou say to thy brother, Brother, allow me to take out the speck that is in thine eye, when thou thyself do not see the beam in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, first take out the beam from thine own eye, and then thou will see clearly to take out the speck in thy brother's eye.


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For each tree is known from its own fruit. For they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they harvest grapes from a bramble bush.


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The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth the good, and the bad man out of the bad treasure of his heart brings forth the bad, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.


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He is like a man who builds a house, who dug and excavated, and laid a foundation upon the rock. And when a flood developed, the stream beat upon that house, and could not shake it, for it had been founded upon the rock.


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But he who heard, and not having done, is like a man who built a house upon the soil without a foundation, on which the stream beat, and straightaway it fell. And the ruin of that house became great.


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And having heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him who asked him that, having come, he would save his bondman.


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And when they came to Jesus they urged him earnestly, saying, He is worthy for whom thou may offer this,


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And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far distant from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, Lord, be not troubled, for I am not worthy that thou should come under my roof.


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Therefore neither did I consider myself worthy to come to thee, but speak by word, and my boy will be healed.


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For I also am a man set under authority, having soldiers under myself. And I say to this man, Go, and he goes, and to another, Come, and he comes, and to my bondman, Do this, and he does.


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And when Jesus heard these things, he marveled him, and having turned around to the multitude who followed him, he said, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.


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And those who were sent, having returned to the house, found the bondman who was feeble, being well.


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And it came to pass on the next day that he went to a city called Nain, and a considerable number of his disciples went with him, also a large multitude.


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Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, an only begotten son who died was being carried out for his mother. And she was a widow, and a considerable crowd of the city was with her.


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And having come, he touched the coffin, and the men carrying it stood still. And he said, Young man, I say to thee, arise.


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And fear seized all. And they glorified God, saying, A great prophet has been raised among us, and, God came to help his people.


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And having summoned a certain two of his disciples, John sent them to Jesus, saying, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another man?


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And when they came to him, they said, John the immerser has sent us to thee, saying, Are thou he who comes, or do we look for another man?


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And in the same hour he healed many from diseases and plagues and evil spirits. And he granted sight to many blind men.


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And having answered, Jesus said to them, After going, report to John the things that ye saw and heard: the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor are preached good news.


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And after John's messengers departed, he began to say to the multitudes about John, What did ye go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?


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But what did ye go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, those in elegant clothing, and existing in luxury, are in kingly places.


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This is he about whom it is written, Behold, I send my agent before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee.


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For I say to you, among men born of women there is not one prophet greater than John the immerser, yet the smaller in the kingdom of God is greater than he.


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And all the people having heard, and the tax collectors who were immersed the immersion of John, justified God.


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But the Pharisees and the lawyers who were not immersed by him, rejected the purpose of God for themselves.


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They are like children sitting in the marketplace, and calling to each other, and saying, We piped to you, and ye did not dance. We mourned to you, and ye did not weep.


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The Son of man has come eating and drinking, and ye say, Behold the man, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!


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And a certain man of the Pharisees asked him that he would eat with him. And having entered into the Pharisee's house, he sat down.


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And behold, a woman in the city who was sinful. And when she knew that he sat in the Pharisee's house, having brought an alabaster cruse of ointment,


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and having stood behind near his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with the tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head. And she kissed his feet much, and anointed them with the ointment.


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But when the Pharisee who invited him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what kind the woman is who touches him, that she is sinful.


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And having responded, Jesus said to him, Simon, I have something to say to thee. And he says, speak Teacher.


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There were two debtors to a certain creditor, the one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.


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And of them not having to repay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore, do thou say, will love him more?


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And having answered, Simon said, I suppose that it was to whom he forgave more. And he said to him, Thou have judged correctly.


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And having turned to the woman, he said to Simon, See thou this woman? I entered into thy house; thou gave no water for my feet. But this woman has wet my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head.


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For this reason I say to thee, her many sins are forgiven, because she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, loves little.


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And it came to pass that he traveled through, by city and village in succession, announcing and preaching the good news of the kingdom of God, and the twelve men with him,


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and certain women who were healed from evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,


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and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many other women who served them from the things they possessed.


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And when a large multitude gathered together, and those coming to him from each city, he spoke by a parable.


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The man who sows went forth to sow his seed. And during his sowing, some fell by the way, and it was trampled, and the birds of the sky devoured it.


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And another fell on the good ground, and having grown it produced fruit a hundredfold. As he said these things, he called out, He who has ears to hear, let him hear.


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And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the others in parables, so that seeing they would not see, and hearing they would not understand.


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And those by the way are those who hear, then the devil comes, and takes away the word from their heart, lest having believed, they would be saved.


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And those on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. And these have no root, who believe for a time, and withdraw in time of trial.


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And that which fell in the thorns, these are those who heard, and as they go they are choked by cares and wealth and pleasures of life, and do not bring to maturity.


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But those in the good ground, these are those who in an good and right heart, having heard the word, hold it firm, and bring forth fruit in perseverance.


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And no man, having lit a lamp, covers it with a container, or places it under a bed, but places it on a lampstand, so that those who enter in may see the light.


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For there is no secret that will not become visible, nor hid, that will not be known and come to be visible.


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And it was reported to him, saying, Thy mother and thy brothers stand outside, desiring to see thee.


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But having answered, he said to them, My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it.


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Now it came to pass on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, also his disciples. And he said to them, Let us pass through to the other side of the lake. And they launched forth,


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but as they sailed he began to asleep. And a storm of wind came down on the lake, and they were filling up, and were in peril.


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And having approached, they awoke him, saying, Master, master, we are perishing. And having risen, he rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it became calm.


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And he said to them, Where is your faith? And having feared, they wondered, saying to each other, Who then is this man, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?


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And when he came forth upon the land, a certain man met him out of the city, who had demons of a considerable time. And he wore no clothing, and did not dwell in a house, but in the sepulchers.


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And when he saw Jesus, having cried out, he fell down before him. And in a great voice he said, What is with me and with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the Most High God? I beseech thee, do not torment me.


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For he commanded the unclean spirit to come out from the man, for many times it had seized him. And he was bound with chains and shackles, and guarded. And breaking the bonds apart, he was driven by the demon into the desolate regions.


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And Jesus demanded him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion, because many demons were entered into him.


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Now a herd of considerable swine was there feeding on the mountain, and they implored him that he would allow them to enter into those. And he allowed them.


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And the demons having come out from the man, they entered into the swine. And the herd stampeded down the slope into the lake, and were drowned.


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And when those who tended them saw what happened, they fled and reported it in the city and in the fields.


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And they came out to see what happened. And they came to Jesus, and found the man, from whom the demons had gone out, sitting near the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid.


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And the whole multitude of the region around the Gadarenes besought him to depart from them, because they were gripped by great fear. And he, having embarked into the boat, returned.


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But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him to be with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying,


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Return to thy house, and relate everything God did for thee. And he departed, proclaiming throughout the whole city how many things Jesus did for him.


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And it came to pass during Jesus returning, the multitude welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.


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And behold, there came a man whose name was Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue. And having fallen down near Jesus' feet, he besought him to come into his house,


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because there was with him an only begotten daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. But during his going the multitudes thronged him.


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And a woman being with an issue of blood for twelve years, who, although she spent her entire living on physicians, was unable to be healed by any,


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having come from behind, she touched the border of his garment. And immediately the issue of her blood stayed.


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And Jesus said, Who is he who touched me? But when they all denied, Peter and those with him, said, Master, the multitudes come together and crowd thee, and thou say, Who is he who touched me?


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And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling. And having fallen down before him, she declared to him in the presence of all the people for what reason she touched him, and how she was healed immediately.


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While he still spoke, some man comes from the synagogue ruler, saying to him, Thy daughter has died. Do not trouble the teacher.


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And when he came to the house, he did not allow any man to enter in except Peter and John and James, and the father of the girl and the mother.


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But having sent them all away outside, having taken her by the hand, he called out, saying, Girl, awake.


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And having summoned the twelve, he gave them power and authority over all demons, and to heal diseases.


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And he said to them, Take nothing for the way, neither staffs, nor bag, nor bread, nor silver, nor have two coats each.


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And as many as will not receive you, when departing from that city, also shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.


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And having departed, they passed through the villages, preaching the good news, and healing everywhere.


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But Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him. And he was perplexed, because it was said by some that John was risen from the dead,


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And Herod said, I beheaded John, but who is this about whom I hear such things? And he sought to see him.


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And when the apostles returned, they related to him as many things as they did. And having taken them along, he withdrew in private into a desolate place of a city called Bethsaida.


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But the multitudes having known, they followed him. And having received them, he spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and he cured those who had need of healing.


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And the day began to decline, and the twelve having come near, they said to him, Send the multitude away, so that, after going into the villages and fields around, they may rest and find provision, because we are here in a desolate place.


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But he said to them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, There are for us not more than five loaves and two fishes, unless, after going, we might buy food for all this people.


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For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down in groups of fifty each.


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And after taking the five loaves and the two fishes, having looked up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke in pieces, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.


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And they ate, and were all filled. And there were taken up to them of the remaining fragments, twelve baskets.


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And it came to pass, as he was praying privately, the disciples were with him. And he questioned them, saying, Who do the multitudes say that I am?


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And having answered, they said, John the immerser, but others, Elijah, and others, that a certain prophet of the ancient men arose.


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And he said to them, But ye, who say ye that I am? And having answered, Peter said, The Christ of God.


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saying, It is necessary for the Son of man to suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scholars, and be killed, and the third day to rise.


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And he said to all, If any man wants to come behind me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.


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For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever may lose his life because of me, this man will save it.


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For what is a man benefited, having gained the whole world, but having lost or having forfeited himself?


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For whoever may be ashamed of me and of my words, the Son of man will be ashamed of this man when he comes in his glory, and of the Father, and of the holy agents.


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But I tell you truly, there are some of those who stand here, who will, no, not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.


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And it came to pass about eight days after these sayings, that after taking Peter and John and James, he went up onto the mountain to pray.


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And as he was praying, the appearance of his face became different, and his clothing glistening white.


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But Peter and those with him were weighed down with sleep, and having become awake, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him.


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And it came to pass, as they were departing from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here, and we could make three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah, not knowing what he was saying.


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And while he was speaking these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them. And they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.


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And at the occurrence of the voice, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent, and informed no man in those days any of the things that they have seen.


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And behold, a man from the crowd cried out, saying, Teacher, I beseech thee to look upon my son, because he is the only begotten to me.


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And lo, a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him with foaming. And it departs from him difficultly, injuring him.


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And having answered, Jesus said, O faithless and perverted generation, how long will I be with you and endure you? Bring thy son here.


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And as he was still coming, the demon tore him, and he convulsed. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.


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And they were all amazed at the majesty of God. But while all were wondering at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,


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Place ye these sayings into your ears, for the Son of man is going to be delivered up into the hands of men.


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But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, so that they did not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.


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and he said to them, Whoever may receive this child in my name receives me, and whoever may receive me receives him who sent me, for he who exists smaller among you all, this man will be great.


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And having answered, John said, Master, we saw a certain man casting out demons in thy name, and we forbade him, because he does not follow with us.


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And it came to pass, while fulfilling the days for his ascension, that he also set his face to go to Jerusalem.


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And he sent agents before his face, and they went. And having gone, they entered into a village of Samaritans, so as to make ready for him.


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And his disciples James and John having seen, they said, Lord, do thou want that we should call fire to come down from the sky, and consume them, as also Elijah did?


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For the Son of man came not to destroy the lives of men, but to save. And they went to another village.


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And it came to pass while they went on the way, a certain man said to him, I will follow thee wherever thou may go, Lord.


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And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky, nests, but the Son of man has not where he might lay his head.


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And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, allow me first, after departing, to bury my father.


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But Jesus said to him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but thou, after departing, proclaim the kingdom of God.


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And also another said, I will follow thee, Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell to those in my house.


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But Jesus said to him, No man, having put his hand to a plow, and looking to things behind, is fit for the kingdom of God.


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Now after these things the Lord also appointed seventy other men, and sent them by twos before his face into every city and place where he himself was going to come.


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Therefore he said to them, The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the workmen are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth workmen into his harvest.


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And remain in the same house eating and drinking from their things, for the workman is worthy of his wage. Do not depart from house to house.


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But into whatever city ye enter, and they will not receive you, after departing into the thoroughfares of it, say,


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Even the dust that clings on us from your city, we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know ye this, that the kingdom of God has come near to you.


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Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! Because if the mighty works were done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.


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He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him who sent me.


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And the seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are made subject to us in thy name.


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Behold, I give you authority to tread over serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and, no, nothing will harm you.


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Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are made subject to you, but rejoice because your names are written in the heavens.


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And having turned to the disciples, he said, All things were delivered to me by my Father. And no man knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son wants to reveal him.


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And having turning toward the disciples in private, he said, Blessed are the eyes that see what ye see.


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For I say to you, that many prophets and kings desired to see what ye see, and did not see, and to hear what ye hear, and did not hear.


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And behold, a certain lawyer stood up testing him, and saying, Teacher, having done what, would I inherit eternal life?


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And having answered, he said, Thou shall love the Lord thy God from thy whole heart, and from thy whole soul, and from thy whole strength, and from thy whole mind, and thy neighbor as thyself.


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And having replied, Jesus said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho. And he encountered bandits, who also, having stripped him and having beat him, departed having left him being half dead.


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And by coincidence a certain priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.


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And likewise also a Levite who happened upon the place, having come, and having looked, passed by on the other side.


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And having come, he wrapped up his wounds, pouring on olive oil and wine. And having set him on his own beast, he brought him to an inn, and took care of him.


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And on the morrow when departing, after taking out two denarii, he gave them to the innkeeper, and said to him, Take care of him, and whatever thou might spend more, I will repay thee at my return.


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Which therefore, of these three, appears to thee to have become neighbor to the man who fell among the bandits?


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And it came to pass as they went, he also entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.


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And she was sister to this woman called Mary, who also, having sat at Jesus' feet, was listening to his word.


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But Martha was encumbered about much serving. And having stood near, she said, Lord, do thou not care that my sister left me behind to serve alone? Speak to her therefore that she may help me.


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But having answered, Jesus said to her, Martha, Martha, thou are anxious and troubled about many things,


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but one thing is necessary, and Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.


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And it came to pass as he was in a certain place praying, that when he ceased, a certain man of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples.


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And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Our Father in the heavens, hallowed be thy name. May thy kingdom come, may thy will happen on the earth as also in heaven.


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And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive every man who is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.


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And he said to them, Which of you will have a friend, and will go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves,


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and that man from inside, having answered, would say, Do not cause toils for me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I am not able, after getting up, to give thee?


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I say to you, though he will not give him, after getting up, because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, having awaken, he will give him as many as he needs.


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And I say to you, ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and ye will find. Knock, and it will be opened.


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And which father of you, if the son will ask a loaf, will give him a stone, or also if a fish, in place of a fish will give him a serpent?


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If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more the Father from heaven will give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?


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And he was casting out a demon, and it was mute. And it happened when the demon was gone out, the mute man spoke. And the multitudes marveled,


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But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom that was divided against itself is made desolate, and a house against a house falls.


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And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom be made to stand? Because ye say that I cast out the demons by Beelzebub.


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And if I cast out the demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons cast them out? Because of this they will be your judges.


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but when a stronger than he comes, after defeating him, he takes away his full armor in which he trusted, and divides his booty.


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When the unclean spirit departs out of the man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest. And not finding, it says, I will return to my house from where I came out.


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Then it goes, and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and having enter in, it dwells there. And the last state of that man becomes worse than the first.


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And it came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman, having lifted up her voice out of the crowd, said to him, Blessed is the belly that bore thee, and the breasts that thou suckled.


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And when the multitudes gathered together he began to say, This generation is evil. They seek a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah, the prophet.


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The queen of the south will awake in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.


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And no man, having lit a lamp, puts it in a concealed place, nor under the bushel, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter in may see the light.


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The lamp of thy body is the eye. Therefore, when thine eye is sound, thy whole body is also bright, but when it is bad, thy body is also dark.


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If therefore thy whole body is bright, not having any part dark, the whole will be bright, as when the lamp illuminates thee by the radiance.


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Now as he spoke a certain Pharisee asks him that he might dine with him. And having entered in, he sat down.


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And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your interior is full of plundering and wickedness.


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But woe to you Pharisees! Because ye tithe mint and rue and every plant, and pass by justice and the love of God. It is necessary to do these things, and not to neglect those things.


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Woe to you Pharisees! Because ye love the place of honor in the synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.


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Woe to you scholars and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye are like the unseen sepulchers, and the men who walk over them do not know.


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And having answered, a certain man of the lawyers says to him, Teacher, in saying these things thou rebuke us also.


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And he said, Woe also to you lawyers! Because ye load men with burdens difficult to bear, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.


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Consequently, ye testify and approve the works of your fathers, because they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchers.


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Because of this also the wisdom of God said, I will send to them prophets and apostles. And some of them they will kill and persecute,


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so that the blood of all the prophets that was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,


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from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I say to you, it will be required of this generation.


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Woe to you lawyers! Because ye took away the key of knowledge. Ye did not enter in yourselves, and ye hindered those who were entering in.


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And after he said these things to them, the scholars and the Pharisees began to harass him extremely, and to provoke him to speak impulsively about more things,


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During which time the myriads of the multitude having gathered together so as to trample each other, he began first to say to his disciples, Take heed to yourselves from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.


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Therefore, as many things as ye have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed upon the housetops.


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And I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of those who kill the body, and after these things not having anything more severe to do.


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But I will show you whom ye should fear. Fear him, who, after killing, has power to cast into hell. Yes, I say to you, fear ye him.


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Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins? And not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.


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But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore, ye are superior to many sparrows.


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And I say to you, every man who will confess in me before men, the Son of man will also confess in him before the agents of God,


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And every man who will speak a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him, but to him who blasphemed against the Holy Spirit it will not be forgiven.


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And when they bring you to the synagogues, and the principle positions, and the offices of authority, be not anxious how or what ye should answer in defense, or what ye should say,


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And a certain man out of the crowd said to him, Teacher, speak to my brother to divide the inheritance with me.


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And he said to them, Watch, and keep away from greed, because to any man, life to him is not in the abundance of things possessed by him.


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And he pondered within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have nowhere I will store my crops?


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And he said, I will do this. I will dismantle my barns, and I will build greater, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.


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And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou have many goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.


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But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be?


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And he said to his disciples, Because of this I say to you, be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat, nor for the body, what ye may wear.


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Consider the ravens, because they do not sow, nor do they reap, for which there is no storehouse nor barn, and God feeds them. How much ye are worth more than the birds.


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Consider the lilies, how they grow. They toil not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of these.


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And if God so clothes the grass in the field, which today is, and tomorrow being cast into the oven, how much more you, O ye of little faith?


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For the nations of the world seek all these things, and your Father knows that ye have need of these things.


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Sell things possessed by you, and give charity. Make for yourselves purses not becoming old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where no thief approaches, nor moth corrupts.


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and be ye like men waiting for their lord, when he may return from the wedding festivities, so that when he comes and knocks, they may straightaway open to him.


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Blessed are those bondmen whom the lord when he comes will find watching. Truly I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to sit down, and having come, will serve them.


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And if he should come in the second watch, and should come in the third watch, and find so, blessed are those bondmen.


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But know this, that if the house-ruler had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be broken into.


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And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise manager whom his lord will appoint over his service to give the provision on time?


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But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord is late to come, and should begin to beat the servant boys and the servant girls, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,


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the lord of that bondman will arrive in a day that he does not expect, and in an hour that he is not aware, and will cut him in two, and will place his portion with the unbelieving.


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And that bondman who knew his lord's will, and who did not prepare, nor do according to his will, will be beaten much,


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but he who did not know, and did things worthy of blows, will be beaten little. And to every man to whom much was given, much will be required from him. And to whom they entrust much, they will ask him more abundantly.


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A father will be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.


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And he also said to the multitudes, When ye see a cloud rising from the west, straightaway ye say, A shower is coming, and so it happens.


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Ye hypocrites, ye know how to examine the face of the earth and the sky, but how can ye not examine this season?


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For when thou go with thine opponent to the magistrate on the way give effort to be delivered from him, lest he may drag thee to the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer would cast thee into prison.


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Now some were present at the same time who informed him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices.


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And having answered, Jesus said to them, Do ye suppose that these Galileans became sinful above all the Galileans because they have suffered such things?


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Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them. Do ye think that these became debtors above all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?


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And he spoke this parable. A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.


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And he said to the vine workman, Behold, three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none. Cut it down, why also waste the ground?


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And having answered, he says to him, Sir, allow it this year also until I may dig around it and cast manure.


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And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years. And she was bent over, and not being able to straighten up completely.


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And when Jesus saw her, he called out, and said to her, Woman, thou are loosed from thine infirmity.


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And having responded, the synagogue-ruler, being indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath, answered and said to the multitude, There are six days in which he ought to work. Therefore coming in these, be healed, and not on the day of the sabbath.


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But the Lord therefore answered him and said, Ye hypocrites, does not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall, and after leading away, give to drink?


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And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan has bound, lo, eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?


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And as he said these things all those opposing him were shamed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.


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It is like a grain of a mustard plant, which having taken, a man cast into his own garden. And it grew and developed into a great tree, and the birds of the sky lodged in the branches if it.


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It is like leaven that a woman having taken, hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.


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Compete to enter in by the narrow gate, because many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.


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From the time the house-ruler has risen up, and has closed the door, and ye begin to stand outside, and to knock the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us, and having answered, he will say to you, I know not where ye are from,


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And he will say, I tell you, I know not where ye are from. Depart from me, all ye workmen of unrighteousness.


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There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth, when ye will see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you being thrust out.


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And they will arrive from the east and west, and from the north and south, and will sit down in the kingdom of God.


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In the same day some Pharisees came, saying to him, Get thee out and depart from here, because Herod wants to kill thee.


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And he said to them, Having gone, say to this fox, Behold, I cast out demons and finish cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I am fully perfected.


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Nevertheless it is necessary for me to go today and tomorrow and the following, because it is not possible for a prophet to perish outside of Jerusalem.


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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather thy children together as a hen does her brood under her wings, and ye would not.


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Behold, your house is left to you desolate. And I say to you, that ye will, no, not see me, until it will come when ye say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.


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And it came to pass, when he went into the house of a certain man of the chiefs of the Pharisees on a sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching him.


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And having responded, Jesus spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it permitted to heal on the sabbath?


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And having responded, he said to them, Of which of you will a son or an ox fall into a pit, and he will not straightaway lift him out on the day of the sabbath?


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And he spoke a parable to those who were invited when he noticed how they chose out the chief places, saying to them,


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When thou are invited by any man to wedding festivities, do not sit down in the chief place, lest there may be a more honorable man than thou who was invited by him.


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And he who invited thee and him, having come, will say to thee, Give place to this man, and then thou will begin with embarrassment to take the last place.


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But when thou are invited, having gone, sit down in the last place, so that when he who has invited thee comes, he will say to thee, Friend, go up higher, then it will be esteem to thee in the presence of those dining with thee.


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Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.


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And he also said to the man who invited him, When thou make a dinner or a supper, do not call thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor prosperous neighbors, lest they also invite thee in return, and a recompense be made to thee.


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and thou will be blessed, because they do not have to recompense thee, for it will be recompensed to thee at the resurrection of the righteous.


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And a certain man of those dining together having heard these things, he said to him, Blessed is he who will eat dinner in the kingdom of God.


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And he sent forth his bondman at the hour of the meal to say to those who were invited, Come, because all things are now ready.


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And they all from one began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a field, and I have need to go out and see it. I ask thee have me excused.


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And that bondman, having come, he informed his lord these things. Then the house-ruler having become angry, he said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the thoroughfares and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and maimed and crippled and blind.


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And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the roads and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.


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For I say to you, that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper. For many are called, but few chosen.


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If any man comes to me, and does not regard as inferior his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and besides his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.


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For which of you wanting to build a tower, does not, having first sat down, count the cost whether he has the things for completion?


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So that perhaps, having laid its foundation, and not being able to finish, all those who see begin to ridicule him,


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Or what king going to encounter another king in war, will not, having first sat down, consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?


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So therefore every man of you who does not renounce all things being possessed by him, cannot be my disciple.


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It is fit neither for the land nor for manure; they cast it out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.


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What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave behind the ninety-nine in the wilderness, and go for that which was lost until he finds it?


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And when he comes to the house, he calls together his men friends and his men neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.


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I say to you, that thus there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous men who have no need of repentance.


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Or what woman having ten drachmas, if she lose one drachma, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek diligently until she finds it?


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And when she has found it, she calls together her lady friends and lady neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, because I found the drachma that I lost.


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Thus I say to you, there becomes joy in the presence of the agents of God over one sinner who repents.


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and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me. And he divided to them his living.


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And not many days after, the younger son, having gathered all together, journeyed into a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth living recklessly.


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And having gone, he was joined to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.


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But when he came to himself, he said, How many hired men of my father's have abundance of loaves, but I am perishing with hunger.


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After rising, I will go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight.


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And having risen, he went to his father. But while he was still distant, afar off, his father saw him and felt compassion. And having ran, he fell on his neck, and kissed him much.


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And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight. I am no more worthy to be called thy son.


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But the father said to his bondmen, Bring forth the best robe and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and shoes for his feet.


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because this my son was dead, and became alive again. And he was lost, and is found. And they began to be cheerful.


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But his elder son was in a field. And while coming, having approached the house, he heard music and dancing.


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And he said to him, Thy brother arrived, and thy father has killed the fatted calf, because he received him back healthy.


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But having answered, he said to his father, Lo, so many years do I serve thee, and I never passed by a commandment of thine, and yet thou never gave me a goat that I might be merry with my friends.


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But when this thy son came, who has devoured thy living with harlots, thou killed for him the fatted calf.


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But it was needful to make merry and be glad, because this thy brother was dead, and became alive again, and was lost, and was found.


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And he also said to his disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a manager, and this man was accused to him as squandering things possessed by him.


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And having called him, he said to him, What is this I hear about thee? Render the account of thy management, for thou can no longer manage.


