THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND
SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST

TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES
AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS
DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED BY HIS
MAJESTY'S SPECIAL COMMAND

APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW

CHAPTER 1
1 The book of the generation of Jesus
Christ, the son of David, the son of
Abraham.
2 Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat
Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his
brethren;
3 And Judas begat Phares and Zara of
Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and
Esrom begat Aram;
4 And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab
begat Naasson; and Naasson begat
Salmon;
5 And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and
Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat
Jesse;
6 And Jesse begat David the king; and
David the king begat Solomon of her
[that had been the wife] of Urias;
7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam
begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat
begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias;
9 And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham
begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias;
10 And Ezekias begat Manasses; and
Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat
Josias;
11 And Josias begat Jechonias and his
brethren, about the time they were
carried away to Babylon:
12 And after they were brought to
Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and
Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud
begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
14 And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc
begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud;
15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar
begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob;
16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband
of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is
called Christ.
17 So all the generations from Abraham
to David [are] fourteen generations;
and from David until the carrying away
into Babylon [are] fourteen
generations; and from the carrying away
into Babylon unto Christ [are] fourteen
generations.
18 # Now the birth of Jesus Christ was
on this wise: When as his mother Mary
was espoused to Joseph, before they
came together, she was found with child
of the Holy Ghost.
19 Then Joseph her husband, being a
just [man], and not willing to make her
a publick example, was minded to put
her away privily.
20 But while he thought on these
things, behold, the angel of the Lord
appeared unto him in a dream, saying,
Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to
take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that
which is conceived in her is of the
Holy Ghost.
21 And she shall bring forth a son, and
thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he
shall save his people from their sins.
22 Now all this was done, that it might
be fulfilled which was spoken of the
Lord by the prophet, saying,
23 Behold, a virgin shall be with
child, and shall bring forth a son, and
they shall call his name Emmanuel,
which being interpreted is, God with
us.
24 Then Joseph being raised from sleep
did as the angel of the Lord had bidden
him, and took unto him his wife:
25 And knew her not till she had
brought forth her firstborn son: and he
called his name JESUS.

CHAPTER 2
1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem
of Judaea in the days of Herod the
king, behold, there came wise men from
the east to Jerusalem,
2 Saying, Where is he that is born King
of the Jews? for we have seen his star
in the east, and are come to worship
him.
3 When Herod the king had heard [these
things], he was troubled, and all
Jerusalem with him.
4 And when he had gathered all the
chief priests and scribes of the people
together, he demanded of them where
Christ should be born.
5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem
of Judaea: for thus it is written by
the prophet,
6 And thou Bethlehem, [in] the land of
Juda, art not the least among the
princes of Juda: for out of thee shall
come a Governor, that shall rule my
people Israel.
7 Then Herod, when he had privily
called the wise men, enquired of them
diligently what time the star appeared.
8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and
said, Go and search diligently for the
young child; and when ye have found
[him], bring me word again, that I may
come and worship him also.
9 When they had heard the king, they
departed; and, lo, the star, which they
saw in the east, went before them, till
it came and stood over where the young
child was.
10 When they saw the star, they
rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
11 # And when they were come into the
house, they saw the young child with
Mary his mother, and fell down, and
worshipped him: and when they had
opened their treasures, they presented
unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense,
and myrrh.
12 And being warned of God in a dream
that they should not return to Herod,
they departed into their own country
another way.
13 And when they were departed, behold,
the angel of the Lord appeareth to
Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and
take the young child and his mother,
and flee into Egypt, and be thou there
until I bring thee word: for Herod will
seek the young child to destroy him.
14 When he arose, he took the young
child and his mother by night, and
departed into Egypt:
15 And was there until the death of
Herod: that it might be fulfilled which
was spoken of the Lord by the prophet,
saying, Out of Egypt have I called my
son.
16 # Then Herod, when he saw that he
was mocked of the wise men, was
exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and
slew all the children that were in
Bethlehem, and in all the coasts
thereof, from two years old and under,
according to the time which he had
diligently enquired of the wise men.
17 Then was fulfilled that which was
spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
18 In Rama was there a voice heard,
lamentation, and weeping, and great
mourning, Rachel weeping [for] her
children, and would not be comforted,
because they are not.
19 # But when Herod was dead, behold,
an angel of the Lord appeareth in a
dream to Joseph in Egypt,
20 Saying, Arise, and take the young
child and his mother, and go into the
land of Israel: for they are dead which
sought the young child's life.
21 And he arose, and took the young
child and his mother, and came into the
land of Israel.
22 But when he heard that Archelaus did
reign in Judaea in the room of his
father Herod, he was afraid to go
thither: notwithstanding, being warned
of God in a dream, he turned aside into
the parts of Galilee:
23 And he came and dwelt in a city
called Nazareth: that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the
prophets, He shall be called a
Nazarene.

CHAPTER 3
1 In those days came John the Baptist,
preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
2 And saying, Repent ye: for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand.
3 For this is he that was spoken of by
the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice
of one crying in the wilderness,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make
his paths straight.
4 And the same John had his raiment of
camel's hair, and a leathern girdle
about his loins; and his meat was
locusts and wild honey.
5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and
all Judaea, and all the region round
about Jordan,
6 And were baptized of him in Jordan,
confessing their sins.
7 # But when he saw many of the
Pharisees and Sadducees come to his
baptism, he said unto them, O
generation of vipers, who hath warned
you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for
repentance:
9 And think not to say within
yourselves, We have Abraham to [our]
father: for I say unto you, that God is
able of these stones to raise up
children unto Abraham.
10 And now also the axe is laid unto
the root of the trees: therefore every
tree which bringeth not forth good
fruit is hewn down, and cast into the
fire.
11 I indeed baptize you with water unto
repentance: but he that cometh after me
is mightier than I, whose shoes I am
not worthy to bear: he shall baptize
you with the Holy Ghost, and [with]
fire:
12 Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he
will throughly purge his floor, and
gather his wheat into the garner; but
he will burn up the chaff with
unquenchable fire.
13 # Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to
Jordan unto John, to be baptized of
him.
14 But John forbad him, saying, I have
need to be baptized of thee, and comest
thou to me?
15 And Jesus answering said unto him,
Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus it
becometh us to fulfil all
righteousness. Then he suffered him.
16 And Jesus, when he was baptized,
went up straightway out of the water:
and, lo, the heavens were opened unto
him, and he saw the Spirit of God
descending like a dove, and lighting
upon him:
17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying,
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am
well pleased.

CHAPTER 4
1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit
into the wilderness to be tempted of
the devil.
2 And when he had fasted forty days and
forty nights, he was afterward an
hungred.
3 And when the tempter came to him, he
said, If thou be the Son of God,
command that these stones be made
bread.
4 But he answered and said, It is
written, Man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the
holy city, and setteth him on a
pinnacle of the temple,
6 And saith unto him, If thou be the
Son of God, cast thyself down: for it
is written, He shall give his angels
charge concerning thee: and in [their]
hands they shall bear thee up, lest at
any time thou dash thy foot against a
stone.
7 Jesus said unto him, It is written
again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord
thy God.
8 Again, the devil taketh him up into
an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth
him all the kingdoms of the world, and
the glory of them;
9 And saith unto him, All these things
will I give thee, if thou wilt fall
down and worship me.
10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee
hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou
shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him
only shalt thou serve.
11 Then the devil leaveth him, and,
behold, angels came and ministered unto
him.
12 # Now when Jesus had heard that John
was cast into prison, he departed into
Galilee;
13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and
dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the
sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon
and Nephthalim:
14 That it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
15 The land of Zabulon, and the land of
Nephthalim, [by] the way of the sea,
beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles;
16 The people which sat in darkness saw
great light; and to them which sat in
the region and shadow of death light is
sprung up.
17 # From that time Jesus began to
preach, and to say, Repent: for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand.
18 # And Jesus, walking by the sea of
Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called
Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting
a net into the sea: for they were
fishers.
19 And he saith unto them, Follow me,
and I will make you fishers of men.
20 And they straightway left [their]
nets, and followed him.
21 And going on from thence, he saw
other two brethren, James [the son] of
Zebedee, and John his brother, in a
ship with Zebedee their father, mending
their nets; and he called them.
22 And they immediately left the ship
and their father, and followed him.
23 # And Jesus went about all Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues, and
preaching the gospel of the kingdom,
and healing all manner of sickness and
all manner of disease among the people.
24 And his fame went throughout all
Syria: and they brought unto him all
sick people that were taken with divers
diseases and torments, and those which
were possessed with devils, and those
which were lunatick, and those that had
the palsy; and he healed them.
25 And there followed him great
multitudes of people from Galilee, and
[from] Decapolis, and [from] Jerusalem,
and [from] Judaea, and [from] beyond
Jordan.

CHAPTER 5
1 And seeing the multitudes, he went up
into a mountain: and when he was set,
his disciples came unto him:
2 And he opened his mouth, and taught
them, saying,
3 Blessed [are] the poor in spirit: for
their's is the kingdom of heaven.
4 Blessed [are] they that mourn: for
they shall be comforted.
5 Blessed [are] the meek: for they
shall inherit the earth.
6 Blessed [are] they which do hunger
and thirst after righteousness: for
they shall be filled.
7 Blessed [are] the merciful: for they
shall obtain mercy.
8 Blessed [are] the pure in heart: for
they shall see God.
9 Blessed [are] the peacemakers: for
they shall be called the children of
God.
10 Blessed [are] they which are
persecuted for righteousness' sake: for
their's is the kingdom of heaven.
11 Blessed are ye, when [men] shall
revile you, and persecute [you], and
shall say all manner of evil against
you falsely, for my sake.
12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for
great [is] your reward in heaven: for
so persecuted they the prophets which
were before you.
13 # Ye are the salt of the earth: but
if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall it be salted? it is
thenceforth good for nothing, but to be
cast out, and to be trodden under foot
of men.
14 Ye are the light of the world. A
city that is set on an hill cannot be
hid.
15 Neither do men light a candle, and
put it under a bushel, but on a
candlestick; and it giveth light unto
all that are in the house.
16 Let your light so shine before men,
that they may see your good works, and
glorify your Father which is in heaven.
17 # Think not that I am come to
destroy the law, or the prophets: I am
not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
18 For verily I say unto you, Till
heaven and earth pass, one jot or one
tittle shall in no wise pass from the
law, till all be fulfilled.
19 Whosoever therefore shall break one
of these least commandments, and shall
teach men so, he shall be called the
least in the kingdom of heaven: but
whosoever shall do and teach [them],
the same shall be called great in the
kingdom of heaven.
20 For I say unto you, That except your
righteousness shall exceed [the
righteousness] of the scribes and
Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter
into the kingdom of heaven.
21 # Ye have heard that it was said by
them of old time, Thou shalt not kill;
and whosoever shall kill shall be in
danger of the judgment:
22 But I say unto you, That whosoever
is angry with his brother without a
cause shall be in danger of the
judgment: and whosoever shall say to
his brother, Raca, shall be in danger
of the council: but whosoever shall
say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of
hell fire.
23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to
the altar, and there rememberest that
thy brother hath ought against thee;
24 Leave there thy gift before the
altar, and go thy way; first be
reconciled to thy brother, and then
come and offer thy gift.
25 Agree with thine adversary quickly,
whiles thou art in the way with him;
lest at any time the adversary deliver
thee to the judge, and the judge
deliver thee to the officer, and thou
be cast into prison.
26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt
by no means come out thence, till thou
hast paid the uttermost farthing.
27 # Ye have heard that it was said by
them of old time, Thou shalt not commit
adultery:
28 But I say unto you, That whosoever
looketh on a woman to lust after her
hath committed adultery with her
already in his heart.
29 And if thy right eye offend thee,
pluck it out, and cast [it] from thee:
for it is profitable for thee that one
of thy members should perish, and not
[that] thy whole body should be cast
into hell.
30 And if thy right hand offend thee,
cut it off, and cast [it] from thee:
for it is profitable for thee that one
of thy members should perish, and not
[that] thy whole body should be cast
into hell.
31 It hath been said, Whosoever shall
put away his wife, let him give her a
writing of divorcement:
32 But I say unto you, That whosoever
shall put away his wife, saving for the
cause of fornication, causeth her to
commit adultery: and whosoever shall
marry her that is divorced committeth
adultery.
33 # Again, ye have heard that it hath
been said by them of old time, Thou
shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt
perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
34 But I say unto you, Swear not at
all; neither by heaven; for it is God's
throne:
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his
footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it
is the city of the great King.
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy
head, because thou canst not make one
hair white or black.
37 But let your communication be, Yea,
yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more
than these cometh of evil.
38 # Ye have heard that it hath been
said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth
for a tooth:
39 But I say unto you, That ye resist
not evil: but whosoever shall smite
thee on thy right cheek, turn to him
the other also.
40 And if any man will sue thee at the
law, and take away thy coat, let him
have [thy] cloke also.
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to
go a mile, go with him twain.
42 Give to him that asketh thee, and
from him that would borrow of thee turn
not thou away.
43 # Ye have heard that it hath been
said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour,
and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your
enemies, bless them that curse you, do
good to them that hate you, and pray
for them which despitefully use you,
and persecute you;
45 That ye may be the children of your
Father which is in heaven: for he
maketh his sun to rise on the evil and
on the good, and sendeth rain on the
just and on the unjust.
46 For if ye love them which love you,
what reward have ye? do not even the
publicans the same?
47 And if ye salute your brethren only,
what do ye more [than others]? do not
even the publicans so?
48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as
your Father which is in heaven is
perfect.

CHAPTER 6
1 Take heed that ye do not your alms
before men, to be seen of them:
otherwise ye have no reward of your
Father which is in heaven.
2 Therefore when thou doest [thine]
alms, do not sound a trumpet before
thee, as the hypocrites do in the
synagogues and in the streets, that
they may have glory of men. Verily I
say unto you, They have their reward.
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy
left hand know what thy right hand
doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and
thy Father which seeth in secret
himself shall reward thee openly.
5 # And when thou prayest, thou shalt
not be as the hypocrites [are]: for
they love to pray standing in the
synagogues and in the corners of the
streets, that they may be seen of men.
Verily I say unto you, They have their
reward.
6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter
into thy closet, and when thou hast
shut thy door, pray to thy Father which
is in secret; and thy Father which
seeth in secret shall reward thee
openly.
7 But when ye pray, use not vain
repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for
they think that they shall be heard for
their much speaking.
8 Be not ye therefore like unto them:
for your Father knoweth what things ye
have need of, before ye ask him.
9 After this manner therefore pray ye:
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done
in earth, as [it is] in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we
forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but
deliver us from evil: For thine is the
kingdom, and the power, and the glory,
for ever. Amen.
14 For if ye forgive men their
trespasses, your heavenly Father will
also forgive you:
15 But if ye forgive not men their
trespasses, neither will your Father
forgive your trespasses.
16 # Moreover when ye fast, be not, as
the hypocrites, of a sad countenance:
for they disfigure their faces, that
they may appear unto men to fast.
Verily I say unto you, They have their
reward.
17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint
thine head, and wash thy face;
18 That thou appear not unto men to
fast, but unto thy Father which is in
secret: and thy Father, which seeth in
secret, shall reward thee openly.
19 # Lay not up for yourselves
treasures upon earth, where moth and
rust doth corrupt, and where thieves
break through and steal:
20 But lay up for yourselves treasures
in heaven, where neither moth nor rust
doth corrupt, and where thieves do not
break through nor steal:
21 For where your treasure is, there
will your heart be also.
22 The light of the body is the eye: if
therefore thine eye be single, thy
whole body shall be full of light.
23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole
body shall be full of darkness. If
therefore the light that is in thee be
darkness, how great [is] that darkness!
24 # No man can serve two masters: for
either he will hate the one, and love
the other; or else he will hold to the
one, and despise the other. Ye cannot
serve God and mammon.
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no
thought for your life, what ye shall
eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet
for your body, what ye shall put on. Is
not the life more than meat, and the
body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for
they sow not, neither do they reap, nor
gather into barns; yet your heavenly
Father feedeth them. Are ye not much
better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can
add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment?
Consider the lilies of the field, how
they grow; they toil not, neither do
they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even
Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these.
30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the
grass of the field, which to day is,
and to morrow is cast into the oven,
[shall he] not much more [clothe] you,
O ye of little faith?
31 Therefore take no thought, saying,
What shall we eat? or, What shall we
drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be
clothed?
32 (For after all these things do the
Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly
Father knoweth that ye have need of all
these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of
God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the
morrow: for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself.
Sufficient unto the day [is] the evil
thereof.

CHAPTER 7
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye
shall be judged: and with what measure
ye mete, it shall be measured to you
again.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that
is in thy brother's eye, but
considerest not the beam that is in
thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother,
Let me pull out the mote out of thine
eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine
own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the
beam out of thine own eye; and then
shalt thou see clearly to cast out the
mote out of thy brother's eye.
6 # Give not that which is holy unto
the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls
before swine, lest they trample them
under their feet, and turn again and
rend you.
7 # Ask, and it shall be given you;
seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it
shall be opened unto you:
8 For every one that asketh receiveth;
and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.
9 Or what man is there of you, whom if
his son ask bread, will he give him a
stone?
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give
him a serpent?
11 If ye then, being evil, know how to
give good gifts unto your children, how
much more shall your Father which is in
heaven give good things to them that
ask him?
12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye
would that men should do to you, do ye
even so to them: for this is the law
and the prophets.
13 # Enter ye in at the strait gate:
for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is]
the way, that leadeth to destruction,
and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait [is] the gate, and
narrow [is] the way, which leadeth unto
life, and few there be that find it.
15 # Beware of false prophets, which
come to you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits.
Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs
of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth
forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree
bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil
fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree
bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth
good fruit is hewn down, and cast into
the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall
know them.
21 # Not every one that saith unto me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth
the will of my Father which is in
heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day,
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in
thy name? and in thy name have cast out
devils? and in thy name done many
wonderful works?
23 And then will I profess unto them, I
never knew you: depart from me, ye that
work iniquity.
24 # Therefore whosoever heareth these
sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will
liken him unto a wise man, which built
his house upon a rock:
25 And the rain descended, and the
floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell not:
for it was founded upon a rock.
26 And every one that heareth these
sayings of mine, and doeth them not,
shall be likened unto a foolish man,
which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the
floods came, and the winds blew, and
beat upon that house; and it fell: and
great was the fall of it.
28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had
ended these sayings, the people were
astonished at his doctrine:
29 For he taught them as [one] having
authority, and not as the scribes.

CHAPTER 8
1 When he was come down from the
mountain, great multitudes followed
him.
2 And, behold, there came a leper and
worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou
wilt, thou canst make me clean.
3 And Jesus put forth [his] hand, and
touched him, saying, I will; be thou
clean. And immediately his leprosy was
cleansed.
4 And Jesus saith unto him, See thou
tell no man; but go thy way, shew
thyself to the priest, and offer the
gift that Moses commanded, for a
testimony unto them.
5 # And when Jesus was entered into
Capernaum, there came unto him a
centurion, beseeching him,
6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at
home sick of the palsy, grievously
tormented.
7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come
and heal him.
8 The centurion answered and said,
Lord, I am not worthy that thou
shouldest come under my roof: but speak
the word only, and my servant shall be
healed.
9 For I am a man under authority,
having soldiers under me: and I say to
this [man], Go, and he goeth; and to
another, Come, and he cometh; and to my
servant, Do this, and he doeth [it].
10 When Jesus heard [it], he marvelled,
and said to them that followed, Verily
I say unto you, I have not found so
great faith, no, not in Israel.
11 And I say unto you, That many shall
come from the east and west, and shall
sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and
Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
12 But the children of the kingdom
shall be cast out into outer darkness:
there shall be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.
13 And Jesus said unto the centurion,
Go thy way; and as thou hast believed,
[so] be it done unto thee. And his
servant was healed in the selfsame
hour.
14 # And when Jesus was come into
Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother
laid, and sick of a fever.
15 And he touched her hand, and the
fever left her: and she arose, and
ministered unto them.
16 # When the even was come, they
brought unto him many that were
possessed with devils: and he cast out
the spirits with [his] word, and healed
all that were sick:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
Himself took our infirmities, and bare
[our] sicknesses.
18 # Now when Jesus saw great
multitudes about him, he gave
commandment to depart unto the other
side.
19 And a certain scribe came, and said
unto him, Master, I will follow thee
whithersoever thou goest.
20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes
have holes, and the birds of the air
[have] nests; but the Son of man hath
not where to lay [his] head.
21 And another of his disciples said
unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go
and bury my father.
22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me;
and let the dead bury their dead.
23 # And when he was entered into a
ship, his disciples followed him.
24 And, behold, there arose a great
tempest in the sea, insomuch that the
ship was covered with the waves: but he
was asleep.
25 And his disciples came to [him], and
awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we
perish.
26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye
fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he
arose, and rebuked the winds and the
sea; and there was a great calm.
27 But the men marvelled, saying, What
manner of man is this, that even the
winds and the sea obey him!
28 # And when he was come to the other
side into the country of the
Gergesenes, there met him two possessed
with devils, coming out of the tombs,
exceeding fierce, so that no man might
pass by that way.
29 And, behold, they cried out, saying,
What have we to do with thee, Jesus,
thou Son of God? art thou come hither
to torment us before the time?
30 And there was a good way off from
them an herd of many swine feeding.
31 So the devils besought him, saying,
If thou cast us out, suffer us to go
away into the herd of swine.
32 And he said unto them, Go. And when
they were come out, they went into the
herd of swine: and, behold, the whole
herd of swine ran violently down a
steep place into the sea, and perished
in the waters.
33 And they that kept them fled, and
went their ways into the city, and told
every thing, and what was befallen to
the possessed of the devils.
34 And, behold, the whole city came out
to meet Jesus: and when they saw him,
they besought [him] that he would
depart out of their coasts.

CHAPTER 9
1 And he entered into a ship, and
passed over, and came into his own
city.
2 And, behold, they brought to him a
man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed:
and Jesus seeing their faith said unto
the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good
cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.
3 And, behold, certain of the scribes
said within themselves, This [man]
blasphemeth.
4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts
said, Wherefore think ye evil in your
hearts?
5 For whether is easier, to say, [Thy]
sins be forgiven thee; or to say,
Arise, and walk?
6 But that ye may know that the Son of
man hath power on earth to forgive
sins, (then saith he to the sick of the
palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go
unto thine house.
7 And he arose, and departed to his
house.
8 But when the multitudes saw [it],
they marvelled, and glorified God,
which had given such power unto men.
9 # And as Jesus passed forth from
thence, he saw a man, named Matthew,
sitting at the receipt of custom: and
he saith unto him, Follow me. And he
arose, and followed him.
10 # And it came to pass, as Jesus sat
at meat in the house, behold, many
publicans and sinners came and sat down
with him and his disciples.
11 And when the Pharisees saw [it],
they said unto his disciples, Why
eateth your Master with publicans and
sinners?
12 But when Jesus heard [that], he said
unto them, They that be whole need not
a physician, but they that are sick.
13 But go ye and learn what [that]
meaneth, I will have mercy, and not
sacrifice: for I am not come to call
the righteous, but sinners to
repentance.
14 # Then came to him the disciples of
John, saying, Why do we and the
Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples
fast not?
15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the
children of the bridechamber mourn, as
long as the bridegroom is with them?
but the days will come, when the
bridegroom shall be taken from them,
and then shall they fast.
16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth
unto an old garment, for that which is
put in to fill it up taketh from the
garment, and the rent is made worse.
17 Neither do men put new wine into old
bottles: else the bottles break, and
the wine runneth out, and the bottles
perish: but they put new wine into new
bottles, and both are preserved.
18 # While he spake these things unto
them, behold, there came a certain
ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My
daughter is even now dead: but come and
lay thy hand upon her, and she shall
live.
19 And Jesus arose, and followed him,
and [so did] his disciples.
20 # And, behold, a woman, which was
diseased with an issue of blood twelve
years, came behind [him], and touched
the hem of his garment:
21 For she said within herself, If I
may but touch his garment, I shall be
whole.
22 But Jesus turned him about, and when
he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of
good comfort; thy faith hath made thee
whole. And the woman was made whole
from that hour.
23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's
house, and saw the minstrels and the
people making a noise,
24 He said unto them, Give place: for
the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And
they laughed him to scorn.
25 But when the people were put forth,
he went in, and took her by the hand,
and the maid arose.
26 And the fame hereof went abroad into
all that land.
27 # And when Jesus departed thence,
two blind men followed him, crying, and
saying, [Thou] Son of David, have mercy
on us.
28 And when he was come into the house,
the blind men came to him: and Jesus
saith unto them, Believe ye that I am
able to do this? They said unto him,
Yea, Lord.
29 Then touched he their eyes, saying,
According to your faith be it unto you.
30 And their eyes were opened; and
Jesus straitly charged them, saying,
See [that] no man know [it].
31 But they, when they were departed,
spread abroad his fame in all that
country.
32 # As they went out, behold, they
brought to him a dumb man possessed
with a devil.
33 And when the devil was cast out, the
dumb spake: and the multitudes
marvelled, saying, It was never so seen
in Israel.
34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth
out devils through the prince of the
devils.
35 And Jesus went about all the cities
and villages, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of
the kingdom, and healing every sickness
and every disease among the people.
36 # But when he saw the multitudes, he
was moved with compassion on them,
because they fainted, and were
scattered abroad, as sheep having no
shepherd.
37 Then saith he unto his disciples,
The harvest truly [is] plenteous, but
the labourers [are] few;
38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the
harvest, that he will send forth
labourers into his harvest.

CHAPTER 10
1 And when he had called unto [him] his
twelve disciples, he gave them power
[against] unclean spirits, to cast them
out, and to heal all manner of sickness
and all manner of disease.
2 Now the names of the twelve apostles
are these; The first, Simon, who is
called Peter, and Andrew his brother;
James [the son] of Zebedee, and John
his brother;
3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and
Matthew the publican; James [the son]
of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose
surname was Thaddaeus;
4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas
Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and
commanded them, saying, Go not into the
way of the Gentiles, and into [any]
city of the Samaritans enter ye not:
6 But go rather to the lost sheep of
the house of Israel.
7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The
kingdom of heaven is at hand.
8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers,
raise the dead, cast out devils: freely
ye have received, freely give.
9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor
brass in your purses,
10 Nor scrip for [your] journey,
neither two coats, neither shoes, nor
yet staves: for the workman is worthy
of his meat.
11 And into whatsoever city or town ye
shall enter, enquire who in it is
worthy; and there abide till ye go
thence.
12 And when ye come into an house,
salute it.
13 And if the house be worthy, let your
peace come upon it: but if it be not
worthy, let your peace return to you.
14 And whosoever shall not receive you,
nor hear your words, when ye depart out
of that house or city, shake off the
dust of your feet.
15 Verily I say unto you, It shall be
more tolerable for the land of Sodom
and Gomorrha in the day of judgment,
than for that city.
16 # Behold, I send you forth as sheep
in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore
wise as serpents, and harmless as
doves.
17 But beware of men: for they will
deliver you up to the councils, and
they will scourge you in their
synagogues;
18 And ye shall be brought before
governors and kings for my sake, for a
testimony against them and the
Gentiles.
19 But when they deliver you up, take
no thought how or what ye shall speak:
for it shall be given you in that same
hour what ye shall speak.
20 For it is not ye that speak, but the
Spirit of your Father which speaketh in
you.
21 And the brother shall deliver up the
brother to death, and the father the
child: and the children shall rise up
against [their] parents, and cause them
to be put to death.
22 And ye shall be hated of all [men]
for my name's sake: but he that
endureth to the end shall be saved.
23 But when they persecute you in this
city, flee ye into another: for verily
I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone
over the cities of Israel, till the Son
of man be come.
24 The disciple is not above [his]
master, nor the servant above his lord.
25 It is enough for the disciple that
he be as his master, and the servant as
his lord. If they have called the
master of the house Beelzebub, how much
more [shall they call] them of his
household?
26 Fear them not therefore: for there
is nothing covered, that shall not be
revealed; and hid, that shall not be
known.
27 What I tell you in darkness, [that]
speak ye in light: and what ye hear in
the ear, [that] preach ye upon the
housetops.
28 And fear not them which kill the
body, but are not able to kill the
soul: but rather fear him which is able
to destroy both soul and body in hell.
29 Are not two sparrows sold for a
farthing? and one of them shall not
fall on the ground without your Father.
30 But the very hairs of your head are
all numbered.
31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of
more value than many sparrows.
32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me
before men, him will I confess also
before my Father which is in heaven.
33 But whosoever shall deny me before
men, him will I also deny before my
Father which is in heaven.
34 Think not that I am come to send
peace on earth: I came not to send
peace, but a sword.
35 For I am come to set a man at
variance against his father, and the
daughter against her mother, and the
daughter in law against her mother in
law.
36 And a man's foes [shall be] they of
his own household.
37 He that loveth father or mother more
than me is not worthy of me: and he
that loveth son or daughter more than
me is not worthy of me.
38 And he that taketh not his cross,
and followeth after me, is not worthy
of me.
39 He that findeth his life shall lose
it: and he that loseth his life for my
sake shall find it.
40 # He that receiveth you receiveth
me, and he that receiveth me receiveth
him that sent me.
41 He that receiveth a prophet in the
name of a prophet shall receive a
prophet's reward; and he that receiveth
a righteous man in the name of a
righteous man shall receive a righteous
man's reward.
42 And whosoever shall give to drink
unto one of these little ones a cup of
cold [water] only in the name of a
disciple, verily I say unto you, he
shall in no wise lose his reward.

CHAPTER 11
1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had
made an end of commanding his twelve
disciples, he departed thence to teach
and to preach in their cities.
2 Now when John had heard in the prison
the works of Christ, he sent two of his
disciples,
3 And said unto him, Art thou he that
should come, or do we look for another?
4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go
and shew John again those things which
ye do hear and see:
5 The blind receive their sight, and
the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed,
and the deaf hear, the dead are raised
up, and the poor have the gospel
preached to them.
6 And blessed is [he], whosoever shall
not be offended in me.
7 # And as they departed, Jesus began
to say unto the multitudes concerning
John, What went ye out into the
wilderness to see? A reed shaken with
the wind?
8 But what went ye out for to see? A
man clothed in soft raiment? behold,
they that wear soft [clothing] are in
kings' houses.
9 But what went ye out for to see? A
prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more
than a prophet.
10 For this is [he], of whom it is
written, Behold, I send my messenger
before thy face, which shall prepare
thy way before thee.
11 Verily I say unto you, Among them
that are born of women there hath not
risen a greater than John the Baptist:
notwithstanding he that is least in the
kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
12 And from the days of John the
Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven
suffereth violence, and the violent
take it by force.
13 For all the prophets and the law
prophesied until John.
14 And if ye will receive [it], this is
Elias, which was for to come.
15 He that hath ears to hear, let him
hear.
16 # But whereunto shall I liken this
generation? It is like unto children
sitting in the markets, and calling
unto their fellows,
17 And saying, We have piped unto you,
and ye have not danced; we have mourned
unto you, and ye have not lamented.
18 For John came neither eating nor
drinking, and they say, He hath a
devil.
19 The Son of man came eating and
drinking, and they say, Behold a man
gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend
of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is
justified of her children.
20 # Then began he to upbraid the
cities wherein most of his mighty works
were done, because they repented not:
21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto
thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty
works, which were done in you, had been
done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have
repented long ago in sackcloth and
ashes.
22 But I say unto you, It shall be more
tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day
of judgment, than for you.
23 And thou, Capernaum, which art
exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought
down to hell: for if the mighty works,
which have been done in thee, had been
done in Sodom, it would have remained
until this day.
24 But I say unto you, That it shall be
more tolerable for the land of Sodom in
the day of judgment, than for thee.
25 # At that time Jesus answered and
said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of
heaven and earth, because thou hast hid
these things from the wise and prudent,
and hast revealed them unto babes.
26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed
good in thy sight.
27 All things are delivered unto me of
my Father: and no man knoweth the Son,
but the Father; neither knoweth any man
the Father, save the Son, and [he] to
whomsoever the Son will reveal [him].
28 # Come unto me, all [ye] that labour
and are heavy laden, and I will give
you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of
me; for I am meek and lowly in heart:
and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke [is] easy, and my burden
is light.

CHAPTER 12
1 At that time Jesus went on the
sabbath day through the corn; and his
disciples were an hungred, and began to
pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
2 But when the Pharisees saw [it], they
said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do
that which is not lawful to do upon the
sabbath day.
3 But he said unto them, Have ye not
read what David did, when he was an
hungred, and they that were with him;
4 How he entered into the house of God,
and did eat the shewbread, which was
not lawful for him to eat, neither for
them which were with him, but only for
the priests?
5 Or have ye not read in the law, how
that on the sabbath days the priests in
the temple profane the sabbath, and are
blameless?
6 But I say unto you, That in this
place is [one] greater than the temple.
7 But if ye had known what [this]
meaneth, I will have mercy, and not
sacrifice, ye would not have condemned
the guiltless.
8 For the Son of man is Lord even of
the sabbath day.
9 And when he was departed thence, he
went into their synagogue:
10 # And, behold, there was a man which
had [his] hand withered. And they asked
him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on
the sabbath days? that they might
accuse him.
11 And he said unto them, What man
shall there be among you, that shall
have one sheep, and if it fall into a
pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay
hold on it, and lift [it] out?
12 How much then is a man better than a
sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do
well on the sabbath days.
13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch
forth thine hand. And he stretched [it]
forth; and it was restored whole, like
as the other.
14 # Then the Pharisees went out, and
held a council against him, how they
might destroy him.
15 But when Jesus knew [it], he
withdrew himself from thence: and great
multitudes followed him, and he healed
them all;
16 And charged them that they should
not make him known:
17 That it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
18 Behold my servant, whom I have
chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is
well pleased: I will put my spirit upon
him, and he shall shew judgment to the
Gentiles.
19 He shall not strive, nor cry;
neither shall any man hear his voice in
the streets.
20 A bruised reed shall he not break,
and smoking flax shall he not quench,
till he send forth judgment unto
victory.
21 And in his name shall the Gentiles
trust.
22 # Then was brought unto him one
possessed with a devil, blind, and
dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that
the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
23 And all the people were amazed, and
said, Is not this the son of David?
24 But when the Pharisees heard [it],
they said, This [fellow] doth not cast
out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince
of the devils.
25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and
said unto them, Every kingdom divided
against itself is brought to
desolation; and every city or house
divided against itself shall not stand:
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is
divided against himself; how shall then
his kingdom stand?
27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out
devils, by whom do your children cast
[them] out? therefore they shall be
your judges.
28 But if I cast out devils by the
Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God
is come unto you.
29 Or else how can one enter into a
strong man's house, and spoil his
goods, except he first bind the strong
man? and then he will spoil his house.
30 He that is not with me is against
me; and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth abroad.
31 # Wherefore I say unto you, All
manner of sin and blasphemy shall be
forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy
[against] the [Holy] Ghost shall not be
forgiven unto men.
32 And whosoever speaketh a word
against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh
against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be
forgiven him, neither in this world,
neither in the [world] to come.
33 Either make the tree good, and his
fruit good; or else make the tree
corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the
tree is known by [his] fruit.
34 O generation of vipers, how can ye,
being evil, speak good things? for out
of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaketh.
35 A good man out of the good treasure
of the heart bringeth forth good
things: and an evil man out of the evil
treasure bringeth forth evil things.
36 But I say unto you, That every idle
word that men shall speak, they shall
give account thereof in the day of
judgment.
37 For by thy words thou shalt be
justified, and by thy words thou shalt
be condemned.
38 # Then certain of the scribes and of
the Pharisees answered, saying, Master,
we would see a sign from thee.
39 But he answered and said unto them,
An evil and adulterous generation
seeketh after a sign; and there shall
no sign be given to it, but the sign of
the prophet Jonas:
40 For as Jonas was three days and
three nights in the whale's belly; so
shall the Son of man be three days and
three nights in the heart of the earth.
41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in
judgment with this generation, and
shall condemn it: because they repented
at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold,
a greater than Jonas [is] here.
42 The queen of the south shall rise up
in the judgment with this generation,
and shall condemn it: for she came from
the uttermost parts of the earth to
hear the wisdom of Solomon; and,
behold, a greater than Solomon [is]
here.
43 When the unclean spirit is gone out
of a man, he walketh through dry
places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
44 Then he saith, I will return into my
house from whence I came out; and when
he is come, he findeth [it] empty,
swept, and garnished.
45 Then goeth he, and taketh with
himself seven other spirits more wicked
than himself, and they enter in and
dwell there: and the last [state] of
that man is worse than the first. Even
so shall it be also unto this wicked
generation.
46 # While he yet talked to the people,
behold, [his] mother and his brethren
stood without, desiring to speak with
him.
47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy
mother and thy brethren stand without,
desiring to speak with thee.
48 But he answered and said unto him
that told him, Who is my mother? and
who are my brethren?
49 And he stretched forth his hand
toward his disciples, and said, Behold
my mother and my brethren!
50 For whosoever shall do the will of
my Father which is in heaven, the same
is my brother, and sister, and mother.

CHAPTER 13
1 The same day went Jesus out of the
house, and sat by the sea side.
2 And great multitudes were gathered
together unto him, so that he went into
a ship, and sat; and the whole
multitude stood on the shore.
3 And he spake many things unto them in
parables, saying, Behold, a sower went
forth to sow;
4 And when he sowed, some [seeds] fell
by the way side, and the fowls came and
devoured them up:
5 Some fell upon stony places, where
they had not much earth: and forthwith
they sprung up, because they had no
deepness of earth:
6 And when the sun was up, they were
scorched; and because they had no root,
they withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns; and the
thorns sprung up, and choked them:
8 But other fell into good ground, and
brought forth fruit, some an
hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some
thirtyfold.
9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And the disciples came, and said
unto him, Why speakest thou unto them
in parables?
11 He answered and said unto them,
Because it is given unto you to know
the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,
but to them it is not given.
12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be
given, and he shall have more
abundance: but whosoever hath not, from
him shall be taken away even that he
hath.
13 Therefore speak I to them in
parables: because they seeing see not;
and hearing they hear not, neither do
they understand.
14 And in them is fulfilled the
prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By
hearing ye shall hear, and shall not
understand; and seeing ye shall see,
and shall not perceive:
15 For this people's heart is waxed
gross, and [their] ears are dull of
hearing, and their eyes they have
closed; lest at any time they should
see with [their] eyes, and hear with
[their] ears, and should understand
with [their] heart, and should be
converted, and I should heal them.
16 But blessed [are] your eyes, for
they see: and your ears, for they hear.
17 For verily I say unto you, That many
prophets and righteous [men] have
desired to see [those things] which ye
see, and have not seen [them]; and to
hear [those things] which ye hear, and
have not heard [them].
18 # Hear ye therefore the parable of
the sower.
19 When any one heareth the word of the
kingdom, and understandeth [it] not,
then cometh the wicked [one], and
catcheth away that which was sown in
his heart. This is he which received
seed by the way side.
20 But he that received the seed into
stony places, the same is he that
heareth the word, and anon with joy
receiveth it;
21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but
dureth for a while: for when
tribulation or persecution ariseth
because of the word, by and by he is
offended.
22 He also that received seed among the
thorns is he that heareth the word; and
the care of this world, and the
deceitfulness of riches, choke the
word, and he becometh unfruitful.
23 But he that received seed into the
good ground is he that heareth the
word, and understandeth [it]; which
also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth,
some an hundredfold, some sixty, some
thirty.
24 # Another parable put he forth unto
them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is
likened unto a man which sowed good
seed in his field:
25 But while men slept, his enemy came
and sowed tares among the wheat, and
went his way.
26 But when the blade was sprung up,
and brought forth fruit, then appeared
the tares also.
27 So the servants of the householder
came and said unto him, Sir, didst not
thou sow good seed in thy field? from
whence then hath it tares?
28 He said unto them, An enemy hath
done this. The servants said unto him,
Wilt thou then that we go and gather
them up?
29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye
gather up the tares, ye root up also
the wheat with them.
30 Let both grow together until the
harvest: and in the time of harvest I
will say to the reapers, Gather ye
together first the tares, and bind them
in bundles to burn them: but gather the
wheat into my barn.
31 # Another parable put he forth unto
them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is
like to a grain of mustard seed, which
a man took, and sowed in his field:
32 Which indeed is the least of all
seeds: but when it is grown, it is the
greatest among herbs, and becometh a
tree, so that the birds of the air come
and lodge in the branches thereof.
33 # Another parable spake he unto
them; The kingdom of heaven is like
unto leaven, which a woman took, and
hid in three measures of meal, till the
whole was leavened.
34 All these things spake Jesus unto
the multitude in parables; and without
a parable spake he not unto them:
35 That it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the prophet, saying, I will
open my mouth in parables; I will utter
things which have been kept secret from
the foundation of the world.
36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away,
and went into the house: and his
disciples came unto him, saying,
Declare unto us the parable of the
tares of the field.
37 He answered and said unto them, He
that soweth the good seed is the Son of
man;
38 The field is the world; the good
seed are the children of the kingdom;
but the tares are the children of the
wicked [one];
39 The enemy that sowed them is the
devil; the harvest is the end of the
world; and the reapers are the angels.
40 As therefore the tares are gathered
and burned in the fire; so shall it be
in the end of this world.
41 The Son of man shall send forth his
angels, and they shall gather out of
his kingdom all things that offend, and
them which do iniquity;
42 And shall cast them into a furnace
of fire: there shall be wailing and
gnashing of teeth.
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth
as the sun in the kingdom of their
Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him
hear.
44 # Again, the kingdom of heaven is
like unto treasure hid in a field; the
which when a man hath found, he hideth,
and for joy thereof goeth and selleth
all that he hath, and buyeth that
field.
45 # Again, the kingdom of heaven is
like unto a merchant man, seeking
goodly pearls:
46 Who, when he had found one pearl of
great price, went and sold all that he
had, and bought it.
47 # Again, the kingdom of heaven is
like unto a net, that was cast into the
sea, and gathered of every kind:
48 Which, when it was full, they drew
to shore, and sat down, and gathered
the good into vessels, but cast the bad
away.
49 So shall it be at the end of the
world: the angels shall come forth, and
sever the wicked from among the just,
50 And shall cast them into the furnace
of fire: there shall be wailing and
gnashing of teeth.
51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye
understood all these things? They say
unto him, Yea, Lord.
52 Then said he unto them, Therefore
every scribe [which is] instructed unto
the kingdom of heaven is like unto a
man [that is] an householder, which
bringeth forth out of his treasure
[things] new and old.
53 # And it came to pass, [that] when
Jesus had finished these parables, he
departed thence.
54 And when he was come into his own
country, he taught them in their
synagogue, insomuch that they were
astonished, and said, Whence hath this
[man] this wisdom, and [these] mighty
works?
55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is
not his mother called Mary? and his
brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon,
and Judas?
56 And his sisters, are they not all
with us? Whence then hath this [man]
all these things?
57 And they were offended in him. But
Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not
without honour, save in his own
country, and in his own house.
58 And he did not many mighty works
there because of their unbelief.

CHAPTER 14
1 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard
of the fame of Jesus,
2 And said unto his servants, This is
John the Baptist; he is risen from the
dead; and therefore mighty works do
shew forth themselves in him.
3 # For Herod had laid hold on John,
and bound him, and put [him] in prison
for Herodias' sake, his brother
Philip's wife.
4 For John said unto him, It is not
lawful for thee to have her.
5 And when he would have put him to
death, he feared the multitude, because
they counted him as a prophet.
6 But when Herod's birthday was kept,
the daughter of Herodias danced before
them, and pleased Herod.
7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to
give her whatsoever she would ask.
8 And she, being before instructed of
her mother, said, Give me here John
Baptist's head in a charger.
9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless
for the oath's sake, and them which sat
with him at meat, he commanded [it] to
be given [her].
10 And he sent, and beheaded John in
the prison.
11 And his head was brought in a
charger, and given to the damsel: and
she brought [it] to her mother.
12 And his disciples came, and took up
the body, and buried it, and went and
told Jesus.
13 # When Jesus heard [of it], he
departed thence by ship into a desert
place apart: and when the people had
heard [thereof], they followed him on
foot out of the cities.
14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a
great multitude, and was moved with
compassion toward them, and he healed
their sick.
15 # And when it was evening, his
disciples came to him, saying, This is
a desert place, and the time is now
past; send the multitude away, that
they may go into the villages, and buy
themselves victuals.
16 But Jesus said unto them, They need
not depart; give ye them to eat.
17 And they say unto him, We have here
but five loaves, and two fishes.
18 He said, Bring them hither to me.
19 And he commanded the multitude to
sit down on the grass, and took the
five loaves, and the two fishes, and
looking up to heaven, he blessed, and
brake, and gave the loaves to [his]
disciples, and the disciples to the
multitude.
20 And they did all eat, and were
filled: and they took up of the
fragments that remained twelve baskets
full.
21 And they that had eaten were about
five thousand men, beside women and
children.
22 # And straightway Jesus constrained
his disciples to get into a ship, and
to go before him unto the other side,
while he sent the multitudes away.
23 And when he had sent the multitudes
away, he went up into a mountain apart
to pray: and when the evening was come,
he was there alone.
24 But the ship was now in the midst of
the sea, tossed with waves: for the
wind was contrary.
25 And in the fourth watch of the night
Jesus went unto them, walking on the
sea.
26 And when the disciples saw him
walking on the sea, they were troubled,
saying, It is a spirit; and they cried
out for fear.
27 But straightway Jesus spake unto
them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is
I; be not afraid.
28 And Peter answered him and said,
Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto
thee on the water.
29 And he said, Come. And when Peter
was come down out of the ship, he
walked on the water, to go to Jesus.
30 But when he saw the wind boisterous,
he was afraid; and beginning to sink,
he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
31 And immediately Jesus stretched
forth [his] hand, and caught him, and
said unto him, O thou of little faith,
wherefore didst thou doubt?
32 And when they were come into the
ship, the wind ceased.
33 Then they that were in the ship came
and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth
thou art the Son of God.
34 # And when they were gone over, they
came into the land of Gennesaret.
35 And when the men of that place had
knowledge of him, they sent out into
all that country round about, and
brought unto him all that were
diseased;
36 And besought him that they might
only touch the hem of his garment: and
as many as touched were made perfectly
whole.

CHAPTER 15
1 Then came to Jesus scribes and
Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem,
saying,
2 Why do thy disciples transgress the
tradition of the elders? for they wash
not their hands when they eat bread.
3 But he answered and said unto them,
Why do ye also transgress the
commandment of God by your tradition?
4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy
father and mother: and, He that curseth
father or mother, let him die the
death.
5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to
[his] father or [his] mother, [It is] a
gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be
profited by me;
6 And honour not his father or his
mother, [he shall be free]. Thus have
ye made the commandment of God of none
effect by your tradition.
7 [Ye] hypocrites, well did Esaias
prophesy of you, saying,
8 This people draweth nigh unto me with
their mouth, and honoureth me with
[their] lips; but their heart is far
from me.
9 But in vain they do worship me,
teaching [for] doctrines the
commandments of men.
10 # And he called the multitude, and
said unto them, Hear, and understand:
11 Not that which goeth into the mouth
defileth a man; but that which cometh
out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
12 Then came his disciples, and said
unto him, Knowest thou that the
Pharisees were offended, after they
heard this saying?
13 But he answered and said, Every
plant, which my heavenly Father hath
not planted, shall be rooted up.
14 Let them alone: they be blind
leaders of the blind. And if the blind
lead the blind, both shall fall into
the ditch.
15 Then answered Peter and said unto
him, Declare unto us this parable.
16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet
without understanding?
17 Do not ye yet understand, that
whatsoever entereth in at the mouth
goeth into the belly, and is cast out
into the draught?
18 But those things which proceed out
of the mouth come forth from the heart;
and they defile the man.
19 For out of the heart proceed evil
thoughts, murders, adulteries,
fornications, thefts, false witness,
blasphemies:
20 These are [the things] which defile
a man: but to eat with unwashen hands
defileth not a man.
21 # Then Jesus went thence, and
departed into the coasts of Tyre and
Sidon.
22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came
out of the same coasts, and cried unto
him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord,
[thou] Son of David; my daughter is
grievously vexed with a devil.
23 But he answered her not a word. And
his disciples came and besought him,
saying, Send her away; for she crieth
after us.
24 But he answered and said, I am not
sent but unto the lost sheep of the
house of Israel.
25 Then came she and worshipped him,
saying, Lord, help me.
26 But he answered and said, It is not
meet to take the children's bread, and
to cast [it] to dogs.
27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the
dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from
their masters' table.
28 Then Jesus answered and said unto
her, O woman, great [is] thy faith: be
it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her
daughter was made whole from that very
hour.
29 And Jesus departed from thence, and
came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and
went up into a mountain, and sat down
there.
30 And great multitudes came unto him,
having with them [those that were]
lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many
others, and cast them down at Jesus'
feet; and he healed them:
31 Insomuch that the multitude
wondered, when they saw the dumb to
speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame
to walk, and the blind to see: and they
glorified the God of Israel.
32 # Then Jesus called his disciples
[unto him], and said, I have compassion
on the multitude, because they continue
with me now three days, and have
nothing to eat: and I will not send
them away fasting, lest they faint in
the way.
33 And his disciples say unto him,
Whence should we have so much bread in
the wilderness, as to fill so great a
multitude?
34 And Jesus saith unto them, How many
loaves have ye? And they said, Seven,
and a few little fishes.
35 And he commanded the multitude to
sit down on the ground.
36 And he took the seven loaves and the
fishes, and gave thanks, and brake
[them], and gave to his disciples, and
the disciples to the multitude.
37 And they did all eat, and were
filled: and they took up of the broken
[meat] that was left seven baskets
full.
38 And they that did eat were four
thousand men, beside women and
children.
39 And he sent away the multitude, and
took ship, and came into the coasts of
Magdala.

CHAPTER 16
1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees
came, and tempting desired him that he
would shew them a sign from heaven.
2 He answered and said unto them, When
it is evening, ye say, [It will be]
fair weather: for the sky is red.
3 And in the morning, [It will be] foul
weather to day: for the sky is red and
lowring. O [ye] hypocrites, ye can
discern the face of the sky; but can ye
not [discern] the signs of the times?
4 A wicked and adulterous generation
seeketh after a sign; and there shall
no sign be given unto it, but the sign
of the prophet Jonas. And he left them,
and departed.
5 And when his disciples were come to
the other side, they had forgotten to
take bread.
6 # Then Jesus said unto them, Take
heed and beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
7 And they reasoned among themselves,
saying, [It is] because we have taken
no bread.
8 [Which] when Jesus perceived, he said
unto them, O ye of little faith, why
reason ye among yourselves, because ye
have brought no bread?
9 Do ye not yet understand, neither
remember the five loaves of the five
thousand, and how many baskets ye took
up?
10 Neither the seven loaves of the four
thousand, and how many baskets ye took
up?
11 How is it that ye do not understand
that I spake [it] not to you concerning
bread, that ye should beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees and of the
Sadducees?
12 Then understood they how that he
bade [them] not beware of the leaven of
bread, but of the doctrine of the
Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
13 # When Jesus came into the coasts of
Caesarea Philippi, he asked his
disciples, saying, Whom do men say that
I the Son of man am?
14 And they said, Some [say that thou
art] John the Baptist: some, Elias; and
others, Jeremias, or one of the
prophets.
15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye
that I am?
16 And Simon Peter answered and said,
Thou art the Christ, the Son of the
living God.
17 And Jesus answered and said unto
him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona:
for flesh and blood hath not revealed
[it] unto thee, but my Father which is
in heaven.
18 And I say also unto thee, That thou
art Peter, and upon this rock I will
build my church; and the gates of hell
shall not prevail against it.
19 And I will give unto thee the keys
of the kingdom of heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth
shall be bound in heaven: and
whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth
shall be loosed in heaven.
20 Then charged he his disciples that
they should tell no man that he was
Jesus the Christ.
21 # From that time forth began Jesus
to shew unto his disciples, how that he
must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many
things of the elders and chief priests
and scribes, and be killed, and be
raised again the third day.
22 Then Peter took him, and began to
rebuke him, saying, Be it far from
thee, Lord: this shall not be unto
thee.
23 But he turned, and said unto Peter,
Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an
offence unto me: for thou savourest not
the things that be of God, but those
that be of men.
24 # Then said Jesus unto his
disciples, If any [man] will come after
me, let him deny himself, and take up
his cross, and follow me.
25 For whosoever will save his life
shall lose it: and whosoever will lose
his life for my sake shall find it.
26 For what is a man profited, if he
shall gain the whole world, and lose
his own soul? or what shall a man give
in exchange for his soul?
27 For the Son of man shall come in the
glory of his Father with his angels;
and then he shall reward every man
according to his works.
28 Verily I say unto you, There be some
standing here, which shall not taste of
death, till they see the Son of man
coming in his kingdom.

CHAPTER 17
1 And after six days Jesus taketh
Peter, James, and John his brother, and
bringeth them up into an high mountain
apart,
2 And was transfigured before them: and
his face did shine as the sun, and his
raiment was white as the light.
3 And, behold, there appeared unto them
Moses and Elias talking with him.
4 Then answered Peter, and said unto
Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be
here: if thou wilt, let us make here
three tabernacles; one for thee, and
one for Moses, and one for Elias.
5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright
cloud overshadowed them: and behold a
voice out of the cloud, which said,
This is my beloved Son, in whom I am
well pleased; hear ye him.
6 And when the disciples heard [it],
they fell on their face, and were sore
afraid.
7 And Jesus came and touched them, and
said, Arise, and be not afraid.
8 And when they had lifted up their
eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only.
9 And as they came down from the
mountain, Jesus charged them, saying,
Tell the vision to no man, until the
Son of man be risen again from the
dead.
10 And his disciples asked him, saying,
Why then say the scribes that Elias
must first come?
11 And Jesus answered and said unto
them, Elias truly shall first come, and
restore all things.
12 But I say unto you, That Elias is
come already, and they knew him not,
but have done unto him whatsoever they
listed. Likewise shall also the Son of
man suffer of them.
13 Then the disciples understood that
he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
14 # And when they were come to the
multitude, there came to him a
[certain] man, kneeling down to him,
and saying,
15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he
is lunatick, and sore vexed: for
ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and
oft into the water.
16 And I brought him to thy disciples,
and they could not cure him.
17 Then Jesus answered and said, O
faithless and perverse generation, how
long shall I be with you? how long
shall I suffer you? bring him hither to
me.
18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he
departed out of him: and the child was
cured from that very hour.
19 Then came the disciples to Jesus
apart, and said, Why could not we cast
him out?
20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of
your unbelief: for verily I say unto
you, If ye have faith as a grain of
mustard seed, ye shall say unto this
mountain, Remove hence to yonder place;
and it shall remove; and nothing shall
be impossible unto you.
21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but
by prayer and fasting.
22 # And while they abode in Galilee,
Jesus said unto them, The Son of man
shall be betrayed into the hands of
men:
23 And they shall kill him, and the
third day he shall be raised again. And
they were exceeding sorry.
24 # And when they were come to
Capernaum, they that received tribute
[money] came to Peter, and said, Doth
not your master pay tribute?
25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come
into the house, Jesus prevented him,
saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of
whom do the kings of the earth take
custom or tribute? of their own
children, or of strangers?
26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers.
Jesus saith unto him, Then are the
children free.
27 Notwithstanding, lest we should
offend them, go thou to the sea, and
cast an hook, and take up the fish that
first cometh up; and when thou hast
opened his mouth, thou shalt find a
piece of money: that take, and give
unto them for me and thee.

CHAPTER 18
1 At the same time came the disciples
unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest
in the kingdom of heaven?
2 And Jesus called a little child unto
him, and set him in the midst of them,
3 And said, Verily I say unto you,
Except ye be converted, and become as
little children, ye shall not enter
into the kingdom of heaven.
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble
himself as this little child, the same
is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 And whoso shall receive one such
little child in my name receiveth me.
6 But whoso shall offend one of these
little ones which believe in me, it
were better for him that a millstone
were hanged about his neck, and [that]
he were drowned in the depth of the
sea.
7 # Woe unto the world because of
offences! for it must needs be that
offences come; but woe to that man by
whom the offence cometh!
8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot
offend thee, cut them off, and cast
[them] from thee: it is better for thee
to enter into life halt or maimed,
rather than having two hands or two
feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck
it out, and cast [it] from thee: it is
better for thee to enter into life with
one eye, rather than having two eyes to
be cast into hell fire.
10 Take heed that ye despise not one of
these little ones; for I say unto you,
That in heaven their angels do always
behold the face of my Father which is
in heaven.
11 For the Son of man is come to save
that which was lost.
12 How think ye? if a man have an
hundred sheep, and one of them be gone
astray, doth he not leave the ninety
and nine, and goeth into the mountains,
and seeketh that which is gone astray?
13 And if so be that he find it, verily
I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of
that [sheep], than of the ninety and
nine which went not astray.
14 Even so it is not the will of your
Father which is in heaven, that one of
these little ones should perish.
15 # Moreover if thy brother shall
trespass against thee, go and tell him
his fault between thee and him alone:
if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained
thy brother.
16 But if he will not hear [thee, then]
take with thee one or two more, that in
the mouth of two or three witnesses
every word may be established.
17 And if he shall neglect to hear
them, tell [it] unto the church: but if
he neglect to hear the church, let him
be unto thee as an heathen man and a
publican.
18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye
shall bind on earth shall be bound in
heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose
on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
19 Again I say unto you, That if two of
you shall agree on earth as touching
any thing that they shall ask, it shall
be done for them of my Father which is
in heaven.
20 For where two or three are gathered
together in my name, there am I in the
midst of them.
21 # Then came Peter to him, and said,
Lord, how oft shall my brother sin
against me, and I forgive him? till
seven times?
22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto
thee, Until seven times: but, Until
seventy times seven.
23 # Therefore is the kingdom of heaven
likened unto a certain king, which
would take account of his servants.
24 And when he had begun to reckon, one
was brought unto him, which owed him
ten thousand talents.
25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay,
his lord commanded him to be sold, and
his wife, and children, and all that he
had, and payment to be made.
26 The servant therefore fell down, and
worshipped him, saying, Lord, have
patience with me, and I will pay thee
all.
27 Then the lord of that servant was
moved with compassion, and loosed him,
and forgave him the debt.
28 But the same servant went out, and
found one of his fellowservants, which
owed him an hundred pence: and he laid
hands on him, and took [him] by the
throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.
29 And his fellowservant fell down at
his feet, and besought him, saying,
Have patience with me, and I will pay
thee all.
30 And he would not: but went and cast
him into prison, till he should pay the
debt.
31 So when his fellowservants saw what
was done, they were very sorry, and
came and told unto their lord all that
was done.
32 Then his lord, after that he had
called him, said unto him, O thou
wicked servant, I forgave thee all that
debt, because thou desiredst me:
33 Shouldest not thou also have had
compassion on thy fellowservant, even
as I had pity on thee?
34 And his lord was wroth, and
delivered him to the tormentors, till
he should pay all that was due unto
him.
35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father
do also unto you, if ye from your
hearts forgive not every one his
brother their trespasses.

CHAPTER 19
1 And it came to pass, [that] when
Jesus had finished these sayings, he
departed from Galilee, and came into
the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
2 And great multitudes followed him;
and he healed them there.
3 # The Pharisees also came unto him,
tempting him, and saying unto him, Is
it lawful for a man to put away his
wife for every cause?
4 And he answered and said unto them,
Have ye not read, that he which made
[them] at the beginning made them male
and female,
5 And said, For this cause shall a man
leave father and mother, and shall
cleave to his wife: and they twain
shall be one flesh?
6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but
one flesh. What therefore God hath
joined together, let not man put
asunder.
7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then
command to give a writing of
divorcement, and to put her away?
8 He saith unto them, Moses because of
the hardness of your hearts suffered
you to put away your wives: but from
the beginning it was not so.
9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall
put away his wife, except [it be] for
fornication, and shall marry another,
committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth
her which is put away doth commit
adultery.
10 # His disciples say unto him, If the
case of the man be so with [his] wife,
it is not good to marry.
11 But he said unto them, All [men]
cannot receive this saying, save [they]
to whom it is given.
12 For there are some eunuchs, which
were so born from [their] mother's
womb: and there are some eunuchs, which
were made eunuchs of men: and there be
eunuchs, which have made themselves
eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's
sake. He that is able to receive [it],
let him receive [it].
13 # Then were there brought unto him
little children, that he should put
[his] hands on them, and pray: and the
disciples rebuked them.
14 But Jesus said, Suffer little
children, and forbid them not, to come
unto me: for of such is the kingdom of
heaven.
15 And he laid [his] hands on them, and
departed thence.
16 # And, behold, one came and said
unto him, Good Master, what good thing
shall I do, that I may have eternal
life?
17 And he said unto him, Why callest
thou me good? [there is] none good but
one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt
enter into life, keep the commandments.
18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus
said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou
shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt
not steal, Thou shalt not bear false
witness,
19 Honour thy father and [thy] mother:
and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself.
20 The young man saith unto him, All
these things have I kept from my youth
up: what lack I yet?
21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be
perfect, go [and] sell that thou hast,
and give to the poor, and thou shalt
have treasure in heaven: and come [and]
follow me.
22 But when the young man heard that
saying, he went away sorrowful: for he
had great possessions.
23 # Then said Jesus unto his
disciples, Verily I say unto you, That
a rich man shall hardly enter into the
kingdom of heaven.
24 And again I say unto you, It is
easier for a camel to go through the
eye of a needle, than for a rich man to
enter into the kingdom of God.
25 When his disciples heard [it], they
were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who
then can be saved?
26 But Jesus beheld [them], and said
unto them, With men this is impossible;
but with God all things are possible.
27 # Then answered Peter and said unto
him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and
followed thee; what shall we have
therefore?
28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I
say unto you, That ye which have
followed me, in the regeneration when
the Son of man shall sit in the throne
of his glory, ye also shall sit upon
twelve thrones, judging the twelve
tribes of Israel.
29 And every one that hath forsaken
houses, or brethren, or sisters, or
father, or mother, or wife, or
children, or lands, for my name's sake,
shall receive an hundredfold, and shall
inherit everlasting life.
30 But many [that are] first shall be
last; and the last [shall be] first.

CHAPTER 20
1 For the kingdom of heaven is like
unto a man [that is] an householder,
which went out early in the morning to
hire labourers into his vineyard.
2 And when he had agreed with the
labourers for a penny a day, he sent
them into his vineyard.
3 And he went out about the third hour,
and saw others standing idle in the
marketplace,
4 And said unto them; Go ye also into
the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I
will give you. And they went their way.
5 Again he went out about the sixth and
ninth hour, and did likewise.
6 And about the eleventh hour he went
out, and found others standing idle,
and saith unto them, Why stand ye here
all the day idle?
7 They say unto him, Because no man
hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go
ye also into the vineyard; and
whatsoever is right, [that] shall ye
receive.
8 So when even was come, the lord of
the vineyard saith unto his steward,
Call the labourers, and give them
[their] hire, beginning from the last
unto the first.
9 And when they came that [were hired]
about the eleventh hour, they received
every man a penny.
10 But when the first came, they
supposed that they should have received
more; and they likewise received every
man a penny.
11 And when they had received [it],
they murmured against the goodman of
the house,
12 Saying, These last have wrought
[but] one hour, and thou hast made them
equal unto us, which have borne the
burden and heat of the day.
13 But he answered one of them, and
said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst
not thou agree with me for a penny?
14 Take [that] thine [is], and go thy
way: I will give unto this last, even
as unto thee.
15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I
will with mine own? Is thine eye evil,
because I am good?
16 So the last shall be first, and the
first last: for many be called, but few
chosen.
17 # And Jesus going up to Jerusalem
took the twelve disciples apart in the
way, and said unto them,
18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and
the Son of man shall be betrayed unto
the chief priests and unto the scribes,
and they shall condemn him to death,
19 And shall deliver him to the
Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and
to crucify [him]: and the third day he
shall rise again.
20 # Then came to him the mother of
Zebedee's children with her sons,
worshipping [him], and desiring a
certain thing of him.
21 And he said unto her, What wilt
thou? She saith unto him, Grant that
these my two sons may sit, the one on
thy right hand, and the other on the
left, in thy kingdom.
22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know
not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink
of the cup that I shall drink of, and
to be baptized with the baptism that I
am baptized with? They say unto him, We
are able.
23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall
drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized
with the baptism that I am baptized
with: but to sit on my right hand, and
on my left, is not mine to give, but
[it shall be given to them] for whom it
is prepared of my Father.
24 And when the ten heard [it], they
were moved with indignation against the
two brethren.
25 But Jesus called them [unto him],
and said, Ye know that the princes of
the Gentiles exercise dominion over
them, and they that are great exercise
authority upon them.
26 But it shall not be so among you:
but whosoever will be great among you,
let him be your minister;
27 And whosoever will be chief among
you, let him be your servant:
28 Even as the Son of man came not to
be ministered unto, but to minister,
and to give his life a ransom for many.
29 And as they departed from Jericho, a
great multitude followed him.
30 # And, behold, two blind men sitting
by the way side, when they heard that
Jesus passed by, cried out, saying,
Have mercy on us, O Lord, [thou] Son of
David.
31 And the multitude rebuked them,
because they should hold their peace:
but they cried the more, saying, Have
mercy on us, O Lord, [thou] Son of
David.
32 And Jesus stood still, and called
them, and said, What will ye that I
shall do unto you?
33 They say unto him, Lord, that our
eyes may be opened.
34 So Jesus had compassion [on them],
and touched their eyes: and immediately
their eyes received sight, and they
followed him.

CHAPTER 21
1 And when they drew nigh unto
Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage,
unto the mount of Olives, then sent
Jesus two disciples,
2 Saying unto them, Go into the village
over against you, and straightway ye
shall find an ass tied, and a colt with
her: loose [them], and bring [them]
unto me.
3 And if any [man] say ought unto you,
ye shall say, The Lord hath need of
them; and straightway he will send
them.
4 All this was done, that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken by the
prophet, saying,
5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold,
thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and
sitting upon an ass, and a colt the
foal of an ass.
6 And the disciples went, and did as
Jesus commanded them,
7 And brought the ass, and the colt,
and put on them their clothes, and they
set [him] thereon.
8 And a very great multitude spread
their garments in the way; others cut
down branches from the trees, and
strawed [them] in the way.
9 And the multitudes that went before,
and that followed, cried, saying,
Hosanna to the Son of David: Blessed
[is] he that cometh in the name of the
Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
10 And when he was come into Jerusalem,
all the city was moved, saying, Who is
this?
11 And the multitude said, This is
Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of
Galilee.
12 # And Jesus went into the temple of
God, and cast out all them that sold
and bought in the temple, and overthrew
the tables of the moneychangers, and
the seats of them that sold doves,
13 And said unto them, It is written,
My house shall be called the house of
prayer; but ye have made it a den of
thieves.
14 And the blind and the lame came to
him in the temple; and he healed them.
15 And when the chief priests and
scribes saw the wonderful things that
he did, and the children crying in the
temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son
of David; they were sore displeased,
16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what
these say? And Jesus saith unto them,
Yea; have ye never read, Out of the
mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast
perfected praise?
17 # And he left them, and went out of
the city into Bethany; and he lodged
there.
18 Now in the morning as he returned
into the city, he hungered.
19 And when he saw a fig tree in the
way, he came to it, and found nothing
thereon, but leaves only, and said unto
it, Let no fruit grow on thee
henceforward for ever. And presently
the fig tree withered away.
20 And when the disciples saw [it],
they marvelled, saying, How soon is the
fig tree withered away!
21 Jesus answered and said unto them,
Verily I say unto you, If ye have
faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only
do this [which is done] to the fig
tree, but also if ye shall say unto
this mountain, Be thou removed, and be
thou cast into the sea; it shall be
done.
22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall
ask in prayer, believing, ye shall
receive.
23 # And when he was come into the
temple, the chief priests and the
elders of the people came unto him as
he was teaching, and said, By what
authority doest thou these things? and
who gave thee this authority?
24 And Jesus answered and said unto
them, I also will ask you one thing,
which if ye tell me, I in like wise
will tell you by what authority I do
these things.
25 The baptism of John, whence was it?
from heaven, or of men? And they
reasoned with themselves, saying, If we
shall say, From heaven; he will say
unto us, Why did ye not then believe
him?
26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear
the people; for all hold John as a
prophet.
27 And they answered Jesus, and said,
We cannot tell. And he said unto them,
Neither tell I you by what authority I
do these things.
28 # But what think ye? A [certain] man
had two sons; and he came to the first,
and said, Son, go work to day in my
vineyard.
29 He answered and said, I will not:
but afterward he repented, and went.
30 And he came to the second, and said
likewise. And he answered and said, I
[go], sir: and went not.
31 Whether of them twain did the will
of [his] father? They say unto him, The
first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I
say unto you, That the publicans and
the harlots go into the kingdom of God
before you.
32 For John came unto you in the way of
righteousness, and ye believed him not:
but the publicans and the harlots
believed him: and ye, when ye had seen
[it], repented not afterward, that ye
might believe him.
33 # Hear another parable: There was a
certain householder, which planted a
vineyard, and hedged it round about,
and digged a winepress in it, and built
a tower, and let it out to husbandmen,
and went into a far country:
34 And when the time of the fruit drew
near, he sent his servants to the
husbandmen, that they might receive the
fruits of it.
35 And the husbandmen took his
servants, and beat one, and killed
another, and stoned another.
36 Again, he sent other servants more
than the first: and they did unto them
likewise.
37 But last of all he sent unto them
his son, saying, They will reverence my
son.
38 But when the husbandmen saw the son,
they said among themselves, This is the
heir; come, let us kill him, and let us
seize on his inheritance.
39 And they caught him, and cast [him]
out of the vineyard, and slew [him].
40 When the lord therefore of the
vineyard cometh, what will he do unto
those husbandmen?
41 They say unto him, He will miserably
destroy those wicked men, and will let
out [his] vineyard unto other
husbandmen, which shall render him the
fruits in their seasons.
42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never
read in the scriptures, The stone which
the builders rejected, the same is
become the head of the corner: this is
the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous
in our eyes?
43 Therefore say I unto you, The
kingdom of God shall be taken from you,
and given to a nation bringing forth
the fruits thereof.
44 And whosoever shall fall on this
stone shall be broken: but on
whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind
him to powder.
45 And when the chief priests and
Pharisees had heard his parables, they
perceived that he spake of them.
46 But when they sought to lay hands on
him, they feared the multitude, because
they took him for a prophet.

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

CHAPTER 23
1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude,
and to his disciples,
2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees
sit in Moses' seat:
3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you
observe, [that] observe and do; but do
not ye after their works: for they say,
and do not.
4 For they bind heavy burdens and
grievous to be borne, and lay [them] on
men's shoulders; but they [themselves]
will not move them with one of their
fingers.
5 But all their works they do for to be
seen of men: they make broad their
phylacteries, and enlarge the borders
of their garments,
6 And love the uppermost rooms at
feasts, and the chief seats in the
synagogues,
7 And greetings in the markets, and to
be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one
is your Master, [even] Christ; and all
ye are brethren.
9 And call no [man] your father upon
the earth: for one is your Father,
which is in heaven.
10 Neither be ye called masters: for
one is your Master, [even] Christ.
11 But he that is greatest among you
shall be your servant.
12 And whosoever shall exalt himself
shall be abased; and he that shall
humble himself shall be exalted.
13 # But woe unto you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up
the kingdom of heaven against men: for
ye neither go in [yourselves], neither
suffer ye them that are entering to go
in.
14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye devour widows'
houses, and for a pretence make long
prayer: therefore ye shall receive the
greater damnation.
15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land
to make one proselyte, and when he is
made, ye make him twofold more the
child of hell than yourselves.
16 Woe unto you, [ye] blind guides,
which say, Whosoever shall swear by the
temple, it is nothing; but whosoever
shall swear by the gold of the temple,
he is a debtor!
17 [Ye] fools and blind: for whether is
greater, the gold, or the temple that
sanctifieth the gold?
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the
altar, it is nothing; but whosoever
sweareth by the gift that is upon it,
he is guilty.
19 [Ye] fools and blind: for whether
[is] greater, the gift, or the altar
that sanctifieth the gift?
20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the
altar, sweareth by it, and by all
things thereon.
21 And whoso shall swear by the temple,
sweareth by it, and by him that
dwelleth therein.
22 And he that shall swear by heaven,
sweareth by the throne of God, and by
him that sitteth thereon.
23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint
and anise and cummin, and have omitted
the weightier [matters] of the law,
judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought
ye to have done, and not to leave the
other undone.
24 [Ye] blind guides, which strain at a
gnat, and swallow a camel.
25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye make clean the
outside of the cup and of the platter,
but within they are full of extortion
and excess.
26 [Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first
that [which is] within the cup and
platter, that the outside of them may
be clean also.
27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited
sepulchres, which indeed appear
beautiful outward, but are within full
of dead [men's] bones, and of all
uncleanness.
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear
righteous unto men, but within ye are
full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! because ye build the tombs
of the prophets, and garnish the
sepulchres of the righteous,
30 And say, If we had been in the days
of our fathers, we would not have been
partakers with them in the blood of the
prophets.
31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto
yourselves, that ye are the children of
them which killed the prophets.
32 Fill ye up then the measure of your
fathers.
33 [Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of
vipers, how can ye escape the damnation
of hell?
34 # Wherefore, behold, I send unto you
prophets, and wise men, and scribes:
and [some] of them ye shall kill and
crucify; and [some] of them shall ye
scourge in your synagogues, and
persecute [them] from city to city:
35 That upon you may come all the
righteous blood shed upon the earth,
from the blood of righteous Abel unto
the blood of Zacharias son of
Barachias, whom ye slew between the
temple and the altar.
36 Verily I say unto you, All these
things shall come upon this generation.
37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that
killest the prophets, and stonest them
which are sent unto thee, how often
would I have gathered thy children
together, even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under [her] wings, and ye
would not!
38 Behold, your house is left unto you
desolate.
39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see
me henceforth, till ye shall say,
Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name
of the Lord.

CHAPTER 24
1 And Jesus went out, and departed from
the temple: and his disciples came to
[him] for to shew him the buildings of
the temple.
2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not
all these things? verily I say unto
you, There shall not be left here one
stone upon another, that shall not be
thrown down.
3 # And as he sat upon the mount of
Olives, the disciples came unto him
privately, saying, Tell us, when shall
these things be? and what [shall be]
the sign of thy coming, and of the end
of the world?
4 And Jesus answered and said unto
them, Take heed that no man deceive
you.
5 For many shall come in my name,
saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive
many.
6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours
of wars: see that ye be not troubled:
for all [these things] must come to
pass, but the end is not yet.
7 For nation shall rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom: and there
shall be famines, and pestilences, and
earthquakes, in divers places.
8 All these [are] the beginning of
sorrows.
9 Then shall they deliver you up to be
afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye
shall be hated of all nations for my
name's sake.
10 And then shall many be offended, and
shall betray one another, and shall
hate one another.
11 And many false prophets shall rise,
and shall deceive many.
12 And because iniquity shall abound,
the love of many shall wax cold.
13 But he that shall endure unto the
end, the same shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall
be preached in all the world for a
witness unto all nations; and then
shall the end come.
15 When ye therefore shall see the
abomination of desolation, spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy
place, (whoso readeth, let him
understand:)
16 Then let them which be in Judaea
flee into the mountains:
17 Let him which is on the housetop not
come down to take any thing out of his
house:
18 Neither let him which is in the
field return back to take his clothes.
19 And woe unto them that are with
child, and to them that give suck in
those days!
20 But pray ye that your flight be not
in the winter, neither on the sabbath
day:
21 For then shall be great tribulation,
such as was not since the beginning of
the world to this time, no, nor ever
shall be.
22 And except those days should be
shortened, there should no flesh be
saved: but for the elect's sake those
days shall be shortened.
23 Then if any man shall say unto you,
Lo, here [is] Christ, or there; believe
[it] not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs,
and false prophets, and shall shew
great signs and wonders; insomuch that,
if [it were] possible, they shall
deceive the very elect.
25 Behold, I have told you before.
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto
you, Behold, he is in the desert; go
not forth: behold, [he is] in the
secret chambers; believe [it] not.
27 For as the lightning cometh out of
the east, and shineth even unto the
west; so shall also the coming of the
Son of man be.
28 For wheresoever the carcase is,
there will the eagles be gathered
together.
29 # Immediately after the tribulation
of those days shall the sun be
darkened, and the moon shall not give
her light, and the stars shall fall
from heaven, and the powers of the
heavens shall be shaken:
30 And then shall appear the sign of
the Son of man in heaven: and then
shall all the tribes of the earth
mourn, and they shall see the Son of
man coming in the clouds of heaven with
power and great glory.
31 And he shall send his angels with a
great sound of a trumpet, and they
shall gather together his elect from
the four winds, from one end of heaven
to the other.
32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree;
When his branch is yet tender, and
putteth forth leaves, ye know that
summer [is] nigh:
33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see
all these things, know that it is near,
[even] at the doors.
34 Verily I say unto you, This
generation shall not pass, till all
these things be fulfilled.
35 Heaven and earth shall pass away,
but my words shall not pass away.
36 # But of that day and hour knoweth
no [man], no, not the angels of heaven,
but my Father only.
37 But as the days of Noe [were], so
shall also the coming of the Son of man
be.
38 For as in the days that were before
the flood they were eating and
drinking, marrying and giving in
marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came,
and took them all away; so shall also
the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the
one shall be taken, and the other left.
41 Two [women shall be] grinding at the
mill; the one shall be taken, and the
other left.
42 # Watch therefore: for ye know not
what hour your Lord doth come.
43 But know this, that if the goodman
of the house had known in what watch
the thief would come, he would have
watched, and would not have suffered
his house to be broken up.
44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in
such an hour as ye think not the Son of
man cometh.
45 Who then is a faithful and wise
servant, whom his lord hath made ruler
over his household, to give them meat
in due season?
46 Blessed [is] that servant, whom his
lord when he cometh shall find so
doing.
47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall
make him ruler over all his goods.
48 But and if that evil servant shall
say in his heart, My lord delayeth his
coming;
49 And shall begin to smite [his]
fellowservants, and to eat and drink
with the drunken;
50 The lord of that servant shall come
in a day when he looketh not for [him],
and in an hour that he is not aware of,
51 And shall cut him asunder, and
appoint [him] his portion with the
hypocrites: there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.

CHAPTER 25
1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be
likened unto ten virgins, which took
their lamps, and went forth to meet the
bridegroom.
2 And five of them were wise, and five
[were] foolish.
3 They that [were] foolish took their
lamps, and took no oil with them:
4 But the wise took oil in their
vessels with their lamps.
5 While the bridegroom tarried, they
all slumbered and slept.
6 And at midnight there was a cry made,
Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye
out to meet him.
7 Then all those virgins arose, and
trimmed their lamps.
8 And the foolish said unto the wise,
Give us of your oil; for our lamps are
gone out.
9 But the wise answered, saying, [Not
so]; lest there be not enough for us
and you: but go ye rather to them that
sell, and buy for yourselves.
10 And while they went to buy, the
bridegroom came; and they that were
ready went in with him to the marriage:
and the door was shut.
11 Afterward came also the other
virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to
us.
12 But he answered and said, Verily I
say unto you, I know you not.
13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither
the day nor the hour wherein the Son of
man cometh.
14 # For [the kingdom of heaven is] as
a man travelling into a far country,
[who] called his own servants, and
delivered unto them his goods.
15 And unto one he gave five talents,
to another two, and to another one; to
every man according to his several
ability; and straightway took his
journey.
16 Then he that had received the five
talents went and traded with the same,
and made [them] other five talents.
17 And likewise he that [had received]
two, he also gained other two.
18 But he that had received one went
and digged in the earth, and hid his
lord's money.
19 After a long time the lord of those
servants cometh, and reckoneth with
them.
20 And so he that had received five
talents came and brought other five
talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst
unto me five talents: behold, I have
gained beside them five talents more.
21 His lord said unto him, Well done,
[thou] good and faithful servant: thou
hast been faithful over a few things, I
will make thee ruler over many things:
enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
22 He also that had received two
talents came and said, Lord, thou
deliveredst unto me two talents:
behold, I have gained two other talents
beside them.
23 His lord said unto him, Well done,
good and faithful servant; thou hast
been faithful over a few things, I will
make thee ruler over many things: enter
thou into the joy of thy lord.
24 Then he which had received the one
talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee
that thou art an hard man, reaping
where thou hast not sown, and gathering
where thou hast not strawed:
25 And I was afraid, and went and hid
thy talent in the earth: lo, [there]
thou hast [that is] thine.
26 His lord answered and said unto him,
[Thou] wicked and slothful servant,
thou knewest that I reap where I sowed
not, and gather where I have not
strawed:
27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put
my money to the exchangers, and [then]
at my coming I should have received
mine own with usury.
28 Take therefore the talent from him,
and give [it] unto him which hath ten
talents.
29 For unto every one that hath shall
be given, and he shall have abundance:
but from him that hath not shall be
taken away even that which he hath.
30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant
into outer darkness: there shall be
weeping and gnashing of teeth.
31 # When the Son of man shall come in
his glory, and all the holy angels with
him, then shall he sit upon the throne
of his glory:
32 And before him shall be gathered all
nations: and he shall separate them one
from another, as a shepherd divideth
[his] sheep from the goats:
33 And he shall set the sheep on his
right hand, but the goats on the left.
34 Then shall the King say unto them on
his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the
world:
35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me
meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me
drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me
in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was
sick, and ye visited me: I was in
prison, and ye came unto me.
37 Then shall the righteous answer him,
saying, Lord, when saw we thee an
hungred, and fed [thee]? or thirsty,
and gave [thee] drink?
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and
took [thee] in? or naked, and clothed
[thee]?
39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in
prison, and came unto thee?
40 And the King shall answer and say
unto them, Verily I say unto you,
Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one
of the least of these my brethren, ye
have done [it] unto me.
41 Then shall he say also unto them on
the left hand, Depart from me, ye
cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared
for the devil and his angels:
42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me
no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me
no drink:
43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not
in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick,
and in prison, and ye visited me not.
44 Then shall they also answer him,
saying, Lord, when saw we thee an
hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or
naked, or sick, or in prison, and did
not minister unto thee?
45 Then shall he answer them, saying,
Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye
did [it] not to one of the least of
these, ye did [it] not to me.
46 And these shall go away into
everlasting punishment: but the
righteous into life eternal.

CHAPTER 26
1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had
finished all these sayings, he said
unto his disciples,
2 Ye know that after two days is [the
feast of] the passover, and the Son of
man is betrayed to be crucified.
3 Then assembled together the chief
priests, and the scribes, and the
elders of the people, unto the palace
of the high priest, who was called
Caiaphas,
4 And consulted that they might take
Jesus by subtilty, and kill [him].
5 But they said, Not on the feast
[day], lest there be an uproar among
the people.
6 # Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in
the house of Simon the leper,
7 There came unto him a woman having an
alabaster box of very precious
ointment, and poured it on his head, as
he sat [at meat].
8 But when his disciples saw [it], they
had indignation, saying, To what
purpose [is] this waste?
9 For this ointment might have been
sold for much, and given to the poor.
10 When Jesus understood [it], he said
unto them, Why trouble ye the woman?
for she hath wrought a good work upon
me.
11 For ye have the poor always with
you; but me ye have not always.
12 For in that she hath poured this
ointment on my body, she did [it] for
my burial.
13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever
this gospel shall be preached in the
whole world, [there] shall also this,
that this woman hath done, be told for
a memorial of her.
14 # Then one of the twelve, called
Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief
priests,
15 And said [unto them], What will ye
give me, and I will deliver him unto
you? And they covenanted with him for
thirty pieces of silver.
16 And from that time he sought
opportunity to betray him.
17 # Now the first [day] of the [feast
of] unleavened bread the disciples came
to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt
thou that we prepare for thee to eat
the passover?
18 And he said, Go into the city to
such a man, and say unto him, The
Master saith, My time is at hand; I
will keep the passover at thy house
with my disciples.
19 And the disciples did as Jesus had
appointed them; and they made ready the
passover.
20 Now when the even was come, he sat
down with the twelve.
21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily
I say unto you, that one of you shall
betray me.
22 And they were exceeding sorrowful,
and began every one of them to say unto
him, Lord, is it I?
23 And he answered and said, He that
dippeth [his] hand with me in the dish,
the same shall betray me.
24 The Son of man goeth as it is
written of him: but woe unto that man
by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it
had been good for that man if he had
not been born.
25 Then Judas, which betrayed him,
answered and said, Master, is it I? He
said unto him, Thou hast said.
26 # And as they were eating, Jesus
took bread, and blessed [it], and brake
[it], and gave [it] to the disciples,
and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
27 And he took the cup, and gave
thanks, and gave [it] to them, saying,
Drink ye all of it;
28 For this is my blood of the new
testament, which is shed for many for
the remission of sins.
29 But I say unto you, I will not drink
henceforth of this fruit of the vine,
until that day when I drink it new with
you in my Father's kingdom.
30 And when they had sung an hymn, they
went out into the mount of Olives.
31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye
shall be offended because of me this
night: for it is written, I will smite
the shepherd, and the sheep of the
flock shall be scattered abroad.
32 But after I am risen again, I will
go before you into Galilee.
33 Peter answered and said unto him,
Though all [men] shall be offended
because of thee, [yet] will I never be
offended.
34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say
unto thee, That this night, before the
cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
35 Peter said unto him, Though I should
die with thee, yet will I not deny
thee. Likewise also said all the
disciples.
36 # Then cometh Jesus with them unto a
place called Gethsemane, and saith unto
the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go
and pray yonder.
37 And he took with him Peter and the
two sons of Zebedee, and began to be
sorrowful and very heavy.
38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is
exceeding sorrowful, even unto death:
tarry ye here, and watch with me.
39 And he went a little further, and
fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O
my Father, if it be possible, let this
cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I
will, but as thou [wilt].
40 And he cometh unto the disciples,
and findeth them asleep, and saith unto
Peter, What, could ye not watch with me
one hour?
41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not
into temptation: the spirit indeed [is]
willing, but the flesh [is] weak.
42 He went away again the second time,
and prayed, saying, O my Father, if
this cup may not pass away from me,
except I drink it, thy will be done.
43 And he came and found them asleep
again: for their eyes were heavy.
44 And he left them, and went away
again, and prayed the third time,
saying the same words.
45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and
saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take
[your] rest: behold, the hour is at
hand, and the Son of man is betrayed
into the hands of sinners.
46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is
at hand that doth betray me.
47 # And while he yet spake, lo, Judas,
one of the twelve, came, and with him a
great multitude with swords and staves,
from the chief priests and elders of
the people.
48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a
sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss,
that same is he: hold him fast.
49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and
said, Hail, master; and kissed him.
50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend,
wherefore art thou come? Then came
they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took
him.
51 And, behold, one of them which were
with Jesus stretched out [his] hand,
and drew his sword, and struck a
servant of the high priest's, and smote
off his ear.
52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up
again thy sword into his place: for all
they that take the sword shall perish
with the sword.
53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray
to my Father, and he shall presently
give me more than twelve legions of
angels?
54 But how then shall the scriptures be
fulfilled, that thus it must be?
55 In that same hour said Jesus to the
multitudes, Are ye come out as against
a thief with swords and staves for to
take me? I sat daily with you teaching
in the temple, and ye laid no hold on
me.
56 But all this was done, that the
scriptures of the prophets might be
fulfilled. Then all the disciples
forsook him, and fled.
57 # And they that had laid hold on
Jesus led [him] away to Caiaphas the
high priest, where the scribes and the
elders were assembled.
58 But Peter followed him afar off unto
the high priest's palace, and went in,
and sat with the servants, to see the
end.
59 Now the chief priests, and elders,
and all the council, sought false
witness against Jesus, to put him to
death;
60 But found none: yea, though many
false witnesses came, [yet] found they
none. At the last came two false
witnesses,
61 And said, This [fellow] said, I am
able to destroy the temple of God, and
to build it in three days.
62 And the high priest arose, and said
unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what
[is it which] these witness against
thee?
63 But Jesus held his peace. And the
high priest answered and said unto him,
I adjure thee by the living God, that
thou tell us whether thou be the
Christ, the Son of God.
64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast
said: nevertheless I say unto you,
Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man
sitting on the right hand of power, and
coming in the clouds of heaven.
65 Then the high priest rent his
clothes, saying, He hath spoken
blasphemy; what further need have we of
witnesses? behold, now ye have heard
his blasphemy.
66 What think ye? They answered and
said, He is guilty of death.
67 Then did they spit in his face, and
buffeted him; and others smote [him]
with the palms of their hands,
68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou
Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
69 # Now Peter sat without in the
palace: and a damsel came unto him,
saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of
Galilee.
70 But he denied before [them] all,
saying, I know not what thou sayest.
71 And when he was gone out into the
porch, another [maid] saw him, and said
unto them that were there, This
[fellow] was also with Jesus of
Nazareth.
72 And again he denied with an oath, I
do not know the man.
73 And after a while came unto [him]
they that stood by, and said to Peter,
Surely thou also art [one] of them; for
thy speech bewrayeth thee.
74 Then began he to curse and to swear,
[saying], I know not the man. And
immediately the cock crew.
75 And Peter remembered the word of
Jesus, which said unto him, Before the
cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
And he went out, and wept bitterly.

CHAPTER 27
1 When the morning was come, all the
chief priests and elders of the people
took counsel against Jesus to put him
to death:
2 And when they had bound him, they led
[him] away, and delivered him to
Pontius Pilate the governor.
3 # Then Judas, which had betrayed him,
when he saw that he was condemned,
repented himself, and brought again the
thirty pieces of silver to the chief
priests and elders,
4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have
betrayed the innocent blood. And they
said, What [is that] to us? see thou
[to that].
5 And he cast down the pieces of silver
in the temple, and departed, and went
and hanged himself.
6 And the chief priests took the silver
pieces, and said, It is not lawful for
to put them into the treasury, because
it is the price of blood.
7 And they took counsel, and bought
with them the potter's field, to bury
strangers in.
8 Wherefore that field was called, The
field of blood, unto this day.
9 Then was fulfilled that which was
spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
And they took the thirty pieces of
silver, the price of him that was
valued, whom they of the children of
Israel did value;
10 And gave them for the potter's
field, as the Lord appointed me.
11 And Jesus stood before the governor:
and the governor asked him, saying, Art
thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus
said unto him, Thou sayest.
12 And when he was accused of the chief
priests and elders, he answered
nothing.
13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest
thou not how many things they witness
against thee?
14 And he answered him to never a word;
insomuch that the governor marvelled
greatly.
15 Now at [that] feast the governor was
wont to release unto the people a
prisoner, whom they would.
16 And they had then a notable
prisoner, called Barabbas.
17 Therefore when they were gathered
together, Pilate said unto them, Whom
will ye that I release unto you?
Barabbas, or Jesus which is called
Christ?
18 For he knew that for envy they had
delivered him.
19 # When he was set down on the
judgment seat, his wife sent unto him,
saying, Have thou nothing to do with
that just man: for I have suffered many
things this day in a dream because of
him.
20 But the chief priests and elders
persuaded the multitude that they
should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
21 The governor answered and said unto
them, Whether of the twain will ye that
I release unto you? They said,
Barabbas.
22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I
do then with Jesus which is called
Christ? [They] all say unto him, Let
him be crucified.
23 And the governor said, Why, what
evil hath he done? But they cried out
the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
24 # When Pilate saw that he could
prevail nothing, but [that] rather a
tumult was made, he took water, and
washed [his] hands before the
multitude, saying, I am innocent of the
blood of this just person: see ye [to
it].
25 Then answered all the people, and
said, His blood [be] on us, and on our
children.
26 # Then released he Barabbas unto
them: and when he had scourged Jesus,
he delivered [him] to be crucified.
27 Then the soldiers of the governor
took Jesus into the common hall, and
gathered unto him the whole band [of
soldiers].
28 And they stripped him, and put on
him a scarlet robe.
29 # And when they had platted a crown
of thorns, they put [it] upon his head,
and a reed in his right hand: and they
bowed the knee before him, and mocked
him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
30 And they spit upon him, and took the
reed, and smote him on the head.
31 And after that they had mocked him,
they took the robe off from him, and
put his own raiment on him, and led him
away to crucify [him].
32 And as they came out, they found a
man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they
compelled to bear his cross.
33 And when they were come unto a place
called Golgotha, that is to say, a
place of a skull,
34 # They gave him vinegar to drink
mingled with gall: and when he had
tasted [thereof], he would not drink.
35 And they crucified him, and parted
his garments, casting lots: that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by
the prophet, They parted my garments
among them, and upon my vesture did
they cast lots.
36 And sitting down they watched him
there;
37 And set up over his head his
accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE
KING OF THE JEWS.
38 Then were there two thieves
crucified with him, one on the right
hand, and another on the left.
39 # And they that passed by reviled
him, wagging their heads,
40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the
temple, and buildest [it] in three
days, save thyself. If thou be the Son
of God, come down from the cross.
41 Likewise also the chief priests
mocking [him], with the scribes and
elders, said,
42 He saved others; himself he cannot
save. If he be the King of Israel, let
him now come down from the cross, and
we will believe him.
43 He trusted in God; let him deliver
him now, if he will have him: for he
said, I am the Son of God.
44 The thieves also, which were
crucified with him, cast the same in
his teeth.
45 Now from the sixth hour there was
darkness over all the land unto the
ninth hour.
46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried
with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli,
lama sabachthani? that is to say, My
God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
47 Some of them that stood there, when
they heard [that], said, This [man]
calleth for Elias.
48 And straightway one of them ran, and
took a spunge, and filled [it] with
vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and
gave him to drink.
49 The rest said, Let be, let us see
whether Elias will come to save him.
50 # Jesus, when he had cried again
with a loud voice, yielded up the
ghost.
51 And, behold, the veil of the temple
was rent in twain from the top to the
bottom; and the earth did quake, and
the rocks rent;
52 And the graves were opened; and many
bodies of the saints which slept arose,
53 And came out of the graves after his
resurrection, and went into the holy
city, and appeared unto many.
54 Now when the centurion, and they
that were with him, watching Jesus, saw
the earthquake, and those things that
were done, they feared greatly, saying,
Truly this was the Son of God.
55 And many women were there beholding
afar off, which followed Jesus from
Galilee, ministering unto him:
56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and
Mary the mother of James and Joses, and
the mother of Zebedee's children.
57 When the even was come, there came a
rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph,
who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
58 He went to Pilate, and begged the
body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded
the body to be delivered.
59 And when Joseph had taken the body,
he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,
60 And laid it in his own new tomb,
which he had hewn out in the rock: and
he rolled a great stone to the door of
the sepulchre, and departed.
61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and
the other Mary, sitting over against
the sepulchre.
62 # Now the next day, that followed
the day of the preparation, the chief
priests and Pharisees came together
unto Pilate,
63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that
deceiver said, while he was yet alive,
After three days I will rise again.
64 Command therefore that the sepulchre
be made sure until the third day, lest
his disciples come by night, and steal
him away, and say unto the people, He
is risen from the dead: so the last
error shall be worse than the first.
65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a
watch: go your way, make [it] as sure
as ye can.
66 So they went, and made the sepulchre
sure, sealing the stone, and setting a
watch.

CHAPTER 28
1 In the end of the sabbath, as it
began to dawn toward the first [day] of
the week, came Mary Magdalene and the
other Mary to see the sepulchre.
2 And, behold, there was a great
earthquake: for the angel of the Lord
descended from heaven, and came and
rolled back the stone from the door,
and sat upon it.
3 His countenance was like lightning,
and his raiment white as snow:
4 And for fear of him the keepers did
shake, and became as dead [men].
5 And the angel answered and said unto
the women, Fear not ye: for I know that
ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
6 He is not here: for he is risen, as
he said. Come, see the place where the
Lord lay.
7 And go quickly, and tell his
disciples that he is risen from the
dead; and, behold, he goeth before you
into Galilee; there shall ye see him:
lo, I have told you.
8 And they departed quickly from the
sepulchre with fear and great joy; and
did run to bring his disciples word.
9 # And as they went to tell his
disciples, behold, Jesus met them,
saying, All hail. And they came and
held him by the feet, and worshipped
him.
10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not
afraid: go tell my brethren that they
go into Galilee, and there shall they
see me.
11 # Now when they were going, behold,
some of the watch came into the city,
and shewed unto the chief priests all
the things that were done.
12 And when they were assembled with
the elders, and had taken counsel, they
gave large money unto the soldiers,
13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came
by night, and stole him [away] while we
slept.
14 And if this come to the governor's
ears, we will persuade him, and secure
you.
15 So they took the money, and did as
they were taught: and this saying is
commonly reported among the Jews until
this day.
16 # Then the eleven disciples went
away into Galilee, into a mountain
where Jesus had appointed them.
17 And when they saw him, they
worshipped him: but some doubted.
18 And Jesus came and spake unto them,
saying, All power is given unto me in
heaven and in earth.
19 # Go ye therefore, and teach all
nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the
Holy Ghost:
20 Teaching them to observe all things
whatsoever I have commanded you: and,
lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto
the end of the world. Amen.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT MARK

CHAPTER 1
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus
Christ, the Son of God;
2 As it is written in the prophets,
Behold, I send my messenger before thy
face, which shall prepare thy way
before thee.
3 The voice of one crying in the
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the
Lord, make his paths straight.
4 John did baptize in the wilderness,
and preach the baptism of repentance
for the remission of sins.
5 And there went out unto him all the
land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem,
and were all baptized of him in the
river of Jordan, confessing their sins.
6 And John was clothed with camel's
hair, and with a girdle of a skin about
his loins; and he did eat locusts and
wild honey;
7 And preached, saying, There cometh
one mightier than I after me, the
latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy
to stoop down and unloose.
8 I indeed have baptized you with
water: but he shall baptize you with
the Holy Ghost.
9 And it came to pass in those days,
that Jesus came from Nazareth of
Galilee, and was baptized of John in
Jordan.
10 And straightway coming up out of the
water, he saw the heavens opened, and
the Spirit like a dove descending upon
him:
11 And there came a voice from heaven,
[saying], Thou art my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased.
12 And immediately the Spirit driveth
him into the wilderness.
13 And he was there in the wilderness
forty days, tempted of Satan; and was
with the wild beasts; and the angels
ministered unto him.
14 Now after that John was put in
prison, Jesus came into Galilee,
preaching the gospel of the kingdom of
God,
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled,
and the kingdom of God is at hand:
repent ye, and believe the gospel.
16 Now as he walked by the sea of
Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his
brother casting a net into the sea: for
they were fishers.
17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye
after me, and I will make you to become
fishers of men.
18 And straightway they forsook their
nets, and followed him.
19 And when he had gone a little
further thence, he saw James the [son]
of Zebedee, and John his brother, who
also were in the ship mending their
nets.
20 And straightway he called them: and
they left their father Zebedee in the
ship with the hired servants, and went
after him.
21 And they went into Capernaum; and
straightway on the sabbath day he
entered into the synagogue, and taught.
22 And they were astonished at his
doctrine: for he taught them as one
that had authority, and not as the
scribes.
23 And there was in their synagogue a
man with an unclean spirit; and he
cried out,
24 Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we
to do with thee, thou Jesus of
Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us?
I know thee who thou art, the Holy One
of God.
25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold
thy peace, and come out of him.
26 And when the unclean spirit had torn
him, and cried with a loud voice, he
came out of him.
27 And they were all amazed, insomuch
that they questioned among themselves,
saying, What thing is this? what new
doctrine [is] this? for with authority
commandeth he even the unclean spirits,
and they do obey him.
28 And immediately his fame spread
abroad throughout all the region round
about Galilee.
29 And forthwith, when they were come
out of the synagogue, they entered into
the house of Simon and Andrew, with
James and John.
30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick
of a fever, and anon they tell him of
her.
31 And he came and took her by the
hand, and lifted her up; and
immediately the fever left her, and she
ministered unto them.
32 And at even, when the sun did set,
they brought unto him all that were
diseased, and them that were possessed
with devils.
33 And all the city was gathered
together at the door.
34 And he healed many that were sick of
divers diseases, and cast out many
devils; and suffered not the devils to
speak, because they knew him.
35 And in the morning, rising up a
great while before day, he went out,
and departed into a solitary place, and
there prayed.
36 And Simon and they that were with
him followed after him.
37 And when they had found him, they
said unto him, All [men] seek for thee.
38 And he said unto them, Let us go
into the next towns, that I may preach
there also: for therefore came I forth.
39 And he preached in their synagogues
throughout all Galilee, and cast out
devils.
40 And there came a leper to him,
beseeching him, and kneeling down to
him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt,
thou canst make me clean.
41 And Jesus, moved with compassion,
put forth [his] hand, and touched him,
and saith unto him, I will; be thou
clean.
42 And as soon as he had spoken,
immediately the leprosy departed from
him, and he was cleansed.
43 And he straitly charged him, and
forthwith sent him away;
44 And saith unto him, See thou say
nothing to any man: but go thy way,
shew thyself to the priest, and offer
for thy cleansing those things which
Moses commanded, for a testimony unto
them.
45 But he went out, and began to
publish [it] much, and to blaze abroad
the matter, insomuch that Jesus could
no more openly enter into the city, but
was without in desert places: and they
came to him from every quarter.

CHAPTER 2
1 And again he entered into Capernaum
after [some] days; and it was noised
that he was in the house.
2 And straightway many were gathered
together, insomuch that there was no
room to receive [them], no, not so much
as about the door: and he preached the
word unto them.
3 And they come unto him, bringing one
sick of the palsy, which was borne of
four.
4 And when they could not come nigh
unto him for the press, they uncovered
the roof where he was: and when they
had broken [it] up, they let down the
bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.
5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said
unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy
sins be forgiven thee.
6 But there were certain of the scribes
sitting there, and reasoning in their
hearts,
7 Why doth this [man] thus speak
blasphemies? who can forgive sins but
God only?
8 And immediately when Jesus perceived
in his spirit that they so reasoned
within themselves, he said unto them,
Why reason ye these things in your
hearts?
9 Whether is it easier to say to the
sick of the palsy, [Thy] sins be
forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and
take up thy bed, and walk?
10 But that ye may know that the Son of
man hath power on earth to forgive
sins, (he saith to the sick of the
palsy,)
11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up
thy bed, and go thy way into thine
house.
12 And immediately he arose, took up
the bed, and went forth before them
all; insomuch that they were all
amazed, and glorified God, saying, We
never saw it on this fashion.
13 And he went forth again by the sea
side; and all the multitude resorted
unto him, and he taught them.
14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the
[son] of Alphaeus sitting at the
receipt of custom, and said unto him,
Follow me. And he arose and followed
him.
15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus
sat at meat in his house, many
publicans and sinners sat also together
with Jesus and his disciples: for there
were many, and they followed him.
16 And when the scribes and Pharisees
saw him eat with publicans and sinners,
they said unto his disciples, How is it
that he eateth and drinketh with
publicans and sinners?
17 When Jesus heard [it], he saith unto
them, They that are whole have no need
of the physician, but they that are
sick: I came not to call the righteous,
but sinners to repentance.
18 And the disciples of John and of the
Pharisees used to fast: and they come
and say unto him, Why do the disciples
of John and of the Pharisees fast, but
thy disciples fast not?
19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the
children of the bridechamber fast,
while the bridegroom is with them? as
long as they have the bridegroom with
them, they cannot fast.
20 But the days will come, when the
bridegroom shall be taken away from
them, and then shall they fast in those
days.
21 No man also seweth a piece of new
cloth on an old garment: else the new
piece that filled it up taketh away
from the old, and the rent is made
worse.
22 And no man putteth new wine into old
bottles: else the new wine doth burst
the bottles, and the wine is spilled,
and the bottles will be marred: but new
wine must be put into new bottles.
23 And it came to pass, that he went
through the corn fields on the sabbath
day; and his disciples began, as they
went, to pluck the ears of corn.
24 And the Pharisees said unto him,
Behold, why do they on the sabbath day
that which is not lawful?
25 And he said unto them, Have ye never
read what David did, when he had need,
and was an hungred, he, and they that
were with him?
26 How he went into the house of God in
the days of Abiathar the high priest,
and did eat the shewbread, which is not
lawful to eat but for the priests, and
gave also to them which were with him?
27 And he said unto them, The sabbath
was made for man, and not man for the
sabbath:
28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord
also of the sabbath.

CHAPTER 3
1 And he entered again into the
synagogue; and there was a man there
which had a withered hand.
2 And they watched him, whether he
would heal him on the sabbath day; that
they might accuse him.
3 And he saith unto the man which had
the withered hand, Stand forth.
4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful
to do good on the sabbath days, or to
do evil? to save life, or to kill? But
they held their peace.
5 And when he had looked round about on
them with anger, being grieved for the
hardness of their hearts, he saith unto
the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And
he stretched [it] out: and his hand was
restored whole as the other.
6 And the Pharisees went forth, and
straightway took counsel with the
Herodians against him, how they might
destroy him.
7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his
disciples to the sea: and a great
multitude from Galilee followed him,
and from Judaea,
8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea,
and [from] beyond Jordan; and they
about Tyre and Sidon, a great
multitude, when they had heard what
great things he did, came unto him.
9 And he spake to his disciples, that a
small ship should wait on him because
of the multitude, lest they should
throng him.
10 For he had healed many; insomuch
that they pressed upon him for to touch
him, as many as had plagues.
11 And unclean spirits, when they saw
him, fell down before him, and cried,
saying, Thou art the Son of God.
12 And he straitly charged them that
they should not make him known.
13 And he goeth up into a mountain, and
calleth [unto him] whom he would: and
they came unto him.
14 And he ordained twelve, that they
should be with him, and that he might
send them forth to preach,
15 And to have power to heal
sicknesses, and to cast out devils:
16 And Simon he surnamed Peter;
17 And James the [son] of Zebedee, and
John the brother of James; and he
surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The
sons of thunder:
18 And Andrew, and Philip, and
Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas,
and James the [son] of Alphaeus, and
Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite,
19 And Judas Iscariot, which also
betrayed him: and they went into an
house.
20 And the multitude cometh together
again, so that they could not so much
as eat bread.
21 And when his friends heard [of it],
they went out to lay hold on him: for
they said, He is beside himself.
22 # And the scribes which came down
from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub,
and by the prince of the devils casteth
he out devils.
23 And he called them [unto him], and
said unto them in parables, How can
Satan cast out Satan?
24 And if a kingdom be divided against
itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
25 And if a house be divided against
itself, that house cannot stand.
26 And if Satan rise up against
himself, and be divided, he cannot
stand, but hath an end.
27 No man can enter into a strong man's
house, and spoil his goods, except he
will first bind the strong man; and
then he will spoil his house.
28 Verily I say unto you, All sins
shall be forgiven unto the sons of men,
and blasphemies wherewith soever they
shall blaspheme:
29 But he that shall blaspheme against
the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness,
but is in danger of eternal damnation:
30 Because they said, He hath an
unclean spirit.
31 # There came then his brethren and
his mother, and, standing without, sent
unto him, calling him.
32 And the multitude sat about him, and
they said unto him, Behold, thy mother
and thy brethren without seek for thee.
33 And he answered them, saying, Who is
my mother, or my brethren?
34 And he looked round about on them
which sat about him, and said, Behold
my mother and my brethren!
35 For whosoever shall do the will of
God, the same is my brother, and my
sister, and mother.

CHAPTER 4
1 And he began again to teach by the
sea side: and there was gathered unto
him a great multitude, so that he
entered into a ship, and sat in the
sea; and the whole multitude was by the
sea on the land.
2 And he taught them many things by
parables, and said unto them in his
doctrine,
3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a
sower to sow:
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed,
some fell by the way side, and the
fowls of the air came and devoured it
up.
5 And some fell on stony ground, where
it had not much earth; and immediately
it sprang up, because it had no depth
of earth:
6 But when the sun was up, it was
scorched; and because it had no root,
it withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and the
thorns grew up, and choked it, and it
yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and
did yield fruit that sprang up and
increased; and brought forth, some
thirty, and some sixty, and some an
hundred.
9 And he said unto them, He that hath
ears to hear, let him hear.
10 And when he was alone, they that
were about him with the twelve asked of
him the parable.
11 And he said unto them, Unto you it
is given to know the mystery of the
kingdom of God: but unto them that are
without, all [these] things are done in
parables:
12 That seeing they may see, and not
perceive; and hearing they may hear,
and not understand; lest at any time
they should be converted, and [their]
sins should be forgiven them.
13 And he said unto them, Know ye not
this parable? and how then will ye know
all parables?
14 # The sower soweth the word.
15 And these are they by the way side,
where the word is sown; but when they
have heard, Satan cometh immediately,
and taketh away the word that was sown
in their hearts.
16 And these are they likewise which
are sown on stony ground; who, when
they have heard the word, immediately
receive it with gladness;
17 And have no root in themselves, and
so endure but for a time: afterward,
when affliction or persecution ariseth
for the word's sake, immediately they
are offended.
18 And these are they which are sown
among thorns; such as hear the word,
19 And the cares of this world, and the
deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts
of other things entering in, choke the
word, and it becometh unfruitful.
20 And these are they which are sown on
good ground; such as hear the word, and
receive [it], and bring forth fruit,
some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some
an hundred.
21 # And he said unto them, Is a candle
brought to be put under a bushel, or
under a bed? and not to be set on a
candlestick?
22 For there is nothing hid, which
shall not be manifested; neither was
any thing kept secret, but that it
should come abroad.
23 If any man have ears to hear, let
him hear.
24 And he said unto them, Take heed
what ye hear: with what measure ye
mete, it shall be measured to you: and
unto you that hear shall more be given.
25 For he that hath, to him shall be
given: and he that hath not, from him
shall be taken even that which he hath.
26 # And he said, So is the kingdom of
God, as if a man should cast seed into
the ground;
27 And should sleep, and rise night and
day, and the seed should spring and
grow up, he knoweth not how.
28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit
of herself; first the blade, then the
ear, after that the full corn in the
ear.
29 But when the fruit is brought forth,
immediately he putteth in the sickle,
because the harvest is come.
30 # And he said, Whereunto shall we
liken the kingdom of God? or with what
comparison shall we compare it?
31 [It is] like a grain of mustard
seed, which, when it is sown in the
earth, is less than all the seeds that
be in the earth:
32 But when it is sown, it groweth up,
and becometh greater than all herbs,
and shooteth out great branches; so
that the fowls of the air may lodge
under the shadow of it.
33 And with many such parables spake he
the word unto them, as they were able
to hear [it].
34 But without a parable spake he not
unto them: and when they were alone, he
expounded all things to his disciples.
35 And the same day, when the even was
come, he saith unto them, Let us pass
over unto the other side.
36 And when they had sent away the
multitude, they took him even as he was
in the ship. And there were also with
him other little ships.
37 And there arose a great storm of
wind, and the waves beat into the ship,
so that it was now full.
38 And he was in the hinder part of the
ship, asleep on a pillow: and they
awake him, and say unto him, Master,
carest thou not that we perish?
39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind,
and said unto the sea, Peace, be still.
And the wind ceased, and there was a
great calm.
40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so
fearful? how is it that ye have no
faith?
41 And they feared exceedingly, and
said one to another, What manner of man
is this, that even the wind and the sea
obey him?

CHAPTER 5
1 And they came over unto the other
side of the sea, into the country of
the Gadarenes.
2 And when he was come out of the ship,
immediately there met him out of the
tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
3 Who had [his] dwelling among the
tombs; and no man could bind him, no,
not with chains:
4 Because that he had been often bound
with fetters and chains, and the chains
had been plucked asunder by him, and
the fetters broken in pieces: neither
could any [man] tame him.
5 And always, night and day, he was in
the mountains, and in the tombs,
crying, and cutting himself with
stones.
6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he
ran and worshipped him,
7 And cried with a loud voice, and
said, What have I to do with thee,
Jesus, [thou] Son of the most high God?
I adjure thee by God, that thou torment
me not.
8 For he said unto him, Come out of the
man, [thou] unclean spirit.
9 And he asked him, What [is] thy name?
And he answered, saying, My name [is]
Legion: for we are many.
10 And he besought him much that he
would not send them away out of the
country.
11 Now there was there nigh unto the
mountains a great herd of swine
feeding.
12 And all the devils besought him,
saying, Send us into the swine, that we
may enter into them.
13 And forthwith Jesus gave them leave.
And the unclean spirits went out, and
entered into the swine: and the herd
ran violently down a steep place into
the sea, (they were about two
thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
14 And they that fed the swine fled,
and told [it] in the city, and in the
country. And they went out to see what
it was that was done.
15 And they come to Jesus, and see him
that was possessed with the devil, and
had the legion, sitting, and clothed,
and in his right mind: and they were
afraid.
16 And they that saw [it] told them how
it befell to him that was possessed
with the devil, and [also] concerning
the swine.
17 And they began to pray him to depart
out of their coasts.
18 And when he was come into the ship,
he that had been possessed with the
devil prayed him that he might be with
him.
19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but
saith unto him, Go home to thy friends,
and tell them how great things the Lord
hath done for thee, and hath had
compassion on thee.
20 And he departed, and began to
publish in Decapolis how great things
Jesus had done for him: and all [men]
did marvel.
21 And when Jesus was passed over again
by ship unto the other side, much
people gathered unto him: and he was
nigh unto the sea.
22 And, behold, there cometh one of the
rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by
name; and when he saw him, he fell at
his feet,
23 And besought him greatly, saying, My
little daughter lieth at the point of
death: [I pray thee], come and lay thy
hands on her, that she may be healed;
and she shall live.
24 And [Jesus] went with him; and much
people followed him, and thronged him.
25 And a certain woman, which had an
issue of blood twelve years,
26 And had suffered many things of many
physicians, and had spent all that she
had, and was nothing bettered, but
rather grew worse,
27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in
the press behind, and touched his
garment.
28 For she said, If I may touch but his
clothes, I shall be whole.
29 And straightway the fountain of her
blood was dried up; and she felt in
[her] body that she was healed of that
plague.
30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in
himself that virtue had gone out of
him, turned him about in the press, and
said, Who touched my clothes?
31 And his disciples said unto him,
Thou seest the multitude thronging
thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
32 And he looked round about to see her
that had done this thing.
33 But the woman fearing and trembling,
knowing what was done in her, came and
fell down before him, and told him all
the truth.
34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy
faith hath made thee whole; go in
peace, and be whole of thy plague.
35 While he yet spake, there came from
the ruler of the synagogue's [house
certain] which said, Thy daughter is
dead: why troublest thou the Master any
further?
36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that
was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of
the synagogue, Be not afraid, only
believe.
37 And he suffered no man to follow
him, save Peter, and James, and John
the brother of James.
38 And he cometh to the house of the
ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the
tumult, and them that wept and wailed
greatly.
39 And when he was come in, he saith
unto them, Why make ye this ado, and
weep? the damsel is not dead, but
sleepeth.
40 And they laughed him to scorn. But
when he had put them all out, he taketh
the father and the mother of the
damsel, and them that were with him,
and entereth in where the damsel was
lying.
41 And he took the damsel by the hand,
and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which
is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say
unto thee, arise.
42 And straightway the damsel arose,
and walked; for she was [of the age] of
twelve years. And they were astonished
with a great astonishment.
43 And he charged them straitly that no
man should know it; and commanded that
something should be given her to eat.

CHAPTER 6
1 And he went out from thence, and came
into his own country; and his disciples
follow him.
2 And when the sabbath day was come, he
began to teach in the synagogue: and
many hearing [him] were astonished,
saying, From whence hath this [man]
these things? and what wisdom [is] this
which is given unto him, that even such
mighty works are wrought by his hands?
3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of
Mary, the brother of James, and Joses,
and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his
sisters here with us? And they were
offended at him.
4 But Jesus said unto them, A prophet
is not without honour, but in his own
country, and among his own kin, and in
his own house.
5 And he could there do no mighty work,
save that he laid his hands upon a few
sick folk, and healed [them].
6 And he marvelled because of their
unbelief. And he went round about the
villages, teaching.
7 # And he called [unto him] the
twelve, and began to send them forth by
two and two; and gave them power over
unclean spirits;
8 And commanded them that they should
take nothing for [their] journey, save
a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no
money in [their] purse:
9 But [be] shod with sandals; and not
put on two coats.
10 And he said unto them, In what place
soever ye enter into an house, there
abide till ye depart from that place.
11 And whosoever shall not receive you,
nor hear you, when ye depart thence,
shake off the dust under your feet for
a testimony against them. Verily I say
unto you, It shall be more tolerable
for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of
judgment, than for that city.
12 And they went out, and preached that
men should repent.
13 And they cast out many devils, and
anointed with oil many that were sick,
and healed [them].
14 And king Herod heard [of him]; (for
his name was spread abroad:) and he
said, That John the Baptist was risen
from the dead, and therefore mighty
works do shew forth themselves in him.
15 Others said, That it is Elias. And
others said, That it is a prophet, or
as one of the prophets.
16 But when Herod heard [thereof], he
said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he
is risen from the dead.
17 For Herod himself had sent forth and
laid hold upon John, and bound him in
prison for Herodias' sake, his brother
Philip's wife: for he had married her.
18 For John had said unto Herod, It is
not lawful for thee to have thy
brother's wife.
19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel
against him, and would have killed him;
but she could not:
20 For Herod feared John, knowing that
he was a just man and an holy, and
observed him; and when he heard him, he
did many things, and heard him gladly.
21 And when a convenient day was come,
that Herod on his birthday made a
supper to his lords, high captains, and
chief [estates] of Galilee;
22 And when the daughter of the said
Herodias came in, and danced, and
pleased Herod and them that sat with
him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask
of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will
give [it] thee.
23 And he sware unto her, Whatsoever
thou shalt ask of me, I will give [it]
thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
24 And she went forth, and said unto
her mother, What shall I ask? And she
said, The head of John the Baptist.
25 And she came in straightway with
haste unto the king, and asked, saying,
I will that thou give me by and by in a
charger the head of John the Baptist.
26 And the king was exceeding sorry;
[yet] for his oath's sake, and for
their sakes which sat with him, he
would not reject her.
27 And immediately the king sent an
executioner, and commanded his head to
be brought: and he went and beheaded
him in the prison,
28 And brought his head in a charger,
and gave it to the damsel: and the
damsel gave it to her mother.
29 And when his disciples heard [of
it], they came and took up his corpse,
and laid it in a tomb.
30 And the apostles gathered themselves
together unto Jesus, and told him all
things, both what they had done, and
what they had taught.
31 And he said unto them, Come ye
yourselves apart into a desert place,
and rest a while: for there were many
coming and going, and they had no
leisure so much as to eat.
32 And they departed into a desert
place by ship privately.
33 And the people saw them departing,
and many knew him, and ran afoot
thither out of all cities, and outwent
them, and came together unto him.
34 And Jesus, when he came out, saw
much people, and was moved with
compassion toward them, because they
were as sheep not having a shepherd:
and he began to teach them many things.
35 And when the day was now far spent,
his disciples came unto him, and said,
This is a desert place, and now the
time [is] far passed:
36 Send them away, that they may go
into the country round about, and into
the villages, and buy themselves bread:
for they have nothing to eat.
37 He answered and said unto them, Give
ye them to eat. And they say unto him,
Shall we go and buy two hundred
pennyworth of bread, and give them to
eat?
38 He saith unto them, How many loaves
have ye? go and see. And when they
knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
39 And he commanded them to make all
sit down by companies upon the green
grass.
40 And they sat down in ranks, by
hundreds, and by fifties.
41 And when he had taken the five
loaves and the two fishes, he looked up
to heaven, and blessed, and brake the
loaves, and gave [them] to his
disciples to set before them; and the
two fishes divided he among them all.
42 And they did all eat, and were
filled.
43 And they took up twelve baskets full
of the fragments, and of the fishes.
44 And they that did eat of the loaves
were about five thousand men.
45 And straightway he constrained his
disciples to get into the ship, and to
go to the other side before unto
Bethsaida, while he sent away the
people.
46 And when he had sent them away, he
departed into a mountain to pray.
47 And when even was come, the ship was
in the midst of the sea, and he alone
on the land.
48 And he saw them toiling in rowing;
for the wind was contrary unto them:
and about the fourth watch of the night
he cometh unto them, walking upon the
sea, and would have passed by them.
49 But when they saw him walking upon
the sea, they supposed it had been a
spirit, and cried out:
50 For they all saw him, and were
troubled. And immediately he talked
with them, and saith unto them, Be of
good cheer: it is I; be not afraid.
51 And he went up unto them into the
ship; and the wind ceased: and they
were sore amazed in themselves beyond
measure, and wondered.
52 For they considered not [the
miracle] of the loaves: for their heart
was hardened.
53 And when they had passed over, they
came into the land of Gennesaret, and
drew to the shore.
54 And when they were come out of the
ship, straightway they knew him,
55 And ran through that whole region
round about, and began to carry about
in beds those that were sick, where
they heard he was.
56 And whithersoever he entered, into
villages, or cities, or country, they
laid the sick in the streets, and
besought him that they might touch if
it were but the border of his garment:
and as many as touched him were made
whole.

CHAPTER 7
1 Then came together unto him the
Pharisees, and certain of the scribes,
which came from Jerusalem.
2 And when they saw some of his
disciples eat bread with defiled, that
is to say, with unwashen, hands, they
found fault.
3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews,
except they wash [their] hands oft, eat
not, holding the tradition of the
elders.
4 And [when they come] from the market,
except they wash, they eat not. And
many other things there be, which they
have received to hold, [as] the washing
of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and
of tables.
5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked
him, Why walk not thy disciples
according to the tradition of the
elders, but eat bread with unwashen
hands?
6 He answered and said unto them, Well
hath Esaias prophesied of you
hypocrites, as it is written, This
people honoureth me with [their] lips,
but their heart is far from me.
7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me,
teaching [for] doctrines the
commandments of men.
8 For laying aside the commandment of
God, ye hold the tradition of men, [as]
the washing of pots and cups: and many
other such like things ye do.
9 And he said unto them, Full well ye
reject the commandment of God, that ye
may keep your own tradition.
10 For Moses said, Honour thy father
and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth
father or mother, let him die the
death:
11 But ye say, If a man shall say to
his father or mother, [It is] Corban,
that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever
thou mightest be profited by me; [he
shall be free].
12 And ye suffer him no more to do
ought for his father or his mother;
13 Making the word of God of none
effect through your tradition, which ye
have delivered: and many such like
things do ye.
14 # And when he had called all the
people [unto him], he said unto them,
Hearken unto me every one [of you], and
understand:
15 There is nothing from without a man,
that entering into him can defile him:
but the things which come out of him,
those are they that defile the man.
16 If any man have ears to hear, let
him hear.
17 And when he was entered into the
house from the people, his disciples
asked him concerning the parable.
18 And he saith unto them, Are ye so
without understanding also? Do ye not
perceive, that whatsoever thing from
without entereth into the man, [it]
cannot defile him;
19 Because it entereth not into his
heart, but into the belly, and goeth
out into the draught, purging all
meats?
20 And he said, That which cometh out
of the man, that defileth the man.
21 For from within, out of the heart of
men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries,
fornications, murders,
22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness,
deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye,
blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
23 All these evil things come from
within, and defile the man.
24 # And from thence he arose, and went
into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and
entered into an house, and would have
no man know [it]: but he could not be
hid.
25 For a [certain] woman, whose young
daughter had an unclean spirit, heard
of him, and came and fell at his feet:
26 The woman was a Greek, a
Syrophenician by nation; and she
besought him that he would cast forth
the devil out of her daughter.
27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the
children first be filled: for it is not
meet to take the children's bread, and
to cast [it] unto the dogs.
28 And she answered and said unto him,
Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table
eat of the children's crumbs.
29 And he said unto her, For this
saying go thy way; the devil is gone
out of thy daughter.
30 And when she was come to her house,
she found the devil gone out, and her
daughter laid upon the bed.
31 # And again, departing from the
coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto
the sea of Galilee, through the midst
of the coasts of Decapolis.
32 And they bring unto him one that was
deaf, and had an impediment in his
speech; and they beseech him to put his
hand upon him.
33 And he took him aside from the
multitude, and put his fingers into his
ears, and he spit, and touched his
tongue;
34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed,
and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is,
Be opened.
35 And straightway his ears were
opened, and the string of his tongue
was loosed, and he spake plain.
36 And he charged them that they should
tell no man: but the more he charged
them, so much the more a great deal
they published [it];
37 And were beyond measure astonished,
saying, He hath done all things well:
he maketh both the deaf to hear, and
the dumb to speak.

CHAPTER 8
1 In those days the multitude being
very great, and having nothing to eat,
Jesus called his disciples [unto him],
and saith unto them,
2 I have compassion on the multitude,
because they have now been with me
three days, and have nothing to eat:
3 And if I send them away fasting to
their own houses, they will faint by
the way: for divers of them came from
far.
4 And his disciples answered him, From
whence can a man satisfy these [men]
with bread here in the wilderness?
5 And he asked them, How many loaves
have ye? And they said, Seven.
6 And he commanded the people to sit
down on the ground: and he took the
seven loaves, and gave thanks, and
brake, and gave to his disciples to set
before [them]; and they did set [them]
before the people.
7 And they had a few small fishes: and
he blessed, and commanded to set them
also before [them].
8 So they did eat, and were filled: and
they took up of the broken [meat] that
was left seven baskets.
9 And they that had eaten were about
four thousand: and he sent them away.
10 # And straightway he entered into a
ship with his disciples, and came into
the parts of Dalmanutha.
11 And the Pharisees came forth, and
began to question with him, seeking of
him a sign from heaven, tempting him.
12 And he sighed deeply in his spirit,
and saith, Why doth this generation
seek after a sign? verily I say unto
you, There shall no sign be given unto
this generation.
13 And he left them, and entering into
the ship again departed to the other
side.
14 # Now [the disciples] had forgotten
to take bread, neither had they in the
ship with them more than one loaf.
15 And he charged them, saying, Take
heed, beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees, and [of] the leaven of
Herod.
16 And they reasoned among themselves,
saying, [It is] because we have no
bread.
17 And when Jesus knew [it], he saith
unto them, Why reason ye, because ye
have no bread? perceive ye not yet,
neither understand? have ye your heart
yet hardened?
18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having
ears, hear ye not? and do ye not
remember?
19 When I brake the five loaves among
five thousand, how many baskets full of
fragments took ye up? They say unto
him, Twelve.
20 And when the seven among four
thousand, how many baskets full of
fragments took ye up? And they said,
Seven.
21 And he said unto them, How is it
that ye do not understand?
22 # And he cometh to Bethsaida; and
they bring a blind man unto him, and
besought him to touch him.
23 And he took the blind man by the
hand, and led him out of the town; and
when he had spit on his eyes, and put
his hands upon him, he asked him if he
saw ought.
24 And he looked up, and said, I see
men as trees, walking.
25 After that he put [his] hands again
upon his eyes, and made him look up:
and he was restored, and saw every man
clearly.
26 And he sent him away to his house,
saying, Neither go into the town, nor
tell [it] to any in the town.
27 # And Jesus went out, and his
disciples, into the towns of Caesarea
Philippi: and by the way he asked his
disciples, saying unto them, Whom do
men say that I am?
28 And they answered, John the Baptist:
but some [say], Elias; and others, One
of the prophets.
29 And he saith unto them, But whom say
ye that I am? And Peter answereth and
saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
30 And he charged them that they should
tell no man of him.
31 And he began to teach them, that the
Son of man must suffer many things, and
be rejected of the elders, and [of] the
chief priests, and scribes, and be
killed, and after three days rise
again.
32 And he spake that saying openly. And
Peter took him, and began to rebuke
him.
33 But when he had turned about and
looked on his disciples, he rebuked
Peter, saying, Get thee behind me,
Satan: for thou savourest not the
things that be of God, but the things
that be of men.
34 # And when he had called the people
[unto him] with his disciples also, he
said unto them, Whosoever will come
after me, let him deny himself, and
take up his cross, and follow me.
35 For whosoever will save his life
shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose
his life for my sake and the gospel's,
the same shall save it.
36 For what shall it profit a man, if
he shall gain the whole world, and lose
his own soul?
37 Or what shall a man give in exchange
for his soul?
38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed
of me and of my words in this
adulterous and sinful generation; of
him also shall the Son of man be
ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of
his Father with the holy angels.

CHAPTER 9
1 And he said unto them, Verily I say
unto you, That there be some of them
that stand here, which shall not taste
of death, till they have seen the
kingdom of God come with power.
2 # And after six days Jesus taketh
[with him] Peter, and James, and John,
and leadeth them up into an high
mountain apart by themselves: and he
was transfigured before them.
3 And his raiment became shining,
exceeding white as snow; so as no
fuller on earth can white them.
4 And there appeared unto them Elias
with Moses: and they were talking with
Jesus.
5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus,
Master, it is good for us to be here:
and let us make three tabernacles; one
for thee, and one for Moses, and one
for Elias.
6 For he wist not what to say; for they
were sore afraid.
7 And there was a cloud that
overshadowed them: and a voice came out
of the cloud, saying, This is my
beloved Son: hear him.
8 And suddenly, when they had looked
round about, they saw no man any more,
save Jesus only with themselves.
9 And as they came down from the
mountain, he charged them that they
should tell no man what things they had
seen, till the Son of man were risen
from the dead.
10 And they kept that saying with
themselves, questioning one with
another what the rising from the dead
should mean.
11 # And they asked him, saying, Why
say the scribes that Elias must first
come?
12 And he answered and told them, Elias
verily cometh first, and restoreth all
things; and how it is written of the
Son of man, that he must suffer many
things, and be set at nought.
13 But I say unto you, That Elias is
indeed come, and they have done unto
him whatsoever they listed, as it is
written of him.
14 # And when he came to [his]
disciples, he saw a great multitude
about them, and the scribes questioning
with them.
15 And straightway all the people, when
they beheld him, were greatly amazed,
and running to [him] saluted him.
16 And he asked the scribes, What
question ye with them?
17 And one of the multitude answered
and said, Master, I have brought unto
thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit;
18 And wheresoever he taketh him, he
teareth him: and he foameth, and
gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth
away: and I spake to thy disciples that
they should cast him out; and they
could not.
19 He answereth him, and saith, O
faithless generation, how long shall I
be with you? how long shall I suffer
you? bring him unto me.
20 And they brought him unto him: and
when he saw him, straightway the spirit
tare him; and he fell on the ground,
and wallowed foaming.
21 And he asked his father, How long is
it ago since this came unto him? And he
said, Of a child.
22 And ofttimes it hath cast him into
the fire, and into the waters, to
destroy him: but if thou canst do any
thing, have compassion on us, and help
us.
23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst
believe, all things [are] possible to
him that believeth.
24 And straightway the father of the
child cried out, and said with tears,
Lord, I believe; help thou mine
unbelief.
25 When Jesus saw that the people came
running together, he rebuked the foul
spirit, saying unto him, [Thou] dumb
and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come
out of him, and enter no more into him.
26 And [the spirit] cried, and rent him
sore, and came out of him: and he was
as one dead; insomuch that many said,
He is dead.
27 But Jesus took him by the hand, and
lifted him up; and he arose.
28 And when he was come into the house,
his disciples asked him privately, Why
could not we cast him out?
29 And he said unto them, This kind can
come forth by nothing, but by prayer
and fasting.
30 # And they departed thence, and
passed through Galilee; and he would
not that any man should know [it].
31 For he taught his disciples, and
said unto them, The Son of man is
delivered into the hands of men, and
they shall kill him; and after that he
is killed, he shall rise the third day.
32 But they understood not that saying,
and were afraid to ask him.
33 # And he came to Capernaum: and
being in the house he asked them, What
was it that ye disputed among
yourselves by the way?
34 But they held their peace: for by
the way they had disputed among
themselves, who [should be] the
greatest.
35 And he sat down, and called the
twelve, and saith unto them, If any man
desire to be first, [the same] shall be
last of all, and servant of all.
36 And he took a child, and set him in
the midst of them: and when he had
taken him in his arms, he said unto
them,
37 Whosoever shall receive one of such
children in my name, receiveth me: and
whosoever shall receive me, receiveth
not me, but him that sent me.
38 # And John answered him, saying,
Master, we saw one casting out devils
in thy name, and he followeth not us:
and we forbad him, because he followeth
not us.
39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for
there is no man which shall do a
miracle in my name, that can lightly
speak evil of me.
40 For he that is not against us is on
our part.
41 For whosoever shall give you a cup
of water to drink in my name, because
ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto
you, he shall not lose his reward.
42 And whosoever shall offend one of
[these] little ones that believe in me,
it is better for him that a millstone
were hanged about his neck, and he were
cast into the sea.
43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it
off: it is better for thee to enter
into life maimed, than having two hands
to go into hell, into the fire that
never shall be quenched:
44 Where their worm dieth not, and the
fire is not quenched.
45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it
off: it is better for thee to enter
halt into life, than having two feet to
be cast into hell, into the fire that
never shall be quenched:
46 Where their worm dieth not, and the
fire is not quenched.
47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck
it out: it is better for thee to enter
into the kingdom of God with one eye,
than having two eyes to be cast into
hell fire:
48 Where their worm dieth not, and the
fire is not quenched.
49 For every one shall be salted with
fire, and every sacrifice shall be
salted with salt.
50 Salt [is] good: but if the salt have
lost his saltness, wherewith will ye
season it? Have salt in yourselves, and
have peace one with another.

CHAPTER 10
1 And he arose from thence, and cometh
into the coasts of Judaea by the
farther side of Jordan: and the people
resort unto him again; and, as he was
wont, he taught them again.
2 # And the Pharisees came to him, and
asked him, Is it lawful for a man to
put away [his] wife? tempting him.
3 And he answered and said unto them,
What did Moses command you?
4 And they said, Moses suffered to
write a bill of divorcement, and to put
[her] away.
5 And Jesus answered and said unto
them, For the hardness of your heart he
wrote you this precept.
6 But from the beginning of the
creation God made them male and female.
7 For this cause shall a man leave his
father and mother, and cleave to his
wife;
8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so
then they are no more twain, but one
flesh.
9 What therefore God hath joined
together, let not man put asunder.
10 And in the house his disciples asked
him again of the same [matter].
11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever
shall put away his wife, and marry
another, committeth adultery against
her.
12 And if a woman shall put away her
husband, and be married to another, she
committeth adultery.
13 # And they brought young children to
him, that he should touch them: and
[his] disciples rebuked those that
brought [them].
14 But when Jesus saw [it], he was much
displeased, and said unto them, Suffer
the little children to come unto me,
and forbid them not: for of such is the
kingdom of God.
15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever
shall not receive the kingdom of God as
a little child, he shall not enter
therein.
16 And he took them up in his arms, put
[his] hands upon them, and blessed
them.
17 # And when he was gone forth into
the way, there came one running, and
kneeled to him, and asked him, Good
Master, what shall I do that I may
inherit eternal life?
18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest
thou me good? [there is] none good but
one, [that is], God.
19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do
not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do
not steal, Do not bear false witness,
Defraud not, Honour thy father and
mother.
20 And he answered and said unto him,
Master, all these have I observed from
my youth.
21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him,
and said unto him, One thing thou
lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever
thou hast, and give to the poor, and
thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and
come, take up the cross, and follow me.
22 And he was sad at that saying, and
went away grieved: for he had great
possessions.
23 # And Jesus looked round about, and
saith unto his disciples, How hardly
shall they that have riches enter into
the kingdom of God!
24 And the disciples were astonished at
his words. But Jesus answereth again,
and saith unto them, Children, how hard
is it for them that trust in riches to
enter into the kingdom of God!
25 It is easier for a camel to go
through the eye of a needle, than for a
rich man to enter into the kingdom of
God.
26 And they were astonished out of
measure, saying among themselves, Who
then can be saved?
27 And Jesus looking upon them saith,
With men [it is] impossible, but not
with God: for with God all things are
possible.
28 # Then Peter began to say unto him,
Lo, we have left all, and have followed
thee.
29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily
I say unto you, There is no man that
hath left house, or brethren, or
sisters, or father, or mother, or wife,
or children, or lands, for my sake, and
the gospel's,
30 But he shall receive an hundredfold
now in this time, houses, and brethren,
and sisters, and mothers, and children,
and lands, with persecutions; and in
the world to come eternal life.
31 But many [that are] first shall be
last; and the last first.
32 # And they were in the way going up
to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before
them: and they were amazed; and as they
followed, they were afraid. And he took
again the twelve, and began to tell
them what things should happen unto
him,
33 [Saying], Behold, we go up to
Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be
delivered unto the chief priests, and
unto the scribes; and they shall
condemn him to death, and shall deliver
him to the Gentiles:
34 And they shall mock him, and shall
scourge him, and shall spit upon him,
and shall kill him: and the third day
he shall rise again.
35 # And James and John, the sons of
Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master,
we would that thou shouldest do for us
whatsoever we shall desire.
36 And he said unto them, What would ye
that I should do for you?
37 They said unto him, Grant unto us
that we may sit, one on thy right hand,
and the other on thy left hand, in thy
glory.
38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know
not what ye ask: can ye drink of the
cup that I drink of? and be baptized
with the baptism that I am baptized
with?
39 And they said unto him, We can. And
Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed
drink of the cup that I drink of; and
with the baptism that I am baptized
withal shall ye be baptized:
40 But to sit on my right hand and on
my left hand is not mine to give; but
[it shall be given to them] for whom it
is prepared.
41 And when the ten heard [it], they
began to be much displeased with James
and John.
42 But Jesus called them [to him], and
saith unto them, Ye know that they
which are accounted to rule over the
Gentiles exercise lordship over them;
and their great ones exercise authority
upon them.
43 But so shall it not be among you:
but whosoever will be great among you,
shall be your minister:
44 And whosoever of you will be the
chiefest, shall be servant of all.
45 For even the Son of man came not to
be ministered unto, but to minister,
and to give his life a ransom for many.
46 # And they came to Jericho: and as
he went out of Jericho with his
disciples and a great number of people,
blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus,
sat by the highway side begging.
47 And when he heard that it was Jesus
of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and
say, Jesus, [thou] Son of David, have
mercy on me.
48 And many charged him that he should
hold his peace: but he cried the more a
great deal, [Thou] Son of David, have
mercy on me.
49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded
him to be called. And they call the
blind man, saying unto him, Be of good
comfort, rise; he calleth thee.
50 And he, casting away his garment,
rose, and came to Jesus.
51 And Jesus answered and said unto
him, What wilt thou that I should do
unto thee? The blind man said unto him,
Lord, that I might receive my sight.
52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way;
thy faith hath made thee whole. And
immediately he received his sight, and
followed Jesus in the way.

CHAPTER 11
1 And when they came nigh to Jerusalem,
unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the
mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two
of his disciples,
2 And saith unto them, Go your way into
the village over against you: and as
soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall
find a colt tied, whereon never man
sat; loose him, and bring [him].
3 And if any man say unto you, Why do
ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need
of him; and straightway he will send
him hither.
4 And they went their way, and found
the colt tied by the door without in a
place where two ways met; and they
loose him.
5 And certain of them that stood there
said unto them, What do ye, loosing the
colt?
6 And they said unto them even as Jesus
had commanded: and they let them go.
7 And they brought the colt to Jesus,
and cast their garments on him; and he
sat upon him.
8 And many spread their garments in the
way: and others cut down branches off
the trees, and strawed [them] in the
way.
9 And they that went before, and they
that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna;
Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name
of the Lord:
10 Blessed [be] the kingdom of our
father David, that cometh in the name
of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
11 And Jesus entered into Jerusalem,
and into the temple: and when he had
looked round about upon all things, and
now the eventide was come, he went out
unto Bethany with the twelve.
12 # And on the morrow, when they were
come from Bethany, he was hungry:
13 And seeing a fig tree afar off
having leaves, he came, if haply he
might find any thing thereon: and when
he came to it, he found nothing but
leaves; for the time of figs was not
[yet].
14 And Jesus answered and said unto it,
No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for
ever. And his disciples heard [it].
15 # And they come to Jerusalem: and
Jesus went into the temple, and began
to cast out them that sold and bought
in the temple, and overthrew the tables
of the moneychangers, and the seats of
them that sold doves;
16 And would not suffer that any man
should carry [any] vessel through the
temple.
17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is
it not written, My house shall be
called of all nations the house of
prayer? but ye have made it a den of
thieves.
18 And the scribes and chief priests
heard [it], and sought how they might
destroy him: for they feared him,
because all the people was astonished
at his doctrine.
19 And when even was come, he went out
of the city.
20 # And in the morning, as they passed
by, they saw the fig tree dried up from
the roots.
21 And Peter calling to remembrance
saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig
tree which thou cursedst is withered
away.
22 And Jesus answering saith unto them,
Have faith in God.
23 For verily I say unto you, That
whosoever shall say unto this mountain,
Be thou removed, and be thou cast into
the sea; and shall not doubt in his
heart, but shall believe that those
things which he saith shall come to
pass; he shall have whatsoever he
saith.
24 Therefore I say unto you, What
things soever ye desire, when ye pray,
believe that ye receive [them], and ye
shall have [them].
25 And when ye stand praying, forgive,
if ye have ought against any: that your
Father also which is in heaven may
forgive you your trespasses.
26 But if ye do not forgive, neither
will your Father which is in heaven
forgive your trespasses.
27 And they come again to Jerusalem:
and as he was walking in the temple,
there come to him the chief priests,
and the scribes, and the elders,
28 And say unto him, By what authority
doest thou these things? and who gave
thee this authority to do these things?
29 And Jesus answered and said unto
them, I will also ask of you one
question, and answer me, and I will
tell you by what authority I do these
things.
30 The baptism of John, was [it] from
heaven, or of men? answer me.
31 And they reasoned with themselves,
saying, If we shall say, From heaven;
he will say, Why then did ye not
believe him?
32 But if we shall say, Of men; they
feared the people: for all [men]
counted John, that he was a prophet
indeed.
33 And they answered and said unto
Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus
answering saith unto them, Neither do I
tell you by what authority I do these
things.

CHAPTER 12
1 And he began to speak unto them by
parables. A [certain] man planted a
vineyard, and set an hedge about [it],
and digged [a place for] the winefat,
and built a tower, and let it out to
husbandmen, and went into a far
country.
2 And at the season he sent to the
husbandmen a servant, that he might
receive from the husbandmen of the
fruit of the vineyard.
3 And they caught [him], and beat him,
and sent [him] away empty.
4 And again he sent unto them another
servant; and at him they cast stones,
and wounded [him] in the head, and sent
[him] away shamefully handled.
5 And again he sent another; and him
they killed, and many others; beating
some, and killing some.
6 Having yet therefore one son, his
wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto
them, saying, They will reverence my
son.
7 But those husbandmen said among
themselves, This is the heir; come, let
us kill him, and the inheritance shall
be our's.
8 And they took him, and killed [him],
and cast [him] out of the vineyard.
9 What shall therefore the lord of the
vineyard do? he will come and destroy
the husbandmen, and will give the
vineyard unto others.
10 And have ye not read this scripture;
The stone which the builders rejected
is become the head of the corner:
11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is
marvellous in our eyes?
12 And they sought to lay hold on him,
but feared the people: for they knew
that he had spoken the parable against
them: and they left him, and went their
way.
13 # And they send unto him certain of
the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to
catch him in [his] words.
14 And when they were come, they say
unto him, Master, we know that thou art
true, and carest for no man: for thou
regardest not the person of men, but
teachest the way of God in truth: Is it
lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or
not?
15 Shall we give, or shall we not give?
But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said
unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a
penny, that I may see [it].
16 And they brought [it]. And he saith
unto them, Whose [is] this image and
superscription? And they said unto him,
Caesar's.
17 And Jesus answering said unto them,
Render to Caesar the things that are
Caesar's, and to God the things that
are God's. And they marvelled at him.
18 # Then come unto him the Sadducees,
which say there is no resurrection; and
they asked him, saying,
19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a
man's brother die, and leave [his] wife
[behind him], and leave no children,
that his brother should take his wife,
and raise up seed unto his brother.
20 Now there were seven brethren: and
the first took a wife, and dying left
no seed.
21 And the second took her, and died,
neither left he any seed: and the third
likewise.
22 And the seven had her, and left no
seed: last of all the woman died also.
23 In the resurrection therefore, when
they shall rise, whose wife shall she
be of them? for the seven had her to
wife.
24 And Jesus answering said unto them,
Do ye not therefore err, because ye
know not the scriptures, neither the
power of God?
25 For when they shall rise from the
dead, they neither marry, nor are given
in marriage; but are as the angels
which are in heaven.
26 And as touching the dead, that they
rise: have ye not read in the book of
Moses, how in the bush God spake unto
him, saying, I [am] the God of Abraham,
and the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob?
27 He is not the God of the dead, but
the God of the living: ye therefore do
greatly err.
28 # And one of the scribes came, and
having heard them reasoning together,
and perceiving that he had answered
them well, asked him, Which is the
first commandment of all?
29 And Jesus answered him, The first of
all the commandments [is], Hear, O
Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy
soul, and with all thy mind, and with
all thy strength: this [is] the first
commandment.
31 And the second [is] like, [namely]
this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself. There is none other
commandment greater than these.
32 And the scribe said unto him, Well,
Master, thou hast said the truth: for
there is one God; and there is none
other but he:
33 And to love him with all the heart,
and with all the understanding, and
with all the soul, and with all the
strength, and to love [his] neighbour
as himself, is more than all whole
burnt offerings and sacrifices.
34 And when Jesus saw that he answered
discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art
not far from the kingdom of God. And no
man after that durst ask him [any
question].
35 # And Jesus answered and said, while
he taught in the temple, How say the
scribes that Christ is the Son of
David?
36 For David himself said by the Holy
Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit
thou on my right hand, till I make
thine enemies thy footstool.
37 David therefore himself calleth him
Lord; and whence is he [then] his son?
And the common people heard him gladly.
38 # And he said unto them in his
doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which
love to go in long clothing, and [love]
salutations in the marketplaces,
39 And the chief seats in the
synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at
feasts:
40 Which devour widows' houses, and for
a pretence make long prayers: these
shall receive greater damnation.
41 And Jesus sat over against the
treasury, and beheld how the people
cast money into the treasury: and many
that were rich cast in much.
42 And there came a certain poor widow,
and she threw in two mites, which make
a farthing.
43 And he called [unto him] his
disciples, and saith unto them, Verily
I say unto you, That this poor widow
hath cast more in, than all they which
have cast into the treasury:
44 For all [they] did cast in of their
abundance; but she of her want did cast
in all that she had, [even] all her
living.

CHAPTER 13
1 And as he went out of the temple, one
of his disciples saith unto him,
Master, see what manner of stones and
what buildings [are here]!
2 And Jesus answering said unto him,
Seest thou these great buildings? there
shall not be left one stone upon
another, that shall not be thrown down.
3 And as he sat upon the mount of
Olives over against the temple, Peter
and James and John and Andrew asked him
privately,
4 Tell us, when shall these things be?
and what [shall be] the sign when all
these things shall be fulfilled?
5 And Jesus answering them began to
say, Take heed lest any [man] deceive
you:
6 For many shall come in my name,
saying, I am [Christ]; and shall
deceive many.
7 And when ye shall hear of wars and
rumours of wars, be ye not troubled:
for [such things] must needs be; but
the end [shall] not [be] yet.
8 For nation shall rise against nation,
and kingdom against kingdom: and there
shall be earthquakes in divers places,
and there shall be famines and
troubles: these [are] the beginnings of
sorrows.
9 # But take heed to yourselves: for
they shall deliver you up to councils;
and in the synagogues ye shall be
beaten: and ye shall be brought before
rulers and kings for my sake, for a
testimony against them.
10 And the gospel must first be
published among all nations.
11 But when they shall lead [you], and
deliver you up, take no thought
beforehand what ye shall speak, neither
do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall
be given you in that hour, that speak
ye: for it is not ye that speak, but
the Holy Ghost.
12 Now the brother shall betray the
brother to death, and the father the
son; and children shall rise up against
[their] parents, and shall cause them
to be put to death.
13 And ye shall be hated of all [men]
for my name's sake: but he that shall
endure unto the end, the same shall be
saved.
14 # But when ye shall see the
abomination of desolation, spoken of by
Daniel the prophet, standing where it
ought not, (let him that readeth
understand,) then let them that be in
Judaea flee to the mountains:
15 And let him that is on the housetop
not go down into the house, neither
enter [therein], to take any thing out
of his house:
16 And let him that is in the field not
turn back again for to take up his
garment.
17 But woe to them that are with child,
and to them that give suck in those
days!
18 And pray ye that your flight be not
in the winter.
19 For [in] those days shall be
affliction, such as was not from the
beginning of the creation which God
created unto this time, neither shall
be.
20 And except that the Lord had
shortened those days, no flesh should
be saved: but for the elect's sake,
whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened
the days.
21 And then if any man shall say to
you, Lo, here [is] Christ; or, lo, [he
is] there; believe [him] not:
22 For false Christs and false prophets
shall rise, and shall shew signs and
wonders, to seduce, if [it were]
possible, even the elect.
23 But take ye heed: behold, I have
foretold you all things.
24 # But in those days, after that
tribulation, the sun shall be darkened,
and the moon shall not give her light,
25 And the stars of heaven shall fall,
and the powers that are in heaven shall
be shaken.
26 And then shall they see the Son of
man coming in the clouds with great
power and glory.
27 And then shall he send his angels,
and shall gather together his elect
from the four winds, from the uttermost
part of the earth to the uttermost part
of heaven.
28 Now learn a parable of the fig tree;
When her branch is yet tender, and
putteth forth leaves, ye know that
summer is near:
29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall
see these things come to pass, know
that it is nigh, [even] at the doors.
30 Verily I say unto you, that this
generation shall not pass, till all
these things be done.
31 Heaven and earth shall pass away:
but my words shall not pass away.
32 # But of that day and [that] hour
knoweth no man, no, not the angels
which are in heaven, neither the Son,
but the Father.
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye
know not when the time is.
34 [For the Son of man is] as a man
taking a far journey, who left his
house, and gave authority to his
servants, and to every man his work,
and commanded the porter to watch.
35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not
when the master of the house cometh, at
even, or at midnight, or at the
cockcrowing, or in the morning:
36 Lest coming suddenly he find you
sleeping.
37 And what I say unto you I say unto
all, Watch.

CHAPTER 14
1 After two days was [the feast of] the
passover, and of unleavened bread: and
the chief priests and the scribes
sought how they might take him by
craft, and put [him] to death.
2 But they said, Not on the feast
[day], lest there be an uproar of the
people.
3 # And being in Bethany in the house
of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat,
there came a woman having an alabaster
box of ointment of spikenard very
precious; and she brake the box, and
poured [it] on his head.
4 And there were some that had
indignation within themselves, and
said, Why was this waste of the
ointment made?
5 For it might have been sold for more
than three hundred pence, and have been
given to the poor. And they murmured
against her.
6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why
trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good
work on me.
7 For ye have the poor with you always,
and whensoever ye will ye may do them
good: but me ye have not always.
8 She hath done what she could: she is
come aforehand to anoint my body to the
burying.
9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever
this gospel shall be preached
throughout the whole world, [this] also
that she hath done shall be spoken of
for a memorial of her.
10 # And Judas Iscariot, one of the
twelve, went unto the chief priests, to
betray him unto them.
11 And when they heard [it], they were
glad, and promised to give him money.
And he sought how he might conveniently
betray him.
12 # And the first day of unleavened
bread, when they killed the passover,
his disciples said unto him, Where wilt
thou that we go and prepare that thou
mayest eat the passover?
13 And he sendeth forth two of his
disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye
into the city, and there shall meet you
a man bearing a pitcher of water:
follow him.
14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say
ye to the goodman of the house, The
Master saith, Where is the
guestchamber, where I shall eat the
passover with my disciples?
15 And he will shew you a large upper
room furnished [and] prepared: there
make ready for us.
16 And his disciples went forth, and
came into the city, and found as he had
said unto them: and they made ready the
passover.
17 And in the evening he cometh with
the twelve.
18 And as they sat and did eat, Jesus
said, Verily I say unto you, One of you
which eateth with me shall betray me.
19 And they began to be sorrowful, and
to say unto him one by one, [Is] it I?
and another [said, Is] it I?
20 And he answered and said unto them,
[It is] one of the twelve, that dippeth
with me in the dish.
21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it
is written of him: but woe to that man
by whom the Son of man is betrayed!
good were it for that man if he had
never been born.
22 # And as they did eat, Jesus took
bread, and blessed, and brake [it], and
gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this
is my body.
23 And he took the cup, and when he had
given thanks, he gave [it] to them: and
they all drank of it.
24 And he said unto them, This is my
blood of the new testament, which is
shed for many.
25 Verily I say unto you, I will drink
no more of the fruit of the vine, until
that day that I drink it new in the
kingdom of God.
26 # And when they had sung an hymn,
they went out into the mount of Olives.
27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye
shall be offended because of me this
night: for it is written, I will smite
the shepherd, and the sheep shall be
scattered.
28 But after that I am risen, I will go
before you into Galilee.
29 But Peter said unto him, Although
all shall be offended, yet [will] not
I.
30 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I
say unto thee, That this day, [even] in
this night, before the cock crow twice,
thou shalt deny me thrice.
31 But he spake the more vehemently, If
I should die with thee, I will not deny
thee in any wise. Likewise also said
they all.
32 And they came to a place which was
named Gethsemane: and he saith to his
disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall
pray.
33 And he taketh with him Peter and
James and John, and began to be sore
amazed, and to be very heavy;
34 And saith unto them, My soul is
exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry
ye here, and watch.
35 And he went forward a little, and
fell on the ground, and prayed that, if
it were possible, the hour might pass
from him.
36 And he said, Abba, Father, all
things [are] possible unto thee; take
away this cup from me: nevertheless not
what I will, but what thou wilt.
37 And he cometh, and findeth them
sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon,
sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch
one hour?
38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter
into temptation. The spirit truly [is]
ready, but the flesh [is] weak.
39 And again he went away, and prayed,
and spake the same words.
40 And when he returned, he found them
asleep again, (for their eyes were
heavy,) neither wist they what to
answer him.
41 And he cometh the third time, and
saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take
[your] rest: it is enough, the hour is
come; behold, the Son of man is
betrayed into the hands of sinners.
42 Rise up, let us go; lo, he that
betrayeth me is at hand.
43 # And immediately, while he yet
spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve,
and with him a great multitude with
swords and staves, from the chief
priests and the scribes and the elders.
44 And he that betrayed him had given
them a token, saying, Whomsoever I
shall kiss, that same is he; take him,
and lead [him] away safely.
45 And as soon as he was come, he goeth
straightway to him, and saith, Master,
master; and kissed him.
46 # And they laid their hands on him,
and took him.
47 And one of them that stood by drew a
sword, and smote a servant of the high
priest, and cut off his ear.
48 And Jesus answered and said unto
them, Are ye come out, as against a
thief, with swords and [with] staves to
take me?
49 I was daily with you in the temple
teaching, and ye took me not: but the
scriptures must be fulfilled.
50 And they all forsook him, and fled.
51 And there followed him a certain
young man, having a linen cloth cast
about [his] naked [body]; and the young
men laid hold on him:
52 And he left the linen cloth, and
fled from them naked.
53 # And they led Jesus away to the
high priest: and with him were
assembled all the chief priests and the
elders and the scribes.
54 And Peter followed him afar off,
even into the palace of the high
priest: and he sat with the servants,
and warmed himself at the fire.
55 And the chief priests and all the
council sought for witness against
Jesus to put him to death; and found
none.
56 For many bare false witness against
him, but their witness agreed not
together.
57 And there arose certain, and bare
false witness against him, saying,
58 We heard him say, I will destroy
this temple that is made with hands,
and within three days I will build
another made without hands.
59 But neither so did their witness
agree together.
60 And the high priest stood up in the
midst, and asked Jesus, saying,
Answerest thou nothing? what [is it
which] these witness against thee?
61 But he held his peace, and answered
nothing. Again the high priest asked
him, and said unto him, Art thou the
Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall
see the Son of man sitting on the right
hand of power, and coming in the clouds
of heaven.
63 Then the high priest rent his
clothes, and saith, What need we any
further witnesses?
64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what
think ye? And they all condemned him to
be guilty of death.
65 And some began to spit on him, and
to cover his face, and to buffet him,
and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the
servants did strike him with the palms
of their hands.
66 # And as Peter was beneath in the
palace, there cometh one of the maids
of the high priest:
67 And when she saw Peter warming
himself, she looked upon him, and said,
And thou also wast with Jesus of
Nazareth.
68 But he denied, saying, I know not,
neither understand I what thou sayest.
And he went out into the porch; and the
cock crew.
69 And a maid saw him again, and began
to say to them that stood by, This is
[one] of them.
70 And he denied it again. And a little
after, they that stood by said again to
Peter, Surely thou art [one] of them:
for thou art a Galilaean, and thy
speech agreeth [thereto].
71 But he began to curse and to swear,
[saying], I know not this man of whom
ye speak.
72 And the second time the cock crew.
And Peter called to mind the word that
Jesus said unto him, Before the cock
crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.
And when he thought thereon, he wept.

CHAPTER 15
1 And straightway in the morning the
chief priests held a consultation with
the elders and scribes and the whole
council, and bound Jesus, and carried
[him] away, and delivered [him] to
Pilate.
2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the
King of the Jews? And he answering said
unto him, Thou sayest [it].
3 And the chief priests accused him of
many things: but he answered nothing.
4 And Pilate asked him again, saying,
Answerest thou nothing? behold how many
things they witness against thee.
5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so
that Pilate marvelled.
6 Now at [that] feast he released unto
them one prisoner, whomsoever they
desired.
7 And there was [one] named Barabbas,
[which lay] bound with them that had
made insurrection with him, who had
committed murder in the insurrection.
8 And the multitude crying aloud began
to desire [him to do] as he had ever
done unto them.
9 But Pilate answered them, saying,
Will ye that I release unto you the
King of the Jews?
10 For he knew that the chief priests
had delivered him for envy.
11 But the chief priests moved the
people, that he should rather release
Barabbas unto them.
12 And Pilate answered and said again
unto them, What will ye then that I
shall do [unto him] whom ye call the
King of the Jews?
13 And they cried out again, Crucify
him.
14 Then Pilate said unto them, Why,
what evil hath he done? And they cried
out the more exceedingly, Crucify him.
15 # And [so] Pilate, willing to
content the people, released Barabbas
unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he
had scourged [him], to be crucified.
16 And the soldiers led him away into
the hall, called Praetorium; and they
call together the whole band.
17 And they clothed him with purple,
and platted a crown of thorns, and put
it about his [head],
18 And began to salute him, Hail, King
of the Jews!
19 And they smote him on the head with
a reed, and did spit upon him, and
bowing [their] knees worshipped him.
20 And when they had mocked him, they
took off the purple from him, and put
his own clothes on him, and led him out
to crucify him.
21 And they compel one Simon a
Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of
the country, the father of Alexander
and Rufus, to bear his cross.
22 And they bring him unto the place
Golgotha, which is, being interpreted,
The place of a skull.
23 And they gave him to drink wine
mingled with myrrh: but he received
[it] not.
24 And when they had crucified him,
they parted his garments, casting lots
upon them, what every man should take.
25 And it was the third hour, and they
crucified him.
26 And the superscription of his
accusation was written over, THE KING
OF THE JEWS.
27 And with him they crucify two
thieves; the one on his right hand, and
the other on his left.
28 And the scripture was fulfilled,
which saith, And he was numbered with
the transgressors.
29 And they that passed by railed on
him, wagging their heads, and saying,
Ah, thou that destroyest the temple,
and buildest [it] in three days,
30 Save thyself, and come down from the
cross.
31 Likewise also the chief priests
mocking said among themselves with the
scribes, He saved others; himself he
cannot save.
32 Let Christ the King of Israel
descend now from the cross, that we may
see and believe. And they that were
crucified with him reviled him.
33 And when the sixth hour was come,
there was darkness over the whole land
until the ninth hour.
34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried
with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi,
lama sabachthani? which is, being
interpreted, My God, my God, why hast
thou forsaken me?
35 And some of them that stood by, when
they heard [it], said, Behold, he
calleth Elias.
36 And one ran and filled a spunge full
of vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and
gave him to drink, saying, Let alone;
let us see whether Elias will come to
take him down.
37 And Jesus cried with a loud voice,
and gave up the ghost.
38 And the veil of the temple was rent
in twain from the top to the bottom.
39 # And when the centurion, which
stood over against him, saw that he so
cried out, and gave up the ghost, he
said, Truly this man was the Son of
God.
40 There were also women looking on
afar off: among whom was Mary
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James
the less and of Joses, and Salome;
41 (Who also, when he was in Galilee,
followed him, and ministered unto him;)
and many other women which came up with
him unto Jerusalem.
42 # And now when the even was come,
because it was the preparation, that
is, the day before the sabbath,
43 Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable
counsellor, which also waited for the
kingdom of God, came, and went in
boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body
of Jesus.
44 And Pilate marvelled if he were
already dead: and calling [unto him]
the centurion, he asked him whether he
had been any while dead.
45 And when he knew [it] of the
centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
46 And he bought fine linen, and took
him down, and wrapped him in the linen,
and laid him in a sepulchre which was
hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone
unto the door of the sepulchre.
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary [the
mother] of Joses beheld where he was
laid.