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And the manager said within himself, What shall I do because my lord takes away the management from me? I am not able to dig. I am ashamed to beg.


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I know what I will do, so that when I am removed from the management they may receive me into their houses.


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And having summoned each one of his lord's debtors, he said to the first, How much do thou owe to my lord?


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And he said, A hundred measures of olive oil. And he said to him, Receive thy document, and having sat down, quickly write fifty.


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Next he said to another, And how much do thou owe? And he said, A hundred measures of wheat. And he says to him, Receive thy document, and write eighty.


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And his lord commended the unrighteous manager because he did shrewdly. Because the sons of this age are shrewder in their own generation than the sons of the light.


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And I say to you, make friends for yourselves from the mammon of unrighteousness, so that, when ye cease, they may receive you into the eternal dwellings.


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The man faithful in the least is faithful also in much, and the man unrighteous in the least is unrighteous also in much.


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If therefore ye did not become faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you what is true?


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No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.


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And he said to them, Ye are those who declare yourselves righteous in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. Because what is lofty among men is an abomination in the sight of God.


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The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the kingdom of God is proclaimed good news, and every man in it is treated aggressively.


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Every man who divorces his wife and marries another, commits adultery, and every man who marries her who has been divorced from a husband commits adultery.


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Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, faring sumptuously daily.


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But there was a certain poor man named Lazarus, who had been placed near his gate, covered with sores,


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and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. But even the dogs that came licked his sores.


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And it came to pass for the poor man to die and be carried by the agents to Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died and was buried.


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And having lifted up his eyes in Hades, being in torments, he sees Abraham from afar and Lazarus by his bosom.


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And having cried out, he said, Father Abraham, be merciful to me, and send Lazarus, so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this flame.


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But Abraham said, Child, remember that thou in thy lifetime received thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now here he is comforted and thou are in agony.


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And besides all these things, between us and you a great chasm is fixed, so that those here who want to cross over to you are not able, nor may those go across from there to us.


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for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment.


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And he said to him, If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if some man would rise from the dead.


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And he said to his disciples, It is impossible for the stumbling-blocks not to come, but woe to him through whom they come!


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It is better for him if a donkey-powered millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to stumble.


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Take heed to yourselves. And if thy brother should sin against thee, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.


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And if he should sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times in the day turn back, saying, I repent, thou will forgive him.


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And the Lord said, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard plant, ye would say to this sycamine tree, Be thou uprooted and be planted in the sea, and it would have obeyed you.


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But which of you having a bondman plowing or feeding livestock, who, when he comes in from the field, will straightaway say, After coming near, sit down?


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Will he not rather say to him, Prepare what I may dine, and having gird thyself, serve me until I eat and drink, and after these things thou will eat and drink?


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Thus ye also, when ye did all the things that were commanded you, say, We are unprofitable bondmen, because we have done what we are obligated to do.


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And it came to pass as he went to Jerusalem, that he was passing through the middle of Samaria and Galilee.


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And when he saw them, he said to them, After departing, display yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, during their going they were cleansed.


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And questioned by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God comes, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God does not come with observation,


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And he said to the disciples, The days will come when ye will long to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye will not see it.


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For just as the lightning, its flashing from under the sky to under the sky, illuminates, so will the Son of man be in his day.


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They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.


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And likewise as it happened in the days of Lot. They ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built.


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But in that day Lot went out from Sodom he rained fire and brimstone from the sky, and destroyed them all.


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In that day, he who will be on the housetop, and his vessels in the house, let him not go down to take them up. And let him who is in the field likewise not return for the things behind.


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I say to you, in that night there will be two in one bed. The one man will be taken, and the other man will be left.


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And having answered, they say to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there the vultures will be gathered together.


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And for a time he would not, but after these things he said within himself, Although I fear not God, and regard not man,


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yet because this widow causes me a beating, I will avenge her, lest by no end of coming she give me a black eye.


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And God, will he, no, not do the vengeance of his chosen who cry out to him day and night, and yet being patient toward them?


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I say to you, that he will do their vengeance speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man comes, will he then find faith on the earth?


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And he also spoke this parable to some of those who were persuaded in themselves that they were righteous, and disdained other men.


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Having stood by himself, the Pharisee prayed these things: God, I thank thee that I am not as the rest of men, predatory, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.


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But the tax collector, having stood from afar, would not even lift his eyes to the sky, but beat upon his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinful man.


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I say to you, this man went down to his house justified rather than that man. Because every man who lifts himself up will be made lower, and he who makes himself lower will be lifted up.


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And they were also bringing the infants to him, so that he would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them.


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But having summoned them, Jesus said, Allow the children to come to me, and do not forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of God.


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Truly I say to you, whoever will not receive the kingdom of God as a child, will, no, not enter into it.


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And a certain ruler questioned him, saying, Good teacher, having done what, will I inherit eternal life?


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Thou know the commandments. Thou shall not commit adultery. Thou shall not murder. Thou shall not steal. Thou shall not give false testimony. Honor thy father and thy mother.


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And when he heard these things, Jesus said to him, Yet one thing is lacking from thee. Sell all things, as many as thou have, and distribute to the poor, and thou will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.


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And having seen him become very sorrowful, Jesus said, How difficultly those who have riches will enter into the kingdom of God.


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For it is easier for a camel to enter in through the hole of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.


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And he said to them, Truly I say to you, that there is no man who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God,


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And having taken along the twelve, he said to them, Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets about the Son of man will be completed.


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And they understood none of these things, and this saying was hidden from them, and they did not understand the things that were said.


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And those who went ahead rebuked him, so that he would be quiet, but he cried out much more, Thou son of David, be merciful to me.


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And having stood still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. And when he came near, he questioned him,


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And immediately he received sight, and followed him glorifying God. And all the people when they saw it gave praise to God.


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And behold, a man called by name, Zacchaeus. And he was a chief tax collector, and this man was rich.


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And he sought to see Jesus, who he was. And he was not able because of the crowd, because his stature was small.


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And having ran ahead, he climbed up in a sycamore tree so that he might see him, because he was going to pass that one.


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And when Jesus came to the place, having looked up, he saw him, and said to him, Zacchaeus, after making haste, come down, for today I must lodge at thy house.


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And having stood, Zacchaeus said to the Lord, Behold, half of the things possessed by me, Lord, I give to the poor. And if I defrauded any man of anything, I repay fourfold.


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And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, forasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham.


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And as they heard these things, he spoke, adding on a parable because he was near Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.


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He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.


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And having called ten of his bondmen, he gave them ten minas and said to them, Do business until I come.


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But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy behind him, saying, We do not want this man to reign over us.


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And it came to pass for him to return, having taken the kingdom. And he said for these bondmen to be called to him, to whom he gave the silver, so that he might know what any man gained by trading.


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And he said to him, Well, thou good bondman. Because thou became faithful in the least, be thou having authority over ten cities.


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For I was afraid of thee because thou are an austere man. Thou take up what thou did not lay down, and reap what thou did not sow.


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He says to him, Out of thy mouth I will judge thee, thou evil bondman. Thou had known that I am an austere man taking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow.


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Then why did thou not give my silver into a bank, and having come I would have collected it with interest?


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And he said to those who stood by, Take the mina from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.


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For I say to you, that to every man who has, will be given, but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away from him.


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Nevertheless those enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them, bring here, and kill them before me.


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And it came to pass when he came near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying,


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Go ye into the opposite village, in which, having entered, ye will find a colt tied, on which no man ever sat. Having untied, bring it.


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And as he was now coming near, at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began rejoicing to praise God in a great voice about all the mighty works that they had seen, saying,


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And having answered, he said to them, I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.


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saying, If thou knew, even thou, indeed even in this thy day, the things for thy peace. But now they are hidden from thine eyes.


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Because the days will come upon thee, and thine enemies will build a barricade around thee, and will surround thee, and enclose thee on every side.


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And they will raze thee and thy children within thee. And they will not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou knew not the time of thy visitation.


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And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests, and the scholars sought to destroy him, even the foremost men of the people.


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And it came to pass on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the good news, the chief priests and the scholars with the elders stood near.


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And they spoke, saying to him, Tell us, by what authority are thou doing these things? Or who is he who gave thee this authority?


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And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we should say, From heaven, he will say, Why did ye not believe him?


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And he began to speak this parable to the people. A man planted a vineyard, and leased it to farmers, and went abroad for a considerable time.


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And at the season he sent a bondman to the farmers, so that they would give him from the fruit of the vineyard. But having beaten him, the farmers sent him away empty.


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And he proceeded to send another bondman. And they, having beaten and shamefully treated, sent him also away empty.


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And the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Perhaps they will be made ashamed after seeing this man.


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But when the farmers saw him, they deliberated among themselves, saying, This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, so that the inheritance may become ours.


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And having cast him outside of the vineyard, they killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?


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He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. And having heard it, they said, May it not happen!


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But having looked upon them, he said, What then is this that is written, The stone that those who build rejected, this became the head of the corner?


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Every man who falls on that stone will be broken, but on whomever it may fall, it will grind him to dust.


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And the chief priests and the scholars sought to throw hands on him in the same hour. And they were afraid, for they knew that he spoke this parable against them.


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And having watched him, they sent forth insidious men pretending themselves to be righteous, so that they might take hold of his word, in order to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor.


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And they questioned him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou speak and teach rightly, and thou do not accept a personage, but teach the way of God in truth,


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Display to me a denarius. Whose image and inscription has it? And having answered, they said, Caesar's.


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And they were unable to lay hold of his word before the people. And having marveled at his answer, they were silent.


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And some of the Sadducees having approached, those who say there is no resurrection, they questioned him,


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saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, if any brother dies, having a wife, and this man dies childless, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.


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And the third likewise took her, and likewise also the seven; they left behind no children, and died.


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but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage.


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For neither can they die any more, for they are like the agents, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.


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But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the Bush when he calls the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.


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Beware of the scholars, who desire to walk around in long robes, and love greetings in the marketplaces, and chief seats in the synagogues, and places of honor at the feasts,


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For all these cast into the offerings of God from their abundance, but this woman from her poverty cast in all the living that she had.


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These things that ye see, the days will come during which there will not be left a stone upon a stone that will not be thrown down.


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And they questioned him, saying, Teacher, when therefore will these things be? And what is the sign when these things are going to happen?


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And he said, Watch that ye may not be led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, I am, and, The time has come near. Go ye not therefore after them.


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And when ye may hear of wars and tumults, do not be alarmed, for these things must first happen, but the end is not straightaway.


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And great earthquakes will be in various places, and famines and plagues. And there will be fearful sights and great signs from the sky.


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But before all these things, they will throw their hands on you, and will persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.


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For I will give you a mouth and wisdom that all those who oppose you will not be able to contradict or to resist.


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And ye will be betrayed even by parents, and kinsmen, and friends, and brothers. And some of you they will condemn to death.


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Then let those in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those in the midst of it depart out, and let not those in the rural areas enter into it.


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But woe to those who have in the womb, and to those who suckle in those days. For there will be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this people.


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And they will fall by the jaw of the sword, and will be led away captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.


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And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, roaring of sea and of tossing,


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fainting of men from fear, and of anticipation of the things coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.


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And when these things begin to happen, stand upright, and lift up your heads, because your redemption approaches.


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But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down in debauchery and drunkenness and mundane cares, and that day come upon you sudden.


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Watch ye therefore, making supplication at all times, so that ye may be considered worthy to escape all these things going to happen, and to stand before the Son of man.


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And during the days he was teaching in the temple, and going forth the nights, he lodged on the mount that is called Olives.


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And having departed, he conversed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him to them.


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And he said to them, Behold, having entered into the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water. Follow him into the house where he enters.


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And ye shall say to the house-ruler, The teacher says to thee, Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?


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For I say to you, that I will eat of it no more, no, not till when it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.


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And having taken a cup, having expressed thanks, he said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves.


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For I say to you, that I will, no, not drink from the fruit of the grapevine till when the kingdom of God comes.


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And after taking bread, having expressed thanks, he broke in pieces, and gave to them, saying, This is my body that is given for you. Do ye this in my memory.


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Likewise also the cup after dining, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood being shed for you.


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And the Son of man indeed goes according to that which has been determined, nevertheless woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!


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And he said to them, The kings of the Gentiles have dominion over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called Benefactors.


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But ye are not this way. Rather, the greater among you, shall become as the newer, and he who leads, as he who serves.


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For who ranks higher, he who sits dining, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits dining? But I am in the midst of you as he who serves.


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that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.


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but I prayed for thee, so that thy faith may not fail. And thou, when thou have returned, strengthen thy brothers.


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And he said, I say to thee, Peter, a cock will, no, not sound today, before thou will thrice deny that thou know me.


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And he said to them, When I sent you without bag and pouch and shoes, did ye lack anything? And they said, Nothing.


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Then he said to them, But now, he who has a bag, let him take it, and likewise a pouch. And he who has no sword, let him sell his cloak and buy.


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For I say to you, that this that is written is still necessary to be completed in me, And he was counted with lawless men, for these things about me also have fulfillment.


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And having come out, he proceeded according to his habit to the mount of Olives, and his disciples also followed him.


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And having become in agony he prayed more intensely, and his sweat became like drops of blood falling down to the ground.


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And after rising up from his prayer, having come to the disciples, he found them sleeping from sorrow.


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While he yet spoke, behold, a multitude, and the man called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them. And he came near to Jesus to kiss him.


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And when those who were around him saw what would be, they said, Lord, shall we strike with the sword?


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But having answered, Jesus said, Allow ye as far as this. And having touched his ear, he healed him.


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And Jesus said to the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and elders, who came to him, Have ye come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs?


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When I was with you daily in the temple, ye did not stretch forth hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.


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And having seized him, they led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter followed from afar.


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And having kindled a fire in the midst of the court, and having sat down together, Peter sat in the midst of them.


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But a certain servant girl having seen him sitting near the light, and having looked intently upon him, she said, This man was also with him.


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And after a little while, another man having see him, said, Thou also are from them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.


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And about one hour having passed, some other man insisted, saying, In truth this man was also with him, for he is also a Galilean.


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And Peter said, Man, I do not know what thou are saying. And immediately, while he still spoke, a cock sounded.


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And having turned, the Lord looked on Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he said to him, Before a cock sounds thou will deny me thrice.


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And having covered him, they struck his face, and demanded him, saying, Prophesy! Who is he who struck thee?


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And when it became day, the eldership of the people, the chief priests, and the scholars, came together, and led him into their council, saying,


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And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying himself to be Christ, a king.


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And Pilate questioned him, saying, Are thou the king of the Jews? And having answered him, he said, Thou say.


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But they were emphatic, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee as far as here.


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And when he perceived that he is from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was himself also in Jerusalem in these days.


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Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he was wanting of a considerable time to see him, because of hearing many things about him, and he hoped to see some sign happening by him.


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But Herod having disdained him with his soldiers, and having mocked him, having arraying him in a bright robe, he sent him back to Pilate.


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And both Pilate and Herod became friends with each other on the same day, for they were formerly being at enmity toward themselves.


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said to them, Ye brought this man to me as turning away the people. And behold, I, having examined him before you, found nothing guilty in this man of what ye accuse against him.


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But not even Herod, for I sent you back to him, and lo, nothing having been done by him is worthy of death.


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(a man who was cast into prison because of a certain insurrection that occurred in the city, and for murder).


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And he said to them a third time, For what evil did this man do? I have found nothing guilty of death in him. I will therefore, having scourged, release him.


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But they were relentless with loud voices demanding him to be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed.


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And he released the man who had been cast into prison because of insurrection and murder, whom they asked for, but he delivered Jesus to their will.


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And when they led him away, having taken hold of a certain Simon, a Cyrenian coming from the countryside, they laid the cross on him to bring behind Jesus.


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But having turning to them, Jesus said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, instead weep for yourselves and for your children.


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Because, behold, the days are coming, during which they will say, Blessed are the barren, and the bellies that gave no birth, and the breasts that did not suckle.


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And when they came to the place called Skull, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one at the right hand and the other at the left.


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And Jesus said, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they are doing. And dividing his garments, they cast a lot.


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And the people had stood watching. And also the rulers with them sneered, saying, He saved others. He should save himself, if this is the Christ, the chosen of God.


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And there was also an inscription over him written in letters, in Greek and Latin and Hebrew: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.


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And one of the malefactors who were hanged railed him, saying, If thou are the Christ, save thyself and us.


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But the other man having answered, rebuking him, saying, Thou fear not even God, since thou are in the same condemnation?


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And Jesus, having sounded out in a great voice, said, Father, into thy hands I entrust my spirit. And having said these things, he expired.


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And when the centurion saw that which happened, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this man was righteous.


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And all the multitudes who came together to this scene, watching that which happened, turned back, beating their breasts.


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And all his acquaintances, and the women who accompanied him from Galilee, had stood from afar, seeing these things.


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(this man not having consented to their purpose and deed), was from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who also himself awaited the kingdom of God.


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And having taken it down, he wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulcher cut in rock, of which no man was yet lain.


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And having followed closely, the women who were gathered to him out of Galilee, they saw the sepulcher, and how his body was laid.


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And having returned, they prepared spices and ointments. And they indeed rested on the sabbath according to the commandment.


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And on the first day of the week, very early morning, they came to the sepulcher bringing the spices that they prepared, and some women with them.


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And it came to pass while they were bewildered about this, that behold, two men stood near them in shining apparel.


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And since they became frightened and bowing down their face to the ground, they said to them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?


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saying that the Son of man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day to rise.


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And having returned from the sepulcher, they reported all these things to the eleven, and to all the others.


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Now they were Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles.


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But having risen, Peter ran to the sepulcher. And having stooped down, he sees the linen cloths laying alone. And he departed, wondering to himself at that which happened.


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And behold, two of them were going the same day to a village that was sixty furlongs away from Jerusalem, which name was Emmaus.


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And it came to pass, while they conversed and discussed, that Jesus himself also having approached, went along with them.


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And he said to them, What are these words that ye toss back to each other, while walking and are looking sad.


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And one, whose name was Cleopas, having answered, said to him, Thou only visit Jerusalem and do not know the things that happened in it during these days?


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And he said to them, What? And they said to him, The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who became a prophet, a mighty man in work and word before God and all the people,


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But we hoped that he is the man who is going to redeem Israel. But even with all these things, it brings this third day today from which time these things happened.


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And not having found his body, they came, saying also to have seen a vision of agents who say he is alive.


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And some of those with us went to the sepulcher, and found it this way, just as also the women said, but they did not see him.


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And having begun from Moses and from all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things about himself.


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And they constrained him, saying, Remain with us, because it is toward evening, and the day has declined. And he went in to remain with them.


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And it came to pass during his dining with them, that, having taken the bread, he blessed, and having broken in pieces he gave to them.


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And they said to each other, Was not our heart burning within us while he spoke to us on the way, while he opened to us the scriptures?


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And having risen up the same hour, they returned to Jerusalem. And they found the eleven gathered together,


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And they reported the things on the road, and how he was made known to them during the breaking of the bread.


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And as they spoke these things, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and says to them, Peace to you.


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See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Handle me and see, because a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as ye see me having.


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And while they still disbelieved from joy and wondering, he said to them, Have ye anything to eat here?


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And he said to them, These are the words that I spoke to you while still being with you, that it is necessary for all things that are written in the law of Moses, and the prophets, and the psalms about me to be fulfilled.


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And he said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day,


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and to proclaim in his name repentance and remission of sins for all the nations, having begun from Jerusalem.


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And behold, I send forth the promise of my Father upon you. But stay ye in the city until ye are clothed with power from on high.


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All things came to be through him, and apart from him not even one thing came to be that has come to be.


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This man came for testimony so that he might testify about the light, so that all might believe through him.


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But as many as did accept him, to them he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name,


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And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us. And we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.


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John testified about him, and cried out, saying, This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me came to be before me, because he was before me.


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No man has ever seen God. The only begotten Son, being in the bosom of the Father, that man reported him.


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And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent forth priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they might ask him, Who are thou?


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And they asked him, What therefore, are thou Elijah? And he says, I am not. Are thou the prophet? And he answered, No.


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They said therefore to him, Who are thou, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do thou say about thyself?


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He said, I am the voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, just as the prophet Isaiah said.


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And they asked him, and said to him, Why therefore do thou immerse if thou are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the prophet?


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He is the man who comes after me, who has become before me, of whom I am not worthy that I might loosen the strap of his shoe.


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On the morrow John sees Jesus coming to him, and he says, Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!


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This is he about whom I said, After me comes a man who has become before me, because he was before me.


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And I had not known him, but that he would be made known to Israel. Because of this I came immersing in water.


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And John testified, saying, I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained upon him.


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And I had not known him. But he who sent me to immerse in water, he said to me, Upon whomever thou will see the Spirit descending and remaining on him, this is he who immerses in the Holy Spirit.


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And Jesus having turned, and having seen them following, says to them, What seek ye? And they said to him, Rabbi (which says, being interpreted, Teacher), where do thou dwell?


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He says to them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and remained with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.


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This man first finds his own brother Simon, and says to him, We have found the Messiah (which is, being interpreted, Christ).


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And he brought him to Jesus. And having seen him, Jesus said, Thou are Simon the son of Jonah. Thou will be called Cephas (which is interpreted, Peter).


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On the morrow he wanted to go forth into Galilee, and he finds Philip. And Jesus says to him, Follow me.


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Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets wrote: Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth.


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Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and says about him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit.


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Nathanael says to him, How do thou know me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before Philip called thee, being under the fig tree, I saw thee.


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Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, thou believe? Thou will see greater than these things.


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And he says to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, henceforth ye will see the heaven opened, and the agents of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.


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Now there were six stone water pots laying there in accordance with the purification of the Jews, containing two or three measures each.


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And when the feast-ruler tasted the water that became wine, and had not known from where it was (but the helpers who drew the water had known), the feast-ruler called the bridegroom,


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and says to him, Every man sets out the good wine first, and when they drank much, then the lesser. Thou have kept the good wine until now.


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This is the beginning of the signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and he manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.


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After this he went down to Capernaum, he and his mother and his brothers and his disciples. And they remained there not many days.


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And having made a whip from cords, he drove all out from the temple, both the sheep and the oxen. And he poured out the coins of the moneychangers, and turned over their tables.


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And he said to those who sell the doves, Take these things from here. Make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.


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The Jews therefore said, This temple was forty-six years being built, and will thou raise it up in three days?


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When therefore he was raised from the dead his disciples remembered that he spoke this, and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus said.


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Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover during the feast, many believed in his name seeing his signs that he did.


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and because he had no need that any man should testify about man, for he himself knew what was in man.


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This man came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou have come a teacher from God, for no man can do these signs that thou do if God is not with him.


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Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to thee, If any man is not begotten from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.


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Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be begotten, being old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's belly, and be born?


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Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to thee, If any man is not begotten from water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.


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That which is begotten from the flesh is flesh, and that which is begotten from the Spirit is spirit.


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The wind blows where it will, and thou hear the sound of it, but know not from where it comes, and where it goes. So is every man who is begotten from the Spirit.


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Truly, truly, I say to thee, we speak that which we know, and testify of what we have seen, and ye do not accept our testimony.


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If I told you earthly things, and ye do not believe, how will ye believe if I should tell you heavenly things?


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And no man has ascended into heaven, except he who came down out of heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.


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For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but have eternal life.


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For God sent the Son into the world not that he might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.


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He who believes in him is not condemned. He who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.


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And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light, for their deeds were evil.


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For every man who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed.


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But he who does the truth comes to the light, so that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God.


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After these things Jesus and his disciples came into the Judean country. And he remained there with them and immersed.


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And John also was immersing in Aenon near Salim because there was much water there. And they came and were immersed.


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And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, about whom thou have testified, behold, this man immerses, and all men come to him.


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He who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This therefore my joy is fulfilled.


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He who comes from above is above all things. He who is of the earth is of the earth, and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all things.


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He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.


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When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and immersing more disciples than John


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And Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore being wearied from the journey, thus was sitting on the well. It was about the sixth hour.


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The Samaritan woman therefore says to him, How do thou, being Jewish, ask to drink from me, being a Samaritan woman, for Jews do not associate with Samaritans?


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Jesus answered and said to her, If thou had known the gift of God, and who it is who says to thee, Give me to drink, thou would have asked him, and he would have given thee living water.


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The woman says to him, Sir, thou have not even a container, and the well is deep. From where then have thou the living water?


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Are thou greater than our father Jacob who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, and his sons, and his livestock?


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but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will, no, not thirst into the age. But the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.


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The woman answered and said to him, I have no husband. Jesus says to her, Thou said correctly, I have no husband.


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For thou have had five husbands, and he whom thou now have is not thy husband. This thou have said true.


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Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary to worship.


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Jesus says to her, Woman, believe me, that the hour is coming when neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem will ye worship the Father.


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But an hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for also the Father seeks such kind who worship him.


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The woman says to him, I know that Messiah comes, he who is called Christ. When that man comes he will declare all things to us.


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And upon this his disciples came. And they marveled that he spoke with the woman, yet no man said, What seek thou? or, Why do thou speak with her?


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Do ye not say, There are still four months and the harvest comes? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and see the fields, that they are already white for harvest.


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And he who reaps receives a wage and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.


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I sent you to reap what ye have not labored. Others have labored, and ye have entered into their labor.


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And many of the Samaritans from that city believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, He told me all, as many things as I did.


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So when the Samaritans came to him they asked him to remain with them, and he remained there two days.


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And they said to the woman, We no longer believe because of thy speaking, for we have heard ourselves, and know that this really is the Savior of the world, the Christ.


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So when he came into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did in Jerusalem at the feast, for they also went to the feast.


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Jesus therefore came again to Cana of Galilee where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman whose son was sick at Capernaum.


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This man having heard that Jesus comes out of Judea into Galilee, he went to him and besought him that he would come down and heal his son, for he was going to die.


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Jesus says to him, Go, thy son lives. And the man believed the word that Jesus said to him, and he departed.


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So he inquired of them the hour in which he fared well. And they said to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.


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So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, Thy son lives. And he himself believed and his whole house.


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Now there is in Jerusalem by the place pertaining to sheep, a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porches.


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In these lay a great multitude of those who are feeble, blind, lame, withered, waiting for the movement of the water.