CHAPTER 16
1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary
Magdalene, and Mary the [mother] of
James, and Salome, had bought sweet
spices, that they might come and anoint
him.
2 And very early in the morning the
first [day] of the week, they came unto
the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.
3 And they said among themselves, Who
shall roll us away the stone from the
door of the sepulchre?
4 And when they looked, they saw that
the stone was rolled away: for it was
very great.
5 And entering into the sepulchre, they
saw a young man sitting on the right
side, clothed in a long white garment;
and they were affrighted.
6 And he saith unto them, Be not
affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth,
which was crucified: he is risen; he is
not here: behold the place where they
laid him.
7 But go your way, tell his disciples
and Peter that he goeth before you into
Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he
said unto you.
8 And they went out quickly, and fled
from the sepulchre; for they trembled
and were amazed: neither said they any
thing to any [man]; for they were
afraid.
9 # Now when [Jesus] was risen early
the first [day] of the week, he
appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out
of whom he had cast seven devils.
10 [And] she went and told them that
had been with him, as they mourned and
wept.
11 And they, when they had heard that
he was alive, and had been seen of her,
believed not.
12 # After that he appeared in another
form unto two of them, as they walked,
and went into the country.
13 And they went and told [it] unto the
residue: neither believed they them.
14 # Afterward he appeared unto the
eleven as they sat at meat, and
upbraided them with their unbelief and
hardness of heart, because they
believed not them which had seen him
after he was risen.
15 And he said unto them, Go ye into
all the world, and preach the gospel to
every creature.
16 He that believeth and is baptized
shall be saved; but he that believeth
not shall be damned.
17 And these signs shall follow them
that believe; In my name shall they
cast out devils; they shall speak with
new tongues;
18 They shall take up serpents; and if
they drink any deadly thing, it shall
not hurt them; they shall lay hands on
the sick, and they shall recover.
19 # So then after the Lord had spoken
unto them, he was received up into
heaven, and sat on the right hand of
God.
20 And they went forth, and preached
every where, the Lord working with
[them], and confirming the word with
signs following. Amen.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT LUKE

CHAPTER 1
1 Forasmuch as many have taken in hand
to set forth in order a declaration of
those things which are most surely
believed among us,
2 Even as they delivered them unto us,
which from the beginning were
eyewitnesses, and ministers of the
word;
3 It seemed good to me also, having had
perfect understanding of all things
from the very first, to write unto thee
in order, most excellent Theophilus,
4 That thou mightest know the certainty
of those things, wherein thou hast been
instructed.
5 # There was in the days of Herod, the
king of Judaea, a certain priest named
Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and
his wife [was] of the daughters of
Aaron, and her name [was] Elisabeth.
6 And they were both righteous before
God, walking in all the commandments
and ordinances of the Lord blameless.
7 And they had no child, because that
Elisabeth was barren, and they both
were [now] well stricken in years.
8 And it came to pass, that while he
executed the priest's office before God
in the order of his course,
9 According to the custom of the
priest's office, his lot was to burn
incense when he went into the temple of
the Lord.
10 And the whole multitude of the
people were praying without at the time
of incense.
11 And there appeared unto him an angel
of the Lord standing on the right side
of the altar of incense.
12 And when Zacharias saw [him], he was
troubled, and fear fell upon him.
13 But the angel said unto him, Fear
not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is
heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall
bear thee a son, and thou shalt call
his name John.
14 And thou shalt have joy and
gladness; and many shall rejoice at his
birth.
15 For he shall be great in the sight
of the Lord, and shall drink neither
wine nor strong drink; and he shall be
filled with the Holy Ghost, even from
his mother's womb.
16 And many of the children of Israel
shall he turn to the Lord their God.
17 And he shall go before him in the
spirit and power of Elias, to turn the
hearts of the fathers to the children,
and the disobedient to the wisdom of
the just; to make ready a people
prepared for the Lord.
18 And Zacharias said unto the angel,
Whereby shall I know this? for I am an
old man, and my wife well stricken in
years.
19 And the angel answering said unto
him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the
presence of God; and am sent to speak
unto thee, and to shew thee these glad
tidings.
20 And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and
not able to speak, until the day that
these things shall be performed,
because thou believest not my words,
which shall be fulfilled in their
season.
21 And the people waited for Zacharias,
and marvelled that he tarried so long
in the temple.
22 And when he came out, he could not
speak unto them: and they perceived
that he had seen a vision in the
temple: for he beckoned unto them, and
remained speechless.
23 And it came to pass, that, as soon
as the days of his ministration were
accomplished, he departed to his own
house.
24 And after those days his wife
Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself
five months, saying,
25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in
the days wherein he looked on [me], to
take away my reproach among men.
26 And in the sixth month the angel
Gabriel was sent from God unto a city
of Galilee, named Nazareth,
27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose
name was Joseph, of the house of David;
and the virgin's name [was] Mary.
28 And the angel came in unto her, and
said, Hail, [thou that art] highly
favoured, the Lord [is] with thee:
blessed [art] thou among women.
29 And when she saw [him], she was
troubled at his saying, and cast in her
mind what manner of salutation this
should be.
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear
not, Mary: for thou hast found favour
with God.
31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in
thy womb, and bring forth a son, and
shalt call his name JESUS.
32 He shall be great, and shall be
called the Son of the Highest: and the
Lord God shall give unto him the throne
of his father David:
33 And he shall reign over the house of
Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom
there shall be no end.
34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How
shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
35 And the angel answered and said unto
her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon
thee, and the power of the Highest
shall overshadow thee: therefore also
that holy thing which shall be born of
thee shall be called the Son of God.
36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth,
she hath also conceived a son in her
old age: and this is the sixth month
with her, who was called barren.
37 For with God nothing shall be
impossible.
38 And Mary said, Behold the handmaid
of the Lord; be it unto me according to
thy word. And the angel departed from
her.
39 And Mary arose in those days, and
went into the hill country with haste,
into a city of Juda;
40 And entered into the house of
Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.
41 And it came to pass, that, when
Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary,
the babe leaped in her womb; and
Elisabeth was filled with the Holy
Ghost:
42 And she spake out with a loud voice,
and said, Blessed [art] thou among
women, and blessed [is] the fruit of
thy womb.
43 And whence [is] this to me, that the
mother of my Lord should come to me?
44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy
salutation sounded in mine ears, the
babe leaped in my womb for joy.
45 And blessed [is] she that believed:
for there shall be a performance of
those things which were told her from
the Lord.
46 And Mary said, My soul doth magnify
the Lord,
47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in God
my Saviour.
48 For he hath regarded the low estate
of his handmaiden: for, behold, from
henceforth all generations shall call
me blessed.
49 For he that is mighty hath done to
me great things; and holy [is] his
name.
50 And his mercy [is] on them that fear
him from generation to generation.
51 He hath shewed strength with his
arm; he hath scattered the proud in the
imagination of their hearts.
52 He hath put down the mighty from
[their] seats, and exalted them of low
degree.
53 He hath filled the hungry with good
things; and the rich he hath sent empty
away.
54 He hath holpen his servant Israel,
in remembrance of [his] mercy;
55 As he spake to our fathers, to
Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
56 And Mary abode with her about three
months, and returned to her own house.
57 Now Elisabeth's full time came that
she should be delivered; and she
brought forth a son.
58 And her neighbours and her cousins
heard how the Lord had shewed great
mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with
her.
59 And it came to pass, that on the
eighth day they came to circumcise the
child; and they called him Zacharias,
after the name of his father.
60 And his mother answered and said,
Not [so]; but he shall be called John.
61 And they said unto her, There is
none of thy kindred that is called by
this name.
62 And they made signs to his father,
how he would have him called.
63 And he asked for a writing table,
and wrote, saying, His name is John.
And they marvelled all.
64 And his mouth was opened
immediately, and his tongue [loosed],
and he spake, and praised God.
65 And fear came on all that dwelt
round about them: and all these sayings
were noised abroad throughout all the
hill country of Judaea.
66 And all they that heard [them] laid
[them] up in their hearts, saying, What
manner of child shall this be! And the
hand of the Lord was with him.
67 And his father Zacharias was filled
with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied,
saying,
68 Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel;
for he hath visited and redeemed his
people,
69 And hath raised up an horn of
salvation for us in the house of his
servant David;
70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy
prophets, which have been since the
world began:
71 That we should be saved from our
enemies, and from the hand of all that
hate us;
72 To perform the mercy [promised] to
our fathers, and to remember his holy
covenant;
73 The oath which he sware to our
father Abraham,
74 That he would grant unto us, that we
being delivered out of the hand of our
enemies might serve him without fear,
75 In holiness and righteousness before
him, all the days of our life.
76 And thou, child, shalt be called the
prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt
go before the face of the Lord to
prepare his ways;
77 To give knowledge of salvation unto
his people by the remission of their
sins,
78 Through the tender mercy of our God;
whereby the dayspring from on high hath
visited us,
79 To give light to them that sit in
darkness and [in] the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of
peace.
80 And the child grew, and waxed strong
in spirit, and was in the deserts till
the day of his shewing unto Israel.

CHAPTER 2
1 And it came to pass in those days,
that there went out a decree from
Caesar Augustus, that all the world
should be taxed.
2 ([And] this taxing was first made
when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
3 And all went to be taxed, every one
into his own city.
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee,
out of the city of Nazareth, into
Judaea, unto the city of David, which
is called Bethlehem; (because he was of
the house and lineage of David:)
5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused
wife, being great with child.
6 And so it was, that, while they were
there, the days were accomplished that
she should be delivered.
7 And she brought forth her firstborn
son, and wrapped him in swaddling
clothes, and laid him in a manger;
because there was no room for them in
the inn.
8 And there were in the same country
shepherds abiding in the field, keeping
watch over their flock by night.
9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came
upon them, and the glory of the Lord
shone round about them: and they were
sore afraid.
10 And the angel said unto them, Fear
not: for, behold, I bring you good
tidings of great joy, which shall be to
all people.
11 For unto you is born this day in the
city of David a Saviour, which is
Christ the Lord.
12 And this [shall be] a sign unto you;
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in
swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
13 And suddenly there was with the
angel a multitude of the heavenly host
praising God, and saying,
14 Glory to God in the highest, and on
earth peace, good will toward men.
15 And it came to pass, as the angels
were gone away from them into heaven,
the shepherds said one to another, Let
us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see
this thing which is come to pass, which
the Lord hath made known unto us.
16 And they came with haste, and found
Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in
a manger.
17 And when they had seen [it], they
made known abroad the saying which was
told them concerning this child.
18 And all they that heard [it]
wondered at those things which were
told them by the shepherds.
19 But Mary kept all these things, and
pondered [them] in her heart.
20 And the shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising God for all the
things that they had heard and seen, as
it was told unto them.
21 And when eight days were
accomplished for the circumcising of
the child, his name was called JESUS,
which was so named of the angel before
he was conceived in the womb.
22 And when the days of her
purification according to the law of
Moses were accomplished, they brought
him to Jerusalem, to present [him] to
the Lord;
23 (As it is written in the law of the
Lord, Every male that openeth the womb
shall be called holy to the Lord;)
24 And to offer a sacrifice according
to that which is said in the law of the
Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two
young pigeons.
25 And, behold, there was a man in
Jerusalem, whose name [was] Simeon; and
the same man [was] just and devout,
waiting for the consolation of Israel:
and the Holy Ghost was upon him.
26 And it was revealed unto him by the
Holy Ghost, that he should not see
death, before he had seen the Lord's
Christ.
27 And he came by the Spirit into the
temple: and when the parents brought in
the child Jesus, to do for him after
the custom of the law,
28 Then took he him up in his arms, and
blessed God, and said,
29 Lord, now lettest thou thy servant
depart in peace, according to thy word:
30 For mine eyes have seen thy
salvation,
31 Which thou hast prepared before the
face of all people;
32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, and
the glory of thy people Israel.
33 And Joseph and his mother marvelled
at those things which were spoken of
him.
34 And Simeon blessed them, and said
unto Mary his mother, Behold, this
[child] is set for the fall and rising
again of many in Israel; and for a sign
which shall be spoken against;
35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce through
thy own soul also,) that the thoughts
of many hearts may be revealed.
36 And there was one Anna, a
prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of
the tribe of Aser: she was of a great
age, and had lived with an husband
seven years from her virginity;
37 And she [was] a widow of about
fourscore and four years, which
departed not from the temple, but
served [God] with fastings and prayers
night and day.
38 And she coming in that instant gave
thanks likewise unto the Lord, and
spake of him to all them that looked
for redemption in Jerusalem.
39 And when they had performed all
things according to the law of the
Lord, they returned into Galilee, to
their own city Nazareth.
40 And the child grew, and waxed strong
in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the
grace of God was upon him.
41 Now his parents went to Jerusalem
every year at the feast of the
passover.
42 And when he was twelve years old,
they went up to Jerusalem after the
custom of the feast.
43 And when they had fulfilled the
days, as they returned, the child Jesus
tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph
and his mother knew not [of it].
44 But they, supposing him to have been
in the company, went a day's journey;
and they sought him among [their]
kinsfolk and acquaintance.
45 And when they found him not, they
turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking
him.
46 And it came to pass, that after
three days they found him in the
temple, sitting in the midst of the
doctors, both hearing them, and asking
them questions.
47 And all that heard him were
astonished at his understanding and
answers.
48 And when they saw him, they were
amazed: and his mother said unto him,
Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us?
behold, thy father and I have sought
thee sorrowing.
49 And he said unto them, How is it
that ye sought me? wist ye not that I
must be about my Father's business?
50 And they understood not the saying
which he spake unto them.
51 And he went down with them, and came
to Nazareth, and was subject unto them:
but his mother kept all these sayings
in her heart.
52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and
stature, and in favour with God and
man.

CHAPTER 3
1 Now in the fifteenth year of the
reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius
Pilate being governor of Judaea, and
Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and
his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea
and of the region of Trachonitis, and
Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high
priests, the word of God came unto John
the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
3 And he came into all the country
about Jordan, preaching the baptism of
repentance for the remission of sins;
4 As it is written in the book of the
words of Esaias the prophet, saying,
The voice of one crying in the
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the
Lord, make his paths straight.
5 Every valley shall be filled, and
every mountain and hill shall be
brought low; and the crooked shall be
made straight, and the rough ways
[shall be] made smooth;
6 And all flesh shall see the salvation
of God.
7 Then said he to the multitude that
came forth to be baptized of him, O
generation of vipers, who hath warned
you to flee from the wrath to come?
8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy
of repentance, and begin not to say
within yourselves, We have Abraham to
[our] father: for I say unto you, That
God is able of these stones to raise up
children unto Abraham.
9 And now also the axe is laid unto the
root of the trees: every tree therefore
which bringeth not forth good fruit is
hewn down, and cast into the fire.
10 And the people asked him, saying,
What shall we do then?
11 He answereth and saith unto them, He
that hath two coats, let him impart to
him that hath none; and he that hath
meat, let him do likewise.
12 Then came also publicans to be
baptized, and said unto him, Master,
what shall we do?
13 And he said unto them, Exact no more
than that which is appointed you.
14 And the soldiers likewise demanded
of him, saying, And what shall we do?
And he said unto them, Do violence to
no man, neither accuse [any] falsely;
and be content with your wages.
15 And as the people were in
expectation, and all men mused in their
hearts of John, whether he were the
Christ, or not;
16 John answered, saying unto [them]
all, I indeed baptize you with water;
but one mightier than I cometh, the
latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy
to unloose: he shall baptize you with
the Holy Ghost and with fire:
17 Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he
will throughly purge his floor, and
will gather the wheat into his garner;
but the chaff he will burn with fire
unquenchable.
18 And many other things in his
exhortation preached he unto the
people.
19 But Herod the tetrarch, being
reproved by him for Herodias his
brother Philip's wife, and for all the
evils which Herod had done,
20 Added yet this above all, that he
shut up John in prison.
21 Now when all the people were
baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus
also being baptized, and praying, the
heaven was opened,
22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a
bodily shape like a dove upon him, and
a voice came from heaven, which said,
Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am
well pleased.
23 And Jesus himself began to be about
thirty years of age, being (as was
supposed) the son of Joseph, which was
[the son] of Heli,
24 Which was [the son] of Matthat,
which was [the son] of Levi, which was
[the son] of Melchi, which was [the
son] of Janna, which was [the son] of
Joseph,
25 Which was [the son] of Mattathias,
which was [the son] of Amos, which was
[the son] of Naum, which was [the son]
of Esli, which was [the son] of Nagge,
26 Which was [the son] of Maath, which
was [the son] of Mattathias, which was
[the son] of Semei, which was [the son]
of Joseph, which was [the son] of Juda,
27 Which was [the son] of Joanna, which
was [the son] of Rhesa, which was [the
son] of Zorobabel, which was [the son]
of Salathiel, which was [the son] of
Neri,
28 Which was [the son] of Melchi, which
was [the son] of Addi, which was [the
son] of Cosam, which was [the son] of
Elmodam, which was [the son] of Er,
29 Which was [the son] of Jose, which
was [the son] of Eliezer, which was
[the son] of Jorim, which was [the son]
of Matthat, which was [the son] of
Levi,
30 Which was [the son] of Simeon, which
was [the son] of Juda, which was [the
son] of Joseph, which was [the son] of
Jonan, which was [the son] of Eliakim,
31 Which was [the son] of Melea, which
was [the son] of Menan, which was [the
son] of Mattatha, which was [the son]
of Nathan, which was [the son] of
David,
32 Which was [the son] of Jesse, which
was [the son] of Obed, which was [the
son] of Booz, which was [the son] of
Salmon, which was [the son] of Naasson,
33 Which was [the son] of Aminadab,
which was [the son] of Aram, which was
[the son] of Esrom, which was [the son]
of Phares, which was [the son] of Juda,
34 Which was [the son] of Jacob, which
was [the son] of Isaac, which was [the
son] of Abraham, which was [the son] of
Thara, which was [the son] of Nachor,
35 Which was [the son] of Saruch, which
was [the son] of Ragau, which was [the
son] of Phalec, which was [the son] of
Heber, which was [the son] of Sala,
36 Which was [the son] of Cainan, which
was [the son] of Arphaxad, which was
[the son] of Sem, which was [the son]
of Noe, which was [the son] of Lamech,
37 Which was [the son] of Mathusala,
which was [the son] of Enoch, which was
[the son] of Jared, which was [the son]
of Maleleel, which was [the son] of
Cainan,
38 Which was [the son] of Enos, which
was [the son] of Seth, which was [the
son] of Adam, which was [the son] of
God.

CHAPTER 4
1 And Jesus being full of the Holy
Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led
by the Spirit into the wilderness,
2 Being forty days tempted of the
devil. And in those days he did eat
nothing: and when they were ended, he
afterward hungered.
3 And the devil said unto him, If thou
be the Son of God, command this stone
that it be made bread.
4 And Jesus answered him, saying, It is
written, That man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word of God.
5 And the devil, taking him up into an
high mountain, shewed unto him all the
kingdoms of the world in a moment of
time.
6 And the devil said unto him, All this
power will I give thee, and the glory
of them: for that is delivered unto me;
and to whomsoever I will I give it.
7 If thou therefore wilt worship me,
all shall be thine.
8 And Jesus answered and said unto him,
Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is
written, Thou shalt worship the Lord
thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
9 And he brought him to Jerusalem, and
set him on a pinnacle of the temple,
and said unto him, If thou be the Son
of God, cast thyself down from hence:
10 For it is written, He shall give his
angels charge over thee, to keep thee:
11 And in [their] hands they shall bear
thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy
foot against a stone.
12 And Jesus answering said unto him,
It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the
Lord thy God.
13 And when the devil had ended all the
temptation, he departed from him for a
season.
14 # And Jesus returned in the power of
the Spirit into Galilee: and there went
out a fame of him through all the
region round about.
15 And he taught in their synagogues,
being glorified of all.
16 # And he came to Nazareth, where he
had been brought up: and, as his custom
was, he went into the synagogue on the
sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
17 And there was delivered unto him the
book of the prophet Esaias. And when he
had opened the book, he found the place
where it was written,
18 The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon me,
because he hath anointed me to preach
the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me
to heal the brokenhearted, to preach
deliverance to the captives, and
recovering of sight to the blind, to
set at liberty them that are bruised,
19 To preach the acceptable year of the
Lord.
20 And he closed the book, and he gave
[it] again to the minister, and sat
down. And the eyes of all them that
were in the synagogue were fastened on
him.
21 And he began to say unto them, This
day is this scripture fulfilled in your
ears.
22 And all bare him witness, and
wondered at the gracious words which
proceeded out of his mouth. And they
said, Is not this Joseph's son?
23 And he said unto them, Ye will
surely say unto me this proverb,
Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we
have heard done in Capernaum, do also
here in thy country.
24 And he said, Verily I say unto you,
No prophet is accepted in his own
country.
25 But I tell you of a truth, many
widows were in Israel in the days of
Elias, when the heaven was shut up
three years and six months, when great
famine was throughout all the land;
26 But unto none of them was Elias
sent, save unto Sarepta, [a city] of
Sidon, unto a woman [that was] a widow.
27 And many lepers were in Israel in
the time of Eliseus the prophet; and
none of them was cleansed, saving
Naaman the Syrian.
28 And all they in the synagogue, when
they heard these things, were filled
with wrath,
29 And rose up, and thrust him out of
the city, and led him unto the brow of
the hill whereon their city was built,
that they might cast him down headlong.
30 But he passing through the midst of
them went his way,
31 And came down to Capernaum, a city
of Galilee, and taught them on the
sabbath days.
32 And they were astonished at his
doctrine: for his word was with power.
33 # And in the synagogue there was a
man, which had a spirit of an unclean
devil, and cried out with a loud voice,
34 Saying, Let [us] alone; what have we
to do with thee, [thou] Jesus of
Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us?
I know thee who thou art; the Holy One
of God.
35 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold
thy peace, and come out of him. And
when the devil had thrown him in the
midst, he came out of him, and hurt him
not.
36 And they were all amazed, and spake
among themselves, saying, What a word
[is] this! for with authority and power
he commandeth the unclean spirits, and
they come out.
37 And the fame of him went out into
every place of the country round about.
38 # And he arose out of the synagogue,
and entered into Simon's house. And
Simon's wife's mother was taken with a
great fever; and they besought him for
her.
39 And he stood over her, and rebuked
the fever; and it left her: and
immediately she arose and ministered
unto them.
40 # Now when the sun was setting, all
they that had any sick with divers
diseases brought them unto him; and he
laid his hands on every one of them,
and healed them.
41 And devils also came out of many,
crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ
the Son of God. And he rebuking [them]
suffered them not to speak: for they
knew that he was Christ.
42 And when it was day, he departed and
went into a desert place: and the
people sought him, and came unto him,
and stayed him, that he should not
depart from them.
43 And he said unto them, I must preach
the kingdom of God to other cities
also: for therefore am I sent.
44 And he preached in the synagogues of
Galilee.

CHAPTER 5
1 And it came to pass, that, as the
people pressed upon him to hear the
word of God, he stood by the lake of
Gennesaret,
2 And saw two ships standing by the
lake: but the fishermen were gone out
of them, and were washing [their] nets.
3 And he entered into one of the ships,
which was Simon's, and prayed him that
he would thrust out a little from the
land. And he sat down, and taught the
people out of the ship.
4 Now when he had left speaking, he
said unto Simon, Launch out into the
deep, and let down your nets for a
draught.
5 And Simon answering said unto him,
Master, we have toiled all the night,
and have taken nothing: nevertheless at
thy word I will let down the net.
6 And when they had this done, they
inclosed a great multitude of fishes:
and their net brake.
7 And they beckoned unto [their]
partners, which were in the other ship,
that they should come and help them.
And they came, and filled both the
ships, so that they began to sink.
8 When Simon Peter saw [it], he fell
down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart
from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.
9 For he was astonished, and all that
were with him, at the draught of the
fishes which they had taken:
10 And so [was] also James, and John,
the sons of Zebedee, which were
partners with Simon. And Jesus said
unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth
thou shalt catch men.
11 And when they had brought their
ships to land, they forsook all, and
followed him.
12 # And it came to pass, when he was
in a certain city, behold a man full of
leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on [his]
face, and besought him, saying, Lord,
if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
13 And he put forth [his] hand, and
touched him, saying, I will: be thou
clean. And immediately the leprosy
departed from him.
14 And he charged him to tell no man:
but go, and shew thyself to the priest,
and offer for thy cleansing, according
as Moses commanded, for a testimony
unto them.
15 But so much the more went there a
fame abroad of him: and great
multitudes came together to hear, and
to be healed by him of their
infirmities.
16 # And he withdrew himself into the
wilderness, and prayed.
17 And it came to pass on a certain
day, as he was teaching, that there
were Pharisees and doctors of the law
sitting by, which were come out of
every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and
Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord
was [present] to heal them.
18 # And, behold, men brought in a bed
a man which was taken with a palsy: and
they sought [means] to bring him in,
and to lay [him] before him.
19 And when they could not find by what
[way] they might bring him in because
of the multitude, they went upon the
housetop, and let him down through the
tiling with [his] couch into the midst
before Jesus.
20 And when he saw their faith, he said
unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven
thee.
21 And the scribes and the Pharisees
began to reason, saying, Who is this
which speaketh blasphemies? Who can
forgive sins, but God alone?
22 But when Jesus perceived their
thoughts, he answering said unto them,
What reason ye in your hearts?
23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins
be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up
and walk?
24 But that ye may know that the Son of
man hath power upon earth to forgive
sins, (he said unto the sick of the
palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and
take up thy couch, and go into thine
house.
25 And immediately he rose up before
them, and took up that whereon he lay,
and departed to his own house,
glorifying God.
26 And they were all amazed, and they
glorified God, and were filled with
fear, saying, We have seen strange
things to day.
27 # And after these things he went
forth, and saw a publican, named Levi,
sitting at the receipt of custom: and
he said unto him, Follow me.
28 And he left all, rose up, and
followed him.
29 And Levi made him a great feast in
his own house: and there was a great
company of publicans and of others that
sat down with them.
30 But their scribes and Pharisees
murmured against his disciples, saying,
Why do ye eat and drink with publicans
and sinners?
31 And Jesus answering said unto them,
They that are whole need not a
physician; but they that are sick.
32 I came not to call the righteous,
but sinners to repentance.
33 # And they said unto him, Why do the
disciples of John fast often, and make
prayers, and likewise [the disciples]
of the Pharisees; but thine eat and
drink?
34 And he said unto them, Can ye make
the children of the bridechamber fast,
while the bridegroom is with them?
35 But the days will come, when the
bridegroom shall be taken away from
them, and then shall they fast in those
days.
36 # And he spake also a parable unto
them; No man putteth a piece of a new
garment upon an old; if otherwise, then
both the new maketh a rent, and the
piece that was [taken] out of the new
agreeth not with the old.
37 And no man putteth new wine into old
bottles; else the new wine will burst
the bottles, and be spilled, and the
bottles shall perish.
38 But new wine must be put into new
bottles; and both are preserved.
39 No man also having drunk old [wine]
straightway desireth new: for he saith,
The old is better.

CHAPTER 6
1 And it came to pass on the second
sabbath after the first, that he went
through the corn fields; and his
disciples plucked the ears of corn, and
did eat, rubbing [them] in [their]
hands.
2 And certain of the Pharisees said
unto them, Why do ye that which is not
lawful to do on the sabbath days?
3 And Jesus answering them said, Have
ye not read so much as this, what David
did, when himself was an hungred, and
they which were with him;
4 How he went into the house of God,
and did take and eat the shewbread, and
gave also to them that were with him;
which it is not lawful to eat but for
the priests alone?
5 And he said unto them, That the Son
of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
6 And it came to pass also on another
sabbath, that he entered into the
synagogue and taught: and there was a
man whose right hand was withered.
7 And the scribes and Pharisees watched
him, whether he would heal on the
sabbath day; that they might find an
accusation against him.
8 But he knew their thoughts, and said
to the man which had the withered hand,
Rise up, and stand forth in the midst.
And he arose and stood forth.
9 Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask
you one thing; Is it lawful on the
sabbath days to do good, or to do evil?
to save life, or to destroy [it]?
10 And looking round about upon them
all, he said unto the man, Stretch
forth thy hand. And he did so: and his
hand was restored whole as the other.
11 And they were filled with madness;
and communed one with another what they
might do to Jesus.
12 And it came to pass in those days,
that he went out into a mountain to
pray, and continued all night in prayer
to God.
13 # And when it was day, he called
[unto him] his disciples: and of them
he chose twelve, whom also he named
apostles;
14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,)
and Andrew his brother, James and John,
Philip and Bartholomew,
15 Matthew and Thomas, James the [son]
of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
16 And Judas [the brother] of James,
and Judas Iscariot, which also was the
traitor.
17 # And he came down with them, and
stood in the plain, and the company of
his disciples, and a great multitude of
people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem,
and from the sea coast of Tyre and
Sidon, which came to hear him, and to
be healed of their diseases;
18 And they that were vexed with
unclean spirits: and they were healed.
19 And the whole multitude sought to
touch him: for there went virtue out of
him, and healed [them] all.
20 # And he lifted up his eyes on his
disciples, and said, Blessed [be ye]
poor: for your's is the kingdom of God.
21 Blessed [are ye] that hunger now:
for ye shall be filled. Blessed [are
ye] that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate
you, and when they shall separate you
[from their company], and shall
reproach [you], and cast out your name
as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for
joy: for, behold, your reward [is]
great in heaven: for in the like manner
did their fathers unto the prophets.
24 But woe unto you that are rich! for
ye have received your consolation.
25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye
shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh
now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
26 Woe unto you, when all men shall
speak well of you! for so did their
fathers to the false prophets.
27 # But I say unto you which hear,
Love your enemies, do good to them
which hate you,
28 Bless them that curse you, and pray
for them which despitefully use you.
29 And unto him that smiteth thee on
the [one] cheek offer also the other;
and him that taketh away thy cloke
forbid not [to take thy] coat also.
30 Give to every man that asketh of
thee; and of him that taketh away thy
goods ask [them] not again.
31 And as ye would that men should do
to you, do ye also to them likewise.
32 For if ye love them which love you,
what thank have ye? for sinners also
love those that love them.
33 And if ye do good to them which do
good to you, what thank have ye? for
sinners also do even the same.
34 And if ye lend [to them] of whom ye
hope to receive, what thank have ye?
for sinners also lend to sinners, to
receive as much again.
35 But love ye your enemies, and do
good, and lend, hoping for nothing
again; and your reward shall be great,
and ye shall be the children of the
Highest: for he is kind unto the
unthankful and [to] the evil.
36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your
Father also is merciful.
37 Judge not, and ye shall not be
judged: condemn not, and ye shall not
be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be
forgiven:
38 Give, and it shall be given unto
you; good measure, pressed down, and
shaken together, and running over,
shall men give into your bosom. For
with the same measure that ye mete
withal it shall be measured to you
again.
39 And he spake a parable unto them,
Can the blind lead the blind? shall
they not both fall into the ditch?
40 The disciple is not above his
master: but every one that is perfect
shall be as his master.
41 And why beholdest thou the mote that
is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest
not the beam that is in thine own eye?
42 Either how canst thou say to thy
brother, Brother, let me pull out the
mote that is in thine eye, when thou
thyself beholdest not the beam that is
in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast
out first the beam out of thine own
eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to
pull out the mote that is in thy
brother's eye.
43 For a good tree bringeth not forth
corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt
tree bring forth good fruit.
44 For every tree is known by his own
fruit. For of thorns men do not gather
figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they
grapes.
45 A good man out of the good treasure
of his heart bringeth forth that which
is good; and an evil man out of the
evil treasure of his heart bringeth
forth that which is evil: for of the
abundance of the heart his mouth
speaketh.
46 # And why call ye me, Lord, Lord,
and do not the things which I say?
47 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth
my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew
you to whom he is like:
48 He is like a man which built an
house, and digged deep, and laid the
foundation on a rock: and when the
flood arose, the stream beat vehemently
upon that house, and could not shake
it: for it was founded upon a rock.
49 But he that heareth, and doeth not,
is like a man that without a foundation
built an house upon the earth; against
which the stream did beat vehemently,
and immediately it fell; and the ruin
of that house was great.

CHAPTER 7
1 Now when he had ended all his sayings
in the audience of the people, he
entered into Capernaum.
2 And a certain centurion's servant,
who was dear unto him, was sick, and
ready to die.
3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent
unto him the elders of the Jews,
beseeching him that he would come and
heal his servant.
4 And when they came to Jesus, they
besought him instantly, saying, That he
was worthy for whom he should do this:
5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath
built us a synagogue.
6 Then Jesus went with them. And when
he was now not far from the house, the
centurion sent friends to him, saying
unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself:
for I am not worthy that thou shouldest
enter under my roof:
7 Wherefore neither thought I myself
worthy to come unto thee: but say in a
word, and my servant shall be healed.
8 For I also am a man set under
authority, having under me soldiers,
and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth;
and to another, Come, and he cometh;
and to my servant, Do this, and he
doeth [it].
9 When Jesus heard these things, he
marvelled at him, and turned him about,
and said unto the people that followed
him, I say unto you, I have not found
so great faith, no, not in Israel.
10 And they that were sent, returning
to the house, found the servant whole
that had been sick.
11 # And it came to pass the day after,
that he went into a city called Nain;
and many of his disciples went with
him, and much people.
12 Now when he came nigh to the gate of
the city, behold, there was a dead man
carried out, the only son of his
mother, and she was a widow: and much
people of the city was with her.
13 And when the Lord saw her, he had
compassion on her, and said unto her,
Weep not.
14 And he came and touched the bier:
and they that bare [him] stood still.
And he said, Young man, I say unto
thee, Arise.
15 And he that was dead sat up, and
began to speak. And he delivered him to
his mother.
16 And there came a fear on all: and
they glorified God, saying, That a
great prophet is risen up among us;
and, That God hath visited his people.
17 And this rumour of him went forth
throughout all Judaea, and throughout
all the region round about.
18 And the disciples of John shewed him
of all these things.
19 # And John calling [unto him] two of
his disciples sent [them] to Jesus,
saying, Art thou he that should come?
or look we for another?
20 When the men were come unto him,
they said, John Baptist hath sent us
unto thee, saying, Art thou he that
should come? or look we for another?
21 And in that same hour he cured many
of [their] infirmities and plagues, and
of evil spirits; and unto many [that
were] blind he gave sight.
22 Then Jesus answering said unto them,
Go your way, and tell John what things
ye have seen and heard; how that the
blind see, the lame walk, the lepers
are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead
are raised, to the poor the gospel is
preached.
23 And blessed is [he], whosoever shall
not be offended in me.
24 # And when the messengers of John
were departed, he began to speak unto
the people concerning John, What went
ye out into the wilderness for to see?
A reed shaken with the wind?
25 But what went ye out for to see? A
man clothed in soft raiment? Behold,
they which are gorgeously apparelled,
and live delicately, are in kings'
courts.
26 But what went ye out for to see? A
prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much
more than a prophet.
27 This is [he], of whom it is written,
Behold, I send my messenger before thy
face, which shall prepare thy way
before thee.
28 For I say unto you, Among those that
are born of women there is not a
greater prophet than John the Baptist:
but he that is least in the kingdom of
God is greater than he.
29 And all the people that heard [him],
and the publicans, justified God, being
baptized with the baptism of John.
30 But the Pharisees and lawyers
rejected the counsel of God against
themselves, being not baptized of him.
31 # And the Lord said, Whereunto then
shall I liken the men of this
generation? and to what are they like?
32 They are like unto children sitting
in the marketplace, and calling one to
another, and saying, We have piped unto
you, and ye have not danced; we have
mourned to you, and ye have not wept.
33 For John the Baptist came neither
eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye
say, He hath a devil.
34 The Son of man is come eating and
drinking; and ye say, Behold a
gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a
friend of publicans and sinners!
35 But wisdom is justified of all her
children.
36 # And one of the Pharisees desired
him that he would eat with him. And he
went into the Pharisee's house, and sat
down to meat.
37 And, behold, a woman in the city,
which was a sinner, when she knew that
[Jesus] sat at meat in the Pharisee's
house, brought an alabaster box of
ointment,
38 And stood at his feet behind [him]
weeping, and began to wash his feet
with tears, and did wipe [them] with
the hairs of her head, and kissed his
feet, and anointed [them] with the
ointment.
39 Now when the Pharisee which had
bidden him saw [it], he spake within
himself, saying, This man, if he were a
prophet, would have known who and what
manner of woman [this is] that toucheth
him: for she is a sinner.
40 And Jesus answering said unto him,
Simon, I have somewhat to say unto
thee. And he saith, Master, say on.
41 There was a certain creditor which
had two debtors: the one owed five
hundred pence, and the other fifty.
42 And when they had nothing to pay, he
frankly forgave them both. Tell me
therefore, which of them will love him
most?
43 Simon answered and said, I suppose
that [he], to whom he forgave most. And
he said unto him, Thou hast rightly
judged.
44 And he turned to the woman, and said
unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I
entered into thine house, thou gavest
me no water for my feet: but she hath
washed my feet with tears, and wiped
[them] with the hairs of her head.
45 Thou gavest me no kiss: but this
woman since the time I came in hath not
ceased to kiss my feet.
46 My head with oil thou didst not
anoint: but this woman hath anointed my
feet with ointment.
47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins,
which are many, are forgiven; for she
loved much: but to whom little is
forgiven, [the same] loveth little.
48 And he said unto her, Thy sins are
forgiven.
49 And they that sat at meat with him
began to say within themselves, Who is
this that forgiveth sins also?
50 And he said to the woman, Thy faith
hath saved thee; go in peace.

CHAPTER 8
1 And it came to pass afterward, that
he went throughout every city and
village, preaching and shewing the glad
tidings of the kingdom of God: and the
twelve [were] with him,
2 And certain women, which had been
healed of evil spirits and infirmities,
Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went
seven devils,
3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's
steward, and Susanna, and many others,
which ministered unto him of their
substance.
4 # And when much people were gathered
together, and were come to him out of
every city, he spake by a parable:
5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and
as he sowed, some fell by the way side;
and it was trodden down, and the fowls
of the air devoured it.
6 And some fell upon a rock; and as
soon as it was sprung up, it withered
away, because it lacked moisture.
7 And some fell among thorns; and the
thorns sprang up with it, and choked
it.
8 And other fell on good ground, and
sprang up, and bare fruit an
hundredfold. And when he had said these
things, he cried, He that hath ears to
hear, let him hear.
9 And his disciples asked him, saying,
What might this parable be?
10 And he said, Unto you it is given to
know the mysteries of the kingdom of
God: but to others in parables; that
seeing they might not see, and hearing
they might not understand.
11 Now the parable is this: The seed is
the word of God.
12 Those by the way side are they that
hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh
away the word out of their hearts, lest
they should believe and be saved.
13 They on the rock [are they], which,
when they hear, receive the word with
joy; and these have no root, which for
a while believe, and in time of
temptation fall away.
14 And that which fell among thorns are
they, which, when they have heard, go
forth, and are choked with cares and
riches and pleasures of [this] life,
and bring no fruit to perfection.
15 But that on the good ground are
they, which in an honest and good
heart, having heard the word, keep
[it], and bring forth fruit with
patience.
16 # No man, when he hath lighted a
candle, covereth it with a vessel, or
putteth [it] under a bed; but setteth
[it] on a candlestick, that they which
enter in may see the light.
17 For nothing is secret, that shall
not be made manifest; neither [any
thing] hid, that shall not be known and
come abroad.
18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: for
whosoever hath, to him shall be given;
and whosoever hath not, from him shall
be taken even that which he seemeth to
have.
19 # Then came to him [his] mother and
his brethren, and could not come at him
for the press.
20 And it was told him [by certain]
which said, Thy mother and thy brethren
stand without, desiring to see thee.
21 And he answered and said unto them,
My mother and my brethren are these
which hear the word of God, and do it.
22 # Now it came to pass on a certain
day, that he went into a ship with his
disciples: and he said unto them, Let
us go over unto the other side of the
lake. And they launched forth.
23 But as they sailed he fell asleep:
and there came down a storm of wind on
the lake; and they were filled [with
water], and were in jeopardy.
24 And they came to him, and awoke him,
saying, Master, master, we perish. Then
he arose, and rebuked the wind and the
raging of the water: and they ceased,
and there was a calm.
25 And he said unto them, Where is your
faith? And they being afraid wondered,
saying one to another, What manner of
man is this! for he commandeth even the
winds and water, and they obey him.
26 # And they arrived at the country of
the Gadarenes, which is over against
Galilee.
27 And when he went forth to land,
there met him out of the city a certain
man, which had devils long time, and
ware no clothes, neither abode in [any]
house, but in the tombs.
28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and
fell down before him, and with a loud
voice said, What have I to do with
thee, Jesus, [thou] Son of God most
high? I beseech thee, torment me not.
29 (For he had commanded the unclean
spirit to come out of the man. For
oftentimes it had caught him: and he
was kept bound with chains and in
fetters; and he brake the bands, and
was driven of the devil into the
wilderness.)
30 And Jesus asked him, saying, What is
thy name? And he said, Legion: because
many devils were entered into him.
31 And they besought him that he would
not command them to go out into the
deep.
32 And there was there an herd of many
swine feeding on the mountain: and they
besought him that he would suffer them
to enter into them. And he suffered
them.
33 Then went the devils out of the man,
and entered into the swine: and the
herd ran violently down a steep place
into the lake, and were choked.
34 When they that fed [them] saw what
was done, they fled, and went and told
[it] in the city and in the country.
35 Then they went out to see what was
done; and came to Jesus, and found the
man, out of whom the devils were
departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus,
clothed, and in his right mind: and
they were afraid.
36 They also which saw [it] told them
by what means he that was possessed of
the devils was healed.
37 # Then the whole multitude of the
country of the Gadarenes round about
besought him to depart from them; for
they were taken with great fear: and he
went up into the ship, and returned
back again.
38 Now the man out of whom the devils
were departed besought him that he
might be with him: but Jesus sent him
away, saying,
39 Return to thine own house, and shew
how great things God hath done unto
thee. And he went his way, and
published throughout the whole city how
great things Jesus had done unto him.
40 And it came to pass, that, when
Jesus was returned, the people [gladly]
received him: for they were all waiting
for him.
41 # And, behold, there came a man
named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the
synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus'
feet, and besought him that he would
come into his house:
42 For he had one only daughter, about
twelve years of age, and she lay a
dying. But as he went the people
thronged him.
43 # And a woman having an issue of
blood twelve years, which had spent all
her living upon physicians, neither
could be healed of any,
44 Came behind [him], and touched the
border of his garment: and immediately
her issue of blood stanched.
45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When
all denied, Peter and they that were
with him said, Master, the multitude
throng thee and press [thee], and
sayest thou, Who touched me?
46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath
touched me: for I perceive that virtue
is gone out of me.
47 And when the woman saw that she was
not hid, she came trembling, and
falling down before him, she declared
unto him before all the people for what
cause she had touched him, and how she
was healed immediately.
48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be
of good comfort: thy faith hath made
thee whole; go in peace.
49 # While he yet spake, there cometh
one from the ruler of the synagogue's
[house], saying to him, Thy daughter is
dead; trouble not the Master.
50 But when Jesus heard [it], he
answered him, saying, Fear not: believe
only, and she shall be made whole.
51 And when he came into the house, he
suffered no man to go in, save Peter,
and James, and John, and the father and
the mother of the maiden.
52 And all wept, and bewailed her: but
he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but
sleepeth.
53 And they laughed him to scorn,
knowing that she was dead.
54 And he put them all out, and took
her by the hand, and called, saying,
Maid, arise.
55 And her spirit came again, and she
arose straightway: and he commanded to
give her meat.
56 And her parents were astonished: but
he charged them that they should tell
no man what was done.

CHAPTER 9
1 Then he called his twelve disciples
together, and gave them power and
authority over all devils, and to cure
diseases.
2 And he sent them to preach the
kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.
3 And he said unto them, Take nothing
for [your] journey, neither staves, nor
scrip, neither bread, neither money;
neither have two coats apiece.
4 And whatsoever house ye enter into,
there abide, and thence depart.
5 And whosoever will not receive you,
when ye go out of that city, shake off
the very dust from your feet for a
testimony against them.
6 And they departed, and went through
the towns, preaching the gospel, and
healing every where.
7 # Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all
that was done by him: and he was
perplexed, because that it was said of
some, that John was risen from the
dead;
8 And of some, that Elias had appeared;
and of others, that one of the old
prophets was risen again.
9 And Herod said, John have I beheaded:
but who is this, of whom I hear such
things? And he desired to see him.
10 # And the apostles, when they were
returned, told him all that they had
done. And he took them, and went aside
privately into a desert place belonging
to the city called Bethsaida.
11 And the people, when they knew [it],
followed him: and he received them, and
spake unto them of the kingdom of God,
and healed them that had need of
healing.
12 And when the day began to wear away,
then came the twelve, and said unto
him, Send the multitude away, that they
may go into the towns and country round
about, and lodge, and get victuals: for
we are here in a desert place.
13 But he said unto them, Give ye them
to eat. And they said, We have no more
but five loaves and two fishes; except
we should go and buy meat for all this
people.
14 For they were about five thousand
men. And he said to his disciples, Make
them sit down by fifties in a company.
15 And they did so, and made them all
sit down.
16 Then he took the five loaves and the
two fishes, and looking up to heaven,
he blessed them, and brake, and gave to
the disciples to set before the
multitude.
17 And they did eat, and were all
filled: and there was taken up of
fragments that remained to them twelve
baskets.
18 # And it came to pass, as he was
alone praying, his disciples were with
him: and he asked them, saying, Whom
say the people that I am?
19 They answering said, John the
Baptist; but some [say], Elias; and
others [say], that one of the old
prophets is risen again.
20 He said unto them, But whom say ye
that I am? Peter answering said, The
Christ of God.
21 And he straitly charged them, and
commanded [them] to tell no man that
thing;
22 Saying, The Son of man must suffer
many things, and be rejected of the
elders and chief priests and scribes,
and be slain, and be raised the third
day.
23 # And he said to [them] all, If any
[man] will come after me, let him deny
himself, and take up his cross daily,
and follow me.
24 For whosoever will save his life
shall lose it: but whosoever will lose
his life for my sake, the same shall
save it.
25 For what is a man advantaged, if he
gain the whole world, and lose himself,
or be cast away?
26 For whosoever shall be ashamed of me
and of my words, of him shall the Son
of man be ashamed, when he shall come
in his own glory, and [in his]
Father's, and of the holy angels.
27 But I tell you of a truth, there be
some standing here, which shall not
taste of death, till they see the
kingdom of God.
28 # And it came to pass about an eight
days after these sayings, he took Peter
and John and James, and went up into a
mountain to pray.
29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his
countenance was altered, and his
raiment [was] white [and] glistering.
30 And, behold, there talked with him
two men, which were Moses and Elias:
31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of
his decease which he should accomplish
at Jerusalem.
32 But Peter and they that were with
him were heavy with sleep: and when
they were awake, they saw his glory,
and the two men that stood with him.
33 And it came to pass, as they
departed from him, Peter said unto
Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be
here: and let us make three
tabernacles; one for thee, and one for
Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing
what he said.
34 While he thus spake, there came a
cloud, and overshadowed them: and they
feared as they entered into the cloud.
35 And there came a voice out of the
cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son:
hear him.
36 And when the voice was past, Jesus
was found alone. And they kept [it]
close, and told no man in those days
any of those things which they had
seen.
37 # And it came to pass, that on the
next day, when they were come down from
the hill, much people met him.
38 And, behold, a man of the company
cried out, saying, Master, I beseech
thee, look upon my son: for he is mine
only child.
39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he
suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him
that he foameth again, and bruising him
hardly departeth from him.
40 And I besought thy disciples to cast
him out; and they could not.
41 And Jesus answering said, O
faithless and perverse generation, how
long shall I be with you, and suffer
you? Bring thy son hither.
42 And as he was yet a coming, the
devil threw him down, and tare [him].
And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit,
and healed the child, and delivered him
again to his father.
43 # And they were all amazed at the
mighty power of God. But while they
wondered every one at all things which
Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,
44 Let these sayings sink down into
your ears: for the Son of man shall be
delivered into the hands of men.
45 But they understood not this saying,
and it was hid from them, that they
perceived it not: and they feared to
ask him of that saying.
46 # Then there arose a reasoning among
them, which of them should be greatest.
47 And Jesus, perceiving the thought of
their heart, took a child, and set him
by him,
48 And said unto them, Whosoever shall
receive this child in my name receiveth
me: and whosoever shall receive me
receiveth him that sent me: for he that
is least among you all, the same shall
be great.
49 # And John answered and said,
Master, we saw one casting out devils
in thy name; and we forbad him, because
he followeth not with us.
50 And Jesus said unto him, Forbid
[him] not: for he that is not against
us is for us.
51 # And it came to pass, when the time
was come that he should be received up,
he stedfastly set his face to go to
Jerusalem,
52 And sent messengers before his face:
and they went, and entered into a
village of the Samaritans, to make
ready for him.
53 And they did not receive him,
because his face was as though he would
go to Jerusalem.
54 And when his disciples James and
John saw [this], they said, Lord, wilt
thou that we command fire to come down
from heaven, and consume them, even as
Elias did?
55 But he turned, and rebuked them, and
said, Ye know not what manner of spirit
ye are of.
56 For the Son of man is not come to
destroy men's lives, but to save
[them]. And they went to another
village.
57 # And it came to pass, that, as they
went in the way, a certain [man] said
unto him, Lord, I will follow thee
whithersoever thou goest.
58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have
holes, and birds of the air [have]
nests; but the Son of man hath not
where to lay [his] head.
59 And he said unto another, Follow me.
But he said, Lord, suffer me first to
go and bury my father.
60 Jesus said unto him, Let the dead
bury their dead: but go thou and preach
the kingdom of God.
61 And another also said, Lord, I will
follow thee; but let me first go bid
them farewell, which are at home at my
house.
62 And Jesus said unto him, No man,
having put his hand to the plough, and
looking back, is fit for the kingdom of
God.

CHAPTER 10
1 After these things the Lord appointed
other seventy also, and sent them two
and two before his face into every city
and place, whither he himself would
come.
2 Therefore said he unto them, The
harvest truly [is] great, but the
labourers [are] few: pray ye therefore
the Lord of the harvest, that he would
send forth labourers into his harvest.
3 Go your ways: behold, I send you
forth as lambs among wolves.
4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor
shoes: and salute no man by the way.
5 And into whatsoever house ye enter,
first say, Peace [be] to this house.
6 And if the son of peace be there,
your peace shall rest upon it: if not,
it shall turn to you again.
7 And in the same house remain, eating
and drinking such things as they give:
for the labourer is worthy of his hire.
Go not from house to house.
8 And into whatsoever city ye enter,
and they receive you, eat such things
as are set before you:
9 And heal the sick that are therein,
and say unto them, The kingdom of God
is come nigh unto you.
10 But into whatsoever city ye enter,
and they receive you not, go your ways
out into the streets of the same, and
say,
11 Even the very dust of your city,
which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off
against you: notwithstanding be ye sure
of this, that the kingdom of God is
come nigh unto you.
12 But I say unto you, that it shall be
more tolerable in that day for Sodom,
than for that city.
13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto
thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty
works had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
which have been done in you, they had a
great while ago repented, sitting in
sackcloth and ashes.
14 But it shall be more tolerable for
Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than
for you.
15 And thou, Capernaum, which art
exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down
to hell.
16 He that heareth you heareth me; and
he that despiseth you despiseth me; and
he that despiseth me despiseth him that
sent me.
17 # And the seventy returned again
with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils
are subject unto us through thy name.
18 And he said unto them, I beheld
Satan as lightning fall from heaven.
19 Behold, I give unto you power to
tread on serpents and scorpions, and
over all the power of the enemy: and
nothing shall by any means hurt you.
20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not,
that the spirits are subject unto you;
but rather rejoice, because your names
are written in heaven.
21 # In that hour Jesus rejoiced in
spirit, and said, I thank thee, O
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that
thou hast hid these things from the
wise and prudent, and hast revealed
them unto babes: even so, Father; for
so it seemed good in thy sight.
22 All things are delivered to me of my
Father: and no man knoweth who the Son
is, but the Father; and who the Father
is, but the Son, and [he] to whom the
Son will reveal [him].
23 # And he turned him unto [his]
disciples, and said privately, Blessed
[are] the eyes which see the things
that ye see:
24 For I tell you, that many prophets
and kings have desired to see those
things which ye see, and have not seen
[them]; and to hear those things which
ye hear, and have not heard [them].
25 # And, behold, a certain lawyer
stood up, and tempted him, saying,
Master, what shall I do to inherit
eternal life?
26 He said unto him, What is written in
the law? how readest thou?
27 And he answering said, Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with
all thy strength, and with all thy
mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
28 And he said unto him, Thou hast
answered right: this do, and thou shalt
live.
29 But he, willing to justify himself,
said unto Jesus, And who is my
neighbour?
30 And Jesus answering said, A certain
[man] went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, and fell among thieves, which
stripped him of his raiment, and
wounded [him], and departed, leaving
[him] half dead.
31 And by chance there came down a
certain priest that way: and when he
saw him, he passed by on the other
side.
32 And likewise a Levite, when he was
at the place, came and looked [on him],
and passed by on the other side.
33 But a certain Samaritan, as he
journeyed, came where he was: and when
he saw him, he had compassion [on him],
34 And went to [him], and bound up his
wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and
set him on his own beast, and brought
him to an inn, and took care of him.
35 And on the morrow when he departed,
he took out two pence, and gave [them]
to the host, and said unto him, Take
care of him; and whatsoever thou
spendest more, when I come again, I
will repay thee.
36 Which now of these three, thinkest
thou, was neighbour unto him that fell
among the thieves?
37 And he said, He that shewed mercy on
him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and
do thou likewise.
38 # Now it came to pass, as they went,
that he entered into a certain village:
and a certain woman named Martha
received him into her house.
39 And she had a sister called Mary,
which also sat at Jesus' feet, and
heard his word.
40 But Martha was cumbered about much
serving, and came to him, and said,
Lord, dost thou not care that my sister
hath left me to serve alone? bid her
therefore that she help me.
41 And Jesus answered and said unto
her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful
and troubled about many things:
42 But one thing is needful: and Mary
hath chosen that good part, which shall
not be taken away from her.

CHAPTER 11
1 And it came to pass, that, as he was
praying in a certain place, when he
ceased, one of his disciples said unto
him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John
also taught his disciples.
2 And he said unto them, When ye pray,
say, Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in
earth.
3 Give us day by day our daily bread.
4 And forgive us our sins; for we also
forgive every one that is indebted to
us. And lead us not into temptation;
but deliver us from evil.
5 And he said unto them, Which of you
shall have a friend, and shall go unto
him at midnight, and say unto him,
Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 For a friend of mine in his journey
is come to me, and I have nothing to
set before him?
7 And he from within shall answer and
say, Trouble me not: the door is now
shut, and my children are with me in
bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
8 I say unto you, Though he will not
rise and give him, because he is his
friend, yet because of his importunity
he will rise and give him as many as he
needeth.
9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall
be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every one that asketh receiveth;
and he that seeketh findeth; and to him
that knocketh it shall be opened.
11 If a son shall ask bread of any of
you that is a father, will he give him
a stone? or if [he ask] a fish, will he
for a fish give him a serpent?
12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will he
offer him a scorpion?
13 If ye then, being evil, know how to
give good gifts unto your children: how
much more shall [your] heavenly Father
give the Holy Spirit to them that ask
him?
14 # And he was casting out a devil,
and it was dumb. And it came to pass,
when the devil was gone out, the dumb
spake; and the people wondered.
15 But some of them said, He casteth
out devils through Beelzebub the chief
of the devils.
16 And others, tempting [him], sought
of him a sign from heaven.
17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said
unto them, Every kingdom divided
against itself is brought to
desolation; and a house [divided]
against a house falleth.
18 If Satan also be divided against
himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
because ye say that I cast out devils
through Beelzebub.
19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out
devils, by whom do your sons cast
[them] out? therefore shall they be
your judges.
20 But if I with the finger of God cast
out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God
is come upon you.
21 When a strong man armed keepeth his
palace, his goods are in peace:
22 But when a stronger than he shall
come upon him, and overcome him, he
taketh from him all his armour wherein
he trusted, and divideth his spoils.
23 He that is not with me is against
me: and he that gathereth not with me
scattereth.
24 When the unclean spirit is gone out
of a man, he walketh through dry
places, seeking rest; and finding none,
he saith, I will return unto my house
whence I came out.
25 And when he cometh, he findeth [it]
swept and garnished.
26 Then goeth he, and taketh [to him]
seven other spirits more wicked than
himself; and they enter in, and dwell
there: and the last [state] of that man
is worse than the first.
27 # And it came to pass, as he spake
these things, a certain woman of the
company lifted up her voice, and said
unto him, Blessed [is] the womb that
bare thee, and the paps which thou hast
sucked.
28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed
[are] they that hear the word of God,
and keep it.
29 # And when the people were gathered
thick together, he began to say, This
is an evil generation: they seek a
sign; and there shall no sign be given
it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.
30 For as Jonas was a sign unto the
Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man
be to this generation.
31 The queen of the south shall rise up
in the judgment with the men of this
generation, and condemn them: for she
came from the utmost parts of the earth
to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and,
behold, a greater than Solomon [is]
here.
32 The men of Nineve shall rise up in
the judgment with this generation, and
shall condemn it: for they repented at
the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a
greater than Jonas [is] here.
33 No man, when he hath lighted a
candle, putteth [it] in a secret place,
neither under a bushel, but on a
candlestick, that they which come in
may see the light.
34 The light of the body is the eye:
therefore when thine eye is single, thy
whole body also is full of light; but
when [thine eye] is evil, thy body also
[is] full of darkness.
35 Take heed therefore that the light
which is in thee be not darkness.
36 If thy whole body therefore [be]
full of light, having no part dark, the
whole shall be full of light, as when
the bright shining of a candle doth
give thee light.
37 # And as he spake, a certain
Pharisee besought him to dine with him:
and he went in, and sat down to meat.
38 And when the Pharisee saw [it], he
marvelled that he had not first washed
before dinner.
39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do
ye Pharisees make clean the outside of
the cup and the platter; but your
inward part is full of ravening and
wickedness.
40 [Ye] fools, did not he that made
that which is without make that which
is within also?
41 But rather give alms of such things
as ye have; and, behold, all things are
clean unto you.
42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye
tithe mint and rue and all manner of
herbs, and pass over judgment and the
love of God: these ought ye to have
done, and not to leave the other
undone.
43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love
the uppermost seats in the synagogues,
and greetings in the markets.
44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees,
hypocrites! for ye are as graves which
appear not, and the men that walk over
[them] are not aware [of them].
45 # Then answered one of the lawyers,
and said unto him, Master, thus saying
thou reproachest us also.
46 And he said, Woe unto you also, [ye]
lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens
grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves
touch not the burdens with one of your
fingers.
47 Woe unto you! for ye build the
sepulchres of the prophets, and your
fathers killed them.
48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow
the deeds of your fathers: for they
indeed killed them, and ye build their
sepulchres.
49 Therefore also said the wisdom of
God, I will send them prophets and
apostles, and [some] of them they shall
slay and persecute:
50 That the blood of all the prophets,
which was shed from the foundation of
the world, may be required of this
generation;
51 From the blood of Abel unto the
blood of Zacharias, which perished
between the altar and the temple:
verily I say unto you, It shall be
required of this generation.
52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have
taken away the key of knowledge: ye
entered not in yourselves, and them
that were entering in ye hindered.
53 And as he said these things unto
them, the scribes and the Pharisees
began to urge [him] vehemently, and to
provoke him to speak of many things:
54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to
catch something out of his mouth, that
they might accuse him.

CHAPTER 12
1 In the mean time, when there were
gathered together an innumerable
multitude of people, insomuch that they
trode one upon another, he began to say
unto his disciples first of all, Beware
ye of the leaven of the Pharisees,
which is hypocrisy.
2 For there is nothing covered, that
shall not be revealed; neither hid,
that shall not be known.
3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken
in darkness shall be heard in the
light; and that which ye have spoken in
the ear in closets shall be proclaimed
upon the housetops.
4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not
afraid of them that kill the body, and
after that have no more that they can
do.
5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall
fear: Fear him, which after he hath
killed hath power to cast into hell;
yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two
farthings, and not one of them is
forgotten before God?
7 But even the very hairs of your head
are all numbered. Fear not therefore:
ye are of more value than many
sparrows.
8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall
confess me before men, him shall the
Son of man also confess before the
angels of God:
9 But he that denieth me before men
shall be denied before the angels of
God.
10 And whosoever shall speak a word
against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him: but unto him that
blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it
shall not be forgiven.
11 And when they bring you unto the
synagogues, and [unto] magistrates, and
powers, take ye no thought how or what
thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall
say:
12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you
in the same hour what ye ought to say.
13 # And one of the company said unto
him, Master, speak to my brother, that
he divide the inheritance with me.
14 And he said unto him, Man, who made
me a judge or a divider over you?
15 And he said unto them, Take heed,
and beware of covetousness: for a man's
life consisteth not in the abundance of
the things which he possesseth.
16 And he spake a parable unto them,
saying, The ground of a certain rich
man brought forth plentifully:
17 And he thought within himself,
saying, What shall I do, because I have
no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will
pull down my barns, and build greater;
and there will I bestow all my fruits
and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul,
thou hast much goods laid up for many
years; take thine ease, eat, drink,
[and] be merry.
20 But God said unto him, [Thou] fool,
this night thy soul shall be required
of thee: then whose shall those things
be, which thou hast provided?
21 So [is] he that layeth up treasure
for himself, and is not rich toward
God.
22 # And he said unto his disciples,
Therefore I say unto you, Take no
thought for your life, what ye shall
eat; neither for the body, what ye
shall put on.
23 The life is more than meat, and the
body [is more] than raiment.
24 Consider the ravens: for they
neither sow nor reap; which neither
have storehouse nor barn; and God
feedeth them: how much more are ye
better than the fowls?
25 And which of you with taking thought
can add to his stature one cubit?
26 If ye then be not able to do that
thing which is least, why take ye
thought for the rest?
27 Consider the lilies how they grow:
they toil not, they spin not; and yet I
say unto you, that Solomon in all his
glory was not arrayed like one of
these.
28 If then God so clothe the grass,
which is to day in the field, and to
morrow is cast into the oven; how much
more [will he clothe] you, O ye of
little faith?
29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat,
or what ye shall drink, neither be ye
of doubtful mind.
30 For all these things do the nations
of the world seek after: and your
Father knoweth that ye have need of
these things.
31 # But rather seek ye the kingdom of
God; and all these things shall be
added unto you.
32 Fear not, little flock; for it is
your Father's good pleasure to give you
the kingdom.
33 Sell that ye have, and give alms;
provide yourselves bags which wax not
old, a treasure in the heavens that
faileth not, where no thief
approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
34 For where your treasure is, there
will your heart be also.
35 Let your loins be girded about, and
[your] lights burning;
36 And ye yourselves like unto men that
wait for their lord, when he will
return from the wedding; that when he
cometh and knocketh, they may open unto
him immediately.
37 Blessed [are] those servants, whom
the lord when he cometh shall find
watching: verily I say unto you, that
he shall gird himself, and make them to
sit down to meat, and will come forth
and serve them.
38 And if he shall come in the second
watch, or come in the third watch, and
find [them] so, blessed are those
servants.
39 And this know, that if the goodman
of the house had known what hour the
thief would come, he would have
watched, and not have suffered his
house to be broken through.
40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the
Son of man cometh at an hour when ye
think not.
41 # Then Peter said unto him, Lord,
speakest thou this parable unto us, or
even to all?
42 And the Lord said, Who then is that
faithful and wise steward, whom [his]
lord shall make ruler over his
household, to give [them their] portion
of meat in due season?
43 Blessed [is] that servant, whom his
lord when he cometh shall find so
doing.
44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he
will make him ruler over all that he
hath.
45 But and if that servant say in his
heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and
shall begin to beat the menservants and
maidens, and to eat and drink, and to
be drunken;
46 The lord of that servant will come
in a day when he looketh not for [him],
and at an hour when he is not aware,
and will cut him in sunder, and will
appoint him his portion with the
unbelievers.
47 And that servant, which knew his
lord's will, and prepared not
[himself], neither did according to his
will, shall be beaten with many
[stripes].
48 But he that knew not, and did commit
things worthy of stripes, shall be
beaten with few [stripes]. For unto
whomsoever much is given, of him shall
be much required: and to whom men have
committed much, of him they will ask
the more.
49 # I am come to send fire on the
earth; and what will I, if it be
already kindled?
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized
with; and how am I straitened till it
be accomplished!
51 Suppose ye that I am come to give
peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but
rather division:
52 For from henceforth there shall be
five in one house divided, three
against two, and two against three.
53 The father shall be divided against
the son, and the son against the
father; the mother against the
daughter, and the daughter against the
mother; the mother in law against her
daughter in law, and the daughter in
law against her mother in law.
54 # And he said also to the people,
When ye see a cloud rise out of the
west, straightway ye say, There cometh
a shower; and so it is.
55 And when [ye see] the south wind
blow, ye say, There will be heat; and
it cometh to pass.
56 [Ye] hypocrites, ye can discern the
face of the sky and of the earth; but
how is it that ye do not discern this
time?
57 Yea, and why even of yourselves
judge ye not what is right?
58 # When thou goest with thine
adversary to the magistrate, [as thou
art] in the way, give diligence that
thou mayest be delivered from him; lest
he hale thee to the judge, and the
judge deliver thee to the officer, and
the officer cast thee into prison.
59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart
thence, till thou hast paid the very
last mite.

CHAPTER 13
1 There were present at that season
some that told him of the Galilaeans,
whose blood Pilate had mingled with
their sacrifices.
2 And Jesus answering said unto them,
Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were
sinners above all the Galilaeans,
because they suffered such things?
3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye
repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the
tower in Siloam fell, and slew them,
think ye that they were sinners above
all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?
5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye
repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
6 # He spake also this parable; A
certain [man] had a fig tree planted in
his vineyard; and he came and sought
fruit thereon, and found none.
7 Then said he unto the dresser of his
vineyard, Behold, these three years I
come seeking fruit on this fig tree,
and find none: cut it down; why
cumbereth it the ground?
8 And he answering said unto him, Lord,
let it alone this year also, till I
shall dig about it, and dung [it]:
9 And if it bear fruit, [well]: and if
not, [then] after that thou shalt cut
it down.
10 And he was teaching in one of the
synagogues on the sabbath.
11 # And, behold, there was a woman
which had a spirit of infirmity
eighteen years, and was bowed together,
and could in no wise lift up [herself].
12 And when Jesus saw her, he called
[her to him], and said unto her, Woman,
thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
13 And he laid [his] hands on her: and
immediately she was made straight, and
glorified God.
14 And the ruler of the synagogue
answered with indignation, because that
Jesus had healed on the sabbath day,
and said unto the people, There are six
days in which men ought to work: in
them therefore come and be healed, and
not on the sabbath day.
15 The Lord then answered him, and
said, [Thou] hypocrite, doth not each
one of you on the sabbath loose his ox
or [his] ass from the stall, and lead
[him] away to watering?
16 And ought not this woman, being a
daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath
bound, lo, these eighteen years, be
loosed from this bond on the sabbath
day?
17 And when he had said these things,
all his adversaries were ashamed: and
all the people rejoiced for all the
glorious things that were done by him.
18 # Then said he, Unto what is the
kingdom of God like? and whereunto
shall I resemble it?
19 It is like a grain of mustard seed,
which a man took, and cast into his
garden; and it grew, and waxed a great
tree; and the fowls of the air lodged
in the branches of it.
20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I
liken the kingdom of God?
21 It is like leaven, which a woman
took and hid in three measures of meal,
till the whole was leavened.
22 And he went through the cities and
villages, teaching, and journeying
toward Jerusalem.
23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are
there few that be saved? And he said
unto them,
24 # Strive to enter in at the strait
gate: for many, I say unto you, will
seek to enter in, and shall not be
able.
25 When once the master of the house is
risen up, and hath shut to the door,
and ye begin to stand without, and to
knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord,
open unto us; and he shall answer and
say unto you, I know you not whence ye
are:
26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have
eaten and drunk in thy presence, and
thou hast taught in our streets.
27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know
you not whence ye are; depart from me,
all [ye] workers of iniquity.
28 There shall be weeping and gnashing
of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham,
and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the
prophets, in the kingdom of God, and
you [yourselves] thrust out.
29 And they shall come from the east,
and [from] the west, and from the
north, and [from] the south, and shall
sit down in the kingdom of God.
30 And, behold, there are last which
shall be first, and there are first
which shall be last.
31 # The same day there came certain of
the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get
thee out, and depart hence: for Herod
will kill thee.
32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and
tell that fox, Behold, I cast out
devils, and I do cures to day and to
morrow, and the third [day] I shall be
perfected.
33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and
to morrow, and the [day] following: for
it cannot be that a prophet perish out
of Jerusalem.
34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which
killest the prophets, and stonest them
that are sent unto thee; how often
would I have gathered thy children
together, as a hen [doth gather] her
brood under [her] wings, and ye would
not!
35 Behold, your house is left unto you
desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye
shall not see me, until [the time] come
when ye shall say, Blessed [is] he that
cometh in the name of the Lord.

CHAPTER 14
1 And it came to pass, as he went into
the house of one of the chief Pharisees
to eat bread on the sabbath day, that
they watched him.
2 And, behold, there was a certain man
before him which had the dropsy.
3 And Jesus answering spake unto the
lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it
lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
4 And they held their peace. And he
took [him], and healed him, and let him
go;
5 And answered them, saying, Which of
you shall have an ass or an ox fallen
into a pit, and will not straightway
pull him out on the sabbath day?
6 And they could not answer him again
to these things.
7 # And he put forth a parable to those
which were bidden, when he marked how
they chose out the chief rooms; saying
unto them,
8 When thou art bidden of any [man] to
a wedding, sit not down in the highest
room; lest a more honourable man than
thou be bidden of him;
9 And he that bade thee and him come
and say to thee, Give this man place;
and thou begin with shame to take the
lowest room.
10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit
down in the lowest room; that when he
that bade thee cometh, he may say unto
thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt
thou have worship in the presence of
them that sit at meat with thee.
11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall
be abased; and he that humbleth himself
shall be exalted.
12 # Then said he also to him that bade
him, When thou makest a dinner or a
supper, call not thy friends, nor thy
brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor
[thy] rich neighbours; lest they also
bid thee again, and a recompence be
made thee.
13 But when thou makest a feast, call
the poor, the maimed, the lame, the
blind:
14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they
cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt
be recompensed at the resurrection of
the just.
15 # And when one of them that sat at
meat with him heard these things, he
said unto him, Blessed [is] he that
shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
16 Then said he unto him, A certain man
made a great supper, and bade many:
17 And sent his servant at supper time
to say to them that were bidden, Come;
for all things are now ready.
18 And they all with one [consent]
began to make excuse. The first said
unto him, I have bought a piece of
ground, and I must needs go and see it:
I pray thee have me excused.
19 And another said, I have bought five
yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I
pray thee have me excused.
20 And another said, I have married a
wife, and therefore I cannot come.
21 So that servant came, and shewed his
lord these things. Then the master of
the house being angry said to his
servant, Go out quickly into the
streets and lanes of the city, and
bring in hither the poor, and the
maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
22 And the servant said, Lord, it is
done as thou hast commanded, and yet
there is room.
23 And the lord said unto the servant,
Go out into the highways and hedges,
and compel [them] to come in, that my
house may be filled.
24 For I say unto you, That none of
those men which were bidden shall taste
of my supper.
25 # And there went great multitudes
with him: and he turned, and said unto
them,
26 If any [man] come to me, and hate
not his father, and mother, and wife,
and children, and brethren, and
sisters, yea, and his own life also, he
cannot be my disciple.
27 And whosoever doth not bear his
cross, and come after me, cannot be my
disciple.
28 For which of you, intending to build
a tower, sitteth not down first, and
counteth the cost, whether he have
[sufficient] to finish [it]?
29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the
foundation, and is not able to finish
[it], all that behold [it] begin to
mock him,
30 Saying, This man began to build, and
was not able to finish.
31 Or what king, going to make war
against another king, sitteth not down
first, and consulteth whether he be
able with ten thousand to meet him that
cometh against him with twenty
thousand?
32 Or else, while the other is yet a
great way off, he sendeth an ambassage,
and desireth conditions of peace.
33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you
that forsaketh not all that he hath, he
cannot be my disciple.
34 # Salt [is] good: but if the salt
have lost his savour, wherewith shall
it be seasoned?
35 It is neither fit for the land, nor
yet for the dunghill; [but] men cast it
out. He that hath ears to hear, let him
hear.

CHAPTER 15
1 Then drew near unto him all the
publicans and sinners for to hear him.
2 And the Pharisees and scribes
murmured, saying, This man receiveth
sinners, and eateth with them.
3 # And he spake this parable unto
them, saying,
4 What man of you, having an hundred
sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not
leave the ninety and nine in the
wilderness, and go after that which is
lost, until he find it?
5 And when he hath found [it], he
layeth [it] on his shoulders,
rejoicing.
6 And when he cometh home, he calleth
together [his] friends and neighbours,
saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for
I have found my sheep which was lost.
7 I say unto you, that likewise joy
shall be in heaven over one sinner that
repenteth, more than over ninety and
nine just persons, which need no
repentance.
8 # Either what woman having ten pieces
of silver, if she lose one piece, doth
not light a candle, and sweep the
house, and seek diligently till she
find [it]?
9 And when she hath found [it], she
calleth [her] friends and [her]
neighbours together, saying, Rejoice
with me; for I have found the piece
which I had lost.
10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is
joy in the presence of the angels of
God over one sinner that repenteth.
11 # And he said, A certain man had two
sons:
12 And the younger of them said to
[his] father, Father, give me the
portion of goods that falleth [to me].
And he divided unto them [his] living.
13 And not many days after the younger
son gathered all together, and took his
journey into a far country, and there
wasted his substance with riotous
living.
14 And when he had spent all, there
arose a mighty famine in that land; and
he began to be in want.
15 And he went and joined himself to a
citizen of that country; and he sent
him into his fields to feed swine.
16 And he would fain have filled his
belly with the husks that the swine did
eat: and no man gave unto him.
17 And when he came to himself, he
said, How many hired servants of my
father's have bread enough and to
spare, and I perish with hunger!
18 I will arise and go to my father,
and will say unto him, Father, I have
sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19 And am no more worthy to be called
thy son: make me as one of thy hired
servants.
20 And he arose, and came to his
father. But when he was yet a great way
off, his father saw him, and had
compassion, and ran, and fell on his
neck, and kissed him.
21 And the son said unto him, Father, I
have sinned against heaven, and in thy
sight, and am no more worthy to be
called thy son.
22 But the father said to his servants,
Bring forth the best robe, and put [it]
on him; and put a ring on his hand, and
shoes on [his] feet:
23 And bring hither the fatted calf,
and kill [it]; and let us eat, and be
merry:
24 For this my son was dead, and is
alive again; he was lost, and is found.
And they began to be merry.
25 Now his elder son was in the field:
and as he came and drew nigh to the
house, he heard musick and dancing.
26 And he called one of the servants,
and asked what these things meant.
27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is
come; and thy father hath killed the
fatted calf, because he hath received
him safe and sound.
28 And he was angry, and would not go
in: therefore came his father out, and
intreated him.
29 And he answering said to [his]
father, Lo, these many years do I serve
thee, neither transgressed I at any
time thy commandment: and yet thou
never gavest me a kid, that I might
make merry with my friends:
30 But as soon as this thy son was
come, which hath devoured thy living
with harlots, thou hast killed for him
the fatted calf.
31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art
ever with me, and all that I have is
thine.
32 It was meet that we should make
merry, and be glad: for this thy
brother was dead, and is alive again;
and was lost, and is found.

CHAPTER 16
1 And he said also unto his disciples,
There was a certain rich man, which had
a steward; and the same was accused
unto him that he had wasted his goods.
2 And he called him, and said unto him,
How is it that I hear this of thee?
give an account of thy stewardship; for
thou mayest be no longer steward.
3 Then the steward said within himself,
What shall I do? for my lord taketh
away from me the stewardship: I cannot
dig; to beg I am ashamed.
4 I am resolved what to do, that, when
I am put out of the stewardship, they
may receive me into their houses.
5 So he called every one of his lord's
debtors [unto him], and said unto the
first, How much owest thou unto my
lord?
6 And he said, An hundred measures of
oil. And he said unto him, Take thy
bill, and sit down quickly, and write
fifty.
7 Then said he to another, And how much
owest thou? And he said, An hundred
measures of wheat. And he said unto
him, Take thy bill, and write
fourscore.
8 And the lord commended the unjust
steward, because he had done wisely:
for the children of this world are in
their generation wiser than the
children of light.
9 And I say unto you, Make to
yourselves friends of the mammon of
unrighteousness; that, when ye fail,
they may receive you into everlasting
habitations.
10 He that is faithful in that which is
least is faithful also in much: and he
that is unjust in the least is unjust
also in much.
11 If therefore ye have not been
faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who
will commit to your trust the true
[riches]?
12 And if ye have not been faithful in
that which is another man's, who shall
give you that which is your own?
13 # No servant can serve two masters:
for either he will hate the one, and
love the other; or else he will hold to
the one, and despise the other. Ye
cannot serve God and mammon.
14 And the Pharisees also, who were
covetous, heard all these things: and
they derided him.
15 And he said unto them, Ye are they
which justify yourselves before men;
but God knoweth your hearts: for that
which is highly esteemed among men is
abomination in the sight of God.
16 The law and the prophets [were]
until John: since that time the kingdom
of God is preached, and every man
presseth into it.
17 And it is easier for heaven and
earth to pass, than one tittle of the
law to fail.
18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and
marrieth another, committeth adultery:
and whosoever marrieth her that is put
away from [her] husband committeth
adultery.
19 # There was a certain rich man,
which was clothed in purple and fine
linen, and fared sumptuously every day:
20 And there was a certain beggar named
Lazarus, which was laid at his gate,
full of sores,
21 And desiring to be fed with the
crumbs which fell from the rich man's
table: moreover the dogs came and
licked his sores.
22 And it came to pass, that the beggar
died, and was carried by the angels
into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also
died, and was buried;
23 And in hell he lift up his eyes,
being in torments, and seeth Abraham
afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
24 And he cried and said, Father
Abraham, have mercy on me, and send
Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his
finger in water, and cool my tongue;
for I am tormented in this flame.
25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that
thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy
good things, and likewise Lazarus evil
things: but now he is comforted, and
thou art tormented.
26 And beside all this, between us and
you there is a great gulf fixed: so
that they which would pass from hence
to you cannot; neither can they pass to
us, that [would come] from thence.
27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore,
father, that thou wouldest send him to
my father's house:
28 For I have five brethren; that he
may testify unto them, lest they also
come into this place of torment.
29 Abraham saith unto him, They have
Moses and the prophets; let them hear
them.
30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham:
but if one went unto them from the
dead, they will repent.
31 And he said unto him, If they hear
not Moses and the prophets, neither
will they be persuaded, though one rose
from the dead.

CHAPTER 17
1 Then said he unto the disciples, It
is impossible but that offences will
come: but woe [unto him], through whom
they come!
2 It were better for him that a
millstone were hanged about his neck,
and he cast into the sea, than that he
should offend one of these little ones.
3 # Take heed to yourselves: If thy
brother trespass against thee, rebuke
him; and if he repent, forgive him.
4 And if he trespass against thee seven
times in a day, and seven times in a
day turn again to thee, saying, I
repent; thou shalt forgive him.
5 And the apostles said unto the Lord,
Increase our faith.
6 And the Lord said, If ye had faith as
a grain of mustard seed, ye might say
unto this sycamine tree, Be thou
plucked up by the root, and be thou
planted in the sea; and it should obey
you.
7 But which of you, having a servant
plowing or feeding cattle, will say
unto him by and by, when he is come
from the field, Go and sit down to
meat?
8 And will not rather say unto him,
Make ready wherewith I may sup, and
gird thyself, and serve me, till I have
eaten and drunken; and afterward thou
shalt eat and drink?
9 Doth he thank that servant because he
did the things that were commanded him?
I trow not.
10 So likewise ye, when ye shall have
done all those things which are
commanded you, say, We are unprofitable
servants: we have done that which was
our duty to do.
11 # And it came to pass, as he went to
Jerusalem, that he passed through the
midst of Samaria and Galilee.
12 And as he entered into a certain
village, there met him ten men that
were lepers, which stood afar off:
13 And they lifted up [their] voices,
and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on
us.
14 And when he saw [them], he said unto
them, Go shew yourselves unto the
priests. And it came to pass, that, as
they went, they were cleansed.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he
was healed, turned back, and with a
loud voice glorified God,
16 And fell down on [his] face at his
feet, giving him thanks: and he was a
Samaritan.
17 And Jesus answering said, Were there
not ten cleansed? but where [are] the
nine?
18 There are not found that returned to
give glory to God, save this stranger.
19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy
way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
20 # And when he was demanded of the
Pharisees, when the kingdom of God
should come, he answered them and said,
The kingdom of God cometh not with
observation:
21 Neither shall they say, Lo here! or,
lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of
God is within you.
22 And he said unto the disciples, The
days will come, when ye shall desire to
see one of the days of the Son of man,
and ye shall not see [it].
23 And they shall say to you, See here;
or, see there: go not after [them], nor
follow [them].
24 For as the lightning, that
lighteneth out of the one [part] under
heaven, shineth unto the other [part]
under heaven; so shall also the Son of
man be in his day.
25 But first must he suffer many
things, and be rejected of this
generation.
26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so
shall it be also in the days of the Son
of man.
27 They did eat, they drank, they
married wives, they were given in
marriage, until the day that Noe
entered into the ark, and the flood
came, and destroyed them all.
28 Likewise also as it was in the days
of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they
bought, they sold, they planted, they
builded;
29 But the same day that Lot went out
of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone
from heaven, and destroyed [them] all.
30 Even thus shall it be in the day
when the Son of man is revealed.
31 In that day, he which shall be upon
the housetop, and his stuff in the
house, let him not come down to take it
away: and he that is in the field, let
him likewise not return back.
32 Remember Lot's wife.
33 Whosoever shall seek to save his
life shall lose it; and whosoever shall
lose his life shall preserve it.
34 I tell you, in that night there
shall be two [men] in one bed; the one
shall be taken, and the other shall be
left.
35 Two [women] shall be grinding
together; the one shall be taken, and
the other left.
36 Two [men] shall be in the field; the
one shall be taken, and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him,
Where, Lord? And he said unto them,
Wheresoever the body [is], thither will
the eagles be gathered together.

CHAPTER 18
1 And he spake a parable unto them [to
this end], that men ought always to
pray, and not to faint;
2 Saying, There was in a city a judge,
which feared not God, neither regarded
man:
3 And there was a widow in that city;
and she came unto him, saying, Avenge
me of mine adversary.
4 And he would not for a while: but
afterward he said within himself,
Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
5 Yet because this widow troubleth me,
I will avenge her, lest by her
continual coming she weary me.
6 And the Lord said, Hear what the
unjust judge saith.
7 And shall not God avenge his own
elect, which cry day and night unto
him, though he bear long with them?
8 I tell you that he will avenge them
speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of
man cometh, shall he find faith on the
earth?
9 And he spake this parable unto
certain which trusted in themselves
that they were righteous, and despised
others:
10 Two men went up into the temple to
pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other
a publican.
11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus
with himself, God, I thank thee, that I
am not as other men [are],
extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or
even as this publican.
12 I fast twice in the week, I give
tithes of all that I possess.
13 And the publican, standing afar off,
would not lift up so much as [his] eyes
unto heaven, but smote upon his breast,
saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
14 I tell you, this man went down to
his house justified [rather] than the
other: for every one that exalteth
himself shall be abased; and he that
humbleth himself shall be exalted.
15 And they brought unto him also
infants, that he would touch them: but
when [his] disciples saw [it], they
rebuked them.
16 But Jesus called them [unto him],
and said, Suffer little children to
come unto me, and forbid them not: for
of such is the kingdom of God.
17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever
shall not receive the kingdom of God as
a little child shall in no wise enter
therein.
18 And a certain ruler asked him,
saying, Good Master, what shall I do to
inherit eternal life?
19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest
thou me good? none [is] good, save one,
[that is], God.
20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do
not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do
not steal, Do not bear false witness,
Honour thy father and thy mother.
21 And he said, All these have I kept
from my youth up.
22 Now when Jesus heard these things,
he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one
thing: sell all that thou hast, and
distribute unto the poor, and thou
shalt have treasure in heaven: and
come, follow me.
23 And when he heard this, he was very
sorrowful: for he was very rich.
24 And when Jesus saw that he was very
sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall
they that have riches enter into the
kingdom of God!
25 For it is easier for a camel to go
through a needle's eye, than for a rich
man to enter into the kingdom of God.
26 And they that heard [it] said, Who
then can be saved?
27 And he said, The things which are
impossible with men are possible with
God.
28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left
all, and followed thee.
29 And he said unto them, Verily I say
unto you, There is no man that hath
left house, or parents, or brethren, or
wife, or children, for the kingdom of
God's sake,
30 Who shall not receive manifold more
in this present time, and in the world
to come life everlasting.
31 # Then he took [unto him] the
twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we
go up to Jerusalem, and all things that
are written by the prophets concerning
the Son of man shall be accomplished.
32 For he shall be delivered unto the
Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and
spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
33 And they shall scourge [him], and
put him to death: and the third day he
shall rise again.
34 And they understood none of these
things: and this saying was hid from
them, neither knew they the things
which were spoken.
35 # And it came to pass, that as he
was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain
blind man sat by the way side begging:
36 And hearing the multitude pass by,
he asked what it meant.
37 And they told him, that Jesus of
Nazareth passeth by.
38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, [thou]
Son of David, have mercy on me.
39 And they which went before rebuked
him, that he should hold his peace: but
he cried so much the more, [Thou] Son
of David, have mercy on me.
40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him
to be brought unto him: and when he was
come near, he asked him,
41 Saying, What wilt thou that I shall
do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I
may receive my sight.
42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy
sight: thy faith hath saved thee.
43 And immediately he received his
sight, and followed him, glorifying
God: and all the people, when they saw
[it], gave praise unto God.

CHAPTER 19
1 And [Jesus] entered and passed
through Jericho.
2 And, behold, [there was] a man named
Zacchaeus, which was the chief among
the publicans, and he was rich.
3 And he sought to see Jesus who he
was; and could not for the press,
because he was little of stature.
4 And he ran before, and climbed up
into a sycomore tree to see him: for he
was to pass that [way].
5 And when Jesus came to the place, he
looked up, and saw him, and said unto
him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come
down; for to day I must abide at thy
house.
6 And he made haste, and came down, and
received him joyfully.
7 And when they saw [it], they all
murmured, saying, That he was gone to
be guest with a man that is a sinner.
8 And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto
the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my
goods I give to the poor; and if I have
taken any thing from any man by false
accusation, I restore [him] fourfold.
9 And Jesus said unto him, This day is
salvation come to this house, forsomuch
as he also is a son of Abraham.
10 For the Son of man is come to seek
and to save that which was lost.
11 And as they heard these things, he
added and spake a parable, because he
was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they
thought that the kingdom of God should
immediately appear.
12 He said therefore, A certain
nobleman went into a far country to
receive for himself a kingdom, and to
return.
13 And he called his ten servants, and
delivered them ten pounds, and said
unto them, Occupy till I come.
14 But his citizens hated him, and sent
a message after him, saying, We will
not have this [man] to reign over us.
15 And it came to pass, that when he
was returned, having received the
kingdom, then he commanded these
servants to be called unto him, to whom
he had given the money, that he might
know how much every man had gained by
trading.
16 Then came the first, saying, Lord,
thy pound hath gained ten pounds.
17 And he said unto him, Well, thou
good servant: because thou hast been
faithful in a very little, have thou
authority over ten cities.
18 And the second came, saying, Lord,
thy pound hath gained five pounds.
19 And he said likewise to him, Be thou
also over five cities.
20 And another came, saying, Lord,
behold, [here is] thy pound, which I
have kept laid up in a napkin:
21 For I feared thee, because thou art
an austere man: thou takest up that
thou layedst not down, and reapest that
thou didst not sow.
22 And he saith unto him, Out of thine
own mouth will I judge thee, [thou]
wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was
an austere man, taking up that I laid
not down, and reaping that I did not
sow:
23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my
money into the bank, that at my coming
I might have required mine own with
usury?
24 And he said unto them that stood by,
Take from him the pound, and give [it]
to him that hath ten pounds.
25 (And they said unto him, Lord, he
hath ten pounds.)
26 For I say unto you, That unto every
one which hath shall be given; and from
him that hath not, even that he hath
shall be taken away from him.
27 But those mine enemies, which would
not that I should reign over them,
bring hither, and slay [them] before
me.
28 # And when he had thus spoken, he
went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.
29 And it came to pass, when he was
come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at
the mount called [the mount] of Olives,
he sent two of his disciples,
30 Saying, Go ye into the village over
against [you]; in the which at your
entering ye shall find a colt tied,
whereon yet never man sat: loose him,
and bring [him hither].
31 And if any man ask you, Why do ye
loose [him]? thus shall ye say unto
him, Because the Lord hath need of him.
32 And they that were sent went their
way, and found even as he had said unto
them.
33 And as they were loosing the colt,
the owners thereof said unto them, Why
loose ye the colt?
34 And they said, The Lord hath need of
him.
35 And they brought him to Jesus: and
they cast their garments upon the colt,
and they set Jesus thereon.
36 And as he went, they spread their
clothes in the way.
37 And when he was come nigh, even now
at the descent of the mount of Olives,
the whole multitude of the disciples
began to rejoice and praise God with a
loud voice for all the mighty works
that they had seen;
38 Saying, Blessed [be] the King that
cometh in the name of the Lord: peace
in heaven, and glory in the highest.
39 And some of the Pharisees from among
the multitude said unto him, Master,
rebuke thy disciples.
40 And he answered and said unto them,
I tell you that, if these should hold
their peace, the stones would
immediately cry out.
41 # And when he was come near, he
beheld the city, and wept over it,
42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even
thou, at least in this thy day, the
things [which belong] unto thy peace!
but now they are hid from thine eyes.
43 For the days shall come upon thee,
that thine enemies shall cast a trench
about thee, and compass thee round, and
keep thee in on every side,
44 And shall lay thee even with the
ground, and thy children within thee;
and they shall not leave in thee one
stone upon another; because thou
knewest not the time of thy visitation.
45 And he went into the temple, and
began to cast out them that sold
therein, and them that bought;
46 Saying unto them, It is written, My
house is the house of prayer: but ye
have made it a den of thieves.
47 And he taught daily in the temple.
But the chief priests and the scribes
and the chief of the people sought to
destroy him,
48 And could not find what they might
do: for all the people were very
attentive to hear him.

CHAPTER 20
1 And it came to pass, [that] on one of
those days, as he taught the people in
the temple, and preached the gospel,
the chief priests and the scribes came
upon [him] with the elders,
2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us,
by what authority doest thou these
things? or who is he that gave thee
this authority?
3 And he answered and said unto them, I
will also ask you one thing; and answer
me:
4 The baptism of John, was it from
heaven, or of men?
5 And they reasoned with themselves,
saying, If we shall say, From heaven;
he will say, Why then believed ye him
not?
6 But and if we say, Of men; all the
people will stone us: for they be
persuaded that John was a prophet.
7 And they answered, that they could
not tell whence [it was].
8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither
tell I you by what authority I do these
things.
9 Then began he to speak to the people
this parable; A certain man planted a
vineyard, and let it forth to
husbandmen, and went into a far country
for a long time.
10 And at the season he sent a servant
to the husbandmen, that they should
give him of the fruit of the vineyard:
but the husbandmen beat him, and sent
[him] away empty.
11 And again he sent another servant:
and they beat him also, and entreated
[him] shamefully, and sent [him] away
empty.
12 And again he sent a third: and they
wounded him also, and cast [him] out.
13 Then said the lord of the vineyard,
What shall I do? I will send my beloved
son: it may be they will reverence
[him] when they see him.
14 But when the husbandmen saw him,
they reasoned among themselves, saying,
This is the heir: come, let us kill
him, that the inheritance may be our's.
15 So they cast him out of the
vineyard, and killed [him]. What
therefore shall the lord of the
vineyard do unto them?
16 He shall come and destroy these
husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard
to others. And when they heard [it],
they said, God forbid.
17 And he beheld them, and said, What
is this then that is written, The stone
which the builders rejected, the same
is become the head of the corner?
18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone
shall be broken; but on whomsoever it
shall fall, it will grind him to
powder.
19 # And the chief priests and the
scribes the same hour sought to lay
hands on him; and they feared the
people: for they perceived that he had
spoken this parable against them.
20 And they watched [him], and sent
forth spies, which should feign
themselves just men, that they might
take hold of his words, that so they
might deliver him unto the power and
authority of the governor.
21 And they asked him, saying, Master,
we know that thou sayest and teachest
rightly, neither acceptest thou the
person [of any], but teachest the way
of God truly:
22 Is it lawful for us to give tribute
unto Caesar, or no?
23 But he perceived their craftiness,
and said unto them, Why tempt ye me?
24 Shew me a penny. Whose image and
superscription hath it? They answered
and said, Caesar's.
25 And he said unto them, Render
therefore unto Caesar the things which
be Caesar's, and unto God the things
which be God's.
26 And they could not take hold of his
words before the people: and they
marvelled at his answer, and held their
peace.
27 # Then came to [him] certain of the
Sadducees, which deny that there is any
resurrection; and they asked him,
28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us,
If any man's brother die, having a
wife, and he die without children, that
his brother should take his wife, and
raise up seed unto his brother.
29 There were therefore seven brethren:
and the first took a wife, and died
without children.
30 And the second took her to wife, and
he died childless.
31 And the third took her; and in like
manner the seven also: and they left no
children, and died.
32 Last of all the woman died also.
33 Therefore in the resurrection whose
wife of them is she? for seven had her
to wife.
34 And Jesus answering said unto them,
The children of this world marry, and
are given in marriage:
35 But they which shall be accounted
worthy to obtain that world, and the
resurrection from the dead, neither
marry, nor are given in marriage:
36 Neither can they die any more: for
they are equal unto the angels; and are
the children of God, being the children
of the resurrection.
37 Now that the dead are raised, even
Moses shewed at the bush, when he
calleth the Lord the God of Abraham,
and the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob.
38 For he is not a God of the dead, but
of the living: for all live unto him.
39 # Then certain of the scribes
answering said, Master, thou hast well
said.
40 And after that they durst not ask
him any [question at all].
41 And he said unto them, How say they
that Christ is David's son?
42 And David himself saith in the book
of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,
43 Till I make thine enemies thy
footstool.
44 David therefore calleth him Lord,
how is he then his son?
45 # Then in the audience of all the
people he said unto his disciples,
46 Beware of the scribes, which desire
to walk in long robes, and love
greetings in the markets, and the
highest seats in the synagogues, and
the chief rooms at feasts;
47 Which devour widows' houses, and for
a shew make long prayers: the same
shall receive greater damnation.

CHAPTER 21
1 And he looked up, and saw the rich
men casting their gifts into the
treasury.
2 And he saw also a certain poor widow
casting in thither two mites.
3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto
you, that this poor widow hath cast in
more than they all:
4 For all these have of their abundance
cast in unto the offerings of God: but
she of her penury hath cast in all the
living that she had.
5 # And as some spake of the temple,
how it was adorned with goodly stones
and gifts, he said,
6 [As for] these things which ye
behold, the days will come, in the
which there shall not be left one stone
upon another, that shall not be thrown
down.
7 And they asked him, saying, Master,
but when shall these things be? and
what sign [will there be] when these
things shall come to pass?
8 And he said, Take heed that ye be not
deceived: for many shall come in my
name, saying, I am [Christ]; and the
time draweth near: go ye not therefore
after them.
9 But when ye shall hear of wars and
commotions, be not terrified: for these
things must first come to pass; but the
end [is] not by and by.
10 Then said he unto them, Nation shall
rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom:
11 And great earthquakes shall be in
divers places, and famines, and
pestilences; and fearful sights and
great signs shall there be from heaven.
12 But before all these, they shall lay
their hands on you, and persecute
[you], delivering [you] up to the
synagogues, and into prisons, being
brought before kings and rulers for my
name's sake.
13 And it shall turn to you for a
testimony.
14 Settle [it] therefore in your
hearts, not to meditate before what ye
shall answer:
15 For I will give you a mouth and
wisdom, which all your adversaries
shall not be able to gainsay nor
resist.
16 And ye shall be betrayed both by
parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks,
and friends; and [some] of you shall
they cause to be put to death.
17 And ye shall be hated of all [men]
for my name's sake.
18 But there shall not an hair of your
head perish.
19 In your patience possess ye your
souls.
20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem
compassed with armies, then know that
the desolation thereof is nigh.
21 Then let them which are in Judaea
flee to the mountains; and let them
which are in the midst of it depart
out; and let not them that are in the
countries enter thereinto.
22 For these be the days of vengeance,
that all things which are written may
be fulfilled.
23 But woe unto them that are with
child, and to them that give suck, in
those days! for there shall be great
distress in the land, and wrath upon
this people.
24 And they shall fall by the edge of
the sword, and shall be led away
captive into all nations: and Jerusalem
shall be trodden down of the Gentiles,
until the times of the Gentiles be
fulfilled.
25 # And there shall be signs in the
sun, and in the moon, and in the stars;
and upon the earth distress of nations,
with perplexity; the sea and the waves
roaring;
26 Men's hearts failing them for fear,
and for looking after those things
which are coming on the earth: for the
powers of heaven shall be shaken.
27 And then shall they see the Son of
man coming in a cloud with power and
great glory.
28 And when these things begin to come
to pass, then look up, and lift up your
heads; for your redemption draweth
nigh.
29 And he spake to them a parable;
Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;
30 When they now shoot forth, ye see
and know of your own selves that summer
is now nigh at hand.
31 So likewise ye, when ye see these
things come to pass, know ye that the
kingdom of God is nigh at hand.
32 Verily I say unto you, This
generation shall not pass away, till
all be fulfilled.
33 Heaven and earth shall pass away:
but my words shall not pass away.
34 # And take heed to yourselves, lest
at any time your hearts be overcharged
with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and
cares of this life, and [so] that day
come upon you unawares.
35 For as a snare shall it come on all
them that dwell on the face of the
whole earth.
36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always,
that ye may be accounted worthy to
escape all these things that shall come
to pass, and to stand before the Son of
man.
37 And in the day time he was teaching
in the temple; and at night he went
out, and abode in the mount that is
called [the mount] of Olives.
38 And all the people came early in the
morning to him in the temple, for to
hear him.

CHAPTER 22
1 Now the feast of unleavened bread
drew nigh, which is called the
Passover.
2 And the chief priests and scribes
sought how they might kill him; for
they feared the people.
3 # Then entered Satan into Judas
surnamed Iscariot, being of the number
of the twelve.
4 And he went his way, and communed
with the chief priests and captains,
how he might betray him unto them.
5 And they were glad, and covenanted to
give him money.
6 And he promised, and sought
opportunity to betray him unto them in
the absence of the multitude.
7 # Then came the day of unleavened
bread, when the passover must be
killed.
8 And he sent Peter and John, saying,
Go and prepare us the passover, that we
may eat.
9 And they said unto him, Where wilt
thou that we prepare?
10 And he said unto them, Behold, when
ye are entered into the city, there
shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher
of water; follow him into the house
where he entereth in.
11 And ye shall say unto the goodman of
the house, The Master saith unto thee,
Where is the guestchamber, where I
shall eat the passover with my
disciples?
12 And he shall shew you a large upper
room furnished: there make ready.
13 And they went, and found as he had
said unto them: and they made ready the
passover.
14 And when the hour was come, he sat
down, and the twelve apostles with him.
15 And he said unto them, With desire I
have desired to eat this passover with
you before I suffer:
16 For I say unto you, I will not any
more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled
in the kingdom of God.
17 And he took the cup, and gave
thanks, and said, Take this, and divide
[it] among yourselves:
18 For I say unto you, I will not drink
of the fruit of the vine, until the
kingdom of God shall come.
19 # And he took bread, and gave
thanks, and brake [it], and gave unto
them, saying, This is my body which is
given for you: this do in remembrance
of me.
20 Likewise also the cup after supper,
saying, This cup [is] the new testament
in my blood, which is shed for you.
21 # But, behold, the hand of him that
betrayeth me [is] with me on the table.
22 And truly the Son of man goeth, as
it was determined: but woe unto that
man by whom he is betrayed!
23 And they began to enquire among
themselves, which of them it was that
should do this thing.
24 # And there was also a strife among
them, which of them should be accounted
the greatest.
25 And he said unto them, The kings of
the Gentiles exercise lordship over
them; and they that exercise authority
upon them are called benefactors.
26 But ye [shall] not [be] so: but he
that is greatest among you, let him be
as the younger; and he that is chief,
as he that doth serve.
27 For whether [is] greater, he that
sitteth at meat, or he that serveth?
[is] not he that sitteth at meat? but I
am among you as he that serveth.
28 Ye are they which have continued
with me in my temptations.
29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as
my Father hath appointed unto me;
30 That ye may eat and drink at my
table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones
judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
31 # And the Lord said, Simon, Simon,
behold, Satan hath desired [to have]
you, that he may sift [you] as wheat:
32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy
faith fail not: and when thou art
converted, strengthen thy brethren.
33 And he said unto him, Lord, I am
ready to go with thee, both into
prison, and to death.
34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the
cock shall not crow this day, before
that thou shalt thrice deny that thou
knowest me.
35 And he said unto them, When I sent
you without purse, and scrip, and
shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they
said, Nothing.
36 Then said he unto them, But now, he
that hath a purse, let him take [it],
and likewise [his] scrip: and he that
hath no sword, let him sell his
garment, and buy one.
37 For I say unto you, that this that
is written must yet be accomplished in
me, And he was reckoned among the
transgressors: for the things
concerning me have an end.
38 And they said, Lord, behold, here
[are] two swords. And he said unto
them, It is enough.
39 # And he came out, and went, as he
was wont, to the mount of Olives; and
his disciples also followed him.
40 And when he was at the place, he
said unto them, Pray that ye enter not
into temptation.
41 And he was withdrawn from them about
a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and
prayed,
42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing,
remove this cup from me: nevertheless
not my will, but thine, be done.
43 And there appeared an angel unto him
from heaven, strengthening him.
44 And being in an agony he prayed more
earnestly: and his sweat was as it were
great drops of blood falling down to
the ground.
45 And when he rose up from prayer, and
was come to his disciples, he found
them sleeping for sorrow,
46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye?
rise and pray, lest ye enter into
temptation.
47 # And while he yet spake, behold a
multitude, and he that was called
Judas, one of the twelve, went before
them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss
him.
48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas,
betrayest thou the Son of man with a
kiss?
49 When they which were about him saw
what would follow, they said unto him,
Lord, shall we smite with the sword?
50 # And one of them smote the servant
of the high priest, and cut off his
right ear.
51 And Jesus answered and said, Suffer
ye thus far. And he touched his ear,
and healed him.
52 Then Jesus said unto the chief
priests, and captains of the temple,
and the elders, which were come to him,
Be ye come out, as against a thief,
with swords and staves?
53 When I was daily with you in the
temple, ye stretched forth no hands
against me: but this is your hour, and
the power of darkness.
54 # Then took they him, and led [him],
and brought him into the high priest's
house. And Peter followed afar off.
55 And when they had kindled a fire in
the midst of the hall, and were set
down together, Peter sat down among
them.
56 But a certain maid beheld him as he
sat by the fire, and earnestly looked
upon him, and said, This man was also
with him.
57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I
know him not.
58 And after a little while another saw
him, and said, Thou art also of them.
And Peter said, Man, I am not.
59 And about the space of one hour
after another confidently affirmed,
saying, Of a truth this [fellow] also
was with him: for he is a Galilaean.
60 And Peter said, Man, I know not what
thou sayest. And immediately, while he
yet spake, the cock crew.
61 And the Lord turned, and looked upon
Peter. And Peter remembered the word of
the Lord, how he had said unto him,
Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny
me thrice.
62 And Peter went out, and wept
bitterly.
63 # And the men that held Jesus mocked
him, and smote [him].
64 And when they had blindfolded him,
they struck him on the face, and asked
him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that
smote thee?
65 And many other things blasphemously
spake they against him.
66 # And as soon as it was day, the
elders of the people and the chief
priests and the scribes came together,
and led him into their council, saying,
67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he
said unto them, If I tell you, ye will
not believe:
68 And if I also ask [you], ye will not
answer me, nor let [me] go.
69 Hereafter shall the Son of man sit
on the right hand of the power of God.
70 Then said they all, Art thou then
the Son of God? And he said unto them,
Ye say that I am.
71 And they said, What need we any
further witness? for we ourselves have
heard of his own mouth.

CHAPTER 23
1 And the whole multitude of them
arose, and led him unto Pilate.
2 And they began to accuse him, saying,
We found this [fellow] perverting the
nation, and forbidding to give tribute
to Caesar, saying that he himself is
Christ a King.
3 And Pilate asked him, saying, Art
thou the King of the Jews? And he
answered him and said, Thou sayest
[it].
4 Then said Pilate to the chief priests
and [to] the people, I find no fault in
this man.
5 And they were the more fierce,
saying, He stirreth up the people,
teaching throughout all Jewry,
beginning from Galilee to this place.
6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he
asked whether the man were a Galilaean.
7 And as soon as he knew that he
belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he
sent him to Herod, who himself also was
at Jerusalem at that time.
8 # And when Herod saw Jesus, he was
exceeding glad: for he was desirous to
see him of a long [season], because he
had heard many things of him; and he
hoped to have seen some miracle done by
him.
9 Then he questioned with him in many
words; but he answered him nothing.
10 And the chief priests and scribes
stood and vehemently accused him.
11 And Herod with his men of war set
him at nought, and mocked [him], and
arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and
sent him again to Pilate.
12 # And the same day Pilate and Herod
were made friends together: for before
they were at enmity between themselves.
13 # And Pilate, when he had called
together the chief priests and the
rulers and the people,
14 Said unto them, Ye have brought this
man unto me, as one that perverteth the
people: and, behold, I, having examined
[him] before you, have found no fault
in this man touching those things
whereof ye accuse him:
15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to
him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death
is done unto him.
16 I will therefore chastise him, and
release [him].
17 (For of necessity he must release
one unto them at the feast.)
18 And they cried out all at once,
saying, Away with this [man], and
release unto us Barabbas:
19 (Who for a certain sedition made in
the city, and for murder, was cast into
prison.)
20 Pilate therefore, willing to release
Jesus, spake again to them.
21 But they cried, saying, Crucify
[him], crucify him.
22 And he said unto them the third
time, Why, what evil hath he done? I
have found no cause of death in him: I
will therefore chastise him, and let
[him] go.
23 And they were instant with loud
voices, requiring that he might be
crucified. And the voices of them and
of the chief priests prevailed.
24 And Pilate gave sentence that it
should be as they required.
25 And he released unto them him that
for sedition and murder was cast into
prison, whom they had desired; but he
delivered Jesus to their will.
26 And as they led him away, they laid
hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming
out of the country, and on him they
laid the cross, that he might bear [it]
after Jesus.
27 # And there followed him a great
company of people, and of women, which
also bewailed and lamented him.
28 But Jesus turning unto them said,
Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for
me, but weep for yourselves, and for
your children.
29 For, behold, the days are coming, in
the which they shall say, Blessed [are]
the barren, and the wombs that never
bare, and the paps which never gave
suck.
30 Then shall they begin to say to the
mountains, Fall on us; and to the
hills, Cover us.
31 For if they do these things in a
green tree, what shall be done in the
dry?
32 And there were also two other,
malefactors, led with him to be put to
death.
33 And when they were come to the
place, which is called Calvary, there
they crucified him, and the
malefactors, one on the right hand, and
the other on the left.
34 # Then said Jesus, Father, forgive
them; for they know not what they do.
And they parted his raiment, and cast
lots.
35 And the people stood beholding. And
the rulers also with them derided
[him], saying, He saved others; let him
save himself, if he be Christ, the
chosen of God.
36 And the soldiers also mocked him,
coming to him, and offering him
vinegar,
37 And saying, If thou be the king of
the Jews, save thyself.
38 And a superscription also was
written over him in letters of Greek,
and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING
OF THE JEWS.
39 # And one of the malefactors which
were hanged railed on him, saying, If
thou be Christ, save thyself and us.
40 But the other answering rebuked him,
saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing
thou art in the same condemnation?
41 And we indeed justly; for we receive
the due reward of our deeds: but this
man hath done nothing amiss.
42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord,
remember me when thou comest into thy
kingdom.
43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I
say unto thee, To day shalt thou be
with me in paradise.
44 And it was about the sixth hour, and
there was a darkness over all the earth
until the ninth hour.
45 And the sun was darkened, and the
veil of the temple was rent in the
midst.
46 # And when Jesus had cried with a
loud voice, he said, Father, into thy
hands I commend my spirit: and having
said thus, he gave up the ghost.
47 Now when the centurion saw what was
done, he glorified God, saying,
Certainly this was a righteous man.
48 And all the people that came
together to that sight, beholding the
things which were done, smote their
breasts, and returned.
49 And all his acquaintance, and the
women that followed him from Galilee,
stood afar off, beholding these things.
50 # And, behold, [there was] a man
named Joseph, a counsellor; [and he
was] a good man, and a just:
51 (The same had not consented to the
counsel and deed of them;) [he was] of
Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who
also himself waited for the kingdom of
God.
52 This [man] went unto Pilate, and
begged the body of Jesus.
53 And he took it down, and wrapped it
in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre
that was hewn in stone, wherein never
man before was laid.
54 And that day was the preparation,
and the sabbath drew on.
55 And the women also, which came with
him from Galilee, followed after, and
beheld the sepulchre, and how his body
was laid.
56 And they returned, and prepared
spices and ointments; and rested the
sabbath day according to the
commandment.

CHAPTER 24
1 Now upon the first [day] of the week,
very early in the morning, they came
unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices
which they had prepared, and certain
[others] with them.
2 And they found the stone rolled away
from the sepulchre.
3 And they entered in, and found not
the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 And it came to pass, as they were
much perplexed thereabout, behold, two
men stood by them in shining garments:
5 And as they were afraid, and bowed
down [their] faces to the earth, they
said unto them, Why seek ye the living
among the dead?
6 He is not here, but is risen:
remember how he spake unto you when he
was yet in Galilee,
7 Saying, The Son of man must be
delivered into the hands of sinful men,
and be crucified, and the third day
rise again.
8 And they remembered his words,
9 And returned from the sepulchre, and
told all these things unto the eleven,
and to all the rest.
10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna,
and Mary [the mother] of James, and
other [women that were] with them,
which told these things unto the
apostles.
11 And their words seemed to them as
idle tales, and they believed them not.
12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto the
sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld
the linen clothes laid by themselves,
and departed, wondering in himself at
that which was come to pass.
13 # And, behold, two of them went that
same day to a village called Emmaus,
which was from Jerusalem [about]
threescore furlongs.
14 And they talked together of all
these things which had happened.
15 And it came to pass, that, while
they communed [together] and reasoned,
Jesus himself drew near, and went with
them.
16 But their eyes were holden that they
should not know him.
17 And he said unto them, What manner
of communications [are] these that ye
have one to another, as ye walk, and
are sad?
18 And the one of them, whose name was
Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art
thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and
hast not known the things which are
come to pass there in these days?
19 And he said unto them, What things?
And they said unto him, Concerning
Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet
mighty in deed and word before God and
all the people:
20 And how the chief priests and our
rulers delivered him to be condemned to
death, and have crucified him.
21 But we trusted that it had been he
which should have redeemed Israel: and
beside all this, to day is the third
day since these things were done.
22 Yea, and certain women also of our
company made us astonished, which were
early at the sepulchre;
23 And when they found not his body,
they came, saying, that they had also
seen a vision of angels, which said
that he was alive.
24 And certain of them which were with
us went to the sepulchre, and found
[it] even so as the women had said: but
him they saw not.
25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and
slow of heart to believe all that the
prophets have spoken:
26 Ought not Christ to have suffered
these things, and to enter into his
glory?
27 And beginning at Moses and all the
prophets, he expounded unto them in all
the scriptures the things concerning
himself.
28 And they drew nigh unto the village,
whither they went: and he made as
though he would have gone further.
29 But they constrained him, saying,
Abide with us: for it is toward
evening, and the day is far spent. And
he went in to tarry with them.
30 And it came to pass, as he sat at
meat with them, he took bread, and
blessed [it], and brake, and gave to
them.
31 And their eyes were opened, and they
knew him; and he vanished out of their
sight.
32 And they said one to another, Did
not our heart burn within us, while he
talked with us by the way, and while he
opened to us the scriptures?
33 And they rose up the same hour, and
returned to Jerusalem, and found the
eleven gathered together, and them that
were with them,
34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed,
and hath appeared to Simon.
35 And they told what things [were
done] in the way, and how he was known
of them in breaking of bread.
36 # And as they thus spake, Jesus
himself stood in the midst of them, and
saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you.
37 But they were terrified and
affrighted, and supposed that they had
seen a spirit.
38 And he said unto them, Why are ye
troubled? and why do thoughts arise in
your hearts?
39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it
is I myself: handle me, and see; for a
spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye
see me have.
40 And when he had thus spoken, he
shewed them [his] hands and [his] feet.
41 And while they yet believed not for
joy, and wondered, he said unto them,
Have ye here any meat?
42 And they gave him a piece of a
broiled fish, and of an honeycomb.
43 And he took [it], and did eat before
them.
44 And he said unto them, These [are]
the words which I spake unto you, while
I was yet with you, that all things
must be fulfilled, which were written
in the law of Moses, and [in] the
prophets, and [in] the psalms,
concerning me.
45 Then opened he their understanding,
that they might understand the
scriptures,
46 And said unto them, Thus it is
written, and thus it behoved Christ to
suffer, and to rise from the dead the
third day:
47 And that repentance and remission of
sins should be preached in his name
among all nations, beginning at
Jerusalem.
48 And ye are witnesses of these
things.
49 # And, behold, I send the promise of
my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the
city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued
with power from on high.
50 # And he led them out as far as to
Bethany, and he lifted up his hands,
and blessed them.
51 And it came to pass, while he
blessed them, he was parted from them,
and carried up into heaven.
52 And they worshipped him, and
returned to Jerusalem with great joy:
53 And were continually in the temple,
praising and blessing God. Amen.

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT JOHN

CHAPTER 1
1 In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word was
God.
2 The same was in the beginning with
God.
3 All things were made by him; and
without him was not any thing made that
was made.
4 In him was life; and the life was the
light of men.
5 And the light shineth in darkness;
and the darkness comprehended it not.
6 # There was a man sent from God,
whose name [was] John.
7 The same came for a witness, to bear
witness of the Light, that all [men]
through him might believe.
8 He was not that Light, but [was sent]
to bear witness of that Light.
9 [That] was the true Light, which
lighteth every man that cometh into the
world.
10 He was in the world, and the world
was made by him, and the world knew him
not.
11 He came unto his own, and his own
received him not.
12 But as many as received him, to them
gave he power to become the sons of
God, [even] to them that believe on his
name:
13 Which were born, not of blood, nor
of the will of the flesh, nor of the
will of man, but of God.
14 And the Word was made flesh, and
dwelt among us, (and we beheld his
glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father,) full of grace
and truth.
15 # John bare witness of him, and
cried, saying, This was he of whom I
spake, He that cometh after me is
preferred before me: for he was before
me.
16 And of his fulness have all we
received, and grace for grace.
17 For the law was given by Moses,
[but] grace and truth came by Jesus
Christ.
18 No man hath seen God at any time;
the only begotten Son, which is in the
bosom of the Father, he hath declared
[him].
19 # And this is the record of John,
when the Jews sent priests and Levites
from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art
thou?
20 And he confessed, and denied not;
but confessed, I am not the Christ.
21 And they asked him, What then? Art
thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art
thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
22 Then said they unto him, Who art
thou? that we may give an answer to
them that sent us. What sayest thou of
thyself?
23 He said, I [am] the voice of one
crying in the wilderness, Make straight
the way of the Lord, as said the
prophet Esaias.
24 And they which were sent were of the
Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto
him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou
be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither
that prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, I
baptize with water: but there standeth
one among you, whom ye know not;
27 He it is, who coming after me is
preferred before me, whose shoe's
latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
28 These things were done in Bethabara
beyond Jordan, where John was
baptizing.
29 # The next day John seeth Jesus
coming unto him, and saith, Behold the
Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin
of the world.
30 This is he of whom I said, After me
cometh a man which is preferred before
me: for he was before me.
31 And I knew him not: but that he
should be made manifest to Israel,
therefore am I come baptizing with
water.
32 And John bare record, saying, I saw
the Spirit descending from heaven like
a dove, and it abode upon him.
33 And I knew him not: but he that sent
me to baptize with water, the same said
unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the
Spirit descending, and remaining on
him, the same is he which baptizeth
with the Holy Ghost.
34 And I saw, and bare record that this
is the Son of God.
35 # Again the next day after John
stood, and two of his disciples;
36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked,
he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
37 And the two disciples heard him
speak, and they followed Jesus.
38 Then Jesus turned, and saw them
following, and saith unto them, What
seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi,
(which is to say, being interpreted,
Master,) where dwellest thou?
39 He saith unto them, Come and see.
They came and saw where he dwelt, and
abode with him that day: for it was
about the tenth hour.
40 One of the two which heard John
[speak], and followed him, was Andrew,
Simon Peter's brother.
41 He first findeth his own brother
Simon, and saith unto him, We have
found the Messias, which is, being
interpreted, the Christ.
42 And he brought him to Jesus. And
when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou
art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt
be called Cephas, which is by
interpretation, A stone.
43 # The day following Jesus would go
forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip,
and saith unto him, Follow me.
44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the
city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith
unto him, We have found him, of whom
Moses in the law, and the prophets, did
write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of
Joseph.
46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can
there any good thing come out of
Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come
and see.
47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him,
and saith of him, Behold an Israelite
indeed, in whom is no guile!
48 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence
knowest thou me? Jesus answered and
said unto him, Before that Philip
called thee, when thou wast under the
fig tree, I saw thee.
49 Nathanael answered and saith unto
him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God;
thou art the King of Israel.
50 Jesus answered and said unto him,
Because I said unto thee, I saw thee
under the fig tree, believest thou?
thou shalt see greater things than
these.
51 And he saith unto him, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye
shall see heaven open, and the angels
of God ascending and descending upon
the Son of man.

CHAPTER 2
1 And the third day there was a
marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the
mother of Jesus was there:
2 And both Jesus was called, and his
disciples, to the marriage.
3 And when they wanted wine, the mother
of Jesus saith unto him, They have no
wine.
4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what
have I to do with thee? mine hour is
not yet come.
5 His mother saith unto the servants,
Whatsoever he saith unto you, do [it].
6 And there were set there six
waterpots of stone, after the manner of
the purifying of the Jews, containing
two or three firkins apiece.
7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the
waterpots with water. And they filled
them up to the brim.
8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now,
and bear unto the governor of the
feast. And they bare [it].
9 When the ruler of the feast had
tasted the water that was made wine,
and knew not whence it was: (but the
servants which drew the water knew;)
the governor of the feast called the
bridegroom,
10 And saith unto him, Every man at the
beginning doth set forth good wine; and
when men have well drunk, then that
which is worse: [but] thou hast kept
the good wine until now.
11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus
in Cana of Galilee, and manifested
forth his glory; and his disciples
believed on him.
12 # After this he went down to
Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his
brethren, and his disciples: and they
continued there not many days.
13 # And the Jews' passover was at
hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem,
14 And found in the temple those that
sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the
changers of money sitting:
15 And when he had made a scourge of
small cords, he drove them all out of
the temple, and the sheep, and the
oxen; and poured out the changers'
money, and overthrew the tables;
16 And said unto them that sold doves,
Take these things hence; make not my
Father's house an house of merchandise.
17 And his disciples remembered that it
was written, The zeal of thine house
hath eaten me up.
18 # Then answered the Jews and said
unto him, What sign shewest thou unto
us, seeing that thou doest these
things?
19 Jesus answered and said unto them,
Destroy this temple, and in three days
I will raise it up.
20 Then said the Jews, Forty and six
years was this temple in building, and
wilt thou rear it up in three days?
21 But he spake of the temple of his
body.
22 When therefore he was risen from the
dead, his disciples remembered that he
had said this unto them; and they
believed the scripture, and the word
which Jesus had said.
23 # Now when he was in Jerusalem at
the passover, in the feast [day], many
believed in his name, when they saw the
miracles which he did.
24 But Jesus did not commit himself
unto them, because he knew all [men],
25 And needed not that any should
testify of man: for he knew what was in
man.

CHAPTER 3
1 There was a man of the Pharisees,
named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
2 The same came to Jesus by night, and
said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou
art a teacher come from God: for no man
can do these miracles that thou doest,
except God be with him.
3 Jesus answered and said unto him,
Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except
a man be born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God.
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a
man be born when he is old? can he
enter the second time into his mother's
womb, and be born?
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say
unto thee, Except a man be born of
water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot
enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is
flesh; and that which is born of the
Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye
must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth,
and thou hearest the sound thereof, but
canst not tell whence it cometh, and
whither it goeth: so is every one that
is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him,
How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him,
Art thou a master of Israel, and
knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We
speak that we do know, and testify that
we have seen; and ye receive not our
witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things,
and ye believe not, how shall ye
believe, if I tell you [of] heavenly
things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to
heaven, but he that came down from
heaven, [even] the Son of man which is
in heaven.
14 # And as Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even so must the Son
of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have eternal
life.
16 # For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the
world to condemn the world; but that
the world through him might be saved.
18 # He that believeth on him is not
condemned: but he that believeth not is
condemned already, because he hath not
believed in the name of the only
begotten Son of God.
19 And this is the condemnation, that
light is come into the world, and men
loved darkness rather than light,
because their deeds were evil.
20 For every one that doeth evil hateth
the light, neither cometh to the light,
lest his deeds should be reproved.
21 But he that doeth truth cometh to
the light, that his deeds may be made
manifest, that they are wrought in God.
22 # After these things came Jesus and
his disciples into the land of Judaea;
and there he tarried with them, and
baptized.
23 # And John also was baptizing in
Aenon near to Salim, because there was
much water there: and they came, and
were baptized.
24 For John was not yet cast into
prison.
25 # Then there arose a question
between [some] of John's disciples and
the Jews about purifying.
26 And they came unto John, and said
unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee
beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest
witness, behold, the same baptizeth,
and all [men] come to him.
27 John answered and said, A man can
receive nothing, except it be given him
from heaven.
28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that
I said, I am not the Christ, but that I
am sent before him.
29 He that hath the bride is the
bridegroom: but the friend of the
bridegroom, which standeth and heareth
him, rejoiceth greatly because of the
bridegroom's voice: this my joy
therefore is fulfilled.
30 He must increase, but I [must]
decrease.
31 He that cometh from above is above
all: he that is of the earth is
earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he
that cometh from heaven is above all.
32 And what he hath seen and heard,
that he testifieth; and no man
receiveth his testimony.
33 He that hath received his testimony
hath set to his seal that God is true.
34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh
the words of God: for God giveth not
the Spirit by measure [unto him].
35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath
given all things into his hand.
36 He that believeth on the Son hath
everlasting life: and he that believeth
not the Son shall not see life; but the
wrath of God abideth on him.

CHAPTER 4
1 When therefore the Lord knew how the
Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and
baptized more disciples than John,
2 (Though Jesus himself baptized not,
but his disciples,)
3 He left Judaea, and departed again
into Galilee.
4 And he must needs go through Samaria.
5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria,
which is called Sychar, near to the
parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his
son Joseph.
6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus
therefore, being wearied with [his]
journey, sat thus on the well: [and] it
was about the sixth hour.
7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to
draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give
me to drink.
8 (For his disciples were gone away
unto the city to buy meat.)
9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto
him, How is it that thou, being a Jew,
askest drink of me, which am a woman of
Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings
with the Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If
thou knewest the gift of God, and who
it is that saith to thee, Give me to
drink; thou wouldest have asked of him,
and he would have given thee living
water.
11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou
hast nothing to draw with, and the well
is deep: from whence then hast thou
that living water?
12 Art thou greater than our father
Jacob, which gave us the well, and
drank thereof himself, and his
children, and his cattle?
13 Jesus answered and said unto her,
Whosoever drinketh of this water shall
thirst again:
14 But whosoever drinketh of the water
that I shall give him shall never
thirst; but the water that I shall give
him shall be in him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life.
15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give
me this water, that I thirst not,
neither come hither to draw.
16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy
husband, and come hither.
17 The woman answered and said, I have
no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou
hast well said, I have no husband:
18 For thou hast had five husbands; and
he whom thou now hast is not thy
husband: in that saidst thou truly.
19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, I
perceive that thou art a prophet.
20 Our fathers worshipped in this
mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem
is the place where men ought to
worship.
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe
me, the hour cometh, when ye shall
neither in this mountain, nor yet at
Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know
what we worship: for salvation is of
the Jews.
23 But the hour cometh, and now is,
when the true worshippers shall worship
the Father in spirit and in truth: for
the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God [is] a Spirit: and they that
worship him must worship [him] in
spirit and in truth.
25 The woman saith unto him, I know
that Messias cometh, which is called
Christ: when he is come, he will tell
us all things.
26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak
unto thee am [he].
27 # And upon this came his disciples,
and marvelled that he talked with the
woman: yet no man said, What seekest
thou? or, Why talkest thou with her?
28 The woman then left her waterpot,
and went her way into the city, and
saith to the men,
29 Come, see a man, which told me all
things that ever I did: is not this the
Christ?
30 Then they went out of the city, and
came unto him.
31 # In the mean while his disciples
prayed him, saying, Master, eat.
32 But he said unto them, I have meat
to eat that ye know not of.
33 Therefore said the disciples one to
another, Hath any man brought him
[ought] to eat?
34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to
do the will of him that sent me, and to
finish his work.
35 Say not ye, There are yet four
months, and [then] cometh harvest?
behold, I say unto you, Lift up your
eyes, and look on the fields; for they
are white already to harvest.
36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages,
and gathereth fruit unto life eternal:
that both he that soweth and he that
reapeth may rejoice together.
37 And herein is that saying true, One
soweth, and another reapeth.
38 I sent you to reap that whereon ye
bestowed no labour: other men laboured,
and ye are entered into their labours.
39 # And many of the Samaritans of that
city believed on him for the saying of
the woman, which testified, He told me
all that ever I did.
40 So when the Samaritans were come
unto him, they besought him that he
would tarry with them: and he abode
there two days.
41 And many more believed because of
his own word;
42 And said unto the woman, Now we
believe, not because of thy saying: for
we have heard [him] ourselves, and know
that this is indeed the Christ, the
Saviour of the world.
43 # Now after two days he departed
thence, and went into Galilee.
44 For Jesus himself testified, that a
prophet hath no honour in his own
country.
45 Then when he was come into Galilee,
the Galilaeans received him, having
seen all the things that he did at
Jerusalem at the feast: for they also
went unto the feast.
46 So Jesus came again into Cana of
Galilee, where he made the water wine.
And there was a certain nobleman, whose
son was sick at Capernaum.
47 When he heard that Jesus was come
out of Judaea into Galilee, he went
unto him, and besought him that he
would come down, and heal his son: for
he was at the point of death.
48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye
see signs and wonders, ye will not
believe.
49 The nobleman saith unto him, Sir,
come down ere my child die.
50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way;
thy son liveth. And the man believed
the word that Jesus had spoken unto
him, and he went his way.
51 And as he was now going down, his
servants met him, and told [him],
saying, Thy son liveth.
52 Then enquired he of them the hour
when he began to amend. And they said
unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour
the fever left him.
53 So the father knew that [it was] at
the same hour, in the which Jesus said
unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself
believed, and his whole house.
54 This [is] again the second miracle
[that] Jesus did, when he was come out
of Judaea into Galilee.

CHAPTER 5
1 After this there was a feast of the
Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the
sheep [market] a pool, which is called
in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having
five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude of
impotent folk, of blind, halt,
withered, waiting for the moving of the
water.
4 For an angel went down at a certain
season into the pool, and troubled the
water: whosoever then first after the
troubling of the water stepped in was
made whole of whatsoever disease he
had.
5 And a certain man was there, which
had an infirmity thirty and eight
years.
6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that
he had been now a long time [in that
case], he saith unto him, Wilt thou be
made whole?
7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I
have no man, when the water is
troubled, to put me into the pool: but
while I am coming, another steppeth
down before me.
8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up
thy bed, and walk.
9 And immediately the man was made
whole, and took up his bed, and walked:
and on the same day was the sabbath.
10 # The Jews therefore said unto him
that was cured, It is the sabbath day:
it is not lawful for thee to carry
[thy] bed.
11 He answered them, He that made me
whole, the same said unto me, Take up
thy bed, and walk.
12 Then asked they him, What man is
that which said unto thee, Take up thy
bed, and walk?
13 And he that was healed wist not who
it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself
away, a multitude being in [that]
place.
14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the
temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou
art made whole: sin no more, lest a
worse thing come unto thee.
15 The man departed, and told the Jews
that it was Jesus, which had made him
whole.
16 And therefore did the Jews persecute
Jesus, and sought to slay him, because
he had done these things on the sabbath
day.
17 # But Jesus answered them, My Father
worketh hitherto, and I work.
18 Therefore the Jews sought the more
to kill him, because he not only had
broken the sabbath, but said also that
God was his Father, making himself
equal with God.
19 Then answered Jesus and said unto
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
The Son can do nothing of himself, but
what he seeth the Father do: for what
things soever he doeth, these also
doeth the Son likewise.
20 For the Father loveth the Son, and
sheweth him all things that himself
doeth: and he will shew him greater
works than these, that ye may marvel.
21 For as the Father raiseth up the
dead, and quickeneth [them]; even so
the Son quickeneth whom he will.
22 For the Father judgeth no man, but
hath committed all judgment unto the
Son:
23 That all [men] should honour the
Son, even as they honour the Father. He
that honoureth not the Son honoureth
not the Father which hath sent him.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that heareth my word, and believeth on
him that sent me, hath everlasting
life, and shall not come into
condemnation; but is passed from death
unto life.
25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The
hour is coming, and now is, when the
dead shall hear the voice of the Son of
God: and they that hear shall live.
26 For as the Father hath life in
himself; so hath he given to the Son to
have life in himself;
27 And hath given him authority to
execute judgment also, because he is
the Son of man.
28 Marvel not at this: for the hour is
coming, in the which all that are in
the graves shall hear his voice,
29 And shall come forth; they that have
done good, unto the resurrection of
life; and they that have done evil,
unto the resurrection of damnation.
30 I can of mine own self do nothing:
as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is
just; because I seek not mine own will,
but the will of the Father which hath
sent me.
31 If I bear witness of myself, my
witness is not true.
32 # There is another that beareth
witness of me; and I know that the
witness which he witnesseth of me is
true.
33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare
witness unto the truth.
34 But I receive not testimony from
man: but these things I say, that ye
might be saved.
35 He was a burning and a shining
light: and ye were willing for a season
to rejoice in his light.
36 # But I have greater witness than
[that] of John: for the works which the
Father hath given me to finish, the
same works that I do, bear witness of
me, that the Father hath sent me.
37 And the Father himself, which hath
sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye
have neither heard his voice at any
time, nor seen his shape.
38 And ye have not his word abiding in
you: for whom he hath sent, him ye
believe not.
39 # Search the scriptures; for in them
ye think ye have eternal life: and they
are they which testify of me.
40 And ye will not come to me, that ye
might have life.
41 I receive not honour from men.
42 But I know you, that ye have not the
love of God in you.
43 I am come in my Father's name, and
ye receive me not: if another shall
come in his own name, him ye will
receive.
44 How can ye believe, which receive
honour one of another, and seek not the
honour that [cometh] from God only?
45 Do not think that I will accuse you
to the Father: there is [one] that
accuseth you, [even] Moses, in whom ye
trust.
46 For had ye believed Moses, ye would
have believed me: for he wrote of me.
47 But if ye believe not his writings,
how shall ye believe my words?

CHAPTER 6
1 After these things Jesus went over
the sea of Galilee, which is [the sea]
of Tiberias.
2 And a great multitude followed him,
because they saw his miracles which he
did on them that were diseased.
3 And Jesus went up into a mountain,
and there he sat with his disciples.
4 And the passover, a feast of the
Jews, was nigh.
5 # When Jesus then lifted up [his]
eyes, and saw a great company come unto
him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall
we buy bread, that these may eat?
6 And this he said to prove him: for he
himself knew what he would do.
7 Philip answered him, Two hundred
pennyworth of bread is not sufficient
for them, that every one of them may
take a little.
8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon
Peter's brother, saith unto him,
9 There is a lad here, which hath five
barley loaves, and two small fishes:
but what are they among so many?
10 And Jesus said, Make the men sit
down. Now there was much grass in the
place. So the men sat down, in number
about five thousand.
11 And Jesus took the loaves; and when
he had given thanks, he distributed to
the disciples, and the disciples to
them that were set down; and likewise
of the fishes as much as they would.
12 When they were filled, he said unto
his disciples, Gather up the fragments
that remain, that nothing be lost.
13 Therefore they gathered [them]
together, and filled twelve baskets
with the fragments of the five barley
loaves, which remained over and above
unto them that had eaten.
14 Then those men, when they had seen
the miracle that Jesus did, said, This
is of a truth that prophet that should
come into the world.
15 # When Jesus therefore perceived
that they would come and take him by
force, to make him a king, he departed
again into a mountain himself alone.
16 And when even was [now] come, his
disciples went down unto the sea,
17 And entered into a ship, and went
over the sea toward Capernaum. And it
was now dark, and Jesus was not come to
them.
18 And the sea arose by reason of a
great wind that blew.
19 So when they had rowed about five
and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see
Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing
nigh unto the ship: and they were
afraid.
20 But he saith unto them, It is I; be
not afraid.
21 Then they willingly received him
into the ship: and immediately the ship
was at the land whither they went.
22 # The day following, when the people
which stood on the other side of the
sea saw that there was none other boat
there, save that one whereinto his
disciples were entered, and that Jesus
went not with his disciples into the
boat, but [that] his disciples were
gone away alone;
23 (Howbeit there came other boats from
Tiberias nigh unto the place where they
did eat bread, after that the Lord had
given thanks:)
24 When the people therefore saw that
Jesus was not there, neither his
disciples, they also took shipping, and
came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
25 And when they had found him on the
other side of the sea, they said unto
him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
26 Jesus answered them and said,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek
me, not because ye saw the miracles,
but because ye did eat of the loaves,
and were filled.
27 Labour not for the meat which
perisheth, but for that meat which
endureth unto everlasting life, which
the Son of man shall give unto you: for
him hath God the Father sealed.
28 Then said they unto him, What shall
we do, that we might work the works of
God?
29 Jesus answered and said unto them,
This is the work of God, that ye
believe on him whom he hath sent.
30 They said therefore unto him, What
sign shewest thou then, that we may
see, and believe thee? what dost thou
work?
31 Our fathers did eat manna in the
desert; as it is written, He gave them
bread from heaven to eat.
32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you
not that bread from heaven; but my
Father giveth you the true bread from
heaven.
33 For the bread of God is he which
cometh down from heaven, and giveth
life unto the world.
34 Then said they unto him, Lord,
evermore give us this bread.
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the
bread of life: he that cometh to me
shall never hunger; and he that
believeth on me shall never thirst.
36 But I said unto you, That ye also
have seen me, and believe not.
37 All that the Father giveth me shall
come to me; and him that cometh to me I
will in no wise cast out.
38 For I came down from heaven, not to
do mine own will, but the will of him
that sent me.
39 And this is the Father's will which
hath sent me, that of all which he hath
given me I should lose nothing, but
should raise it up again at the last
day.
40 And this is the will of him that
sent me, that every one which seeth the
Son, and believeth on him, may have
everlasting life: and I will raise him
up at the last day.
41 The Jews then murmured at him,
because he said, I am the bread which
came down from heaven.
42 And they said, Is not this Jesus,
the son of Joseph, whose father and
mother we know? how is it then that he
saith, I came down from heaven?
43 Jesus therefore answered and said
unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
44 No man can come to me, except the
Father which hath sent me draw him: and
I will raise him up at the last day.
45 It is written in the prophets, And
they shall be all taught of God. Every
man therefore that hath heard, and hath
learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
46 Not that any man hath seen the
Father, save he which is of God, he
hath seen the Father.
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that believeth on me hath everlasting
life.
48 I am that bread of life.
49 Your fathers did eat manna in the
wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which cometh down
from heaven, that a man may eat
thereof, and not die.
51 I am the living bread which came
down from heaven: if any man eat of
this bread, he shall live for ever: and
the bread that I will give is my flesh,
which I will give for the life of the
world.
52 The Jews therefore strove among
themselves, saying, How can this man
give us [his] flesh to eat?
53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat
the flesh of the Son of man, and drink
his blood, ye have no life in you.
54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh
my blood, hath eternal life; and I will
raise him up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my
blood is drink indeed.
56 He that eateth my flesh, and
drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and
I in him.
57 As the living Father hath sent me,
and I live by the Father: so he that
eateth me, even he shall live by me.
58 This is that bread which came down
from heaven: not as your fathers did
eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth
of this bread shall live for ever.
59 These things said he in the
synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
60 Many therefore of his disciples,
when they had heard [this], said, This
is an hard saying; who can hear it?
61 When Jesus knew in himself that his
disciples murmured at it, he said unto
them, Doth this offend you?
62 [What] and if ye shall see the Son
of man ascend up where he was before?
63 It is the spirit that quickeneth;
the flesh profiteth nothing: the words
that I speak unto you, [they] are
spirit, and [they] are life.
64 But there are some of you that
believe not. For Jesus knew from the
beginning who they were that believed
not, and who should betray him.
65 And he said, Therefore said I unto
you, that no man can come unto me,
except it were given unto him of my
Father.
66 # From that [time] many of his
disciples went back, and walked no more
with him.
67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve,
Will ye also go away?
68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord,
to whom shall we go? thou hast the
words of eternal life.
69 And we believe and are sure that
thou art that Christ, the Son of the
living God.
70 Jesus answered them, Have not I
chosen you twelve, and one of you is a
devil?
71 He spake of Judas Iscariot [the son]
of Simon: for he it was that should
betray him, being one of the twelve.

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

CHAPTER 8
1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.
2 And early in the morning he came
again into the temple, and all the
people came unto him; and he sat down,
and taught them.
3 And the scribes and Pharisees brought
unto him a woman taken in adultery; and
when they had set her in the midst,
4 They say unto him, Master, this woman
was taken in adultery, in the very act.
5 Now Moses in the law commanded us,
that such should be stoned: but what
sayest thou?
6 This they said, tempting him, that
they might have to accuse him. But
Jesus stooped down, and with [his]
finger wrote on the ground, [as though
he heard them not].
7 So when they continued asking him, he
lifted up himself, and said unto them,
He that is without sin among you, let
him first cast a stone at her.
8 And again he stooped down, and wrote
on the ground.
9 And they which heard [it], being
convicted by [their own] conscience,
went out one by one, beginning at the
eldest, [even] unto the last: and Jesus
was left alone, and the woman standing
in the midst.
10 When Jesus had lifted up himself,
and saw none but the woman, he said
unto her, Woman, where are those thine
accusers? hath no man condemned thee?
11 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus
said unto her, Neither do I condemn
thee: go, and sin no more.
12 # Then spake Jesus again unto them,
saying, I am the light of the world: he
that followeth me shall not walk in
darkness, but shall have the light of
life.
13 The Pharisees therefore said unto
him, Thou bearest record of thyself;
thy record is not true.
14 Jesus answered and said unto them,
Though I bear record of myself, [yet]
my record is true: for I know whence I
came, and whither I go; but ye cannot
tell whence I come, and whither I go.
15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no
man.
16 And yet if I judge, my judgment is
true: for I am not alone, but I and the
Father that sent me.
17 It is also written in your law, that
the testimony of two men is true.
18 I am one that bear witness of
myself, and the Father that sent me
beareth witness of me.
19 Then said they unto him, Where is
thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither
know me, nor my Father: if ye had known
me, ye should have known my Father
also.
20 These words spake Jesus in the
treasury, as he taught in the temple:
and no man laid hands on him; for his
hour was not yet come.
21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I
go my way, and ye shall seek me, and
shall die in your sins: whither I go,
ye cannot come.
22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill
himself? because he saith, Whither I
go, ye cannot come.
23 And he said unto them, Ye are from
beneath; I am from above: ye are of
this world; I am not of this world.
24 I said therefore unto you, that ye
shall die in your sins: for if ye
believe not that I am [he], ye shall
die in your sins.
25 Then said they unto him, Who art
thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even
[the same] that I said unto you from
the beginning.
26 I have many things to say and to
judge of you: but he that sent me is
true; and I speak to the world those
things which I have heard of him.
27 They understood not that he spake to
them of the Father.
28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye
have lifted up the Son of man, then
shall ye know that I am [he], and
[that] I do nothing of myself; but as
my Father hath taught me, I speak these
things.
29 And he that sent me is with me: the
Father hath not left me alone; for I do
always those things that please him.
30 As he spake these words, many
believed on him.
31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which
believed on him, If ye continue in my
word, [then] are ye my disciples
indeed;
32 And ye shall know the truth, and the
truth shall make you free.
33 # They answered him, We be Abraham's
seed, and were never in bondage to any
man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made
free?
34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily,
I say unto you, Whosoever committeth
sin is the servant of sin.
35 And the servant abideth not in the
house for ever: [but] the Son abideth
ever.
36 If the Son therefore shall make you
free, ye shall be free indeed.
37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed;
but ye seek to kill me, because my word
hath no place in you.
38 I speak that which I have seen with
my Father: and ye do that which ye have
seen with your father.
39 They answered and said unto him,
Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto
them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye
would do the works of Abraham.
40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man
that hath told you the truth, which I
have heard of God: this did not
Abraham.
41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then
said they to him, We be not born of
fornication; we have one Father, [even]
God.
42 Jesus said unto them, If God were
your Father, ye would love me: for I
proceeded forth and came from God;
neither came I of myself, but he sent
me.
43 Why do ye not understand my speech?
[even] because ye cannot hear my word.
44 Ye are of [your] father the devil,
and the lusts of your father ye will
do. He was a murderer from the
beginning, and abode not in the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When
he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his
own: for he is a liar, and the father
of it.
45 And because I tell [you] the truth,
ye believe me not.
46 Which of you convinceth me of sin?
And if I say the truth, why do ye not
believe me?
47 He that is of God heareth God's
words: ye therefore hear [them] not,
because ye are not of God.
48 Then answered the Jews, and said
unto him, Say we not well that thou art
a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil;
but I honour my Father, and ye do
dishonour me.
50 And I seek not mine own glory: there
is one that seeketh and judgeth.
51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a
man keep my saying, he shall never see
death.
52 Then said the Jews unto him, Now we
know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is
dead, and the prophets; and thou
sayest, If a man keep my saying, he
shall never taste of death.
53 Art thou greater than our father
Abraham, which is dead? and the
prophets are dead: whom makest thou
thyself?
54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself,
my honour is nothing: it is my Father
that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that
he is your God:
55 Yet ye have not known him; but I
know him: and if I should say, I know
him not, I shall be a liar like unto
you: but I know him, and keep his
saying.
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see
my day: and he saw [it], and was glad.
57 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou
art not yet fifty years old, and hast
thou seen Abraham?
58 Jesus said unto them, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham
was, I am.
59 Then took they up stones to cast at
him: but Jesus hid himself, and went
out of the temple, going through the
midst of them, and so passed by.

CHAPTER 9
1 And as [Jesus] passed by, he saw a
man which was blind from [his] birth.
2 And his disciples asked him, saying,
Master, who did sin, this man, or his
parents, that he was born blind?
3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man
sinned, nor his parents: but that the
works of God should be made manifest in
him.
4 I must work the works of him that
sent me, while it is day: the night
cometh, when no man can work.
5 As long as I am in the world, I am
the light of the world.
6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on
the ground, and made clay of the
spittle, and he anointed the eyes of
the blind man with the clay,
7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the
pool of Siloam, (which is by
interpretation, Sent.) He went his way
therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
8 # The neighbours therefore, and they
which before had seen him that he was
blind, said, Is not this he that sat
and begged?
9 Some said, This is he: others [said],
He is like him: [but] he said, I am
[he].
10 Therefore said they unto him, How
were thine eyes opened?
11 He answered and said, A man that is
called Jesus made clay, and anointed
mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the
pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went
and washed, and I received sight.
12 Then said they unto him, Where is
he? He said, I know not.
13 # They brought to the Pharisees him
that aforetime was blind.
14 And it was the sabbath day when
Jesus made the clay, and opened his
eyes.
15 Then again the Pharisees also asked
him how he had received his sight. He
said unto them, He put clay upon mine
eyes, and I washed, and do see.
16 Therefore said some of the
Pharisees, This man is not of God,
because he keepeth not the sabbath day.
Others said, How can a man that is a
sinner do such miracles? And there was
a division among them.
17 They say unto the blind man again,
What sayest thou of him, that he hath
opened thine eyes? He said, He is a
prophet.
18 But the Jews did not believe
concerning him, that he had been blind,
and received his sight, until they
called the parents of him that had
received his sight.
19 And they asked them, saying, Is this
your son, who ye say was born blind?
how then doth he now see?
20 His parents answered them and said,
We know that this is our son, and that
he was born blind:
21 But by what means he now seeth, we
know not; or who hath opened his eyes,
we know not: he is of age; ask him: he
shall speak for himself.
22 These [words] spake his parents,
because they feared the Jews: for the
Jews had agreed already, that if any
man did confess that he was Christ, he
should be put out of the synagogue.
23 Therefore said his parents, He is of
age; ask him.
24 Then again called they the man that
was blind, and said unto him, Give God
the praise: we know that this man is a
sinner.
25 He answered and said, Whether he be
a sinner [or no], I know not: one thing
I know, that, whereas I was blind, now
I see.
26 Then said they to him again, What
did he to thee? how opened he thine
eyes?
27 He answered them, I have told you
already, and ye did not hear: wherefore
would ye hear [it] again? will ye also
be his disciples?
28 Then they reviled him, and said,
Thou art his disciple; but we are
Moses' disciples.
29 We know that God spake unto Moses:
[as for] this [fellow], we know not
from whence he is.
30 The man answered and said unto them,
Why herein is a marvellous thing, that
ye know not from whence he is, and
[yet] he hath opened mine eyes.
31 Now we know that God heareth not
sinners: but if any man be a worshipper
of God, and doeth his will, him he
heareth.
32 Since the world began was it not
heard that any man opened the eyes of
one that was born blind.
33 If this man were not of God, he
could do nothing.
34 They answered and said unto him,
Thou wast altogether born in sins, and
dost thou teach us? And they cast him
out.
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him
out; and when he had found him, he said
unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son
of God?
36 He answered and said, Who is he,
Lord, that I might believe on him?
37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast
both seen him, and it is he that
talketh with thee.
38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he
worshipped him.
39 # And Jesus said, For judgment I am
come into this world, that they which
see not might see; and that they which
see might be made blind.
40 And [some] of the Pharisees which
were with him heard these words, and
said unto him, Are we blind also?
41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were
blind, ye should have no sin: but now
ye say, We see; therefore your sin
remaineth.

CHAPTER 10
1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that entereth not by the door into the
sheepfold, but climbeth up some other
way, the same is a thief and a robber.
2 But he that entereth in by the door
is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 To him the porter openeth; and the
sheep hear his voice: and he calleth
his own sheep by name, and leadeth them
out.
4 And when he putteth forth his own
sheep, he goeth before them, and the
sheep follow him: for they know his
voice.
5 And a stranger will they not follow,
but will flee from him: for they know
not the voice of strangers.
6 This parable spake Jesus unto them:
but they understood not what things
they were which he spake unto them.
7 Then said Jesus unto them again,
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am
the door of the sheep.
8 All that ever came before me are
thieves and robbers: but the sheep did
not hear them.
9 I am the door: by me if any man enter
in, he shall be saved, and shall go in
and out, and find pasture.
10 The thief cometh not, but for to
steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I
am come that they might have life, and
that they might have [it] more
abundantly.
11 I am the good shepherd: the good
shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.
12 But he that is an hireling, and not
the shepherd, whose own the sheep are
not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth
the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf
catcheth them, and scattereth the
sheep.
13 The hireling fleeth, because he is
an hireling, and careth not for the
sheep.
14 I am the good shepherd, and know my
[sheep], and am known of mine.
15 As the Father knoweth me, even so
know I the Father: and I lay down my
life for the sheep.
16 And other sheep I have, which are
not of this fold: them also I must
bring, and they shall hear my voice;
and there shall be one fold, [and] one
shepherd.
17 Therefore doth my Father love me,
because I lay down my life, that I
might take it again.
18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay
it down of myself. I have power to lay
it down, and I have power to take it
again. This commandment have I received
of my Father.
19 # There was a division therefore
again among the Jews for these sayings.
20 And many of them said, He hath a
devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
21 Others said, These are not the words
of him that hath a devil. Can a devil
open the eyes of the blind?
22 # And it was at Jerusalem the feast
of the dedication, and it was winter.
23 And Jesus walked in the temple in
Solomon's porch.
24 Then came the Jews round about him,
and said unto him, How long dost thou
make us to doubt? If thou be the
Christ, tell us plainly.
25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and
ye believed not: the works that I do in
my Father's name, they bear witness of
me.
26 But ye believe not, because ye are
not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know
them, and they follow me:
28 And I give unto them eternal life;
and they shall never perish, neither
shall any [man] pluck them out of my
hand.
29 My Father, which gave [them] me, is
greater than all; and no [man] is able
to pluck [them] out of my Father's
hand.
30 I and [my] Father are one.
31 Then the Jews took up stones again
to stone him.
32 Jesus answered them, Many good works
have I shewed you from my Father; for
which of those works do ye stone me?
33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a
good work we stone thee not; but for
blasphemy; and because that thou, being
a man, makest thyself God.
34 Jesus answered them, Is it not
written in your law, I said, Ye are
gods?
35 If he called them gods, unto whom
the word of God came, and the scripture
cannot be broken;
36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath
sanctified, and sent into the world,
Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am
the Son of God?
37 If I do not the works of my Father,
believe me not.
38 But if I do, though ye believe not
me, believe the works: that ye may
know, and believe, that the Father [is]
in me, and I in him.
39 Therefore they sought again to take
him: but he escaped out of their hand,
40 And went away again beyond Jordan
into the place where John at first
baptized; and there he abode.
41 And many resorted unto him, and
said, John did no miracle: but all
things that John spake of this man were
true.
42 And many believed on him there.

CHAPTER 11
1 Now a certain [man] was sick, [named]
Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary
and her sister Martha.
2 (It was [that] Mary which anointed
the Lord with ointment, and wiped his
feet with her hair, whose brother
Lazarus was sick.)
3 Therefore his sisters sent unto him,
saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou
lovest is sick.
4 When Jesus heard [that], he said,
This sickness is not unto death, but
for the glory of God, that the Son of
God might be glorified thereby.
5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her
sister, and Lazarus.
6 When he had heard therefore that he
was sick, he abode two days still in
the same place where he was.
7 Then after that saith he to [his]
disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
8 [His] disciples say unto him, Master,
the Jews of late sought to stone thee;
and goest thou thither again?
9 Jesus answered, Are there not twelve
hours in the day? If any man walk in
the day, he stumbleth not, because he
seeth the light of this world.
10 But if a man walk in the night, he
stumbleth, because there is no light in
him.
11 These things said he: and after that
he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus
sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake
him out of sleep.
12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he
sleep, he shall do well.
13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death:
but they thought that he had spoken of
taking of rest in sleep.
14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly,
Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I
was not there, to the intent ye may
believe; nevertheless let us go unto
him.
16 Then said Thomas, which is called
Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let
us also go, that we may die with him.
17 Then when Jesus came, he found that
he had [lain] in the grave four days
already.
18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem,
about fifteen furlongs off:
19 And many of the Jews came to Martha
and Mary, to comfort them concerning
their brother.
20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard
that Jesus was coming, went and met
him: but Mary sat [still] in the house.
21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord,
if thou hadst been here, my brother had
not died.
22 But I know, that even now,
whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God
will give [it] thee.
23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother
shall rise again.
24 Martha saith unto him, I know that
he shall rise again in the resurrection
at the last day.
25 Jesus said unto her, I am the
resurrection, and the life: he that
believeth in me, though he were dead,
yet shall he live:
26 And whosoever liveth and believeth
in me shall never die. Believest thou
this?
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I
believe that thou art the Christ, the
Son of God, which should come into the
world.
28 And when she had so said, she went
her way, and called Mary her sister
secretly, saying, The Master is come,
and calleth for thee.
29 As soon as she heard [that], she
arose quickly, and came unto him.
30 Now Jesus was not yet come into the
town, but was in that place where
Martha met him.
31 The Jews then which were with her in
the house, and comforted her, when they
saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and
went out, followed her, saying, She
goeth unto the grave to weep there.
32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus
was, and saw him, she fell down at his
feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou
hadst been here, my brother had not
died.
33 When Jesus therefore saw her
weeping, and the Jews also weeping
which came with her, he groaned in the
spirit, and was troubled,
34 And said, Where have ye laid him?
They said unto him, Lord, come and see.
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he
loved him!
37 And some of them said, Could not
this man, which opened the eyes of the
blind, have caused that even this man
should not have died?
38 Jesus therefore again groaning in
himself cometh to the grave. It was a
cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone.
Martha, the sister of him that was
dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this
time he stinketh: for he hath been
[dead] four days.
40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not
unto thee, that, if thou wouldest
believe, thou shouldest see the glory
of God?
41 Then they took away the stone [from
the place] where the dead was laid. And
Jesus lifted up [his] eyes, and said,
Father, I thank thee that thou hast
heard me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest me
always: but because of the people which
stand by I said [it], that they may
believe that thou hast sent me.
43 And when he thus had spoken, he
cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come
forth.
44 And he that was dead came forth,
bound hand and foot with graveclothes:
and his face was bound about with a
napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose
him, and let him go.
45 Then many of the Jews which came to
Mary, and had seen the things which
Jesus did, believed on him.
46 But some of them went their ways to
the Pharisees, and told them what
things Jesus had done.
47 # Then gathered the chief priests
and the Pharisees a council, and said,
What do we? for this man doeth many
miracles.
48 If we let him thus alone, all [men]
will believe on him: and the Romans
shall come and take away both our place
and nation.
49 And one of them, [named] Caiaphas,
being the high priest that same year,
said unto them, Ye know nothing at all,
50 Nor consider that it is expedient
for us, that one man should die for the
people, and that the whole nation
perish not.
51 And this spake he not of himself:
but being high priest that year, he
prophesied that Jesus should die for
that nation;
52 And not for that nation only, but
that also he should gather together in
one the children of God that were
scattered abroad.
53 Then from that day forth they took
counsel together for to put him to
death.
54 Jesus therefore walked no more
openly among the Jews; but went thence
unto a country near to the wilderness,
into a city called Ephraim, and there
continued with his disciples.
55 # And the Jews' passover was nigh at
hand: and many went out of the country
up to Jerusalem before the passover, to
purify themselves.
56 Then sought they for Jesus, and
spake among themselves, as they stood
in the temple, What think ye, that he
will not come to the feast?
57 Now both the chief priests and the
Pharisees had given a commandment,
that, if any man knew where he were, he
should shew [it], that they might take
him.

CHAPTER 12
1 Then Jesus six days before the
passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus
was which had been dead, whom he raised
from the dead.
2 There they made him a supper; and
Martha served: but Lazarus was one of
them that sat at the table with him.
3 Then took Mary a pound of ointment of
spikenard, very costly, and anointed
the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet
with her hair: and the house was filled
with the odour of the ointment.
4 Then saith one of his disciples,
Judas Iscariot, Simon's [son], which
should betray him,
5 Why was not this ointment sold for
three hundred pence, and given to the
poor?
6 This he said, not that he cared for
the poor; but because he was a thief,
and had the bag, and bare what was put
therein.
7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone:
against the day of my burying hath she
kept this.
8 For the poor always ye have with you;
but me ye have not always.
9 Much people of the Jews therefore
knew that he was there: and they came
not for Jesus' sake only, but that they
might see Lazarus also, whom he had
raised from the dead.
10 # But the chief priests consulted
that they might put Lazarus also to
death;
11 Because that by reason of him many
of the Jews went away, and believed on
Jesus.
12 # On the next day much people that
were come to the feast, when they heard
that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,
13 Took branches of palm trees, and
went forth to meet him, and cried,
Hosanna: Blessed [is] the King of
Israel that cometh in the name of the
Lord.
14 And Jesus, when he had found a young
ass, sat thereon; as it is written,
15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold,
thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's
colt.
16 These things understood not his
disciples at the first: but when Jesus
was glorified, then remembered they
that these things were written of him,
and [that] they had done these things
unto him.
17 The people therefore that was with
him when he called Lazarus out of his
grave, and raised him from the dead,
bare record.
18 For this cause the people also met
him, for that they heard that he had
done this miracle.
19 The Pharisees therefore said among
themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail
nothing? behold, the world is gone
after him.
20 # And there were certain Greeks
among them that came up to worship at
the feast:
21 The same came therefore to Philip,
which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and
desired him, saying, Sir, we would see
Jesus.
22 Philip cometh and telleth Andrew:
and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
23 # And Jesus answered them, saying,
The hour is come, that the Son of man
should be glorified.
24 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
Except a corn of wheat fall into the
ground and die, it abideth alone: but
if it die, it bringeth forth much
fruit.
25 He that loveth his life shall lose
it; and he that hateth his life in this
world shall keep it unto life eternal.
26 If any man serve me, let him follow
me; and where I am, there shall also my
servant be: if any man serve me, him
will [my] Father honour.
27 Now is my soul troubled; and what
shall I say? Father, save me from this
hour: but for this cause came I unto
this hour.
28 Father, glorify thy name. Then came
there a voice from heaven, [saying], I
have both glorified [it], and will
glorify [it] again.
29 The people therefore, that stood by,
and heard [it], said that it thundered:
others said, An angel spake to him.
30 Jesus answered and said, This voice
came not because of me, but for your
sakes.
31 Now is the judgment of this world:
now shall the prince of this world be
cast out.
32 And I, if I be lifted up from the
earth, will draw all [men] unto me.
33 This he said, signifying what death
he should die.
34 The people answered him, We have
heard out of the law that Christ
abideth for ever: and how sayest thou,
The Son of man must be lifted up? who
is this Son of man?
35 Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a
little while is the light with you.
Walk while ye have the light, lest
darkness come upon you: for he that
walketh in darkness knoweth not whither
he goeth.
36 While ye have light, believe in the
light, that ye may be the children of
light. These things spake Jesus, and
departed, and did hide himself from
them.
37 # But though he had done so many
miracles before them, yet they believed
not on him:
38 That the saying of Esaias the
prophet might be fulfilled, which he
spake, Lord, who hath believed our
report? and to whom hath the arm of the
Lord been revealed?
39 Therefore they could not believe,
because that Esaias said again,
40 He hath blinded their eyes, and
hardened their heart; that they should
not see with [their] eyes, nor
understand with [their] heart, and be
converted, and I should heal them.
41 These things said Esaias, when he
saw his glory, and spake of him.
42 # Nevertheless among the chief
rulers also many believed on him; but
because of the Pharisees they did not
confess [him], lest they should be put
out of the synagogue:
43 For they loved the praise of men
more than the praise of God.
44 # Jesus cried and said, He that
believeth on me, believeth not on me,
but on him that sent me.
45 And he that seeth me seeth him that
sent me.
46 I am come a light into the world,
that whosoever believeth on me should
not abide in darkness.
47 And if any man hear my words, and
believe not, I judge him not: for I
came not to judge the world, but to
save the world.
48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth
not my words, hath one that judgeth
him: the word that I have spoken, the
same shall judge him in the last day.
49 For I have not spoken of myself; but
the Father which sent me, he gave me a
commandment, what I should say, and
what I should speak.
50 And I know that his commandment is
life everlasting: whatsoever I speak
therefore, even as the Father said unto
me, so I speak.

CHAPTER 13
1 Now before the feast of the passover,
when Jesus knew that his hour was come
that he should depart out of this world
unto the Father, having loved his own
which were in the world, he loved them
unto the end.
2 And supper being ended, the devil
having now put into the heart of Judas
Iscariot, Simon's [son], to betray him;
3 Jesus knowing that the Father had
given all things into his hands, and
that he was come from God, and went to
God;
4 He riseth from supper, and laid aside
his garments; and took a towel, and
girded himself.
5 After that he poureth water into a
bason, and began to wash the disciples'
feet, and to wipe [them] with the towel
wherewith he was girded.
6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and
Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou
wash my feet?
7 Jesus answered and said unto him,
What I do thou knowest not now; but
thou shalt know hereafter.
8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt
never wash my feet. Jesus answered him,
If I wash thee not, thou hast no part
with me.
9 Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not
my feet only, but also [my] hands and
[my] head.
10 Jesus saith to him, He that is
washed needeth not save to wash [his]
feet, but is clean every whit: and ye
are clean, but not all.
11 For he knew who should betray him;
therefore said he, Ye are not all
clean.
12 So after he had washed their feet,
and had taken his garments, and was set
down again, he said unto them, Know ye
what I have done to you?
13 Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye
say well; for [so] I am.
14 If I then, [your] Lord and Master,
have washed your feet; ye also ought to
wash one another's feet.
15 For I have given you an example,
that ye should do as I have done to
you.
16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The
servant is not greater than his lord;
neither he that is sent greater than he
that sent him.
17 If ye know these things, happy are
ye if ye do them.
18 # I speak not of you all: I know
whom I have chosen: but that the
scripture may be fulfilled, He that
eateth bread with me hath lifted up his
heel against me.
19 Now I tell you before it come, that,
when it is come to pass, ye may believe
that I am [he].
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that receiveth whomsoever I send
receiveth me; and he that receiveth me
receiveth him that sent me.
21 When Jesus had thus said, he was
troubled in spirit, and testified, and
said, Verily, verily, I say unto you,
that one of you shall betray me.
22 Then the disciples looked one on
another, doubting of whom he spake.
23 Now there was leaning on Jesus'
bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus
loved.
24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to
him, that he should ask who it should
be of whom he spake.
25 He then lying on Jesus' breast saith
unto him, Lord, who is it?
26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I
shall give a sop, when I have dipped
[it]. And when he had dipped the sop,
he gave [it] to Judas Iscariot, [the
son] of Simon.
27 And after the sop Satan entered into
him. Then said Jesus unto him, That
thou doest, do quickly.
28 Now no man at the table knew for
what intent he spake this unto him.
29 For some [of them] thought, because
Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said
unto him, Buy [those things] that we
have need of against the feast; or,
that he should give something to the
poor.
30 He then having received the sop went
immediately out: and it was night.
31 # Therefore, when he was gone out,
Jesus said, Now is the Son of man
glorified, and God is glorified in him.
32 If God be glorified in him, God
shall also glorify him in himself, and
shall straightway glorify him.
33 Little children, yet a little while
I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as
I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye
cannot come; so now I say to you.
34 A new commandment I give unto you,
That ye love one another; as I have
loved you, that ye also love one
another.
35 By this shall all [men] know that ye
are my disciples, if ye have love one
to another.
36 # Simon Peter said unto him, Lord,
whither goest thou? Jesus answered him,
Whither I go, thou canst not follow me
now; but thou shalt follow me
afterwards.
37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why
cannot I follow thee now? I will lay
down my life for thy sake.
38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay
down thy life for my sake? Verily,
verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall
not crow, till thou hast denied me
thrice.

CHAPTER 14
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye
believe in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many
mansions: if [it were] not [so], I
would have told you. I go to prepare a
place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for
you, I will come again, and receive you
unto myself; that where I am, [there]
ye may be also.
4 And whither I go ye know, and the way
ye know.
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know
not whither thou goest; and how can we
know the way?
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way,
the truth, and the life: no man cometh
unto the Father, but by me.
7 If ye had known me, ye should have
known my Father also: and from
henceforth ye know him, and have seen
him.
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us
the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so
long time with you, and yet hast thou
not known me, Philip? he that hath seen
me hath seen the Father; and how sayest
thou [then], Shew us the Father?
10 Believest thou not that I am in the
Father, and the Father in me? the words
that I speak unto you I speak not of
myself: but the Father that dwelleth in
me, he doeth the works.
11 Believe me that I [am] in the
Father, and the Father in me: or else
believe me for the very works' sake.
12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that believeth on me, the works that I
do shall he do also; and greater
[works] than these shall he do; because
I go unto my Father.
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my
name, that will I do, that the Father
may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my
name, I will do [it].
15 # If ye love me, keep my
commandments.
16 And I will pray the Father, and he
shall give you another Comforter, that
he may abide with you for ever;
17 [Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the
world cannot receive, because it seeth
him not, neither knoweth him: but ye
know him; for he dwelleth with you, and
shall be in you.
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I
will come to you.
19 Yet a little while, and the world
seeth me no more; but ye see me:
because I live, ye shall live also.
20 At that day ye shall know that I
[am] in my Father, and ye in me, and I
in you.
21 He that hath my commandments, and
keepeth them, he it is that loveth me:
and he that loveth me shall be loved of
my Father, and I will love him, and
will manifest myself to him.
22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot,
Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest
thyself unto us, and not unto the
world?
23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If
a man love me, he will keep my words:
and my Father will love him, and we
will come unto him, and make our abode
with him.
24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my
sayings: and the word which ye hear is
not mine, but the Father's which sent
me.
25 These things have I spoken unto you,
being [yet] present with you.
26 But the Comforter, [which is] the
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send
in my name, he shall teach you all
things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said
unto you.
27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I
give unto you: not as the world giveth,
give I unto you. Let not your heart be
troubled, neither let it be afraid.
28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I
go away, and come [again] unto you. If
ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because
I said, I go unto the Father: for my
Father is greater than I.
29 And now I have told you before it
come to pass, that, when it is come to
pass, ye might believe.
30 Hereafter I will not talk much with
you: for the prince of this world
cometh, and hath nothing in me.
31 But that the world may know that I
love the Father; and as the Father gave
me commandment, even so I do. Arise,
let us go hence.

CHAPTER 15
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is
the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth not
fruit he taketh away: and every
[branch] that beareth fruit, he purgeth
it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word
which I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the
branch cannot bear fruit of itself,
except it abide in the vine; no more
can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye [are] the branches:
He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit: for
without me ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast
forth as a branch, and is withered; and
men gather them, and cast [them] into
the fire, and they are burned.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide
in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and
it shall be done unto you.
8 Herein is my Father glorified, that
ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my
disciples.
9 As the Father hath loved me, so have
I loved you: continue ye in my love.
10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall
abide in my love; even as I have kept
my Father's commandments, and abide in
his love.
11 These things have I spoken unto you,
that my joy might remain in you, and
[that] your joy might be full.
12 This is my commandment, That ye love
one another, as I have loved you.
13 Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his life for his
friends.
14 Ye are my friends, if ye do
whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants;
for the servant knoweth not what his
lord doeth: but I have called you
friends; for all things that I have
heard of my Father I have made known
unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have
chosen you, and ordained you, that ye
should go and bring forth fruit, and
[that] your fruit should remain: that
whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father
in my name, he may give it you.
17 These things I command you, that ye
love one another.
18 If the world hate you, ye know that
it hated me before [it hated] you.
19 If ye were of the world, the world
would love his own: but because ye are
not of the world, but I have chosen you
out of the world, therefore the world
hateth you.
20 Remember the word that I said unto
you, The servant is not greater than
his lord. If they have persecuted me,
they will also persecute you; if they
have kept my saying, they will keep
your's also.
21 But all these things will they do
unto you for my name's sake, because
they know not him that sent me.
22 If I had not come and spoken unto
them, they had not had sin: but now
they have no cloke for their sin.
23 He that hateth me hateth my Father
also.
24 If I had not done among them the
works which none other man did, they
had not had sin: but now have they both
seen and hated both me and my Father.
25 But [this cometh to pass], that the
word might be fulfilled that is written
in their law, They hated me without a
cause.
26 But when the Comforter is come, whom
I will send unto you from the Father,
[even] the Spirit of truth, which
proceedeth from the Father, he shall
testify of me:
27 And ye also shall bear witness,
because ye have been with me from the
beginning.