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For an agent went down at a certain time into the pool, and agitated the water. Therefore the first man who stepped in after the agitation of the water became well from whatever affliction he had.


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When Jesus saw this man lying down, and knew that he fares now a long time, he says to him, Do thou desire to become well?


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The infirmed man answered him, Sir, I have no man so that when the water is agitated he might put me into the pool, but while I am coming another steps down before me.


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And straightaway the man became well, and took up his bed and walked. Now it was sabbath on that day.


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The Jews therefore said to the man who was cured, It is sabbath. It is not permitted for thee to take up the bed.


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But the man who was healed had not known who he is, for Jesus withdrew, a multitude being in the place.


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After these things Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, thou have become well. Sin no more, lest something worse may happen to thee.


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And because of this the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to kill him, because he did these things on a sabbath.


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Because of this therefore the Jews sought even more to kill him, because not only did he relax the sabbath, but also he called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.


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Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, except what he sees the Father doing. For whatever he may do, the Son also does these things in like manner.


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For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. And he will show him works greater than these, so that ye may marvel.


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so that all would honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. The man not honoring the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.


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Truly, truly, I say to you, that he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life. And he does not come into condemnation, but has passed from death into life.


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Truly, truly, I say to you, that an hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.


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and will come forth, those who have done right to a resurrection of life, and those who have practiced wrong to a resurrection of judgment.


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I can from myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge. And my judgment is righteous because I seek not my will, but the will of the Father who sent me.


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There is another who testifies about me, and I know that the testimony that he testifies about me is valid.


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That man was the lamp that burns and shines, and ye were willing to rejoice for an hour in his light.


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But I have testimony greater than of John, for the works that the Father has given me so that I might complete them, the same works that I do, they testify about me that the Father has sent me.


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And the Father, he who sent me, has testified about me.Ye have neither heard his voice, nor have ever seen his appearance.


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Ye search the scriptures, because ye think to have eternal life in them, and those are testifying about me.


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I have come in my Father's name, and ye do not accept me. If another man should come in his own name, ye will accept that man.


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Think not that I will accuse you to the Father. The man who accuses you is Moses, in whom ye have hoped.


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And a great multitude followed him because they saw his signs, which he did on those who are infirmed.


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Jesus therefore having lifted up his eyes, and having seen that a great multitude comes to him, he says to Philip, From where will we buy loaves, so that these may eat?


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Philip answered him, Loaves of two hundred denarii of bread are not sufficient for them, so that each of them may take a little something.


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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.


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And Jesus took the loaves, and having expressed thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to those who were sitting down, likewise also of the fishes as much as they wanted.


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And when they were filled, he says to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain over, so that not anything may be lost.


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So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets of fragments from the five barley loaves that remained over from those who have eaten.


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When therefore the men saw what sign Jesus did, they said, This really is the prophet who comes into the world.


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Jesus therefore having perceived that they are going to come and seize him, so that they might make him king, departed onto the mountain himself alone.


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and having entered into the boat, they were going to the other side of the sea toward Capernaum. And it had already become dark, and Jesus had not come to them.


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Therefore having impelled forward about twenty-five or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and coming near to the boat, and they were afraid.


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They were willing therefore to receive him into the boat, and straightaway the boat came to be at the land to which they were going.


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On the morrow the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea, having seen that there was no other boat there except that one in which his disciples entered, and that Jesus did not go with his disciples into the boat, but his disciples went away alone,


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and other boats came from Tiberias near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord expressed thanks,


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when therefore the multitude saw that Jesus is not there, nor his disciples, they entered into the boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus.


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And when they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, when did thou become here?


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Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, ye seek me not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves and were filled.


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Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for God the Father put a seal on this man.


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Jesus answered, and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe in that man whom he has sent.


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They said to him therefore, What sign do thou, that we may see and believe in thee? What do thou work?


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Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.


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Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.


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Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will, no, not hunger, and he who believes in me will, no, not ever thirst.


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Because I have come down from heaven, not so that I might do my will, but the will of him who sent me.


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And this is the will of the Father who sent me, that of all that he has given me I would not lose from it, but I will raise it up at the last day.


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And this is the will of him who sent me, that every man who sees the Son, and believes in him, may have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.


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And they said, Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? Therefore how does this man say, I have come down out of heaven?


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No man can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.


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It is written in the prophets, And they will all be taught of God. Every man who hears from the Father, and having learned, comes to me.


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I am the living bread, having come down out of heaven. If any man eats of this bread, he will live into the age. And also, the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.


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Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.


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Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, also he who eats me, that man will also live because of me.


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This is the bread that came down out of heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna and died. He who eats this bread will live into the age.


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But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples are grumbling about this, said to them, Does this cause you to stumble?


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It is the spirit that makes alive. The flesh benefits nothing. The sayings that I speak to you are spirit, are life.


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Nevertheless, there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus had known from the beginning who they are who do not believe, and who he is who will betray him.


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And he said, Because of this I have said to you that no man is able to come to me, if it is not given to him from my Father.


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But he spoke of Judas Iscariot son of Simon. For this man, being one of the twelve, was going to betray him.


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And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee, for he did not want to walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.


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His brothers therefore said to him, Depart from here, and go into Judea so that thy disciples also may see thy works that thou do.


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For no man does anything in secret, and he himself seeks to be in public. If thou do these things, show thyself to the world.


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And there was much murmuring among the multitudes about him. Some said, He is a good man, others said, No, but he leads the multitude astray.


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If any man wants to do his will, he will know about the doctrine, whether it is from God, or I speak from myself.


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He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him, this man is true, and unrighteousness is not in him.


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Moses has given you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and ye circumcise a man on a sabbath.


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If a man receives circumcision on a sabbath, so that the law of Moses may not be loosed, are ye angry with me because I made a man entirely well on a sabbath?


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And lo, he speaks in public, and they say nothing to him. Perhaps the rulers really know that this really is the Christ?


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However we know this man, where he is from, but when the Christ comes, no man knows where he is from.


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Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me, and know where I am from? And I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom ye know not.


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They sought therefore to seize him, and yet no man laid a hand on him because his hour had not yet come.


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But many from the crowd believed in him, and they said, When the Christ comes, will he do more signs than these that this man did?


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The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent subordinates so that they might take him.


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The Jews therefore said among themselves, Where is this man going to go that we will not find him? Is he going to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?


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What is this word that he said, Ye will seek me, and will not find me, and, Where I am, ye cannot come?


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Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus had stood and cried out, saying, If any man thirsts, let him come to me and drink.


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He who believes in me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.


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But he spoke this about the Spirit that those who believe in him were going to receive, for the Holy Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified.


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Has not the scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?


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The subordinates therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees. And those men said to them, Why did ye not bring him?


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They answered and said to him, Are thou also from Galilee? Search and see, that out of Galilee arises no prophet.


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And at early morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. And having sat down, he taught them.


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And the scholars and the Pharisees bring to him a woman taken in adultery. And having stood her in the midst,


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Now in the law, Moses commanded us such women are to be stoned. What therefore do thou say about her?


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But they said this, trying him, so that they might have an accusation against him. But Jesus having stooped down, wrote on the ground with his finger, not pretending.


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And when they continued asking him, after standing erect, he said to them, Let the innocent man of you first cast the stone at her.


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And they, having heard and being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, having begun from the elder until the last. And Jesus was left behind alone, and the woman being in the midst.


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And Jesus, after standing erect, and having seen no man but the woman, he said to her, Woman, where are those accusers of thee? Did no man condemn thee?


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And she said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn thee. Go, and henceforth sin no more.


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Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world. He who follows me would, no, not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.


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Jesus answered and said to them, Even if I might testify about myself, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I go, but ye do not know where I come from and where I go.


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But even if I judge, my judgment is valid, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me.


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They said therefore to him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me, nor my Father. If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also.


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Jesus spoke these sayings in the treasury as he taught in the temple, and no man seized him, because his hour had not yet come.


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Jesus therefore again said to them, I go, and ye will seek me, and ye will die in your sin. Where I go, ye cannot come.


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And he said to them, Ye are from below, I am from above. Ye are of this world, I am not of this world.


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I said therefore to you that ye will die in your sins. For unless ye believe that I am he, ye will die in your sins.


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They said therefore to him, Who are thou? And Jesus said to them, The beginning, something that I am even telling you.


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I have many things to say and to judge about you. But he who sent me is true, and I speak to the world these things that I heard from him.


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Jesus therefore said to them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then ye will know that I am he, and I do nothing from myself, but I speak these things as my Father taught me.


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And he who sent me is with me. The Father has not left me alone, because I always do things pleasing to him.


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Jesus therefore said to those Jews who believed him, If ye remain in my word, ye are truly my disciples,


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They answered to him, We are Abraham's seed, and have been in bondage to no man, ever. How can thou say, Ye will become free?


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Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, that every man who does the sin is a bondman of the sin.


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They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.


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But now ye seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.


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Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We were not begotten from fornication. We have one Father, God.


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Therefore Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, ye would love me, for I came forth and have come from God. For, neither have I come for myself, but he sent me.


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Ye are from the father, the devil, and ye want to do the desires of your father. He was a man-killer from the beginning, and he has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own, because he is a liar, and the father of it.


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He who is of God hears the sayings of God. Because of this ye do not hear, because ye are not of God.


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Therefore the Jews answered and said to him, Do we not say well that thou are a Samaritan, and have a demon?


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The Jews therefore said to him, Now we know that thou have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets, and thou say, If any man keeps my word, he will, no, not taste of death, into the age.


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Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. My Father is he who glorifies me, of whom ye say, He is our God.


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And ye do not know him, but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I will be a liar like you, but I do know him and keep his word.


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Therefore they took up stones so that they might throw at him, but Jesus was hid, and went out of the temple, having passed through the midst of them, and thus passed on.


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And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?


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Jesus answered, Neither this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God might be manifested in him.


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Having said these things, he spat toward the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and rubbed the clay on the eyes of the blind man.


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And he said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam (which is translated, He who has been sent). Therefore he went and washed, and came seeing.


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The neighbors therefore and those who saw him formerly, that he was blind, said, Is this not he who sits and begs?


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That man answered and said, A man called Jesus made clay, and rubbed on my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam and wash. And after going and washing, I received sight.


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Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received sight. And he said to them, He put clay upon my eyes, and I washed, and I see.


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Therefore some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, because he does not keep the sabbath. Other men said, How is a sinful man able to do such signs? And there was division among them.


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They say again to the blind man, What do thou say about him, that he opened thine eyes? And he said, He is a prophet.


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The Jews therefore did not believe about him, that he had been blind, and had received sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received sight.


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And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, whom ye say that he was born blind? How then does he now see?


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but how he now sees, we know not. Or who opened his eyes, we know not. He has maturity, ask him. He will speak for himself.


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His parents spoke these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man confessed him as Christ, he should become excommunicated from the synagogue.


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So they called the man who was blind, for a second time, and said to him, Give glory to God. We know that this man is sinful.


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That man therefore answered and said, If he is sinful, I know not. One thing I know, that being blind, now I see.


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He answered them, I told you already, and ye did not listen. Why do ye want to hear it again? Do ye not also want to become his disciples?


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The man answered and said to them, For in this it is amazing, that ye know not where he is from, and yet he opened my eyes.


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And we know that God does not listen to sinners, but if any man is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to this man.


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They answered and said to him, Thou were born entirely in sins, and thou teach us? And they cast him outside.


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Jesus heard that they cast him outside. And having found him, he said to him, Do thou believe in the Son of God?


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And Jesus said, For judgment I came into this world, so that those not seeing might see, and those who see might become blind.


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And those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and they said to him, Are we also blind?


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Jesus said to them, If ye were blind, ye would have no sin, but now ye say, We see, therefore your sin remains.


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Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter in by the door into the fold of the sheep, but goes up some other way, that man is a thief and a robber.


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The gatekeeper opens to this man. And the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.


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And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes before them. And the sheep follow him because they know his voice.


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And they will, no, not follow a stranger, but will flee from him, because they do not recognize the voice of strangers.


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Jesus spoke this allegory to them, but those men did not understand what it was that he spoke to them.


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I am the door. If any man enters in by me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and will find pasture.


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The thief comes not, except that he might steal and kill and destroy. I came so that they might have life, and have it more abundantly.


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But the hired man, and not being the shepherd, whose sheep are not his own, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees. And the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep.


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And I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring those also, and they will hear my voice. And there will become one flock, one shepherd.


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No man takes it from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.


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Others said, These are not the sayings of a man possessed with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?


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The Jews therefore surrounded him, and said to him, When do thou lift up our soul? If thou are the Christ, tell us plainly.


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Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye did not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me.


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And I give them eternal life, and they will, no, not perish into the age, and not any will snatch them out of my hand.


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My Father who has given to me, is greater than all, and not one is able to snatch out of my Father's hand.


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Jesus answered them, I have shown you many good works from my Father. Because of them, which work do ye stone me?


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The Jews answered him, saying, We stone thee not about a good work, but about blasphemy, and because thou, being a man, make thyself God.


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If he designated those men gods, for whom the word of God came to be (and the scripture cannot be broken),


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whom the Father made holy and sent into the world, do ye say, Thou blaspheme, because I said, I am the Son of God?


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But if I am doing them, even though ye do not believe me, believe the works, that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him.


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And he departed again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was first immersing, and he stayed there.


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And many came to him, and they said, John indeed did not one sign, but all, as many things as John spoke about this man, were true.


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And Mary was the woman who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.


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But when Jesus heard, he said, This sickness is not about death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.


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Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.


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He spoke these things, and after this he says to them, Our friend Lazarus has become asleep, but I go that I may awake him.


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But Jesus had spoken about his death, but those men thought that he was speaking about the restfulness of sleep.


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And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that ye may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.


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Therefore Thomas, called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.


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and many of the Jews had come to the women, about Martha and Mary, so that they might console them about their brother.


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Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, even though he died, he will live.


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She says to him, Yes, Lord, I have believed that thou are the Christ, the Son of God who comes into the world.


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And when she said these things, she departed and called Mary her sister privately, saying, The teacher is here and calls thee.


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The Jews therefore being with her in the house and consoling her, having seen Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying that she was going to the sepulcher that she may weep there.


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Therefore when Mary came where Jesus was, after seeing him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if thou were here, my brother would not have died.


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When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who gathered with her, weeping, he groaned in the spirit, and was himself troubled.


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But some of them said, This man who opened the eyes of the blind man, was he not also able to cause that this man also would not die?


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Jesus therefore again groaning in himself comes to the sepulcher. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.


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Jesus says, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of the man who came to end, says to him, Lord, he smells now, for it is the fourth day.


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So they took away the stone where the man who died was laying. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou heard me.


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And I had known that thou always hear me, but because of the multitude that stands by I spoke, so that they may believe that thou sent me.


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And the man who died came forth, wrapped hands and feet with grave-clothes, and his face had been wrapped around with a face cloth. Jesus says to them, Loose him, and allow him to go.


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Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What are we doing? Because this man does many signs.


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If we allow him this way, all men will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and the nation.


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And a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, Ye know nothing at all,


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nor do ye consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not the whole nation should perish.


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Now he said this not from himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation.


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And not for the nation only, but also that he might gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.


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Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the region near the wilderness into a city called Ephraim, and he stayed there with his disciples.


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Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the countryside before the Passover, so that they might purify themselves.


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Therefore they sought Jesus, and spoke with each other as they stood in the temple, What does it seem to you? That he will, no, not come to the feast?


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Now also the chief priests and the Pharisees had given commandment, that if any man knew where he is, he should disclose it, so that they might take him.


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Therefore six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, the man who died whom he raised from the dead.


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So they made a supper for him there, and Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those who sat dining with him.


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Mary therefore, after taking a pound of ointment of very costly genuine spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled of the aroma of the ointment.


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Therefore one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, the man who was going to betray him, says,


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Now he said this, not because it was a concern to him about the poor, but because he was a thief, and he had the purse and removed things that were put in.


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Therefore a great multitude of the Jews knew that he is there. And they came, not only because of Jesus, but that they might also see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead.


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On the morrow a great multitude having come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,


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took the branches of the palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried out, Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel!


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Now his disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these were things written because of him, and they did these things to him.


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Therefore the multitude, the one that was with him when he called Lazarus from the sepulcher, and raised him from the dead, testified.


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The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Do ye see that ye accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him.


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These men therefore came to Philip, the man from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, Sir, we want to see Jesus.


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Truly, truly, I say to you, unless the grain of wheat that falls into the ground dies, it remains alone, but if it dies it bears much fruit.


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He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.


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If any man serves me, let him follow me, and where I am, there my helper will also be. And if any man serves me, the Father will honor him.


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Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But because of this I came to this hour.


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Father, glorify thy name. A voice therefore came out of heaven, saying, I both glorified it, and I will glorify again.


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The multitude therefore that stood by and heard, said thunder occurred, others said, An agent has spoken to him.


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The multitude answered him, We have heard from the law that the Christ remains into the age. And how can thou say, The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?


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Jesus therefore said to them, Yet a little time the light is with you. Walk while ye have the light, so that darkness may not overcome you. And he who walks in the darkness knows not where he is going.


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While ye have the light, believe in the light, so that ye may become sons of light. Jesus spoke these things, and after departing, he was hid from them.


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so that the word of Isaiah the prophet that he spoke might be fulfilled: Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?


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He has blinded their eyes, and has hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be turned, and I would heal them.


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Yet, nevertheless, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess, so that they would not become excommunicated from the synagogue,


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I have come a light into the world, so that every man who believes in me may not remain in the darkness.


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And if any man hears my sayings, and will not believe, I do not judge him, for I came not so that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.


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He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings, has that which judges him: the word that I spoke, that will judge him in the last day.


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Because I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.


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And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Therefore what things I speak, just as the Father has said to me, so I speak.


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Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, having seen that his hour has come that he would depart out of this world to his Father, having loved his own in the world, he loved them to the end.


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And supper having occurred, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, that he would betray him,


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Jesus, having seen that the Father has given all the things to him, into his hands, and that he came from God, and goes to God,


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Then he pours water into the wash-basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.


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Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou do not know now, but thou will understand after these things.


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Peter says to him, Thou may, no, not wash my feet into the age. Jesus answered him, If I may not wash thee, thou have no part with me.


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Jesus says to him, He who is bathed has no need to wash the feet either, but is entirely clean. And ye are clean, but not all.


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When therefore he washed their feet, and took his garments, having sat down again, he said to them, Do ye understand what I have done to you?


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If I then, the Lord and the teacher, have washed your feet, ye also ought to wash each other's feet.


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Truly, truly, I say to you, a bondman is not greater than his lord, nor is an apostle greater than he who sent him.


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I speak not about you all. I have seen whom I chose, but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He who eats bread with me lifted up his heel against me.


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Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives any man whomever I may send, receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.


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Having said these things, Jesus was troubled in the spirit, and testified and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray me.


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Jesus replies, He is that man to whom I, having dipped the morsel, will give. And when he dipped the morsel, he gives it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.


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And after the morsel, then Satan entered into that man. Jesus therefore says to him, What thou do, do more quickly.


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For some thought, since Judas had the purse, that Jesus said to him, Buy what things we have need of for the feast, or that he should give something to the poor.


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If God is glorify in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him straightaway.


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Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, Where I go, ye cannot come, I also now say to you.


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A new commandment I give to you, that ye should love each other, just as I loved you, so that ye also should love each other.


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Simon Peter says to him, Lord, where do thou go? Jesus answered him, Where I go, thou cannot follow me now, but thou will follow me afterwards.


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Jesus answered him, Will thou lay down thy life for me? Truly, truly, I say to thee, A cock will, no, not sound, until thou will deny me thrice.


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In my Father's house are many dwellings, and if not, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.


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And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will take you along to myself, so that where I am, ye may be also.


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Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man comes to the Father, except by me.


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If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also. And from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.


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Jesus says to him, Have I been so long a time with you, and thou do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. And how can thou say, Show us the Father?


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Do thou not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The sayings that I speak to you I speak not from myself, but the Father who dwells in me, he does the works.


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Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me. But if not, believe me because of the works themselves.


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Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, that man will also do. And he will do greater than these, because I go to the Father.


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And anything whatever ye may ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.


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And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper, so that he may dwell with you into the age,


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the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot receive, because it does not see nor know it. But ye know it, because it dwells with you, and will be in you.


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Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more, but ye see me. Because I live, ye will also live.


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He who has my commandments, and keeps them, that man it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.


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Judas (not Iscariot) says to him, Lord, and what has happened that thou are going to manifest thyself to us, and not to the world?


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Jesus answered and said to him, If any man loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make a dwelling with him.


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He who does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.


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But the helper, the Holy Spirit that the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.


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Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you, not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be cowardly.


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Ye heard that I said to you, I go, and I come to you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced because I said I go to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.


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I will no longer speak many things with you, for the ruler of the world comes. And he has nothing on me,


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but that the world may know that I love the Father. And as the Father commanded me, thus I do. Arise, let us go from here.


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Every branch in me not bearing fruit, he removes it. And every branch that bears fruit, he prunes it, so that it may bear more fruit.


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Dwell in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it dwells in the grapevine, so neither ye, if ye do not dwell in me.


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I am the grapevine, ye are the branches. He who dwells in me, and I in him, this man bears much fruit, because without me ye can do nothing.


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If any man does not dwell in me, he is cast out as a branch and is withered. And they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and are burned.


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If ye dwell in me, and my sayings dwell in you, ye will ask whatever ye may want, and it will be done to you.


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If ye keep my commandments, ye will dwell in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments, and dwell in his love.


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I no longer call you bondmen, because the bondman does not know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I made known to you.


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Ye did not choose out me, but I chose out you, and appointed you, so that ye should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain, so that anything whatever ye may ask of the Father in my name, he may give you.


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If ye were of the world, the world would love its own, but because ye are not of the world (instead I chose you out of the world), because of this the world hates you.


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Remember the word that I said to you, A bondman is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.


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But all these things they will do to you because of my name, because they have not known him who sent me.


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If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.


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If I had not done among them the works that no other man has done, they would not have had sin, but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.


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But when the helper comes whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, that will testify about me.


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They will make you excommunicated from the synagogues. But the hour comes that every man who kills you will presume to be offering service to God.


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But I have told you these things, so that when the hour comes, ye may remember that I told you of them. But I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.


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Nevertheless I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I depart, for if I do not depart, the helper will not come to you. But whenever I go, I will send him to you.


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However when that, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak from himself, but as many things as he may hear, he will speak. And he will report to you the things that are coming.


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All things, as many as the Father has are mine. Because of this I said that he takes from me, and will report to you.


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A little while, and ye do not see me. Again a little while, and ye will look at me, because I go to the Father.


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Therefore some of his disciples said among themselves, What is this that he says to us, A little while, and ye do not see me, and, Again a little while, and ye will look at me, and, Because I go to the Father?


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Therefore Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, Do ye inquire among yourselves about this, because I said, A little while, and ye do not see me, and, Again a little while, and ye will look at me?


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Truly, truly, I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. Ye will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will become into joy.


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When a woman brings forth she has pain because her hour has come. But when she has given birth to the child she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a man was born into the world.


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And now therefore indeed ye have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no man takes your joy away from you.


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And in that day ye will ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, that as many things as ye may ask the Father in my name, he will give you.


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Until now ye have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye will receive, so that your joy may be made full.


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These things I have spoken to you in veiled words. The hour comes, when I will no more speak to you in veiled words, but will inform you plainly about the Father.


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for the Father himself loves you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God.


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I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world. Again I leave the world, and go to the Father.


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Now we know that thou know all things, and have no need that any man should question thee. By this we believe that thou came forth from God.


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Behold, the hour comes, and now has come, that ye will be scattered, each man to his own things, and ye will leave me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.


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These things I have spoken to you, so that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation. But cheer up, I have overcome the world.


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Jesus spoke these things, and he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour has come. Glorify thy Son, that the Son may also glorify thee,


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just as thou gave him authority over all flesh, so that all things that thou have given him, he will give them eternal life.


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And this is eternal life, that they should know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou sent.


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And now, Father, glorify thou me with thyself with the glory that I had with thee before the world was.


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I manifested thy name to the men whom thou gave me out of the world. They were thine, and thou gave them to me, and they have kept thy word.


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Because the sayings that thou gave to me, I gave to them. And they received them, and knew truly that I came forth from thee, and they believed that thou sent me.


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I pray about them. I do not pray about the world, but about whom thou have given me, because they are for thee.


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And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name that thou have given to me, so that they may be one, just as we.


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While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name. Whom thou gave to me, I kept, and none of them was destroyed, except the son of destruction, so that the scripture might be fulfilled.


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And now I come to thee. And I speak these things in the world, so that they may have my joy fulfilled in them.


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I have given them thy word, and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.


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I pray not that thou should take them out of the world, but that thou should keep them from the evil.


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so that they may all be one, just as thou, Father, are in me, and I in thee, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that thou sent me.


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And I, the glory that thou have given me, I have given to them, so that they may be one, just as we are one,


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I in them, and thou in me, that they may be fully perfected in one, and so that the world may know that thou sent me, and loved them, just as thou loved me.


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Father, whom thou gave to me, I desire that where I am, they also may be with me, so that they may see my glory that thou have given me, because thou loved me before the foundation of the world.


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And righteous Father, the world does not know thee, but I know thee, and these know that thou sent me.


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And I made known to them thy name, and I will make it known, so that the love that thou loved me may be in them, and I in them.


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After speaking these things, Jesus went forth with his disciples on the other side of the brook Kidron, where there was a garden into which he entered, he and his disciples.


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Now Judas, the man betraying him, had also known the place, because Jesus also often gathered there with his disciples.


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Judas therefore having received the band and subordinates from the chief priests and the Pharisees, comes there with lanterns and torches and weapons.


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Jesus therefore knowing all the things that were coming upon him, after going forth, he says to them, Whom seek ye?


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They answered him, Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus says to them, I am he. And Judas, the man betraying him had also stood with them.


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so that the word that he spoke might be fulfilled, Of whom thou have given me, I lost, no, not one of them.


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Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's bondman, and cut off his right ear. Now the servant's name was Malchus.


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Jesus therefore said to Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath. The cup that the Father has given me, shall I, no, not drink it?


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and led him away first to Annas. For he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.


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Now Caiaphas was the man who counseled the Jews that it was expedient for one man to die on behalf of the people.


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And Simon Peter followed Jesus, also the other disciple. But that disciple was known to the high priest, and he went in with Jesus into the courtyard of the high priest.


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But Peter had stood near the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper and brought in Peter.


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Therefore the servant girl (the doorkeeper) says to Peter, Are thou not also of this man's disciples? That man says, I am not.


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Now the bondmen and the subordinates had stood, having made a fire of coals because it was cold, and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also standing with them warming himself.


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Jesus answered him, I spoke in public to the world. I always taught in a synagogue, and in the temple where the Jews always gather together, and I spoke nothing in secret.


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Why question thou me? Question those who have heard what I said to them. Behold, these know the things that I said.


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And when he said these things, one of the subordinates standing by gave a slap to Jesus, saying, Answer thou the high priest this way?


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Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. Therefore they said to him, Are thou not also of his disciples? That man therefore denied, and said, I am not.


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One of the bondmen of the high priest, being a kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, says, Did I not see thee in the garden with him?


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They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas to the Praetorium. And it was early, and they did not enter into the Praetorium, so that they would not be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover.


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They answered and said to him, If this man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered him up to thee.


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Pilate therefore said to them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not permitted for us to kill any man,


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so that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled that he spoke, signifying what kind of death he was going to die.


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Pilate therefore again entered into the Praetorium, and called Jesus, and said to him, Are thou the king of the Jews?


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Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests delivered thee to me. What have thou done?


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Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world my subordinates would have fought so that I would not be delivered to the Jews, but now my kingdom is not from here.


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Pilate therefore said to him, Then thou are a king? Jesus answered, Thou say that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I would testify to the truth. Every man who is of the truth hears my voice.


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Pilate says to him, What is truth? And having said this, he went out again to the Jews, and says to them, I find not one cause in him.


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But there is a custom for you that I should release to you one man at the Passover. Do ye wish therefore I would release to you the king of the Jews?


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And the soldiers having woven a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and put around him a purple garment.


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Therefore Pilate again went forth outside, and says to them, Behold, I bring him out to you, so that ye may know that I find not one cause in him.


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Jesus therefore came outside, wearing the thorny crown and the purple robe. And he says to them, Look at the man!


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When therefore the chief priests and the subordinates saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify, crucify him! Pilate says to them, Ye take him and crucify, for I find no cause in him.


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The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die because he made himself the Son of God.


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And he went into the Praetorium again, and says to Jesus, Where are thou from? But Jesus gave him no answer.


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Pilate therefore says to him, Thou do not speak to me? Know thou not that I have authority to crucify thee, and I have authority to release thee?


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Jesus answered him, Thou would have no authority against me, unless it were given thee from above. Because of this he who delivered me to thee has greater sin.


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From this Pilate sought to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou release this man, thou are not Caesar's friend. Every man who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.


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When Pilate therefore heard this word, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.


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Now it was the Preparation of the Passover, and about the sixth hour. And he says to the Jews, Look at your king!


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But they cried out, Away, away, crucify him! Pilate says to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king except Caesar.


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Therefore he then delivered him to them, so that he might be crucified, and they took and led Jesus away.


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And he went out bearing his cross to a place called, of a Skull, a place that is called in Hebrew, Golgotha,


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And Pilate also wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And it was written, JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.


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Therefore many of the Jews read this title, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, in Greek, in Latin.


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Therefore the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not write, The king of the Jews, but, That man said I am king of the Jews.


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The soldiers therefore when they crucified Jesus, took his garments and made four parts, to each soldier a part, and also the tunic. But the tunic was a seamless weave, from the top throughout.


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They said therefore among themselves, Let us not divide it, but cast a lot for it, whose it will be, so that the scripture might be fulfilled, which says, They parted my garments among them, and for my clothing they cast a lot. Therefore the soldiers indeed did these things.


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And his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene had stood near the cross of Jesus.


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When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, he says to his mother, Woman, behold thy son.


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Then he says to the disciple, Behold, thy mother. And from that hour the disciple took her to his own place.


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After this, Jesus, having seen that all things are now completed, so that the scripture might be fully complete, says, I thirst.


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Therefore a vessel full of vinegar was set there. And having filled a sponge with the vinegar, and having put it around a hyssop, they brought it to his mouth.


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When therefore Jesus received the vinegar, he said, It is finished, and after bowing his head, he gave up the spirit.


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The Jews therefore, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the sabbath, since it was Preparation (for it was the high day of that sabbath), they besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and they might be removed.


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The soldiers therefore came, and indeed broke the legs of the first, and of the other man who was crucified with him.


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And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. And that man knows that he speaks true, so that ye may believe.


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For these things happened so that the scripture might be fulfilled, Not a bone of him will be broken.


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And after these things Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because of fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might remove the body of Jesus, and Pilate allowed him. Therefore he came and removed the body of Jesus.


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And Nicodemus also came (he who at the first came to Jesus by night) bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds.


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So they took the body of Jesus, and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, just as is the custom of the Jews to bury.


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Now a garden was in the place where he was crucified, and in the garden a new sepulcher in which no man was yet laid.


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Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene comes early, while it was still darkness, to the sepulcher, and sees the stone taken away from the sepulcher.


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Therefore she runs and comes to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and says to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him.


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And the two men ran together, and the other disciple ran ahead quicker than Peter and came first to the sepulcher.


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Simon Peter therefore comes following him, and he entered into the sepulcher. And he sees the linen cloths lying,


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and the face cloth that was on his head, not lying with the linen cloths, but wrapped up in one place separately.


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Therefore then the other disciple who came first to the sepulcher, also entered in, and he saw and believed.


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But Mary had stood outside near the sepulcher weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped down to the sepulcher.


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And she sees two agents in white, sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus was lain.


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And those men say to her, Woman, why weep thou? She says to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him.


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And having said these things, she turned backward, and sees Jesus standing. And she had not known that it is Jesus.


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Jesus says to her, Woman, why weep thou? Whom seek thou? That woman, supposing that he is the gardener, says to him, Sir, if thou have taken him, tell me where thou have laid him, and I will take him away.


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Jesus says to her, Mary. After turning around, that woman says to him, Rabboni, which says, Teacher.


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Jesus says to her, Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brothers, and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.


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Mary Magdalene comes informing the disciples that she has seen the Lord, and he spoke these things to her.


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Therefore being evening that day, the first day of the week, and the doors having been shut where the disciples were who assembled because of fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and says to them, Peace to you.


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And having said this, he showed them his hands and side. His disciples therefore rejoiced when they saw the Lord.


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The other disciples therefore said to him, We have seen the Lord. But he said to them, Unless I may see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger into the mark of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will, no, not believe.


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And after eight days his disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus comes, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace to you.


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Then he says to Thomas, Bring thy finger here, and see my hands, and bring thy hand, and put into my side, and do not become faithless, but believing.


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Jesus says to him, Because thou have seen me, thou have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed.


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And indeed therefore many other signs Jesus did in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book.


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But these are written, so that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.


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After these things Jesus manifested himself again to his disciples at the sea of Tiberias. And he revealed himself this way.


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There were together, Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other men of his disciples.


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Simon Peter says to them, I am going to harvest fish. They say to him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and straightaway entered into the boat. And in that night they caught nothing.


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But having now become morning, Jesus stood on the shore. However the disciples had not seen that it was Jesus.


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And he said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and ye will find. Therefore they cast, and they were no longer able to draw it for the magnitude of fishes.


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That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved says to Peter, It is the Lord. So when Simon Peter heard that it is the Lord, he tied the coat around himself (for he was undressed), and threw himself into the sea.


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And the other disciples came in the skiff (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits off), dragging the net of the fishes.


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Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land, full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty-three. And being so many, the net was not broken.


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Jesus says to them, Come, eat breakfast. And none of the disciples dared to query him, Who are thou? knowing that it is the Lord.


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So when they ate breakfast, Jesus says to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me more than these things? He says to him, Yea, Lord. Thou know that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my lambs.


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He says to him again a second time, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me? He says to him, Yea, Lord. Thou know that I love thee. He says to him, Feed my sheep.


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He says to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonah, do thou love me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Do thou love me? And he said to him, Lord, thou know all things. Thou know that I love thee. Jesus says to him, Feed my sheep.


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Truly, truly, I say to thee, When thou were younger, thou girded thyself, and walked where thou would, but when thou become old, thou will stretch forth thy hands, and another will gird thee, and carry thee where thou do not want.


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Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he will glorify God. And after saying this, he says to him, Follow me.


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But Peter, having turned around, sees the disciple whom Jesus loves, following, who also leaned near his chest at the supper, and said, Lord, who is the man betraying thee?


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This saying therefore went forth among the brothers, that that disciple does not die. And yet Jesus did not say to him, that he does not die, but, If I want him to remain until I come, what is it to thee?


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This is the disciple who testifies about these things, and who wrote these things. And we know that his testimony is true.


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And there are also many other things, as many as Jesus did, which if they would be written every one, I suppose not even the world itself to make room for the books being written. Truly.


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I indeed made the former treatise, O Theophilus, about all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,


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until a day in which he was taken up, having commanded, through the Holy Spirit, the apostles whom he chose,


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to whom he also presented himself living, after his suffering, by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days, and speaking the things about the kingdom of God.


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And being assembled together, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, Which, he said, ye heard from me.


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Because John indeed immersed in water, but ye will be immersed in the Holy Spirit after not many of these days.


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Indeed therefore having come together, they questioned him, saying, Lord, do thou restore the kingdom to Israel at this time?


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And he said to them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father established in his own authority.


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But ye will receive the power of the Holy Spirit that comes upon you. And ye will be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and as far as of the extremity of the earth.


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And having said these things, as they were watching, he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their eyes.


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And while they were gazing at his going into the sky, behold, two men had also stood by them in white apparel,


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who also said, Men, Galileans, why stand ye gazing into the sky? This Jesus who was taken up from you into the sky will so come, in that same way as ye saw him going into the sky.


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Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem having a sabbath day journey.


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And when they came in, they went up into the upper floor where they were lodging, including, Peter and James and John and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James.


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All these men were continuing with one accord in prayer and supplication, with women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.


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And in those days, Peter, having stood up in the midst of the disciples (and there was a multitude of names at the same place, about a hundred twenty), he said,


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Men, brothers, it was necessary for this scripture to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold through the mouth of David about Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus,


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(Indeed therefore this man obtained a field from the reward of his unrighteousness, and having become headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.


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And it became known to all those dwelling at Jerusalem, so as to call that field in their own dialect, Akeldama, that is, The field of blood.)


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For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation become desolate, and let no man be dwelling in it, and, Let another take his office.


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It is necessary therefore, of the men who accompanied us during all the time during which the Lord Jesus went in and went out among us,


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having begun from the immersion of John to the day that he was taken up from us, for one of these to become a witness with us of his resurrection.


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And having prayed, they said, Thou, Lord, knowing the hearts of all men, show which one of these two thou have chosen


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to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas transgressed to go to his own place.


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And they gave their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.


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And suddenly there developed a sound from the sky as of a forceful wind moving, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.


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And they were all filled of the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them to declare.


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And the sound of this that happened brought the multitude together. And it was bewildered because each one heard them speaking in his own language.


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And they were amazed and marveled, saying to each other, Behold, are not all these men who speak Galileans?


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Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those dwelling in Mesopotamia, and Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,


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and Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya along Cyrene, and those Roman aliens, including Jews and proselytes,


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And they were all amazed, and were perplexed, others saying to others, Whatever does this intend to be?


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But Peter having stood up with the eleven, raised his voice and spoke out to them, saying, Jewish men, and all who dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and listen to my sayings.


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And it will be in the last days, says God, I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh. And your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your elders will dream dreams.


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And also on my bondmen and on my bondmaids in those days I will pour out from my Spirit, and they will prophesy.


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And I will give wonders in the heaven above, and signs on the earth beneath, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.


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The sun will be changed into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and wonderful day of the Lord comes.


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Men, Israelites, hear ye these words. Jesus the Nazarene, a man shown by God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know,


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this man, having been designated (by the purpose and foreknowledge of God) a man delivered up, ye, having taken by lawless hands, killed, having crucified,


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whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.


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For David speaks for him: I beheld the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand, so that I may not be moved.


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Because of this my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad. And moreover my flesh will also rest in hope.


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Men, brothers, being permitted to speak to you with openness about the patriarch David, that he both perished and was buried, and his sepulcher is with us to this day.


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Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, to raise the Christ from the fruit of his loins according to flesh to sit upon his throne.


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Having foreseen this, he spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that his soul was not left behind in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay.


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Therefore, exalted by the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he poured out this that ye now see and hear.


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For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand


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Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God has made him, this Jesus whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ.


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Now having heard this, they were pierced in the heart, and said to Peter and the other apostles, Men, brothers, what will we do?


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And Peter said to them, Repent ye, and be immersed each of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.


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For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all those in afar, as many as the Lord our God may call.


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And with many more other words he testified and exhorted them, saying, Be saved from this crooked generation.


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Indeed therefore those who received his word gladly, were immersed. And there were added in that day about three thousand souls.


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And they were continuing steadfastly in the apostles doctrine, and in fellowship, and in the breaking of bread, and the prayers.


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And continuing steadfastly, daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of nourishment in gladness and evenness of heart,


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praising God, and having favor with the whole populace. And the Lord was adding to the church daily those being saved.


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Now at the same time Peter and John were going up into the temple, at the hour of prayer, the ninth.


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And a certain man, being lame from his mother's belly, was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, called Beautiful, to ask charity from those who entered into the temple,


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But Peter said, No silver and gold exists to me, but what I have, this I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, rise up and walk.


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And after taking him by the right hand, he lifted him up. And immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened.


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And leaping up, he stood and walked. And he entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.


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and they recognized him, that this was the man who sat for charity at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. And they were filled of astonishment and amazement at that which happened to him.


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And as the lame man who was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, amazed.


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And Peter having seen, he responded to the people, Men, Israelites, why do ye marvel at this man? Or why do ye stare at us, as by our own power or piety we have made him to walk?


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The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Boy Jesus, whom ye actually delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate who preferred to release that man.


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And by faith in his name, this man whom ye see and know, his name has made strong. And faith through him has given him this complete soundness in the presence of you all.


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But this way God fulfilled what things were foretold, through the mouth of all his prophets, the Christ was to endure.


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Repent ye therefore, and be converted in order to wipe away your sins, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.


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whom heaven must indeed receive until the times of restoration of all things, of which God spoke through the mouth of all his holy prophets from the age.


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For Moses indeed said to the fathers, The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you, from your brothers, like me. Ye shall hear him in all things, as many as he might speak to you.


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And every soul, whichever it will be, if it will not hear that prophet will be utterly destroyed from the people.


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And also all the prophets from Samuel and those in succession, as many as spoke, also proclaimed these days.


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Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant that God made for our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in thy seed all the patriarchies of the earth will be blessed.


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To you first, having raised up his Boy Jesus, God sent him blessing you, in turning away each man from your evils.


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And as they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees approached them,


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being greatly annoyed because of their teaching the people, and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.


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But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men became about five thousand.


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And it came to pass on the morrow, to be assembled in Jerusalem, their rulers, and elders, and scholars,


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and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the high priestly family.


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And after placing them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have ye done this?


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Then Peter being filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,


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be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by this, this man stands here before you healthy.


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And salvation is not in any other man, for there is no other name under the heaven, that has been given among men, by which we must be saved.


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Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and having perceived that they are illiterate and uneducated men, they marveled. And they recognized them, that they had been with Jesus.


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saying, What will we do to these men? For that indeed a notable sign has happened by them, is apparent to all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.


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But that it may not spread on further among the people, let us threaten them with threats to speak no longer in this name, to not one man.


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And having called them, they commanded them entirely, not to utter nor to teach in the name of Jesus.


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But Peter and John having replied to them, they said, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than God, judge ye.


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And they, having further threatened, released them, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people. Since all glorified God for that which happened.


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And after being released, they went to their own men, and reported as many things as the chief priests and the elders said to them.


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And those who heard lifted up a voice to God with one accord, and said, Thou Master, the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all things in them.


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He who said through the mouth of thy boy David, Why do the nations rage, and the peoples meditate vain things?


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The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.


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For in truth, against thy holy Boy Jesus, whom thou anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,


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And now, Lord, look upon their threats, and grant to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,


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by thy stretching forth thy hand for healing, and signs and wonders to happen through the name of thy holy Boy Jesus.


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And when they prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.


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And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. And not even one man said that anything of the things that was possessed by him was his own, but all things were common to them.


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And with great power the apostles gave back the testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.


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For not even any needy was among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses, selling, they brought the proceeds of the things that were sold,


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and placed them at the apostles' feet. And it was distributed to each, according as any man had need.


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And Joses, who was surnamed by the apostles, Barnabas (which is, being translated, son of encouragement), a Levite, a Cypriot by nationality,


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having sold a field that was possessed by him, brought the money and placed it at the apostles' feet.


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and kept back from the price, his wife also having joint awareness. And having brought a certain part, he placed it at the apostles' feet.


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But Peter said, Ananias, why did Satan fill thy heart for thee to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back from the price of the land?


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While it remained, did it not remain to thee? And after it was sold, it was in thine authority. Why is it that thou have placed this matter in thy heart? Thou have not lied to men, but to God.


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And Ananias hearing these words, after falling down he expired. And great fear developed in all who heard these things.


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And it came to pass after an interval of three hours, his wife also came in, not knowing that which happened.


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And Peter responded to her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much. And she said, Yes, for so much.


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But Peter said to her, How is it that it was agreed by you to challenge the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out.


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And immediately she fell down at his feet and expired. And after coming in the young men found her dead, and having carried her out, they buried her by her husband.


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And by the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders happened among the people. And they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.


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so as to bring the feeble to the thoroughfares, and to place them on cots and mats, so that while coming, the shadow of Peter might at the least overshadow some of them.


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And also the populace of the cities round about came together to Jerusalem bringing the feeble, and those tormented by unclean spirits, who were all healed.


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But after rising up, the high priest and all those with him (being the sect of the Sadducees) were filled of envy.


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And having heard, they entered into the temple at early morning, and taught. But the high priest having arrived, and those with him, they called the council together, and all the senate of the sons of Israel. And they sent to the prison for them to be brought.


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saying, We found the prison indeed shut in all security, and the guards standing before the doors, but after opening, we found no man inside.


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Now when they heard these words, the high priest, and the captain of the temple, and the chief priests, were perplexed about them, whatever this would become.


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But a certain man who arrived, reported to them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.


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Then after departing, the captain with the subordinates brought them, not with violence, for they feared the people, lest they would be stoned.


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saying, Did we not command by an order for you not to teach in this name? And behold, ye have filled Jerusalem of your doctrine, and intend to bring upon us this man's blood.


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God exalted this man with his right hand, a Pathfinder and a Savior to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins.


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And we are his witnesses of these things, and also the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.


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But after standing up in the council, a certain Pharisee named Gamaliel, a law teacher, esteemed by all the people, commanded to make the apostles be outside a little while.


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And he said to them, Men, Israelites, take heed to yourselves what ye are going to do against these men.


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For before these days Theudas rose up saying himself to be somebody, to whom a number of men, about four hundred, bonded themselves, who was killed. And all, as many as were persuaded by him, were dispersed and developed into nothing.


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After this man Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the registration, and drew a considerable crowd behind him. That man was also destroyed, and all, as many as were persuaded by him, were scattered.


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And now I say to you, keep away from these men, and let them go, because if the project or this work is from men, it will be overthrown,


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but if it is from God, ye cannot overthrow it, and perhaps ye may be found to be fighting against God.


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And they were persuaded by him. And after summoning the apostles, having beat them, they commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.


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Indeed therefore they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were considered worthy to be treated shamefully for the name of Jesus.


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And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they ceased not teaching and preaching good news, Jesus, the Christ.


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Now in those days, the disciples being multiplied, there developed a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily assistance.


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And the twelve, having summoned the multitude of the disciples, they said, It is not right for us, having left the word of God behind, to serve tables.


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Therefore, brothers, seek ye out seven men from you being well reported, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this need.


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And the word was pleasing before all the multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte, a citizen of Antioch,


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And the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a large company of the priests were obedient to the faith.


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But some of those from the synagogue called Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and of the Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, rose up disputing with Stephen.


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Then they instigated men who said, We have heard him speaking blasphemous sayings against Moses and God.


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And they incited the people, and the elders, and the scholars. And after approaching, they seized him, and brought him to the council.


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And they put forward false witnesses who said, This man does not cease speaking blasphemous sayings against the holy place, and the law.


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For we have heard him saying that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us.


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And he said, Men! Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran.


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And he said to him, Go forth out of thy land, and from thy kinfolk, and come into a land that I will show thee.


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Then after coming out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran. And from there, after his father died, God resettled him in this land in which ye now dwell.


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And he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep. And he promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, although there was no child by him.


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And God spoke thus: His seed would be alien in a foreign land, and they would enslave and mistreat them four hundred years.


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And I will judge the nation to whomever they will be in bondage, God said, and after these things they will come forth and serve me in this place.


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And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. And Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.


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and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And he appointed him governor over Egypt and his entire house.


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Now a famine came on all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no sustenance.


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And during the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's race became manifest to Pharaoh.


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And Joseph having sent forth, he summoned Jacob his father. And all his kinfolk, in souls, were seventy-five.


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And they were carried into Shechem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a price of silver from the sons of Hamor of Shechem.


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But as the time of the promise approached that God swore to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,


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This man, who cunningly victimized our race, mistreated our fathers to make their infants be placed outside in order not to keep alive.


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During which time Moses was born (and he was well-formed by God) who was reared three months in his father's house.


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But when a forty year time span was fulfilled by him, it came into his heart to go help his brothers, the sons of Israel.


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And after seeing a certain man suffering wrong, he defended him, and did vengeance for the man being oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian.


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And he presumed his brothers understood that, by his hand, God was giving them salvation, but they did not understand.


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And on the next day he was seen by them as they fought, and he was reconciling them for peace, having said, Men, ye are brothers. Why is it that ye wrong each other?


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But the man doing wrong to his neighbor thrust him away, having said, Who appointed thee a ruler and a judge over us?


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And forty years having been fulfilled, an agent of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai in a flame of fire of a bush.


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And when Moses looked, he wondered at the sight. And as he approached to examine, a voice of the Lord came to him,


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I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. But Moses, who developed trembling, dared not examine.


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And the Lord said to him, Put off the shoes from thy feet, for the place on which thou stand is holy ground.


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Having looked, I saw the oppression of my people in Egypt, and I heard their groaning, and I came down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.


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This Moses whom they refused, having said, Who appointed thee a ruler and a judge? This man God sent, a ruler and a liberator by the hand of the agent who appeared to him in the bush.


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This man brought them forth after performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.


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This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you, from your brothers, like me.


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This is he who became in the congregation in the wilderness with the agent who spoke to him on the mount Sinai, and of our fathers who received living oracles to give to us.


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To whom our fathers did not want to become obedient, but they thrust away, and turned back in their heart to Egypt,


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after saying to Aaron, Make gods for us who will lead us. For this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has happened to him.


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And they made a calf in those days, and offered up sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.


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But God turned, and gave them over to serve the host of heaven, just as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?


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And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, the images that ye made to worship them. And I will deport you beyond Babylon.


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The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, just as he arranged (he who spoke to Moses), to make it according to the pattern that he had seen.


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Which also our fathers, having received in succession, brought in with Joshua into the possession of the nations whom God drove out from the presence of our fathers, until the days of David


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The heaven is to me a throne, and the earth a footstool of my feet. What house will ye build for me? says the Lord. Or what is the place of my rest?


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Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers, ye also.


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Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold about the coming of the Righteous man, of whom ye now have become betrayers and murderers,


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Now when they heard these things, they were split with a saw in their hearts, and they gnashed their teeth against him.


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But being full of the Holy Spirit, having gazed into heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.


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But they, having cried out in a great voice, held their ears shut, and rushed upon him with one accord.


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And having expelled him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments beside the feet of a young man called Saul.


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And having knelt down, he cried out in a great voice, Lord, place not this sin to them. And after saying this, he slept.


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And Saul was approving the killing of him. And on that day there developed a great persecution against the church at Jerusalem. And they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.


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But Saul was ravaging the church, entering from house to house. Dragging both men and women, he gave them over to prison.


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Indeed therefore those who were scattered abroad passed through proclaiming the good news, the word.


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And the multitudes unanimously heeded the things that were spoken by Philip during their listening and seeing the signs that he did.


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For of many of those who had unclean spirits, they came out, crying in a great voice. And many who were paralyzed, and who were lame, were healed.


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But a certain man in the city, Simon by name, was formerly practicing sorcery, and fascinating the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be some great man,


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But when they believed Philip preaching good news, the things about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were immersed, both men and women.


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And Simon himself also believed. And after being immersed, he was continuing with Philip. And seeing miracles and signs occurring, he was astonished.


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Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria has received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,


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for it was not yet fallen upon any of them. They were only immersed in the name of the Christ Jesus.


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Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he brought money to them,


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But Peter said to him, Thy silver with thee, may it be for destruction, because thou thought to obtain the gift of God by money.


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There is no part nor lot for thee in this matter, for thy heart is not straight in the sight of God.


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Repent therefore from this thine evil, and beg God, if perhaps the thought of thy heart will be forgiven thee.


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And having answered, Simon said, Beg ye to the Lord for me, so that none of which things ye have spoken may come upon me.


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Indeed therefore, having solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, and preached the good news in many villages of the Samaritans.


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And an agent of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desolate region.


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And after rising, he went. And behold a man, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a high official of Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.


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And after running near, Philip heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. And he said, Do thou also really understand the things that thou read?


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And he said, For how can I unless some man may guide me? And he encouraged Philip, after coming up, to sit with him.


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Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this: He was led as a sheep to slaughter, and as a lamb, mute before shearing him, thus he opened not his mouth.


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In his lowly condition his justice was taken away. And who will describe his generation, because his life was taken from the earth?


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And having answered, the eunuch said to Philip, I ask thee, about whom does the prophet say this, about himself, or about some other man?


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And Philip having opened his mouth, and having begun from this scripture, he preached the good news to him-the man Jesus.


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And as they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch says, Look, water! What prevents me to be immersed?