CHAPTER 16
1 These things have I spoken unto you,
that ye should not be offended.
2 They shall put you out of the
synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that
whosoever killeth you will think that
he doeth God service.
3 And these things will they do unto
you, because they have not known the
Father, nor me.
4 But these things have I told you,
that when the time shall come, ye may
remember that I told you of them. And
these things I said not unto you at the
beginning, because I was with you.
5 But now I go my way to him that sent
me; and none of you asketh me, Whither
goest thou?
6 But because I have said these things
unto you, sorrow hath filled your
heart.
7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It
is expedient for you that I go away:
for if I go not away, the Comforter
will not come unto you; but if I
depart, I will send him unto you.
8 And when he is come, he will reprove
the world of sin, and of righteousness,
and of judgment:
9 Of sin, because they believe not on
me;
10 Of righteousness, because I go to my
Father, and ye see me no more;
11 Of judgment, because the prince of
this world is judged.
12 I have yet many things to say unto
you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of
truth, is come, he will guide you into
all truth: for he shall not speak of
himself; but whatsoever he shall hear,
[that] shall he speak: and he will shew
you things to come.
14 He shall glorify me: for he shall
receive of mine, and shall shew [it]
unto you.
15 All things that the Father hath are
mine: therefore said I, that he shall
take of mine, and shall shew [it] unto
you.
16 A little while, and ye shall not see
me: and again, a little while, and ye
shall see me, because I go to the
Father.
17 Then said [some] of his disciples
among themselves, What is this that he
saith unto us, A little while, and ye
shall not see me: and again, a little
while, and ye shall see me: and,
Because I go to the Father?
18 They said therefore, What is this
that he saith, A little while? we
cannot tell what he saith.
19 Now Jesus knew that they were
desirous to ask him, and said unto
them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of
that I said, A little while, and ye
shall not see me: and again, a little
while, and ye shall see me?
20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That
ye shall weep and lament, but the world
shall rejoice: and ye shall be
sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be
turned into joy.
21 A woman when she is in travail hath
sorrow, because her hour is come: but
as soon as she is delivered of the
child, she remembereth no more the
anguish, for joy that a man is born
into the world.
22 And ye now therefore have sorrow:
but I will see you again, and your
heart shall rejoice, and your joy no
man taketh from you.
23 And in that day ye shall ask me
nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto
you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father
in my name, he will give [it] you.
24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my
name: ask, and ye shall receive, that
your joy may be full.
25 These things have I spoken unto you
in proverbs: but the time cometh, when
I shall no more speak unto you in
proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly
of the Father.
26 At that day ye shall ask in my name:
and I say not unto you, that I will
pray the Father for you:
27 For the Father himself loveth you,
because ye have loved me, and have
believed that I came out from God.
28 I came forth from the Father, and am
come into the world: again, I leave the
world, and go to the Father.
29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now
speakest thou plainly, and speakest no
proverb.
30 Now are we sure that thou knowest
all things, and needest not that any
man should ask thee: by this we believe
that thou camest forth from God.
31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now
believe?
32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now
come, that ye shall be scattered, every
man to his own, and shall leave me
alone: and yet I am not alone, because
the Father is with me.
33 These things I have spoken unto you,
that in me ye might have peace. In the
world ye shall have tribulation: but be
of good cheer; I have overcome the
world.

CHAPTER 17
1 These words spake Jesus, and lifted
up his eyes to heaven, and said,
Father, the hour is come; glorify thy
Son, that thy Son also may glorify
thee:
2 As thou hast given him power over all
flesh, that he should give eternal life
to as many as thou hast given him.
3 And this is life eternal, that they
might know thee the only true God, and
Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
4 I have glorified thee on the earth: I
have finished the work which thou
gavest me to do.
5 And now, O Father, glorify thou me
with thine own self with the glory
which I had with thee before the world
was.
6 I have manifested thy name unto the
men which thou gavest me out of the
world: thine they were, and thou gavest
them me; and they have kept thy word.
7 Now they have known that all things
whatsoever thou hast given me are of
thee.
8 For I have given unto them the words
which thou gavest me; and they have
received [them], and have known surely
that I came out from thee, and they
have believed that thou didst send me.
9 I pray for them: I pray not for the
world, but for them which thou hast
given me; for they are thine.
10 And all mine are thine, and thine
are mine; and I am glorified in them.
11 And now I am no more in the world,
but these are in the world, and I come
to thee. Holy Father, keep through
thine own name those whom thou hast
given me, that they may be one, as we
[are].
12 While I was with them in the world,
I kept them in thy name: those that
thou gavest me I have kept, and none of
them is lost, but the son of perdition;
that the scripture might be fulfilled.
13 And now come I to thee; and these
things I speak in the world, that they
might have my joy fulfilled in
themselves.
14 I have given them thy word; and the
world hath hated them, because they are
not of the world, even as I am not of
the world.
15 I pray not that thou shouldest take
them out of the world, but that thou
shouldest keep them from the evil.
16 They are not of the world, even as I
am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy
word is truth.
18 As thou hast sent me into the world,
even so have I also sent them into the
world.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify
myself, that they also might be
sanctified through the truth.
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but
for them also which shall believe on me
through their word;
21 That they all may be one; as thou,
Father, [art] in me, and I in thee,
that they also may be one in us: that
the world may believe that thou hast
sent me.
22 And the glory which thou gavest me I
have given them; that they may be one,
even as we are one:
23 I in them, and thou in me, that they
may be made perfect in one; and that
the world may know that thou hast sent
me, and hast loved them, as thou hast
loved me.
24 Father, I will that they also, whom
thou hast given me, be with me where I
am; that they may behold my glory,
which thou hast given me: for thou
lovedst me before the foundation of the
world.
25 O righteous Father, the world hath
not known thee: but I have known thee,
and these have known that thou hast
sent me.
26 And I have declared unto them thy
name, and will declare [it]: that the
love wherewith thou hast loved me may
be in them, and I in them.

CHAPTER 18
1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he
went forth with his disciples over the
brook Cedron, where was a garden, into
the which he entered, and his
disciples.
2 And Judas also, which betrayed him,
knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes
resorted thither with his disciples.
3 Judas then, having received a band
[of men] and officers from the chief
priests and Pharisees, cometh thither
with lanterns and torches and weapons.
4 Jesus therefore, knowing all things
that should come upon him, went forth,
and said unto them, Whom seek ye?
5 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth.
Jesus saith unto them, I am [he]. And
Judas also, which betrayed him, stood
with them.
6 As soon then as he had said unto
them, I am [he], they went backward,
and fell to the ground.
7 Then asked he them again, Whom seek
ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.
8 Jesus answered, I have told you that
I am [he]: if therefore ye seek me, let
these go their way:
9 That the saying might be fulfilled,
which he spake, Of them which thou
gavest me have I lost none.
10 Then Simon Peter having a sword drew
it, and smote the high priest's
servant, and cut off his right ear. The
servant's name was Malchus.
11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up
thy sword into the sheath: the cup
which my Father hath given me, shall I
not drink it?
12 Then the band and the captain and
officers of the Jews took Jesus, and
bound him,
13 And led him away to Annas first; for
he was father in law to Caiaphas, which
was the high priest that same year.
14 Now Caiaphas was he, which gave
counsel to the Jews, that it was
expedient that one man should die for
the people.
15 # And Simon Peter followed Jesus,
and [so did] another disciple: that
disciple was known unto the high
priest, and went in with Jesus into the
palace of the high priest.
16 But Peter stood at the door without.
Then went out that other disciple,
which was known unto the high priest,
and spake unto her that kept the door,
and brought in Peter.
17 Then saith the damsel that kept the
door unto Peter, Art not thou also
[one] of this man's disciples? He
saith, I am not.
18 And the servants and officers stood
there, who had made a fire of coals;
for it was cold: and they warmed
themselves: and Peter stood with them,
and warmed himself.
19 # The high priest then asked Jesus
of his disciples, and of his doctrine.
20 Jesus answered him, I spake openly
to the world; I ever taught in the
synagogue, and in the temple, whither
the Jews always resort; and in secret
have I said nothing.
21 Why askest thou me? ask them which
heard me, what I have said unto them:
behold, they know what I said.
22 And when he had thus spoken, one of
the officers which stood by struck
Jesus with the palm of his hand,
saying, Answerest thou the high priest
so?
23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken
evil, bear witness of the evil: but if
well, why smitest thou me?
24 Now Annas had sent him bound unto
Caiaphas the high priest.
25 And Simon Peter stood and warmed
himself. They said therefore unto him,
Art not thou also [one] of his
disciples? He denied [it], and said, I
am not.
26 One of the servants of the high
priest, being [his] kinsman whose ear
Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see
thee in the garden with him?
27 Peter then denied again: and
immediately the cock crew.
28 # Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas
unto the hall of judgment: and it was
early; and they themselves went not
into the judgment hall, lest they
should be defiled; but that they might
eat the passover.
29 Pilate then went out unto them, and
said, What accusation bring ye against
this man?
30 They answered and said unto him, If
he were not a malefactor, we would not
have delivered him up unto thee.
31 Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye
him, and judge him according to your
law. The Jews therefore said unto him,
It is not lawful for us to put any man
to death:
32 That the saying of Jesus might be
fulfilled, which he spake, signifying
what death he should die.
33 Then Pilate entered into the
judgment hall again, and called Jesus,
and said unto him, Art thou the King of
the Jews?
34 Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this
thing of thyself, or did others tell it
thee of me?
35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine
own nation and the chief priests have
delivered thee unto me: what hast thou
done?
36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of
this world: if my kingdom were of this
world, then would my servants fight,
that I should not be delivered to the
Jews: but now is my kingdom not from
hence.
37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art
thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou
sayest that I am a king. To this end
was I born, and for this cause came I
into the world, that I should bear
witness unto the truth. Every one that
is of the truth heareth my voice.
38 Pilate saith unto him, What is
truth? And when he had said this, he
went out again unto the Jews, and saith
unto them, I find in him no fault [at
all].
39 But ye have a custom, that I should
release unto you one at the passover:
will ye therefore that I release unto
you the King of the Jews?
40 Then cried they all again, saying,
Not this man, but Barabbas. Now
Barabbas was a robber.

CHAPTER 19
1 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and
scourged [him].
2 And the soldiers platted a crown of
thorns, and put [it] on his head, and
they put on him a purple robe,
3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and
they smote him with their hands.
4 Pilate therefore went forth again,
and saith unto them, Behold, I bring
him forth to you, that ye may know that
I find no fault in him.
5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing the
crown of thorns, and the purple robe.
And [Pilate] saith unto them, Behold
the man!
6 When the chief priests therefore and
officers saw him, they cried out,
saying, Crucify [him], crucify [him].
Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him,
and crucify [him]: for I find no fault
in him.
7 The Jews answered him, We have a law,
and by our law he ought to die, because
he made himself the Son of God.
8 # When Pilate therefore heard that
saying, he was the more afraid;
9 And went again into the judgment
hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art
thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest
thou not unto me? knowest thou not that
I have power to crucify thee, and have
power to release thee?
11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have
no power [at all] against me, except it
were given thee from above: therefore
he that delivered me unto thee hath the
greater sin.
12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought
to release him: but the Jews cried out,
saying, If thou let this man go, thou
art not Caesar's friend: whosoever
maketh himself a king speaketh against
Caesar.
13 # When Pilate therefore heard that
saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat
down in the judgment seat in a place
that is called the Pavement, but in the
Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 And it was the preparation of the
passover, and about the sixth hour: and
he saith unto the Jews, Behold your
King!
15 But they cried out, Away with [him],
away with [him], crucify him. Pilate
saith unto them, Shall I crucify your
King? The chief priests answered, We
have no king but Caesar.
16 Then delivered he him therefore unto
them to be crucified. And they took
Jesus, and led [him] away.
17 And he bearing his cross went forth
into a place called [the place] of a
skull, which is called in the Hebrew
Golgotha:
18 Where they crucified him, and two
other with him, on either side one, and
Jesus in the midst.
19 # And Pilate wrote a title, and put
[it] on the cross. And the writing was,
JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.
20 This title then read many of the
Jews: for the place where Jesus was
crucified was nigh to the city: and it
was written in Hebrew, [and] Greek,
[and] Latin.
21 Then said the chief priests of the
Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of
the Jews; but that he said, I am King
of the Jews.
22 Pilate answered, What I have written
I have written.
23 # Then the soldiers, when they had
crucified Jesus, took his garments, and
made four parts, to every soldier a
part; and also [his] coat: now the coat
was without seam, woven from the top
throughout.
24 They said therefore among
themselves, Let us not rend it, but
cast lots for it, whose it shall be:
that the scripture might be fulfilled,
which saith, They parted my raiment
among them, and for my vesture they did
cast lots. These things therefore the
soldiers did.
25 # Now there stood by the cross of
Jesus his mother, and his mother's
sister, Mary the [wife] of Cleophas,
and Mary Magdalene.
26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother,
and the disciple standing by, whom he
loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman,
behold thy son!
27 Then saith he to the disciple,
Behold thy mother! And from that hour
that disciple took her unto his own
[home].
28 # After this, Jesus knowing that all
things were now accomplished, that the
scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I
thirst.
29 Now there was set a vessel full of
vinegar: and they filled a spunge with
vinegar, and put [it] upon hyssop, and
put [it] to his mouth.
30 When Jesus therefore had received
the vinegar, he said, It is finished:
and he bowed his head, and gave up the
ghost.
31 The Jews therefore, because it was
the preparation, that the bodies should
not remain upon the cross on the
sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was
an high day,) besought Pilate that
their legs might be broken, and [that]
they might be taken away.
32 Then came the soldiers, and brake
the legs of the first, and of the other
which was crucified with him.
33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw
that he was dead already, they brake
not his legs:
34 But one of the soldiers with a spear
pierced his side, and forthwith came
there out blood and water.
35 And he that saw [it] bare record,
and his record is true: and he knoweth
that he saith true, that ye might
believe.
36 For these things were done, that the
scripture should be fulfilled, A bone
of him shall not be broken.
37 And again another scripture saith,
They shall look on him whom they
pierced.
38 # And after this Joseph of
Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus,
but secretly for fear of the Jews,
besought Pilate that he might take away
the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave
[him] leave. He came therefore, and
took the body of Jesus.
39 And there came also Nicodemus, which
at the first came to Jesus by night,
and brought a mixture of myrrh and
aloes, about an hundred pound [weight].
40 Then took they the body of Jesus,
and wound it in linen clothes with the
spices, as the manner of the Jews is to
bury.
41 Now in the place where he was
crucified there was a garden; and in
the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was
never man yet laid.
42 There laid they Jesus therefore
because of the Jews' preparation [day];
for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.

CHAPTER 20
1 The first [day] of the week cometh
Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet
dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the
stone taken away from the sepulchre.
2 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon
Peter, and to the other disciple, whom
Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They
have taken away the Lord out of the
sepulchre, and we know not where they
have laid him.
3 Peter therefore went forth, and that
other disciple, and came to the
sepulchre.
4 So they ran both together: and the
other disciple did outrun Peter, and
came first to the sepulchre.
5 And he stooping down, [and looking
in], saw the linen clothes lying; yet
went he not in.
6 Then cometh Simon Peter following
him, and went into the sepulchre, and
seeth the linen clothes lie,
7 And the napkin, that was about his
head, not lying with the linen clothes,
but wrapped together in a place by
itself.
8 Then went in also that other
disciple, which came first to the
sepulchre, and he saw, and believed.
9 For as yet they knew not the
scripture, that he must rise again from
the dead.
10 Then the disciples went away again
unto their own home.
11 # But Mary stood without at the
sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she
stooped down, [and looked] into the
sepulchre,
12 And seeth two angels in white
sitting, the one at the head, and the
other at the feet, where the body of
Jesus had lain.
13 And they say unto her, Woman, why
weepest thou? She saith unto them,
Because they have taken away my Lord,
and I know not where they have laid
him.
14 And when she had thus said, she
turned herself back, and saw Jesus
standing, and knew not that it was
Jesus.
15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why
weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She,
supposing him to be the gardener, saith
unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him
hence, tell me where thou hast laid
him, and I will take him away.
16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She
turned herself, and saith unto him,
Rabboni; which is to say, Master.
17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not;
for I am not yet ascended to my Father:
but go to my brethren, and say unto
them, I ascend unto my Father, and your
Father; and [to] my God, and your God.
18 Mary Magdalene came and told the
disciples that she had seen the Lord,
and [that] he had spoken these things
unto her.
19 # Then the same day at evening,
being the first [day] of the week, when
the doors were shut where the disciples
were assembled for fear of the Jews,
came Jesus and stood in the midst, and
saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you.
20 And when he had so said, he shewed
unto them [his] hands and his side.
Then were the disciples glad, when they
saw the Lord.
21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace
[be] unto you: as [my] Father hath sent
me, even so send I you.
22 And when he had said this, he
breathed on [them], and saith unto
them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:
23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are
remitted unto them; [and] whose soever
[sins] ye retain, they are retained.
24 # But Thomas, one of the twelve,
called Didymus, was not with them when
Jesus came.
25 The other disciples therefore said
unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he
said unto them, Except I shall see in
his hands the print of the nails, and
put my finger into the print of the
nails, and thrust my hand into his
side, I will not believe.
26 # And after eight days again his
disciples were within, and Thomas with
them: [then] came Jesus, the doors
being shut, and stood in the midst, and
said, Peace [be] unto you.
27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach
hither thy finger, and behold my hands;
and reach hither thy hand, and thrust
[it] into my side: and be not
faithless, but believing.
28 And Thomas answered and said unto
him, My Lord and my God.
29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas,
because thou hast seen me, thou hast
believed: blessed [are] they that have
not seen, and [yet] have believed.
30 # And many other signs truly did
Jesus in the presence of his disciples,
which are not written in this book:
31 But these are written, that ye might
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God; and that believing ye might
have life through his name.

CHAPTER 21
1 After these things Jesus shewed
himself again to the disciples at the
sea of Tiberias; and on this wise
shewed he [himself].
2 There were together Simon Peter, and
Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of
Cana in Galilee, and the [sons] of
Zebedee, and two other of his
disciples.
3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a
fishing. They say unto him, We also go
with thee. They went forth, and entered
into a ship immediately; and that night
they caught nothing.
4 But when the morning was now come,
Jesus stood on the shore: but the
disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children,
have ye any meat? They answered him,
No.
6 And he said unto them, Cast the net
on the right side of the ship, and ye
shall find. They cast therefore, and
now they were not able to draw it for
the multitude of fishes.
7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus
loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord.
Now when Simon Peter heard that it was
the Lord, he girt [his] fisher's coat
[unto him], (for he was naked,) and did
cast himself into the sea.
8 And the other disciples came in a
little ship; (for they were not far
from land, but as it were two hundred
cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
9 As soon then as they were come to
land, they saw a fire of coals there,
and fish laid thereon, and bread.
10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the
fish which ye have now caught.
11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the
net to land full of great fishes, an
hundred and fifty and three: and for
all there were so many, yet was not the
net broken.
12 Jesus saith unto them, Come [and]
dine. And none of the disciples durst
ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it
was the Lord.
13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread,
and giveth them, and fish likewise.
14 This is now the third time that
Jesus shewed himself to his disciples,
after that he was risen from the dead.
15 # So when they had dined, Jesus
saith to Simon Peter, Simon, [son] of
Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?
He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou
knowest that I love thee. He saith unto
him, Feed my lambs.
16 He saith to him again the second
time, Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest
thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord;
thou knowest that I love thee. He saith
unto him, Feed my sheep.
17 He saith unto him the third time,
Simon, [son] of Jonas, lovest thou me?
Peter was grieved because he said unto
him the third time, Lovest thou me? And
he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest
all things; thou knowest that I love
thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my
sheep.
18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
When thou wast young, thou girdedst
thyself, and walkedst whither thou
wouldest: but when thou shalt be old,
thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and
another shall gird thee, and carry
[thee] whither thou wouldest not.
19 This spake he, signifying by what
death he should glorify God. And when
he had spoken this, he saith unto him,
Follow me.
20 Then Peter, turning about, seeth the
disciple whom Jesus loved following;
which also leaned on his breast at
supper, and said, Lord, which is he
that betrayeth thee?
21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus,
Lord, and what [shall] this man [do]?
22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will that
he tarry till I come, what [is that] to
thee? follow thou me.
23 Then went this saying abroad among
the brethren, that that disciple should
not die: yet Jesus said not unto him,
He shall not die; but, If I will that
he tarry till I come, what [is that] to
thee?
24 This is the disciple which
testifieth of these things, and wrote
these things: and we know that his
testimony is true.
25 And there are also many other things
which Jesus did, the which, if they
should be written every one, I suppose
that even the world itself could not
contain the books that should be
written. Amen.

THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

CHAPTER 1
1 The former treatise have I made, O
Theophilus, of all that Jesus began
both to do and teach,
2 Until the day in which he was taken
up, after that he through the Holy
Ghost had given commandments unto the
apostles whom he had chosen:
3 To whom also he shewed himself alive
after his passion by many infallible
proofs, being seen of them forty days,
and speaking of the things pertaining
to the kingdom of God:
4 And, being assembled together with
[them], commanded them that they should
not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for
the promise of the Father, which,
[saith he], ye have heard of me.
5 For John truly baptized with water;
but ye shall be baptized with the Holy
Ghost not many days hence.
6 When they therefore were come
together, they asked of him, saying,
Lord, wilt thou at this time restore
again the kingdom to Israel?
7 And he said unto them, It is not for
you to know the times or the seasons,
which the Father hath put in his own
power.
8 But ye shall receive power, after
that the Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto me both
in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of
the earth.
9 And when he had spoken these things,
while they beheld, he was taken up; and
a cloud received him out of their
sight.
10 And while they looked stedfastly
toward heaven as he went up, behold,
two men stood by them in white apparel;
11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee,
why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
this same Jesus, which is taken up from
you into heaven, shall so come in like
manner as ye have seen him go into
heaven.
12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem
from the mount called Olivet, which is
from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey.
13 And when they were come in, they
went up into an upper room, where abode
both Peter, and James, and John, and
Andrew, Philip, and Thomas,
Bartholomew, and Matthew, James [the
son] of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes,
and Judas [the brother] of James.
14 These all continued with one accord
in prayer and supplication, with the
women, and Mary the mother of Jesus,
and with his brethren.
15 # And in those days Peter stood up
in the midst of the disciples, and
said, (the number of names together
were about an hundred and twenty,)
16 Men [and] brethren, this scripture
must needs have been fulfilled, which
the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David
spake before concerning Judas, which
was guide to them that took Jesus.
17 For he was numbered with us, and had
obtained part of this ministry.
18 Now this man purchased a field with
the reward of iniquity; and falling
headlong, he burst asunder in the
midst, and all his bowels gushed out.
19 And it was known unto all the
dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that
field is called in their proper tongue,
Aceldama, that is to say, The field of
blood.
20 For it is written in the book of
Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate,
and let no man dwell therein: and his
bishoprick let another take.
21 Wherefore of these men which have
companied with us all the time that the
Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22 Beginning from the baptism of John,
unto that same day that he was taken up
from us, must one be ordained to be a
witness with us of his resurrection.
23 And they appointed two, Joseph
called Barsabas, who was surnamed
Justus, and Matthias.
24 And they prayed, and said, Thou,
Lord, which knowest the hearts of all
[men], shew whether of these two thou
hast chosen,
25 That he may take part of this
ministry and apostleship, from which
Judas by transgression fell, that he
might go to his own place.
26 And they gave forth their lots; and
the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was
numbered with the eleven apostles.

CHAPTER 2
1 And when the day of Pentecost was
fully come, they were all with one
accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from
heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and
it filled all the house where they were
sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven
tongues like as of fire, and it sat
upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the
Holy Ghost, and began to speak with
other tongues, as the Spirit gave them
utterance.
5 And there were dwelling at Jerusalem
Jews, devout men, out of every nation
under heaven.
6 Now when this was noised abroad, the
multitude came together, and were
confounded, because that every man
heard them speak in his own language.
7 And they were all amazed and
marvelled, saying one to another,
Behold, are not all these which speak
Galilaeans?
8 And how hear we every man in our own
tongue, wherein we were born?
9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites,
and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in
Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and
Asia,
10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt,
and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene,
and strangers of Rome, Jews and
proselytes,
11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them
speak in our tongues the wonderful
works of God.
12 And they were all amazed, and were
in doubt, saying one to another, What
meaneth this?
13 Others mocking said, These men are
full of new wine.
14 # But Peter, standing up with the
eleven, lifted up his voice, and said
unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all
[ye] that dwell at Jerusalem, be this
known unto you, and hearken to my
words:
15 For these are not drunken, as ye
suppose, seeing it is [but] the third
hour of the day.
16 But this is that which was spoken by
the prophet Joel;
17 And it shall come to pass in the
last days, saith God, I will pour out
of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your
sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams:
18 And on my servants and on my
handmaidens I will pour out in those
days of my Spirit; and they shall
prophesy:
19 And I will shew wonders in heaven
above, and signs in the earth beneath;
blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke:
20 The sun shall be turned into
darkness, and the moon into blood,
before that great and notable day of
the Lord come:
21 And it shall come to pass, [that]
whosoever shall call on the name of the
Lord shall be saved.
22 Ye men of Israel, hear these words;
Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of
God among you by miracles and wonders
and signs, which God did by him in the
midst of you, as ye yourselves also
know:
23 Him, being delivered by the
determinate counsel and foreknowledge
of God, ye have taken, and by wicked
hands have crucified and slain:
24 Whom God hath raised up, having
loosed the pains of death: because it
was not possible that he should be
holden of it.
25 For David speaketh concerning him, I
foresaw the Lord always before my face,
for he is on my right hand, that I
should not be moved:
26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, and
my tongue was glad; moreover also my
flesh shall rest in hope:
27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul
in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine
Holy One to see corruption.
28 Thou hast made known to me the ways
of life; thou shalt make me full of joy
with thy countenance.
29 Men [and] brethren, let me freely
speak unto you of the patriarch David,
that he is both dead and buried, and
his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
30 Therefore being a prophet, and
knowing that God had sworn with an oath
to him, that of the fruit of his loins,
according to the flesh, he would raise
up Christ to sit on his throne;
31 He seeing this before spake of the
resurrection of Christ, that his soul
was not left in hell, neither his flesh
did see corruption.
32 This Jesus hath God raised up,
whereof we all are witnesses.
33 Therefore being by the right hand of
God exalted, and having received of the
Father the promise of the Holy Ghost,
he hath shed forth this, which ye now
see and hear.
34 For David is not ascended into the
heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD
said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right
hand,
35 Until I make thy foes thy footstool.
36 Therefore let all the house of
Israel know assuredly, that God hath
made that same Jesus, whom ye have
crucified, both Lord and Christ.
37 # Now when they heard [this], they
were pricked in their heart, and said
unto Peter and to the rest of the
apostles, Men [and] brethren, what
shall we do?
38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent,
and be baptized every one of you in the
name of Jesus Christ for the remission
of sins, and ye shall receive the gift
of the Holy Ghost.
39 For the promise is unto you, and to
your children, and to all that are afar
off, [even] as many as the Lord our God
shall call.
40 And with many other words did he
testify and exhort, saying, Save
yourselves from this untoward
generation.
41 # Then they that gladly received his
word were baptized: and the same day
there were added [unto them] about
three thousand souls.
42 And they continued stedfastly in the
apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and
in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
43 And fear came upon every soul: and
many wonders and signs were done by the
apostles.
44 And all that believed were together,
and had all things common;
45 And sold their possessions and
goods, and parted them to all [men], as
every man had need.
46 And they, continuing daily with one
accord in the temple, and breaking
bread from house to house, did eat
their meat with gladness and singleness
of heart,
47 Praising God, and having favour with
all the people. And the Lord added to
the church daily such as should be
saved.

CHAPTER 3
1 Now Peter and John went up together
into the temple at the hour of prayer,
[being] the ninth [hour].
2 And a certain man lame from his
mother's womb was carried, whom they
laid daily at the gate of the temple
which is called Beautiful, to ask alms
of them that entered into the temple;
3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go
into the temple asked an alms.
4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon
him with John, said, Look on us.
5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting
to receive something of them.
6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have
I none; but such as I have give I thee:
In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth
rise up and walk.
7 And he took him by the right hand,
and lifted [him] up: and immediately
his feet and ancle bones received
strength.
8 And he leaping up stood, and walked,
and entered with them into the temple,
walking, and leaping, and praising God.
9 And all the people saw him walking
and praising God:
10 And they knew that it was he which
sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of
the temple: and they were filled with
wonder and amazement at that which had
happened unto him.
11 And as the lame man which was healed
held Peter and John, all the people ran
together unto them in the porch that is
called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
12 # And when Peter saw [it], he
answered unto the people, Ye men of
Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why
look ye so earnestly on us, as though
by our own power or holiness we had
made this man to walk?
13 The God of Abraham, and of Isaac,
and of Jacob, the God of our fathers,
hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye
delivered up, and denied him in the
presence of Pilate, when he was
determined to let [him] go.
14 But ye denied the Holy One and the
Just, and desired a murderer to be
granted unto you;
15 And killed the Prince of life, whom
God hath raised from the dead; whereof
we are witnesses.
16 And his name through faith in his
name hath made this man strong, whom ye
see and know: yea, the faith which is
by him hath given him this perfect
soundness in the presence of you all.
17 And now, brethren, I wot that
through ignorance ye did [it], as [did]
also your rulers.
18 But those things, which God before
had shewed by the mouth of all his
prophets, that Christ should suffer, he
hath so fulfilled.
19 # Repent ye therefore, and be
converted, that your sins may be
blotted out, when the times of
refreshing shall come from the presence
of the Lord;
20 And he shall send Jesus Christ,
which before was preached unto you:
21 Whom the heaven must receive until
the times of restitution of all things,
which God hath spoken by the mouth of
all his holy prophets since the world
began.
22 For Moses truly said unto the
fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your
God raise up unto you of your brethren,
like unto me; him shall ye hear in all
things whatsoever he shall say unto
you.
23 And it shall come to pass, [that]
every soul, which will not hear that
prophet, shall be destroyed from among
the people.
24 Yea, and all the prophets from
Samuel and those that follow after, as
many as have spoken, have likewise
foretold of these days.
25 Ye are the children of the prophets,
and of the covenant which God made with
our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And
in thy seed shall all the kindreds of
the earth be blessed.
26 Unto you first God, having raised up
his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you,
in turning away every one of you from
his iniquities.

CHAPTER 4
1 And as they spake unto the people,
the priests, and the captain of the
temple, and the Sadducees, came upon
them,
2 Being grieved that they taught the
people, and preached through Jesus the
resurrection from the dead.
3 And they laid hands on them, and put
[them] in hold unto the next day: for
it was now eventide.
4 Howbeit many of them which heard the
word believed; and the number of the
men was about five thousand.
5 # And it came to pass on the morrow,
that their rulers, and elders, and
scribes,
6 And Annas the high priest, and
Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and
as many as were of the kindred of the
high priest, were gathered together at
Jerusalem.
7 And when they had set them in the
midst, they asked, By what power, or by
what name, have ye done this?
8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy
Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the
people, and elders of Israel,
9 If we this day be examined of the
good deed done to the impotent man, by
what means he is made whole;
10 Be it known unto you all, and to all
the people of Israel, that by the name
of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye
crucified, whom God raised from the
dead, [even] by him doth this man stand
here before you whole.
11 This is the stone which was set at
nought of you builders, which is become
the head of the corner.
12 Neither is there salvation in any
other: for there is none other name
under heaven given among men, whereby
we must be saved.
13 # Now when they saw the boldness of
Peter and John, and perceived that they
were unlearned and ignorant men, they
marvelled; and they took knowledge of
them, that they had been with Jesus.
14 And beholding the man which was
healed standing with them, they could
say nothing against it.
15 But when they had commanded them to
go aside out of the council, they
conferred among themselves,
16 Saying, What shall we do to these
men? for that indeed a notable miracle
hath been done by them [is] manifest to
all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and
we cannot deny [it].
17 But that it spread no further among
the people, let us straitly threaten
them, that they speak henceforth to no
man in this name.
18 And they called them, and commanded
them not to speak at all nor teach in
the name of Jesus.
19 But Peter and John answered and said
unto them, Whether it be right in the
sight of God to hearken unto you more
than unto God, judge ye.
20 For we cannot but speak the things
which we have seen and heard.
21 So when they had further threatened
them, they let them go, finding nothing
how they might punish them, because of
the people: for all [men] glorified God
for that which was done.
22 For the man was above forty years
old, on whom this miracle of healing
was shewed.
23 # And being let go, they went to
their own company, and reported all
that the chief priests and elders had
said unto them.
24 And when they heard that, they
lifted up their voice to God with one
accord, and said, Lord, thou [art] God,
which hast made heaven, and earth, and
the sea, and all that in them is:
25 Who by the mouth of thy servant
David hast said, Why did the heathen
rage, and the people imagine vain
things?
26 The kings of the earth stood up, and
the rulers were gathered together
against the Lord, and against his
Christ.
27 For of a truth against thy holy
child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed,
both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with
the Gentiles, and the people of Israel,
were gathered together,
28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and
thy counsel determined before to be
done.
29 And now, Lord, behold their
threatenings: and grant unto thy
servants, that with all boldness they
may speak thy word,
30 By stretching forth thine hand to
heal; and that signs and wonders may be
done by the name of thy holy child
Jesus.
31 # And when they had prayed, the
place was shaken where they were
assembled together; and they were all
filled with the Holy Ghost, and they
spake the word of God with boldness.
32 And the multitude of them that
believed were of one heart and of one
soul: neither said any [of them] that
ought of the things which he possessed
was his own; but they had all things
common.
33 And with great power gave the
apostles witness of the resurrection of
the Lord Jesus: and great grace was
upon them all.
34 Neither was there any among them
that lacked: for as many as were
possessors of lands or houses sold
them, and brought the prices of the
things that were sold,
35 And laid [them] down at the
apostles' feet: and distribution was
made unto every man according as he had
need.
36 And Joses, who by the apostles was
surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being
interpreted, The son of consolation,) a
Levite, [and] of the country of Cyprus,
37 Having land, sold [it], and brought
the money, and laid [it] at the
apostles' feet.

CHAPTER 5
1 But a certain man named Ananias, with
Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,
2 And kept back [part] of the price,
his wife also being privy [to it], and
brought a certain part, and laid [it]
at the apostles' feet.
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why hath
Satan filled thine heart to lie to the
Holy Ghost, and to keep back [part] of
the price of the land?
4 Whiles it remained, was it not thine
own? and after it was sold, was it not
in thine own power? why hast thou
conceived this thing in thine heart?
thou hast not lied unto men, but unto
God.
5 And Ananias hearing these words fell
down, and gave up the ghost: and great
fear came on all them that heard these
things.
6 And the young men arose, wound him
up, and carried [him] out, and buried
[him].
7 And it was about the space of three
hours after, when his wife, not knowing
what was done, came in.
8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell me
whether ye sold the land for so much?
And she said, Yea, for so much.
9 Then Peter said unto her, How is it
that ye have agreed together to tempt
the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the
feet of them which have buried thy
husband [are] at the door, and shall
carry thee out.
10 Then fell she down straightway at
his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and
the young men came in, and found her
dead, and, carrying [her] forth, buried
[her] by her husband.
11 And great fear came upon all the
church, and upon as many as heard these
things.
12 # And by the hands of the apostles
were many signs and wonders wrought
among the people; (and they were all
with one accord in Solomon's porch.
13 And of the rest durst no man join
himself to them: but the people
magnified them.
14 And believers were the more added to
the Lord, multitudes both of men and
women.)
15 Insomuch that they brought forth the
sick into the streets, and laid [them]
on beds and couches, that at the least
the shadow of Peter passing by might
overshadow some of them.
16 There came also a multitude [out] of
the cities round about unto Jerusalem,
bringing sick folks, and them which
were vexed with unclean spirits: and
they were healed every one.
17 # Then the high priest rose up, and
all they that were with him, (which is
the sect of the Sadducees,) and were
filled with indignation,
18 And laid their hands on the
apostles, and put them in the common
prison.
19 But the angel of the Lord by night
opened the prison doors, and brought
them forth, and said,
20 Go, stand and speak in the temple to
the people all the words of this life.
21 And when they heard [that], they
entered into the temple early in the
morning, and taught. But the high
priest came, and they that were with
him, and called the council together,
and all the senate of the children of
Israel, and sent to the prison to have
them brought.
22 But when the officers came, and
found them not in the prison, they
returned, and told,
23 Saying, The prison truly found we
shut with all safety, and the keepers
standing without before the doors: but
when we had opened, we found no man
within.
24 Now when the high priest and the
captain of the temple and the chief
priests heard these things, they
doubted of them whereunto this would
grow.
25 Then came one and told them, saying,
Behold, the men whom ye put in prison
are standing in the temple, and
teaching the people.
26 Then went the captain with the
officers, and brought them without
violence: for they feared the people,
lest they should have been stoned.
27 And when they had brought them, they
set [them] before the council: and the
high priest asked them,
28 Saying, Did not we straitly command
you that ye should not teach in this
name? and, behold, ye have filled
Jerusalem with your doctrine, and
intend to bring this man's blood upon
us.
29 # Then Peter and the [other]
apostles answered and said, We ought to
obey God rather than men.
30 The God of our fathers raised up
Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a
tree.
31 Him hath God exalted with his right
hand [to be] a Prince and a Saviour,
for to give repentance to Israel, and
forgiveness of sins.
32 And we are his witnesses of these
things; and [so is] also the Holy
Ghost, whom God hath given to them that
obey him.
33 # When they heard [that], they were
cut [to the heart], and took counsel to
slay them.
34 Then stood there up one in the
council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a
doctor of the law, had in reputation
among all the people, and commanded to
put the apostles forth a little space;
35 And said unto them, Ye men of
Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye
intend to do as touching these men.
36 For before these days rose up
Theudas, boasting himself to be
somebody; to whom a number of men,
about four hundred, joined themselves:
who was slain; and all, as many as
obeyed him, were scattered, and brought
to nought.
37 After this man rose up Judas of
Galilee in the days of the taxing, and
drew away much people after him: he
also perished; and all, [even] as many
as obeyed him, were dispersed.
38 And now I say unto you, Refrain from
these men, and let them alone: for if
this counsel or this work be of men, it
will come to nought:
39 But if it be of God, ye cannot
overthrow it; lest haply ye be found
even to fight against God.
40 And to him they agreed: and when
they had called the apostles, and
beaten [them], they commanded that they
should not speak in the name of Jesus,
and let them go.
41 # And they departed from the
presence of the council, rejoicing that
they were counted worthy to suffer
shame for his name.
42 And daily in the temple, and in
every house, they ceased not to teach
and preach Jesus Christ.

CHAPTER 6
1 And in those days, when the number of
the disciples was multiplied, there
arose a murmuring of the Grecians
against the Hebrews, because their
widows were neglected in the daily
ministration.
2 Then the twelve called the multitude
of the disciples [unto them], and said,
It is not reason that we should leave
the word of God, and serve tables.
3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out
among you seven men of honest report,
full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom
we may appoint over this business.
4 But we will give ourselves
continually to prayer, and to the
ministry of the word.
5 # And the saying pleased the whole
multitude: and they chose Stephen, a
man full of faith and of the Holy
Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and
Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and
Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
6 Whom they set before the apostles:
and when they had prayed, they laid
[their] hands on them.
7 And the word of God increased; and
the number of the disciples multiplied
in Jerusalem greatly; and a great
company of the priests were obedient to
the faith.
8 And Stephen, full of faith and power,
did great wonders and miracles among
the people.
9 # Then there arose certain of the
synagogue, which is called [the
synagogue] of the Libertines, and
Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of
them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing
with Stephen.
10 And they were not able to resist the
wisdom and the spirit by which he
spake.
11 Then they suborned men, which said,
We have heard him speak blasphemous
words against Moses, and [against] God.
12 And they stirred up the people, and
the elders, and the scribes, and came
upon [him], and caught him, and brought
[him] to the council,
13 And set up false witnesses, which
said, This man ceaseth not to speak
blasphemous words against this holy
place, and the law:
14 For we have heard him say, that this
Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this
place, and shall change the customs
which Moses delivered us.
15 And all that sat in the council,
looking stedfastly on him, saw his face
as it had been the face of an angel.

CHAPTER 7
1 Then said the high priest, Are these
things so?
2 And he said, Men, brethren, and
fathers, hearken; The God of glory
appeared unto our father Abraham, when
he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt
in Charran,
3 And said unto him, Get thee out of
thy country, and from thy kindred, and
come into the land which I shall shew
thee.
4 Then came he out of the land of the
Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and
from thence, when his father was dead,
he removed him into this land, wherein
ye now dwell.
5 And he gave him none inheritance in
it, no, not [so much as] to set his
foot on: yet he promised that he would
give it to him for a possession, and to
his seed after him, when [as yet] he
had no child.
6 And God spake on this wise, That his
seed should sojourn in a strange land;
and that they should bring them into
bondage, and entreat [them] evil four
hundred years.
7 And the nation to whom they shall be
in bondage will I judge, said God: and
after that shall they come forth, and
serve me in this place.
8 And he gave him the covenant of
circumcision: and so [Abraham] begat
Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth
day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob; and Jacob
[begat] the twelve patriarchs.
9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy,
sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was
with him,
10 And delivered him out of all his
afflictions, and gave him favour and
wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of
Egypt; and he made him governor over
Egypt and all his house.
11 Now there came a dearth over all the
land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great
affliction: and our fathers found no
sustenance.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was
corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers
first.
13 And at the second [time] Joseph was
made known to his brethren; and
Joseph's kindred was made known unto
Pharaoh.
14 Then sent Joseph, and called his
father Jacob to [him], and all his
kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and
died, he, and our fathers,
16 And were carried over into Sychem,
and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham
bought for a sum of money of the sons
of Emmor [the father] of Sychem.
17 But when the time of the promise
drew nigh, which God had sworn to
Abraham, the people grew and multiplied
in Egypt,
18 Till another king arose, which knew
not Joseph.
19 The same dealt subtilly with our
kindred, and evil entreated our
fathers, so that they cast out their
young children, to the end they might
not live.
20 In which time Moses was born, and
was exceeding fair, and nourished up in
his father's house three months:
21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's
daughter took him up, and nourished him
for her own son.
22 And Moses was learned in all the
wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty
in words and in deeds.
23 And when he was full forty years
old, it came into his heart to visit
his brethren the children of Israel.
24 And seeing one [of them] suffer
wrong, he defended [him], and avenged
him that was oppressed, and smote the
Egyptian:
25 For he supposed his brethren would
have understood how that God by his
hand would deliver them: but they
understood not.
26 And the next day he shewed himself
unto them as they strove, and would
have set them at one again, saying,
Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong
one to another?
27 But he that did his neighbour wrong
thrust him away, saying, Who made thee
a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest
the Egyptian yesterday?
29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and
was a stranger in the land of Madian,
where he begat two sons.
30 And when forty years were expired,
there appeared to him in the wilderness
of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a
flame of fire in a bush.
31 When Moses saw [it], he wondered at
the sight: and as he drew near to
behold [it], the voice of the Lord came
unto him,
32 [Saying], I [am] the God of thy
fathers, the God of Abraham, and the
God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Then Moses trembled, and durst not
behold.
33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off
thy shoes from thy feet: for the place
where thou standest is holy ground.
34 I have seen, I have seen the
affliction of my people which is in
Egypt, and I have heard their groaning,
and am come down to deliver them. And
now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
35 This Moses whom they refused,
saying, Who made thee a ruler and a
judge? the same did God send [to be] a
ruler and a deliverer by the hand of
the angel which appeared to him in the
bush.
36 He brought them out, after that he
had shewed wonders and signs in the
land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and
in the wilderness forty years.
37 # This is that Moses, which said
unto the children of Israel, A prophet
shall the Lord your God raise up unto
you of your brethren, like unto me; him
shall ye hear.
38 This is he, that was in the church
in the wilderness with the angel which
spake to him in the mount Sina, and
[with] our fathers: who received the
lively oracles to give unto us:
39 To whom our fathers would not obey,
but thrust [him] from them, and in
their hearts turned back again into
Egypt,
40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to
go before us: for [as for] this Moses,
which brought us out of the land of
Egypt, we wot not what is become of
him.
41 And they made a calf in those days,
and offered sacrifice unto the idol,
and rejoiced in the works of their own
hands.
42 Then God turned, and gave them up to
worship the host of heaven; as it is
written in the book of the prophets, O
ye house of Israel, have ye offered to
me slain beasts and sacrifices [by the
space of] forty years in the
wilderness?
43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of
Moloch, and the star of your god
Remphan, figures which ye made to
worship them: and I will carry you away
beyond Babylon.
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of
witness in the wilderness, as he had
appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he
should make it according to the fashion
that he had seen.
45 Which also our fathers that came
after brought in with Jesus into the
possession of the Gentiles, whom God
drave out before the face of our
fathers, unto the days of David;
46 Who found favour before God, and
desired to find a tabernacle for the
God of Jacob.
47 But Solomon built him an house.
48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not
in temples made with hands; as saith
the prophet,
49 Heaven [is] my throne, and earth
[is] my footstool: what house will ye
build me? saith the Lord: or what [is]
the place of my rest?
50 Hath not my hand made all these
things?
51 # Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised
in heart and ears, ye do always resist
the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did],
so [do] ye.
52 Which of the prophets have not your
fathers persecuted? and they have slain
them which shewed before of the coming
of the Just One; of whom ye have been
now the betrayers and murderers:
53 Who have received the law by the
disposition of angels, and have not
kept [it].
54 # When they heard these things, they
were cut to the heart, and they gnashed
on him with [their] teeth.
55 But he, being full of the Holy
Ghost, looked up stedfastly into
heaven, and saw the glory of God, and
Jesus standing on the right hand of
God,
56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens
opened, and the Son of man standing on
the right hand of God.
57 Then they cried out with a loud
voice, and stopped their ears, and ran
upon him with one accord,
58 And cast [him] out of the city, and
stoned [him]: and the witnesses laid
down their clothes at a young man's
feet, whose name was Saul.
59 And they stoned Stephen, calling
upon [God], and saying, Lord Jesus,
receive my spirit.
60 And he kneeled down, and cried with
a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to
their charge. And when he had said
this, he fell asleep.

CHAPTER 8
1 And Saul was consenting unto his
death. And at that time there was a
great persecution against the church
which was at Jerusalem; and they were
all scattered abroad throughout the
regions of Judaea and Samaria, except
the apostles.
2 And devout men carried Stephen [to
his burial], and made great lamentation
over him.
3 As for Saul, he made havock of the
church, entering into every house, and
haling men and women committed [them]
to prison.
4 Therefore they that were scattered
abroad went every where preaching the
word.
5 Then Philip went down to the city of
Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
6 And the people with one accord gave
heed unto those things which Philip
spake, hearing and seeing the miracles
which he did.
7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud
voice, came out of many that were
possessed [with them]: and many taken
with palsies, and that were lame, were
healed.
8 And there was great joy in that city.
9 But there was a certain man, called
Simon, which beforetime in the same
city used sorcery, and bewitched the
people of Samaria, giving out that
himself was some great one:
10 To whom they all gave heed, from the
least to the greatest, saying, This man
is the great power of God.
11 And to him they had regard, because
that of long time he had bewitched them
with sorceries.
12 But when they believed Philip
preaching the things concerning the
kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus
Christ, they were baptized, both men
and women.
13 Then Simon himself believed also:
and when he was baptized, he continued
with Philip, and wondered, beholding
the miracles and signs which were done.
14 Now when the apostles which were at
Jerusalem heard that Samaria had
received the word of God, they sent
unto them Peter and John:
15 Who, when they were come down,
prayed for them, that they might
receive the Holy Ghost:
16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none
of them: only they were baptized in the
name of the Lord Jesus.)
17 Then laid they [their] hands on
them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
18 And when Simon saw that through
laying on of the apostles' hands the
Holy Ghost was given, he offered them
money,
19 Saying, Give me also this power,
that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may
receive the Holy Ghost.
20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money
perish with thee, because thou hast
thought that the gift of God may be
purchased with money.
21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in
this matter: for thy heart is not right
in the sight of God.
22 Repent therefore of this thy
wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps
the thought of thine heart may be
forgiven thee.
23 For I perceive that thou art in the
gall of bitterness, and [in] the bond
of iniquity.
24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray
ye to the Lord for me, that none of
these things which ye have spoken come
upon me.
25 And they, when they had testified
and preached the word of the Lord,
returned to Jerusalem, and preached the
gospel in many villages of the
Samaritans.
26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto
Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward
the south unto the way that goeth down
from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is
desert.
27 And he arose and went: and, behold,
a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great
authority under Candace queen of the
Ethiopians, who had the charge of all
her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem
for to worship,
28 Was returning, and sitting in his
chariot read Esaias the prophet.
29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go
near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30 And Philip ran thither to [him], and
heard him read the prophet Esaias, and
said, Understandest thou what thou
readest?
31 And he said, How can I, except some
man should guide me? And he desired
Philip that he would come up and sit
with him.
32 The place of the scripture which he
read was this, He was led as a sheep to
the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb
before his shearer, so opened he not
his mouth:
33 In his humiliation his judgment was
taken away: and who shall declare his
generation? for his life is taken from
the earth.
34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and
said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the
prophet this? of himself, or of some
other man?
35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and
began at the same scripture, and
preached unto him Jesus.
36 And as they went on [their] way,
they came unto a certain water: and the
eunuch said, See, [here is] water; what
doth hinder me to be baptized?
37 And Philip said, If thou believest
with all thine heart, thou mayest. And
he answered and said, I believe that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
38 And he commanded the chariot to
stand still: and they went down both
into the water, both Philip and the
eunuch; and he baptized him.
39 And when they were come up out of
the water, the Spirit of the Lord
caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw
him no more: and he went on his way
rejoicing.
40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and
passing through he preached in all the
cities, till he came to Caesarea.

CHAPTER 9
1 And Saul, yet breathing out
threatenings and slaughter against the
disciples of the Lord, went unto the
high priest,
2 And desired of him letters to
Damascus to the synagogues, that if he
found any of this way, whether they
were men or women, he might bring them
bound unto Jerusalem.
3 And as he journeyed, he came near
Damascus: and suddenly there shined
round about him a light from heaven:
4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a
voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me?
5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And
the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou
persecutest: [it is] hard for thee to
kick against the pricks.
6 And he trembling and astonished said,
Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And
the Lord [said] unto him, Arise, and go
into the city, and it shall be told
thee what thou must do.
7 And the men which journeyed with him
stood speechless, hearing a voice, but
seeing no man.
8 And Saul arose from the earth; and
when his eyes were opened, he saw no
man: but they led him by the hand, and
brought [him] into Damascus.
9 And he was three days without sight,
and neither did eat nor drink.
10 # And there was a certain disciple
at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him
said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And
he said, Behold, I [am here], Lord.
11 And the Lord [said] unto him, Arise,
and go into the street which is called
Straight, and enquire in the house of
Judas for [one] called Saul, of Tarsus:
for, behold, he prayeth,
12 And hath seen in a vision a man
named Ananias coming in, and putting
[his] hand on him, that he might
receive his sight.
13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have
heard by many of this man, how much
evil he hath done to thy saints at
Jerusalem:
14 And here he hath authority from the
chief priests to bind all that call on
thy name.
15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy
way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me,
to bear my name before the Gentiles,
and kings, and the children of Israel:
16 For I will shew him how great things
he must suffer for my name's sake.
17 And Ananias went his way, and
entered into the house; and putting his
hands on him said, Brother Saul, the
Lord, [even] Jesus, that appeared unto
thee in the way as thou camest, hath
sent me, that thou mightest receive thy
sight, and be filled with the Holy
Ghost.
18 And immediately there fell from his
eyes as it had been scales: and he
received sight forthwith, and arose,
and was baptized.
19 And when he had received meat, he
was strengthened. Then was Saul certain
days with the disciples which were at
Damascus.
20 And straightway he preached Christ
in the synagogues, that he is the Son
of God.
21 But all that heard [him] were
amazed, and said; Is not this he that
destroyed them which called on this
name in Jerusalem, and came hither for
that intent, that he might bring them
bound unto the chief priests?
22 But Saul increased the more in
strength, and confounded the Jews which
dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is
very Christ.
23 # And after that many days were
fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to
kill him:
24 But their laying await was known of
Saul. And they watched the gates day
and night to kill him.
25 Then the disciples took him by
night, and let [him] down by the wall
in a basket.
26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem,
he assayed to join himself to the
disciples: but they were all afraid of
him, and believed not that he was a
disciple.
27 But Barnabas took him, and brought
[him] to the apostles, and declared
unto them how he had seen the Lord in
the way, and that he had spoken to him,
and how he had preached boldly at
Damascus in the name of Jesus.
28 And he was with them coming in and
going out at Jerusalem.
29 And he spake boldly in the name of
the Lord Jesus, and disputed against
the Grecians: but they went about to
slay him.
30 [Which] when the brethren knew, they
brought him down to Caesarea, and sent
him forth to Tarsus.
31 Then had the churches rest
throughout all Judaea and Galilee and
Samaria, and were edified; and walking
in the fear of the Lord, and in the
comfort of the Holy Ghost, were
multiplied.
32 # And it came to pass, as Peter
passed throughout all [quarters], he
came down also to the saints which
dwelt at Lydda.
33 And there he found a certain man
named Aeneas, which had kept his bed
eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
34 And Peter said unto him, Aeneas,
Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise,
and make thy bed. And he arose
immediately.
35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and
Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.
36 # Now there was at Joppa a certain
disciple named Tabitha, which by
interpretation is called Dorcas: this
woman was full of good works and
almsdeeds which she did.
37 And it came to pass in those days,
that she was sick, and died: whom when
they had washed, they laid [her] in an
upper chamber.
38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to
Joppa, and the disciples had heard that
Peter was there, they sent unto him two
men, desiring [him] that he would not
delay to come to them.
39 Then Peter arose and went with them.
When he was come, they brought him into
the upper chamber: and all the widows
stood by him weeping, and shewing the
coats and garments which Dorcas made,
while she was with them.
40 But Peter put them all forth, and
kneeled down, and prayed; and turning
[him] to the body said, Tabitha, arise.
And she opened her eyes: and when she
saw Peter, she sat up.
41 And he gave her [his] hand, and
lifted her up, and when he had called
the saints and widows, presented her
alive.
42 And it was known throughout all
Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.
43 And it came to pass, that he tarried
many days in Joppa with one Simon a
tanner.

CHAPTER 10
1 There was a certain man in Caesarea
called Cornelius, a centurion of the
band called the Italian [band],
2 [A] devout [man], and one that feared
God with all his house, which gave much
alms to the people, and prayed to God
alway.
3 He saw in a vision evidently about
the ninth hour of the day an angel of
God coming in to him, and saying unto
him, Cornelius.
4 And when he looked on him, he was
afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And
he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine
alms are come up for a memorial before
God.
5 And now send men to Joppa, and call
for [one] Simon, whose surname is
Peter:
6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner,
whose house is by the sea side: he
shall tell thee what thou oughtest to
do.
7 And when the angel which spake unto
Cornelius was departed, he called two
of his household servants, and a devout
soldier of them that waited on him
continually;
8 And when he had declared all [these]
things unto them, he sent them to
Joppa.
9 # On the morrow, as they went on
their journey, and drew nigh unto the
city, Peter went up upon the housetop
to pray about the sixth hour:
10 And he became very hungry, and would
have eaten: but while they made ready,
he fell into a trance,
11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain
vessel descending unto him, as it had
been a great sheet knit at the four
corners, and let down to the earth:
12 Wherein were all manner of
fourfooted beasts of the earth, and
wild beasts, and creeping things, and
fowls of the air.
13 And there came a voice to him, Rise,
Peter; kill, and eat.
14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I
have never eaten any thing that is
common or unclean.
15 And the voice [spake] unto him again
the second time, What God hath
cleansed, [that] call not thou common.
16 This was done thrice: and the vessel
was received up again into heaven.
17 Now while Peter doubted in himself
what this vision which he had seen
should mean, behold, the men which were
sent from Cornelius had made enquiry
for Simon's house, and stood before the
gate,
18 And called, and asked whether Simon,
which was surnamed Peter, were lodged
there.
19 # While Peter thought on the vision,
the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three
men seek thee.
20 Arise therefore, and get thee down,
and go with them, doubting nothing: for
I have sent them.
21 Then Peter went down to the men
which were sent unto him from
Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he
whom ye seek: what [is] the cause
wherefore ye are come?
22 And they said, Cornelius the
centurion, a just man, and one that
feareth God, and of good report among
all the nation of the Jews, was warned
from God by an holy angel to send for
thee into his house, and to hear words
of thee.
23 Then called he them in, and lodged
[them]. And on the morrow Peter went
away with them, and certain brethren
from Joppa accompanied him.
24 And the morrow after they entered
into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for
them, and had called together his
kinsmen and near friends.
25 And as Peter was coming in,
Cornelius met him, and fell down at his
feet, and worshipped [him].
26 But Peter took him up, saying, Stand
up; I myself also am a man.
27 And as he talked with him, he went
in, and found many that were come
together.
28 And he said unto them, Ye know how
that it is an unlawful thing for a man
that is a Jew to keep company, or come
unto one of another nation; but God
hath shewed me that I should not call
any man common or unclean.
29 Therefore came I [unto you] without
gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for:
I ask therefore for what intent ye have
sent for me?
30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I
was fasting until this hour; and at the
ninth hour I prayed in my house, and,
behold, a man stood before me in bright
clothing,
31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is
heard, and thine alms are had in
remembrance in the sight of God.
32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call
hither Simon, whose surname is Peter;
he is lodged in the house of [one]
Simon a tanner by the sea side: who,
when he cometh, shall speak unto thee.
33 Immediately therefore I sent to
thee; and thou hast well done that thou
art come. Now therefore are we all here
present before God, to hear all things
that are commanded thee of God.
34 # Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and
said, Of a truth I perceive that God is
no respecter of persons:
35 But in every nation he that feareth
him, and worketh righteousness, is
accepted with him.
36 The word which [God] sent unto the
children of Israel, preaching peace by
Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
37 That word, [I say], ye know, which
was published throughout all Judaea,
and began from Galilee, after the
baptism which John preached;
38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Ghost and with power: who
went about doing good, and healing all
that were oppressed of the devil; for
God was with him.
39 And we are witnesses of all things
which he did both in the land of the
Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew
and hanged on a tree:
40 Him God raised up the third day, and
shewed him openly;
41 Not to all the people, but unto
witnesses chosen before of God, [even]
to us, who did eat and drink with him
after he rose from the dead.
42 And he commanded us to preach unto
the people, and to testify that it is
he which was ordained of God [to be]
the Judge of quick and dead.
43 To him give all the prophets
witness, that through his name
whosoever believeth in him shall
receive remission of sins.
44 # While Peter yet spake these words,
the Holy Ghost fell on all them which
heard the word.
45 And they of the circumcision which
believed were astonished, as many as
came with Peter, because that on the
Gentiles also was poured out the gift
of the Holy Ghost.
46 For they heard them speak with
tongues, and magnify God. Then answered
Peter,
47 Can any man forbid water, that these
should not be baptized, which have
received the Holy Ghost as well as we?
48 And he commanded them to be baptized
in the name of the Lord. Then prayed
they him to tarry certain days.

CHAPTER 11
1 And the apostles and brethren that
were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles
had also received the word of God.
2 And when Peter was come up to
Jerusalem, they that were of the
circumcision contended with him,
3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men
uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
4 But Peter rehearsed [the matter] from
the beginning, and expounded [it] by
order unto them, saying,
5 I was in the city of Joppa praying:
and in a trance I saw a vision, A
certain vessel descend, as it had been
a great sheet, let down from heaven by
four corners; and it came even to me:
6 Upon the which when I had fastened
mine eyes, I considered, and saw
fourfooted beasts of the earth, and
wild beasts, and creeping things, and
fowls of the air.
7 And I heard a voice saying unto me,
Arise, Peter; slay and eat.
8 But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing
common or unclean hath at any time
entered into my mouth.
9 But the voice answered me again from
heaven, What God hath cleansed, [that]
call not thou common.
10 And this was done three times: and
all were drawn up again into heaven.
11 And, behold, immediately there were
three men already come unto the house
where I was, sent from Caesarea unto
me.
12 And the Spirit bade me go with them,
nothing doubting. Moreover these six
brethren accompanied me, and we entered
into the man's house:
13 And he shewed us how he had seen an
angel in his house, which stood and
said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and
call for Simon, whose surname is Peter;
14 Who shall tell thee words, whereby
thou and all thy house shall be saved.
15 And as I began to speak, the Holy
Ghost fell on them, as on us at the
beginning.
16 Then remembered I the word of the
Lord, how that he said, John indeed
baptized with water; but ye shall be
baptized with the Holy Ghost.
17 Forasmuch then as God gave them the
like gift as [he did] unto us, who
believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what
was I, that I could withstand God?
18 When they heard these things, they
held their peace, and glorified God,
saying, Then hath God also to the
Gentiles granted repentance unto life.
19 # Now they which were scattered
abroad upon the persecution that arose
about Stephen travelled as far as
Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch,
preaching the word to none but unto the
Jews only.
20 And some of them were men of Cyprus
and Cyrene, which, when they were come
to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians,
preaching the Lord Jesus.
21 And the hand of the Lord was with
them: and a great number believed, and
turned unto the Lord.
22 # Then tidings of these things came
unto the ears of the church which was
in Jerusalem: and they sent forth
Barnabas, that he should go as far as
Antioch.
23 Who, when he came, and had seen the
grace of God, was glad, and exhorted
them all, that with purpose of heart
they would cleave unto the Lord.
24 For he was a good man, and full of
the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much
people was added unto the Lord.
25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus,
for to seek Saul:
26 And when he had found him, he
brought him unto Antioch. And it came
to pass, that a whole year they
assembled themselves with the church,
and taught much people. And the
disciples were called Christians first
in Antioch.
27 # And in these days came prophets
from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
28 And there stood up one of them named
Agabus, and signified by the Spirit
that there should be great dearth
throughout all the world: which came to
pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
29 Then the disciples, every man
according to his ability, determined to
send relief unto the brethren which
dwelt in Judaea:
30 Which also they did, and sent it to
the elders by the hands of Barnabas and
Saul.

CHAPTER 12
1 Now about that time Herod the king
stretched forth [his] hands to vex
certain of the church.
2 And he killed James the brother of
John with the sword.
3 And because he saw it pleased the
Jews, he proceeded further to take
Peter also. (Then were the days of
unleavened bread.)
4 And when he had apprehended him, he
put [him] in prison, and delivered
[him] to four quaternions of soldiers
to keep him; intending after Easter to
bring him forth to the people.
5 Peter therefore was kept in prison:
but prayer was made without ceasing of
the church unto God for him.
6 And when Herod would have brought him
forth, the same night Peter was
sleeping between two soldiers, bound
with two chains: and the keepers before
the door kept the prison.
7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord
came upon [him], and a light shined in
the prison: and he smote Peter on the
side, and raised him up, saying, Arise
up quickly. And his chains fell off
from [his] hands.
8 And the angel said unto him, Gird
thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And
so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast
thy garment about thee, and follow me.
9 And he went out, and followed him;
and wist not that it was true which was
done by the angel; but thought he saw a
vision.
10 When they were past the first and
the second ward, they came unto the
iron gate that leadeth unto the city;
which opened to them of his own accord:
and they went out, and passed on
through one street; and forthwith the
angel departed from him.
11 And when Peter was come to himself,
he said, Now I know of a surety, that
the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath
delivered me out of the hand of Herod,
and [from] all the expectation of the
people of the Jews.
12 And when he had considered [the
thing], he came to the house of Mary
the mother of John, whose surname was
Mark; where many were gathered together
praying.
13 And as Peter knocked at the door of
the gate, a damsel came to hearken,
named Rhoda.
14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she
opened not the gate for gladness, but
ran in, and told how Peter stood before
the gate.
15 And they said unto her, Thou art
mad. But she constantly affirmed that
it was even so. Then said they, It is
his angel.
16 But Peter continued knocking: and
when they had opened [the door], and
saw him, they were astonished.
17 But he, beckoning unto them with the
hand to hold their peace, declared unto
them how the Lord had brought him out
of the prison. And he said, Go shew
these things unto James, and to the
brethren. And he departed, and went
into another place.
18 Now as soon as it was day, there was
no small stir among the soldiers, what
was become of Peter.
19 And when Herod had sought for him,
and found him not, he examined the
keepers, and commanded that [they]
should be put to death. And he went
down from Judaea to Caesarea, and
[there] abode.
20 # And Herod was highly displeased
with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they
came with one accord to him, and,
having made Blastus the king's
chamberlain their friend, desired
peace; because their country was
nourished by the king's [country].
21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in
royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and
made an oration unto them.
22 And the people gave a shout,
[saying, It is] the voice of a god, and
not of a man.
23 And immediately the angel of the
Lord smote him, because he gave not God
the glory: and he was eaten of worms,
and gave up the ghost.
24 # But the word of God grew and
multiplied.
25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from
Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled
[their] ministry, and took with them
John, whose surname was Mark.

CHAPTER 13
1 Now there were in the church that was
at Antioch certain prophets and
teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that
was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene,
and Manaen, which had been brought up
with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2 As they ministered to the Lord, and
fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate
me Barnabas and Saul for the work
whereunto I have called them.
3 And when they had fasted and prayed,
and laid [their] hands on them, they
sent [them] away.
4 # So they, being sent forth by the
Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and
from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
5 And when they were at Salamis, they
preached the word of God in the
synagogues of the Jews: and they had
also John to [their] minister.
6 And when they had gone through the
isle unto Paphos, they found a certain
sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose
name [was] Bar-jesus:
7 Which was with the deputy of the
country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man;
who called for Barnabas and Saul, and
desired to hear the word of God.
8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is
his name by interpretation) withstood
them, seeking to turn away the deputy
from the faith.
9 Then Saul, (who also [is called]
Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set
his eyes on him,
10 And said, O full of all subtilty and
all mischief, [thou] child of the
devil, [thou] enemy of all
righteousness, wilt thou not cease to
pervert the right ways of the Lord?
11 And now, behold, the hand of the
Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be
blind, not seeing the sun for a season.
And immediately there fell on him a
mist and a darkness; and he went about
seeking some to lead him by the hand.
12 Then the deputy, when he saw what
was done, believed, being astonished at
the doctrine of the Lord.
13 Now when Paul and his company loosed
from Paphos, they came to Perga in
Pamphylia: and John departing from them
returned to Jerusalem.
14 # But when they departed from Perga,
they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and
went into the synagogue on the sabbath
day, and sat down.
15 And after the reading of the law and
the prophets the rulers of the
synagogue sent unto them, saying, [Ye]
men [and] brethren, if ye have any word
of exhortation for the people, say on.
16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning
with [his] hand said, Men of Israel,
and ye that fear God, give audience.
17 The God of this people of Israel
chose our fathers, and exalted the
people when they dwelt as strangers in
the land of Egypt, and with an high arm
brought he them out of it.
18 And about the time of forty years
suffered he their manners in the
wilderness.
19 And when he had destroyed seven
nations in the land of Chanaan, he
divided their land to them by lot.
20 And after that he gave [unto them]
judges about the space of four hundred
and fifty years, until Samuel the
prophet.
21 And afterward they desired a king:
and God gave unto them Saul the son of
Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by
the space of forty years.
22 And when he had removed him, he
raised up unto them David to be their
king; to whom also he gave testimony,
and said, I have found David the [son]
of Jesse, a man after mine own heart,
which shall fulfil all my will.
23 Of this man's seed hath God
according to [his] promise raised unto
Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
24 When John had first preached before
his coming the baptism of repentance to
all the people of Israel.
25 And as John fulfilled his course, he
said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not
[he]. But, behold, there cometh one
after me, whose shoes of [his] feet I
am not worthy to loose.
26 Men [and] brethren, children of the
stock of Abraham, and whosoever among
you feareth God, to you is the word of
this salvation sent.
27 For they that dwell at Jerusalem,
and their rulers, because they knew him
not, nor yet the voices of the prophets
which are read every sabbath day, they
have fulfilled [them] in condemning
[him].
28 And though they found no cause of
death [in him], yet desired they Pilate
that he should be slain.
29 And when they had fulfilled all that
was written of him, they took [him]
down from the tree, and laid [him] in a
sepulchre.
30 But God raised him from the dead:
31 And he was seen many days of them
which came up with him from Galilee to
Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto
the people.
32 And we declare unto you glad
tidings, how that the promise which was
made unto the fathers,
33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us
their children, in that he hath raised
up Jesus again; as it is also written
in the second psalm, Thou art my Son,
this day have I begotten thee.
34 And as concerning that he raised him
up from the dead, [now] no more to
return to corruption, he said on this
wise, I will give you the sure mercies
of David.
35 Wherefore he saith also in another
[psalm], Thou shalt not suffer thine
Holy One to see corruption.
36 For David, after he had served his
own generation by the will of God, fell
on sleep, and was laid unto his
fathers, and saw corruption:
37 But he, whom God raised again, saw
no corruption.
38 # Be it known unto you therefore,
men [and] brethren, that through this
man is preached unto you the
forgiveness of sins:
39 And by him all that believe are
justified from all things, from which
ye could not be justified by the law of
Moses.
40 Beware therefore, lest that come
upon you, which is spoken of in the
prophets;
41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder,
and perish: for I work a work in your
days, a work which ye shall in no wise
believe, though a man declare it unto
you.
42 And when the Jews were gone out of
the synagogue, the Gentiles besought
that these words might be preached to
them the next sabbath.
43 Now when the congregation was broken
up, many of the Jews and religious
proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas:
who, speaking to them, persuaded them
to continue in the grace of God.
44 # And the next sabbath day came
almost the whole city together to hear
the word of God.
45 But when the Jews saw the
multitudes, they were filled with envy,
and spake against those things which
were spoken by Paul, contradicting and
blaspheming.
46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold,
and said, It was necessary that the
word of God should first have been
spoken to you: but seeing ye put it
from you, and judge yourselves unworthy
of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the
Gentiles.
47 For so hath the Lord commanded us,
[saying], I have set thee to be a light
of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be
for salvation unto the ends of the
earth.
48 And when the Gentiles heard this,
they were glad, and glorified the word
of the Lord: and as many as were
ordained to eternal life believed.
49 And the word of the Lord was
published throughout all the region.
50 But the Jews stirred up the devout
and honourable women, and the chief men
of the city, and raised persecution
against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled
them out of their coasts.
51 But they shook off the dust of their
feet against them, and came unto
Iconium.
52 And the disciples were filled with
joy, and with the Holy Ghost.

CHAPTER 14
1 And it came to pass in Iconium, that
they went both together into the
synagogue of the Jews, and so spake,
that a great multitude both of the Jews
and also of the Greeks believed.
2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up
the Gentiles, and made their minds evil
affected against the brethren.
3 Long time therefore abode they
speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave
testimony unto the word of his grace,
and granted signs and wonders to be
done by their hands.
4 But the multitude of the city was
divided: and part held with the Jews,
and part with the apostles.
5 And when there was an assault made
both of the Gentiles, and also of the
Jews with their rulers, to use [them]
despitefully, and to stone them,
6 They were ware of [it], and fled unto
Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia,
and unto the region that lieth round
about:
7 And there they preached the gospel.
8 # And there sat a certain man at
Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a
cripple from his mother's womb, who
never had walked:
9 The same heard Paul speak: who
stedfastly beholding him, and
perceiving that he had faith to be
healed,
10 Said with a loud voice, Stand
upright on thy feet. And he leaped and
walked.
11 And when the people saw what Paul
had done, they lifted up their voices,
saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The
gods are come down to us in the
likeness of men.
12 And they called Barnabas, Jupiter;
and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the
chief speaker.
13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which
was before their city, brought oxen and
garlands unto the gates, and would have
done sacrifice with the people.
14 [Which] when the apostles, Barnabas
and Paul, heard [of], they rent their
clothes, and ran in among the people,
crying out,
15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye these
things? We also are men of like
passions with you, and preach unto you
that ye should turn from these vanities
unto the living God, which made heaven,
and earth, and the sea, and all things
that are therein:
16 Who in times past suffered all
nations to walk in their own ways.
17 Nevertheless he left not himself
without witness, in that he did good,
and gave us rain from heaven, and
fruitful seasons, filling our hearts
with food and gladness.
18 And with these sayings scarce
restrained they the people, that they
had not done sacrifice unto them.
19 # And there came thither [certain]
Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who
persuaded the people, and, having
stoned Paul, drew [him] out of the
city, supposing he had been dead.
20 Howbeit, as the disciples stood
round about him, he rose up, and came
into the city: and the next day he
departed with Barnabas to Derbe.
21 And when they had preached the
gospel to that city, and had taught
many, they returned again to Lystra,
and [to] Iconium, and Antioch,
22 Confirming the souls of the
disciples, [and] exhorting them to
continue in the faith, and that we must
through much tribulation enter into the
kingdom of God.
23 And when they had ordained them
elders in every church, and had prayed
with fasting, they commended them to
the Lord, on whom they believed.
24 And after they had passed throughout
Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
25 And when they had preached the word
in Perga, they went down into Attalia:
26 And thence sailed to Antioch, from
whence they had been recommended to the
grace of God for the work which they
fulfilled.
27 And when they were come, and had
gathered the church together, they
rehearsed all that God had done with
them, and how he had opened the door of
faith unto the Gentiles.
28 And there they abode long time with
the disciples.

CHAPTER 15
1 And certain men which came down from
Judaea taught the brethren, [and said],
Except ye be circumcised after the
manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved.
2 When therefore Paul and Barnabas had
no small dissension and disputation
with them, they determined that Paul
and Barnabas, and certain other of
them, should go up to Jerusalem unto
the apostles and elders about this
question.
3 And being brought on their way by the
church, they passed through Phenice and
Samaria, declaring the conversion of
the Gentiles: and they caused great joy
unto all the brethren.
4 And when they were come to Jerusalem,
they were received of the church, and
[of] the apostles and elders, and they
declared all things that God had done
with them.
5 But there rose up certain of the sect
of the Pharisees which believed,
saying, That it was needful to
circumcise them, and to command [them]
to keep the law of Moses.
6 # And the apostles and elders came
together for to consider of this
matter.
7 And when there had been much
disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto
them, Men [and] brethren, ye know how
that a good while ago God made choice
among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth
should hear the word of the gospel, and
believe.
8 And God, which knoweth the hearts,
bare them witness, giving them the Holy
Ghost, even as [he did] unto us;
9 And put no difference between us and
them, purifying their hearts by faith.
10 Now therefore why tempt ye God, to
put a yoke upon the neck of the
disciples, which neither our fathers
nor we were able to bear?
11 But we believe that through the
grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall
be saved, even as they.
12 # Then all the multitude kept
silence, and gave audience to Barnabas
and Paul, declaring what miracles and
wonders God had wrought among the
Gentiles by them.
13 # And after they had held their
peace, James answered, saying, Men
[and] brethren, hearken unto me:
14 Simeon hath declared how God at the
first did visit the Gentiles, to take
out of them a people for his name.
15 And to this agree the words of the
prophets; as it is written,
16 After this I will return, and will
build again the tabernacle of David,
which is fallen down; and I will build
again the ruins thereof, and I will set
it up:
17 That the residue of men might seek
after the Lord, and all the Gentiles,
upon whom my name is called, saith the
Lord, who doeth all these things.
18 Known unto God are all his works
from the beginning of the world.
19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we
trouble not them, which from among the
Gentiles are turned to God:
20 But that we write unto them, that
they abstain from pollutions of idols,
and [from] fornication, and [from]
things strangled, and [from] blood.
21 For Moses of old time hath in every
city them that preach him, being read
in the synagogues every sabbath day.
22 Then pleased it the apostles and
elders, with the whole church, to send
chosen men of their own company to
Antioch with Paul and Barnabas;
[namely], Judas surnamed Barsabas, and
Silas, chief men among the brethren:
23 And they wrote [letters] by them
after this manner; The apostles and
elders and brethren [send] greeting
unto the brethren which are of the
Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and
Cilicia:
24 Forasmuch as we have heard, that
certain which went out from us have
troubled you with words, subverting
your souls, saying, [Ye must] be
circumcised, and keep the law: to whom
we gave no [such] commandment:
25 It seemed good unto us, being
assembled with one accord, to send
chosen men unto you with our beloved
Barnabas and Paul,
26 Men that have hazarded their lives
for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
27 We have sent therefore Judas and
Silas, who shall also tell [you] the
same things by mouth.
28 For it seemed good to the Holy
Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no
greater burden than these necessary
things;
29 That ye abstain from meats offered
to idols, and from blood, and from
things strangled, and from fornication:
from which if ye keep yourselves, ye
shall do well. Fare ye well.
30 So when they were dismissed, they
came to Antioch: and when they had
gathered the multitude together, they
delivered the epistle:
31 [Which] when they had read, they
rejoiced for the consolation.
32 And Judas and Silas, being prophets
also themselves, exhorted the brethren
with many words, and confirmed [them].
33 And after they had tarried [there] a
space, they were let go in peace from
the brethren unto the apostles.
34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to
abide there still.
35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in
Antioch, teaching and preaching the
word of the Lord, with many others
also.
36 # And some days after Paul said unto
Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our
brethren in every city where we have
preached the word of the Lord, [and
see] how they do.
37 And Barnabas determined to take with
them John, whose surname was Mark.
38 But Paul thought not good to take
him with them, who departed from them
from Pamphylia, and went not with them
to the work.
39 And the contention was so sharp
between them, that they departed
asunder one from the other: and so
Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto
Cyprus;
40 And Paul chose Silas, and departed,
being recommended by the brethren unto
the grace of God.
41 And he went through Syria and
Cilicia, confirming the churches.

CHAPTER 16
1 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra:
and, behold, a certain disciple was
there, named Timotheus, the son of a
certain woman, which was a Jewess, and
believed; but his father [was] a Greek:
2 Which was well reported of by the
brethren that were at Lystra and
Iconium.
3 Him would Paul have to go forth with
him; and took and circumcised him
because of the Jews which were in those
quarters: for they knew all that his
father was a Greek.
4 And as they went through the cities,
they delivered them the decrees for to
keep, that were ordained of the
apostles and elders which were at
Jerusalem.
5 And so were the churches established
in the faith, and increased in number
daily.
6 Now when they had gone throughout
Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and
were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to
preach the word in Asia,
7 After they were come to Mysia, they
assayed to go into Bithynia: but the
Spirit suffered them not.
8 And they passing by Mysia came down
to Troas.
9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the
night; There stood a man of Macedonia,
and prayed him, saying, Come over into
Macedonia, and help us.
10 And after he had seen the vision,
immediately we endeavoured to go into
Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the
Lord had called us for to preach the
gospel unto them.
11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we
came with a straight course to
Samothracia, and the next [day] to
Neapolis;
12 And from thence to Philippi, which
is the chief city of that part of
Macedonia, [and] a colony: and we were
in that city abiding certain days.
13 And on the sabbath we went out of
the city by a river side, where prayer
was wont to be made; and we sat down,
and spake unto the women which resorted
[thither].
14 # And a certain woman named Lydia, a
seller of purple, of the city of
Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard
[us]: whose heart the Lord opened, that
she attended unto the things which were
spoken of Paul.
15 And when she was baptized, and her
household, she besought [us], saying,
If ye have judged me to be faithful to
the Lord, come into my house, and abide
[there]. And she constrained us.
16 # And it came to pass, as we went to
prayer, a certain damsel possessed with
a spirit of divination met us, which
brought her masters much gain by
soothsaying:
17 The same followed Paul and us, and
cried, saying, These men are the
servants of the most high God, which
shew unto us the way of salvation.
18 And this did she many days. But
Paul, being grieved, turned and said to
the spirit, I command thee in the name
of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And
he came out the same hour.
19 # And when her masters saw that the
hope of their gains was gone, they
caught Paul and Silas, and drew [them]
into the marketplace unto the rulers,
20 And brought them to the magistrates,
saying, These men, being Jews, do
exceedingly trouble our city,
21 And teach customs, which are not
lawful for us to receive, neither to
observe, being Romans.
22 And the multitude rose up together
against them: and the magistrates rent
off their clothes, and commanded to
beat [them].
23 And when they had laid many stripes
upon them, they cast [them] into
prison, charging the jailor to keep
them safely:
24 Who, having received such a charge,
thrust them into the inner prison, and
made their feet fast in the stocks.
25 # And at midnight Paul and Silas
prayed, and sang praises unto God: and
the prisoners heard them.
26 And suddenly there was a great
earthquake, so that the foundations of
the prison were shaken: and immediately
all the doors were opened, and every
one's bands were loosed.
27 And the keeper of the prison awaking
out of his sleep, and seeing the prison
doors open, he drew out his sword, and
would have killed himself, supposing
that the prisoners had been fled.
28 But Paul cried with a loud voice,
saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are
all here.
29 Then he called for a light, and
sprang in, and came trembling, and fell
down before Paul and Silas,
30 And brought them out, and said,
Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31 And they said, Believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved,
and thy house.
32 And they spake unto him the word of
the Lord, and to all that were in his
house.
33 And he took them the same hour of
the night, and washed [their] stripes;
and was baptized, he and all his,
straightway.
34 And when he had brought them into
his house, he set meat before them, and
rejoiced, believing in God with all his
house.
35 And when it was day, the magistrates
sent the serjeants, saying, Let those
men go.
36 And the keeper of the prison told
this saying to Paul, The magistrates
have sent to let you go: now therefore
depart, and go in peace.
37 But Paul said unto them, They have
beaten us openly uncondemned, being
Romans, and have cast [us] into prison;
and now do they thrust us out privily?
nay verily; but let them come
themselves and fetch us out.
38 And the serjeants told these words
unto the magistrates: and they feared,
when they heard that they were Romans.
39 And they came and besought them, and
brought [them] out, and desired [them]
to depart out of the city.
40 And they went out of the prison, and
entered into [the house of] Lydia: and
when they had seen the brethren, they
comforted them, and departed.