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And he commanded the chariot to stand still. And they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he immersed him.


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And when they came up out of the water, Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing.


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But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through all the cities he preached the good news until he came to Caesarea.


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But Saul, still breathing threat and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, after going to the high priest,


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he requested letters from him for Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.


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And on going, it came to pass for him to approach Damascus. And suddenly there shone around him a light out of heaven.


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And after falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do thou persecute me?


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And the men who traveled with him had stopped, speechless, indeed hearing the voice, but seeing no man.


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And Saul arose from the ground. And when his eyes were opened, he saw no man. But they brought him into Damascus, leading him by the hand.


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Now there was a certain disciple in Damascus, named Ananias, and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold me, Lord.


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And the Lord said to him, After rising, go into the street called Straight, and seek in the house of Judas, a man named Saul of Tarsus, for behold, he is praying.


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And he saw in a vision a man named Ananias who came in and laid a hand on him, so that he might receive sight.


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But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how many evil things he did to thy sanctified at Jerusalem.


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But the Lord said to him, Go, because this man is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before Gentiles and kings, and sons of Israel.


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And Ananias departed and entered into the house. And having laid hands on him he said, Brother Saul, the Lord, he who appeared to thee on the road on which thou came, has sent me so that thou may receive sight, and be filled of the Holy Spirit.


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And straightaway there fell from his eyes, like scales, and he looked up. And immediately after rising up, he was immersed.


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And having received nourishment, he was strengthened. And Saul became with the disciples in Damascus some days.


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And all those who heard were amazed, and said, Is this not the man who destroyed those in Jerusalem who call on this name? And he has come here for this, so that he might bring them bound to the chief priests.


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But Saul was strengthened more, and was confounding the Jews who dwell at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.


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but their plot was known to Saul. And they watched the gates both day and night so that they might destroy him.


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But the disciples, after taking him by night, let him down through the wall, having lowered him in a hamper.


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And when Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he attempted to join with the disciples, and they all feared him, not believing that he is a disciple.


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But Barnabas having taken him, he brought him to the apostles. And he related to them how he saw the Lord on the road, and that he spoke to him, and how he spoke boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.


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And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem, and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus.


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Indeed therefore the congregations throughout the whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified. And, going in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, they were multiplied.


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And it came to pass, Peter, passing through all parts, to also come down to the sanctified who dwell at Lydda.


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And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals thee. Arise and make thy bed. And straightaway he arose.


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Now at Joppa there was a certain disciple named Tabitha, which, being translated, is called Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and charities that she did.


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And in those days, having been ill, she happened to die. And after washing her, they laid her in an upper chamber.


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And since Lydda is near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter is in it, they sent two men to him, exhorting him not to delay to go through to them.


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And after rising, Peter went with them, whom, after coming, they brought into the upper chamber. And all the widows stood by him weeping, and exhibiting the coats and garments, as many things as Dorcas made being with them.


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But Peter, having sent them all out, having knelt down, he prayed. And having turned to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise. And the woman opened her eyes. And when she saw Peter, she sat up.


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And having given her a hand, he raised her up. And after calling the sanctified and the widows, he presented her alive.


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a devout man, and fearing God with all his house, and doing many charities for the people, and beseeching God always.


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He saw plainly in a vision about the ninth hour of the day, an agent of God coming in to him, and saying to him, Cornelius.


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And after gazing at him, and having become afraid, he said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Thy prayers and thy charities have come up for a memorial before God.


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And when the agent speaking to Cornelius departed, having called two of his housemen, and a devout soldier of those who personally served him,


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Now on the morrow, while those men were traveling and approaching the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour.


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And he sees heaven opened, and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet bound at four corners, and being lowered to the earth,


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in which were all the four-footed things of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the birds of the sky.


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Now while Peter was bewildered in himself whatever the vision which he saw might be, that lo, the men who were sent from Cornelius, having inquired the house of Simon, stood at the gate.


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And having gone down to the men, Peter said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek. What is the cause for which ye are here?


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And they said, Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man, and fearing God, and being well testified by the whole nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy agent to summon thee to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.


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So, having invited them in, he lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went forth with them, and certain of the brothers from Joppa went with him.


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And on the morrow they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kinsmen and close friends.


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And when it came about for Peter to enter, Cornelius, having met him, after falling down at his feet, worshiped.


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And he said to them, Ye understand how it is unlawful for a Jewish man to fraternize or to visit with a foreign man, and yet God demonstrated to me not to call one man profane or unclean.


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And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour, and the ninth hour praying in my house. And behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel.


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Send therefore to Joppa, and summon Simon, who is surnamed Peter. This man lodges in the house of Simon, a tanner, beside the sea, who, after coming, will speak to thee.


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Immediately therefore I sent to thee, and thou did well having come. Now therefore we are all present in the sight of God, to hear all the things commanded thee by God.


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The word that he sent forth to the sons of Israel, preaching good news, peace by Jesus Christ (this man is Lord of all),


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ye know, the word having occurred throughout the whole of Judea beginning from Galilee after the immersion that John preached-


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Jesus of Nazareth-how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who passed through doing good, and healing all those who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him.


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And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem, whom also they killed, having hung on a tree.


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not to all the people, but to witnesses who were previously chosen by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he arose from the dead.


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And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to solemnly testify that this is the man designated by God, judge of the living and the dead.


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To this man all the prophets testify, that every man who believes in him, to receive remission of sins through his name.


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And the faithful men of circumcision were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because also on the Gentiles the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out.


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Can any man forbid the water for these not to be immersed, who have received the Holy Spirit as we also?


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And he commanded them to be immersed in the name of the Lord. Then they asked him to remain some days.


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Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles also received the word of God.


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I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain container descending, as a great sheet being lowered from heaven by four corners, and it came as far as to me,


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having gazed at which, I was examining. And I saw the four footed things of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the birds of the sky.


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But a voice answered me for a second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, thou shall not make profane.


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And behold, immediately three men stood at the house in which I was, who were sent from Caesarea to me.


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And the Spirit told me to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers also went with me, and we entered into the man's house.


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And he informed us how he saw the agent in his house, who stood and said to him, Send forth men to Joppa, and summon Simon, the man surnamed Peter,


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And I remembered the saying of the Lord, how he said, John indeed immersed in water, but ye will be immersed in the Holy Spirit.


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If then God gave to them the identical gift as also to us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, but what power was I to hinder God?


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And when they heard these things, they relaxed and glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life.


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Indeed therefore those who were scattered abroad from the persecution that occurred against Stephen passed through as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to none except Jews only.


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And some of them were men, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who, having come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching good news, the Lord Jesus.


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And the word about them was heard in the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they dispatched Barnabas to pass through as far as Antioch,


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who, having arrived, and having seen the grace of God, rejoiced. And he encouraged all, with purpose of heart, to remain in the Lord.


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Because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a considerable multitude was added to the Lord.


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and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass a whole year for them to be assembled in the congregation, and to teach a considerable multitude, and to call the disciples Christians, first at Antioch.


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And one of them named Agabus, after standing up, signified by the Spirit there was going be a great famine in the whole world, which also happened under Claudius Caesar.


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And the disciples, as any man prospered, determined, each of them regarding aid, to send to the brothers who dwell in Judea,


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And after seeing that it was pleasing the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also (and those were the days of unleavened bread),


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whom, having also arrested, he put in prison, having delivered to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.


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Indeed therefore Peter was kept in the prison, but fervent prayer was being made by the church to God for him.


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And when Herod was about to bring him forth, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound by two chains. And guards in front of the door guarded the prison.


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And behold, an agent of the Lord stood near, and light shone in the room. And after striking the side of Peter, he raised him up, saying, Get up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.


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And the agent said to him, Gird thyself, and tie on thy sandals. And he did so. And he says to him, Throw on thy garment, and follow me.


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And after going out, he followed him. And he had not seen that the thing happening by the agent was true, but presumed to see a vision.


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And when they passed a first and a second watch, they came to the iron gate, the one leading to the city, which opened spontaneously to them. And after going out, they advanced one street. And straightaway the agent withdrew from him.


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And when Peter came to himself, he said, Now I know truly, that the Lord dispatched his agent and delivered me out of the hand of Herod and all the expectation of the people of the Jews.


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And having realized it, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, surnamed Mark, where a considerable were gathered and praying.


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And after recognizing Peter's voice, she did not open the gate for joy, but having ran in, she reported Peter was standing in front of the gate.


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But after motioning to them with the hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord brought him out of the prison. And he said, Report these things to James, and to the brothers. And having departed, he went to a different place.


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And Herod, who sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, he commanded them to be led away. And going down from Judea to Caesarea, he remained there.


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Now Herod was angry at the Tyrians and Sidonians. But they came with one accord to him, and, having persuaded Blastus the man over the king's bedchamber, they requested peace, because their country was sustained from the monarchy.


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And at a set day Herod, having arrayed himself in royal apparel, and having sat on the tribunal, he made an oration to them.


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And immediately an agent of the Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And after becoming worm-eaten, he expired.


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And Barnabas and Saul turned back in Jerusalem after fulfilling the service, also having taken along John who was surnamed Mark.


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Now there were some men from the congregation that was in Antioch, prophets and teachers, including Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen reared with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.


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And while they were serving the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate to me now Barnabas and Saul for the work that I have called them.


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Indeed therefore these men, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed for Cyprus.


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And after becoming in Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they also had John for a helper.


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And after going through the island as far as Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-jesus,


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who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. This man, having summoned Barnabas and Saul, sought to hear the word of God.


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But Elymas the sorcerer (for so his name is translated) opposed them, seeking to deviate the proconsul from the faith.


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said, O man full of all deceit and all recklessness, thou son of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, will thou not cease distorting the straight ways of the Lord?


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And now, behold, a hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou will be blind, not seeing the sun until a time. And immediately there fell on him gloom and darkness, and going around he sought hand-guides.


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Then the proconsul, who saw that which happened, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.


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Now those around Paul, having launched from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia. But John, having departed from them, returned to Jerusalem.


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And they, having passed through from Perga, arrived at Antioch of Pisidia, and after entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day, they sat down.


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And after the reading of the law and the prophets the synagogue rulers sent to them, saying, Men, brothers, if there is among you a word of exhortation for the people, speak.


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And Paul having stood up, and having motioned with the hand, he said, Men! Israelites and those who fear God, listen.


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The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and raised up the people during the sojourn in the land of Egypt. And with a lofty arm he brought them out of it.


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And after these things he gave them judges about four hundred and fifty years until Samuel the prophet.


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


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And having removed him, he raised up David for a king to them, also about whom he said, when he testified, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man according to my heart, who will do all my purposes.


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And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, Whom do ye suppose me to be? I am not, but behold, he comes after me of whom I am not worthy to loose the shoes of his feet.


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Men, brothers, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you the word of this salvation was sent.


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For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known this and the voices of the prophets being read at every sabbath, they fulfilled, having condemned him.


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And when they completed all the things written about him, having taken him down from the tree, they laid him in a tomb.


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who was seen for more days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are witnesses of him to the people.


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And we proclaim good news to you: the promise to the fathers, which happened because God has fulfilled this to us their children, having raised up Jesus,


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And because he raised him from the dead, no longer going to return to decay, he has spoken this way: I will give to you the faithful holy things of David.


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For indeed David, who served his own generation in the plan of God, became asleep, and was added near his fathers, and saw decay.


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Be it known to you therefore, men, brothers, that through this man remission of sins is proclaimed to you.


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And from all things of which ye could not be make righteous by the law of Moses, in this man every man who believes is made righteous.


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Behold, ye scoffers, and wonder, and perish, because I work a work in your days, which ye would, no, not believe, if some man should fully narrate it to you.


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And as they went out from the synagogue of the Jews, the Gentiles urged that these sayings be spoken to them the next sabbath.


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Now after the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, while conversing, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.


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But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled of envy, and contradicted the things spoken by Paul, contradicting and slandering.


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But having spoken boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, It was necessary for the word of God to be spoken first to you, but since ye thrust it away, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.


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For so the Lord has commanded us: I have placed thee for a light of Gentiles, for thee to be for salvation as far as the extremity of the earth.


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And hearing this, the Gentiles were glad and glorified the word of the Lord. And as many as were appointed for eternal life believed.


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But the Jews incited the religious women, and the prominent women, and the principle men of the city, and raised up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas. And they threw them out of their boundaries.


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And it came to pass in Iconium according to the same thing, for them to enter into the synagogue of the Jews, and to speak so as for a great quantity to believe, both of Jews and of Greeks.


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But the disobedient Jews aroused the souls of the Gentiles, and made them evil against the brothers.


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Indeed therefore they remained a considerable time speaking boldly in the Lord-him testifying to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to occur by their hands.


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But the majority of the city was divided, and verily there were those with the Jews, and those with the apostles.


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And as a violent movement developed, both of the Gentiles and of the Jews, with their rulers, to denounce and to stone them,


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having become aware of it, they fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the neighboring region.


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And a certain man was sitting in Lystra, disabled in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's belly, who had never walked.


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This man was listening to Paul speaking, who, having gazed at him, and having seen that he has faith to be healed,


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And the multitudes who saw what Paul did, lifted up their voice, speaking Lycaonian, The gods came down to us, having become like men.


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And the priest of Zeus, being in front of their city, after bringing oxen and garlands to the gates, wanted to sacrifice with the multitudes.


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But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard, having torn their garments, they rushed into the crowd, crying out


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and saying, Men, why are ye doing these things? We also are men of like nature with you, proclaiming good news to you, to turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all the things in them,


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although he did not leave himself without evidence, doing good and giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts of food and gladness.


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But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium. And having persuaded the crowds, and having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, after presuming him to be dead.


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But the disciples having surrounded him, after rising, he came into the city. And on the morrow he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.


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And having preached the good news to that city, and having made considerable disciples, they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch,


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strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that it was necessary for us to enter into the kingdom of God through many tribulations.


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And having appointed elders for them in every congregation, having prayed with fasting, they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.


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and from there they sailed to Antioch, from where they were delivered to the grace of God for the work that they fulfilled.


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And after arriving, and after gathering the assembly together, they reported as many things as God did with them, and that he opened a door of faith to the Gentiles.


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And certain men, who came down from Judea, taught the brothers, Unless ye will be circumcised in the custom of Moses, ye cannot be saved.


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Therefore, no small dissension and debate having developed with Paul and Barnabas against them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some other men from them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this issue.


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Indeed therefore, having been helped for the trip by the congregation, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing the conversion of the Gentiles. And they caused great joy to all the brothers.


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And after arriving in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders. And they reported as many things as God did with them.


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But some of the men who believed from the sect of the Pharisees rose up, saying, It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.


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And when much debate occurred, Peter having risen up, he said to them, Men, brothers, ye know that from past days among us, God chose the Gentiles to hear through my mouth the word of the good news, and to believe.


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And God, who knows the heart, testified to them, having given them the Holy Spirit, just as also to us.


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Now therefore why do ye challenge God, to place a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?


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And all the multitude kept silent, and they heard Barnabas and Paul describing how many signs and wonders God did among the Gentiles through them.


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After these things I will return, and I will rebuild the tabernacle of David that has fallen. And I will rebuild the things of it that have been demolished, and I will restore it,


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so that the rest of men might seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles upon whom my name is called upon them, says the Lord, who does these things.


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but to write to them, to abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.


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For Moses from generations past, has from city to city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues on every sabbath.


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Then it was decided by the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to send men chosen from them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, namely, Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers,


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after writing by their hand these things: The apostles, and the elders, and the brothers, to those down in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, to the brothers of the Gentiles, greeting.


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Since we have heard that certain men who went out from us have troubled you with words, disturbing your souls, saying to be circumcised, and to keep the law, to whom we did not command,


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it was decided by us, having become unanimous, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,


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For it was decided by the Holy Spirit, and by us, to lay upon you not one greater burden than these necessary things:


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to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication, keeping yourselves from which, ye will do well. Be strong.


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Indeed therefore after being dismissed, they came to Antioch, and having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.


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And Judas and Silas, being themselves also prophets, exhorted the brothers by much speech, and strengthened them.


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But Paul and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching good news, the word of the Lord, with many others also.


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And after some days Paul said to Barnabas, After returning, surely we could help our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, how they fare.


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But Paul thought it not worthy to bring along this man who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and not having gone with them to the work.


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Therefore a provocation developed, so as for them to separate from each other, and Barnabas to sail for Cyprus, after taking Mark,


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but Paul, having selected Silas, went forth after being delivered to the grace of God by the brothers.


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And he came to Derbe and to Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a certain faithful Jewish woman, but of a Greek father,


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Paul wanted this man to go forth with him. And having taken him, he circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those regions, for they had all seen that his father was a Greek.


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And as they were going through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, which were determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem.


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But having passed through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,


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And a vision appeared to Paul during the night. A certain Macedonian man was standing, imploring him, and saying, After crossing over into Macedonia, help us.


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And after he saw the vision, straightaway we sought to go forth into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord called us to preach the good news to them.


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Therefore, having launched from Troas, we took a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day to Neapolis,


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and from there to Philippi, which is a principle city of the district of Macedonia colony. And we were in the same city remaining some days.


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And on the sabbath day we went outside the city beside a river, where it was customary for prayer to be. And having sat down, we spoke to the women who came together.


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And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple of the city of Thyatira, a woman who worshiped God, was listening, whose heart the Lord opened to heed the things being spoken by Paul.


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And when she was immersed, and her household, she urged us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, after coming into my house, remain. And she constrained us.


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And it came to pass, as we were going to prayer, for a certain servant girl having a spirit of divination to meet us, who brought her masters much business by soothsaying.


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This woman having followed Paul and us was crying out, saying, These men are bondmen of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.


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And she did this on many days. But Paul, after being exasperated, and having turned, he said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.


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But when her masters saw that the hope of their business was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, they dragged them into the marketplace to the rulers.


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And the multitude rose up together against them. And the magistrates, having torn off their clothes, commanded to beat them with rods.


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And having laid many blows upon them, they cast them into prison, having ordered the jailor to guard them securely,


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who, having received such an order, threw them into the inner prison, and fastened their feet in the stocks.


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Now toward midnight Paul and Silas, while praying, were singing praises to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.


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And suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so as for the foundations of the prison to shake. And immediately all the doors were opened, and the bonds of all the men were unfastened.


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And the jailor, who became awake and who saw the prison doors opened, having drawn out a sword was going to kill himself, supposing the prisoners to have fled.


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And having asked for lights, he rushed in, and having become trembling, he fell down before Paul and Silas.


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And having taken them in that hour of the night, he washed from the stripes, and was immersed, he and all those of him, immediately.


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And having brought them into his house, he set out a table, and rejoiced, having believed in God with all his house.


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And the jailor reported these words to Paul: The magistrates have sent out so that ye may be released. Now therefore after coming out, go in peace.


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But Paul said to them, Having beaten us publicly, uncondemned men, being Romans, they cast us into prison, and now they thrust us out privately? Certainly not, but after coming, they shall lead us out.


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And the police reported these sayings to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans.


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And having come they besought them, and when they brought them out, they asked them to go out of the city.


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And having departed from the prison, they came in to Lydia. And after seeing the brothers, they encouraged them, and departed.


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Now after passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica where there was a synagogue of the Jews.


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And according to Paul's custom, he went in to them, and for three sabbaths he discoursed with them from the scriptures,


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explaining and pointing out that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead, and, This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.


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And some of them were persuaded, and joined with Paul and Silas, and of the devout Greeks a great quantity, and of the prominent women not a few.


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But the disobedient Jews having taken along certain evil men of the marketplaces, and having gathered a mob, were rioting the city. And having stood by the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the populace.


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And not having found them, they dragged Jason and some brothers to the city rulers, shouting, The men who have agitated the world, these are present here also,


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whom Jason has received. And all these men are acting against the decrees of Caesar, asserting another man to be king, Jesus.


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And the brothers straightaway sent both Paul and Silas away through the night to Berea, who, when they arrived, went into the synagogue of the Jews.


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But these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, who received the word with all willingness, examining the scriptures daily, if it has these things this way.


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But when the Jews of Thessalonica also learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there also, agitating the crowds.


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But then straightaway the brothers sent Paul away to go as far as to the sea, but both Silas and Timothy remained there.


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And those who brought Paul led him as far as Athens. And after taking a command for Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him quickly, they departed.


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But while Paul waited for them in Athens, his spirit was aroused within him, seeing the city being completely idolatrous.


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Indeed therefore he was discoursing in the synagogue with the Jews, and with those who worship, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened by.


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And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, Whatever does this babbler want to say? But others, He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities, because he brought the good news-Jesus and the resurrection.


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And having taken him, they brought him to the Areopagus, saying, Can we understand what this new doctrine is, being spoken by thee?


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For thou bring some surprising things to our ears. Therefore, we want to know whatever these things aim to be.


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Now all the Athenians, and the foreigners who dwell alien there, were at leisure in nothing else, than to tell or to hear something new.


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And having stood in the middle of the Areopagus, Paul said, Athenian men, I perceive you as deity-fearing in all things.


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For, passing through and examining your religious objects, I also found an altar on which had been engraved, TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye worship unknowingly, him I proclaim to you.


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The God who made the world and all things in it, he, being Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands,


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nor is he served by the hands of men, as needing anything, since he himself gives to all life, and breath, with all things.


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And he made from one blood every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, having determined prescribed times, and the limits of their occupancy,


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to search for the Lord, if indeed perhaps they might grope for him and find him, although being not far from each one of us.


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For in him we live, and move, and exist, as also some of the performers from you have said, For of him we are also offspring.


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Being therefore offspring of God, we ought not think the Divine to be like gold, or silver, or stone handiwork of the skill and thought of man.


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Indeed therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God now commands for all men everywhere to repent.


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Because he appointed a day during which he is going to judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he appointed, having provided assurance to all men because he raised him from the dead.


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But when they heard the resurrection of the dead, of course they mocked, but others said, We will hear thee again about this.


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But some men, having joined with him, believed, among whom was also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.


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And having found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by origin, who recently came from Italy, and his wife Priscilla, because Claudius arranged for all the Jews to separate from Rome, he came to them.


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And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and was working, for they were of the tentmakers craft.


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And when both Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was being held by the Spirit, fully testifying to the Jews, Jesus the Christ.


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But when they opposed and slandered him, having shaken out his clothes, he said to them, Your blood is upon your heads. I am clean. From henceforth I will go to the Gentiles.


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And having departed from there, he went into the house of a certain man named Justus, who worships God, whose house was adjoining the synagogue.


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And Crispus, the synagogue ruler, believed in the Lord with his whole household, and many of the Corinthians who heard believed, and were immersed.


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because I am with thee, and no man will lay upon thee to harm thee, because many people are for me in this city.


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But Gallio being proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord attacked Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,


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But when Paul was going to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If therefore indeed it were some crime or evil reckless deed, O ye Jews, I would have tolerated you according to the matter.


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But if it is an issue about a word and names and the law from you, look ye yourselves, for I do not intend to be a judge of these things.


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But all the Greeks, having taken Sosthenes the synagogue ruler, were beating him in front of the judgment seat. And Gallio was not going to judge, even of these things.


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But Paul, who still remained considerable days with the brothers, having separated, sailed away to Syria (and with him Priscilla and Aquila), having shaved his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow.


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And he came to Ephesus and left behind those there, but having entered into the synagogue himself, he discoursed with the Jews.


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but separated from them, having said, I must definitely keep the coming feast at Jerusalem, but I will return again to you, God willing. And he launched from Ephesus.


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And after spending some time, he departed, passing through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, successively, strengthening all the disciples.


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Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by origin, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus, being mighty in the scriptures.


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This was a man who was instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in the Spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things about the Lord, knowing only the immersion of John.


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And this man began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside, and expounded to him the way of God more accurately.


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And when he intended to pass through into Achaia, the brothers wrote, having encouraged the disciples to receive him, who, when he arrived, assisted much those who believed through the grace.


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And it came to pass while Apollos was at Corinth, for Paul, having passed through the upper regions, to come to Ephesus. And having found some disciples,


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he said to them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye believed? And they said to him, But we have not even heard if there is a Holy Spirit.


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And Paul said, John indeed immersed an immersion of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus, the Christ.


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And Paul having laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues, and prophesied.


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And after entering into the synagogue, he spoke boldly for three months, discoursing and persuading the things about the kingdom of God.


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But when some were hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, having withdrawn from them, he separated the disciples, discoursing daily in the school of a certain Tyrannus.


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And this happened for two years, so as for all those dwelling in Asia to hear the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.


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so as to even bring handkerchiefs or aprons from his skin to those who were incapacitated and to free their infirmities from them, and the evil spirits to go out from them.


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But some of the wandering Jewish exorcists, attempted to name the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had the evil spirits, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul proclaims.


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And the man in whom was the evil spirit, leaping on them, and having overpowered them, he prevailed against them, so as for them to flee out of that house naked and wounded.


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And this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, to those who dwell at Ephesus. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.


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And a considerable number of those who practiced magical things, having brought their books together, burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.


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Now when these things were fulfilled, Paul decided in the spirit, after passing through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, having said, After becoming there, I must also see Rome.


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And having sent into Macedonia two of those who help him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.


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For a certain silversmith named Demetrius who makes silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little work to the craftsmen,


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to whom also (having assembled the workmen about such things) he said, Men, ye know that our prosperity is from this work.


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And ye see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost in all Asia, this man Paul, having persuaded them, turned away a considerable multitude, saying that there are no gods made by hands.


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And not only is this our part liable to come into disrepute, but also the temple of the great goddess Artemis is going to be regarded for nothing, and also her magnificence be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worship.


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And when they heard this, having become full of wrath, they cried out, saying, The great Artemis of Ephesians.


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And the whole city was filled with the confusion. And they rushed with one accord into the theatre, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, traveling companions of Paul.


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And also some of the Asian officers, being their friends, having sent to him, implored him not to give himself into the theatre.


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Indeed therefore some cried out one thing, some another, for the assembly was confused, and most had not seen why they had come together.


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And they urged forward Alexander out of the multitude, having put him forward from the Jews. And Alexander having waved his hand, wanted to make a defense to the crowd.


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But after recognizing that he was a Jew, one voice developed from them all, crying out for about two hours, The great Artemis of Ephesians.


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And when the town clerk calmed the multitude, he says, Ephesian men, now who is the man who does not know the city of the Ephesians being temple-guardian of the great goddess Artemis, and of what fell from Zeus?


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Indeed therefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen with him, have a matter against any man, forums are brought, and there are proconsuls. Let them accuse each other.


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For we are also in danger to be accused about the uproar today, there being no cause about which we can give account of this commotion.


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And after the uproar ceased, Paul having summoned the disciples and having embraced them, he departed to go into Macedonia.


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And having passed through those parts, and having exhorted them with many words, he came into Greece.


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And having spent three months there, and a conspiracy having developed against him by Jews, intending to go up into Syria, a decision developed to return through Macedonia.


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And there accompanied him as far as Asia, Sopater a Berean, and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius a Derbean, and Timothy, and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus.


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And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas within five days, where we stayed seven days.


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And upon the first day of the week, the disciples having come together to break bread, Paul discoursed with them, intending to depart on the morrow. And he prolonged his speech until midnight.


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And a certain young man named Eutychus sitting in the window, being carried away by deep sleep (Paul discoursing on more), being carried away by sleep, he fell down below from the third floor, and was taken up dead.


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But Paul having come down, he fell on him, and having embraced him he said, Be not troubled, for his life is in him.


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And after getting up, and having broken bread and eaten, and having conversed for a considerable time, until dawn, thus he departed.


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But we, having gone ahead to the ship, went up to Assos, intending from there to take up Paul, for so it was arranged, he himself intending to go on foot.


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And having sailed from there on the next day, we arrived opposite Chios, and the next day we came near to Samos. And having remained in Trogyllium, on the following day we came to Miletus.


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For Paul determined to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not happen to lose time in Asia. For he was hastening, if it were possible, for him to become at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.


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And when they came to him, he said to them, Ye know, from the first day in which I stepped in Asia, how I became with you all the time,


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serving the Lord with all humility, and many tears and trials that befell me by the conspiracies of the Jews.


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How I kept back nothing of these things that are beneficial, not to inform you, and to teach you in public, and from house to house,


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And now behold, I, bound in the spirit, am going to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me in it,


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except that the Holy Spirit testifies from city to city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me.


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But I make nothing of the matter, nor do I hold my life precious to myself, so as to fully complete my course with joy, and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to solemnly testify the good news of the grace of God.


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And now behold, I have seen that ye will no longer see my face, ye all among whom I passed through preaching the kingdom of God.


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Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit placed you guardians, to tend the church of the Lord and God, which he purchased by his own blood.


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For I know this, that after my departure grievous wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.


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And from you yourselves men will rise up, speaking distorted things, to draw away the disciples after them.


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Therefore watch ye, remembering that for three years, night and day, I did not cease warning each one with tears.


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And now brothers, I commit you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you an inheritance among all those who have been sanctified.


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I gave you a glimpse of all things, that so laboring ye ought to aid the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.


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And there developed considerable weeping of all. And having fallen on Paul's neck, they kissed him much,


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sorrowing especially for the word that he had spoken, that they were going to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship.


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And when it came to pass to launch us, after being drawn away from them, after going a straight course, we came to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.


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And having sighted Cyprus, and having left it behind on the left side, we sailed to Syria and came down to Tyre, for there the ship was unloading the merchandise.


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And having found disciples we remained there seven days, who said to Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.


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And when it came to pass for us to finish the days, having gone forth, we were departing, all accompanying us, with women and children, as far as outside the city. And having knelt on the beach we prayed.


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And having bid farewell to each other, we went up in the ship, and those men returned to their own things.


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And when we finished the voyage from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais. And having greeted the brothers, we remained with them one day.


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And on the morrow, after going forth, those around Paul came to Caesarea. And having entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, being of the seven, we dwelt with him.


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And having come to us, and having taken Paul's belt, having bound both his feet and hands, he said, The Holy Spirit says these things: Thus the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man whose belt this is, and will deliver him into the hands of Gentiles.


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And Paul answered, What are ye doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I fare ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.


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And also the disciples from Caesarea went together with us, bringing a certain Mnason, a Cypriot, an old disciple with whom we would lodge.


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And having greeted them, he reported one by one what God did among the Gentiles through his ministry.


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And when the men heard, they glorified God, having said to him, Thou see, brother, how many thousands there are of the Jews who have believed, and they are all zealots of the law.


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And they were informed about thee, that thou teach all the Jews throughout the nations desertion from Moses, telling them not to circumcise the children nor to walk by the customs.


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What is it therefore? Certainly the multitude needs to get together, for they will hear that thou have come.


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Having taken these, be purified with them. And pay expenses for them, so that they may shave the head. And all may know, that things of which they have been informed about thee, are nothing, but thou thyself also walk orderly, keeping the law.


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And about the Gentiles who have believed, we sent word, having decided for them to keep no such thing, except for them to guard against what is sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication.


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Then Paul, having taken the men on the following day, having been purified with them, entered into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for each one of them.


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And when the seven days were about to be completed, the Jews from Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people and threw hands on him,


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crying out, Men, Israelites, help. This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place. And besides he also brought Greeks into the temple, and has defiled this holy place.


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For they were men who saw Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, whom they supposed that Paul brought into the temple.


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And the whole city was moved, and there developed a running together of the people. And having taken Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and straightaway the doors were shut.


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And while seeking to kill him, a report went up to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem has been stirred up.


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And immediately after taking soldiers and centurions, he ran down to them. And they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.


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And the chief captain having come near, he seized him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains. And he inquired whoever he may be, and what it is he has been doing.


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And some among the crowd shouted out one thing, some another. And not being able to know the certainty because of the uproar, he commanded him to be carried into the fort.


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And it came to pass when on the steps (it happened for him to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the crowd,


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and as Paul was going to be brought into the fort, he says to the chief captain, Is it permitted for me to speak to thee? And he said, Thou know Greek?


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Then thou are not the Egyptian who revolted before these days, and who led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the Assassins?


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But Paul said, I am really a Jewish man of Tarsus of Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city. And I beg thee, allow me to speak to the people.


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And having permitted him, Paul, having stood on the steps, motioned his hand to the people. And when a great hush developed, he called out in the Hebrew language, saying,


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And having heard that he called out to them in the Hebrew language, they offered more silence. And he says,


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I am indeed a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but reared in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, reared accurately in the paternal law, being a zealot of God, as ye all are today.


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As also the high priest testifies about me, and all the senior council, from whom also having received letters to the brothers in Damascus, I was going to bring bound even those who were there to Jerusalem so that they might be punished.


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And there happened to me, while going and approaching Damascus about noon, suddenly to flash forth from heaven a great light around me.


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And I answered, Who are thou, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom thou persecute.


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And those who were with me indeed saw the light and became afraid, but they heard not the voice of him who spoke to me.


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And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, After rising, go into Damascus, and there it will be told thee about all things that have been assigned for thee to do.


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And as I was not seeing from the splendor of that light, I came into Damascus, being led by hand by those who accompanied me.


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And a certain Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report by all the Jews who dwell there,


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having come near me, and having stood by, he said to me, Brother Saul, look up. And I looked up on him the same hour.


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And he said, The God of our fathers appointed thee to know his will, and to see the Righteous Man, and to hear a voice from his mouth,


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And now what is it going to be? Having arisen, immerse and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.


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And it came to pass, my having returned to Jerusalem and while I prayed in the temple, for me to became in a trance.


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And I saw him saying to me, Hurry and depart in haste out of Jerusalem, because they will not accept thy testimony about me.


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And I said, Lord, they know that I was imprisoning and beating in every synagogue those who believe in thee.


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And when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I myself also was standing by, and approving his killing, and keeping the garments of those who killed him.


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And they heard him until this word. And they lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a man from the earth, for he is not fit to live.


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the chief captain commanded him be brought into the fort, having said to examine him by scourging, so that he might know for what reason they shouted against him this way.


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And as they stretched him out with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it permitted for you to scourge a Roman man, and uncondemned?


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And when the centurion heard, having come to the chief captain, he reported, saying, Look! What are thou about to do? For this man is a Roman.


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And the chief captain answered, Of a great sum I obtained this citizenship. And Paul said, But then I was born so.


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Straightaway therefore those who were about to examine him withdrew from him. And the chief captain was also afraid when he learned that he was a Roman, and because he was who bound him.


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But on the morrow, wanting to know the certainty of why he was accused by the Jews, he loosed him from the bonds, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to come. And having brought Paul down, he set him before them.


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And Paul, after looking intently at the council, said, Men, brothers, I have been a citizen in all good conscience to God until this day.


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Then Paul said to him, God is going to smite thee, a whitewashed wall. Thou even sit judging me according to the law, and violating law, thou command me to be struck?


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And Paul said, I had not known, brothers, that he is a high priest, for it is written, Thou shall not speak ill of a ruler of thy people.


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But when Paul ascertained that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, son of a Pharisee. About the hope and resurrection of the dead I am judged.


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And when he said this, there developed a conflict of the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the group was divided.


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For in fact Sadducees say to be no resurrection nor agent nor spirit, but Pharisees acknowledge them all.


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And there developed a great clamor. And some of the scholars of the Pharisees part having risen, they argued vehemently, saying, We find nothing wrong in this man. But if a spirit spoke to him, or an agent, we should not fight against God.


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And a great conflict having developed, the chief captain, having been alarmed lest Paul might be torn apart by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him away from the midst of them, and bring him into the fort.


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And the following night the Lord, having stood by him, said, Cheer up, Paul, for as thou have testified these things about me at Jerusalem, so thou must testify also at Rome.


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And when it became day, some of the Jews, having made a conspiracy, put themselves under a curse, saying neither to eat nor to drink until they would kill Paul.


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who, having come near to the chief priests and the elders, said, We have put ourselves under a curse, a curse to taste of nothing until we would kill Paul.


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Now therefore ye with the council report to the chief captain that tomorrow he may bring him down to you, as though going to inquire more accurately the things about him. And we, before he comes near, are prepared to kill him.


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But the son of Paul's sister, having heard of the ambush, having come and entered into the fort, he informed Paul.


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And Paul, having called one of the centurions, said, Take this young man to the chief captain, for he has something to inform him.


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Indeed therefore having taken him, he brought him to the chief captain, and says, Paul the prisoner, having called me, asked me to bring this young man to thee, who has something to say to thee.


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And the chief captain having grasped his hand, and having gone in private, he asked him, What is it that thou have to inform me?


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And he said, The Jews have agreed to ask thee that tomorrow thou would bring Paul down to the council, as though going to inquire something more accurately about him.


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Therefore thou should not be persuaded by them, for more than forty men of them wait to ambush him, who have put themselves under an oath, neither to eat nor drink until they have killed him. And now they are ready, expecting the promise from thee.


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Indeed therefore the chief captain dismissed the young man, having ordered, Tell no man that thou have shown these things to me.


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And having summoned a certain two of the centurions, he said, Prepare two hundred soldiers that they may go to Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen at the third hour of the night.


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This man who was seized by the Jews, and was going to be killed by them, having stood by with the soldiers, I rescued him, having learned that he is a Roman.


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whom I found accusing about issues of their law, having not one accusation worthy of death or of bonds.


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And when it was reported to me of a plot going to be against the man by the Jews, I immediately sent him to thee, also having commanded the accusers to speak before thee the things against him. Be strong.


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Indeed therefore, the soldiers, according to that which was precisely arranged for them, having taken Paul, they brought him through the night to Antipatris.


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who, after coming to Caesarea and having delivered the letter to the governor, also presented Paul to him.


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And the governor having read it, and having questioned from what province he was, and having found out that he was from Cilicia,


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he said, I will hear thee when thine accusers also will arrive. And he commanded him to be kept in the Praetorium of Herod.


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And after five days Ananias the high priest came down with the elders, and a certain orator, Tertullus, who appeared to the governor against Paul.


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And when he was called, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Experiencing much peace because of thee, and worthy deeds happening to this nation because of thy foresight,


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For we have found this man a plague, who even instigates sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes,


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from whom thou will be able, having examined him, to learn about all these things of which we accuse him.


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And when the governor gestured to him to speak, Paul answered, Knowing for many years thou being a judge to this nation, I gladly make a defense of these things about myself,


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thou being able to learn that there are for me not more than twelve days from which I went up to worship in Jerusalem.


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And they found me neither in the temple disputing against any man, nor making a gang of a group, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city.


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But this I confess to thee, that according to the Way that they call a sect, so serve I the paternal God, believing all things written according to the law and the prophets,


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having hope toward God, which they themselves also await, to come to be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.


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during which certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, not with a crowd or with a tumult,


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or about this one voice that I cried out standing among them: About a resurrection of the dead I am judged by you this day.


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Now Felix, having heard these things, having known more precisely the things about the Way, he deferred them, having said, When Lysias the chief captain comes down, I will determine the things toward you.


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He also arranged for the centurion to guard Paul, and to have reduced confinement, and to forbid none of his own men to serve or to come to him.


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And after some days, Felix having arrived with Drusilla, his wife being Jewish, he summoned Paul, and heard him about the faith in Christ.


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And as he discoursed about righteousness, and self-control, and the judgment going to be, Felix, having become afraid, answered, Go now, and having a convenient time, I will summon thee.


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He also hoped simultaneously that money would be given him by Paul so that he might free him. And so, summoning him more frequently, he conversed with him.


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But two years having been fulfilled, Felix received a successor, Porcius Festus. And wanting to lay down favors to the Jews, Felix left behind Paul bound.


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Festus therefore having entered into the province, after three days he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.


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asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Jerusalem, making an ambush to kill him on the way.


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Indeed therefore Festus answered to keep Paul in Caesarea, and he himself was going to go out quickly.


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Therefore he says, Let the able men among you, after coming down together, accuse him if there is anything in this man.


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And after remaining among them more than ten days, having gone down to Caesarea, on the morrow having sat on the judgment seat, he commanded Paul to be brought.


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And when he arrived, the Jews who came down from Jerusalem stood around, bringing many and serious accusations against Paul, which they could not prove,


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while he was defending, Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar, have I transgressed anything.


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But Festus, wanting to lay down a favor to the Jews, having answered Paul, said, Are thou willing, after going up to Jerusalem, to be judged there about these things before me?


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But Paul said, I am standing at the judgment seat of Caesar, where I ought to be judged. I did nothing wrong Jewish, as thou also very well know.


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For if I am indeed wrong, and have done anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die, but if there is nothing of what these men accuse me, no man can give me to them freely. I appeal Caesar.


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Then Festus, when he conferred with the council, answered, Thou have appealed Caesar, to Caesar thou will go.


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And as he was remaining there more days, Festus declared to the king the things concerning Paul, saying, There is a certain man who was left behind a prisoner by Felix,


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about whom, when I became in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews revealed, asking judgment against him.


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To whom I answered, that it is not a custom by Romans to give any man freely for destruction, before the man being accused has the accusers in person, and receives an occasion of defense about the accusation.


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When therefore they assembled here, not having made one delay, next in order, having sat on the judgment seat, I commanded the man to be brought.


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but had certain issues against him about his own religion, and about a certain Jesus, who has died, whom Paul was claiming to be alive.


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And I, being uncertain of the controversy about this man, asked whether he wants to go to Jerusalem and be judged there about these things.


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But when Paul appealed to be kept for the decision of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept until I might send him to Caesar.


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And Agrippa said to Festus, I also want to hear the man myself. And tomorrow, he says, thou will hear him.


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Therefore on the morrow, Agrippa and Bernice having come with great pomp, and having entered into the courtroom, and with the chief captains and the men of prominence who were of the city, and Festus who commanded, Paul was brought in.


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And Festus says, King Agrippa, and all who are present with us, ye see this man about whom all the multitude of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, shouting he ought not to live any longer.


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But I, having understood him to have done nothing worthy of death, and also him, this man, having appealed Augustus I decided to send him.


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About whom I do not have anything certain to write to the lord. Therefore I brought him before you, and especially before thee, King Agrippa, so that, an examination having occurred, I may have something to write.


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And Agrippa said to Paul, It is permitted thee to speak for thyself. Then Paul, having stretched forth his hand, made a defense.


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Concerning all things of which I am accused by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself blessed, being about to make my defense before thee today.


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Especially thee, being an expert of all things regarding Jews, both habits and issues. Therefore I beg thee to hear me patiently.


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Indeed therefore, my manner of life from youth, having developed from the beginning among my nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know,


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having known me previously from the beginning, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I lived a Pharisee.


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to which our twelve tribes, serving in earnestness night and day, hope to attain, about which hope, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews!


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Indeed therefore I thought it necessary for myself to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus the Nazarene,


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which also I did at Jerusalem. And I locked up many of the sanctified in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests. And when they were killed, I gave a vote against them.


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And punishing them often at all the synagogues, I compelled them to blaspheme. And being extraordinarily furious toward them, I persecuted them even as far as to outside cities.


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at midday, O king, I saw on the road a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, which shone around me and those who went with me.


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And when we all fell to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why do thou persecute me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads.


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But arise, and stand upon thy feet, for I appeared to thee for this, to appoint thee an assistant and a witness both of things that thou saw, and of the things that I will make visible to thee,


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to open their eyes to turn about from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, for them to receive remission of sins and a lot among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.


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but declaring first to those at Damascus and then at Jerusalem, and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, to repent and return to God, doing works worthy of repentance.


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Having therefore experienced the help from God, I stand to this day solemnly declaring both to small and great, saying nothing apart from what both the prophets and Moses said was going to happen,


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that the suffering Christ, since first from a resurrection of the dead, is going to proclaim light to our people and to the nations.


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And while he made a defense by these things, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, thou are mad. Much scholarship is driving thee into madness.


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For the king knows about these things, before whom I also speak boldly. For I am convinced not any of these things, nothing, to be hidden from him. For this was not done in a corner.


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And Paul said, I ever pray to God, both by little and by much, not only thee, but also all who hear me this day, to become such kind as I also am, apart from these bonds.


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And when he spoke these things, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.


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And having withdrawn, they spoke to each other, saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds.


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And when it was determined for us to sail for Italy, they delivered both Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the band of Augustus.


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And having gotten on a ship of Adramyttium that was going to sail to the places along Asia, we launched, Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us.


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And on another day we put in at Sidon. And Julius, who treated Paul kindly, allowed him to undergo care, after going to his friends.


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And sailing slowly during considerable days, and with difficulty having come along the Cnidus, the wind not allowing us further, we sailed under lee of Crete, along Salmone.


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And sailing by it with difficulty, we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near to which was Lasea City.


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And considerable time having past, and the voyage now being dangerous, also because the Fast was now past, Paul urged,


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saying to them, Men, I perceive that the voyage is going to be with injury and much damage, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.


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But the centurion was convinced more by the captain and the shipmaster than to those things spoken by Paul.


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And since the haven was inconvenient to winter in, the majority gave counsel to launch from there also, if somehow they might be able, after arriving at Phoenix, to winter in a haven of Crete, looking toward southwest and northwest.


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And when a south wind blew gently, having presumed to have obtained their purpose, after taking up anchor, they sailed very near by Crete.


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And the ship having been caught, and not being able to face the wind, having given up, we were driven.


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And having sailed under lee of a certain island called Clauda, we were able with difficulty, to develop control of the skiff.


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And having taken that up, they used helps, undergirding the ship. And fearing lest they might fall off into the sandbank, having lowered the vessel, they were driven this way.


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And when neither sun nor stars appeared for more days, and no small storm laying on, all remaining hope for us to be saved was taken away.


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And being long without food, then Paul, who stood in the midst of them, said, Ye truly ought, O men, to have complied with me, not to launch from Crete, and gain this damage and loss.


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And now I exhort you to cheer up, for there will not be one loss of life from you, except of the ship.


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saying, Fear not, Paul. Thou must stand before Caesar, and lo, God has granted thee all those sailing with thee.


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And when it became the fourteenth night, as we were driven about in the Adriatic sea, toward midnight the sailors suspected some region to come near them.


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And having tossed lead, they found twenty fathoms, and having gone a little farther, and having tossed lead again, they found fifteen fathoms.


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And fearing lest somehow we might falloff on rough places, having cast off four anchors from the stern, they prayed for day to develop.


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And since the sailors sought to flee out of the ship, and having lowered the skiff into the sea in pretense as going to stretch out anchors from the bow,


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Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Unless these men remain in the ship, ye cannot be saved.


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And until day was going to develop, Paul urged them all to partake of food, saying, Today is the fourteenth day, waiting, ye continue without food, having taken nothing.


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Therefore I encourage you to take of food, for this is for your safety. For not a hair will fall from the head of one of you.


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And having said these things, and having taken bread, he expressed thanks to God in the presence of all. And having broke in pieces, he began to eat.


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And when it became day, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a certain bay having a beach, onto which, they decided if possible, to drive the ship.


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And having cast off the anchors, they left them in the sea, at the same time unfastening the bands of the rudders. And having hoisted up the foresail to the wind, they held firm for the shore.


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And having chanced upon a place where two seas meet, they ran the ship aground. And of course, the bow having become stuck, it remained immovable, but the stern was coming apart by the force of the waves.


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And a decision of the soldiers developed that they should kill the prisoners, lest any man, having swam away, might escape.


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But the centurion, wanting to save Paul, prevented them from their purpose, and commanded those who were able to swim, having first jumped out, to go to the land,


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and the remaining, some on boards, and some on any of the things from the ship. And so it came to pass for all to be saved to the land.


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And the foreigners presented uncommon kindness to us, for, having kindled a fire, they received us all because of the present rain, and because of the cold.


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And Paul having gathered a quantity of sticks, and having placed them on the fire, a viper having come out from the heat, it fastened on his hand.


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And when the foreigners saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to each other, Certainly this man is a murderer, whom, though saved from the sea, Justice did not allow to live.


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But they expected he was going to swell up, or suddenly fall down dead, but when they were long expecting, and seeing nothing amiss happening to him, thinking differently, they declared him to be a god.


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Now among the things around that place were fields of the chief of the island, named Publius, who, having received us kindly, lodged us three days.


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And it came about for the father of Publius to be laid down, gripped by fever and dysentery, to whom Paul, having entered in, and having prayed, having laid his hands on him, healed him.


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Therefore when this happened, the others also who had infirmities on the island came and were healed,


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who also honored us with many honorariums. And while putting out to sea, they furnished the things for our necessities.


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And after three months we set out in a ship that wintered at the island, an Alexandrian with The Twin Brothers emblem.


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from where having made a circuit, we arrived at Rhegium. And after one day, wind from the south having developed, we came a second day to Puteoli,


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where, having found brothers, we were invited to stay with them seven days. And so we went toward Rome.


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And from there the brothers, who heard these things about us, came for a meeting with us as far as Appius Forum and The Three Taverns, whom, when Paul saw, having expressed thanks to God, he took courage.


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And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the commandant, but Paul was allowed to dwell by himself with the soldier who guarded him.


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And it came to pass after three days, for Paul to call together those who were the principle men of the Jews. And when they came together, he said to them, Men, brothers, I, having done nothing against the people, or the paternal customs, I was delivered a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,


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But when the Jews spoke against it, I was compelled to appeal Caesar, not as having anything to accuse my nation.


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Because of this reason therefore I summoned you to see and to speak with me, for because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.


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And they said to him, We neither received letters from Judea about thee, nor did any of the brothers who came report or speak anything bad about thee.


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But we think it worthy to hear from thee what thou think. For indeed about this sect, it is known to us that everywhere it is spoken against.


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And having appointed a day for him, more came to him into his lodging, to whom he expounded, solemnly testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them of the things about Jesus, both from the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning until evening.


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And being discord among each other, they departed after Paul spoke one thing, saying, Well spoke the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet to our fathers,


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saying, Go thou to this people, and say, Hearing ye will hear, and will, no, not understand, and seeing ye will see, and will, no, not perceive.


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For this people's heart was made fat, and they hear heavily with the ears. And they shut their eyes, lest they may perceive with the eyes, and hear with the ears, and understand with the heart, and should turn, and I would heal them.


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Be it known to you therefore, that the salvation of God was sent to the Gentiles, and they will hear.


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preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.


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He who was designated Son of God in power, according to a spirit of holiness, from a resurrection of the dead-Jesus Christ our Lord-


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through whom we received grace and apostleship for obedience of faith among all the nations on behalf of his name,


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To all who are in Rome, beloved of God, to the called, to the sanctified: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.


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First, I indeed express thanks to my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world.


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For God is my witness whom I serve in my spirit in the good news of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,


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pleading, if somehow now at last I will have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come to you.


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But I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I might have some fruit also among you, even as among the other Gentiles.


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For I am not ashamed of the good news of Christ, for it is the power of God for salvation to every man who believes, both to the Jew first, and to the Greek.


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For the righteousness of God is revealed in it from faith for faith, just as it is written, And the righteous man will live from faith.


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For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all irreverence and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,


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For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things made, both his eternal power and divinity, for them to be without excuse.


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Because, although knowing God, they did not glorify him as God, nor were they thankful, but became vain in their reasonings and their heart was darkened without understanding.


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and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image like corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed things, and creeping things.


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And for this reason God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, to degrade their bodies among themselves,


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who changed the truth of God into the lie, and worshiped and served the creation against him who created it, who is blessed into the ages. Truly.


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Because of this God gave them up to shameful passions, for even their females changed the natural use into what is against nature.


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And likewise also the males, having left the natural use of the female, burned in their lust toward each other, males with males producing shamelessness, and receiving in themselves the recompense of their deviancy that was fitting.


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And just as they did not approve having God in knowledge, God gave them over to an unfit mind, to do things that are not fit;


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having been filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malignity;


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being gossips, slanderous, God-hating, aggressors, arrogant boasters, contrivers of evil things, disobedient to parents;


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Who, knowing the righteousness of God, that those who commit such things are worthy of death, not only do them, but also favor those who do.


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Therefore, O man, thou are without excuse, every man who judges, for in what thou judge the other man, thou condemn thyself, for the man who judges is doing the same things.


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And we know that the judgment of God is in accordance with truth against those who commit such things.


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And think thou this, O man who judge those who do such things and do the same, that thou will escape the judgment of God?


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Or do thou despise the wealth of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God guides thee to repentance?