CHAPTER 17
1 Now when they had passed through
Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to
Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of
the Jews:
2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in
unto them, and three sabbath days
reasoned with them out of the
scriptures,
3 Opening and alleging, that Christ
must needs have suffered, and risen
again from the dead; and that this
Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is
Christ.
4 And some of them believed, and
consorted with Paul and Silas; and of
the devout Greeks a great multitude,
and of the chief women not a few.
5 # But the Jews which believed not,
moved with envy, took unto them certain
lewd fellows of the baser sort, and
gathered a company, and set all the
city on an uproar, and assaulted the
house of Jason, and sought to bring
them out to the people.
6 And when they found them not, they
drew Jason and certain brethren unto
the rulers of the city, crying, These
that have turned the world upside down
are come hither also;
7 Whom Jason hath received: and these
all do contrary to the decrees of
Caesar, saying that there is another
king, [one] Jesus.
8 And they troubled the people and the
rulers of the city, when they heard
these things.
9 And when they had taken security of
Jason, and of the other, they let them
go.
10 # And the brethren immediately sent
away Paul and Silas by night unto
Berea: who coming [thither] went into
the synagogue of the Jews.
11 These were more noble than those in
Thessalonica, in that they received the
word with all readiness of mind, and
searched the scriptures daily, whether
those things were so.
12 Therefore many of them believed;
also of honourable women which were
Greeks, and of men, not a few.
13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica
had knowledge that the word of God was
preached of Paul at Berea, they came
thither also, and stirred up the
people.
14 And then immediately the brethren
sent away Paul to go as it were to the
sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode
there still.
15 And they that conducted Paul brought
him unto Athens: and receiving a
commandment unto Silas and Timotheus
for to come to him with all speed, they
departed.
16 # Now while Paul waited for them at
Athens, his spirit was stirred in him,
when he saw the city wholly given to
idolatry.
17 Therefore disputed he in the
synagogue with the Jews, and with the
devout persons, and in the market daily
with them that met with him.
18 Then certain philosophers of the
Epicureans, and of the Stoicks,
encountered him. And some said, What
will this babbler say? other some, He
seemeth to be a setter forth of strange
gods: because he preached unto them
Jesus, and the resurrection.
19 And they took him, and brought him
unto Areopagus, saying, May we know
what this new doctrine, whereof thou
speakest, [is]?
20 For thou bringest certain strange
things to our ears: we would know
therefore what these things mean.
21 (For all the Athenians and strangers
which were there spent their time in
nothing else, but either to tell, or to
hear some new thing.)
22 # Then Paul stood in the midst of
Mars' hill, and said, [Ye] men of
Athens, I perceive that in all things
ye are too superstitious.
23 For as I passed by, and beheld your
devotions, I found an altar with this
inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom
therefore ye ignorantly worship, him
declare I unto you.
24 God that made the world and all
things therein, seeing that he is Lord
of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in
temples made with hands;
25 Neither is worshipped with men's
hands, as though he needed any thing,
seeing he giveth to all life, and
breath, and all things;
26 And hath made of one blood all
nations of men for to dwell on all the
face of the earth, and hath determined
the times before appointed, and the
bounds of their habitation;
27 That they should seek the Lord, if
haply they might feel after him, and
find him, though he be not far from
every one of us:
28 For in him we live, and move, and
have our being; as certain also of your
own poets have said, For we are also
his offspring.
29 Forasmuch then as we are the
offspring of God, we ought not to think
that the Godhead is like unto gold, or
silver, or stone, graven by art and
man's device.
30 And the times of this ignorance God
winked at; but now commandeth all men
every where to repent:
31 Because he hath appointed a day, in
the which he will judge the world in
righteousness by [that] man whom he
hath ordained; [whereof] he hath given
assurance unto all [men], in that he
hath raised him from the dead.
32 # And when they heard of the
resurrection of the dead, some mocked:
and others said, We will hear thee
again of this [matter].
33 So Paul departed from among them.
34 Howbeit certain men clave unto him,
and believed: among the which [was]
Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman
named Damaris, and others with them.

CHAPTER 18
1 After these things Paul departed from
Athens, and came to Corinth;
2 And found a certain Jew named Aquila,
born in Pontus, lately come from Italy,
with his wife Priscilla; (because that
Claudius had commanded all Jews to
depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
3 And because he was of the same craft,
he abode with them, and wrought: for by
their occupation they were tentmakers.
4 And he reasoned in the synagogue
every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews
and the Greeks.
5 And when Silas and Timotheus were
come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed
in the spirit, and testified to the
Jews [that] Jesus [was] Christ.
6 And when they opposed themselves, and
blasphemed, he shook [his] raiment, and
said unto them, Your blood [be] upon
your own heads; I [am] clean: from
henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.
7 # And he departed thence, and entered
into a certain [man's] house, named
Justus, [one] that worshipped God,
whose house joined hard to the
synagogue.
8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of the
synagogue, believed on the Lord with
all his house; and many of the
Corinthians hearing believed, and were
baptized.
9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the
night by a vision, Be not afraid, but
speak, and hold not thy peace:
10 For I am with thee, and no man shall
set on thee to hurt thee: for I have
much people in this city.
11 And he continued [there] a year and
six months, teaching the word of God
among them.
12 # And when Gallio was the deputy of
Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with
one accord against Paul, and brought
him to the judgment seat,
13 Saying, This [fellow] persuadeth men
to worship God contrary to the law.
14 And when Paul was now about to open
[his] mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews,
If it were a matter of wrong or wicked
lewdness, O [ye] Jews, reason would
that I should bear with you:
15 But if it be a question of words and
names, and [of] your law, look ye [to
it]; for I will be no judge of such
[matters].
16 And he drave them from the judgment
seat.
17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes,
the chief ruler of the synagogue, and
beat [him] before the judgment seat.
And Gallio cared for none of those
things.
18 # And Paul [after this] tarried
[there] yet a good while, and then took
his leave of the brethren, and sailed
thence into Syria, and with him
Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn
[his] head in Cenchrea: for he had a
vow.
19 And he came to Ephesus, and left
them there: but he himself entered into
the synagogue, and reasoned with the
Jews.
20 When they desired [him] to tarry
longer time with them, he consented
not;
21 But bade them farewell, saying, I
must by all means keep this feast that
cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return
again unto you, if God will. And he
sailed from Ephesus.
22 And when he had landed at Caesarea,
and gone up, and saluted the church, he
went down to Antioch.
23 And after he had spent some time
[there], he departed, and went over
[all] the country of Galatia and
Phrygia in order, strengthening all the
disciples.
24 # And a certain Jew named Apollos,
born at Alexandria, an eloquent man,
[and] mighty in the scriptures, came to
Ephesus.
25 This man was instructed in the way
of the Lord; and being fervent in the
spirit, he spake and taught diligently
the things of the Lord, knowing only
the baptism of John.
26 And he began to speak boldly in the
synagogue: whom when Aquila and
Priscilla had heard, they took him unto
[them], and expounded unto him the way
of God more perfectly.
27 And when he was disposed to pass
into Achaia, the brethren wrote,
exhorting the disciples to receive him:
who, when he was come, helped them much
which had believed through grace:
28 For he mightily convinced the Jews,
[and that] publickly, shewing by the
scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

CHAPTER 19
1 And it came to pass, that, while
Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having
passed through the upper coasts came to
Ephesus: and finding certain disciples,
2 He said unto them, Have ye received
the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And
they said unto him, We have not so much
as heard whether there be any Holy
Ghost.
3 And he said unto them, Unto what then
were ye baptized? And they said, Unto
John's baptism.
4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized
with the baptism of repentance, saying
unto the people, that they should
believe on him which should come after
him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
5 When they heard [this], they were
baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 And when Paul had laid [his] hands
upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them;
and they spake with tongues, and
prophesied.
7 And all the men were about twelve.
8 And he went into the synagogue, and
spake boldly for the space of three
months, disputing and persuading the
things concerning the kingdom of God.
9 But when divers were hardened, and
believed not, but spake evil of that
way before the multitude, he departed
from them, and separated the disciples,
disputing daily in the school of one
Tyrannus.
10 And this continued by the space of
two years; so that all they which dwelt
in Asia heard the word of the Lord
Jesus, both Jews and Greeks.
11 And God wrought special miracles by
the hands of Paul:
12 So that from his body were brought
unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons,
and the diseases departed from them,
and the evil spirits went out of them.
13 # Then certain of the vagabond Jews,
exorcists, took upon them to call over
them which had evil spirits the name of
the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you
by Jesus whom Paul preacheth.
14 And there were seven sons of [one]
Sceva, a Jew, [and] chief of the
priests, which did so.
15 And the evil spirit answered and
said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know;
but who are ye?
16 And the man in whom the evil spirit
was leaped on them, and overcame them,
and prevailed against them, so that
they fled out of that house naked and
wounded.
17 And this was known to all the Jews
and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus;
and fear fell on them all, and the name
of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
18 And many that believed came, and
confessed, and shewed their deeds.
19 Many of them also which used curious
arts brought their books together, and
burned them before all [men]: and they
counted the price of them, and found
[it] fifty thousand [pieces] of silver.
20 So mightily grew the word of God and
prevailed.
21 # After these things were ended,
Paul purposed in the spirit, when he
had passed through Macedonia and
Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying,
After I have been there, I must also
see Rome.
22 So he sent into Macedonia two of
them that ministered unto him,
Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself
stayed in Asia for a season.
23 And the same time there arose no
small stir about that way.
24 For a certain [man] named Demetrius,
a silversmith, which made silver
shrines for Diana, brought no small
gain unto the craftsmen;
25 Whom he called together with the
workmen of like occupation, and said,
Sirs, ye know that by this craft we
have our wealth.
26 Moreover ye see and hear, that not
alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout
all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and
turned away much people, saying that
they be no gods, which are made with
hands:
27 So that not only this our craft is
in danger to be set at nought; but also
that the temple of the great goddess
Diana should be despised, and her
magnificence should be destroyed, whom
all Asia and the world worshippeth.
28 And when they heard [these sayings],
they were full of wrath, and cried out,
saying, Great [is] Diana of the
Ephesians.
29 And the whole city was filled with
confusion: and having caught Gaius and
Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's
companions in travel, they rushed with
one accord into the theatre.
30 And when Paul would have entered in
unto the people, the disciples suffered
him not.
31 And certain of the chief of Asia,
which were his friends, sent unto him,
desiring [him] that he would not
adventure himself into the theatre.
32 Some therefore cried one thing, and
some another: for the assembly was
confused; and the more part knew not
wherefore they were come together.
33 And they drew Alexander out of the
multitude, the Jews putting him
forward. And Alexander beckoned with
the hand, and would have made his
defence unto the people.
34 But when they knew that he was a
Jew, all with one voice about the space
of two hours cried out, Great [is]
Diana of the Ephesians.
35 And when the townclerk had appeased
the people, he said, [Ye] men of
Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth
not how that the city of the Ephesians
is a worshipper of the great goddess
Diana, and of the [image] which fell
down from Jupiter?
36 Seeing then that these things cannot
be spoken against, ye ought to be
quiet, and to do nothing rashly.
37 For ye have brought hither these
men, which are neither robbers of
churches, nor yet blasphemers of your
goddess.
38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the
craftsmen which are with him, have a
matter against any man, the law is
open, and there are deputies: let them
implead one another.
39 But if ye enquire any thing
concerning other matters, it shall be
determined in a lawful assembly.
40 For we are in danger to be called in
question for this day's uproar, there
being no cause whereby we may give an
account of this concourse.
41 And when he had thus spoken, he
dismissed the assembly.

CHAPTER 20
1 And after the uproar was ceased, Paul
called unto [him] the disciples, and
embraced [them], and departed for to go
into Macedonia.
2 And when he had gone over those
parts, and had given them much
exhortation, he came into Greece,
3 And [there] abode three months. And
when the Jews laid wait for him, as he
was about to sail into Syria, he
purposed to return through Macedonia.
4 And there accompanied him into Asia
Sopater of Berea; and of the
Thessalonians, Aristarchus and
Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and
Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and
Trophimus.
5 These going before tarried for us at
Troas.
6 And we sailed away from Philippi
after the days of unleavened bread, and
came unto them to Troas in five days;
where we abode seven days.
7 And upon the first [day] of the week,
when the disciples came together to
break bread, Paul preached unto them,
ready to depart on the morrow; and
continued his speech until midnight.
8 And there were many lights in the
upper chamber, where they were gathered
together.
9 And there sat in a window a certain
young man named Eutychus, being fallen
into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long
preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and
fell down from the third loft, and was
taken up dead.
10 And Paul went down, and fell on him,
and embracing [him] said, Trouble not
yourselves; for his life is in him.
11 When he therefore was come up again,
and had broken bread, and eaten, and
talked a long while, even till break of
day, so he departed.
12 And they brought the young man
alive, and were not a little comforted.
13 # And we went before to ship, and
sailed unto Assos, there intending to
take in Paul: for so had he appointed,
minding himself to go afoot.
14 And when he met with us at Assos, we
took him in, and came to Mitylene.
15 And we sailed thence, and came the
next [day] over against Chios; and the
next [day] we arrived at Samos, and
tarried at Trogyllium; and the next
[day] we came to Miletus.
16 For Paul had determined to sail by
Ephesus, because he would not spend the
time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were
possible for him, to be at Jerusalem
the day of Pentecost.
17 # And from Miletus he sent to
Ephesus, and called the elders of the
church.
18 And when they were come to him, he
said unto them, Ye know, from the first
day that I came into Asia, after what
manner I have been with you at all
seasons,
19 Serving the Lord with all humility
of mind, and with many tears, and
temptations, which befell me by the
lying in wait of the Jews:
20 [And] how I kept back nothing that
was profitable [unto you], but have
shewed you, and have taught you
publickly, and from house to house,
21 Testifying both to the Jews, and
also to the Greeks, repentance toward
God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus
Christ.
22 And now, behold, I go bound in the
spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the
things that shall befall me there:
23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth
in every city, saying that bonds and
afflictions abide me.
24 But none of these things move me,
neither count I my life dear unto
myself, so that I might finish my
course with joy, and the ministry,
which I have received of the Lord
Jesus, to testify the gospel of the
grace of God.
25 And now, behold, I know that ye all,
among whom I have gone preaching the
kingdom of God, shall see my face no
more.
26 Wherefore I take you to record this
day, that I [am] pure from the blood of
all [men].
27 For I have not shunned to declare
unto you all the counsel of God.
28 # Take heed therefore unto
yourselves, and to all the flock, over
the which the Holy Ghost hath made you
overseers, to feed the church of God,
which he hath purchased with his own
blood.
29 For I know this, that after my
departing shall grievous wolves enter
in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 Also of your own selves shall men
arise, speaking perverse things, to
draw away disciples after them.
31 Therefore watch, and remember, that
by the space of three years I ceased
not to warn every one night and day
with tears.
32 And now, brethren, I commend you to
God, and to the word of his grace,
which is able to build you up, and to
give you an inheritance among all them
which are sanctified.
33 I have coveted no man's silver, or
gold, or apparel.
34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that these
hands have ministered unto my
necessities, and to them that were with
me.
35 I have shewed you all things, how
that so labouring ye ought to support
the weak, and to remember the words of
the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more
blessed to give than to receive.
36 # And when he had thus spoken, he
kneeled down, and prayed with them all.
37 And they all wept sore, and fell on
Paul's neck, and kissed him,
38 Sorrowing most of all for the words
which he spake, that they should see
his face no more. And they accompanied
him unto the ship.

CHAPTER 21
1 And it came to pass, that after we
were gotten from them, and had
launched, we came with a straight
course unto Coos, and the [day]
following unto Rhodes, and from thence
unto Patara:
2 And finding a ship sailing over unto
Phenicia, we went aboard, and set
forth.
3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we
left it on the left hand, and sailed
into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for
there the ship was to unlade her
burden.
4 And finding disciples, we tarried
there seven days: who said to Paul
through the Spirit, that he should not
go up to Jerusalem.
5 And when we had accomplished those
days, we departed and went our way; and
they all brought us on our way, with
wives and children, till [we were] out
of the city: and we kneeled down on the
shore, and prayed.
6 And when we had taken our leave one
of another, we took ship; and they
returned home again.
7 And when we had finished [our] course
from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and
saluted the brethren, and abode with
them one day.
8 And the next [day] we that were of
Paul's company departed, and came unto
Caesarea: and we entered into the house
of Philip the evangelist, which was
[one] of the seven; and abode with him.
9 And the same man had four daughters,
virgins, which did prophesy.
10 And as we tarried [there] many days,
there came down from Judaea a certain
prophet, named Agabus.
11 And when he was come unto us, he
took Paul's girdle, and bound his own
hands and feet, and said, Thus saith
the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at
Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this
girdle, and shall deliver [him] into
the hands of the Gentiles.
12 And when we heard these things, both
we, and they of that place, besought
him not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to
weep and to break mine heart? for I am
ready not to be bound only, but also to
die at Jerusalem for the name of the
Lord Jesus.
14 And when he would not be persuaded,
we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord
be done.
15 And after those days we took up our
carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
16 There went with us also [certain] of
the disciples of Caesarea, and brought
with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old
disciple, with whom we should lodge.
17 And when we were come to Jerusalem,
the brethren received us gladly.
18 And the [day] following Paul went in
with us unto James; and all the elders
were present.
19 And when he had saluted them, he
declared particularly what things God
had wrought among the Gentiles by his
ministry.
20 And when they heard [it], they
glorified the Lord, and said unto him,
Thou seest, brother, how many thousands
of Jews there are which believe; and
they are all zealous of the law:
21 And they are informed of thee, that
thou teachest all the Jews which are
among the Gentiles to forsake Moses,
saying that they ought not to
circumcise [their] children, neither to
walk after the customs.
22 What is it therefore? the multitude
must needs come together: for they will
hear that thou art come.
23 Do therefore this that we say to
thee: We have four men which have a vow
on them;
24 Them take, and purify thyself with
them, and be at charges with them, that
they may shave [their] heads: and all
may know that those things, whereof
they were informed concerning thee, are
nothing; but [that] thou thyself also
walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
25 As touching the Gentiles which
believe, we have written [and]
concluded that they observe no such
thing, save only that they keep
themselves from [things] offered to
idols, and from blood, and from
strangled, and from fornication.
26 Then Paul took the men, and the next
day purifying himself with them entered
into the temple, to signify the
accomplishment of the days of
purification, until that an offering
should be offered for every one of
them.
27 And when the seven days were almost
ended, the Jews which were of Asia,
when they saw him in the temple,
stirred up all the people, and laid
hands on him,
28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help:
This is the man, that teacheth all
[men] every where against the people,
and the law, and this place: and
further brought Greeks also into the
temple, and hath polluted this holy
place.
29 (For they had seen before with him
in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom
they supposed that Paul had brought
into the temple.)
30 And all the city was moved, and the
people ran together: and they took
Paul, and drew him out of the temple:
and forthwith the doors were shut.
31 And as they went about to kill him,
tidings came unto the chief captain of
the band, that all Jerusalem was in an
uproar.
32 Who immediately took soldiers and
centurions, and ran down unto them: and
when they saw the chief captain and the
soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
33 Then the chief captain came near,
and took him, and commanded [him] to be
bound with two chains; and demanded who
he was, and what he had done.
34 And some cried one thing, some
another, among the multitude: and when
he could not know the certainty for the
tumult, he commanded him to be carried
into the castle.
35 And when he came upon the stairs, so
it was, that he was borne of the
soldiers for the violence of the
people.
36 For the multitude of the people
followed after, crying, Away with him.
37 And as Paul was to be led into the
castle, he said unto the chief captain,
May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst
thou speak Greek?
38 Art not thou that Egyptian, which
before these days madest an uproar, and
leddest out into the wilderness four
thousand men that were murderers?
39 But Paul said, I am a man [which am]
a Jew of Tarsus, [a city] in Cilicia, a
citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech
thee, suffer me to speak unto the
people.
40 And when he had given him licence,
Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned
with the hand unto the people. And when
there was made a great silence, he
spake unto [them] in the Hebrew tongue,
saying,

CHAPTER 22
1 Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye
my defence [which I make] now unto you.
2 (And when they heard that he spake in
the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept
the more silence: and he saith,)
3 I am verily a man [which am] a Jew,
born in Tarsus, [a city] in Cilicia,
yet brought up in this city at the feet
of Gamaliel, [and] taught according to
the perfect manner of the law of the
fathers, and was zealous toward God, as
ye all are this day.
4 And I persecuted this way unto the
death, binding and delivering into
prisons both men and women.
5 As also the high priest doth bear me
witness, and all the estate of the
elders: from whom also I received
letters unto the brethren, and went to
Damascus, to bring them which were
there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be
punished.
6 And it came to pass, that, as I made
my journey, and was come nigh unto
Damascus about noon, suddenly there
shone from heaven a great light round
about me.
7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard
a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why
persecutest thou me?
8 And I answered, Who art thou, Lord?
And he said unto me, I am Jesus of
Nazareth, whom thou persecutest.
9 And they that were with me saw indeed
the light, and were afraid; but they
heard not the voice of him that spake
to me.
10 And I said, What shall I do, Lord?
And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and
go into Damascus; and there it shall be
told thee of all things which are
appointed for thee to do.
11 And when I could not see for the
glory of that light, being led by the
hand of them that were with me, I came
into Damascus.
12 And one Ananias, a devout man
according to the law, having a good
report of all the Jews which dwelt
[there],
13 Came unto me, and stood, and said
unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy
sight. And the same hour I looked up
upon him.
14 And he said, The God of our fathers
hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest
know his will, and see that Just One,
and shouldest hear the voice of his
mouth.
15 For thou shalt be his witness unto
all men of what thou hast seen and
heard.
16 And now why tarriest thou? arise,
and be baptized, and wash away thy
sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
17 And it came to pass, that, when I
was come again to Jerusalem, even while
I prayed in the temple, I was in a
trance;
18 And saw him saying unto me, Make
haste, and get thee quickly out of
Jerusalem: for they will not receive
thy testimony concerning me.
19 And I said, Lord, they know that I
imprisoned and beat in every synagogue
them that believed on thee:
20 And when the blood of thy martyr
Stephen was shed, I also was standing
by, and consenting unto his death, and
kept the raiment of them that slew him.
21 And he said unto me, Depart: for I
will send thee far hence unto the
Gentiles.
22 And they gave him audience unto this
word, and [then] lifted up their
voices, and said, Away with such a
[fellow] from the earth: for it is not
fit that he should live.
23 And as they cried out, and cast off
[their] clothes, and threw dust into
the air,
24 The chief captain commanded him to
be brought into the castle, and bade
that he should be examined by
scourging; that he might know wherefore
they cried so against him.
25 And as they bound him with thongs,
Paul said unto the centurion that stood
by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a
man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
26 When the centurion heard [that], he
went and told the chief captain,
saying, Take heed what thou doest: for
this man is a Roman.
27 Then the chief captain came, and
said unto him, Tell me, art thou a
Roman? He said, Yea.
28 And the chief captain answered, With
a great sum obtained I this freedom.
And Paul said, But I was [free] born.
29 Then straightway they departed from
him which should have examined him: and
the chief captain also was afraid,
after he knew that he was a Roman, and
because he had bound him.
30 On the morrow, because he would have
known the certainty wherefore he was
accused of the Jews, he loosed him from
[his] bands, and commanded the chief
priests and all their council to
appear, and brought Paul down, and set
him before them.

CHAPTER 23
1 And Paul, earnestly beholding the
council, said, Men [and] brethren, I
have lived in all good conscience
before God until this day.
2 And the high priest Ananias commanded
them that stood by him to smite him on
the mouth.
3 Then said Paul unto him, God shall
smite thee, [thou] whited wall: for
sittest thou to judge me after the law,
and commandest me to be smitten
contrary to the law?
4 And they that stood by said, Revilest
thou God's high priest?
5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren,
that he was the high priest: for it is
written, Thou shalt not speak evil of
the ruler of thy people.
6 But when Paul perceived that the one
part were Sadducees, and the other
Pharisees, he cried out in the council,
Men [and] brethren, I am a Pharisee,
the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and
resurrection of the dead I am called in
question.
7 And when he had so said, there arose
a dissension between the Pharisees and
the Sadducees: and the multitude was
divided.
8 For the Sadducees say that there is
no resurrection, neither angel, nor
spirit: but the Pharisees confess both.
9 And there arose a great cry: and the
scribes [that were] of the Pharisees'
part arose, and strove, saying, We find
no evil in this man: but if a spirit or
an angel hath spoken to him, let us not
fight against God.
10 And when there arose a great
dissension, the chief captain, fearing
lest Paul should have been pulled in
pieces of them, commanded the soldiers
to go down, and to take him by force
from among them, and to bring [him]
into the castle.
11 And the night following the Lord
stood by him, and said, Be of good
cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified
of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear
witness also at Rome.
12 And when it was day, certain of the
Jews banded together, and bound
themselves under a curse, saying that
they would neither eat nor drink till
they had killed Paul.
13 And they were more than forty which
had made this conspiracy.
14 And they came to the chief priests
and elders, and said, We have bound
ourselves under a great curse, that we
will eat nothing until we have slain
Paul.
15 Now therefore ye with the council
signify to the chief captain that he
bring him down unto you to morrow, as
though ye would enquire something more
perfectly concerning him: and we, or
ever he come near, are ready to kill
him.
16 And when Paul's sister's son heard
of their lying in wait, he went and
entered into the castle, and told Paul.
17 Then Paul called one of the
centurions unto [him], and said, Bring
this young man unto the chief captain:
for he hath a certain thing to tell
him.
18 So he took him, and brought [him] to
the chief captain, and said, Paul the
prisoner called me unto [him], and
prayed me to bring this young man unto
thee, who hath something to say unto
thee.
19 Then the chief captain took him by
the hand, and went [with him] aside
privately, and asked [him], What is
that thou hast to tell me?
20 And he said, The Jews have agreed to
desire thee that thou wouldest bring
down Paul to morrow into the council,
as though they would enquire somewhat
of him more perfectly.
21 But do not thou yield unto them: for
there lie in wait for him of them more
than forty men, which have bound
themselves with an oath, that they will
neither eat nor drink till they have
killed him: and now are they ready,
looking for a promise from thee.
22 So the chief captain [then] let the
young man depart, and charged [him, See
thou] tell no man that thou hast shewed
these things to me.
23 And he called unto [him] two
centurions, saying, Make ready two
hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and
horsemen threescore and ten, and
spearmen two hundred, at the third hour
of the night;
24 And provide [them] beasts, that they
may set Paul on, and bring [him] safe
unto Felix the governor.
25 And he wrote a letter after this
manner:
26 Claudius Lysias unto the most
excellent governor Felix [sendeth]
greeting.
27 This man was taken of the Jews, and
should have been killed of them: then
came I with an army, and rescued him,
having understood that he was a Roman.
28 And when I would have known the
cause wherefore they accused him, I
brought him forth into their council:
29 Whom I perceived to be accused of
questions of their law, but to have
nothing laid to his charge worthy of
death or of bonds.
30 And when it was told me how that the
Jews laid wait for the man, I sent
straightway to thee, and gave
commandment to his accusers also to say
before thee what [they had] against
him. Farewell.
31 Then the soldiers, as it was
commanded them, took Paul, and brought
[him] by night to Antipatris.
32 On the morrow they left the horsemen
to go with him, and returned to the
castle:
33 Who, when they came to Caesarea, and
delivered the epistle to the governor,
presented Paul also before him.
34 And when the governor had read [the
letter], he asked of what province he
was. And when he understood that [he
was] of Cilicia;
35 I will hear thee, said he, when
thine accusers are also come. And he
commanded him to be kept in Herod's
judgment hall.

CHAPTER 24
1 And after five days Ananias the high
priest descended with the elders, and
[with] a certain orator [named]
Tertullus, who informed the governor
against Paul.
2 And when he was called forth,
Tertullus began to accuse [him],
saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy
great quietness, and that very worthy
deeds are done unto this nation by thy
providence,
3 We accept [it] always, and in all
places, most noble Felix, with all
thankfulness.
4 Notwithstanding, that I be not
further tedious unto thee, I pray thee
that thou wouldest hear us of thy
clemency a few words.
5 For we have found this man [a]
pestilent [fellow], and a mover of
sedition among all the Jews throughout
the world, and a ringleader of the sect
of the Nazarenes:
6 Who also hath gone about to profane
the temple: whom we took, and would
have judged according to our law.
7 But the chief captain Lysias came
[upon us], and with great violence took
[him] away out of our hands,
8 Commanding his accusers to come unto
thee: by examining of whom thyself
mayest take knowledge of all these
things, whereof we accuse him.
9 And the Jews also assented, saying
that these things were so.
10 Then Paul, after that the governor
had beckoned unto him to speak,
answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou
hast been of many years a judge unto
this nation, I do the more cheerfully
answer for myself:
11 Because that thou mayest understand,
that there are yet but twelve days
since I went up to Jerusalem for to
worship.
12 And they neither found me in the
temple disputing with any man, neither
raising up the people, neither in the
synagogues, nor in the city:
13 Neither can they prove the things
whereof they now accuse me.
14 But this I confess unto thee, that
after the way which they call heresy,
so worship I the God of my fathers,
believing all things which are written
in the law and in the prophets:
15 And have hope toward God, which they
themselves also allow, that there shall
be a resurrection of the dead, both of
the just and unjust.
16 And herein do I exercise myself, to
have always a conscience void of
offence toward God, and [toward] men.
17 Now after many years I came to bring
alms to my nation, and offerings.
18 Whereupon certain Jews from Asia
found me purified in the temple,
neither with multitude, nor with
tumult.
19 Who ought to have been here before
thee, and object, if they had ought
against me.
20 Or else let these same [here] say,
if they have found any evil doing in
me, while I stood before the council,
21 Except it be for this one voice,
that I cried standing among them,
Touching the resurrection of the dead I
am called in question by you this day.
22 And when Felix heard these things,
having more perfect knowledge of [that]
way, he deferred them, and said, When
Lysias the chief captain shall come
down, I will know the uttermost of your
matter.
23 And he commanded a centurion to keep
Paul, and to let [him] have liberty,
and that he should forbid none of his
acquaintance to minister or come unto
him.
24 And after certain days, when Felix
came with his wife Drusilla, which was
a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard
him concerning the faith in Christ.
25 And as he reasoned of righteousness,
temperance, and judgment to come, Felix
trembled, and answered, Go thy way for
this time; when I have a convenient
season, I will call for thee.
26 He hoped also that money should have
been given him of Paul, that he might
loose him: wherefore he sent for him
the oftener, and communed with him.
27 But after two years Porcius Festus
came into Felix' room: and Felix,
willing to shew the Jews a pleasure,
left Paul bound.

CHAPTER 25
1 Now when Festus was come into the
province, after three days he ascended
from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
2 Then the high priest and the chief of
the Jews informed him against Paul, and
besought him,
3 And desired favour against him, that
he would send for him to Jerusalem,
laying wait in the way to kill him.
4 But Festus answered, that Paul should
be kept at Caesarea, and that he
himself would depart shortly [thither].
5 Let them therefore, said he, which
among you are able, go down with [me],
and accuse this man, if there be any
wickedness in him.
6 And when he had tarried among them
more than ten days, he went down unto
Caesarea; and the next day sitting on
the judgment seat commanded Paul to be
brought.
7 And when he was come, the Jews which
came down from Jerusalem stood round
about, and laid many and grievous
complaints against Paul, which they
could not prove.
8 While he answered for himself,
Neither against the law of the Jews,
neither against the temple, nor yet
against Caesar, have I offended any
thing at all.
9 But Festus, willing to do the Jews a
pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt
thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be
judged of these things before me?
10 Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's
judgment seat, where I ought to be
judged: to the Jews have I done no
wrong, as thou very well knowest.
11 For if I be an offender, or have
committed any thing worthy of death, I
refuse not to die: but if there be none
of these things whereof these accuse
me, no man may deliver me unto them. I
appeal unto Caesar.
12 Then Festus, when he had conferred
with the council, answered, Hast thou
appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt
thou go.
13 And after certain days king Agrippa
and Bernice came unto Caesarea to
salute Festus.
14 And when they had been there many
days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto
the king, saying, There is a certain
man left in bonds by Felix:
15 About whom, when I was at Jerusalem,
the chief priests and the elders of the
Jews informed [me], desiring [to have]
judgment against him.
16 To whom I answered, It is not the
manner of the Romans to deliver any man
to die, before that he which is accused
have the accusers face to face, and
have licence to answer for himself
concerning the crime laid against him.
17 Therefore, when they were come
hither, without any delay on the morrow
I sat on the judgment seat, and
commanded the man to be brought forth.
18 Against whom when the accusers stood
up, they brought none accusation of
such things as I supposed:
19 But had certain questions against
him of their own superstition, and of
one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul
affirmed to be alive.
20 And because I doubted of such manner
of questions, I asked [him] whether he
would go to Jerusalem, and there be
judged of these matters.
21 But when Paul had appealed to be
reserved unto the hearing of Augustus,
I commanded him to be kept till I might
send him to Caesar.
22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I
would also hear the man myself. To
morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.
23 And on the morrow, when Agrippa was
come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and
was entered into the place of hearing,
with the chief captains, and principal
men of the city, at Festus' commandment
Paul was brought forth.
24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, and
all men which are here present with us,
ye see this man, about whom all the
multitude of the Jews have dealt with
me, both at Jerusalem, and [also] here,
crying that he ought not to live any
longer.
25 But when I found that he had
committed nothing worthy of death, and
that he himself hath appealed to
Augustus, I have determined to send
him.
26 Of whom I have no certain thing to
write unto my lord. Wherefore I have
brought him forth before you, and
specially before thee, O king Agrippa,
that, after examination had, I might
have somewhat to write.
27 For it seemeth to me unreasonable to
send a prisoner, and not withal to
signify the crimes [laid] against him.

CHAPTER 26
1 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art
permitted to speak for thyself. Then
Paul stretched forth the hand, and
answered for himself:
2 I think myself happy, king Agrippa,
because I shall answer for myself this
day before thee touching all the things
whereof I am accused of the Jews:
3 Especially [because I know] thee to
be expert in all customs and questions
which are among the Jews: wherefore I
beseech thee to hear me patiently.
4 My manner of life from my youth,
which was at the first among mine own
nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews;
5 Which knew me from the beginning, if
they would testify, that after the most
straitest sect of our religion I lived
a Pharisee.
6 And now I stand and am judged for the
hope of the promise made of God unto
our fathers:
7 Unto which [promise] our twelve
tribes, instantly serving [God] day and
night, hope to come. For which hope's
sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the
Jews.
8 Why should it be thought a thing
incredible with you, that God should
raise the dead?
9 I verily thought with myself, that I
ought to do many things contrary to the
name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem:
and many of the saints did I shut up in
prison, having received authority from
the chief priests; and when they were
put to death, I gave my voice against
[them].
11 And I punished them oft in every
synagogue, and compelled [them] to
blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad
against them, I persecuted [them] even
unto strange cities.
12 Whereupon as I went to Damascus with
authority and commission from the chief
priests,
13 At midday, O king, I saw in the way
a light from heaven, above the
brightness of the sun, shining round
about me and them which journeyed with
me.
14 And when we were all fallen to the
earth, I heard a voice speaking unto
me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue,
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
[it is] hard for thee to kick against
the pricks.
15 And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And
he said, I am Jesus whom thou
persecutest.
16 But rise, and stand upon thy feet:
for I have appeared unto thee for this
purpose, to make thee a minister and a
witness both of these things which thou
hast seen, and of those things in the
which I will appear unto thee;
17 Delivering thee from the people, and
[from] the Gentiles, unto whom now I
send thee,
18 To open their eyes, [and] to turn
[them] from darkness to light, and
[from] the power of Satan unto God,
that they may receive forgiveness of
sins, and inheritance among them which
are sanctified by faith that is in me.
19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not
disobedient unto the heavenly vision:
20 But shewed first unto them of
Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and
throughout all the coasts of Judaea,
and [then] to the Gentiles, that they
should repent and turn to God, and do
works meet for repentance.
21 For these causes the Jews caught me
in the temple, and went about to kill
[me].
22 Having therefore obtained help of
God, I continue unto this day,
witnessing both to small and great,
saying none other things than those
which the prophets and Moses did say
should come:
23 That Christ should suffer, [and]
that he should be the first that should
rise from the dead, and should shew
light unto the people, and to the
Gentiles.
24 And as he thus spake for himself,
Festus said with a loud voice, Paul,
thou art beside thyself; much learning
doth make thee mad.
25 But he said, I am not mad, most
noble Festus; but speak forth the words
of truth and soberness.
26 For the king knoweth of these
things, before whom also I speak
freely: for I am persuaded that none of
these things are hidden from him; for
this thing was not done in a corner.
27 King Agrippa, believest thou the
prophets? I know that thou believest.
28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost
thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
29 And Paul said, I would to God, that
not only thou, but also all that hear
me this day, were both almost, and
altogether such as I am, except these
bonds.
30 And when he had thus spoken, the
king rose up, and the governor, and
Bernice, and they that sat with them:
31 And when they were gone aside, they
talked between themselves, saying, This
man doeth nothing worthy of death or of
bonds.
32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This
man might have been set at liberty, if
he had not appealed unto Caesar.

CHAPTER 27
1 And when it was determined that we
should sail into Italy, they delivered
Paul and certain other prisoners unto
[one] named Julius, a centurion of
Augustus' band.
2 And entering into a ship of
Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to
sail by the coasts of Asia; [one]
Aristarchus, a Macedonian of
Thessalonica, being with us.
3 And the next [day] we touched at
Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated
Paul, and gave [him] liberty to go unto
his friends to refresh himself.
4 And when we had launched from thence,
we sailed under Cyprus, because the
winds were contrary.
5 And when we had sailed over the sea
of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to
Myra, [a city] of Lycia.
6 And there the centurion found a ship
of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and
he put us therein.
7 And when we had sailed slowly many
days, and scarce were come over against
Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we
sailed under Crete, over against
Salmone;
8 And, hardly passing it, came unto a
place which is called The fair havens;
nigh whereunto was the city [of] Lasea.
9 Now when much time was spent, and
when sailing was now dangerous, because
the fast was now already past, Paul
admonished [them],
10 And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive
that this voyage will be with hurt and
much damage, not only of the lading and
ship, but also of our lives.
11 Nevertheless the centurion believed
the master and the owner of the ship,
more than those things which were
spoken by Paul.
12 And because the haven was not
commodious to winter in, the more part
advised to depart thence also, if by
any means they might attain to Phenice,
[and there] to winter; [which is] an
haven of Crete, and lieth toward the
south west and north west.
13 And when the south wind blew softly,
supposing that they had obtained
[their] purpose, loosing [thence], they
sailed close by Crete.
14 But not long after there arose
against it a tempestuous wind, called
Euroclydon.
15 And when the ship was caught, and
could not bear up into the wind, we let
[her] drive.
16 And running under a certain island
which is called Clauda, we had much
work to come by the boat:
17 Which when they had taken up, they
used helps, undergirding the ship; and,
fearing lest they should fall into the
quicksands, strake sail, and so were
driven.
18 And we being exceedingly tossed with
a tempest, the next [day] they
lightened the ship;
19 And the third [day] we cast out with
our own hands the tackling of the ship.
20 And when neither sun nor stars in
many days appeared, and no small
tempest lay on [us], all hope that we
should be saved was then taken away.
21 But after long abstinence Paul stood
forth in the midst of them, and said,
Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me,
and not have loosed from Crete, and to
have gained this harm and loss.
22 And now I exhort you to be of good
cheer: for there shall be no loss of
[any man's] life among you, but of the
ship.
23 For there stood by me this night the
angel of God, whose I am, and whom I
serve,
24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be
brought before Caesar: and, lo, God
hath given thee all them that sail with
thee.
25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer:
for I believe God, that it shall be
even as it was told me.
26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a
certain island.
27 But when the fourteenth night was
come, as we were driven up and down in
Adria, about midnight the shipmen
deemed that they drew near to some
country;
28 And sounded, and found [it] twenty
fathoms: and when they had gone a
little further, they sounded again, and
found [it] fifteen fathoms.
29 Then fearing lest we should have
fallen upon rocks, they cast four
anchors out of the stern, and wished
for the day.
30 And as the shipmen were about to
flee out of the ship, when they had let
down the boat into the sea, under
colour as though they would have cast
anchors out of the foreship,
31 Paul said to the centurion and to
the soldiers, Except these abide in the
ship, ye cannot be saved.
32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes
of the boat, and let her fall off.
33 And while the day was coming on,
Paul besought [them] all to take meat,
saying, This day is the fourteenth day
that ye have tarried and continued
fasting, having taken nothing.
34 Wherefore I pray you to take [some]
meat: for this is for your health: for
there shall not an hair fall from the
head of any of you.
35 And when he had thus spoken, he took
bread, and gave thanks to God in
presence of them all: and when he had
broken [it], he began to eat.
36 Then were they all of good cheer,
and they also took [some] meat.
37 And we were in all in the ship two
hundred threescore and sixteen souls.
38 And when they had eaten enough, they
lightened the ship, and cast out the
wheat into the sea.
39 And when it was day, they knew not
the land: but they discovered a certain
creek with a shore, into the which they
were minded, if it were possible, to
thrust in the ship.
40 And when they had taken up the
anchors, they committed [themselves]
unto the sea, and loosed the rudder
bands, and hoised up the mainsail to
the wind, and made toward shore.
41 And falling into a place where two
seas met, they ran the ship aground;
and the forepart stuck fast, and
remained unmoveable, but the hinder
part was broken with the violence of
the waves.
42 And the soldiers' counsel was to
kill the prisoners, lest any of them
should swim out, and escape.
43 But the centurion, willing to save
Paul, kept them from [their] purpose;
and commanded that they which could
swim should cast [themselves] first
[into the sea], and get to land:
44 And the rest, some on boards, and
some on [broken pieces] of the ship.
And so it came to pass, that they
escaped all safe to land.

CHAPTER 28
1 And when they were escaped, then they
knew that the island was called Melita.
2 And the barbarous people shewed us no
little kindness: for they kindled a
fire, and received us every one,
because of the present rain, and
because of the cold.
3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle
of sticks, and laid [them] on the fire,
there came a viper out of the heat, and
fastened on his hand.
4 And when the barbarians saw the
[venomous] beast hang on his hand, they
said among themselves, No doubt this
man is a murderer, whom, though he hath
escaped the sea, yet vengeance
suffereth not to live.
5 And he shook off the beast into the
fire, and felt no harm.
6 Howbeit they looked when he should
have swollen, or fallen down dead
suddenly: but after they had looked a
great while, and saw no harm come to
him, they changed their minds, and said
that he was a god.
7 In the same quarters were possessions
of the chief man of the island, whose
name was Publius; who received us, and
lodged us three days courteously.
8 And it came to pass, that the father
of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a
bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in,
and prayed, and laid his hands on him,
and healed him.
9 So when this was done, others also,
which had diseases in the island, came,
and were healed:
10 Who also honoured us with many
honours; and when we departed, they
laded [us] with such things as were
necessary.
11 And after three months we departed
in a ship of Alexandria, which had
wintered in the isle, whose sign was
Castor and Pollux.
12 And landing at Syracuse, we tarried
[there] three days.
13 And from thence we fetched a
compass, and came to Rhegium: and after
one day the south wind blew, and we
came the next day to Puteoli:
14 Where we found brethren, and were
desired to tarry with them seven days:
and so we went toward Rome.
15 And from thence, when the brethren
heard of us, they came to meet us as
far as Appii forum, and The three
taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked
God, and took courage.
16 And when we came to Rome, the
centurion delivered the prisoners to
the captain of the guard: but Paul was
suffered to dwell by himself with a
soldier that kept him.
17 And it came to pass, that after
three days Paul called the chief of the
Jews together: and when they were come
together, he said unto them, Men [and]
brethren, though I have committed
nothing against the people, or customs
of our fathers, yet was I delivered
prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands
of the Romans.
18 Who, when they had examined me,
would have let [me] go, because there
was no cause of death in me.
19 But when the Jews spake against
[it], I was constrained to appeal unto
Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse
my nation of.
20 For this cause therefore have I
called for you, to see [you], and to
speak with [you]: because that for the
hope of Israel I am bound with this
chain.
21 And they said unto him, We neither
received letters out of Judaea
concerning thee, neither any of the
brethren that came shewed or spake any
harm of thee.
22 But we desire to hear of thee what
thou thinkest: for as concerning this
sect, we know that every where it is
spoken against.
23 And when they had appointed him a
day, there came many to him into [his]
lodging; to whom he expounded and
testified the kingdom of God,
persuading them concerning Jesus, both
out of the law of Moses, and [out of]
the prophets, from morning till
evening.
24 And some believed the things which
were spoken, and some believed not.
25 And when they agreed not among
themselves, they departed, after that
Paul had spoken one word, Well spake
the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet
unto our fathers,
26 Saying, Go unto this people, and
say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall
not understand; and seeing ye shall
see, and not perceive:
27 For the heart of this people is
waxed gross, and their ears are dull of
hearing, and their eyes have they
closed; lest they should see with
[their] eyes, and hear with [their]
ears, and understand with [their]
heart, and should be converted, and I
should heal them.
28 Be it known therefore unto you, that
the salvation of God is sent unto the
Gentiles, and [that] they will hear it.
29 And when he had said these words,
the Jews departed, and had great
reasoning among themselves.
30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in
his own hired house, and received all
that came in unto him,
31 Preaching the kingdom of God, and
teaching those things which concern the
Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence,
no man forbidding him.

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE
ROMANS

CHAPTER 1
1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ,
called [to be] an apostle, separated
unto the gospel of God,
2 (Which he had promised afore by his
prophets in the holy scriptures,)
3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our
Lord, which was made of the seed of
David according to the flesh;
4 And declared [to be] the Son of God
with power, according to the spirit of
holiness, by the resurrection from the
dead:
5 By whom we have received grace and
apostleship, for obedience to the faith
among all nations, for his name:
6 Among whom are ye also the called of
Jesus Christ:
7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of
God, called [to be] saints: Grace to
you and peace from God our Father, and
the Lord Jesus Christ.
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus
Christ for you all, that your faith is
spoken of throughout the whole world.
9 For God is my witness, whom I serve
with my spirit in the gospel of his
Son, that without ceasing I make
mention of you always in my prayers;
10 Making request, if by any means now
at length I might have a prosperous
journey by the will of God to come unto
you.
11 For I long to see you, that I may
impart unto you some spiritual gift, to
the end ye may be established;
12 That is, that I may be comforted
together with you by the mutual faith
both of you and me.
13 Now I would not have you ignorant,
brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to
come unto you, (but was let hitherto,)
that I might have some fruit among you
also, even as among other Gentiles.
14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and
to the Barbarians; both to the wise,
and to the unwise.
15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready
to preach the gospel to you that are at
Rome also.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel
of Christ: for it is the power of God
unto salvation to every one that
believeth; to the Jew first, and also
to the Greek.
17 For therein is the righteousness of
God revealed from faith to faith: as it
is written, The just shall live by
faith.
18 For the wrath of God is revealed
from heaven against all ungodliness and
unrighteousness of men, who hold the
truth in unrighteousness;
19 Because that which may be known of
God is manifest in them; for God hath
shewed [it] unto them.
20 For the invisible things of him from
the creation of the world are clearly
seen, being understood by the things
that are made, [even] his eternal power
and Godhead; so that they are without
excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God,
they glorified [him] not as God,
neither were thankful; but became vain
in their imaginations, and their
foolish heart was darkened.
22 Professing themselves to be wise,
they became fools,
23 And changed the glory of the
uncorruptible God into an image made
like to corruptible man, and to birds,
and fourfooted beasts, and creeping
things.
24 Wherefore God also gave them up to
uncleanness through the lusts of their
own hearts, to dishonour their own
bodies between themselves:
25 Who changed the truth of God into a
lie, and worshipped and served the
creature more than the Creator, who is
blessed for ever. Amen.
26 For this cause God gave them up unto
vile affections: for even their women
did change the natural use into that
which is against nature:
27 And likewise also the men, leaving
the natural use of the woman, burned in
their lust one toward another; men with
men working that which is unseemly, and
receiving in themselves that recompence
of their error which was meet.
28 And even as they did not like to
retain God in [their] knowledge, God
gave them over to a reprobate mind, to
do those things which are not
convenient;
29 Being filled with all
unrighteousness, fornication,
wickedness, covetousness,
maliciousness; full of envy, murder,
debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God,
despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors
of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 Without understanding,
covenantbreakers, without natural
affection, implacable, unmerciful:
32 Who knowing the judgment of God,
that they which commit such things are
worthy of death, not only do the same,
but have pleasure in them that do them.

CHAPTER 2
1 Therefore thou art inexcusable, O
man, whosoever thou art that judgest:
for wherein thou judgest another, thou
condemnest thyself; for thou that
judgest doest the same things.
2 But we are sure that the judgment of
God is according to truth against them
which commit such things.
3 And thinkest thou this, O man, that
judgest them which do such things, and
doest the same, that thou shalt escape
the judgment of God?
4 Or despisest thou the riches of his
goodness and forbearance and
longsuffering; not knowing that the
goodness of God leadeth thee to
repentance?
5 But after thy hardness and impenitent
heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath
against the day of wrath and revelation
of the righteous judgment of God;
6 Who will render to every man
according to his deeds:
7 To them who by patient continuance in
well doing seek for glory and honour
and immortality, eternal life:
8 But unto them that are contentious,
and do not obey the truth, but obey
unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every
soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew
first, and also of the Gentile;
10 But glory, honour, and peace, to
every man that worketh good, to the Jew
first, and also to the Gentile:
11 For there is no respect of persons
with God.
12 For as many as have sinned without
law shall also perish without law: and
as many as have sinned in the law shall
be judged by the law;
13 (For not the hearers of the law
[are] just before God, but the doers of
the law shall be justified.
14 For when the Gentiles, which have
not the law, do by nature the things
contained in the law, these, having not
the law, are a law unto themselves:
15 Which shew the work of the law
written in their hearts, their
conscience also bearing witness, and
[their] thoughts the mean while
accusing or else excusing one another;)
16 In the day when God shall judge the
secrets of men by Jesus Christ
according to my gospel.
17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and
restest in the law, and makest thy
boast of God,
18 And knowest [his] will, and
approvest the things that are more
excellent, being instructed out of the
law;
19 And art confident that thou thyself
art a guide of the blind, a light of
them which are in darkness,
20 An instructor of the foolish, a
teacher of babes, which hast the form
of knowledge and of the truth in the
law.
21 Thou therefore which teachest
another, teachest thou not thyself?
thou that preachest a man should not
steal, dost thou steal?
22 Thou that sayest a man should not
commit adultery, dost thou commit
adultery? thou that abhorrest idols,
dost thou commit sacrilege?
23 Thou that makest thy boast of the
law, through breaking the law
dishonourest thou God?
24 For the name of God is blasphemed
among the Gentiles through you, as it
is written.
25 For circumcision verily profiteth,
if thou keep the law: but if thou be a
breaker of the law, thy circumcision is
made uncircumcision.
26 Therefore if the uncircumcision keep
the righteousness of the law, shall not
his uncircumcision be counted for
circumcision?
27 And shall not uncircumcision which
is by nature, if it fulfil the law,
judge thee, who by the letter and
circumcision dost transgress the law?
28 For he is not a Jew, which is one
outwardly; neither [is that]
circumcision, which is outward in the
flesh:
29 But he [is] a Jew, which is one
inwardly; and circumcision [is that] of
the heart, in the spirit, [and] not in
the letter; whose praise [is] not of
men, but of God.

CHAPTER 3
1 What advantage then hath the Jew? or
what profit [is there] of circumcision?
2 Much every way: chiefly, because that
unto them were committed the oracles of
God.
3 For what if some did not believe?
shall their unbelief make the faith of
God without effect?
4 God forbid: yea, let God be true, but
every man a liar; as it is written,
That thou mightest be justified in thy
sayings, and mightest overcome when
thou art judged.
5 But if our unrighteousness commend
the righteousness of God, what shall we
say? [Is] God unrighteous who taketh
vengeance? (I speak as a man)
6 God forbid: for then how shall God
judge the world?
7 For if the truth of God hath more
abounded through my lie unto his glory;
why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
8 And not [rather], (as we be
slanderously reported, and as some
affirm that we say,) Let us do evil,
that good may come? whose damnation is
just.
9 What then? are we better [than they]?
No, in no wise: for we have before
proved both Jews and Gentiles, that
they are all under sin;
10 As it is written, There is none
righteous, no, not one:
11 There is none that understandeth,
there is none that seeketh after God.
12 They are all gone out of the way,
they are together become unprofitable;
there is none that doeth good, no, not
one.
13 Their throat [is] an open sepulchre;
with their tongues they have used
deceit; the poison of asps [is] under
their lips:
14 Whose mouth [is] full of cursing and
bitterness:
15 Their feet [are] swift to shed
blood:
16 Destruction and misery [are] in
their ways:
17 And the way of peace have they not
known:
18 There is no fear of God before their
eyes.
19 Now we know that what things soever
the law saith, it saith to them who are
under the law: that every mouth may be
stopped, and all the world may become
guilty before God.
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law
there shall no flesh be justified in
his sight: for by the law [is] the
knowledge of sin.
21 But now the righteousness of God
without the law is manifested, being
witnessed by the law and the prophets;
22 Even the righteousness of God [which
is] by faith of Jesus Christ unto all
and upon all them that believe: for
there is no difference:
23 For all have sinned, and come short
of the glory of God;
24 Being justified freely by his grace
through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus:
25 Whom God hath set forth [to be] a
propitiation through faith in his
blood, to declare his righteousness for
the remission of sins that are past,
through the forbearance of God;
26 To declare, [I say], at this time
his righteousness: that he might be
just, and the justifier of him which
believeth in Jesus.
27 Where [is] boasting then? It is
excluded. By what law? of works? Nay:
but by the law of faith.
28 Therefore we conclude that a man is
justified by faith without the deeds of
the law.
29 [Is he] the God of the Jews only?
[is he] not also of the Gentiles? Yes,
of the Gentiles also:
30 Seeing [it is] one God, which shall
justify the circumcision by faith, and
uncircumcision through faith.
31 Do we then make void the law through
faith? God forbid: yea, we establish
the law.

CHAPTER 4
1 What shall we say then that Abraham
our father, as pertaining to the flesh,
hath found?
2 For if Abraham were justified by
works, he hath [whereof] to glory; but
not before God.
3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham
believed God, and it was counted unto
him for righteousness.
4 Now to him that worketh is the reward
not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
5 But to him that worketh not, but
believeth on him that justifieth the
ungodly, his faith is counted for
righteousness.
6 Even as David also describeth the
blessedness of the man, unto whom God
imputeth righteousness without works,
7 [Saying], Blessed [are] they whose
iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins
are covered.
8 Blessed [is] the man to whom the Lord
will not impute sin.
9 [Cometh] this blessedness then upon
the circumcision [only], or upon the
uncircumcision also? for we say that
faith was reckoned to Abraham for
righteousness.
10 How was it then reckoned? when he
was in circumcision, or in
uncircumcision? Not in circumcision,
but in uncircumcision.
11 And he received the sign of
circumcision, a seal of the
righteousness of the faith which [he
had yet] being uncircumcised: that he
might be the father of all them that
believe, though they be not
circumcised; that righteousness might
be imputed unto them also:
12 And the father of circumcision to
them who are not of the circumcision
only, but who also walk in the steps of
that faith of our father Abraham, which
[he had] being [yet] uncircumcised.
13 For the promise, that he should be
the heir of the world, [was] not to
Abraham, or to his seed, through the
law, but through the righteousness of
faith.
14 For if they which are of the law
[be] heirs, faith is made void, and the
promise made of none effect:
15 Because the law worketh wrath: for
where no law is, [there is] no
transgression.
16 Therefore [it is] of faith, that [it
might be] by grace; to the end the
promise might be sure to all the seed;
not to that only which is of the law,
but to that also which is of the faith
of Abraham; who is the father of us
all,
17 (As it is written, I have made thee
a father of many nations,) before him
whom he believed, [even] God, who
quickeneth the dead, and calleth those
things which be not as though they
were.
18 Who against hope believed in hope,
that he might become the father of many
nations, according to that which was
spoken, So shall thy seed be.
19 And being not weak in faith, he
considered not his own body now dead,
when he was about an hundred years old,
neither yet the deadness of Sara's
womb:
20 He staggered not at the promise of
God through unbelief; but was strong in
faith, giving glory to God;
21 And being fully persuaded that, what
he had promised, he was able also to
perform.
22 And therefore it was imputed to him
for righteousness.
23 Now it was not written for his sake
alone, that it was imputed to him;
24 But for us also, to whom it shall be
imputed, if we believe on him that
raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
25 Who was delivered for our offences,
and was raised again for our
justification.

CHAPTER 5
1 Therefore being justified by faith,
we have peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ:
2 By whom also we have access by faith
into this grace wherein we stand, and
rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
3 And not only [so], but we glory in
tribulations also: knowing that
tribulation worketh patience;
4 And patience, experience; and
experience, hope:
5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because
the love of God is shed abroad in our
hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given
unto us.
6 For when we were yet without
strength, in due time Christ died for
the ungodly.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will
one die: yet peradventure for a good
man some would even dare to die.
8 But God commendeth his love toward
us, in that, while we were yet sinners,
Christ died for us.
9 Much more then, being now justified
by his blood, we shall be saved from
wrath through him.
10 For if, when we were enemies, we
were reconciled to God by the death of
his Son, much more, being reconciled,
we shall be saved by his life.
11 And not only [so], but we also joy
in God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom we have now received the
atonement.
12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered
into the world, and death by sin; and
so death passed upon all men, for that
all have sinned:
13 (For until the law sin was in the
world: but sin is not imputed when
there is no law.
14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam
to Moses, even over them that had not
sinned after the similitude of Adam's
transgression, who is the figure of him
that was to come.
15 But not as the offence, so also [is]
the free gift. For if through the
offence of one many be dead, much more
the grace of God, and the gift by
grace, [which is] by one man, Jesus
Christ, hath abounded unto many.
16 And not as [it was] by one that
sinned, [so is] the gift: for the
judgment [was] by one to condemnation,
but the free gift [is] of many offences
unto justification.
17 For if by one man's offence death
reigned by one; much more they which
receive abundance of grace and of the
gift of righteousness shall reign in
life by one, Jesus Christ.)
18 Therefore as by the offence of one
[judgment came] upon all men to
condemnation; even so by the
righteousness of one [the free gift
came] upon all men unto justification
of life.
19 For as by one man's disobedience
many were made sinners, so by the
obedience of one shall many be made
righteous.
20 Moreover the law entered, that the
offence might abound. But where sin
abounded, grace did much more abound:
21 That as sin hath reigned unto death,
even so might grace reign through
righteousness unto eternal life by
Jesus Christ our Lord.

CHAPTER 6
1 What shall we say then? Shall we
continue in sin, that grace may abound?
2 God forbid. How shall we, that are
dead to sin, live any longer therein?
3 Know ye not, that so many of us as
were baptized into Jesus Christ were
baptized into his death?
4 Therefore we are buried with him by
baptism into death: that like as Christ
was raised up from the dead by the
glory of the Father, even so we also
should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together
in the likeness of his death, we shall
be also [in the likeness] of [his]
resurrection:
6 Knowing this, that our old man is
crucified with [him], that the body of
sin might be destroyed, that henceforth
we should not serve sin.
7 For he that is dead is freed from
sin.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we
believe that we shall also live with
him:
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from
the dead dieth no more; death hath no
more dominion over him.
10 For in that he died, he died unto
sin once: but in that he liveth, he
liveth unto God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves
to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive
unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
12 Let not sin therefore reign in your
mortal body, that ye should obey it in
the lusts thereof.
13 Neither yield ye your members [as]
instruments of unrighteousness unto
sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as
those that are alive from the dead, and
your members [as] instruments of
righteousness unto God.
14 For sin shall not have dominion over
you: for ye are not under the law, but
under grace.
15 What then? shall we sin, because we
are not under the law, but under grace?
God forbid.
16 Know ye not, that to whom ye yield
yourselves servants to obey, his
servants ye are to whom ye obey;
whether of sin unto death, or of
obedience unto righteousness?
17 But God be thanked, that ye were the
servants of sin, but ye have obeyed
from the heart that form of doctrine
which was delivered you.
18 Being then made free from sin, ye
became the servants of righteousness.
19 I speak after the manner of men
because of the infirmity of your flesh:
for as ye have yielded your members
servants to uncleanness and to iniquity
unto iniquity; even so now yield your
members servants to righteousness unto
holiness.
20 For when ye were the servants of
sin, ye were free from righteousness.
21 What fruit had ye then in those
things whereof ye are now ashamed? for
the end of those things [is] death.
22 But now being made free from sin,
and become servants to God, ye have
your fruit unto holiness, and the end
everlasting life.
23 For the wages of sin [is] death; but
the gift of God [is] eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord.

CHAPTER 7
1 Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak
to them that know the law,) how that
the law hath dominion over a man as
long as he liveth?
2 For the woman which hath an husband
is bound by the law to [her] husband so
long as he liveth; but if the husband
be dead, she is loosed from the law of
[her] husband.
3 So then if, while [her] husband
liveth, she be married to another man,
she shall be called an adulteress: but
if her husband be dead, she is free
from that law; so that she is no
adulteress, though she be married to
another man.
4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are
become dead to the law by the body of
Christ; that ye should be married to
another, [even] to him who is raised
from the dead, that we should bring
forth fruit unto God.
5 For when we were in the flesh, the
motions of sins, which were by the law,
did work in our members to bring forth
fruit unto death.
6 But now we are delivered from the
law, that being dead wherein we were
held; that we should serve in newness
of spirit, and not [in] the oldness of
the letter.
7 What shall we say then? [Is] the law
sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known
sin, but by the law: for I had not
known lust, except the law had said,
Thou shalt not covet.
8 But sin, taking occasion by the
commandment, wrought in me all manner
of concupiscence. For without the law
sin [was] dead.
9 For I was alive without the law once:
but when the commandment came, sin
revived, and I died.
10 And the commandment, which [was
ordained] to life, I found [to be] unto
death.
11 For sin, taking occasion by the
commandment, deceived me, and by it
slew [me].
12 Wherefore the law [is] holy, and the
commandment holy, and just, and good.
13 Was then that which is good made
death unto me? God forbid. But sin,
that it might appear sin, working death
in me by that which is good; that sin
by the commandment might become
exceeding sinful.
14 For we know that the law is
spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under
sin.
15 For that which I do I allow not: for
what I would, that do I not; but what I
hate, that do I.
16 If then I do that which I would not,
I consent unto the law that [it is]
good.
17 Now then it is no more I that do it,
but sin that dwelleth in me.
18 For I know that in me (that is, in
my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for
to will is present with me; but [how]
to perform that which is good I find
not.
19 For the good that I would I do not:
but the evil which I would not, that I
do.
20 Now if I do that I would not, it is
no more I that do it, but sin that
dwelleth in me.
21 I find then a law, that, when I
would do good, evil is present with me.
22 For I delight in the law of God
after the inward man:
23 But I see another law in my members,
warring against the law of my mind, and
bringing me into captivity to the law
of sin which is in my members.
24 O wretched man that I am! who shall
deliver me from the body of this death?
25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our
Lord. So then with the mind I myself
serve the law of God; but with the
flesh the law of sin.

CHAPTER 8
1 [There is] therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in
Christ Jesus, who walk not after the
flesh, but after the Spirit.
2 For the law of the Spirit of life in
Christ Jesus hath made me free from the
law of sin and death.
3 For what the law could not do, in
that it was weak through the flesh, God
sending his own Son in the likeness of
sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned
sin in the flesh:
4 That the righteousness of the law
might be fulfilled in us, who walk not
after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5 For they that are after the flesh do
mind the things of the flesh; but they
that are after the Spirit the things of
the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded [is] death;
but to be spiritually minded [is] life
and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind [is] enmity
against God: for it is not subject to
the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh
cannot please God.
9 But ye are not in the flesh, but in
the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of
God dwell in you. Now if any man have
not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of
his.
10 And if Christ [be] in you, the body
[is] dead because of sin; but the
Spirit [is] life because of
righteousness.
11 But if the Spirit of him that raised
up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he
that raised up Christ from the dead
shall also quicken your mortal bodies
by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors,
not to the flesh, to live after the
flesh.
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye
shall die: but if ye through the Spirit
do mortify the deeds of the body, ye
shall live.
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit
of God, they are the sons of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit
of bondage again to fear; but ye have
received the Spirit of adoption,
whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness
with our spirit, that we are the
children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs
of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if
so be that we suffer with [him], that
we may be also glorified together.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of
this present time [are] not worthy [to
be compared] with the glory which shall
be revealed in us.
19 For the earnest expectation of the
creature waiteth for the manifestation
of the sons of God.
20 For the creature was made subject to
vanity, not willingly, but by reason of
him who hath subjected [the same] in
hope,
21 Because the creature itself also
shall be delivered from the bondage of
corruption into the glorious liberty of
the children of God.
22 For we know that the whole creation
groaneth and travaileth in pain
together until now.
23 And not only [they], but ourselves
also, which have the firstfruits of the
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within
ourselves, waiting for the adoption,
[to wit], the redemption of our body.
24 For we are saved by hope: but hope
that is seen is not hope: for what a
man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?
25 But if we hope for that we see not,
[then] do we with patience wait for
[it].
26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmities: for we know not what we
should pray for as we ought: but the
Spirit itself maketh intercession for
us with groanings which cannot be
uttered.
27 And he that searcheth the hearts
knoweth what [is] the mind of the
Spirit, because he maketh intercession
for the saints according to [the will
of] God.
28 And we know that all things work
together for good to them that love
God, to them who are the called
according to [his] purpose.
29 For whom he did foreknow, he also
did predestinate [to be] conformed to
the image of his Son, that he might be
the firstborn among many brethren.
30 Moreover whom he did predestinate,
them he also called: and whom he
called, them he also justified: and
whom he justified, them he also
glorified.
31 What shall we then say to these
things? If God [be] for us, who [can
be] against us?
32 He that spared not his own Son, but
delivered him up for us all, how shall
he not with him also freely give us all
things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the
charge of God's elect? [It is] God that
justifieth.
34 Who [is] he that condemneth? [It is]
Christ that died, yea rather, that is
risen again, who is even at the right
hand of God, who also maketh
intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love
of Christ? [shall] tribulation, or
distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we
are killed all the day long; we are
accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more
than conquerors through him that loved
us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor
principalities, nor powers, nor things
present, nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other
creature, shall be able to separate us
from the love of God, which is in
Christ Jesus our Lord.

CHAPTER 9
1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not,
my conscience also bearing me witness
in the Holy Ghost,
2 That I have great heaviness and
continual sorrow in my heart.
3 For I could wish that myself were
accursed from Christ for my brethren,
my kinsmen according to the flesh:
4 Who are Israelites; to whom
[pertaineth] the adoption, and the
glory, and the covenants, and the
giving of the law, and the service [of
God], and the promises;
5 Whose [are] the fathers, and of whom
as concerning the flesh Christ [came],
who is over all, God blessed for ever.
Amen.
6 Not as though the word of God hath
taken none effect. For they [are] not
all Israel, which are of Israel:
7 Neither, because they are the seed of
Abraham, [are they] all children: but,
In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
8 That is, They which are the children
of the flesh, these [are] not the
children of God: but the children of
the promise are counted for the seed.
9 For this [is] the word of promise, At
this time will I come, and Sara shall
have a son.
10 And not only [this]; but when
Rebecca also had conceived by one,
[even] by our father Isaac;
11 (For [the children] being not yet
born, neither having done any good or
evil, that the purpose of God according
to election might stand, not of works,
but of him that calleth;)
12 It was said unto her, The elder
shall serve the younger.
13 As it is written, Jacob have I
loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? [Is there]
unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 For he saith to Moses, I will have
mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I
will have compassion on whom I will
have compassion.
16 So then [it is] not of him that
willeth, nor of him that runneth, but
of God that sheweth mercy.
17 For the scripture saith unto
Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose
have I raised thee up, that I might
shew my power in thee, and that my name
might be declared throughout all the
earth.
18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he
will [have mercy], and whom he will he
hardeneth.
19 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth
he yet find fault? For who hath
resisted his will?
20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that
repliest against God? Shall the thing
formed say to him that formed [it], Why
hast thou made me thus?
21 Hath not the potter power over the
clay, of the same lump to make one
vessel unto honour, and another unto
dishonour?
22 [What] if God, willing to shew [his]
wrath, and to make his power known,
endured with much longsuffering the
vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
23 And that he might make known the
riches of his glory on the vessels of
mercy, which he had afore prepared unto
glory,
24 Even us, whom he hath called, not of
the Jews only, but also of the
Gentiles?
25 As he saith also in Osee, I will
call them my people, which were not my
people; and her beloved, which was not
beloved.
26 And it shall come to pass, [that] in
the place where it was said unto them,
Ye [are] not my people; there shall
they be called the children of the
living God.
27 Esaias also crieth concerning
Israel, Though the number of the
children of Israel be as the sand of
the sea, a remnant shall be saved:
28 For he will finish the work, and cut
[it] short in righteousness: because a
short work will the Lord make upon the
earth.
29 And as Esaias said before, Except
the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed,
we had been as Sodoma, and been made
like unto Gomorrha.
30 What shall we say then? That the
Gentiles, which followed not after
righteousness, have attained to
righteousness, even the righteousness
which is of faith.
31 But Israel, which followed after the
law of righteousness, hath not attained
to the law of righteousness.
32 Wherefore? Because [they sought it]
not by faith, but as it were by the
works of the law. For they stumbled at
that stumblingstone;
33 As it is written, Behold, I lay in
Sion a stumblingstone and rock of
offence: and whosoever believeth on him
shall not be ashamed.

CHAPTER 10
1 Brethren, my heart's desire and
prayer to God for Israel is, that they
might be saved.
2 For I bear them record that they have
a zeal of God, but not according to
knowledge.
3 For they being ignorant of God's
righteousness, and going about to
establish their own righteousness, have
not submitted themselves unto the
righteousness of God.
4 For Christ [is] the end of the law
for righteousness to every one that
believeth.
5 For Moses describeth the
righteousness which is of the law, That
the man which doeth those things shall
live by them.
6 But the righteousness which is of
faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in
thine heart, Who shall ascend into
heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down
[from above]:)
7 Or, Who shall descend into the deep?
(that is, to bring up Christ again from
the dead.)
8 But what saith it? The word is nigh
thee, [even] in thy mouth, and in thy
heart: that is, the word of faith,
which we preach;
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy
mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe
in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
10 For with the heart man believeth
unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
11 For the scripture saith, Whosoever
believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
12 For there is no difference between
the Jew and the Greek: for the same
Lord over all is rich unto all that
call upon him.
13 For whosoever shall call upon the
name of the Lord shall be saved.
14 How then shall they call on him in
whom they have not believed? and how
shall they believe in him of whom they
have not heard? and how shall they hear
without a preacher?
15 And how shall they preach, except
they be sent? as it is written, How
beautiful are the feet of them that
preach the gospel of peace, and bring
glad tidings of good things!
16 But they have not all obeyed the
gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who
hath believed our report?
17 So then faith [cometh] by hearing,
and hearing by the word of God.
18 But I say, Have they not heard? Yes
verily, their sound went into all the
earth, and their words unto the ends of
the world.
19 But I say, Did not Israel know?
First Moses saith, I will provoke you
to jealousy by [them that are] no
people, [and] by a foolish nation I
will anger you.
20 But Esaias is very bold, and saith,
I was found of them that sought me not;
I was made manifest unto them that
asked not after me.
21 But to Israel he saith, All day long
I have stretched forth my hands unto a
disobedient and gainsaying people.

CHAPTER 11
1 I say then, Hath God cast away his
people? God forbid. For I also am an
Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, [of]
the tribe of Benjamin.
2 God hath not cast away his people
which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the
scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh
intercession to God against Israel,
saying,
3 Lord, they have killed thy prophets,
and digged down thine altars; and I am
left alone, and they seek my life.
4 But what saith the answer of God unto
him? I have reserved to myself seven
thousand men, who have not bowed the
knee to [the image of] Baal.
5 Even so then at this present time
also there is a remnant according to
the election of grace.
6 And if by grace, then [is it] no more
of works: otherwise grace is no more
grace. But if [it be] of works, then is
it no more grace: otherwise work is no
more work.
7 What then? Israel hath not obtained
that which he seeketh for; but the
election hath obtained it, and the rest
were blinded
8 (According as it is written, God hath
given them the spirit of slumber, eyes
that they should not see, and ears that
they should not hear;) unto this day.
9 And David saith, Let their table be
made a snare, and a trap, and a
stumblingblock, and a recompence unto
them:
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that
they may not see, and bow down their
back alway.
11 I say then, Have they stumbled that
they should fall? God forbid: but
[rather] through their fall salvation
[is come] unto the Gentiles, for to
provoke them to jealousy.
12 Now if the fall of them [be] the
riches of the world, and the
diminishing of them the riches of the
Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
13 For I speak to you Gentiles,
inasmuch as I am the apostle of the
Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
14 If by any means I may provoke to
emulation [them which are] my flesh,
and might save some of them.
15 For if the casting away of them [be]
the reconciling of the world, what
[shall] the receiving [of them be], but
life from the dead?
16 For if the firstfruit [be] holy, the
lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root
[be] holy, so [are] the branches.
17 And if some of the branches be
broken off, and thou, being a wild
olive tree, wert graffed in among them,
and with them partakest of the root and
fatness of the olive tree;
18 Boast not against the branches. But
if thou boast, thou bearest not the
root, but the root thee.
19 Thou wilt say then, The branches
were broken off, that I might be
graffed in.
20 Well; because of unbelief they were
broken off, and thou standest by faith.
Be not highminded, but fear:
21 For if God spared not the natural
branches, [take heed] lest he also
spare not thee.
22 Behold therefore the goodness and
severity of God: on them which fell,
severity; but toward thee, goodness, if
thou continue in [his] goodness:
otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
23 And they also, if they abide not
still in unbelief, shall be graffed in:
for God is able to graff them in again.
24 For if thou wert cut out of the
olive tree which is wild by nature, and
wert graffed contrary to nature into a
good olive tree: how much more shall
these, which be the natural [branches],
be graffed into their own olive tree?
25 For I would not, brethren, that ye
should be ignorant of this mystery,
lest ye should be wise in your own
conceits; that blindness in part is
happened to Israel, until the fulness
of the Gentiles be come in.
26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as
it is written, There shall come out of
Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away
ungodliness from Jacob:
27 For this [is] my covenant unto them,
when I shall take away their sins.
28 As concerning the gospel, [they are]
enemies for your sakes: but as touching
the election, [they are] beloved for
the fathers' sakes.
29 For the gifts and calling of God
[are] without repentance.
30 For as ye in times past have not
believed God, yet have now obtained
mercy through their unbelief:
31 Even so have these also now not
believed, that through your mercy they
also may obtain mercy.
32 For God hath concluded them all in
unbelief, that he might have mercy upon
all.
33 O the depth of the riches both of
the wisdom and knowledge of God! how
unsearchable [are] his judgments, and
his ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of the
Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and
it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and through him, and to
him, [are] all things: to whom [be]
glory for ever. Amen.

CHAPTER 12
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by
the mercies of God, that ye present
your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, [which is] your
reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world:
but be ye transformed by the renewing
of your mind, that ye may prove what
[is] that good, and acceptable, and
perfect, will of God.
3 For I say, through the grace given
unto me, to every man that is among
you, not to think [of himself] more
highly than he ought to think; but to
think soberly, according as God hath
dealt to every man the measure of
faith.
4 For as we have many members in one
body, and all members have not the same
office:
5 So we, [being] many, are one body in
Christ, and every one members one of
another.
6 Having then gifts differing according
to the grace that is given to us,
whether prophecy, [let us prophesy]
according to the proportion of faith;
7 Or ministry, [let us wait] on [our]
ministering: or he that teacheth, on
teaching;
8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation:
he that giveth, [let him do it] with
simplicity; he that ruleth, with
diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with
cheerfulness.
9 [Let] love be without dissimulation.
Abhor that which is evil; cleave to
that which is good.
10 [Be] kindly affectioned one to
another with brotherly love; in honour
preferring one another;
11 Not slothful in business; fervent in
spirit; serving the Lord;
12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in
tribulation; continuing instant in
prayer;
13 Distributing to the necessity of
saints; given to hospitality.
14 Bless them which persecute you:
bless, and curse not.
15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice,
and weep with them that weep.
16 [Be] of the same mind one toward
another. Mind not high things, but
condescend to men of low estate. Be not
wise in your own conceits.
17 Recompense to no man evil for evil.
Provide things honest in the sight of
all men.
18 If it be possible, as much as lieth
in you, live peaceably with all men.
19 Dearly beloved, avenge not
yourselves, but [rather] give place
unto wrath: for it is written,
Vengeance [is] mine; I will repay,
saith the Lord.
20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger,
feed him; if he thirst, give him drink:
for in so doing thou shalt heap coals
of fire on his head.
21 Be not overcome of evil, but
overcome evil with good.

CHAPTER 13
1 Let every soul be subject unto the
higher powers. For there is no power
but of God: the powers that be are
ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the
power, resisteth the ordinance of God:
and they that resist shall receive to
themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good
works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then
not be afraid of the power? do that
which is good, and thou shalt have
praise of the same:
4 For he is the minister of God to thee
for good. But if thou do that which is
evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the
sword in vain: for he is the minister
of God, a revenger to [execute] wrath
upon him that doeth evil.
5 Wherefore [ye] must needs be subject,
not only for wrath, but also for
conscience sake.
6 For for this cause pay ye tribute
also: for they are God's ministers,
attending continually upon this very
thing.
7 Render therefore to all their dues:
tribute to whom tribute [is due];
custom to whom custom; fear to whom
fear; honour to whom honour.
8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one
another: for he that loveth another
hath fulfilled the law.
9 For this, Thou shalt not commit
adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear
false witness, Thou shalt not covet;
and if [there be] any other
commandment, it is briefly comprehended
in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love
thy neighbour as thyself.
10 Love worketh no ill to his
neighbour: therefore love [is] the
fulfilling of the law.
11 And that, knowing the time, that now
[it is] high time to awake out of
sleep: for now [is] our salvation
nearer than when we believed.
12 The night is far spent, the day is
at hand: let us therefore cast off the
works of darkness, and let us put on
the armour of light.
13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day;
not in rioting and drunkenness, not in
chambering and wantonness, not in
strife and envying.
14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ,
and make not provision for the flesh,
to [fulfil] the lusts [thereof].

CHAPTER 14
1 Him that is weak in the faith receive
ye, [but] not to doubtful disputations.
2 For one believeth that he may eat all
things: another, who is weak, eateth
herbs.
3 Let not him that eateth despise him
that eateth not; and let not him which
eateth not judge him that eateth: for
God hath received him.
4 Who art thou that judgest another
man's servant? to his own master he
standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be
holden up: for God is able to make him
stand.
5 One man esteemeth one day above
another: another esteemeth every day
[alike]. Let every man be fully
persuaded in his own mind.
6 He that regardeth the day, regardeth
[it] unto the Lord; and he that
regardeth not the day, to the Lord he
doth not regard [it]. He that eateth,
eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God
thanks; and he that eateth not, to the
Lord he eateth not, and giveth God
thanks.
7 For none of us liveth to himself, and
no man dieth to himself.
8 For whether we live, we live unto the
Lord; and whether we die, we die unto
the Lord: whether we live therefore, or
die, we are the Lord's.
9 For to this end Christ both died, and
rose, and revived, that he might be
Lord both of the dead and living.
10 But why dost thou judge thy brother?
or why dost thou set at nought thy
brother? for we shall all stand before
the judgment seat of Christ.
11 For it is written, [As] I live,
saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to
me, and every tongue shall confess to
God.
12 So then every one of us shall give
account of himself to God.
13 Let us not therefore judge one
another any more: but judge this
rather, that no man put a
stumblingblock or an occasion to fall
in [his] brother's way.
14 I know, and am persuaded by the Lord
Jesus, that [there is] nothing unclean
of itself: but to him that esteemeth
any thing to be unclean, to him [it is]
unclean.
15 But if thy brother be grieved with
[thy] meat, now walkest thou not
charitably. Destroy not him with thy
meat, for whom Christ died.
16 Let not then your good be evil
spoken of:
17 For the kingdom of God is not meat
and drink; but righteousness, and
peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18 For he that in these things serveth
Christ [is] acceptable to God, and
approved of men.
19 Let us therefore follow after the
things which make for peace, and things
wherewith one may edify another.
20 For meat destroy not the work of
God. All things indeed [are] pure; but
[it is] evil for that man who eateth
with offence.
21 [It is] good neither to eat flesh,
nor to drink wine, nor [any thing]
whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is
offended, or is made weak.
22 Hast thou faith? have [it] to
thyself before God. Happy [is] he that
condemneth not himself in that thing
which he alloweth.
23 And he that doubteth is damned if he
eat, because [he eateth] not of faith:
for whatsoever [is] not of faith is
sin.