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But according to thy hardness, and thy impenitent heart, thou store up wrath to thyself in the day of wrath, and revelation, and righteous judgment of God,


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to those who indeed seek by perseverance of good work, glory and esteem and immortality-eternal life-


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but to those of self-interest, and who indeed disobey the truth but have confidence in unrighteousness-anger and wrath,


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pressure and restriction, upon every soul of man who produces evil, both of the Jew first, and of the Greek,


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but glory and esteem and peace to every man who works good, both to the Jew first, and to the Greek.


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For as many as have sinned without law will also be destroyed without law, and as many as have sinned in law will be judged by law.


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For the hearers of the law are not righteous with God, but the doers of the law will be made righteous.


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For when the Gentiles who have no law do by nature the things of the law, these men, not having law, are a law to themselves.


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Who show the work of the law written in their hearts, testifying of their conscience, and their thoughts amidst each other accusing or also defending them


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a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the childlike, having in the law the essence of knowledge and truth,


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thou therefore who teach another, do thou not teach thyself? Thou who preach not to steal, do thou steal?


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Thou who say not to commit adultery, do thou commit adultery? Thou who abhor idols, do thou rob temples?


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For circumcision is indeed beneficial if thou perform law, but if thou are a transgressor of law, thy circumcision has become uncircumcision.


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If therefore a man of uncircumcision keeps the ordinances of the law, will not his uncircumcision be considered circumcision?


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And the man of natural uncircumcision who fulfills the law, will judge thee, a transgressor of law through a document and circumcision.


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but he is a Jew in what is hidden, and circumcision is of the heart, in spirit not a document, whose praise is not from men but from God.


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May it not happen! But let it come to pass God is true, but every man a liar, as it is written, That thou may ever be justified in thy words, and may prevail when thou are criticized.


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But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous inflicting wrath? (I speak according to a man.)


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and not (as we are slandered, and as some affirm us to say) that we may do evil so that good things may come (whose condemnation is just)?


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What then? Are we better? Not at all. For we already charged both Jews and Greeks to all be under sin,


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All turned away. Together they became useless. There is not a man who does goodness; there is not as much as one.


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Their throat is an open grave. With their tongues they deceive. The poison of asps is under their lips,


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Now we know that as many things as the law says, it says to those in the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become accountable to God.


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Because from works of law no flesh will be made right before him, for through law is knowledge of sin.


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But now a righteousness of God has been manifested independent of law, being witnessed by the law and the prophets.


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And the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ is for all and upon all those who believe, for there is no distinction.


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whom God set forth an expiatory sacrifice through faith in his blood, for proof of his justice, because of the passing over of the sins that have formerly occurred


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(in the forbearance of God), for proof of his justice at the present time, for him to be righteous, and who makes the man from Jesus' faith righteous.


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since God is one, who will make the man of circumcision righteous from faith, and the man of uncircumcision through faith.


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For what does the scripture say? And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness.


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Now to the man being employed, the wage is not reckoned according to grace, but according to obligation.


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But to the man not being employed, but who believes in him who makes the impious man righteous, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.


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Just as David also tells the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness independent of works,


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Is this blessedness therefore upon men of circumcision, or also upon men of uncircumcision? For we say, Faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness.


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How then was it reckoned? When he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision.


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And he received the sign of circumcision, as a seal of the righteousness of his faith during uncircumcision, for him to be father of all those who believe during uncircumcision (for righteousness to also be imputed to them),


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and father of those of circumcision, to those not only of circumcision, but also to those who march in the steps of faith-of that during the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.


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For the promise to Abraham or to his seed, for him to be heir of the world, was not through law, but through a righteousness of faith.


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Because of this it is from faith, so that it is according to grace, in order for the promise to be sure to all the seed, not only to the seed from the law, but also to the seed from the faith of Abraham, who is father of us all


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(as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations), before him whom he believed, of God who makes the dead alive, and who calls things not existing, as existing.


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Who, against hope, believed in hope, in order for him to become father of many nations according to that which was spoken, So thy seed will be.


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And not being weak in faith he did not regard his body, which was now deadened (being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah's womb.


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And he did not waver in unbelief at the promise of God, but became strong in faith, giving glory to God,


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but also because of us to whom it is going to be imputed, to those who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead,


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Therefore having been made righteous from faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ,


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through whom also we have access by faith for this grace in which we stand, and we take pride in hope of the glory of God.


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And not only so, but we also take pride in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance,


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And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit that was given to us.


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For scarcely for a righteous man will some man die, indeed perhaps for the good man some man would even dare to die.


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Much more then, now having been made righteous by his blood, we will be saved from the wrath through him.


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For if, while being enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more having been reconciled we will be saved by his life.


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And not only so, but also taking pride in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.


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Because of this, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, so also death passed to all men, in that all sinned.


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Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a type of the coming man.


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But in this way also, the gift is not as the transgression. For if by the trespass of the one man the many died, much more the grace of God, and the gift in grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abounded for the many.


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And the gift is not as through one man who sinned, for indeed the judgment from one man was for condemnation, but the gift from many offenses is for righteousness.


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For if, by the offense of the one man, death reigned through the one man, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.


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So then, as through an offense of one man was for condemnation for all men, so also through a righteousness of one man was for justification of life for all men.


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For as through the one man's disobedience the many were led sinful, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be led righteous.


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And the law entered so that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace was more abundant,


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so that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign, through righteousness, for eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.


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We were buried therefore with him through the immersion into death, so that as Christ was raised up from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we may walk in newness of life.


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For if we have become co-planted in the likeness of his death, then we will also be of the resurrection.


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Knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, so that the body of sin might be inactivated, no longer to enslave us to sin.


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knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him.


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And do not present your body-parts as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God, as living out of the dead, and your body-parts as instruments of righteousness to God,


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Know ye not, that to what ye present yourselves as bondmen for obedience, ye are bondmen to what ye obey, whether of sin for death, or of obedience for righteousness?


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But thanks to God, that ye were bondmen of sin, but ye obeyed from the heart a model of doctrine for which ye were delivered.


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(I speak man-like because of the weakness of your flesh). For as ye presented your body-parts servile to uncleanness, and to lawlessness for lawlessness, so now present your body-parts servile to righteousness for sanctification.


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What fruit therefore did ye have then, of which things ye are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.


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But now having been made free from sin, and having become servile to God, ye have your fruit for sanctification, and the end, eternal life.


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Or are ye ignorant, brothers (for I speak to men who know the law), that the law has dominion over the man for as long a time as he lives?


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For the woman under authority to the living husband has been bound by law, but if the husband should die, she has been released from the law of the husband.


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So then, of the living husband, she will be called an adulteress if she becomes to another man, but if the husband should die, she is free from the law, for her not to be an adulteress having become to another man.


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Therefore, my brothers, ye also became dead to the law through the body of Christ in order for ye to become to another, to him who was raised from the dead, so that we would bear fruit to God.


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For when we were in the flesh, the passions of the sins were working in our body-parts (through the law) in order to bear fruit to death.


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But now we have been released from the law, having died to what we were held, so as for us to serve in newness of spirit, and not in oldness of a document.


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What will we say then? The law is sin? May it not happen! Yet I did not know sin except through law. For likewise I would not have known lust, if the law did not say, Thou shall not covet.


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But sin, having taken opportunity through the commandment, wrought in me every evil desire, for apart from law sin is dead.


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Has therefore what is good become death to me? May it not happen! Instead, it is sin, so that it might be revealed, sin working death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin might become sinful to extreme.


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For I know that good does not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, for to will is present in me, but to do the good, I find not.


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but I see a different law in my body-parts, warring against the law of my mind, and taking me captive in the law of sin, which is in my body-parts.


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I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then, I of myself in the mind indeed serve a law of God, but in the flesh a law of sin.


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Consequently nothing is condemnation now to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to flesh but according to Spirit.


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For the impotence of the law, in that it was weak because of the flesh, God, having sent his own Son in a form of flesh of sin, and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh,


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so that the justice of the law might be fulfilled in us, those who walk not according to flesh, but according to Spirit.


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For those who are according to flesh think about the things of the flesh, but those according to Spirit the things of the Spirit.


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Because the mentality of the flesh is enmity against God, for it is not submissive to the law of God, for neither is it able.


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But ye are not in flesh but in Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man does not have the Spirit of Christ, this man is not of him.


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And if Christ is in you, the body is indeed dead because of sin, but the spirit is life because of righteousness.


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But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up the Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwells in you.


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For if ye live according to flesh, ye are going to die, but if in spirit ye kill the deeds of the body, ye will live.


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For ye did not receive a spirit of bondage again for fear, but ye received a spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.


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And if children, also heirs, heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer jointly, so that we may also be glorified jointly.


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For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time are not comparable to the glory that is going to be revealed for us.


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For the creation was made subject to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it in hope.


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Because the creation itself will also be freed from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of the children of God.


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And not only so, but also ourselves who have the first fruit of the Spirit. And we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for adoption, the redemption of our body.


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For we were saved to hope. But hope that is seen is not hope. For what is seen, why also hope for that?


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And likewise also the Spirit helps our weaknesses, for we know not what we would pray for as we ought, but the Spirit itself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings.


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And he who searches the hearts knows what is the mentality of the Spirit, because he appeals to God for the sanctified.


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And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, who are the called according to purpose.


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Because whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be of similar nature of the form of his Son, in order for him to be the firstborn son among many brothers.


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And whom he predestined, these he also called, and whom he called, these he also made righteous, and whom he made righteous, these he also glorified.


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He who did not even spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how will he not also give us all things with him?


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Who is he who will condemn? It is Christ who died, but more, who also was raised up, who also is at the right hand of God, who also appeals for us.


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Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or restriction, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?


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Just as it is written, For thy sake we are killed the whole day long. We are considered as sheep of slaughter.


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For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor agents, nor principal positions, nor powers, nor things that have come, nor things that are coming,


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nor height, nor depth, nor any other creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.


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For I wished I myself to be accursed from the Christ, for my brothers, my kinsmen according to flesh,


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who are Israelites, of whom is the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the lawgiving, and the divine service, and the promises,


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of whom are the fathers, and from whom (according to flesh) is the Christ, God who is over all is blessed into the ages. Truly.


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nor, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children, rather, In Isaac a seed will be called for thee.


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That is, the children of the flesh, these are not children of God, instead, the children of the promise are reckoned for seed.


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(for not yet having been born, nor having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to selection might remain, not from works, but from him who calls),


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For he says to Moses, I will be merciful to whom I may be merciful, and I will be compassionate to whomever I may be compassionate.


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For the scripture says to Pharaoh, For this same thing I raised thee up, that I might display in thee my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.


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Rather, O man, who are thou answering back to God? No, will the thing formed say to him who formed it, Why did thou make me this way?


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Or has the potter no right over the clay, from the same lump certainly to make this vessel for esteem, and that for disesteem?


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And if God, wanting to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,


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even that he might make known the wealth of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he previously prepared for glory,


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As also he says in Hosea, I will call those not my people, my people, and her who was not beloved, beloved.


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And it will be in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, there they will be called, sons of the living God.


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And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, If the number of the sons of Israel may be as the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved.


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Since he is completing and finishing quickly a matter in righteousness, because a matter that has been cut short upon the earth, the Lord will perform.


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And just as Isaiah has foretold, Unless the Lord of hosts had left us a seed, we would have become as Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.


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What will we say then? That the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness from faith.


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Why? Because it was not from faith but as from works of law. For they stumbled at the stone of stumbling,


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just as it is written, Behold, I lay in Zion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense. And every man who believes in him will not be shamed.


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For not understanding the righteousness of God, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to the righteousness of God.


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But the righteousness from faith says thus: Thou should not say in thy heart, Who will ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down)


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But what does it say? The word is near thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that is, the word of faith that we preach:


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that if thou will confess with thy mouth, the Lord Jesus, and will believe in thy heart that God raised him from the dead, thou will be saved.


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For there is no distinction of a Jew and also of a Greek, for the same Lord is of all men, being rich toward all those who call upon him.


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How then will they call on whom they have not believed? And how will they believe of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without preaching?


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And how will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who proclaim good news of peace, of those who proclaim good news of good things.


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But I say, did they, no, not hear? Rather, Their voice went forth into all the earth, and their sayings to the limits of the inhabited world.


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But I say, did Israel, no, not know? First Moses says, I will provoke you to jealousy toward a non-nation. Toward a foolish nation, I will make you angry.


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And Isaiah is very bold and says, I was found by those not seeking me. I became manifest to those not asking for me.


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But to Israel he says, The whole day I stretched forth my hands to a disobedient and rebellious people.


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I say therefore, did God thrust away his people? May it not happen! For I also am an Israelite from the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.


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God did not thrust away his people whom he foreknew. Or know ye not what the scripture tells by Elijah? How he encounters God about Israel.


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Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and they have torn down thine altars, and I am left alone, and they seek my life.


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But what does the divine response say to him? I have reserved for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed a knee to Baal.


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And if it is by grace, it is no longer from works, otherwise grace becomes no longer grace. But if it is from works it is no longer grace, otherwise work is no longer work.


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What then? What Israel seeks, this it did not obtain. But the chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened,


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just as it is written that God gave them a spirit of slumber: eyes not to see, and ears not to hear, until this very day.


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And David says, Let their table become for a snare, and for a trap, and for a stumbling block, and for a retribution to them.


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I say then, did they stumble so that they would fall? May it not happen! But in their transgression, salvation is to the Gentiles, in order to provoke them to jealousy.


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Now if their transgression is wealth of the world, and their failure is wealth of Gentiles, how much more their fullness?


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For I speak to you the Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am indeed an apostle of Gentiles, I enhance my ministry,


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For if the casting away of them is reconciliation of the world, what is the acceptance except life from the dead?


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And if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and became a joint partaker of the root of the fatness of the olive tree,


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Correct! They were broken off for their unbelief, and thou stand by thy faith. Be not high-minded but fear,


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Behold therefore the goodness and the severity of God. Indeed toward those who fell, severity, but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness, otherwise thou too will be cut off.


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And also those, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.


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For if thou were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural ones, be grafted into their own olive tree.


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For I do not want you, brothers, to be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise according to yourselves, that a callousness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles come in.


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And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written, The man who delivers will come from Zion, and will turn away impiety from Jacob.


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They are indeed enemies toward the good news for your sake, but toward selection, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.


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For as ye once were also disobedient to God, but now have received mercy at the disobedience of these,


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O the depth of wealth, both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways beyond finding out!


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Because from him, and through him, and for him, are all things. To him is the glory into the ages. Truly.


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I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service.


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And be not conformed to this age, but be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind, for ye to approve what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.


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For I say, through the grace that was given me, to every man who is among you, not to over think beyond what he ought to think, but to think so as to think soundly, as God has apportioned to each man a measure of faith.


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And having different gifts according to the grace that was given to us, whether prophecy, according to the proportion of faith;


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or he who exhorts, in the exhortation; he who gives, in simplicity; he who leads, in diligence; he who does mercy, in cheerfulness.


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thinking the same way toward each other, not thinking on lofty things, but accommodating to the lowly. Become not wise according to yourselves,


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not avenging yourselves, beloved, but give place to wrath, for it is written, Vengeance is for me, I will repay, says the Lord.


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Therefore if thine enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him to drink. For by doing this thou will heap coals of fire upon his head.


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Let every soul be subject to offices of authority that rank higher. For there is no office of authority if not by God, and the offices of authority that are by God are those that have been instituted.


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So that he who resists the office of authority has opposed the ordinance of God, and those who have opposed will receive condemnation to themselves.


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For rulers are not a source of fear to the good works, but to the evil. And do thou desire not to fear the office of authority? Do what is good, and thou will have praise from it.


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For he is a helper of God to thee for what is good. But if thou do what is evil, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is a helper of God, vengeful for wrath to the man who commits evil.


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Therefore there is a need to be subordinate, not only because of the wrath, but also because of the conscience.


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For because of this ye also fulfill taxes, for they are servants of God being devoted to this same thing.


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Render therefore to all, the things due: tax to the man of tax, tribute to the man of tribute, fear to the man of fear, esteem to the man of esteem.


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For this, Thou shall not commit adultery, Thou shall not murder, Thou shall not steal, Thou shall not testify falsely, Thou shall not covet, and if there be any other commandment it is summarized in this saying, in, Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.


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And this, knowing the time, that the hour is now for us to awake out of sleep. For our salvation is now nearer than when we believed.


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The night has advanced and the day has approached. Let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the weapons of light.


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Let us walk decently as in the day, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in beddings and wantonness, not in strife and envy.


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The man who eats should not disdain the man who does not eat, and the man who does not eat should not criticize the man who eats, for God has received him.


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Who are thou who criticizes the servant of another? To his own lord he stands or falls. And he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.


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One man prefers one day above another, another man prefers every day. Let each man be fully persuaded in his own mind.


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He who regards the day, regards it for the Lord. And he who does not regard the day, for the Lord he does not regard it. And he who eats, eats for the Lord, for he expresses thanks to God. And he who does not eat, for the Lord he does not eat, and expresses thanks to God.


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For both if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Both if we live and if we die, therefore, we are the Lord's.


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For because of this Christ both died and arose, and he became alive so that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.


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But why do thou criticize thy brother? Or also why do thou disdain thy brother? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.


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For it is written, I live, says the Lord, that every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will confess to God.


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Let us not therefore criticize each other any more, but judge ye this instead, not to place a stumbling block to the brother, or a snare.


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I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is profane by itself, except to him who regards anything to be profane. To that man it is profane.


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For if thy brother is distressed because of food, thou no longer walk according to love. Do not destroy with thy food that man for whom Christ died.


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For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.


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Do not tear down the work of God because of food. All things indeed are clean, but it is wrong to the man who eats through hindrance.


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It is good not to eat meats, nor to drink wine, nor in whatever thy brother stumbles against, or is caused to stumble, or becomes weak.


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The faith thou have, have in relation to thyself before God. Blessed is the man not condemning himself in what he allows.


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But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because it is not from faith, and everything that is not from faith is sin.


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For Christ also did not please himself, but as it is written, The reproaches of those who reproached thee fell upon me.


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For as many things as were written previously were written for our learning, so that through perseverance and through the encouragement of the scriptures we might have hope.


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Now may the God of perseverance and of encouragement grant you to think the same way among each other, in accord with Christ Jesus,


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And I say, Christ Jesus became a helper of men of circumcision, for the sake of God's truth (in order to confirm the promises of the fathers),


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and the Gentiles, for the sake of mercy, to glorify God, as it is written, Because of this I will give thanks to thee among Gentiles, and will sing to thy name.


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And again, Isaiah says, There will be the root of Jesse, and he who arises to reign over Gentiles. In him Gentiles will hope.


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Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, for ye to abound in hope in the power of the Holy Spirit.


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And I also myself am persuaded about you, my brothers, that ye yourselves are also full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish others.


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But I wrote more boldly to you, brothers, in part, as reminding you because of the grace that was given to me by God,


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for me to be a minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, serving the good news of God like a priest, so that the offering up of the Gentiles might become acceptable, being sanctified in the Holy Spirit.


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For I will not dare to speak anything of which Christ did not accomplish through me for the obedience of Gentiles, by word and work,


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in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of a Spirit of God, so that for me, from Jerusalem and all around as far as Illyricum, to fully preach the good news of Christ.


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And thus having aspired to proclaim the good news not where Christ was already named, so that I would not build upon a foundation belonging to another man,


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but, as it is written, They will see to whom it was not reported about him, and they will understand who have not heard.


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But now, having no more place in these regions, and having a great desire from many years to come to you,


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whenever I go to Spain I will come to you. For I hope to see you while passing through, and there to be helped on the way by you, if first I may be partly satisfied from you.


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For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain participation for the poor of the sanctified at Jerusalem.


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For they were pleased. And they are debtors of them, for if the Gentiles were partakers in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to serve them in the carnal things.


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Having therefore completed this, and having sealed this fruit for them, I will depart by you to Spain.


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And I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of the good news of the Christ.


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Now I beseech you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive with me in prayers to God for me.


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So that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may become acceptable to the sanctified,


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so that ye may welcome her in the Lord worthily of the sanctified, and that ye provide for her in whatever matter she may have need of you, for she also became a helper of many, and of me myself.


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(who laid down their own neck for my life, to whom not only I thank, but also all the congregations of the Gentiles), and the congregation associated with their house.


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Salute Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners who are notable men among the apostles, who also became in Christ before me.


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Salute Tryphaena and Tryphosa, the women who labor in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis who labored many things in the Lord.


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Now I beseech you, brothers, watch out for those who make the divisions and the stumbling blocks, contrary to the doctrine that ye learned, and turn away from them.


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For such kind serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly. And by their smooth words and elegant speech they deceive the hearts of the naive.


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For your obedience reached to all men. Therefore I rejoice over you, but I want you to be indeed wise in the good and pure in the evil.


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And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with you.


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Gaius my host, and of the whole congregation, salutes you. Erastus, the manager of the city, salutes you, and Quartus the brother.


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Now to him who is able to establish you according to my good news, and the preaching of Jesus Christ according to a revelation of the mystery that has been kept secret for eternal times,


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but that was now revealed, and by prophetic scriptures, according to a commandment of the eternal God that was made known to all the nations for obedience of faith,


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to the congregation of God that is at Corinth, to called men, to holy men who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus with all in every place who call upon the name of our the Lord Jesus Christ-both ours and theirs.


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Now I beseech you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and there be no divisions among you, but ye may be thoroughly prepared in the same mind and in the same understanding.


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For it was declared to me about you, my brothers, by those of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.


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Now I say this. That each of you actually say, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.


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For Christ sent me not to immerse, but to preach the good news, not in wisdom of speech lest the cross of Christ would be emptied.


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For the message of the cross is of course foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is a power of God.


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For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will frustrate the understanding of those of understanding.


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Where is a wise man? Where is a scholar? Where is a researcher of this age? Did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?


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For since in the wisdom of God the world did not know God through its wisdom, it pleased God through the foolishness of preaching to save those who believe.


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but we proclaim Christ crucified, it is truly to Jews a stumbling-block and to Gentiles foolishness.


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For notice your calling, brothers, that not many are wise according to flesh, not many powerful, not many eminent.


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But God chose the foolish things of the world, so that he might humiliate the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world, so that he might humiliate the powerful.


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And God chose the common things of the world, and the disdained things, and the things that are not, so that he might make useless the things that are,


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But ye are his, in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,


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And I, brothers, when I came to you, came not in eminence of speech or of wisdom proclaiming the testimony of God to you.


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And my speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,


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But we speak wisdom among the fully developed, but not a wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age who come to nothing.


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But we speak a wisdom of God in a hidden mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory,


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which none of the rulers of this age have known. For if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.


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But as it is written, What an eye has not seen, and an ear has not heard, and have not arisen in a heart of a man, are things that God prepared for those who love him.


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But God disclosed it to us through his Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.


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For what man knows the things of the man, except the spirit of the man in him? And so nobody knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.


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But we did not receive the spirit of the world, but the Spirit from God, so that we might know the things graciously given to us by God.


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Which things also we speak, not in things learned from mankind, in words of wisdom, but in things learned from the Holy Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.


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Now the natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is unable to understand because they are evaluated spiritually.


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And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, as to the childlike in Christ.


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I gave you milk to drink and not solid food, for ye were not yet able. But not even yet are ye able,


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for ye are still carnal. For whereas among you is envy and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk according to man?


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Who therefore is Paul and who is Apollos? But rather helpers through whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to each man.


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Now he who plants and he who waters are one, but each man will receive his own payment according to his own labor.


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According to the grace of God that was given to me, as a wise master builder, I laid a foundation and another man is building on it. But let each man take heed how he is building on it.


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each man's work will become manifest. For the day will make it known, because it is revealed by fire. And the fire will test each man's work of what kind it is.


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If any man's work will be burned, he will suffer loss, but he himself will be saved, but so as through fire.


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If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy this man, for the temple of God is holy, which ye are.


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Let not one man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he may become wise.


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For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, He who catches the wise in their craftiness,


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whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things coming, all are yours,


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But it is a very small thing to me that I might be appraised by you or by a day of mankind. Yet neither do I appraise myself,


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for I know nothing on myself. Yet I have not been made righteous in this, but he who appraises me is the Lord.


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Therefore do not judge anything before the time, until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make public the deliberations of the hearts. And then praise will come to each man from God.


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Now these things, brothers, I applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us ye might learn not to think above that which is written, so that ye may not be puffed up, one over the one against the other.


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For who makes thee different? And what have thou that thou did not receive? And also if thou received it, why do thou boast as not having received it?


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Already ye are filled. Already ye have become rich. Ye reigned without us, and O that ye did indeed reign, so that we also might reign with you.


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For I think God has exhibited us the apostles least, as men sentenced to die, because we became a spectacle to the world, both to agents and to men.


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We are foolish for the sake of Christ, but ye are wise in Christ. We are weak, but ye are strong. Ye are esteemed, but we are disreputable.


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As far as the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are ill clothed, and are treated roughly, and are homeless.


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being slandered, we entreat. We became as trash of the world, an offscouring of all things, until now.


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For though ye have countless instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus I begot you through the good news.


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Because of this I sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every congregation.


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But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord should will, and I will know, not the word of those who are puffed up, but the power.


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Fornication is actually heard among you, and such fornication that is not even named among the Gentiles, for some man to have his father's wife.


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And ye are puffed up and did not rather mourn, so that he who committed this deed might be taken away from the midst of you.


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For I truly, as being absent in the body but present in the spirit, I have already, as though present, judged the man who committed this thing this way.


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In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,


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to deliver such a man to Satan for destruction of the flesh, so that the spirit might be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.


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Purge out the old leaven, so that ye may be a new lump, since ye are unleavened. For also Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us.


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Therefore we should feast, not by old leaven, nor by leaven of evil and wickedness, but by non-leaven of sincerity and truth.


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and not at all with the fornicators of this world, or with greedy men, or with predators, or with idolaters, since then ye would need to go out of the world.


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But now I write to you not to associate if any man who is called a brother is a fornicator, or a greedy man, or an idolater, or a slanderer, or a drunkard, or a predator, not even to eat with such kind.


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Dare any of you, having a matter against the other, go to law before the unrighteous and not before the sanctified?