CHAPTER 15
1 We then that are strong ought to bear
the infirmities of the weak, and not to
please ourselves.
2 Let every one of us please [his]
neighbour for [his] good to
edification.
3 For even Christ pleased not himself;
but, as it is written, The reproaches
of them that reproached thee fell on
me.
4 For whatsoever things were written
aforetime were written for our
learning, that we through patience and
comfort of the scriptures might have
hope.
5 Now the God of patience and
consolation grant you to be likeminded
one toward another according to Christ
Jesus:
6 That ye may with one mind [and] one
mouth glorify God, even the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
7 Wherefore receive ye one another, as
Christ also received us to the glory of
God.
8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a
minister of the circumcision for the
truth of God, to confirm the promises
[made] unto the fathers:
9 And that the Gentiles might glorify
God for [his] mercy; as it is written,
For this cause I will confess to thee
among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy
name.
10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye
Gentiles, with his people.
11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye
Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people.
12 And again, Esaias saith, There shall
be a root of Jesse, and he that shall
rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him
shall the Gentiles trust.
13 Now the God of hope fill you with
all joy and peace in believing, that ye
may abound in hope, through the power
of the Holy Ghost.
14 And I myself also am persuaded of
you, my brethren, that ye also are full
of goodness, filled with all knowledge,
able also to admonish one another.
15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have
written the more boldly unto you in
some sort, as putting you in mind,
because of the grace that is given to
me of God,
16 That I should be the minister of
Jesus Christ to the Gentiles,
ministering the gospel of God, that the
offering up of the Gentiles might be
acceptable, being sanctified by the
Holy Ghost.
17 I have therefore whereof I may glory
through Jesus Christ in those things
which pertain to God.
18 For I will not dare to speak of any
of those things which Christ hath not
wrought by me, to make the Gentiles
obedient, by word and deed,
19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by
the power of the Spirit of God; so that
from Jerusalem, and round about unto
Illyricum, I have fully preached the
gospel of Christ.
20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the
gospel, not where Christ was named,
lest I should build upon another man's
foundation:
21 But as it is written, To whom he was
not spoken of, they shall see: and they
that have not heard shall understand.
22 For which cause also I have been
much hindered from coming to you.
23 But now having no more place in
these parts, and having a great desire
these many years to come unto you;
24 Whensoever I take my journey into
Spain, I will come to you: for I trust
to see you in my journey, and to be
brought on my way thitherward by you,
if first I be somewhat filled with your
[company].
25 But now I go unto Jerusalem to
minister unto the saints.
26 For it hath pleased them of
Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain
contribution for the poor saints which
are at Jerusalem.
27 It hath pleased them verily; and
their debtors they are. For if the
Gentiles have been made partakers of
their spiritual things, their duty is
also to minister unto them in carnal
things.
28 When therefore I have performed
this, and have sealed to them this
fruit, I will come by you into Spain.
29 And I am sure that, when I come unto
you, I shall come in the fulness of the
blessing of the gospel of Christ.
30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for the
Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the
love of the Spirit, that ye strive
together with me in [your] prayers to
God for me;
31 That I may be delivered from them
that do not believe in Judaea; and that
my service which [I have] for Jerusalem
may be accepted of the saints;
32 That I may come unto you with joy by
the will of God, and may with you be
refreshed.
33 Now the God of peace [be] with you
all. Amen.

CHAPTER 16
1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister,
which is a servant of the church which
is at Cenchrea:
2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as
becometh saints, and that ye assist her
in whatsoever business she hath need of
you: for she hath been a succourer of
many, and of myself also.
3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers
in Christ Jesus:
4 Who have for my life laid down their
own necks: unto whom not only I give
thanks, but also all the churches of
the Gentiles.
5 Likewise [greet] the church that is
in their house. Salute my wellbeloved
Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of
Achaia unto Christ.
6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour
on us.
7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my
kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who
are of note among the apostles, who
also were in Christ before me.
8 Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord.
9 Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ,
and Stachys my beloved.
10 Salute Apelles approved in Christ.
Salute them which are of Aristobulus'
[household].
11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet
them that be of the [household] of
Narcissus, which are in the Lord.
12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who
labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved
Persis, which laboured much in the
Lord.
13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and
his mother and mine.
14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas,
Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren
which are with them.
15 Salute Philologus, and Julia,
Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas,
and all the saints which are with them.
16 Salute one another with an holy
kiss. The churches of Christ salute
you.
17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark
them which cause divisions and offences
contrary to the doctrine which ye have
learned; and avoid them.
18 For they that are such serve not our
Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly;
and by good words and fair speeches
deceive the hearts of the simple.
19 For your obedience is come abroad
unto all [men]. I am glad therefore on
your behalf: but yet I would have you
wise unto that which is good, and
simple concerning evil.
20 And the God of peace shall bruise
Satan under your feet shortly. The
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be]
with you. Amen.
21 Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius,
and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen,
salute you.
22 I Tertius, who wrote [this] epistle,
salute you in the Lord.
23 Gaius mine host, and of the whole
church, saluteth you. Erastus the
chamberlain of the city saluteth you,
and Quartus a brother.
24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
[be] with you all. Amen.
25 Now to him that is of power to
stablish you according to my gospel,
and the preaching of Jesus Christ,
according to the revelation of the
mystery, which was kept secret since
the world began,
26 But now is made manifest, and by the
scriptures of the prophets, according
to the commandment of the everlasting
God, made known to all nations for the
obedience of faith:
27 To God only wise, [be] glory through
Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
# Written to the Romans from Corinthus,
[and sent] by Phebe servant of the
church at Cenchrea.

THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE CORINTHIANS

CHAPTER 1
1 Paul, called [to be] an apostle of
Jesus Christ through the will of God,
and Sosthenes [our] brother,
2 Unto the church of God which is at
Corinth, to them that are sanctified in
Christ Jesus, called [to be] saints,
with all that in every place call upon
the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both
their's and our's:
3 Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from
God our Father, and [from] the Lord
Jesus Christ.
4 I thank my God always on your behalf,
for the grace of God which is given you
by Jesus Christ;
5 That in every thing ye are enriched
by him, in all utterance, and [in] all
knowledge;
6 Even as the testimony of Christ was
confirmed in you:
7 So that ye come behind in no gift;
waiting for the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ:
8 Who shall also confirm you unto the
end, [that ye may be] blameless in the
day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 God [is] faithful, by whom ye were
called unto the fellowship of his Son
Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye
all speak the same thing, and [that]
there be no divisions among you; but
[that] ye be perfectly joined together
in the same mind and in the same
judgment.
11 For it hath been declared unto me of
you, my brethren, by them [which are of
the house] of Chloe, that there are
contentions among you.
12 Now this I say, that every one of
you saith, I am of Paul; and I of
Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of
Christ.
13 Is Christ divided? was Paul
crucified for you? or were ye baptized
in the name of Paul?
14 I thank God that I baptized none of
you, but Crispus and Gaius;
15 Lest any should say that I had
baptized in mine own name.
16 And I baptized also the household of
Stephanas: besides, I know not whether
I baptized any other.
17 For Christ sent me not to baptize,
but to preach the gospel: not with
wisdom of words, lest the cross of
Christ should be made of none effect.
18 For the preaching of the cross is to
them that perish foolishness; but unto
us which are saved it is the power of
God.
19 For it is written, I will destroy
the wisdom of the wise, and will bring
to nothing the understanding of the
prudent.
20 Where [is] the wise? where [is] the
scribe? where [is] the disputer of this
world? hath not God made foolish the
wisdom of this world?
21 For after that in the wisdom of God
the world by wisdom knew not God, it
pleased God by the foolishness of
preaching to save them that believe.
22 For the Jews require a sign, and the
Greeks seek after wisdom:
23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto
the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the
Greeks foolishness;
24 But unto them which are called, both
Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of
God, and the wisdom of God.
25 Because the foolishness of God is
wiser than men; and the weakness of God
is stronger than men.
26 For ye see your calling, brethren,
how that not many wise men after the
flesh, not many mighty, not many noble,
[are called]:
27 But God hath chosen the foolish
things of the world to confound the
wise; and God hath chosen the weak
things of the world to confound the
things which are mighty;
28 And base things of the world, and
things which are despised, hath God
chosen, [yea], and things which are
not, to bring to nought things that
are:
29 That no flesh should glory in his
presence.
30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus,
who of God is made unto us wisdom, and
righteousness, and sanctification, and
redemption:
31 That, according as it is written, He
that glorieth, let him glory in the
Lord.

CHAPTER 2
1 And I, brethren, when I came to you,
came not with excellency of speech or
of wisdom, declaring unto you the
testimony of God.
2 For I determined not to know any
thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and
him crucified.
3 And I was with you in weakness, and
in fear, and in much trembling.
4 And my speech and my preaching [was]
not with enticing words of man's
wisdom, but in demonstration of the
Spirit and of power:
5 That your faith should not stand in
the wisdom of men, but in the power of
God.
6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them
that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of
this world, nor of the princes of this
world, that come to nought:
7 But we speak the wisdom of God in a
mystery, [even] the hidden [wisdom],
which God ordained before the world
unto our glory:
8 Which none of the princes of this
world knew: for had they known [it],
they would not have crucified the Lord
of glory.
9 But as it is written, Eye hath not
seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the
things which God hath prepared for them
that love him.
10 But God hath revealed [them] unto us
by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth
all things, yea, the deep things of
God.
11 For what man knoweth the things of a
man, save the spirit of man which is in
him? even so the things of God knoweth
no man, but the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit
of the world, but the spirit which is
of God; that we might know the things
that are freely given to us of God.
13 Which things also we speak, not in
the words which man's wisdom teacheth,
but which the Holy Ghost teacheth;
comparing spiritual things with
spiritual.
14 But the natural man receiveth not
the things of the Spirit of God: for
they are foolishness unto him: neither
can he know [them], because they are
spiritually discerned.
15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all
things, yet he himself is judged of no
man.
16 For who hath known the mind of the
Lord, that he may instruct him? But we
have the mind of Christ.

CHAPTER 3
1 And I, brethren, could not speak unto
you as unto spiritual, but as unto
carnal, [even] as unto babes in Christ.
2 I have fed you with milk, and not
with meat: for hitherto ye were not
able [to bear it], neither yet now are
ye able.
3 For ye are yet carnal: for whereas
[there is] among you envying, and
strife, and divisions, are ye not
carnal, and walk as men?
4 For while one saith, I am of Paul;
and another, I [am] of Apollos; are ye
not carnal?
5 Who then is Paul, and who [is]
Apollos, but ministers by whom ye
believed, even as the Lord gave to
every man?
6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but
God gave the increase.
7 So then neither is he that planteth
any thing, neither he that watereth;
but God that giveth the increase.
8 Now he that planteth and he that
watereth are one: and every man shall
receive his own reward according to his
own labour.
9 For we are labourers together with
God: ye are God's husbandry, [ye are]
God's building.
10 According to the grace of God which
is given unto me, as a wise
masterbuilder, I have laid the
foundation, and another buildeth
thereon. But let every man take heed
how he buildeth thereupon.
11 For other foundation can no man lay
than that is laid, which is Jesus
Christ.
12 Now if any man build upon this
foundation gold, silver, precious
stones, wood, hay, stubble;
13 Every man's work shall be made
manifest: for the day shall declare it,
because it shall be revealed by fire;
and the fire shall try every man's work
of what sort it is.
14 If any man's work abide which he
hath built thereupon, he shall receive
a reward.
15 If any man's work shall be burned,
he shall suffer loss: but he himself
shall be saved; yet so as by fire.
16 Know ye not that ye are the temple
of God, and [that] the Spirit of God
dwelleth in you?
17 If any man defile the temple of God,
him shall God destroy; for the temple
of God is holy, which [temple] ye are.
18 Let no man deceive himself. If any
man among you seemeth to be wise in
this world, let him become a fool, that
he may be wise.
19 For the wisdom of this world is
foolishness with God. For it is
written, He taketh the wise in their
own craftiness.
20 And again, The Lord knoweth the
thoughts of the wise, that they are
vain.
21 Therefore let no man glory in men.
For all things are your's;
22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas,
or the world, or life, or death, or
things present, or things to come; all
are your's;
23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ [is]
God's.

CHAPTER 4
1 Let a man so account of us, as of the
ministers of Christ, and stewards of
the mysteries of God.
2 Moreover it is required in stewards,
that a man be found faithful.
3 But with me it is a very small thing
that I should be judged of you, or of
man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine
own self.
4 For I know nothing by myself; yet am
I not hereby justified: but he that
judgeth me is the Lord.
5 Therefore judge nothing before the
time, until the Lord come, who both
will bring to light the hidden things
of darkness, and will make manifest the
counsels of the hearts: and then shall
every man have praise of God.
6 And these things, brethren, I have in
a figure transferred to myself and [to]
Apollos for your sakes; that ye might
learn in us not to think [of men] above
that which is written, that no one of
you be puffed up for one against
another.
7 For who maketh thee to differ [from
another]? and what hast thou that thou
didst not receive? now if thou didst
receive [it], why dost thou glory, as
if thou hadst not received [it]?
8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye
have reigned as kings without us: and I
would to God ye did reign, that we also
might reign with you.
9 For I think that God hath set forth
us the apostles last, as it were
appointed to death: for we are made a
spectacle unto the world, and to
angels, and to men.
10 We [are] fools for Christ's sake,
but ye [are] wise in Christ; we [are]
weak, but ye [are] strong; ye [are]
honourable, but we [are] despised.
11 Even unto this present hour we both
hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and
are buffeted, and have no certain
dwellingplace;
12 And labour, working with our own
hands: being reviled, we bless; being
persecuted, we suffer it:
13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are
made as the filth of the world, [and
are] the offscouring of all things unto
this day.
14 I write not these things to shame
you, but as my beloved sons I warn
[you].
15 For though ye have ten thousand
instructors in Christ, yet [have ye]
not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I
have begotten you through the gospel.
16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye
followers of me.
17 For this cause have I sent unto you
Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and
faithful in the Lord, who shall bring
you into remembrance of my ways which
be in Christ, as I teach every where in
every church.
18 Now some are puffed up, as though I
would not come to you.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if
the Lord will, and will know, not the
speech of them which are puffed up, but
the power.
20 For the kingdom of God [is] not in
word, but in power.
21 What will ye? shall I come unto you
with a rod, or in love, and [in] the
spirit of meekness?

CHAPTER 5
1 It is reported commonly [that there
is] fornication among you, and such
fornication as is not so much as named
among the Gentiles, that one should
have his father's wife.
2 And ye are puffed up, and have not
rather mourned, that he that hath done
this deed might be taken away from
among you.
3 For I verily, as absent in body, but
present in spirit, have judged already,
as though I were present, [concerning]
him that hath so done this deed,
4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
when ye are gathered together, and my
spirit, with the power of our Lord
Jesus Christ,
5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for
the destruction of the flesh, that the
spirit may be saved in the day of the
Lord Jesus.
6 Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye
not that a little leaven leaveneth the
whole lump?
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven,
that ye may be a new lump, as ye are
unleavened. For even Christ our
passover is sacrificed for us:
8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not
with old leaven, neither with the
leaven of malice and wickedness; but
with the unleavened [bread] of
sincerity and truth.
9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to
company with fornicators:
10 Yet not altogether with the
fornicators of this world, or with the
covetous, or extortioners, or with
idolaters; for then must ye needs go
out of the world.
11 But now I have written unto you not
to keep company, if any man that is
called a brother be a fornicator, or
covetous, or an idolater, or a railer,
or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with
such an one no not to eat.
12 For what have I to do to judge them
also that are without? do not ye judge
them that are within?
13 But them that are without God
judgeth. Therefore put away from among
yourselves that wicked person.

CHAPTER 6
1 Dare any of you, having a matter
against another, go to law before the
unjust, and not before the saints?
2 Do ye not know that the saints shall
judge the world? and if the world shall
be judged by you, are ye unworthy to
judge the smallest matters?
3 Know ye not that we shall judge
angels? how much more things that
pertain to this life?
4 If then ye have judgments of things
pertaining to this life, set them to
judge who are least esteemed in the
church.
5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, that
there is not a wise man among you? no,
not one that shall be able to judge
between his brethren?
6 But brother goeth to law with
brother, and that before the
unbelievers.
7 Now therefore there is utterly a
fault among you, because ye go to law
one with another. Why do ye not rather
take wrong? why do ye not rather
[suffer yourselves to] be defrauded?
8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and
that [your] brethren.
9 Know ye not that the unrighteous
shall not inherit the kingdom of God?
Be not deceived: neither fornicators,
nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor
effeminate, nor abusers of themselves
with mankind,
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, nor
extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom
of God.
11 And such were some of you: but ye
are washed, but ye are sanctified, but
ye are justified in the name of the
Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our
God.
12 All things are lawful unto me, but
all things are not expedient: all
things are lawful for me, but I will
not be brought under the power of any.
13 Meats for the belly, and the belly
for meats: but God shall destroy both
it and them. Now the body [is] not for
fornication, but for the Lord; and the
Lord for the body.
14 And God hath both raised up the
Lord, and will also raise up us by his
own power.
15 Know ye not that your bodies are the
members of Christ? shall I then take
the members of Christ, and make [them]
the members of an harlot? God forbid.
16 What? know ye not that he which is
joined to an harlot is one body? for
two, saith he, shall be one flesh.
17 But he that is joined unto the Lord
is one spirit.
18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a
man doeth is without the body; but he
that committeth fornication sinneth
against his own body.
19 What? know ye not that your body is
the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is]
in you, which ye have of God, and ye
are not your own?
20 For ye are bought with a price:
therefore glorify God in your body, and
in your spirit, which are God's.

CHAPTER 7
1 Now concerning the things whereof ye
wrote unto me: [It is] good for a man
not to touch a woman.
2 Nevertheless, [to avoid] fornication,
let every man have his own wife, and
let every woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband render unto the wife
due benevolence: and likewise also the
wife unto the husband.
4 The wife hath not power of her own
body, but the husband: and likewise
also the husband hath not power of his
own body, but the wife.
5 Defraud ye not one the other, except
[it be] with consent for a time, that
ye may give yourselves to fasting and
prayer; and come together again, that
Satan tempt you not for your
incontinency.
6 But I speak this by permission, [and]
not of commandment.
7 For I would that all men were even as
I myself. But every man hath his proper
gift of God, one after this manner, and
another after that.
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and
widows, It is good for them if they
abide even as I.
9 But if they cannot contain, let them
marry: for it is better to marry than
to burn.
10 And unto the married I command,
[yet] not I, but the Lord, Let not the
wife depart from [her] husband:
11 But and if she depart, let her
remain unmarried, or be reconciled to
[her] husband: and let not the husband
put away [his] wife.
12 But to the rest speak I, not the
Lord: If any brother hath a wife that
believeth not, and she be pleased to
dwell with him, let him not put her
away.
13 And the woman which hath an husband
that believeth not, and if he be
pleased to dwell with her, let her not
leave him.
14 For the unbelieving husband is
sanctified by the wife, and the
unbelieving wife is sanctified by the
husband: else were your children
unclean; but now are they holy.
15 But if the unbelieving depart, let
him depart. A brother or a sister is
not under bondage in such [cases]: but
God hath called us to peace.
16 For what knowest thou, O wife,
whether thou shalt save [thy] husband?
or how knowest thou, O man, whether
thou shalt save [thy] wife?
17 But as God hath distributed to every
man, as the Lord hath called every one,
so let him walk. And so ordain I in all
churches.
18 Is any man called being circumcised?
let him not become uncircumcised. Is
any called in uncircumcision? let him
not be circumcised.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and
uncircumcision is nothing, but the
keeping of the commandments of God.
20 Let every man abide in the same
calling wherein he was called.
21 Art thou called [being] a servant?
care not for it: but if thou mayest be
made free, use [it] rather.
22 For he that is called in the Lord,
[being] a servant, is the Lord's
freeman: likewise also he that is
called, [being] free, is Christ's
servant.
23 Ye are bought with a price; be not
ye the servants of men.
24 Brethren, let every man, wherein he
is called, therein abide with God.
25 Now concerning virgins I have no
commandment of the Lord: yet I give my
judgment, as one that hath obtained
mercy of the Lord to be faithful.
26 I suppose therefore that this is
good for the present distress, [I say],
that [it is] good for a man so to be.
27 Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not
to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a
wife? seek not a wife.
28 But and if thou marry, thou hast not
sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath
not sinned. Nevertheless such shall
have trouble in the flesh: but I spare
you.
29 But this I say, brethren, the time
[is] short: it remaineth, that both
they that have wives be as though they
had none;
30 And they that weep, as though they
wept not; and they that rejoice, as
though they rejoiced not; and they that
buy, as though they possessed not;
31 And they that use this world, as not
abusing [it]: for the fashion of this
world passeth away.
32 But I would have you without
carefulness. He that is unmarried
careth for the things that belong to
the Lord, how he may please the Lord:
33 But he that is married careth for
the things that are of the world, how
he may please [his] wife.
34 There is difference [also] between a
wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman
careth for the things of the Lord, that
she may be holy both in body and in
spirit: but she that is married careth
for the things of the world, how she
may please [her] husband.
35 And this I speak for your own
profit; not that I may cast a snare
upon you, but for that which is comely,
and that ye may attend upon the Lord
without distraction.
36 But if any man think that he
behaveth himself uncomely toward his
virgin, if she pass the flower of [her]
age, and need so require, let him do
what he will, he sinneth not: let them
marry.
37 Nevertheless he that standeth
stedfast in his heart, having no
necessity, but hath power over his own
will, and hath so decreed in his heart
that he will keep his virgin, doeth
well.
38 So then he that giveth [her] in
marriage doeth well; but he that giveth
[her] not in marriage doeth better.
39 The wife is bound by the law as long
as her husband liveth; but if her
husband be dead, she is at liberty to
be married to whom she will; only in
the Lord.
40 But she is happier if she so abide,
after my judgment: and I think also
that I have the Spirit of God.

CHAPTER 8
1 Now as touching things offered unto
idols, we know that we all have
knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but
charity edifieth.
2 And if any man think that he knoweth
any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he
ought to know.
3 But if any man love God, the same is
known of him.
4 As concerning therefore the eating of
those things that are offered in
sacrifice unto idols, we know that an
idol [is] nothing in the world, and
that [there is] none other God but one.
5 For though there be that are called
gods, whether in heaven or in earth,
(as there be gods many, and lords
many,)
6 But to us [there is but] one God, the
Father, of whom [are] all things, and
we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ,
by whom [are] all things, and we by
him.
7 Howbeit [there is] not in every man
that knowledge: for some with
conscience of the idol unto this hour
eat [it] as a thing offered unto an
idol; and their conscience being weak
is defiled.
8 But meat commendeth us not to God:
for neither, if we eat, are we the
better; neither, if we eat not, are we
the worse.
9 But take heed lest by any means this
liberty of your's become a
stumblingblock to them that are weak.
10 For if any man see thee which hast
knowledge sit at meat in the idol's
temple, shall not the conscience of him
which is weak be emboldened to eat
those things which are offered to
idols;
11 And through thy knowledge shall the
weak brother perish, for whom Christ
died?
12 But when ye sin so against the
brethren, and wound their weak
conscience, ye sin against Christ.
13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother
to offend, I will eat no flesh while
the world standeth, lest I make my
brother to offend.

CHAPTER 9
1 Am I not an apostle? am I not free?
have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord?
are not ye my work in the Lord?
2 If I be not an apostle unto others,
yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal
of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord.
3 Mine answer to them that do examine
me is this,
4 Have we not power to eat and to
drink?
5 Have we not power to lead about a
sister, a wife, as well as other
apostles, and [as] the brethren of the
Lord, and Cephas?
6 Or I only and Barnabas, have not we
power to forbear working?
7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his
own charges? who planteth a vineyard,
and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or
who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of
the milk of the flock?
8 Say I these things as a man? or saith
not the law the same also?
9 For it is written in the law of
Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth
of the ox that treadeth out the corn.
Doth God take care for oxen?
10 Or saith he [it] altogether for our
sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, [this]
is written: that he that ploweth should
plow in hope; and that he that
thresheth in hope should be partaker of
his hope.
11 If we have sown unto you spiritual
things, [is it] a great thing if we
shall reap your carnal things?
12 If others be partakers of [this]
power over you, [are] not we rather?
Nevertheless we have not used this
power; but suffer all things, lest we
should hinder the gospel of Christ.
13 Do ye not know that they which
minister about holy things live [of the
things] of the temple? and they which
wait at the altar are partakers with
the altar?
14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that
they which preach the gospel should
live of the gospel.
15 But I have used none of these
things: neither have I written these
things, that it should be so done unto
me: for [it were] better for me to die,
than that any man should make my
glorying void.
16 For though I preach the gospel, I
have nothing to glory of: for necessity
is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me,
if I preach not the gospel!
17 For if I do this thing willingly, I
have a reward: but if against my will,
a dispensation [of the gospel] is
committed unto me.
18 What is my reward then? [Verily]
that, when I preach the gospel, I may
make the gospel of Christ without
charge, that I abuse not my power in
the gospel.
19 For though I be free from all [men],
yet have I made myself servant unto
all, that I might gain the more.
20 And unto the Jews I became as a Jew,
that I might gain the Jews; to them
that are under the law, as under the
law, that I might gain them that are
under the law;
21 To them that are without law, as
without law, (being not without law to
God, but under the law to Christ,) that
I might gain them that are without law.
22 To the weak became I as weak, that I
might gain the weak: I am made all
things to all [men], that I might by
all means save some.
23 And this I do for the gospel's sake,
that I might be partaker thereof with
[you].
24 Know ye not that they which run in a
race run all, but one receiveth the
prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
25 And every man that striveth for the
mastery is temperate in all things. Now
they [do it] to obtain a corruptible
crown; but we an incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not as
uncertainly; so fight I, not as one
that beateth the air:
27 But I keep under my body, and bring
[it] into subjection: lest that by any
means, when I have preached to others,
I myself should be a castaway.

CHAPTER 10
1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that
ye should be ignorant, how that all our
fathers were under the cloud, and all
passed through the sea;
2 And were all baptized unto Moses in
the cloud and in the sea;
3 And did all eat the same spiritual
meat;
4 And did all drink the same spiritual
drink: for they drank of that spiritual
Rock that followed them: and that Rock
was Christ.
5 But with many of them God was not
well pleased: for they were overthrown
in the wilderness.
6 Now these things were our examples,
to the intent we should not lust after
evil things, as they also lusted.
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as [were]
some of them; as it is written, The
people sat down to eat and drink, and
rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication, as
some of them committed, and fell in one
day three and twenty thousand.
9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some
of them also tempted, and were
destroyed of serpents.
10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them
also murmured, and were destroyed of
the destroyer.
11 Now all these things happened unto
them for ensamples: and they are
written for our admonition, upon whom
the ends of the world are come.
12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he
standeth take heed lest he fall.
13 There hath no temptation taken you
but such as is common to man: but God
[is] faithful, who will not suffer you
to be tempted above that ye are able;
but will with the temptation also make
a way to escape, that ye may be able to
bear [it].
14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee
from idolatry.
15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye
what I say.
16 The cup of blessing which we bless,
is it not the communion of the blood of
Christ? The bread which we break, is it
not the communion of the body of
Christ?
17 For we [being] many are one bread,
[and] one body: for we are all
partakers of that one bread.
18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are
not they which eat of the sacrifices
partakers of the altar?
19 What say I then? that the idol is
any thing, or that which is offered in
sacrifice to idols is any thing?
20 But I [say], that the things which
the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice
to devils, and not to God: and I would
not that ye should have fellowship with
devils.
21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord,
and the cup of devils: ye cannot be
partakers of the Lord's table, and of
the table of devils.
22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy?
are we stronger than he?
23 All things are lawful for me, but
all things are not expedient: all
things are lawful for me, but all
things edify not.
24 Let no man seek his own, but every
man another's [wealth].
25 Whatsoever is sold in the shambles,
[that] eat, asking no question for
conscience sake:
26 For the earth [is] the Lord's, and
the fulness thereof.
27 If any of them that believe not bid
you [to a feast], and ye be disposed to
go; whatsoever is set before you, eat,
asking no question for conscience sake.
28 But if any man say unto you, This is
offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat
not for his sake that shewed it, and
for conscience sake: for the earth [is]
the Lord's, and the fulness thereof:
29 Conscience, I say, not thine own,
but of the other: for why is my liberty
judged of another [man's] conscience?
30 For if I by grace be a partaker, why
am I evil spoken of for that for which
I give thanks?
31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink,
or whatsoever ye do, do all to the
glory of God.
32 Give none offence, neither to the
Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the
church of God:
33 Even as I please all [men] in all
[things], not seeking mine own profit,
but the [profit] of many, that they may
be saved.

CHAPTER 11
1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also
[am] of Christ.
2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye
remember me in all things, and keep the
ordinances, as I delivered [them] to
you.
3 But I would have you know, that the
head of every man is Christ; and the
head of the woman [is] the man; and the
head of Christ [is] God.
4 Every man praying or prophesying,
having [his] head covered, dishonoureth
his head.
5 But every woman that prayeth or
prophesieth with [her] head uncovered
dishonoureth her head: for that is even
all one as if she were shaven.
6 For if the woman be not covered, let
her also be shorn: but if it be a shame
for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let
her be covered.
7 For a man indeed ought not to cover
[his] head, forasmuch as he is the
image and glory of God: but the woman
is the glory of the man.
8 For the man is not of the woman; but
the woman of the man.
9 Neither was the man created for the
woman; but the woman for the man.
10 For this cause ought the woman to
have power on [her] head because of the
angels.
11 Nevertheless neither is the man
without the woman, neither the woman
without the man, in the Lord.
12 For as the woman [is] of the man,
even so [is] the man also by the woman;
but all things of God.
13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely
that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
14 Doth not even nature itself teach
you, that, if a man have long hair, it
is a shame unto him?
15 But if a woman have long hair, it is
a glory to her: for [her] hair is given
her for a covering.
16 But if any man seem to be
contentious, we have no such custom,
neither the churches of God.
17 Now in this that I declare [unto
you] I praise [you] not, that ye come
together not for the better, but for
the worse.
18 For first of all, when ye come
together in the church, I hear that
there be divisions among you; and I
partly believe it.
19 For there must be also heresies
among you, that they which are approved
may be made manifest among you.
20 When ye come together therefore into
one place, [this] is not to eat the
Lord's supper.
21 For in eating every one taketh
before [other] his own supper: and one
is hungry, and another is drunken.
22 What? have ye not houses to eat and
to drink in? or despise ye the church
of God, and shame them that have not?
What shall I say to you? shall I praise
you in this? I praise [you] not.
23 For I have received of the Lord that
which also I delivered unto you, That
the Lord Jesus the [same] night in
which he was betrayed took bread:
24 And when he had given thanks, he
brake [it], and said, Take, eat: this
is my body, which is broken for you:
this do in remembrance of me.
25 After the same manner also [he took]
the cup, when he had supped, saying,
This cup is the new testament in my
blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink
[it], in remembrance of me.
26 For as often as ye eat this bread,
and drink this cup, ye do shew the
Lord's death till he come.
27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this
bread, and drink [this] cup of the
Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of
the body and blood of the Lord.
28 But let a man examine himself, and
so let him eat of [that] bread, and
drink of [that] cup.
29 For he that eateth and drinketh
unworthily, eateth and drinketh
damnation to himself, not discerning
the Lord's body.
30 For this cause many [are] weak and
sickly among you, and many sleep.
31 For if we would judge ourselves, we
should not be judged.
32 But when we are judged, we are
chastened of the Lord, that we should
not be condemned with the world.
33 Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come
together to eat, tarry one for another.
34 And if any man hunger, let him eat
at home; that ye come not together unto
condemnation. And the rest will I set
in order when I come.

CHAPTER 12
1 Now concerning spiritual [gifts],
brethren, I would not have you
ignorant.
2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles,
carried away unto these dumb idols,
even as ye were led.
3 Wherefore I give you to understand,
that no man speaking by the Spirit of
God calleth Jesus accursed: and [that]
no man can say that Jesus is the Lord,
but by the Holy Ghost.
4 Now there are diversities of gifts,
but the same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of
administrations, but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of
operations, but it is the same God
which worketh all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit
is given to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the
word of wisdom; to another the word of
knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit;
to another the gifts of healing by the
same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles;
to another prophecy; to another
discerning of spirits; to another
[divers] kinds of tongues; to another
the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that one and
the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every
man severally as he will.
12 For as the body is one, and hath
many members, and all the members of
that one body, being many, are one
body: so also [is] Christ.
13 For by one Spirit are we all
baptized into one body, whether [we be]
Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond
or free; and have been all made to
drink into one Spirit.
14 For the body is not one member, but
many.
15 If the foot shall say, Because I am
not the hand, I am not of the body; is
it therefore not of the body?
16 And if the ear shall say, Because I
am not the eye, I am not of the body;
is it therefore not of the body?
17 If the whole body [were] an eye,
where [were] the hearing? If the whole
[were] hearing, where [were] the
smelling?
18 But now hath God set the members
every one of them in the body, as it
hath pleased him.
19 And if they were all one member,
where [were] the body?
20 But now [are they] many members, yet
but one body.
21 And the eye cannot say unto the
hand, I have no need of thee: nor again
the head to the feet, I have no need of
you.
22 Nay, much more those members of the
body, which seem to be more feeble, are
necessary:
23 And those [members] of the body,
which we think to be less honourable,
upon these we bestow more abundant
honour; and our uncomely [parts] have
more abundant comeliness.
24 For our comely [parts] have no need:
but God hath tempered the body
together, having given more abundant
honour to that [part] which lacked:
25 That there should be no schism in
the body; but [that] the members should
have the same care one for another.
26 And whether one member suffer, all
the members suffer with it; or one
member be honoured, all the members
rejoice with it.
27 Now ye are the body of Christ, and
members in particular.
28 And God hath set some in the church,
first apostles, secondarily prophets,
thirdly teachers, after that miracles,
then gifts of healings, helps,
governments, diversities of tongues.
29 [Are] all apostles? [are] all
prophets? [are] all teachers? [are] all
workers of miracles?
30 Have all the gifts of healing? do
all speak with tongues? do all
interpret?
31 But covet earnestly the best gifts:
and yet shew I unto you a more
excellent way.

CHAPTER 13
1 Though I speak with the tongues of
men and of angels, and have not
charity, I am become [as] sounding
brass, or a tinkling cymbal.
2 And though I have [the gift of]
prophecy, and understand all mysteries,
and all knowledge; and though I have
all faith, so that I could remove
mountains, and have not charity, I am
nothing.
3 And though I bestow all my goods to
feed [the poor], and though I give my
body to be burned, and have not
charity, it profiteth me nothing.
4 Charity suffereth long, [and] is
kind; charity envieth not; charity
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
5 Doth not behave itself unseemly,
seeketh not her own, is not easily
provoked, thinketh no evil;
6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but
rejoiceth in the truth;
7 Beareth all things, believeth all
things, hopeth all things, endureth all
things.
8 Charity never faileth: but whether
[there be] prophecies, they shall fail;
whether [there be] tongues, they shall
cease; whether [there be] knowledge, it
shall vanish away.
9 For we know in part, and we prophesy
in part.
10 But when that which is perfect is
come, then that which is in part shall
be done away.
11 When I was a child, I spake as a
child, I understood as a child, I
thought as a child: but when I became a
man, I put away childish things.
12 For now we see through a glass,
darkly; but then face to face: now I
know in part; but then shall I know
even as also I am known.
13 And now abideth faith, hope,
charity, these three; but the greatest
of these [is] charity.

CHAPTER 14
1 Follow after charity, and desire
spiritual [gifts], but rather that ye
may prophesy.
2 For he that speaketh in an [unknown]
tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto
God: for no man understandeth [him];
howbeit in the spirit he speaketh
mysteries.
3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto
men [to] edification, and exhortation,
and comfort.
4 He that speaketh in an [unknown]
tongue edifieth himself; but he that
prophesieth edifieth the church.
5 I would that ye all spake with
tongues, but rather that ye prophesied:
for greater [is] he that prophesieth
than he that speaketh with tongues,
except he interpret, that the church
may receive edifying.
6 Now, brethren, if I come unto you
speaking with tongues, what shall I
profit you, except I shall speak to you
either by revelation, or by knowledge,
or by prophesying, or by doctrine?
7 And even things without life giving
sound, whether pipe or harp, except
they give a distinction in the sounds,
how shall it be known what is piped or
harped?
8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain
sound, who shall prepare himself to the
battle?
9 So likewise ye, except ye utter by
the tongue words easy to be understood,
how shall it be known what is spoken?
for ye shall speak into the air.
10 There are, it may be, so many kinds
of voices in the world, and none of
them [is] without signification.
11 Therefore if I know not the meaning
of the voice, I shall be unto him that
speaketh a barbarian, and he that
speaketh [shall be] a barbarian unto
me.
12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are
zealous of spiritual [gifts], seek that
ye may excel to the edifying of the
church.
13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in
an [unknown] tongue pray that he may
interpret.
14 For if I pray in an [unknown]
tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my
understanding is unfruitful.
15 What is it then? I will pray with
the spirit, and I will pray with the
understanding also: I will sing with
the spirit, and I will sing with the
understanding also.
16 Else when thou shalt bless with the
spirit, how shall he that occupieth the
room of the unlearned say Amen at thy
giving of thanks, seeing he
understandeth not what thou sayest?
17 For thou verily givest thanks well,
but the other is not edified.
18 I thank my God, I speak with tongues
more than ye all:
19 Yet in the church I had rather speak
five words with my understanding, that
[by my voice] I might teach others
also, than ten thousand words in an
[unknown] tongue.
20 Brethren, be not children in
understanding: howbeit in malice be ye
children, but in understanding be men.
21 In the law it is written, With [men
of] other tongues and other lips will I
speak unto this people; and yet for all
that will they not hear me, saith the
Lord.
22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign,
not to them that believe, but to them
that believe not: but prophesying
[serveth] not for them that believe
not, but for them which believe.
23 If therefore the whole church be
come together into one place, and all
speak with tongues, and there come in
[those that are] unlearned, or
unbelievers, will they not say that ye
are mad?
24 But if all prophesy, and there come
in one that believeth not, or [one]
unlearned, he is convinced of all, he
is judged of all:
25 And thus are the secrets of his
heart made manifest; and so falling
down on [his] face he will worship God,
and report that God is in you of a
truth.
26 How is it then, brethren? when ye
come together, every one of you hath a
psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue,
hath a revelation, hath an
interpretation. Let all things be done
unto edifying.
27 If any man speak in an [unknown]
tongue, [let it be] by two, or at the
most [by] three, and [that] by course;
and let one interpret.
28 But if there be no interpreter, let
him keep silence in the church; and let
him speak to himself, and to God.
29 Let the prophets speak two or three,
and let the other judge.
30 If [any thing] be revealed to
another that sitteth by, let the first
hold his peace.
31 For ye may all prophesy one by one,
that all may learn, and all may be
comforted.
32 And the spirits of the prophets are
subject to the prophets.
33 For God is not [the author] of
confusion, but of peace, as in all
churches of the saints.
34 Let your women keep silence in the
churches: for it is not permitted unto
them to speak; but [they are commanded]
to be under obedience, as also saith
the law.
35 And if they will learn any thing,
let them ask their husbands at home:
for it is a shame for women to speak in
the church.
36 What? came the word of God out from
you? or came it unto you only?
37 If any man think himself to be a
prophet, or spiritual, let him
acknowledge that the things that I
write unto you are the commandments of
the Lord.
38 But if any man be ignorant, let him
be ignorant.
39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to
prophesy, and forbid not to speak with
tongues.
40 Let all things be done decently and
in order.

CHAPTER 15
1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto
you the gospel which I preached unto
you, which also ye have received, and
wherein ye stand;
2 By which also ye are saved, if ye
keep in memory what I preached unto
you, unless ye have believed in vain.
3 For I delivered unto you first of all
that which I also received, how that
Christ died for our sins according to
the scriptures;
4 And that he was buried, and that he
rose again the third day according to
the scriptures:
5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then
of the twelve:
6 After that, he was seen of above five
hundred brethren at once; of whom the
greater part remain unto this present,
but some are fallen asleep.
7 After that, he was seen of James;
then of all the apostles.
8 And last of all he was seen of me
also, as of one born out of due time.
9 For I am the least of the apostles,
that am not meet to be called an
apostle, because I persecuted the
church of God.
10 But by the grace of God I am what I
am: and his grace which [was bestowed]
upon me was not in vain; but I laboured
more abundantly than they all: yet not
I, but the grace of God which was with
me.
11 Therefore whether [it were] I or
they, so we preach, and so ye believed.
12 Now if Christ be preached that he
rose from the dead, how say some among
you that there is no resurrection of
the dead?
13 But if there be no resurrection of
the dead, then is Christ not risen:
14 And if Christ be not risen, then
[is] our preaching vain, and your faith
[is] also vain.
15 Yea, and we are found false
witnesses of God; because we have
testified of God that he raised up
Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be
that the dead rise not.
16 For if the dead rise not, then is
not Christ raised:
17 And if Christ be not raised, your
faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your
sins.
18 Then they also which are fallen
asleep in Christ are perished.
19 If in this life only we have hope in
Christ, we are of all men most
miserable.
20 But now is Christ risen from the
dead, [and] become the firstfruits of
them that slept.
21 For since by man [came] death, by
man [came] also the resurrection of the
dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in
Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order:
Christ the firstfruits; afterward they
that are Christ's at his coming.
24 Then [cometh] the end, when he shall
have delivered up the kingdom to God,
even the Father; when he shall have put
down all rule and all authority and
power.
25 For he must reign, till he hath put
all enemies under his feet.
26 The last enemy [that] shall be
destroyed [is] death.
27 For he hath put all things under his
feet. But when he saith all things are
put under [him, it is] manifest that he
is excepted, which did put all things
under him.
28 And when all things shall be subdued
unto him, then shall the Son also
himself be subject unto him that put
all things under him, that God may be
all in all.
29 Else what shall they do which are
baptized for the dead, if the dead rise
not at all? why are they then baptized
for the dead?
30 And why stand we in jeopardy every
hour?
31 I protest by your rejoicing which I
have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die
daily.
32 If after the manner of men I have
fought with beasts at Ephesus, what
advantageth it me, if the dead rise
not? let us eat and drink; for to
morrow we die.
33 Be not deceived: evil communications
corrupt good manners.
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not;
for some have not the knowledge of God:
I speak [this] to your shame.
35 But some [man] will say, How are the
dead raised up? and with what body do
they come?
36 [Thou] fool, that which thou sowest
is not quickened, except it die:
37 And that which thou sowest, thou
sowest not that body that shall be, but
bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or
of some other [grain]:
38 But God giveth it a body as it hath
pleased him, and to every seed his own
body.
39 All flesh [is] not the same flesh:
but [there is] one [kind of] flesh of
men, another flesh of beasts, another
of fishes, [and] another of birds.
40 [There are] also celestial bodies,
and bodies terrestrial: but the glory
of the celestial [is] one, and the
[glory] of the terrestrial [is]
another.
41 [There is] one glory of the sun, and
another glory of the moon, and another
glory of the stars: for [one] star
differeth from [another] star in glory.
42 So also [is] the resurrection of the
dead. It is sown in corruption; it is
raised in incorruption:
43 It is sown in dishonour; it is
raised in glory: it is sown in
weakness; it is raised in power:
44 It is sown a natural body; it is
raised a spiritual body. There is a
natural body, and there is a spiritual
body.
45 And so it is written, The first man
Adam was made a living soul; the last
Adam [was made] a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that [was] not first which
is spiritual, but that which is
natural; and afterward that which is
spiritual.
47 The first man [is] of the earth,
earthy: the second man [is] the Lord
from heaven.
48 As [is] the earthy, such [are] they
also that are earthy: and as [is] the
heavenly, such [are] they also that are
heavenly.
49 And as we have borne the image of
the earthy, we shall also bear the
image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh
and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of
God; neither doth corruption inherit
incorruption.
51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We
shall not all sleep, but we shall all
be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet
shall sound, and the dead shall be
raised incorruptible, and we shall be
changed.
53 For this corruptible must put on
incorruption, and this mortal [must]
put on immortality.
54 So when this corruptible shall have
put on incorruption, and this mortal
shall have put on immortality, then
shall be brought to pass the saying
that is written, Death is swallowed up
in victory.
55 O death, where [is] thy sting? O
grave, where [is] thy victory?
56 The sting of death [is] sin; and the
strength of sin [is] the law.
57 But thanks [be] to God, which giveth
us the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ.
58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be
ye stedfast, unmoveable, always
abounding in the work of the Lord,
forasmuch as ye know that your labour
is not in vain in the Lord.

CHAPTER 16
1 Now concerning the collection for the
saints, as I have given order to the
churches of Galatia, even so do ye.
2 Upon the first [day] of the week let
every one of you lay by him in store,
as [God] hath prospered him, that there
be no gatherings when I come.
3 And when I come, whomsoever ye shall
approve by [your] letters, them will I
send to bring your liberality unto
Jerusalem.
4 And if it be meet that I go also,
they shall go with me.
5 Now I will come unto you, when I
shall pass through Macedonia: for I do
pass through Macedonia.
6 And it may be that I will abide, yea,
and winter with you, that ye may bring
me on my journey whithersoever I go.
7 For I will not see you now by the
way; but I trust to tarry a while with
you, if the Lord permit.
8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until
Pentecost.
9 For a great door and effectual is
opened unto me, and [there are] many
adversaries.
10 Now if Timotheus come, see that he
may be with you without fear: for he
worketh the work of the Lord, as I also
[do].
11 Let no man therefore despise him:
but conduct him forth in peace, that he
may come unto me: for I look for him
with the brethren.
12 As touching [our] brother Apollos, I
greatly desired him to come unto you
with the brethren: but his will was not
at all to come at this time; but he
will come when he shall have convenient
time.
13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith,
quit you like men, be strong.
14 Let all your things be done with
charity.
15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye know
the house of Stephanas, that it is the
firstfruits of Achaia, and [that] they
have addicted themselves to the
ministry of the saints,)
16 That ye submit yourselves unto such,
and to every one that helpeth with
[us], and laboureth.
17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas
and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that
which was lacking on your part they
have supplied.
18 For they have refreshed my spirit
and your's: therefore acknowledge ye
them that are such.
19 The churches of Asia salute you.
Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in
the Lord, with the church that is in
their house.
20 All the brethren greet you. Greet ye
one another with an holy kiss.
21 The salutation of [me] Paul with
mine own hand.
22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus
Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
[be] with you.
24 My love [be] with you all in Christ
Jesus. Amen.
# The first [epistle] to the
Corinthians was written from Philippi
by Stephanas, and Fortunatus, and
Achaicus, and Timotheus.

THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE CORINTHIANS

CHAPTER 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by
the will of God, and Timothy [our]
brother, unto the church of God which
is at Corinth, with all the saints
which are in all Achaia:
2 Grace [be] to you and peace from God
our Father, and [from] the Lord Jesus
Christ.
3 Blessed [be] God, even the Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of
mercies, and the God of all comfort;
4 Who comforteth us in all our
tribulation, that we may be able to
comfort them which are in any trouble,
by the comfort wherewith we ourselves
are comforted of God.
5 For as the sufferings of Christ
abound in us, so our consolation also
aboundeth by Christ.
6 And whether we be afflicted, [it is]
for your consolation and salvation,
which is effectual in the enduring of
the same sufferings which we also
suffer: or whether we be comforted, [it
is] for your consolation and salvation.
7 And our hope of you [is] stedfast,
knowing, that as ye are partakers of
the sufferings, so [shall ye be] also
of the consolation.
8 For we would not, brethren, have you
ignorant of our trouble which came to
us in Asia, that we were pressed out of
measure, above strength, insomuch that
we despaired even of life:
9 But we had the sentence of death in
ourselves, that we should not trust in
ourselves, but in God which raiseth the
dead:
10 Who delivered us from so great a
death, and doth deliver: in whom we
trust that he will yet deliver [us];
11 Ye also helping together by prayer
for us, that for the gift [bestowed]
upon us by the means of many persons
thanks may be given by many on our
behalf.
12 For our rejoicing is this, the
testimony of our conscience, that in
simplicity and godly sincerity, not
with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace
of God, we have had our conversation in
the world, and more abundantly to
you-ward.
13 For we write none other things unto
you, than what ye read or acknowledge;
and I trust ye shall acknowledge even
to the end;
14 As also ye have acknowledged us in
part, that we are your rejoicing, even
as ye also [are] our's in the day of
the Lord Jesus.
15 And in this confidence I was minded
to come unto you before, that ye might
have a second benefit;
16 And to pass by you into Macedonia,
and to come again out of Macedonia unto
you, and of you to be brought on my way
toward Judaea.
17 When I therefore was thus minded,
did I use lightness? or the things that
I purpose, do I purpose according to
the flesh, that with me there should be
yea yea, and nay nay?
18 But [as] God [is] true, our word
toward you was not yea and nay.
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ,
who was preached among you by us,
[even] by me and Silvanus and
Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in
him was yea.
20 For all the promises of God in him
[are] yea, and in him Amen, unto the
glory of God by us.
21 Now he which stablisheth us with you
in Christ, and hath anointed us, [is]
God;
22 Who hath also sealed us, and given
the earnest of the Spirit in our
hearts.
23 Moreover I call God for a record
upon my soul, that to spare you I came
not as yet unto Corinth.
24 Not for that we have dominion over
your faith, but are helpers of your
joy: for by faith ye stand.

CHAPTER 2
1 But I determined this with myself,
that I would not come again to you in
heaviness.
2 For if I make you sorry, who is he
then that maketh me glad, but the same
which is made sorry by me?
3 And I wrote this same unto you, lest,
when I came, I should have sorrow from
them of whom I ought to rejoice; having
confidence in you all, that my joy is
[the joy] of you all.
4 For out of much affliction and
anguish of heart I wrote unto you with
many tears; not that ye should be
grieved, but that ye might know the
love which I have more abundantly unto
you.
5 But if any have caused grief, he hath
not grieved me, but in part: that I may
not overcharge you all.
6 Sufficient to such a man [is] this
punishment, which [was inflicted] of
many.
7 So that contrariwise ye [ought]
rather to forgive [him], and comfort
[him], lest perhaps such a one should
be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would
confirm [your] love toward him.
9 For to this end also did I write,
that I might know the proof of you,
whether ye be obedient in all things.
10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I
[forgive] also: for if I forgave any
thing, to whom I forgave [it], for your
sakes [forgave I it] in the person of
Christ;
11 Lest Satan should get an advantage
of us: for we are not ignorant of his
devices.
12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to
[preach] Christ's gospel, and a door
was opened unto me of the Lord,
13 I had no rest in my spirit, because
I found not Titus my brother: but
taking my leave of them, I went from
thence into Macedonia.
14 Now thanks [be] unto God, which
always causeth us to triumph in Christ,
and maketh manifest the savour of his
knowledge by us in every place.
15 For we are unto God a sweet savour
of Christ, in them that are saved, and
in them that perish:
16 To the one [we are] the savour of
death unto death; and to the other the
savour of life unto life. And who [is]
sufficient for these things?
17 For we are not as many, which
corrupt the word of God: but as of
sincerity, but as of God, in the sight
of God speak we in Christ.

CHAPTER 3
1 Do we begin again to commend
ourselves? or need we, as some
[others], epistles of commendation to
you, or [letters] of commendation from
you?
2 Ye are our epistle written in our
hearts, known and read of all men:
3 [Forasmuch as ye are] manifestly
declared to be the epistle of Christ
ministered by us, written not with ink,
but with the Spirit of the living God;
not in tables of stone, but in fleshy
tables of the heart.
4 And such trust have we through Christ
to God-ward:
5 Not that we are sufficient of
ourselves to think any thing as of
ourselves; but our sufficiency [is] of
God;
6 Who also hath made us able ministers
of the new testament; not of the
letter, but of the spirit: for the
letter killeth, but the spirit giveth
life.
7 But if the ministration of death,
written [and] engraven in stones, was
glorious, so that the children of
Israel could not stedfastly behold the
face of Moses for the glory of his
countenance; which [glory] was to be
done away:
8 How shall not the ministration of the
spirit be rather glorious?
9 For if the ministration of
condemnation [be] glory, much more doth
the ministration of righteousness
exceed in glory.
10 For even that which was made
glorious had no glory in this respect,
by reason of the glory that excelleth.
11 For if that which is done away [was]
glorious, much more that which
remaineth [is] glorious.
12 Seeing then that we have such hope,
we use great plainness of speech:
13 And not as Moses, [which] put a vail
over his face, that the children of
Israel could not stedfastly look to the
end of that which is abolished:
14 But their minds were blinded: for
until this day remaineth the same vail
untaken away in the reading of the old
testament; which [vail] is done away in
Christ.
15 But even unto this day, when Moses
is read, the vail is upon their heart.
16 Nevertheless when it shall turn to
the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and
where the Spirit of the Lord [is],
there [is] liberty.
18 But we all, with open face beholding
as in a glass the glory of the Lord,
are changed into the same image from
glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit
of the Lord.

CHAPTER 4
1 Therefore seeing we have this
ministry, as we have received mercy, we
faint not;
2 But have renounced the hidden things
of dishonesty, not walking in
craftiness, nor handling the word of
God deceitfully; but by manifestation
of the truth commending ourselves to
every man's conscience in the sight of
God.
3 But if our gospel be hid, it is hid
to them that are lost:
4 In whom the god of this world hath
blinded the minds of them which believe
not, lest the light of the glorious
gospel of Christ, who is the image of
God, should shine unto them.
5 For we preach not ourselves, but
Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves
your servants for Jesus' sake.
6 For God, who commanded the light to
shine out of darkness, hath shined in
our hearts, to [give] the light of the
knowledge of the glory of God in the
face of Jesus Christ.
7 But we have this treasure in earthen
vessels, that the excellency of the
power may be of God, and not of us.
8 [We are] troubled on every side, yet
not distressed; [we are] perplexed, but
not in despair;
9 Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast
down, but not destroyed;
10 Always bearing about in the body the
dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life
also of Jesus might be made manifest in
our body.
11 For we which live are alway
delivered unto death for Jesus' sake,
that the life also of Jesus might be
made manifest in our mortal flesh.
12 So then death worketh in us, but
life in you.
13 We having the same spirit of faith,
according as it is written, I believed,
and therefore have I spoken; we also
believe, and therefore speak;
14 Knowing that he which raised up the
Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by
Jesus, and shall present [us] with you.
15 For all things [are] for your sakes,
that the abundant grace might through
the thanksgiving of many redound to the
glory of God.
16 For which cause we faint not; but
though our outward man perish, yet the
inward [man] is renewed day by day.
17 For our light affliction, which is
but for a moment, worketh for us a far
more exceeding [and] eternal weight of
glory;
18 While we look not at the things
which are seen, but at the things which
are not seen: for the things which are
seen [are] temporal; but the things
which are not seen [are] eternal.

CHAPTER 5
1 For we know that if our earthly house
of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we
have a building of God, an house not
made with hands, eternal in the
heavens.
2 For in this we groan, earnestly
desiring to be clothed upon with our
house which is from heaven:
3 If so be that being clothed we shall
not be found naked.
4 For we that are in [this] tabernacle
do groan, being burdened: not for that
we would be unclothed, but clothed
upon, that mortality might be swallowed
up of life.
5 Now he that hath wrought us for the
selfsame thing [is] God, who also hath
given unto us the earnest of the
Spirit.
6 Therefore [we are] always confident,
knowing that, whilst we are at home in
the body, we are absent from the Lord:
7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)
8 We are confident, [I say], and
willing rather to be absent from the
body, and to be present with the Lord.
9 Wherefore we labour, that, whether
present or absent, we may be accepted
of him.
10 For we must all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ; that every one
may receive the things [done] in [his]
body, according to that he hath done,
whether [it be] good or bad.
11 Knowing therefore the terror of the
Lord, we persuade men; but we are made
manifest unto God; and I trust also are
made manifest in your consciences.
12 For we commend not ourselves again
unto you, but give you occasion to
glory on our behalf, that ye may have
somewhat to [answer] them which glory
in appearance, and not in heart.
13 For whether we be beside ourselves,
[it is] to God: or whether we be sober,
[it is] for your cause.
14 For the love of Christ constraineth
us; because we thus judge, that if one
died for all, then were all dead:
15 And [that] he died for all, that
they which live should not henceforth
live unto themselves, but unto him
which died for them, and rose again.
16 Wherefore henceforth know we no man
after the flesh: yea, though we have
known Christ after the flesh, yet now
henceforth know we [him] no more.
17 Therefore if any man [be] in Christ,
[he is] a new creature: old things are
passed away; behold, all things are
become new.
18 And all things [are] of God, who
hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus
Christ, and hath given to us the
ministry of reconciliation;
19 To wit, that God was in Christ,
reconciling the world unto himself, not
imputing their trespasses unto them;
and hath committed unto us the word of
reconciliation.
20 Now then we are ambassadors for
Christ, as though God did beseech [you]
by us: we pray [you] in Christ's stead,
be ye reconciled to God.
21 For he hath made him [to be] sin for
us, who knew no sin; that we might be
made the righteousness of God in him.

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

CHAPTER 7
1 Having therefore these promises,
dearly beloved, let us cleanse
ourselves from all filthiness of the
flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness
in the fear of God.
2 Receive us; we have wronged no man,
we have corrupted no man, we have
defrauded no man.
3 I speak not [this] to condemn [you]:
for I have said before, that ye are in
our hearts to die and live with [you].
4 Great [is] my boldness of speech
toward you, great [is] my glorying of
you: I am filled with comfort, I am
exceeding joyful in all our
tribulation.
5 For, when we were come into
Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but
we were troubled on every side; without
[were] fightings, within [were] fears.
6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth
those that are cast down, comforted us
by the coming of Titus;
7 And not by his coming only, but by
the consolation wherewith he was
comforted in you, when he told us your
earnest desire, your mourning, your
fervent mind toward me; so that I
rejoiced the more.
8 For though I made you sorry with a
letter, I do not repent, though I did
repent: for I perceive that the same
epistle hath made you sorry, though [it
were] but for a season.
9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were made
sorry, but that ye sorrowed to
repentance: for ye were made sorry
after a godly manner, that ye might
receive damage by us in nothing.
10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance
to salvation not to be repented of: but
the sorrow of the world worketh death.
11 For behold this selfsame thing, that
ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what
carefulness it wrought in you, yea,
[what] clearing of yourselves, yea,
[what] indignation, yea, [what] fear,
yea, [what] vehement desire, yea,
[what] zeal, yea, [what] revenge! In
all [things] ye have approved
yourselves to be clear in this matter.
12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto you,
[I did it] not for his cause that had
done the wrong, nor for his cause that
suffered wrong, but that our care for
you in the sight of God might appear
unto you.
13 Therefore we were comforted in your
comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more
joyed we for the joy of Titus, because
his spirit was refreshed by you all.
14 For if I have boasted any thing to
him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we
spake all things to you in truth, even
so our boasting, which [I made] before
Titus, is found a truth.
15 And his inward affection is more
abundant toward you, whilst he
remembereth the obedience of you all,
how with fear and trembling ye received
him.
16 I rejoice therefore that I have
confidence in you in all [things].

CHAPTER 8
1 Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit
of the grace of God bestowed on the
churches of Macedonia;
2 How that in a great trial of
affliction the abundance of their joy
and their deep poverty abounded unto
the riches of their liberality.
3 For to [their] power, I bear record,
yea, and beyond [their] power [they
were] willing of themselves;
4 Praying us with much intreaty that we
would receive the gift, and [take upon
us] the fellowship of the ministering
to the saints.
5 And [this they did], not as we hoped,
but first gave their own selves to the
Lord, and unto us by the will of God.
6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, that
as he had begun, so he would also
finish in you the same grace also.
7 Therefore, as ye abound in every
[thing, in] faith, and utterance, and
knowledge, and [in] all diligence, and
[in] your love to us, [see] that ye
abound in this grace also.
8 I speak not by commandment, but by
occasion of the forwardness of others,
and to prove the sincerity of your
love.
9 For ye know the grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich,
yet for your sakes he became poor, that
ye through his poverty might be rich.
10 And herein I give [my] advice: for
this is expedient for you, who have
begun before, not only to do, but also
to be forward a year ago.
11 Now therefore perform the doing [of
it]; that as [there was] a readiness to
will, so [there may be] a performance
also out of that which ye have.
12 For if there be first a willing
mind, [it is] accepted according to
that a man hath, [and] not according to
that he hath not.
13 For [I mean] not that other men be
eased, and ye burdened:
14 But by an equality, [that] now at
this time your abundance [may be a
supply] for their want, that their
abundance also may be [a supply] for
your want: that there may be equality:
15 As it is written, He that [had
gathered] much had nothing over; and he
that [had gathered] little had no lack.
16 But thanks [be] to God, which put
the same earnest care into the heart of
Titus for you.
17 For indeed he accepted the
exhortation; but being more forward, of
his own accord he went unto you.
18 And we have sent with him the
brother, whose praise [is] in the
gospel throughout all the churches;
19 And not [that] only, but who was
also chosen of the churches to travel
with us with this grace, which is
administered by us to the glory of the
same Lord, and [declaration of] your
ready mind:
20 Avoiding this, that no man should
blame us in this abundance which is
administered by us:
21 Providing for honest things, not
only in the sight of the Lord, but also
in the sight of men.
22 And we have sent with them our
brother, whom we have oftentimes proved
diligent in many things, but now much
more diligent, upon the great
confidence which [I have] in you.
23 Whether [any do enquire] of Titus,
[he is] my partner and fellowhelper
concerning you: or our brethren [be
enquired of, they are] the messengers
of the churches, [and] the glory of
Christ.
24 Wherefore shew ye to them, and
before the churches, the proof of your
love, and of our boasting on your
behalf.

CHAPTER 9
1 For as touching the ministering to
the saints, it is superfluous for me to
write to you:
2 For I know the forwardness of your
mind, for which I boast of you to them
of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a
year ago; and your zeal hath provoked
very many.
3 Yet have I sent the brethren, lest
our boasting of you should be in vain
in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may
be ready:
4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia come
with me, and find you unprepared, we
(that we say not, ye) should be ashamed
in this same confident boasting.
5 Therefore I thought it necessary to
exhort the brethren, that they would go
before unto you, and make up beforehand
your bounty, whereof ye had notice
before, that the same might be ready,
as [a matter of] bounty, and not as
[of] covetousness.
6 But this [I say], He which soweth
sparingly shall reap also sparingly;
and he which soweth bountifully shall
reap also bountifully.
7 Every man according as he purposeth
in his heart, [so let him give]; not
grudgingly, or of necessity: for God
loveth a cheerful giver.
8 And God [is] able to make all grace
abound toward you; that ye, always
having all sufficiency in all [things],
may abound to every good work:
9 (As it is written, He hath dispersed
abroad; he hath given to the poor: his
righteousness remaineth for ever.
10 Now he that ministereth seed to the
sower both minister bread for [your]
food, and multiply your seed sown, and
increase the fruits of your
righteousness;)
11 Being enriched in every thing to all
bountifulness, which causeth through us
thanksgiving to God.
12 For the administration of this
service not only supplieth the want of
the saints, but is abundant also by
many thanksgivings unto God;
13 Whiles by the experiment of this
ministration they glorify God for your
professed subjection unto the gospel of
Christ, and for [your] liberal
distribution unto them, and unto all
[men];
14 And by their prayer for you, which
long after you for the exceeding grace
of God in you.
15 Thanks [be] unto God for his
unspeakable gift.

CHAPTER 10
1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the
meekness and gentleness of Christ, who
in presence [am] base among you, but
being absent am bold toward you:
2 But I beseech [you], that I may not
be bold when I am present with that
confidence, wherewith I think to be
bold against some, which think of us as
if we walked according to the flesh.
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we
do not war after the flesh:
4 (For the weapons of our warfare [are]
not carnal, but mighty through God to
the pulling down of strong holds;)
5 Casting down imaginations, and every
high thing that exalteth itself against
the knowledge of God, and bringing into
captivity every thought to the
obedience of Christ;
6 And having in a readiness to revenge
all disobedience, when your obedience
is fulfilled.
7 Do ye look on things after the
outward appearance? If any man trust to
himself that he is Christ's, let him of
himself think this again, that, as he
[is] Christ's, even so [are] we
Christ's.
8 For though I should boast somewhat
more of our authority, which the Lord
hath given us for edification, and not
for your destruction, I should not be
ashamed:
9 That I may not seem as if I would
terrify you by letters.
10 For [his] letters, say they, [are]
weighty and powerful; but [his] bodily
presence [is] weak, and [his] speech
contemptible.
11 Let such an one think this, that,
such as we are in word by letters when
we are absent, such [will we be] also
in deed when we are present.
12 For we dare not make ourselves of
the number, or compare ourselves with
some that commend themselves: but they
measuring themselves by themselves, and
comparing themselves among themselves,
are not wise.
13 But we will not boast of things
without [our] measure, but according to
the measure of the rule which God hath
distributed to us, a measure to reach
even unto you.
14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond
[our measure], as though we reached not
unto you: for we are come as far as to
you also in [preaching] the gospel of
Christ:
15 Not boasting of things without [our]
measure, [that is], of other men's
labours; but having hope, when your
faith is increased, that we shall be
enlarged by you according to our rule
abundantly,
16 To preach the gospel in the
[regions] beyond you, [and] not to
boast in another man's line of things
made ready to our hand.
17 But he that glorieth, let him glory
in the Lord.
18 For not he that commendeth himself
is approved, but whom the Lord
commendeth.

CHAPTER 11
1 Would to God ye could bear with me a
little in [my] folly: and indeed bear
with me.
2 For I am jealous over you with godly
jealousy: for I have espoused you to
one husband, that I may present [you
as] a chaste virgin to Christ.
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the
serpent beguiled Eve through his
subtilty, so your minds should be
corrupted from the simplicity that is
in Christ.
4 For if he that cometh preacheth
another Jesus, whom we have not
preached, or [if] ye receive another
spirit, which ye have not received, or
another gospel, which ye have not
accepted, ye might well bear with
[him].
5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind
the very chiefest apostles.
6 But though [I be] rude in speech, yet
not in knowledge; but we have been
throughly made manifest among you in
all things.
7 Have I committed an offence in
abasing myself that ye might be
exalted, because I have preached to you
the gospel of God freely?
8 I robbed other churches, taking wages
[of them], to do you service.
9 And when I was present with you, and
wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for
that which was lacking to me the
brethren which came from Macedonia
supplied: and in all [things] I have
kept myself from being burdensome unto
you, and [so] will I keep [myself].
10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no
man shall stop me of this boasting in
the regions of Achaia.
11 Wherefore? because I love you not?
God knoweth.
12 But what I do, that I will do, that
I may cut off occasion from them which
desire occasion; that wherein they
glory, they may be found even as we.
13 For such [are] false apostles,
deceitful workers, transforming
themselves into the apostles of Christ.
14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is
transformed into an angel of light.
15 Therefore [it is] no great thing if
his ministers also be transformed as
the ministers of righteousness; whose
end shall be according to their works.
16 I say again, Let no man think me a
fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool
receive me, that I may boast myself a
little.
17 That which I speak, I speak [it] not
after the Lord, but as it were
foolishly, in this confidence of
boasting.
18 Seeing that many glory after the
flesh, I will glory also.
19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing
ye [yourselves] are wise.
20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you
into bondage, if a man devour [you], if
a man take [of you], if a man exalt
himself, if a man smite you on the
face.
21 I speak as concerning reproach, as
though we had been weak. Howbeit
whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak
foolishly,) I am bold also.
22 Are they Hebrews? so [am] I. Are
they Israelites? so [am] I. Are they
the seed of Abraham? so [am] I.
23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I
speak as a fool) I [am] more; in
labours more abundant, in stripes above
measure, in prisons more frequent, in
deaths oft.
24 Of the Jews five times received I
forty [stripes] save one.
25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once
was I stoned, thrice I suffered
shipwreck, a night and a day I have
been in the deep;
26 [In] journeyings often, [in] perils
of waters, [in] perils of robbers, [in]
perils by [mine own] countrymen, [in]
perils by the heathen, [in] perils in
the city, [in] perils in the
wilderness, [in] perils in the sea,
[in] perils among false brethren;
27 In weariness and painfulness, in
watchings often, in hunger and thirst,
in fastings often, in cold and
nakedness.
28 Beside those things that are
without, that which cometh upon me
daily, the care of all the churches.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who
is offended, and I burn not?
30 If I must needs glory, I will glory
of the things which concern mine
infirmities.
31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, which is blessed for evermore,
knoweth that I lie not.
32 In Damascus the governor under
Aretas the king kept the city of the
Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to
apprehend me:
33 And through a window in a basket was
I let down by the wall, and escaped his
hands.

CHAPTER 12
1 It is not expedient for me doubtless
to glory. I will come to visions and
revelations of the Lord.
2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen
years ago, (whether in the body, I
cannot tell; or whether out of the
body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such
an one caught up to the third heaven.
3 And I knew such a man, (whether in
the body, or out of the body, I cannot
tell: God knoweth;)
4 How that he was caught up into
paradise, and heard unspeakable words,
which it is not lawful for a man to
utter.
5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of
myself I will not glory, but in mine
infirmities.
6 For though I would desire to glory, I
shall not be a fool; for I will say the
truth: but [now] I forbear, lest any
man should think of me above that which
he seeth me [to be], or [that] he
heareth of me.
7 And lest I should be exalted above
measure through the abundance of the
revelations, there was given to me a
thorn in the flesh, the messenger of
Satan to buffet me, lest I should be
exalted above measure.
8 For this thing I besought the Lord
thrice, that it might depart from me.
9 And he said unto me, My grace is
sufficient for thee: for my strength is
made perfect in weakness. Most gladly
therefore will I rather glory in my
infirmities, that the power of Christ
may rest upon me.
10 Therefore I take pleasure in
infirmities, in reproaches, in
necessities, in persecutions, in
distresses for Christ's sake: for when
I am weak, then am I strong.
11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye
have compelled me: for I ought to have
been commended of you: for in nothing
am I behind the very chiefest apostles,
though I be nothing.
12 Truly the signs of an apostle were
wrought among you in all patience, in
signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
13 For what is it wherein ye were
inferior to other churches, except [it
be] that I myself was not burdensome to
you? forgive me this wrong.
14 Behold, the third time I am ready to
come to you; and I will not be
burdensome to you: for I seek not
your's, but you: for the children ought
not to lay up for the parents, but the
parents for the children.
15 And I will very gladly spend and be
spent for you; though the more
abundantly I love you, the less I be
loved.
16 But be it so, I did not burden you:
nevertheless, being crafty, I caught
you with guile.
17 Did I make a gain of you by any of
them whom I sent unto you?
18 I desired Titus, and with [him] I
sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain
of you? walked we not in the same
spirit? [walked we] not in the same
steps?
19 Again, think ye that we excuse
ourselves unto you? we speak before God
in Christ: but [we do] all things,
dearly beloved, for your edifying.
20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I
shall not find you such as I would, and
[that] I shall be found unto you such
as ye would not: lest [there be]
debates, envyings, wraths, strifes,
backbitings, whisperings, swellings,
tumults:
21 [And] lest, when I come again, my
God will humble me among you, and
[that] I shall bewail many which have
sinned already, and have not repented
of the uncleanness and fornication and
lasciviousness which they have
committed.

CHAPTER 13
1 This [is] the third [time] I am
coming to you. In the mouth of two or
three witnesses shall every word be
established.
2 I told you before, and foretell you,
as if I were present, the second time;
and being absent now I write to them
which heretofore have sinned, and to
all other, that, if I come again, I
will not spare:
3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ
speaking in me, which to you-ward is
not weak, but is mighty in you.
4 For though he was crucified through
weakness, yet he liveth by the power of
God. For we also are weak in him, but
we shall live with him by the power of
God toward you.
5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in
the faith; prove your own selves. Know
ye not your own selves, how that Jesus
Christ is in you, except ye be
reprobates?
6 But I trust that ye shall know that
we are not reprobates.
7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil;
not that we should appear approved, but
that ye should do that which is honest,
though we be as reprobates.
8 For we can do nothing against the
truth, but for the truth.
9 For we are glad, when we are weak,
and ye are strong: and this also we
wish, [even] your perfection.
10 Therefore I write these things being
absent, lest being present I should use
sharpness, according to the power which
the Lord hath given me to edification,
and not to destruction.
11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be
perfect, be of good comfort, be of one
mind, live in peace; and the God of
love and peace shall be with you.
12 Greet one another with an holy kiss.
13 All the saints salute you.
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and the love of God, and the communion
of the Holy Ghost, [be] with you all.
Amen.
# The second [epistle] to the
Corinthians was written from Philippi,
[a city] of Macedonia, by Titus and
Lucas.

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE
GALATIANS

CHAPTER 1
1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men,
neither by man, but by Jesus Christ,
and God the Father, who raised him from
the dead;)
2 And all the brethren which are with
me, unto the churches of Galatia:
3 Grace [be] to you and peace from God
the Father, and [from] our Lord Jesus
Christ,
4 Who gave himself for our sins, that
he might deliver us from this present
evil world, according to the will of
God and our Father:
5 To whom [be] glory for ever and ever.
Amen.
6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed
from him that called you into the grace
of Christ unto another gospel:
7 Which is not another; but there be
some that trouble you, and would
pervert the gospel of Christ.
8 But though we, or an angel from
heaven, preach any other gospel unto
you than that which we have preached
unto you, let him be accursed.
9 As we said before, so say I now
again, If any [man] preach any other
gospel unto you than that ye have
received, let him be accursed.
10 For do I now persuade men, or God?
or do I seek to please men? for if I
yet pleased men, I should not be the
servant of Christ.
11 But I certify you, brethren, that
the gospel which was preached of me is
not after man.
12 For I neither received it of man,
neither was I taught [it], but by the
revelation of Jesus Christ.
13 For ye have heard of my conversation
in time past in the Jews' religion, how
that beyond measure I persecuted the
church of God, and wasted it:
14 And profited in the Jews' religion
above many my equals in mine own
nation, being more exceedingly zealous
of the traditions of my fathers.
15 But when it pleased God, who
separated me from my mother's womb, and
called [me] by his grace,
16 To reveal his Son in me, that I
might preach him among the heathen;
immediately I conferred not with flesh
and blood:
17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to
them which were apostles before me; but
I went into Arabia, and returned again
unto Damascus.
18 Then after three years I went up to
Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with
him fifteen days.
19 But other of the apostles saw I
none, save James the Lord's brother.
20 Now the things which I write unto
you, behold, before God, I lie not.
21 Afterwards I came into the regions
of Syria and Cilicia;
22 And was unknown by face unto the
churches of Judaea which were in
Christ:
23 But they had heard only, That he
which persecuted us in times past now
preacheth the faith which once he
destroyed.
24 And they glorified God in me.

CHAPTER 2
1 Then fourteen years after I went up
again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and
took Titus with [me] also.
2 And I went up by revelation, and
communicated unto them that gospel
which I preach among the Gentiles, but
privately to them which were of
reputation, lest by any means I should
run, or had run, in vain.
3 But neither Titus, who was with me,
being a Greek, was compelled to be
circumcised:
4 And that because of false brethren
unawares brought in, who came in
privily to spy out our liberty which we
have in Christ Jesus, that they might
bring us into bondage:
5 To whom we gave place by subjection,
no, not for an hour; that the truth of
the gospel might continue with you.
6 But of these who seemed to be
somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it
maketh no matter to me: God accepteth
no man's person:) for they who seemed
[to be somewhat] in conference added
nothing to me:
7 But contrariwise, when they saw that
the gospel of the uncircumcision was
committed unto me, as [the gospel] of
the circumcision [was] unto Peter;
8 (For he that wrought effectually in
Peter to the apostleship of the
circumcision, the same was mighty in me
toward the Gentiles:)
9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who
seemed to be pillars, perceived the
grace that was given unto me, they gave
to me and Barnabas the right hands of
fellowship; that we [should go] unto
the heathen, and they unto the
circumcision.
10 Only [they would] that we should
remember the poor; the same which I
also was forward to do.
11 But when Peter was come to Antioch,
I withstood him to the face, because he
was to be blamed.
12 For before that certain came from
James, he did eat with the Gentiles:
but when they were come, he withdrew
and separated himself, fearing them
which were of the circumcision.
13 And the other Jews dissembled
likewise with him; insomuch that
Barnabas also was carried away with
their dissimulation.
14 But when I saw that they walked not
uprightly according to the truth of the
gospel, I said unto Peter before [them]
all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after
the manner of Gentiles, and not as do
the Jews, why compellest thou the
Gentiles to live as do the Jews?
15 We [who are] Jews by nature, and not
sinners of the Gentiles,
16 Knowing that a man is not justified
by the works of the law, but by the
faith of Jesus Christ, even we have
believed in Jesus Christ, that we might
be justified by the faith of Christ,
and not by the works of the law: for by
the works of the law shall no flesh be
justified.
17 But if, while we seek to be
justified by Christ, we ourselves also
are found sinners, [is] therefore
Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.
18 For if I build again the things
which I destroyed, I make myself a
transgressor.
19 For I through the law am dead to the
law, that I might live unto God.
20 I am crucified with Christ:
nevertheless I live; yet not I, but
Christ liveth in me: and the life which
I now live in the flesh I live by the
faith of the Son of God, who loved me,
and gave himself for me.
21 I do not frustrate the grace of God:
for if righteousness [come] by the law,
then Christ is dead in vain.

CHAPTER 3
1 O foolish Galatians, who hath
bewitched you, that ye should not obey
the truth, before whose eyes Jesus
Christ hath been evidently set forth,
crucified among you?
2 This only would I learn of you,
Received ye the Spirit by the works of
the law, or by the hearing of faith?
3 Are ye so foolish? having begun in
the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by
the flesh?
4 Have ye suffered so many things in
vain? if [it be] yet in vain.
5 He therefore that ministereth to you
the Spirit, and worketh miracles among
you, [doeth he it] by the works of the
law, or by the hearing of faith?
6 Even as Abraham believed God, and it
was accounted to him for righteousness.
7 Know ye therefore that they which are
of faith, the same are the children of
Abraham.
8 And the scripture, foreseeing that
God would justify the heathen through
faith, preached before the gospel unto
Abraham, [saying], In thee shall all
nations be blessed.
9 So then they which be of faith are
blessed with faithful Abraham.
10 For as many as are of the works of
the law are under the curse: for it is
written, Cursed [is] every one that
continueth not in all things which are
written in the book of the law to do
them.
11 But that no man is justified by the
law in the sight of God, [it is]
evident: for, The just shall live by
faith.
12 And the law is not of faith: but,
The man that doeth them shall live in
them.
13 Christ hath redeemed us from the
curse of the law, being made a curse
for us: for it is written, Cursed [is]
every one that hangeth on a tree:
14 That the blessing of Abraham might
come on the Gentiles through Jesus
Christ; that we might receive the
promise of the Spirit through faith.
15 Brethren, I speak after the manner
of men; Though [it be] but a man's
covenant, yet [if it be] confirmed, no
man disannulleth, or addeth thereto.
16 Now to Abraham and his seed were the
promises made. He saith not, And to
seeds, as of many; but as of one, And
to thy seed, which is Christ.
17 And this I say, [that] the covenant,
that was confirmed before of God in
Christ, the law, which was four hundred
and thirty years after, cannot
disannul, that it should make the
promise of none effect.
18 For if the inheritance [be] of the
law, [it is] no more of promise: but
God gave [it] to Abraham by promise.
19 Wherefore then [serveth] the law? It
was added because of transgressions,
till the seed should come to whom the
promise was made; [and it was] ordained
by angels in the hand of a mediator.
20 Now a mediator is not [a mediator]
of one, but God is one.
21 [Is] the law then against the
promises of God? God forbid: for if
there had been a law given which could
have given life, verily righteousness
should have been by the law.
22 But the scripture hath concluded all
under sin, that the promise by faith of
Jesus Christ might be given to them
that believe.
23 But before faith came, we were kept
under the law, shut up unto the faith
which should afterwards be revealed.
24 Wherefore the law was our
schoolmaster [to bring us] unto Christ,
that we might be justified by faith.
25 But after that faith is come, we are
no longer under a schoolmaster.
26 For ye are all the children of God
by faith in Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as have been
baptized into Christ have put on
Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither bond nor free, there
is neither male nor female: for ye are
all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye
Abraham's seed, and heirs according to
the promise.

CHAPTER 4
1 Now I say, [That] the heir, as long
as he is a child, differeth nothing
from a servant, though he be lord of
all;
2 But is under tutors and governors
until the time appointed of the father.
3 Even so we, when we were children,
were in bondage under the elements of
the world:
4 But when the fulness of the time was
come, God sent forth his Son, made of a
woman, made under the law,
5 To redeem them that were under the
law, that we might receive the adoption
of sons.
6 And because ye are sons, God hath
sent forth the Spirit of his Son into
your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant,
but a son; and if a son, then an heir
of God through Christ.
8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not God,
ye did service unto them which by
nature are no gods.
9 But now, after that ye have known
God, or rather are known of God, how
turn ye again to the weak and beggarly
elements, whereunto ye desire again to
be in bondage?
10 Ye observe days, and months, and
times, and years.
11 I am afraid of you, lest I have
bestowed upon you labour in vain.
12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I
[am]; for I [am] as ye [are]: ye have
not injured me at all.
13 Ye know how through infirmity of the
flesh I preached the gospel unto you at
the first.
14 And my temptation which was in my
flesh ye despised not, nor rejected;
but received me as an angel of God,
[even] as Christ Jesus.
15 Where is then the blessedness ye
spake of? for I bear you record, that,
if [it had been] possible, ye would
have plucked out your own eyes, and
have given them to me.
16 Am I therefore become your enemy,
because I tell you the truth?
17 They zealously affect you, [but] not
well; yea, they would exclude you, that
ye might affect them.
18 But [it is] good to be zealously
affected always in [a] good [thing],
and not only when I am present with
you.
19 My little children, of whom I
travail in birth again until Christ be
formed in you,
20 I desire to be present with you now,
and to change my voice; for I stand in
doubt of you.
21 Tell me, ye that desire to be under
the law, do ye not hear the law?
22 For it is written, that Abraham had
two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the
other by a freewoman.
23 But he [who was] of the bondwoman
was born after the flesh; but he of the
freewoman [was] by promise.
24 Which things are an allegory: for
these are the two covenants; the one
from the mount Sinai, which gendereth
to bondage, which is Agar.
25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in
Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem
which now is, and is in bondage with
her children.
26 But Jerusalem which is above is
free, which is the mother of us all.
27 For it is written, Rejoice, [thou]
barren that bearest not; break forth
and cry, thou that travailest not: for
the desolate hath many more children
than she which hath an husband.
28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are
the children of promise.
29 But as then he that was born after
the flesh persecuted him [that was
born] after the Spirit, even so [it is]
now.
30 Nevertheless what saith the
scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and
her son: for the son of the bondwoman
shall not be heir with the son of the
freewoman.
31 So then, brethren, we are not
children of the bondwoman, but of the
free.