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Or know ye not that the sanctified will judge the world? And if the world is judged by you, are ye unworthy of very small legal disputes?


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Indeed therefore whenever ye have mundane legal disputes, men who are disdained by the church, these ye seat to judge.


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I speak shame about you. So there is not among you not even one wise man who will be able to arbitrate between his brother?


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Now therefore it is indeed altogether a defeat for you because ye have legal disputes against yourselves. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded?


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Or know ye not that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not led astray. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate men, nor homosexuals,


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nor greedy men, nor thieves, nor drunkards, nor the slanderous, nor the predatory will inherit the kingdom of God.


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And some of you were these things, but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were made righteous in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.


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All things are lawful for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under control by anything.


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The foods are for the belly and the belly for foods, but God will abolish both this and these things. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.


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Know ye not that your bodies are body-parts of Christ? Therefore, having taken the body-parts of the Christ, should I make them body-parts of a harlot? May it not happen!


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Or know ye not that he who is joined to a harlot is one body? For, The two, he says, will be in one flesh.


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Flee fornication. Every sin, whatever a man may do, is outside the body, but he who fornicates sins against his own body.


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Or know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit in you, which ye have from God? And ye are not your own,


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for ye were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and your spirit, which is of God.


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But because of fornications, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband.


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The wife has not the right of her private body, but the husband, and likewise also the husband has not the right of his private body, but the wife.


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Do not defraud each other except from agreement for a time, so that ye may have time for fasting and prayer. And come together again for the same thing, so that Satan not tempt you because of your lack of self-control.


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For I wish all men to be even as myself. However each man has his own gift from God, one in this way, and another after that.


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And to those who are married, I do not command but the Lord. The wife is not to separate from her husband.


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But even if she separates, she shall remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And a husband is not to leave his wife.


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But to the rest I say, not the Lord. If any brother has an unbelieving wife, and this woman consents to dwell with him, he should not leave her.


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And whichever woman has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to dwell with her, she should not leave him.


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For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified by the husband, then otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy.


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But if the unbeliever separates, he shall separate. The brother or the sister has not been bound in such things. And God has called us to peace.


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For how do thou know, O wife, whether thou will save thy husband? Or how will thou know, O husband, whether thou will save thy wife?


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Except, as God has distributed to each man, as the Lord has called each, so let him walk. And so I command in all the congregations.


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Was any man called circumcised? He should not become uncircumcised. Was any man called in uncircumcision? He should not be circumcised.


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Were thou called being a bondman? It should not concern thee. However if also thou are able to become free, take advantage of it instead.


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For he who was called in the Lord a bondman is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise also he who was called a free man is a bondman of Christ.


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Now concerning the virgins I have no commandment of the Lord, but I give an opinion, as having obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.


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I suppose therefore this to be good because of the present distress, that it is good for a man to be this way:


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But also if thou did marry thou have not sinned, and if the virgin married she has not sinned. Yet such kind will have stress in the flesh, but I spare you.


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But this I say, brothers, the time is shortened. It is the remaining, so that also those who have wives may be as not having,


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and those who weep, as not weeping, and those who rejoice, as not rejoicing, and those who buy, as not possessing,


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But I want you to be without worry. The unmarried man cares for things of the Lord, how he will please the Lord.


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And the wife and the virgin are differentiated. The unmarried woman is concerned for the things of the Lord, so that she may be holy both in body and in spirit. But she who is married is concerned for the things of the world, how she will please her husband.


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And I say this for your own benefit, not that I may cast restraint upon you, but for what is respectable and assiduous toward the Lord, undistracted.


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But if any man thinks to behave improperly toward his virgin, if it is past the best time, and so ought to happen, she should do what she wants, she does not sin, they should marry.


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But he who stands firm in his heart, not having necessity, but has power based upon his own will, and has decided this in his heart, to keep his own celibacy, does well.


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A wife is bound by law as long a time as her husband lives, but also if the husband should sleep, she is free to be married to whom she desires, only in the Lord.


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But she is more blessed if she remains this way according to my opinion. And I also seem to have Spirit of God.


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Now about the things sacrificed to idols. We know that all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.


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Therefore about eating the things sacrificed to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one.


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For also since there are things called gods, whether in heaven or on the earth, as there are many gods and many lords,


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yet to us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him.


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Nevertheless the knowledge is not in all men, but some, with conscience of the idol until now, eat as sacrificed to idols, and their weak conscience is defiled.


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But food does not present us to God, for neither if we eat are we ahead, nor if we do not eat are we behind.


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For if some man sees thee, who has knowledge, dining in an idol-temple, will not his conscience, being weak, be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols?


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And sinning this way against the brothers, and wounding their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.


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Therefore if food causes my brother to stumble, I will no, not eat meat into the age, so that I may not cause my brother to stumble.


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Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are ye not my work in the Lord?


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


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Have we no, not a right to lead about a sister wife, as also the other apostles, and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas?


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Who ever enlists in an army at his own wage? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat from the fruit of it? Or who feeds a flock and does not eat from the milk of the flock?


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For it is written in the law of Moses thou shall not muzzle an ox threshing grain. Is God concerned about oxen,


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or does he speak altogether for our sake? For our sake, for it was written, He who plows ought to plow with hope, and he who threshes with his hope, with hope to share.


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If others are partakers of the right from you, are not we more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we cover all things, so that we may not give any hindrance to the good news of the Christ.


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Know ye not that those being employed at the sacred things eat from the temple, and those who serve at the altar are partakers at the altar?


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But I have used none of these things, and I did not write these things so that it should be done to me this way. For it is good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my boasting empty.


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For if I preach the good news, it is not a source of pride for me, for an obligation is laid upon me. And woe is to me if I do not preach the good news.


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For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward, but if involuntarily, I have been entrusted with a commission.


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What then is my reward? That, while preaching the good news, I may make the good news of the Christ without charge, in order not to make full use of my right in the good news.


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For although being free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that I might gain the more.


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And to the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might gain Jews, to those under law, as under law, so that I might gain those under law,


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to those without law, as without law (not being without law to God, but within law to Christ), so that I might gain men without law.


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To the weak I became as weak, so that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, so that by all means I might save some.


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Know ye not that those who run in an arena, indeed all run, but one receives the prize? So run that ye may seize it.


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And every man who strives for mastery exercises self-control in all things. Indeed therefore those men do it so that they might obtain a perishable crown, but we an imperishable.


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But I give my body a black eye and subdue it, lest somehow having preached to others, I myself might become disqualified.


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But I want you not to be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,


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and they all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them. And the rock was the Christ.


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But these things became our examples, for us not to be men who lust for evil things as those also lusted.


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Neither become ye idolaters as some of them, as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.


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Nor should we challenge the Christ as some of them also challenged, and were destroyed by the serpents.


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Now all these things happened to those men for examples, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages came.


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No temptation has taken you except is common to man. But God is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted above what ye are able, but with the temptation will also make the way to escape, to enable you to endure.


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The cup of the blessing that we bless, is it not a participation of the blood of the Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a participation of the body of the Christ?


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Look at Israel according to flesh. Those who eat the sacrifices, are they not partakers of the altar?


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Rather, that which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God, and I do not want you to become partakers of demons.


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Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons. Ye cannot be partakers of a table of the Lord, and of a table of demons.


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All things are permitted for me, but not all things are expedient. All things are permitted for me, but not all things are constructive.


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If any of those unbelievers invites you, and ye want to go, eat everything being set before you, inquiring of nothing because of the conscience.


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But if any man says to you, This is a sacrifice to an idol, do not eat for the sake of that man who informed, and the conscience, for the earth is the Lord's, and the fullness of it.


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And I say conscience, not the one of himself, but the one of the other man. For why is my liberty judged by another conscience?


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just as I also strive to please in all things for all men, not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, so that they may be saved.


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Now I praise you, brothers, that ye remember me in all things and keep the traditions, just as I delivered them to you.


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But I want you to know that the head of every man is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.


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But every woman praying or prophesying with her head uncovered dishonors her head, for it is one and the same thing as the woman who has been shaven.


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For if a woman is not covered, let her also shear herself. But if it is an ugly thing for a woman to shear herself or be shaven, she should be covered.


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For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, being an image and glory of God, but woman is a glory of man.


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For just as the woman is from the man, so also the man is through the woman. But all things are from God.


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But if any man appears to be a lover of strife, we have no such custom, nor the congregations of God.


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Now in this that is commanded, I do not praise you, because ye do not assemble for the better but for the worse.


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For indeed first, when ye come together in a congregation, I hear divisions are present among you, and I partly believe it.


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For have ye no houses to eat and to drink in? Or do ye disparage the church of God, and humiliate those not having? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.


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For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which he was betrayed took bread,


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and having expressed thanks, he broke in pieces, and said, Take ye, eat, this is my body broken for you. This do ye for my memorial.


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Likewise also the cup after the supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood. This do, as often as ye drink it, for my memorial.


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Therefore whoever may eat this bread or drink the cup of the Lord unworthily of the Lord, will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.


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For he who eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks condemnation to himself, not discerning the body of the Lord.


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But when we are judged by the Lord, we are chastened so that we may not be condemned with the world.


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And if any man is hungry, let him eat at home so that ye may not come together for condemnation. And the rest I will set in order as soon as I come.


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Therefore I make known to you, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God says, Jesus is accursed, and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.


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For to one, the word of wisdom is given through the Spirit, and to another, the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit,


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and to another, workings of miracles, and to another, prophecy, and to another, discerning of spirits, and to a different man, kinds of tongues, and to another, the interpretation of tongues.


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But the one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each man individually as it wills.


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For just as the body is one and has many parts, and all the parts of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ.


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For also by one Spirit we are all immersed into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bondmen or freemen, and we were all made to drink into one Spirit.


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If the foot should say, Because I am not a hand I am not of the body, it is not by this not of the body.


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And if the ear should say, Because I am not an eye I am not of the body, it is not by this not of the body.


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If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling?


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And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of thee, nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.


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And those things of the body presumed to be without esteem, we place around these more abundant worth. And our unpresentable parts have more abundant propriety,


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whereas our presentable parts have no need. Instead, God united the body together, having given more abundant worth to the part that lacks,


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so that there would be no schisms in the body, but that the parts would have the same care for each other.


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And if one part suffers, all the parts suffer together, or one part is honored, all the parts rejoice together.


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And in the church God has placed men who are first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, kinds of tongues.


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If I speak with the tongues of men and of agents, but have not love, I have become sounding brass, or a clashing cymbal.


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And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.


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And if I dole out all things possessed by me, and if I deliver my body so that I may be burned, and have not love, I benefit nothing.


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It does not behave improperly, does not seek the things of itself, is not made sharp, does not contemplate evil,


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Love never fails. But whether prophecies, they will be abolished, whether tongues, they will cease, whether knowledge, it will be abolished.


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When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I reasoned as a child, but when I became a man, I abolished the childish things.


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For now we see by polished metal, in dimness, but then face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know just as also I was known.


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For he who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men, but to God, for no man hears, but in spirit he speaks mysteries.


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Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but more that ye may prophesy. For greater is he who prophesies than he who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the congregation may receive edification.


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But now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I benefit you, unless I would speak to you either in a revelation, or in knowledge, or in prophesying, or in doctrine?


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Likewise lifeless things that give a sound, whether flute or harp, if they give no distinction in the sounds, how will it be known what is being piped or harped?


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So also ye, unless ye give understandable speech by the tongue, how will that which is spoken be known? For ye will be talking into the air.


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Since there are perhaps, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without significance.


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If therefore I know not the force of the voice, I will be a foreigner to him who speaks, and he who speaks will be a foreigner to me.


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So also ye, since ye are zealots of spirits, seek so that ye may excel for the edification of the church.


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What is it therefore? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the intellect also. I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the intellect also.


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Otherwise if thou would bless with the spirit, how will the man who fills the place of the unlearned, say the Truly at thy thanksgiving, since he knows not what thou say?


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Yet in an assembly I would rather speak five words with my intellect, so that I might also make others understand, than countless words in a tongue.


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Brothers, become not children in your thoughts. Instead be childlike in wickedness, but in your thoughts become mature.


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In the law it is written, In other tongues and in other lips I will speak to this people, and not even so will they hear me, says the Lord.


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Therefore tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe, but to the unbelieving. But prophesying is not to the unbelieving, but to those who believe.


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If therefore the whole congregation comes together in the same place, and all speak in tongues, and unlearned or unbelieving men come in, will they not say that ye are mad?


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But if all prophesy, and some unbelieving or unlearned man comes in, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all.


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And so the secrets of his heart are made manifest. And so having fallen down on his face he will worship God, declaring that God is really among you.


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What is it therefore, brothers? When ye come together, each of you has a psalm, has a teaching, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.


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If any man speaks in a tongue, be according to two, or at the most three, and in succession. And let one interpret.


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But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silence in an assembly, and let him speak to himself and to God.


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As in all the churches of the sanctified, let the women keep silent in the churches. For it is not permitted for them to speak, but to be subordinate, as the law also says.


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And if they want to learn anything, let them question their own husbands at home, for it is an ugly thing for women to speak in an assembly.


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If any man presumes to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge what I write to you, that they are commandments of the Lord.


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And, brothers, I make known to you the good news that I preached to you, which also ye received, and in which ye stand,


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For I delivered to you at first what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures,


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Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some also slept.


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For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.


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But by the grace of God I am what I am. And his grace for me did not become empty, but I labored more abundantly than them all, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.


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Now if Christ is proclaimed that he has risen from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?


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And also we are found false witnesses of God, because we witnessed according to God that he raised up the Christ, whom he did not raise up, if therefore the dead are really not raised.


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Afterwards the end, when he delivers up the kingdom to the God and Father, when he will abolish all rule, and all authority and power.


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For he subordinated all things under his feet. But when he says that all things have been subordinated, it is clear that he who subordinated all things under him, is excepted.


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And when all things are made subordinate to him, then the Son himself will also be made subordinate to him who subordinated all things to him, so that God may be all in all.


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Otherwise what will they do who are immersed for the dead? If the dead do not rise at all, why then are they immersed for the dead?


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If in respect to men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what is the benefit to me if the dead are not raised? Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.


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And what thou sow, thou do not sow the body that it will become, but a bare grain, if it may happen of wheat, or of some other kind.


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All flesh is not the same flesh, but one of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds,


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and heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies (but the glory of the heavenly is different, and the glory of the earthly is different),


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another glory is of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory.


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So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in the perishable, it is raised in imperishability.


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It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.


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And so it is written, The first man Adam developed into a living soul. The last Adam a life giving spirit.


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Now this I affirm, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit imperishability.


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in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For it will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be transformed.


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But when this perishable will have put on imperishability, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come to pass the saying that is written, Death was swallowed up in victory.


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Therefore, my beloved brothers, become ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty in the Lord.


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Now concerning the collection for the sanctified, as I arranged for the congregations of Galatia, so also do ye.


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Upon the first day of the week let each of you set something aside near himself, storing up whatever he may prosper, so that when I come no collections may be made then.


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And when I arrive, whomever ye may approve by letters, I will send these men to bring your gift to Jerusalem.


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And it may be that I will remain with you, or I will even spend winter, so that ye may set me on my way wherever I go.


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For I do not want to see you now in passing, but I hope to remain some time with you, if the Lord allows.


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But if Timothy comes, see that he becomes without fear with you, for he works the work of the Lord, as I also.


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Let not any man therefore disparage him, but send him forth in peace, so that he may come to me, for I expect him with the brothers.


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And about Apollos the brother, I urged him much that he would come to you with the brothers, and it was not at all his will that he should come now, but he will come when he has opportunity.


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Now I beseech you, brothers (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruit of Achaia, and that they committed themselves to service for the sanctified),


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And I rejoice at the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because these men filled your lack.


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The congregations of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the congregation associated with their house.


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Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timothy the brother, to the congregation of God that is at Corinth, with all the sanctified who are in the whole of Achaia.


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Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all encouragement,


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who encourages us in all our affliction, in order for us to be able to encourage those in every affliction, through the encouragement of which we ourselves are encouraged by God.


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Because, as the sufferings of the Christ abound to us, so also our encouragement abounds through the Christ.


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But whether we are oppressed, it is for your encouragement and salvation, which works by endurance from the same sufferings that we also experience (and our hope for you is steadfast), or we are encouraged, it is for your encouragement and salvation,


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For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our affliction that happened to us in Asia, because we were extraordinarily weighed down, above strength, so as for us to despair even to be alive.


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But we ourselves have had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we should not be trusting in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead.


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Who rescued us out of so great a death, and does rescue, in whom we have hoped that he will also still rescue.


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And of you who help together by supplication for us (a gift for us from many persons, because of many), so that there may be gratitude about you.


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For our pride is this (the testimony from our conscience), that we behave in the world in the simplicity and purity of God, not by fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, and especially toward you.


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For we write no other thing to you, but rather what ye read or also acknowledge. And I hope ye will also acknowledge until the end,


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as also ye did acknowledge us in part, because we are your boast, just as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus.


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and to pass through you into Macedonia, and to come again from Macedonia to you, and by you to be helped on the way toward Judea.


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Therefore intending this, did I accordingly employ anything in lightness? Or what I decide, do I decide according to flesh, so that it would be with me the yes, yes and the no, no?


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For the Son of God, Jesus Christ who was proclaimed among you by us (by me and Silvanus and Timothy) became not, yes and no, but in him has become, yes.


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For as many as be promises of God, in him is the Yes, and in him the Truly, for glory to God through us.


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And I wrote this same thing to you, so that when I came, I would not have sadness from whom I ought to rejoice, having been confident toward you all, because my joy is of all of you.


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For out of much stress and dismay of heart, through many tears, I wrote to you, not that ye would be grieved, but that ye might know the love that I have so much more for you.


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But if any man has caused sadness, he has not caused me sadness, but in part (that I may not bear down) you all.


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so that instead, for you rather to forgive and encourage, lest perhaps such a man would be swallowed up with too much sorrow.


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For I also wrote for this, so that I might know the proof of you, whether ye are obedient in all things.


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But to whom ye forgive anything, I too. For I also, whom I have forgiven (if anything), I have forgiven because of you in the presence of Christ,


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Now having come to Troas for the good news of the Christ, and a door having been opened to me in the Lord,


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I had no rest in my spirit, my not finding Titus my brother. But having departed from them, I went forth into Macedonia.


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And thanks is to God who always causes us to triumph in the Christ, and who makes manifest the aroma of the knowledge of him in every place, through us.


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to the one an odor of death for death, and to the other an aroma of life for life. And who is adequate for these things?


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For we are not as other men, huckstering the word of God, but as from purity. But we speak in Christ as from God in the sight of God.


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Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Unless we need, as some men, commendatory letters to you or commendatory from you?


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being seen that ye are a letter of Christ, administered by us, written not in ink, but in the Spirit of the living God, not in stony tablets, but in fleshly tablets, in hearts.


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not that we are sufficient of ourselves to reckon anything as from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God,


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who also made us qualified helpers of a new covenant, not of a document, but of a Spirit, for the document kills but the Spirit makes alive.


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But if the administration of death in writings engraved on stones occurred in glory, so that the sons of Israel could not gaze upon the face of Moses because of the fading glory of his countenance,


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For if the administration of condemnation has glory, the administration of righteousness excels much more in glory.


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For also that which has been glorified, has not been glorified in this regard, because of the glory that transcends.


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and are not as Moses. He put a veil over his face in order for the sons of Israel not to gaze on the end of the fading.


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But their minds were hardened, for to this day the same veil remains at the reading of the old testament, not being uncovered, which thing is abolished in Christ.


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But we all, with unveiled face seeing by reflection the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same likeness from glory to glory, just as from the Spirit of the Lord.


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Because of this (having this ministry), in as much as we received mercy, we do not become discouraged.


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But we have renounced the covert things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor misrepresenting the word of God, but by the disclosure of the truth, commending ourselves to every conscience of men before God.


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in whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, in order for the light of the good news of the glory of the Christ (who is a likeness of God) not to shine forth to them.


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For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves are your bondmen through Jesus.


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Because it is God who said, Out of darkness light is to shine, who shone in our hearts for an enlightenment of the knowledge of the glory of God in the presence of Jesus Christ.


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But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the excellence of the power may be of God and not from us,


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Always carrying around in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, so that also the life of Jesus may be made visible in our body.


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For we who live are always given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that also the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh.


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And having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, therefore I spoke, we also believe, and therefore we speak,


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knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up through Jesus, and will present us with you.


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For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace, which has multiplied because of the thankfulness of the many, may abound for the glory of God.


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Therefore we are not discouraged, but even if the outer man of us is perishing, yet the inner man is renewed day by day.


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For our slight momentary affliction works for us an eternal weight of glory from extraordinariness to extraordinariness,


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while we look not at things seen, but at things not seen. For things seen are temporal, but things not seen are eternal.


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For we know that if the earthly house of our tent were destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made by hands, eternal in the heavens.


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For also those who are in the tent groan, being burdened, not in that we want to undress, but to clothe ourselves, so that the mortal may be swallowed up by the life.


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Therefore always being confident, and knowing that while at home in the body we are absent from the Lord,


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And we are confident, and are pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be at home near the Lord.


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For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of the Christ, so that each man may receive back about the things that he did through the body, whether good or bad.


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Having seen therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. But we have been manifested to God, and I hope also to have been manifested in your consciences.


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For we are not commending ourselves again to you, but giving you an opportunity of boasting about us, so that ye may have for those who boast in appearance and not in heart.


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For the love of Christ holds us together, having judge this, that if one died for all, then all died.


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And he died for all so that those who live would no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them, and was raised.


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So that henceforth we know no man according to flesh, and even if we have known Christ according to flesh, yet now we know him no longer.


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So then if any man is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.


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And all things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and who gave to us the ministry of reconciliation.


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How that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.


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We are therefore, ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were calling through us. We plead on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.


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For the man who knew no sin was made sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.


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(for he says, At an acceptable time I heard thee, and in a day of salvation I helped thee. Behold, now is an acceptable time. Behold, now is a day of salvation),


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but in everything commending ourselves as helpers of God, in much perseverance, in afflictions, in necessities, in restrictions,


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in purity, in knowledge, in longsuffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in non-hypocritical love,


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in word of truth, in power of God, through the weapons of righteousness of the right hand and of the left,


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as grieving, but always rejoicing; as poor, but making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.


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Do not become unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what partnership has righteousness and lawlessness? And what fellowship has light with darkness?


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And what mutual agreement has a temple of God with idols? For ye are a temple of the living God, just as God said, I will dwell in them, and will walk among them. And I will be their God, and they will be a people to me.


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Therefore, Come ye out from among them, and be ye separated, says the Lord, And touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you


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and will be for a Father to you, and ye will be for sons and daughters to me, says the Lord Almighty.


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Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every filthiness of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in fear of God.


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I speak not for condemnation, for I have said before that ye are in our hearts to die together and to live together.


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Great is my boldness toward you, great is my pride for you. I have been filled with encouragement. I over-abound with joy in all our affliction.


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For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had not one relief, but being oppressed in everything: battles outside, fears within.


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And not only by his presence, but also by the encouragement with which he was encouraged by you, reporting to us your earnest desire, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced the more.


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Because even though I grieved you in the letter, I am not remorseful (even though I was remorseful), for I perceive that that letter grieved you, even though for an hour.


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Now I rejoice, not that ye were grieved, but that ye were grieved for repentance. For ye were grieved toward God, so that ye might suffer loss from us in nothing.


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For sorrow toward God works repentance for salvation without regret, but the sorrow of the world works death.


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For behold this same thing-your grieving toward God. How much eagerness it worked in you, even a defense, even indignation, even fear, even longing, even zeal, even vengeance! In everything ye demonstrated yourselves to be pure in the matter.


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And so then, although I wrote to you, it was not because of the man who did wrong, nor because of the man who was wronged, but in order to reveal to you your eagerness for us in the sight of God.


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Because of this we have been encouraged. And from your encouragement, we rejoiced to a greater degree more at the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all.


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Because, if I have boasted anything to him about you, I am not ashamed, but as we spoke all things in truth to you, so also our boast to Titus became truth.


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And his bowels are more abundant toward you, remembering the obedience of you all, how ye received him with fear and trembling.


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And, brothers, we declare to you the grace of God that has been given in the congregations of Macedonia,


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that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy, even from the depth of their poverty, abounded for the wealth of their generosity,


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And it was not as we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us through the will of God,


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for us to urge Titus that, as he earlier began this kindness, so he would even finish it for you also.


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But as ye abound in everything, in faith, and word, and knowledge, and all diligence, and in your love to us, so that ye may also abound in this kindness.


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I speak not from commandment, but because of the zeal of others, also examining the genuineness of your love.


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For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich he became poor for your sakes, so that by that man's poverty ye might become rich.


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And in this I give judgment, for this is expedient for you who earlier began, from a year ago, not only the doing but also the intending.


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And now also finish the doing, so that just as was the willingness of the intending, so also to finish from the having.


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For if the willingness is present, it is acceptable to the extent if some man has, not to the extent he does not have.


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For it is not so that ease is for others and stress for you, but out of parity your abundance at the present time is for the need of those men.


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Because he indeed accepted the exhortation, but his own will being more zealous, he went forth to you.


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And we sent along with him the brother whose praise in the good news is throughout all the congregations.


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And not only so, but who was also chosen by the congregations, a traveling companion of us with this gift administered by us, for the glory of the same Lord and our willingness.


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And we sent along with them our brother whom we often proved being diligent in many things, but is now much more diligent (with much confidence toward you)


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whether on behalf of Titus my partner and co-workman for you, or our brothers, apostles of congregations, a glory of Christ.


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Therefore show ye the proof of your love and our boast about you, for them in the face of the congregations.


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For I know your willingness, which I boast about you to the Macedonians, that Achaia was prepared from a year ago. And your zeal provoked the majority.


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But I sent the brothers so that our boast about you would not be empty in this regard. So that, as I said, ye may be prepared,


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if somehow Macedonians should come with me and find you unprepared, we (that we might not say, ye) would be embarrassed in this confidence of boast.


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Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers that they would go ahead to you, and arrange in advance your gift that was earlier announced, for this to be ready this way as a gift and not as an exaction.


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But this, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows in blessings will also reap in blessings.