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

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

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE
EPHESIANS

CHAPTER 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by
the will of God, to the saints which
are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in
Christ Jesus:
2 Grace [be] to you, and peace, from
God our Father, and [from] the Lord
Jesus Christ.
3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed
us with all spiritual blessings in
heavenly [places] in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him
before the foundation of the world,
that we should be holy and without
blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the
adoption of children by Jesus Christ to
himself, according to the good pleasure
of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his
grace, wherein he hath made us accepted
in the beloved.
7 In whom we have redemption through
his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace;
8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us in
all wisdom and prudence;
9 Having made known unto us the mystery
of his will, according to his good
pleasure which he hath purposed in
himself:
10 That in the dispensation of the
fulness of times he might gather
together in one all things in Christ,
both which are in heaven, and which are
on earth; [even] in him:
11 In whom also we have obtained an
inheritance, being predestinated
according to the purpose of him who
worketh all things after the counsel of
his own will:
12 That we should be to the praise of
his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
13 In whom ye also [trusted], after
that ye heard the word of truth, the
gospel of your salvation: in whom also
after that ye believed, ye were sealed
with that holy Spirit of promise,
14 Which is the earnest of our
inheritance until the redemption of the
purchased possession, unto the praise
of his glory.
15 Wherefore I also, after I heard of
your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love
unto all the saints,
16 Cease not to give thanks for you,
making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Father of glory, may give
unto you the spirit of wisdom and
revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being
enlightened; that ye may know what is
the hope of his calling, and what the
riches of the glory of his inheritance
in the saints,
19 And what [is] the exceeding
greatness of his power to us-ward who
believe, according to the working of
his mighty power,
20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he
raised him from the dead, and set [him]
at his own right hand in the heavenly
[places],
21 Far above all principality, and
power, and might, and dominion, and
every name that is named, not only in
this world, but also in that which is
to come:
22 And hath put all [things] under his
feet, and gave him [to be] the head
over all [things] to the church,
23 Which is his body, the fulness of
him that filleth all in all.

CHAPTER 2
1 And you [hath he quickened], who were
dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked
according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of
the air, the spirit that now worketh in
the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our
conversation in times past in the lusts
of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of
the flesh and of the mind; and were by
nature the children of wrath, even as
others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for
his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath
quickened us together with Christ, (by
grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised [us] up together, and
made [us] sit together in heavenly
[places] in Christ Jesus:
7 That in the ages to come he might
shew the exceeding riches of his grace
in [his] kindness toward us through
Christ Jesus.
8 For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: [it
is] the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should
boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus unto good works, which
God hath before ordained that we should
walk in them.
11 Wherefore remember, that ye [being]
in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who
are called Uncircumcision by that which
is called the Circumcision in the flesh
made by hands;
12 That at that time ye were without
Christ, being aliens from the
commonwealth of Israel, and strangers
from the covenants of promise, having
no hope, and without God in the world:
13 But now in Christ Jesus ye who
sometimes were far off are made nigh by
the blood of Christ.
14 For he is our peace, who hath made
both one, and hath broken down the
middle wall of partition [between us];
15 Having abolished in his flesh the
enmity, [even] the law of commandments
[contained] in ordinances; for to make
in himself of twain one new man, [so]
making peace;
16 And that he might reconcile both
unto God in one body by the cross,
having slain the enmity thereby:
17 And came and preached peace to you
which were afar off, and to them that
were nigh.
18 For through him we both have access
by one Spirit unto the Father.
19 Now therefore ye are no more
strangers and foreigners, but
fellowcitizens with the saints, and of
the household of God;
20 And are built upon the foundation of
the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ
himself being the chief corner [stone];
21 In whom all the building fitly
framed together groweth unto an holy
temple in the Lord:
22 In whom ye also are builded together
for an habitation of God through the
Spirit.

CHAPTER 3
1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner
of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
2 If ye have heard of the dispensation
of the grace of God which is given me
to you-ward:
3 How that by revelation he made known
unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore
in few words,
4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may
understand my knowledge in the mystery
of Christ)
5 Which in other ages was not made
known unto the sons of men, as it is
now revealed unto his holy apostles and
prophets by the Spirit;
6 That the Gentiles should be
fellowheirs, and of the same body, and
partakers of his promise in Christ by
the gospel:
7 Whereof I was made a minister,
according to the gift of the grace of
God given unto me by the effectual
working of his power.
8 Unto me, who am less than the least
of all saints, is this grace given,
that I should preach among the Gentiles
the unsearchable riches of Christ;
9 And to make all [men] see what [is]
the fellowship of the mystery, which
from the beginning of the world hath
been hid in God, who created all things
by Jesus Christ:
10 To the intent that now unto the
principalities and powers in heavenly
[places] might be known by the church
the manifold wisdom of God,
11 According to the eternal purpose
which he purposed in Christ Jesus our
Lord:
12 In whom we have boldness and access
with confidence by the faith of him.
13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not
at my tribulations for you, which is
your glory.
14 For this cause I bow my knees unto
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
15 Of whom the whole family in heaven
and earth is named,
16 That he would grant you, according
to the riches of his glory, to be
strengthened with might by his Spirit
in the inner man;
17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts
by faith; that ye, being rooted and
grounded in love,
18 May be able to comprehend with all
saints what [is] the breadth, and
length, and depth, and height;
19 And to know the love of Christ,
which passeth knowledge, that ye might
be filled with all the fulness of God.
20 Now unto him that is able to do
exceeding abundantly above all that we
ask or think, according to the power
that worketh in us,
21 Unto him [be] glory in the church by
Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world
without end. Amen.

CHAPTER 4
1 I therefore, the prisoner of the
Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy
of the vocation wherewith ye are
called,
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with
longsuffering, forbearing one another
in love;
3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the
Spirit in the bond of peace.
4 [There is] one body, and one Spirit,
even as ye are called in one hope of
your calling;
5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
6 One God and Father of all, who [is]
above all, and through all, and in you
all.
7 But unto every one of us is given
grace according to the measure of the
gift of Christ.
8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended
up on high, he led captivity captive,
and gave gifts unto men.
9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but
that he also descended first into the
lower parts of the earth?
10 He that descended is the same also
that ascended up far above all heavens,
that he might fill all things.)
11 And he gave some, apostles; and
some, prophets; and some, evangelists;
and some, pastors and teachers;
12 For the perfecting of the saints,
for the work of the ministry, for the
edifying of the body of Christ:
13 Till we all come in the unity of the
faith, and of the knowledge of the Son
of God, unto a perfect man, unto the
measure of the stature of the fulness
of Christ:
14 That we [henceforth] be no more
children, tossed to and fro, and
carried about with every wind of
doctrine, by the sleight of men, [and]
cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in
wait to deceive;
15 But speaking the truth in love, may
grow up into him in all things, which
is the head, [even] Christ:
16 From whom the whole body fitly
joined together and compacted by that
which every joint supplieth, according
to the effectual working in the measure
of every part, maketh increase of the
body unto the edifying of itself in
love.
17 This I say therefore, and testify in
the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not
as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity
of their mind,
18 Having the understanding darkened,
being alienated from the life of God
through the ignorance that is in them,
because of the blindness of their
heart:
19 Who being past feeling have given
themselves over unto lasciviousness, to
work all uncleanness with greediness.
20 But ye have not so learned Christ;
21 If so be that ye have heard him, and
have been taught by him, as the truth
is in Jesus:
22 That ye put off concerning the
former conversation the old man, which
is corrupt according to the deceitful
lusts;
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your
mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man,
which after God is created in
righteousness and true holiness.
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak
every man truth with his neighbour: for
we are members one of another.
26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not
the sun go down upon your wrath:
27 Neither give place to the devil.
28 Let him that stole steal no more:
but rather let him labour, working with
[his] hands the thing which is good,
that he may have to give to him that
needeth.
29 Let no corrupt communication proceed
out of your mouth, but that which is
good to the use of edifying, that it
may minister grace unto the hearers.
30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of
God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day
of redemption.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and
anger, and clamour, and evil speaking,
be put away from you, with all malice:
32 And be ye kind one to another,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another,
even as God for Christ's sake hath
forgiven you.

CHAPTER 5
1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as
dear children;
2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath
loved us, and hath given himself for us
an offering and a sacrifice to God for
a sweetsmelling savour.
3 But fornication, and all uncleanness,
or covetousness, let it not be once
named among you, as becometh saints;
4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish
talking, nor jesting, which are not
convenient: but rather giving of
thanks.
5 For this ye know, that no
whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor
covetous man, who is an idolater, hath
any inheritance in the kingdom of
Christ and of God.
6 Let no man deceive you with vain
words: for because of these things
cometh the wrath of God upon the
children of disobedience.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with
them.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but
now [are ye] light in the Lord: walk as
children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit [is] in
all goodness and righteousness and
truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the
Lord.
11 And have no fellowship with the
unfruitful works of darkness, but
rather reprove [them].
12 For it is a shame even to speak of
those things which are done of them in
secret.
13 But all things that are reproved are
made manifest by the light: for
whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that
sleepest, and arise from the dead, and
Christ shall give thee light.
15 See then that ye walk circumspectly,
not as fools, but as wise,
16 Redeeming the time, because the days
are evil.
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but
understanding what the will of the Lord
[is].
18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein
is excess; but be filled with the
Spirit;
19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, singing and
making melody in your heart to the
Lord;
20 Giving thanks always for all things
unto God and the Father in the name of
our Lord Jesus Christ;
21 Submitting yourselves one to another
in the fear of God.
22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your
own husbands, as unto the Lord.
23 For the husband is the head of the
wife, even as Christ is the head of the
church: and he is the saviour of the
body.
24 Therefore as the church is subject
unto Christ, so [let] the wives [be] to
their own husbands in every thing.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as
Christ also loved the church, and gave
himself for it;
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse
it with the washing of water by the
word,
27 That he might present it to himself
a glorious church, not having spot, or
wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it
should be holy and without blemish.
28 So ought men to love their wives as
their own bodies. He that loveth his
wife loveth himself.
29 For no man ever yet hated his own
flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth
it, even as the Lord the church:
30 For we are members of his body, of
his flesh, and of his bones.
31 For this cause shall a man leave his
father and mother, and shall be joined
unto his wife, and they two shall be
one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak
concerning Christ and the church.
33 Nevertheless let every one of you in
particular so love his wife even as
himself; and the wife [see] that she
reverence [her] husband.

CHAPTER 6
1 Children, obey your parents in the
Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; (which
is the first commandment with promise;)
3 That it may be well with thee, and
thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your
children to wrath: but bring them up in
the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
5 Servants, be obedient to them that
are [your] masters according to the
flesh, with fear and trembling, in
singleness of your heart, as unto
Christ;
6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers;
but as the servants of Christ, doing
the will of God from the heart;
7 With good will doing service, as to
the Lord, and not to men:
8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing
any man doeth, the same shall he
receive of the Lord, whether [he be]
bond or free.
9 And, ye masters, do the same things
unto them, forbearing threatening:
knowing that your Master also is in
heaven; neither is there respect of
persons with him.
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in
the Lord, and in the power of his
might.
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that
ye may be able to stand against the
wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and
blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of
the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high [places].
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole
armour of God, that ye may be able to
withstand in the evil day, and having
done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins
girt about with truth, and having on
the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the
preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of
faith, wherewith ye shall be able to
quench all the fiery darts of the
wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation,
and the sword of the Spirit, which is
the word of God:
18 Praying always with all prayer and
supplication in the Spirit, and
watching thereunto with all
perseverance and supplication for all
saints;
19 And for me, that utterance may be
given unto me, that I may open my mouth
boldly, to make known the mystery of
the gospel,
20 For which I am an ambassador in
bonds: that therein I may speak boldly,
as I ought to speak.
21 But that ye also may know my
affairs, [and] how I do, Tychicus, a
beloved brother and faithful minister
in the Lord, shall make known to you
all things:
22 Whom I have sent unto you for the
same purpose, that ye might know our
affairs, and [that] he might comfort
your hearts.
23 Peace [be] to the brethren, and love
with faith, from God the Father and the
Lord Jesus Christ.
24 Grace [be] with all them that love
our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity.
Amen.
# Written from Rome unto the Ephesians
by Tychicus.

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE
PHILIPPIANS

CHAPTER 1
1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of
Jesus Christ, to all the saints in
Christ Jesus which are at Philippi,
with the bishops and deacons:
2 Grace [be] unto you, and peace, from
God our Father, and [from] the Lord
Jesus Christ.
3 I thank my God upon every remembrance
of you,
4 Always in every prayer of mine for
you all making request with joy,
5 For your fellowship in the gospel
from the first day until now;
6 Being confident of this very thing,
that he which hath begun a good work in
you will perform [it] until the day of
Jesus Christ:
7 Even as it is meet for me to think
this of you all, because I have you in
my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds,
and in the defence and confirmation of
the gospel, ye all are partakers of my
grace.
8 For God is my record, how greatly I
long after you all in the bowels of
Jesus Christ.
9 And this I pray, that your love may
abound yet more and more in knowledge
and [in] all judgment;
10 That ye may approve things that are
excellent; that ye may be sincere and
without offence till the day of Christ;
11 Being filled with the fruits of
righteousness, which are by Jesus
Christ, unto the glory and praise of
God.
12 But I would ye should understand,
brethren, that the things [which
happened] unto me have fallen out
rather unto the furtherance of the
gospel;
13 So that my bonds in Christ are
manifest in all the palace, and in all
other [places];
14 And many of the brethren in the
Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are
much more bold to speak the word
without fear.
15 Some indeed preach Christ even of
envy and strife; and some also of good
will:
16 The one preach Christ of contention,
not sincerely, supposing to add
affliction to my bonds:
17 But the other of love, knowing that
I am set for the defence of the gospel.
18 What then? notwithstanding, every
way, whether in pretence, or in truth,
Christ is preached; and I therein do
rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
19 For I know that this shall turn to
my salvation through your prayer, and
the supply of the Spirit of Jesus
Christ,
20 According to my earnest expectation
and [my] hope, that in nothing I shall
be ashamed, but [that] with all
boldness, as always, [so] now also
Christ shall be magnified in my body,
whether [it be] by life, or by death.
21 For to me to live [is] Christ, and
to die [is] gain.
22 But if I live in the flesh, this
[is] the fruit of my labour: yet what I
shall choose I wot not.
23 For I am in a strait betwixt two,
having a desire to depart, and to be
with Christ; which is far better:
24 Nevertheless to abide in the flesh
[is] more needful for you.
25 And having this confidence, I know
that I shall abide and continue with
you all for your furtherance and joy of
faith;
26 That your rejoicing may be more
abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my
coming to you again.
27 Only let your conversation be as it
becometh the gospel of Christ: that
whether I come and see you, or else be
absent, I may hear of your affairs,
that ye stand fast in one spirit, with
one mind striving together for the
faith of the gospel;
28 And in nothing terrified by your
adversaries: which is to them an
evident token of perdition, but to you
of salvation, and that of God.
29 For unto you it is given in the
behalf of Christ, not only to believe
on him, but also to suffer for his
sake;
30 Having the same conflict which ye
saw in me, and now hear [to be] in me.

CHAPTER 2
1 If [there be] therefore any
consolation in Christ, if any comfort
of love, if any fellowship of the
Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be
likeminded, having the same love,
[being] of one accord, of one mind.
3 [Let] nothing [be done] through
strife or vainglory; but in lowliness
of mind let each esteem other better
than themselves.
4 Look not every man on his own things,
but every man also on the things of
others.
5 Let this mind be in you, which was
also in Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being in the form of God,
thought it not robbery to be equal with
God:
7 But made himself of no reputation,
and took upon him the form of a
servant, and was made in the likeness
of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man,
he humbled himself, and became obedient
unto death, even the death of the
cross.
9 Wherefore God also hath highly
exalted him, and given him a name which
is above every name:
10 That at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow, of [things] in heaven, and
[things] in earth, and [things] under
the earth;
11 And [that] every tongue should
confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to
the glory of God the Father.
12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have
always obeyed, not as in my presence
only, but now much more in my absence,
work out your own salvation with fear
and trembling.
13 For it is God which worketh in you
both to will and to do of [his] good
pleasure.
14 Do all things without murmurings and
disputings:
15 That ye may be blameless and
harmless, the sons of God, without
rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and
perverse nation, among whom ye shine as
lights in the world;
16 Holding forth the word of life; that
I may rejoice in the day of Christ,
that I have not run in vain, neither
laboured in vain.
17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the
sacrifice and service of your faith, I
joy, and rejoice with you all.
18 For the same cause also do ye joy,
and rejoice with me.
19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus to
send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I
also may be of good comfort, when I
know your state.
20 For I have no man likeminded, who
will naturally care for your state.
21 For all seek their own, not the
things which are Jesus Christ's.
22 But ye know the proof of him, that,
as a son with the father, he hath
served with me in the gospel.
23 Him therefore I hope to send
presently, so soon as I shall see how
it will go with me.
24 But I trust in the Lord that I also
myself shall come shortly.
25 Yet I supposed it necessary to send
to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and
companion in labour, and fellowsoldier,
but your messenger, and he that
ministered to my wants.
26 For he longed after you all, and was
full of heaviness, because that ye had
heard that he had been sick.
27 For indeed he was sick nigh unto
death: but God had mercy on him; and
not on him only, but on me also, lest I
should have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 I sent him therefore the more
carefully, that, when ye see him again,
ye may rejoice, and that I may be the
less sorrowful.
29 Receive him therefore in the Lord
with all gladness; and hold such in
reputation:
30 Because for the work of Christ he
was nigh unto death, not regarding his
life, to supply your lack of service
toward me.

CHAPTER 3
1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the
Lord. To write the same things to you,
to me indeed [is] not grievous, but for
you [it is] safe.
2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil
workers, beware of the concision.
3 For we are the circumcision, which
worship God in the spirit, and rejoice
in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence
in the flesh.
4 Though I might also have confidence
in the flesh. If any other man thinketh
that he hath whereof he might trust in
the flesh, I more:
5 Circumcised the eighth day, of the
stock of Israel, [of] the tribe of
Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as
touching the law, a Pharisee;
6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the
church; touching the righteousness
which is in the law, blameless.
7 But what things were gain to me,
those I counted loss for Christ.
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things
[but] loss for the excellency of the
knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for
whom I have suffered the loss of all
things, and do count them [but] dung,
that I may win Christ,
9 And be found in him, not having mine
own righteousness, which is of the law,
but that which is through the faith of
Christ, the righteousness which is of
God by faith:
10 That I may know him, and the power
of his resurrection, and the fellowship
of his sufferings, being made
conformable unto his death;
11 If by any means I might attain unto
the resurrection of the dead.
12 Not as though I had already
attained, either were already perfect:
but I follow after, if that I may
apprehend that for which also I am
apprehended of Christ Jesus.
13 Brethren, I count not myself to have
apprehended: but [this] one thing [I
do], forgetting those things which are
behind, and reaching forth unto those
things which are before,
14 I press toward the mark for the
prize of the high calling of God in
Christ Jesus.
15 Let us therefore, as many as be
perfect, be thus minded: and if in any
thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall
reveal even this unto you.
16 Nevertheless, whereto we have
already attained, let us walk by the
same rule, let us mind the same thing.
17 Brethren, be followers together of
me, and mark them which walk so as ye
have us for an ensample.
18 (For many walk, of whom I have told
you often, and now tell you even
weeping, [that they are] the enemies of
the cross of Christ:
19 Whose end [is] destruction, whose
God [is their] belly, and [whose] glory
[is] in their shame, who mind earthly
things.)
20 For our conversation is in heaven;
from whence also we look for the
Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
21 Who shall change our vile body, that
it may be fashioned like unto his
glorious body, according to the working
whereby he is able even to subdue all
things unto himself.

CHAPTER 4
1 Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved
and longed for, my joy and crown, so
stand fast in the Lord, [my] dearly
beloved.
2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech
Syntyche, that they be of the same mind
in the Lord.
3 And I intreat thee also, true
yokefellow, help those women which
laboured with me in the gospel, with
Clement also, and [with] other my
fellowlabourers, whose names [are] in
the book of life.
4 Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and]
again I say, Rejoice.
5 Let your moderation be known unto all
men. The Lord [is] at hand.
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every
thing by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made
known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth
all understanding, shall keep your
hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things
are true, whatsoever things [are]
honest, whatsoever things [are] just,
whatsoever things [are] pure,
whatsoever things [are] lovely,
whatsoever things [are] of good report;
if [there be] any virtue, and if [there
be] any praise, think on these things.
9 Those things, which ye have both
learned, and received, and heard, and
seen in me, do: and the God of peace
shall be with you.
10 But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly,
that now at the last your care of me
hath flourished again; wherein ye were
also careful, but ye lacked
opportunity.
11 Not that I speak in respect of want:
for I have learned, in whatsoever state
I am, [therewith] to be content.
12 I know both how to be abased, and I
know how to abound: every where and in
all things I am instructed both to be
full and to be hungry, both to abound
and to suffer need.
13 I can do all things through Christ
which strengtheneth me.
14 Notwithstanding ye have well done,
that ye did communicate with my
affliction.
15 Now ye Philippians know also, that
in the beginning of the gospel, when I
departed from Macedonia, no church
communicated with me as concerning
giving and receiving, but ye only.
16 For even in Thessalonica ye sent
once and again unto my necessity.
17 Not because I desire a gift: but I
desire fruit that may abound to your
account.
18 But I have all, and abound: I am
full, having received of Epaphroditus
the things [which were sent] from you,
an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice
acceptable, wellpleasing to God.
19 But my God shall supply all your
need according to his riches in glory
by Christ Jesus.
20 Now unto God and our Father [be]
glory for ever and ever. Amen.
21 Salute every saint in Christ Jesus.
The brethren which are with me greet
you.
22 All the saints salute you, chiefly
they that are of Caesar's household.
23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
[be] with you all. Amen.
# It was written to the Philippians
from Rome by Epaphroditus.

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE
COLOSSIANS

CHAPTER 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by
the will of God, and Timotheus [our]
brother,
2 To the saints and faithful brethren
in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace
[be] unto you, and peace, from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 We give thanks to God and the Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying
always for you,
4 Since we heard of your faith in
Christ Jesus, and of the love [which ye
have] to all the saints,
5 For the hope which is laid up for you
in heaven, whereof ye heard before in
the word of the truth of the gospel;
6 Which is come unto you, as [it is] in
all the world; and bringeth forth
fruit, as [it doth] also in you, since
the day ye heard [of it], and knew the
grace of God in truth:
7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our
dear fellowservant, who is for you a
faithful minister of Christ;
8 Who also declared unto us your love
in the Spirit.
9 For this cause we also, since the day
we heard [it], do not cease to pray for
you, and to desire that ye might be
filled with the knowledge of his will
in all wisdom and spiritual
understanding;
10 That ye might walk worthy of the
Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful
in every good work, and increasing in
the knowledge of God;
11 Strengthened with all might,
according to his glorious power, unto
all patience and longsuffering with
joyfulness;
12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which
hath made us meet to be partakers of
the inheritance of the saints in light:
13 Who hath delivered us from the power
of darkness, and hath translated [us]
into the kingdom of his dear Son:
14 In whom we have redemption through
his blood, [even] the forgiveness of
sins:
15 Who is the image of the invisible
God, the firstborn of every creature:
16 For by him were all things created,
that are in heaven, and that are in
earth, visible and invisible, whether
[they be] thrones, or dominions, or
principalities, or powers: all things
were created by him, and for him:
17 And he is before all things, and by
him all things consist.
18 And he is the head of the body, the
church: who is the beginning, the
firstborn from the dead; that in all
[things] he might have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased [the Father] that in
him should all fulness dwell;
20 And, having made peace through the
blood of his cross, by him to reconcile
all things unto himself; by him, [I
say], whether [they be] things in
earth, or things in heaven.
21 And you, that were sometime
alienated and enemies in [your] mind by
wicked works, yet now hath he
reconciled
22 In the body of his flesh through
death, to present you holy and
unblameable and unreproveable in his
sight:
23 If ye continue in the faith grounded
and settled, and [be] not moved away
from the hope of the gospel, which ye
have heard, [and] which was preached to
every creature which is under heaven;
whereof I Paul am made a minister;
24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for
you, and fill up that which is behind
of the afflictions of Christ in my
flesh for his body's sake, which is the
church:
25 Whereof I am made a minister,
according to the dispensation of God
which is given to me for you, to fulfil
the word of God;
26 [Even] the mystery which hath been
hid from ages and from generations, but
now is made manifest to his saints:
27 To whom God would make known what
[is] the riches of the glory of this
mystery among the Gentiles; which is
Christ in you, the hope of glory:
28 Whom we preach, warning every man,
and teaching every man in all wisdom;
that we may present every man perfect
in Christ Jesus:
29 Whereunto I also labour, striving
according to his working, which worketh
in me mightily.

CHAPTER 2
1 For I would that ye knew what great
conflict I have for you, and [for] them
at Laodicea, and [for] as many as have
not seen my face in the flesh;
2 That their hearts might be comforted,
being knit together in love, and unto
all riches of the full assurance of
understanding, to the acknowledgement
of the mystery of God, and of the
Father, and of Christ;
3 In whom are hid all the treasures of
wisdom and knowledge.
4 And this I say, lest any man should
beguile you with enticing words.
5 For though I be absent in the flesh,
yet am I with you in the spirit, joying
and beholding your order, and the
stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 As ye have therefore received Christ
Jesus the Lord, [so] walk ye in him:
7 Rooted and built up in him, and
stablished in the faith, as ye have
been taught, abounding therein with
thanksgiving.
8 Beware lest any man spoil you through
philosophy and vain deceit, after the
tradition of men, after the rudiments
of the world, and not after Christ.
9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness
of the Godhead bodily.
10 And ye are complete in him, which is
the head of all principality and power:
11 In whom also ye are circumcised with
the circumcision made without hands, in
putting off the body of the sins of the
flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein
also ye are risen with [him] through
the faith of the operation of God, who
hath raised him from the dead.
13 And you, being dead in your sins and
the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath
he quickened together with him, having
forgiven you all trespasses;
14 Blotting out the handwriting of
ordinances that was against us, which
was contrary to us, and took it out of
the way, nailing it to his cross;
15 [And] having spoiled principalities
and powers, he made a shew of them
openly, triumphing over them in it.
16 Let no man therefore judge you in
meat, or in drink, or in respect of an
holyday, or of the new moon, or of the
sabbath [days]:
17 Which are a shadow of things to
come; but the body [is] of Christ.
18 Let no man beguile you of your
reward in a voluntary humility and
worshipping of angels, intruding into
those things which he hath not seen,
vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19 And not holding the Head, from which
all the body by joints and bands having
nourishment ministered, and knit
together, increaseth with the increase
of God.
20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ
from the rudiments of the world, why,
as though living in the world, are ye
subject to ordinances,
21 (Touch not; taste not; handle not;
22 Which all are to perish with the
using;) after the commandments and
doctrines of men?
23 Which things have indeed a shew of
wisdom in will worship, and humility,
and neglecting of the body; not in any
honour to the satisfying of the flesh.

CHAPTER 3
1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek
those things which are above, where
Christ sitteth on the right hand of
God.
2 Set your affection on things above,
not on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid
with Christ in God.
4 When Christ, [who is] our life, shall
appear, then shall ye also appear with
him in glory.
5 Mortify therefore your members which
are upon the earth; fornication,
uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil
concupiscence, and covetousness, which
is idolatry:
6 For which things' sake the wrath of
God cometh on the children of
disobedience:
7 In the which ye also walked some
time, when ye lived in them.
8 But now ye also put off all these;
anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy
communication out of your mouth.
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that
ye have put off the old man with his
deeds;
10 And have put on the new [man], which
is renewed in knowledge after the image
of him that created him:
11 Where there is neither Greek nor
Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision,
Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free:
but Christ [is] all, and in all.
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of
God, holy and beloved, bowels of
mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind,
meekness, longsuffering;
13 Forbearing one another, and
forgiving one another, if any man have
a quarrel against any: even as Christ
forgave you, so also [do] ye.
14 And above all these things [put on]
charity, which is the bond of
perfectness.
15 And let the peace of God rule in
your hearts, to the which also ye are
called in one body; and be ye thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you
richly in all wisdom; teaching and
admonishing one another in psalms and
hymns and spiritual songs, singing with
grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or
deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord
Jesus, giving thanks to God and the
Father by him.
18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your
own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.
19 Husbands, love [your] wives, and be
not bitter against them.
20 Children, obey [your] parents in all
things: for this is well pleasing unto
the Lord.
21 Fathers, provoke not your children
[to anger], lest they be discouraged.
22 Servants, obey in all things [your]
masters according to the flesh; not
with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in
singleness of heart, fearing God:
23 And whatsoever ye do, do [it]
heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto
men;
24 Knowing that of the Lord ye shall
receive the reward of the inheritance:
for ye serve the Lord Christ.
25 But he that doeth wrong shall
receive for the wrong which he hath
done: and there is no respect of
persons.

CHAPTER 4
1 Masters, give unto [your] servants
that which is just and equal; knowing
that ye also have a Master in heaven.
2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the
same with thanksgiving;
3 Withal praying also for us, that God
would open unto us a door of utterance,
to speak the mystery of Christ, for
which I am also in bonds:
4 That I may make it manifest, as I
ought to speak.
5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are
without, redeeming the time.
6 Let your speech [be] alway with
grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may
know how ye ought to answer every man.
7 All my state shall Tychicus declare
unto you, [who is] a beloved brother,
and a faithful minister and
fellowservant in the Lord:
8 Whom I have sent unto you for the
same purpose, that he might know your
estate, and comfort your hearts;
9 With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved
brother, who is [one] of you. They
shall make known unto you all things
which [are done] here.
10 Aristarchus my fellowprisoner
saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son
to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received
commandments: if he come unto you,
receive him;)
11 And Jesus, which is called Justus,
who are of the circumcision. These only
[are my] fellowworkers unto the kingdom
of God, which have been a comfort unto
me.
12 Epaphras, who is [one] of you, a
servant of Christ, saluteth you, always
labouring fervently for you in prayers,
that ye may stand perfect and complete
in all the will of God.
13 For I bear him record, that he hath
a great zeal for you, and them [that
are] in Laodicea, and them in
Hierapolis.
14 Luke, the beloved physician, and
Demas, greet you.
15 Salute the brethren which are in
Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church
which is in his house.
16 And when this epistle is read among
you, cause that it be read also in the
church of the Laodiceans; and that ye
likewise read the [epistle] from
Laodicea.
17 And say to Archippus, Take heed to
the ministry which thou hast received
in the Lord, that thou fulfil it.
18 The salutation by the hand of me
Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace [be]
with you. Amen.
# Written from Rome to the Colossians
by Tychicus and Onesimus.

THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE THESSALONIANS

CHAPTER 1
1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus,
unto the church of the Thessalonians
[which is] in God the Father and [in]
the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace [be] unto
you, and peace, from God our Father,
and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 We give thanks to God always for you
all, making mention of you in our
prayers;
3 Remembering without ceasing your work
of faith, and labour of love, and
patience of hope in our Lord Jesus
Christ, in the sight of God and our
Father;
4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your
election of God.
5 For our gospel came not unto you in
word only, but also in power, and in
the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance;
as ye know what manner of men we were
among you for your sake.
6 And ye became followers of us, and of
the Lord, having received the word in
much affliction, with joy of the Holy
Ghost:
7 So that ye were ensamples to all that
believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
8 For from you sounded out the word of
the Lord not only in Macedonia and
Achaia, but also in every place your
faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so
that we need not to speak any thing.
9 For they themselves shew of us what
manner of entering in we had unto you,
and how ye turned to God from idols to
serve the living and true God;
10 And to wait for his Son from heaven,
whom he raised from the dead, [even]
Jesus, which delivered us from the
wrath to come.

CHAPTER 2
1 For yourselves, brethren, know our
entrance in unto you, that it was not
in vain:
2 But even after that we had suffered
before, and were shamefully entreated,
as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold
in our God to speak unto you the gospel
of God with much contention.
3 For our exhortation [was] not of
deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in
guile:
4 But as we were allowed of God to be
put in trust with the gospel, even so
we speak; not as pleasing men, but God,
which trieth our hearts.
5 For neither at any time used we
flattering words, as ye know, nor a
cloke of covetousness; God [is]
witness:
6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither
of you, nor [yet] of others, when we
might have been burdensome, as the
apostles of Christ.
7 But we were gentle among you, even as
a nurse cherisheth her children:
8 So being affectionately desirous of
you, we were willing to have imparted
unto you, not the gospel of God only,
but also our own souls, because ye were
dear unto us.
9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour
and travail: for labouring night and
day, because we would not be chargeable
unto any of you, we preached unto you
the gospel of God.
10 Ye [are] witnesses, and God [also],
how holily and justly and unblameably
we behaved ourselves among you that
believe:
11 As ye know how we exhorted and
comforted and charged every one of you,
as a father [doth] his children,
12 That ye would walk worthy of God,
who hath called you unto his kingdom
and glory.
13 For this cause also thank we God
without ceasing, because, when ye
received the word of God which ye heard
of us, ye received [it] not [as] the
word of men, but as it is in truth, the
word of God, which effectually worketh
also in you that believe.
14 For ye, brethren, became followers
of the churches of God which in Judaea
are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have
suffered like things of your own
countrymen, even as they [have] of the
Jews:
15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and
their own prophets, and have persecuted
us; and they please not God, and are
contrary to all men:
16 Forbidding us to speak to the
Gentiles that they might be saved, to
fill up their sins alway: for the wrath
is come upon them to the uttermost.
17 But we, brethren, being taken from
you for a short time in presence, not
in heart, endeavoured the more
abundantly to see your face with great
desire.
18 Wherefore we would have come unto
you, even I Paul, once and again; but
Satan hindered us.
19 For what [is] our hope, or joy, or
crown of rejoicing? [Are] not even ye
in the presence of our Lord Jesus
Christ at his coming?
20 For ye are our glory and joy.

CHAPTER 3
1 Wherefore when we could no longer
forbear, we thought it good to be left
at Athens alone;
2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and
minister of God, and our fellowlabourer
in the gospel of Christ, to establish
you, and to comfort you concerning your
faith:
3 That no man should be moved by these
afflictions: for yourselves know that
we are appointed thereunto.
4 For verily, when we were with you, we
told you before that we should suffer
tribulation; even as it came to pass,
and ye know.
5 For this cause, when I could no
longer forbear, I sent to know your
faith, lest by some means the tempter
have tempted you, and our labour be in
vain.
6 But now when Timotheus came from you
unto us, and brought us good tidings of
your faith and charity, and that ye
have good remembrance of us always,
desiring greatly to see us, as we also
[to see] you:
7 Therefore, brethren, we were
comforted over you in all our
affliction and distress by your faith:
8 For now we live, if ye stand fast in
the Lord.
9 For what thanks can we render to God
again for you, for all the joy
wherewith we joy for your sakes before
our God;
10 Night and day praying exceedingly
that we might see your face, and might
perfect that which is lacking in your
faith?
11 Now God himself and our Father, and
our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way
unto you.
12 And the Lord make you to increase
and abound in love one toward another,
and toward all [men], even as we [do]
toward you:
13 To the end he may stablish your
hearts unblameable in holiness before
God, even our Father, at the coming of
our Lord Jesus Christ with all his
saints.

CHAPTER 4
1 Furthermore then we beseech you,
brethren, and exhort [you] by the Lord
Jesus, that as ye have received of us
how ye ought to walk and to please God,
[so] ye would abound more and more.
2 For ye know what commandments we gave
you by the Lord Jesus.
3 For this is the will of God, [even]
your sanctification, that ye should
abstain from fornication:
4 That every one of you should know how
to possess his vessel in sanctification
and honour;
5 Not in the lust of concupiscence,
even as the Gentiles which know not
God:
6 That no [man] go beyond and defraud
his brother in [any] matter: because
that the Lord [is] the avenger of all
such, as we also have forewarned you
and testified.
7 For God hath not called us unto
uncleanness, but unto holiness.
8 He therefore that despiseth,
despiseth not man, but God, who hath
also given unto us his holy Spirit.
9 But as touching brotherly love ye
need not that I write unto you: for ye
yourselves are taught of God to love
one another.
10 And indeed ye do it toward all the
brethren which are in all Macedonia:
but we beseech you, brethren, that ye
increase more and more;
11 And that ye study to be quiet, and
to do your own business, and to work
with your own hands, as we commanded
you;
12 That ye may walk honestly toward
them that are without, and [that] ye
may have lack of nothing.
13 But I would not have you to be
ignorant, brethren, concerning them
which are asleep, that ye sorrow not,
even as others which have no hope.
14 For if we believe that Jesus died
and rose again, even so them also which
sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word
of the Lord, that we which are alive
[and] remain unto the coming of the
Lord shall not prevent them which are
asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend
from heaven with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel, and with the
trump of God: and the dead in Christ
shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive [and] remain
shall be caught up together with them
in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the
air: and so shall we ever be with the
Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with
these words.

CHAPTER 5
1 But of the times and the seasons,
brethren, ye have no need that I write
unto you.
2 For yourselves know perfectly that
the day of the Lord so cometh as a
thief in the night.
3 For when they shall say, Peace and
safety; then sudden destruction cometh
upon them, as travail upon a woman with
child; and they shall not escape.
4 But ye, brethren, are not in
darkness, that that day should overtake
you as a thief.
5 Ye are all the children of light, and
the children of the day: we are not of
the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as [do]
others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the
night; and they that be drunken are
drunken in the night.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be
sober, putting on the breastplate of
faith and love; and for an helmet, the
hope of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to
wrath, but to obtain salvation by our
Lord Jesus Christ,
10 Who died for us, that, whether we
wake or sleep, we should live together
with him.
11 Wherefore comfort yourselves
together, and edify one another, even
as also ye do.
12 And we beseech you, brethren, to
know them which labour among you, and
are over you in the Lord, and admonish
you;
13 And to esteem them very highly in
love for their work's sake. [And] be at
peace among yourselves.
14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn
them that are unruly, comfort the
feebleminded, support the weak, be
patient toward all [men].
15 See that none render evil for evil
unto any [man]; but ever follow that
which is good, both among yourselves,
and to all [men].
16 Rejoice evermore.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In every thing give thanks: for this
is the will of God in Christ Jesus
concerning you.
19 Quench not the Spirit.
20 Despise not prophesyings.
21 Prove all things; hold fast that
which is good.
22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
23 And the very God of peace sanctify
you wholly; and [I pray God] your whole
spirit and soul and body be preserved
blameless unto the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
24 Faithful [is] he that calleth you,
who also will do [it].
25 Brethren, pray for us.
26 Greet all the brethren with an holy
kiss.
27 I charge you by the Lord that this
epistle be read unto all the holy
brethren.
28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
[be] with you. Amen.
# The first [epistle] unto the
Thessalonians was written from Athens.

THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO THE THESSALONIANS

CHAPTER 1
1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus,
unto the church of the Thessalonians in
God our Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ:
2 Grace unto you, and peace, from God
our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
3 We are bound to thank God always for
you, brethren, as it is meet, because
that your faith groweth exceedingly,
and the charity of every one of you all
toward each other aboundeth;
4 So that we ourselves glory in you in
the churches of God for your patience
and faith in all your persecutions and
tribulations that ye endure:
5 [Which is] a manifest token of the
righteous judgment of God, that ye may
be counted worthy of the kingdom of
God, for which ye also suffer:
6 Seeing [it is] a righteous thing with
God to recompense tribulation to them
that trouble you;
7 And to you who are troubled rest with
us, when the Lord Jesus shall be
revealed from heaven with his mighty
angels,
8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on
them that know not God, and that obey
not the gospel of our Lord Jesus
Christ:
9 Who shall be punished with
everlasting destruction from the
presence of the Lord, and from the
glory of his power;
10 When he shall come to be glorified
in his saints, and to be admired in all
them that believe (because our
testimony among you was believed) in
that day.
11 Wherefore also we pray always for
you, that our God would count you
worthy of [this] calling, and fulfil
all the good pleasure of [his]
goodness, and the work of faith with
power:
12 That the name of our Lord Jesus
Christ may be glorified in you, and ye
in him, according to the grace of our
God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

CHAPTER 2
1 Now we beseech you, brethren, by the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
[by] our gathering together unto him,
2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind,
or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor
by word, nor by letter as from us, as
that the day of Christ is at hand.
3 Let no man deceive you by any means:
for [that day shall not come], except
there come a falling away first, and
that man of sin be revealed, the son of
perdition;
4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself
above all that is called God, or that
is worshipped; so that he as God
sitteth in the temple of God, shewing
himself that he is God.
5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet
with you, I told you these things?
6 And now ye know what withholdeth that
he might be revealed in his time.
7 For the mystery of iniquity doth
already work: only he who now letteth
[will let], until he be taken out of
the way.
8 And then shall that Wicked be
revealed, whom the Lord shall consume
with the spirit of his mouth, and shall
destroy with the brightness of his
coming:
9 [Even him], whose coming is after the
working of Satan with all power and
signs and lying wonders,
10 And with all deceivableness of
unrighteousness in them that perish;
because they received not the love of
the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send
them strong delusion, that they should
believe a lie:
12 That they all might be damned who
believed not the truth, but had
pleasure in unrighteousness.
13 But we are bound to give thanks
alway to God for you, brethren beloved
of the Lord, because God hath from the
beginning chosen you to salvation
through sanctification of the Spirit
and belief of the truth:
14 Whereunto he called you by our
gospel, to the obtaining of the glory
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and
hold the traditions which ye have been
taught, whether by word, or our
epistle.
16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself,
and God, even our Father, which hath
loved us, and hath given [us]
everlasting consolation and good hope
through grace,
17 Comfort your hearts, and stablish
you in every good word and work.

CHAPTER 3
1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that
the word of the Lord may have [free]
course, and be glorified, even as [it
is] with you:
2 And that we may be delivered from
unreasonable and wicked men: for all
[men] have not faith.
3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall
stablish you, and keep [you] from evil.
4 And we have confidence in the Lord
touching you, that ye both do and will
do the things which we command you.
5 And the Lord direct your hearts into
the love of God, and into the patient
waiting for Christ.
6 Now we command you, brethren, in the
name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye
withdraw yourselves from every brother
that walketh disorderly, and not after
the tradition which he received of us.
7 For yourselves know how ye ought to
follow us: for we behaved not ourselves
disorderly among you;
8 Neither did we eat any man's bread
for nought; but wrought with labour and
travail night and day, that we might
not be chargeable to any of you:
9 Not because we have not power, but to
make ourselves an ensample unto you to
follow us.
10 For even when we were with you, this
we commanded you, that if any would not
work, neither should he eat.
11 For we hear that there are some
which walk among you disorderly,
working not at all, but are busybodies.
12 Now them that are such we command
and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ,
that with quietness they work, and eat
their own bread.
13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in
well doing.
14 And if any man obey not our word by
this epistle, note that man, and have
no company with him, that he may be
ashamed.
15 Yet count [him] not as an enemy, but
admonish [him] as a brother.
16 Now the Lord of peace himself give
you peace always by all means. The Lord
[be] with you all.
17 The salutation of Paul with mine own
hand, which is the token in every
epistle: so I write.
18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
[be] with you all. Amen.
# The second [epistle] to the
Thessalonians was written from Athens.

THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO TIMOTHY

CHAPTER 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by
the commandment of God our Saviour, and
Lord Jesus Christ, [which is] our hope;
2 Unto Timothy, [my] own son in the
faith: Grace, mercy, [and] peace, from
God our Father and Jesus Christ our
Lord.
3 As I besought thee to abide still at
Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia,
that thou mightest charge some that
they teach no other doctrine,
4 Neither give heed to fables and
endless genealogies, which minister
questions, rather than godly edifying
which is in faith: [so do].
5 Now the end of the commandment is
charity out of a pure heart, and [of] a
good conscience, and [of] faith
unfeigned:
6 From which some having swerved have
turned aside unto vain jangling;
7 Desiring to be teachers of the law;
understanding neither what they say,
nor whereof they affirm.
8 But we know that the law [is] good,
if a man use it lawfully;
9 Knowing this, that the law is not
made for a righteous man, but for the
lawless and disobedient, for the
ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and
profane, for murderers of fathers and
murderers of mothers, for manslayers,
10 For whoremongers, for them that
defile themselves with mankind, for
menstealers, for liars, for perjured
persons, and if there be any other
thing that is contrary to sound
doctrine;
11 According to the glorious gospel of
the blessed God, which was committed to
my trust.
12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord,
who hath enabled me, for that he
counted me faithful, putting me into
the ministry;
13 Who was before a blasphemer, and a
persecutor, and injurious: but I
obtained mercy, because I did [it]
ignorantly in unbelief.
14 And the grace of our Lord was
exceeding abundant with faith and love
which is in Christ Jesus.
15 This [is] a faithful saying, and
worthy of all acceptation, that Christ
Jesus came into the world to save
sinners; of whom I am chief.
16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained
mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ
might shew forth all longsuffering, for
a pattern to them which should
hereafter believe on him to life
everlasting.
17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal,
invisible, the only wise God, [be]
honour and glory for ever and ever.
Amen.
18 This charge I commit unto thee, son
Timothy, according to the prophecies
which went before on thee, that thou by
them mightest war a good warfare;
19 Holding faith, and a good
conscience; which some having put away
concerning faith have made shipwreck:
20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander;
whom I have delivered unto Satan, that
they may learn not to blaspheme.

CHAPTER 2
1 I exhort therefore, that, first of
all, supplications, prayers,
intercessions, [and] giving of thanks,
be made for all men;
2 For kings, and [for] all that are in
authority; that we may lead a quiet and
peaceable life in all godliness and
honesty.
3 For this [is] good and acceptable in
the sight of God our Saviour;
4 Who will have all men to be saved,
and to come unto the knowledge of the
truth.
5 For [there is] one God, and one
mediator between God and men, the man
Christ Jesus;
6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to
be testified in due time.
7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher,
and an apostle, (I speak the truth in
Christ, [and] lie not;) a teacher of
the Gentiles in faith and verity.
8 I will therefore that men pray every
where, lifting up holy hands, without
wrath and doubting.
9 In like manner also, that women adorn
themselves in modest apparel, with
shamefacedness and sobriety; not with
broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or
costly array;
10 But (which becometh women professing
godliness) with good works.
11 Let the woman learn in silence with
all subjection.
12 But I suffer not a woman to teach,
nor to usurp authority over the man,
but to be in silence.
13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived, but the
woman being deceived was in the
transgression.
15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved
in childbearing, if they continue in
faith and charity and holiness with
sobriety.

CHAPTER 3
1 This [is] a true saying, If a man
desire the office of a bishop, he
desireth a good work.
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the
husband of one wife, vigilant, sober,
of good behaviour, given to
hospitality, apt to teach;
3 Not given to wine, no striker, not
greedy of filthy lucre; but patient,
not a brawler, not covetous;
4 One that ruleth well his own house,
having his children in subjection with
all gravity;
5 (For if a man know not how to rule
his own house, how shall he take care
of the church of God?)
6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up
with pride he fall into the
condemnation of the devil.
7 Moreover he must have a good report
of them which are without; lest he fall
into reproach and the snare of the
devil.
8 Likewise [must] the deacons [be]
grave, not doubletongued, not given to
much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a
pure conscience.
10 And let these also first be proved;
then let them use the office of a
deacon, being [found] blameless.
11 Even so [must their] wives [be]
grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful
in all things.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of
one wife, ruling their children and
their own houses well.
13 For they that have used the office
of a deacon well purchase to themselves
a good degree, and great boldness in
the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 These things write I unto thee,
hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15 But if I tarry long, that thou
mayest know how thou oughtest to behave
thyself in the house of God, which is
the church of the living God, the
pillar and ground of the truth.
16 And without controversy great is the
mystery of godliness: God was manifest
in the flesh, justified in the Spirit,
seen of angels, preached unto the
Gentiles, believed on in the world,
received up into glory.

CHAPTER 4
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly,
that in the latter times some shall
depart from the faith, giving heed to
seducing spirits, and doctrines of
devils;
2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having
their conscience seared with a hot
iron;
3 Forbidding to marry, [and commanding]
to abstain from meats, which God hath
created to be received with
thanksgiving of them which believe and
know the truth.
4 For every creature of God [is] good,
and nothing to be refused, if it be
received with thanksgiving:
5 For it is sanctified by the word of
God and prayer.
6 If thou put the brethren in
remembrance of these things, thou shalt
be a good minister of Jesus Christ,
nourished up in the words of faith and
of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast
attained.
7 But refuse profane and old wives'
fables, and exercise thyself [rather]
unto godliness.
8 For bodily exercise profiteth little:
but godliness is profitable unto all
things, having promise of the life that
now is, and of that which is to come.
9 This [is] a faithful saying and
worthy of all acceptation.
10 For therefore we both labour and
suffer reproach, because we trust in
the living God, who is the Saviour of
all men, specially of those that
believe.
11 These things command and teach.
12 Let no man despise thy youth; but be
thou an example of the believers, in
word, in conversation, in charity, in
spirit, in faith, in purity.
13 Till I come, give attendance to
reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
14 Neglect not the gift that is in
thee, which was given thee by prophecy,
with the laying on of the hands of the
presbytery.
15 Meditate upon these things; give
thyself wholly to them; that thy
profiting may appear to all.
16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the
doctrine; continue in them: for in
doing this thou shalt both save
thyself, and them that hear thee.

CHAPTER 5
1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat
[him] as a father; [and] the younger
men as brethren;
2 The elder women as mothers; the
younger as sisters, with all purity.
3 Honour widows that are widows indeed.
4 But if any widow have children or
nephews, let them learn first to shew
piety at home, and to requite their
parents: for that is good and
acceptable before God.
5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and
desolate, trusteth in God, and
continueth in supplications and prayers
night and day.
6 But she that liveth in pleasure is
dead while she liveth.
7 And these things give in charge, that
they may be blameless.
8 But if any provide not for his own,
and specially for those of his own
house, he hath denied the faith, and is
worse than an infidel.
9 Let not a widow be taken into the
number under threescore years old,
having been the wife of one man,
10 Well reported of for good works; if
she have brought up children, if she
have lodged strangers, if she have
washed the saints' feet, if she have
relieved the afflicted, if she have
diligently followed every good work.
11 But the younger widows refuse: for
when they have begun to wax wanton
against Christ, they will marry;
12 Having damnation, because they have
cast off their first faith.
13 And withal they learn [to be] idle,
wandering about from house to house;
and not only idle, but tattlers also
and busybodies, speaking things which
they ought not.
14 I will therefore that the younger
women marry, bear children, guide the
house, give none occasion to the
adversary to speak reproachfully.
15 For some are already turned aside
after Satan.
16 If any man or woman that believeth
have widows, let them relieve them, and
let not the church be charged; that it
may relieve them that are widows
indeed.
17 Let the elders that rule well be
counted worthy of double honour,
especially they who labour in the word
and doctrine.
18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt
not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the
corn. And, The labourer [is] worthy of
his reward.
19 Against an elder receive not an
accusation, but before two or three
witnesses.
20 Them that sin rebuke before all,
that others also may fear.
21 I charge [thee] before God, and the
Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect
angels, that thou observe these things
without preferring one before another,
doing nothing by partiality.
22 Lay hands suddenly on no man,
neither be partaker of other men's
sins: keep thyself pure.
23 Drink no longer water, but use a
little wine for thy stomach's sake and
thine often infirmities.
24 Some men's sins are open beforehand,
going before to judgment; and some
[men] they follow after.
25 Likewise also the good works [of
some] are manifest beforehand; and they
that are otherwise cannot be hid.

CHAPTER 6
1 Let as many servants as are under the
yoke count their own masters worthy of
all honour, that the name of God and
[his] doctrine be not blasphemed.
2 And they that have believing masters,
let them not despise [them], because
they are brethren; but rather do [them]
service, because they are faithful and
beloved, partakers of the benefit.
These things teach and exhort.
3 If any man teach otherwise, and
consent not to wholesome words, [even]
the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and
to the doctrine which is according to
godliness;
4 He is proud, knowing nothing, but
doting about questions and strifes of
words, whereof cometh envy, strife,
railings, evil surmisings,
5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt
minds, and destitute of the truth,
supposing that gain is godliness: from
such withdraw thyself.
6 But godliness with contentment is
great gain.
7 For we brought nothing into [this]
world, [and it is] certain we can carry
nothing out.
8 And having food and raiment let us be
therewith content.
9 But they that will be rich fall into
temptation and a snare, and [into] many
foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown
men in destruction and perdition.
10 For the love of money is the root of
all evil: which while some coveted
after, they have erred from the faith,
and pierced themselves through with
many sorrows.
11 But thou, O man of God, flee these
things; and follow after righteousness,
godliness, faith, love, patience,
meekness.
12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay
hold on eternal life, whereunto thou
art also called, and hast professed a
good profession before many witnesses.
13 I give thee charge in the sight of
God, who quickeneth all things, and
[before] Christ Jesus, who before
Pontius Pilate witnessed a good
confession;
14 That thou keep [this] commandment
without spot, unrebukeable, until the
appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
15 Which in his times he shall shew,
[who is] the blessed and only
Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord
of lords;
16 Who only hath immortality, dwelling
in the light which no man can approach
unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can
see: to whom [be] honour and power
everlasting. Amen.
17 Charge them that are rich in this
world, that they be not highminded, nor
trust in uncertain riches, but in the
living God, who giveth us richly all
things to enjoy;
18 That they do good, that they be rich
in good works, ready to distribute,
willing to communicate;
19 Laying up in store for themselves a
good foundation against the time to
come, that they may lay hold on eternal
life.
20 O Timothy, keep that which is
committed to thy trust, avoiding
profane [and] vain babblings, and
oppositions of science falsely so
called:
21 Which some professing have erred
concerning the faith. Grace [be] with
thee. Amen.
# The first to Timothy was written from
Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of
Phrygia Pacatiana.

THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE
TO TIMOTHY

CHAPTER 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by
the will of God, according to the
promise of life which is in Christ
Jesus,
2 To Timothy, [my] dearly beloved son:
Grace, mercy, [and] peace, from God the
Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
3 I thank God, whom I serve from [my]
forefathers with pure conscience, that
without ceasing I have remembrance of
thee in my prayers night and day;
4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being
mindful of thy tears, that I may be
filled with joy;
5 When I call to remembrance the
unfeigned faith that is in thee, which
dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois,
and thy mother Eunice; and I am
persuaded that in thee also.
6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance
that thou stir up the gift of God,
which is in thee by the putting on of
my hands.
7 For God hath not given us the spirit
of fear; but of power, and of love, and
of a sound mind.
8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the
testimony of our Lord, nor of me his
prisoner: but be thou partaker of the
afflictions of the gospel according to
the power of God;
9 Who hath saved us, and called [us]
with an holy calling, not according to
our works, but according to his own
purpose and grace, which was given us
in Christ Jesus before the world began,
10 But is now made manifest by the
appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who hath abolished death, and hath
brought life and immortality to light
through the gospel:
11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher,
and an apostle, and a teacher of the
Gentiles.
12 For the which cause I also suffer
these things: nevertheless I am not
ashamed: for I know whom I have
believed, and am persuaded that he is
able to keep that which I have
committed unto him against that day.
13 Hold fast the form of sound words,
which thou hast heard of me, in faith
and love which is in Christ Jesus.
14 That good thing which was committed
unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which
dwelleth in us.
15 This thou knowest, that all they
which are in Asia be turned away from
me; of whom are Phygellus and
Hermogenes.
16 The Lord give mercy unto the house
of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed
me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
17 But, when he was in Rome, he sought
me out very diligently, and found [me].
18 The Lord grant unto him that he may
find mercy of the Lord in that day: and
in how many things he ministered unto
me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well.

CHAPTER 2
1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in
the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
2 And the things that thou hast heard
of me among many witnesses, the same
commit thou to faithful men, who shall
be able to teach others also.
3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a
good soldier of Jesus Christ.
4 No man that warreth entangleth
himself with the affairs of [this]
life; that he may please him who hath
chosen him to be a soldier.
5 And if a man also strive for
masteries, [yet] is he not crowned,
except he strive lawfully.
6 The husbandman that laboureth must be
first partaker of the fruits.
7 Consider what I say; and the Lord
give thee understanding in all things.
8 Remember that Jesus Christ of the
seed of David was raised from the dead
according to my gospel:
9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil
doer, [even] unto bonds; but the word
of God is not bound.
10 Therefore I endure all things for
the elect's sakes, that they may also
obtain the salvation which is in Christ
Jesus with eternal glory.
11 [It is] a faithful saying: For if we
be dead with [him], we shall also live
with [him]:
12 If we suffer, we shall also reign
with [him]: if we deny [him], he also
will deny us:
13 If we believe not, [yet] he abideth
faithful: he cannot deny himself.
14 Of these things put [them] in
remembrance, charging [them] before the
Lord that they strive not about words
to no profit, [but] to the subverting
of the hearers.
15 Study to shew thyself approved unto
God, a workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing the word of
truth.
16 But shun profane [and] vain
babblings: for they will increase unto
more ungodliness.
17 And their word will eat as doth a
canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and
Philetus;
18 Who concerning the truth have erred,
saying that the resurrection is past
already; and overthrow the faith of
some.
19 Nevertheless the foundation of God
standeth sure, having this seal, The
Lord knoweth them that are his. And,
Let every one that nameth the name of
Christ depart from iniquity.
20 But in a great house there are not
only vessels of gold and of silver, but
also of wood and of earth; and some to
honour, and some to dishonour.
21 If a man therefore purge himself
from these, he shall be a vessel unto
honour, sanctified, and meet for the
master's use, [and] prepared unto every
good work.
22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow
righteousness, faith, charity, peace,
with them that call on the Lord out of
a pure heart.
23 But foolish and unlearned questions
avoid, knowing that they do gender
strifes.
24 And the servant of the Lord must not
strive; but be gentle unto all [men],
apt to teach, patient,
25 In meekness instructing those that
oppose themselves; if God peradventure
will give them repentance to the
acknowledging of the truth;
26 And [that] they may recover
themselves out of the snare of the
devil, who are taken captive by him at
his will.

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

CHAPTER 4
1 I charge [thee] therefore before God,
and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall
judge the quick and the dead at his
appearing and his kingdom;
2 Preach the word; be instant in
season, out of season; reprove, rebuke,
exhort with all longsuffering and
doctrine.
3 For the time will come when they will
not endure sound doctrine; but after
their own lusts shall they heap to
themselves teachers, having itching
ears;
4 And they shall turn away [their] ears
from the truth, and shall be turned
unto fables.
5 But watch thou in all things, endure
afflictions, do the work of an
evangelist, make full proof of thy
ministry.
6 For I am now ready to be offered, and
the time of my departure is at hand.
7 I have fought a good fight, I have
finished [my] course, I have kept the
faith:
8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a
crown of righteousness, which the Lord,
the righteous judge, shall give me at
that day: and not to me only, but unto
all them also that love his appearing.
9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto
me:
10 For Demas hath forsaken me, having
loved this present world, and is
departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to
Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia.
11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and
bring him with thee: for he is
profitable to me for the ministry.
12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.
13 The cloke that I left at Troas with
Carpus, when thou comest, bring [with
thee], and the books, [but] especially
the parchments.
14 Alexander the coppersmith did me
much evil: the Lord reward him
according to his works:
15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he
hath greatly withstood our words.
16 At my first answer no man stood with
me, but all [men] forsook me: [I pray
God] that it may not be laid to their
charge.
17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with
me, and strengthened me; that by me the
preaching might be fully known, and
[that] all the Gentiles might hear: and
I was delivered out of the mouth of the
lion.
18 And the Lord shall deliver me from
every evil work, and will preserve [me]
unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom [be]
glory for ever and ever. Amen.
19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the
household of Onesiphorus.
20 Erastus abode at Corinth: but
Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.
21 Do thy diligence to come before
winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and
Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all
the brethren.
22 The Lord Jesus Christ [be] with thy
spirit. Grace [be] with you. Amen.
# The second [epistle] unto Timotheus,
ordained the first bishop of the church
of the Ephesians, was written from
Rome, when Paul was brought before Nero
the second time.

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO TITUS

CHAPTER 1
1 Paul, a servant of God, and an
apostle of Jesus Christ, according to
the faith of God's elect, and the
acknowledging of the truth which is
after godliness;
2 In hope of eternal life, which God,
that cannot lie, promised before the
world began;
3 But hath in due times manifested his
word through preaching, which is
committed unto me according to the
commandment of God our Saviour;
4 To Titus, [mine] own son after the
common faith: Grace, mercy, [and]
peace, from God the Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ our Saviour.
5 For this cause left I thee in Crete,
that thou shouldest set in order the
things that are wanting, and ordain
elders in every city, as I had
appointed thee:
6 If any be blameless, the husband of
one wife, having faithful children not
accused of riot or unruly.
7 For a bishop must be blameless, as
the steward of God; not selfwilled, not
soon angry, not given to wine, no
striker, not given to filthy lucre;
8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover
of good men, sober, just, holy,
temperate;
9 Holding fast the faithful word as he
hath been taught, that he may be able
by sound doctrine both to exhort and to
convince the gainsayers.
10 For there are many unruly and vain
talkers and deceivers, specially they
of the circumcision:
11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who
subvert whole houses, teaching things
which they ought not, for filthy
lucre's sake.
12 One of themselves, [even] a prophet
of their own, said, The Cretians [are]
alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
13 This witness is true. Wherefore
rebuke them sharply, that they may be
sound in the faith;
14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables,
and commandments of men, that turn from
the truth.
15 Unto the pure all things [are] pure:
but unto them that are defiled and
unbelieving [is] nothing pure; but even
their mind and conscience is defiled.
16 They profess that they know God; but
in works they deny [him], being
abominable, and disobedient, and unto
every good work reprobate.

CHAPTER 2
1 But speak thou the things which
become sound doctrine:
2 That the aged men be sober, grave,
temperate, sound in faith, in charity,
in patience.
3 The aged women likewise, that [they
be] in behaviour as becometh holiness,
not false accusers, not given to much
wine, teachers of good things;
4 That they may teach the young women
to be sober, to love their husbands, to
love their children,
5 [To be] discreet, chaste, keepers at
home, good, obedient to their own
husbands, that the word of God be not
blasphemed.
6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober
minded.
7 In all things shewing thyself a
pattern of good works: in doctrine
[shewing] uncorruptness, gravity,
sincerity,
8 Sound speech, that cannot be
condemned; that he that is of the
contrary part may be ashamed, having no
evil thing to say of you.
9 [Exhort] servants to be obedient unto
their own masters, [and] to please
[them] well in all [things]; not
answering again;
10 Not purloining, but shewing all good
fidelity; that they may adorn the
doctrine of God our Saviour in all
things.
11 For the grace of God that bringeth
salvation hath appeared to all men,
12 Teaching us that, denying
ungodliness and worldly lusts, we
should live soberly, righteously, and
godly, in this present world;
13 Looking for that blessed hope, and
the glorious appearing of the great God
and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
14 Who gave himself for us, that he
might redeem us from all iniquity, and
purify unto himself a peculiar people,
zealous of good works.
15 These things speak, and exhort, and
rebuke with all authority. Let no man
despise thee.

CHAPTER 3
1 Put them in mind to be subject to
principalities and powers, to obey
magistrates, to be ready to every good
work,
2 To speak evil of no man, to be no
brawlers, [but] gentle, shewing all
meekness unto all men.
3 For we ourselves also were sometimes
foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving
divers lusts and pleasures, living in
malice and envy, hateful, [and] hating
one another.
4 But after that the kindness and love
of God our Saviour toward man appeared,
5 Not by works of righteousness which
we have done, but according to his
mercy he saved us, by the washing of
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy
Ghost;
6 Which he shed on us abundantly
through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
7 That being justified by his grace, we
should be made heirs according to the
hope of eternal life.
8 [This is] a faithful saying, and
these things I will that thou affirm
constantly, that they which have
believed in God might be careful to
maintain good works. These things are
good and profitable unto men.
9 But avoid foolish questions, and
genealogies, and contentions, and
strivings about the law; for they are
unprofitable and vain.
10 A man that is an heretick after the
first and second admonition reject;
11 Knowing that he that is such is
subverted, and sinneth, being condemned
of himself.
12 When I shall send Artemas unto thee,
or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto
me to Nicopolis: for I have determined
there to winter.
13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos
on their journey diligently, that
nothing be wanting unto them.
14 And let our's also learn to maintain
good works for necessary uses, that
they be not unfruitful.
15 All that are with me salute thee.
Greet them that love us in the faith.
Grace [be] with you all. Amen.
# It was written to Titus, ordained the
first bishop of the church of the
Cretians, from Nicopolis of Macedonia.

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL TO PHILEMON

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

THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO THE
HEBREWS

CHAPTER 1
1 God, who at sundry times and in
divers manners spake in time past unto
the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto
us by [his] Son, whom he hath appointed
heir of all things, by whom also he
made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of [his]
glory, and the express image of his
person, and upholding all things by the
word of his power, when he had by
himself purged our sins, sat down on
the right hand of the Majesty on high;
4 Being made so much better than the
angels, as he hath by inheritance
obtained a more excellent name than
they.
5 For unto which of the angels said he
at any time, Thou art my Son, this day
have I begotten thee? And again, I will
be to him a Father, and he shall be to
me a Son?
6 And again, when he bringeth in the
firstbegotten into the world, he saith,
And let all the angels of God worship
him.
7 And of the angels he saith, Who
maketh his angels spirits, and his
ministers a flame of fire.
8 But unto the Son [he saith], Thy
throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever:
a sceptre of righteousness [is] the
sceptre of thy kingdom.
9 Thou hast loved righteousness, and
hated iniquity; therefore God, [even]
thy God, hath anointed thee with the
oil of gladness above thy fellows.
10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning
hast laid the foundation of the earth;
and the heavens are the works of thine
hands:
11 They shall perish; but thou
remainest; and they all shall wax old
as doth a garment;
12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold
them up, and they shall be changed: but
thou art the same, and thy years shall
not fail.
13 But to which of the angels said he
at any time, Sit on my right hand,
until I make thine enemies thy
footstool?
14 Are they not all ministering
spirits, sent forth to minister for
them who shall be heirs of salvation?

CHAPTER 2
1 Therefore we ought to give the more
earnest heed to the things which we
have heard, lest at any time we should
let [them] slip.
2 For if the word spoken by angels was
stedfast, and every transgression and
disobedience received a just recompence
of reward;
3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so
great salvation; which at the first
began to be spoken by the Lord, and was
confirmed unto us by them that heard
[him];
4 God also bearing [them] witness, both
with signs and wonders, and with divers
miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost,
according to his own will?
5 For unto the angels hath he not put
in subjection the world to come,
whereof we speak.
6 But one in a certain place testified,
saying, What is man, that thou art
mindful of him? or the son of man, that
thou visitest him?
7 Thou madest him a little lower than
the angels; thou crownedst him with
glory and honour, and didst set him
over the works of thy hands:
8 Thou hast put all things in
subjection under his feet. For in that
he put all in subjection under him, he
left nothing [that is] not put under
him. But now we see not yet all things
put under him.
9 But we see Jesus, who was made a
little lower than the angels for the
suffering of death, crowned with glory
and honour; that he by the grace of God
should taste death for every man.
10 For it became him, for whom [are]
all things, and by whom [are] all
things, in bringing many sons unto
glory, to make the captain of their
salvation perfect through sufferings.
11 For both he that sanctifieth and
they who are sanctified [are] all of
one: for which cause he is not ashamed
to call them brethren,
12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto
my brethren, in the midst of the church
will I sing praise unto thee.
13 And again, I will put my trust in
him. And again, Behold I and the
children which God hath given me.
14 Forasmuch then as the children are
partakers of flesh and blood, he also
himself likewise took part of the same;
that through death he might destroy him
that had the power of death, that is,
the devil;
15 And deliver them who through fear of
death were all their lifetime subject
to bondage.
16 For verily he took not on [him the
nature of] angels; but he took on [him]
the seed of Abraham.
17 Wherefore in all things it behoved
him to be made like unto [his]
brethren, that he might be a merciful
and faithful high priest in things
[pertaining] to God, to make
reconciliation for the sins of the
people.
18 For in that he himself hath suffered
being tempted, he is able to succour
them that are tempted.

CHAPTER 3
1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers
of the heavenly calling, consider the
Apostle and High Priest of our
profession, Christ Jesus;
2 Who was faithful to him that
appointed him, as also Moses [was
faithful] in all his house.
3 For this [man] was counted worthy of
more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he
who hath builded the house hath more
honour than the house.
4 For every house is builded by some
[man]; but he that built all things
[is] God.
5 And Moses verily [was] faithful in
all his house, as a servant, for a
testimony of those things which were to
be spoken after;
6 But Christ as a son over his own
house; whose house are we, if we hold
fast the confidence and the rejoicing
of the hope firm unto the end.
7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith,
To day if ye will hear his voice,
8 Harden not your hearts, as in the
provocation, in the day of temptation
in the wilderness:
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved
me, and saw my works forty years.
10 Wherefore I was grieved with that
generation, and said, They do alway err
in [their] heart; and they have not
known my ways.
11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall
not enter into my rest.)
12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be
in any of you an evil heart of
unbelief, in departing from the living
God.
13 But exhort one another daily, while
it is called To day; lest any of you be
hardened through the deceitfulness of
sin.
14 For we are made partakers of Christ,
if we hold the beginning of our
confidence stedfast unto the end;
15 While it is said, To day if ye will
hear his voice, harden not your hearts,
as in the provocation.
16 For some, when they had heard, did
provoke: howbeit not all that came out
of Egypt by Moses.
17 But with whom was he grieved forty
years? [was it] not with them that had
sinned, whose carcases fell in the
wilderness?
18 And to whom sware he that they
should not enter into his rest, but to
them that believed not?
19 So we see that they could not enter
in because of unbelief.

CHAPTER 4
1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a
promise being left [us] of entering
into his rest, any of you should seem
to come short of it.
2 For unto us was the gospel preached,
as well as unto them: but the word
preached did not profit them, not being
mixed with faith in them that heard
[it].
3 For we which have believed do enter
into rest, as he said, As I have sworn
in my wrath, if they shall enter into
my rest: although the works were
finished from the foundation of the
world.
4 For he spake in a certain place of
the seventh [day] on this wise, And God
did rest the seventh day from all his
works.
5 And in this [place] again, If they
shall enter into my rest.
6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that
some must enter therein, and they to
whom it was first preached entered not
in because of unbelief:
7 Again, he limiteth a certain day,
saying in David, To day, after so long
a time; as it is said, To day if ye
will hear his voice, harden not your
hearts.
8 For if Jesus had given them rest,
then would he not afterward have spoken
of another day.
9 There remaineth therefore a rest to
the people of God.
10 For he that is entered into his
rest, he also hath ceased from his own
works, as God [did] from his.
11 Let us labour therefore to enter
into that rest, lest any man fall after
the same example of unbelief.
12 For the word of God [is] quick, and
powerful, and sharper than any twoedged
sword, piercing even to the dividing
asunder of soul and spirit, and of the
joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner
of the thoughts and intents of the
heart.
13 Neither is there any creature that
is not manifest in his sight: but all
things [are] naked and opened unto the
eyes of him with whom we have to do.
14 Seeing then that we have a great
high priest, that is passed into the
heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us
hold fast [our] profession.
15 For we have not an high priest which
cannot be touched with the feeling of
our infirmities; but was in all points
tempted like as [we are, yet] without
sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto
the throne of grace, that we may obtain
mercy, and find grace to help in time
of need.

CHAPTER 5
1 For every high priest taken from
among men is ordained for men in things
[pertaining] to God, that he may offer
both gifts and sacrifices for sins:
2 Who can have compassion on the
ignorant, and on them that are out of
the way; for that he himself also is
compassed with infirmity.
3 And by reason hereof he ought, as for
the people, so also for himself, to
offer for sins.
4 And no man taketh this honour unto
himself, but he that is called of God,
as [was] Aaron.
5 So also Christ glorified not himself
to be made an high priest; but he that
said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day
have I begotten thee.
6 As he saith also in another [place],
Thou [art] a priest for ever after the
order of Melchisedec.
7 Who in the days of his flesh, when he
had offered up prayers and
supplications with strong crying and
tears unto him that was able to save
him from death, and was heard in that
he feared;
8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he
obedience by the things which he
suffered;
9 And being made perfect, he became the
author of eternal salvation unto all
them that obey him;
10 Called of God an high priest after
the order of Melchisedec.
11 Of whom we have many things to say,
and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are
dull of hearing.
12 For when for the time ye ought to be
teachers, ye have need that one teach
you again which [be] the first
principles of the oracles of God; and
are become such as have need of milk,
and not of strong meat.
13 For every one that useth milk [is]
unskilful in the word of righteousness:
for he is a babe.
14 But strong meat belongeth to them
that are of full age, [even] those who
by reason of use have their senses
exercised to discern both good and
evil.

CHAPTER 6
1 Therefore leaving the principles of
the doctrine of Christ, let us go on
unto perfection; not laying again the
foundation of repentance from dead
works, and of faith toward God,
2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of
laying on of hands, and of resurrection
of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3 And this will we do, if God permit.
4 For [it is] impossible for those who
were once enlightened, and have tasted
of the heavenly gift, and were made
partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have tasted the good word of God,
and the powers of the world to come,
6 If they shall fall away, to renew
them again unto repentance; seeing they
crucify to themselves the Son of God
afresh, and put [him] to an open shame.
7 For the earth which drinketh in the
rain that cometh oft upon it, and
bringeth forth herbs meet for them by
whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing
from God:
8 But that which beareth thorns and
briers [is] rejected, and [is] nigh
unto cursing; whose end [is] to be
burned.
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better
things of you, and things that
accompany salvation, though we thus
speak.
10 For God [is] not unrighteous to
forget your work and labour of love,
which ye have shewed toward his name,
in that ye have ministered to the
saints, and do minister.
11 And we desire that every one of you
do shew the same diligence to the full
assurance of hope unto the end:
12 That ye be not slothful, but
followers of them who through faith and
patience inherit the promises.
13 For when God made promise to
Abraham, because he could swear by no
greater, he sware by himself,
14 Saying, Surely blessing I will bless
thee, and multiplying I will multiply
thee.
15 And so, after he had patiently
endured, he obtained the promise.
16 For men verily swear by the greater:
and an oath for confirmation [is] to
them an end of all strife.
17 Wherein God, willing more abundantly
to shew unto the heirs of promise the
immutability of his counsel, confirmed
[it] by an oath:
18 That by two immutable things, in
which [it was] impossible for God to
lie, we might have a strong
consolation, who have fled for refuge
to lay hold upon the hope set before
us:
19 Which [hope] we have as an anchor of
the soul, both sure and stedfast, and
which entereth into that within the
veil;
20 Whither the forerunner is for us
entered, [even] Jesus, made an high
priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedec.

CHAPTER 7
1 For this Melchisedec, king of Salem,
priest of the most high God, who met
Abraham returning from the slaughter of
the kings, and blessed him;
2 To whom also Abraham gave a tenth
part of all; first being by
interpretation King of righteousness,
and after that also King of Salem,
which is, King of peace;
3 Without father, without mother,
without descent, having neither
beginning of days, nor end of life; but
made like unto the Son of God; abideth
a priest continually.
4 Now consider how great this man
[was], unto whom even the patriarch
Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
5 And verily they that are of the sons
of Levi, who receive the office of the
priesthood, have a commandment to take
tithes of the people according to the
law, that is, of their brethren, though
they come out of the loins of Abraham:
6 But he whose descent is not counted
from them received tithes of Abraham,
and blessed him that had the promises.
7 And without all contradiction the
less is blessed of the better.
8 And here men that die receive tithes;
but there he [receiveth them], of whom
it is witnessed that he liveth.
9 And as I may so say, Levi also, who
receiveth tithes, payed tithes in
Abraham.
10 For he was yet in the loins of his
father, when Melchisedec met him.
11 If therefore perfection were by the
Levitical priesthood, (for under it the
people received the law,) what further
need [was there] that another priest
should rise after the order of
Melchisedec, and not be called after
the order of Aaron?
12 For the priesthood being changed,
there is made of necessity a change
also of the law.
13 For he of whom these things are
spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of
which no man gave attendance at the
altar.
14 For [it is] evident that our Lord
sprang out of Juda; of which tribe
Moses spake nothing concerning
priesthood.
15 And it is yet far more evident: for
that after the similitude of
Melchisedec there ariseth another
priest,
16 Who is made, not after the law of a
carnal commandment, but after the power
of an endless life.
17 For he testifieth, Thou [art] a
priest for ever after the order of
Melchisedec.
18 For there is verily a disannulling
of the commandment going before for the
weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
19 For the law made nothing perfect,
but the bringing in of a better hope
[did]; by the which we draw nigh unto
God.
20 And inasmuch as not without an oath
[he was made priest]:
21 (For those priests were made without
an oath; but this with an oath by him
that said unto him, The Lord sware and
will not repent, Thou [art] a priest
for ever after the order of
Melchisedec:)
22 By so much was Jesus made a surety
of a better testament.
23 And they truly were many priests,
because they were not suffered to
continue by reason of death:
24 But this [man], because he
continueth ever, hath an unchangeable
priesthood.
25 Wherefore he is able also to save
them to the uttermost that come unto
God by him, seeing he ever liveth to
make intercession for them.
26 For such an high priest became us,
[who is] holy, harmless, undefiled,
separate from sinners, and made higher
than the heavens;
27 Who needeth not daily, as those high
priests, to offer up sacrifice, first
for his own sins, and then for the
people's: for this he did once, when he
offered up himself.
28 For the law maketh men high priests
which have infirmity; but the word of
the oath, which was since the law,
[maketh] the Son, who is consecrated
for evermore.

CHAPTER 8
1 Now of the things which we have
spoken [this is] the sum: We have such
an high priest, who is set on the right
hand of the throne of the Majesty in
the heavens;
2 A minister of the sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle, which the Lord
pitched, and not man.
3 For every high priest is ordained to
offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore
[it is] of necessity that this man have
somewhat also to offer.
4 For if he were on earth, he should
not be a priest, seeing that there are
priests that offer gifts according to
the law:
5 Who serve unto the example and shadow
of heavenly things, as Moses was
admonished of God when he was about to
make the tabernacle: for, See, saith
he, [that] thou make all things
according to the pattern shewed to thee
in the mount.
6 But now hath he obtained a more
excellent ministry, by how much also he
is the mediator of a better covenant,
which was established upon better
promises.
7 For if that first [covenant] had been
faultless, then should no place have
been sought for the second.
8 For finding fault with them, he
saith, Behold, the days come, saith the
Lord, when I will make a new covenant
with the house of Israel and with the
house of Judah:
9 Not according to the covenant that I
made with their fathers in the day when
I took them by the hand to lead them
out of the land of Egypt; because they
continued not in my covenant, and I
regarded them not, saith the Lord.
10 For this [is] the covenant that I
will make with the house of Israel
after those days, saith the Lord; I
will put my laws into their mind, and
write them in their hearts: and I will
be to them a God, and they shall be to
me a people:
11 And they shall not teach every man
his neighbour, and every man his
brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all
shall know me, from the least to the
greatest.
12 For I will be merciful to their
unrighteousness, and their sins and
their iniquities will I remember no
more.
13 In that he saith, A new [covenant],
he hath made the first old. Now that
which decayeth and waxeth old [is]
ready to vanish away.

CHAPTER 9
1 Then verily the first [covenant] had
also ordinances of divine service, and
a worldly sanctuary.
2 For there was a tabernacle made; the
first, wherein [was] the candlestick,
and the table, and the shewbread; which
is called the sanctuary.
3 And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called the Holiest
of all;
4 Which had the golden censer, and the
ark of the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein [was] the
golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's
rod that budded, and the tables of the
covenant;
5 And over it the cherubims of glory
shadowing the mercyseat; of which we
cannot now speak particularly.
6 Now when these things were thus
ordained, the priests went always into
the first tabernacle, accomplishing the
service [of God].
7 But into the second [went] the high
priest alone once every year, not
without blood, which he offered for
himself, and [for] the errors of the
people:
8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, that
the way into the holiest of all was not
yet made manifest, while as the first
tabernacle was yet standing:
9 Which [was] a figure for the time
then present, in which were offered
both gifts and sacrifices, that could
not make him that did the service
perfect, as pertaining to the
conscience;
10 [Which stood] only in meats and
drinks, and divers washings, and carnal
ordinances, imposed [on them] until the
time of reformation.
11 But Christ being come an high priest
of good things to come, by a greater
and more perfect tabernacle, not made
with hands, that is to say, not of this
building;
12 Neither by the blood of goats and
calves, but by his own blood he entered
in once into the holy place, having
obtained eternal redemption [for us].
13 For if the blood of bulls and of
goats, and the ashes of an heifer
sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to
the purifying of the flesh:
14 How much more shall the blood of
Christ, who through the eternal Spirit
offered himself without spot to God,
purge your conscience from dead works
to serve the living God?
15 And for this cause he is the
mediator of the new testament, that by
means of death, for the redemption of
the transgressions [that were] under
the first testament, they which are
called might receive the promise of
eternal inheritance.
16 For where a testament [is], there
must also of necessity be the death of
the testator.
17 For a testament [is] of force after
men are dead: otherwise it is of no
strength at all while the testator
liveth.
18 Whereupon neither the first
[testament] was dedicated without
blood.
19 For when Moses had spoken every
precept to all the people according to
the law, he took the blood of calves
and of goats, with water, and scarlet
wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both
the book, and all the people,
20 Saying, This [is] the blood of the
testament which God hath enjoined unto
you.
21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood
both the tabernacle, and all the
vessels of the ministry.
22 And almost all things are by the law
purged with blood; and without shedding
of blood is no remission.
23 [It was] therefore necessary that
the patterns of things in the heavens
should be purified with these; but the
heavenly things themselves with better
sacrifices than these.
24 For Christ is not entered into the
holy places made with hands, [which
are] the figures of the true; but into
heaven itself, now to appear in the
presence of God for us:
25 Nor yet that he should offer himself
often, as the high priest entereth into
the holy place every year with blood of
others;
26 For then must he often have suffered
since the foundation of the world: but
now once in the end of the world hath
he appeared to put away sin by the
sacrifice of himself.
27 And as it is appointed unto men once
to die, but after this the judgment:
28 So Christ was once offered to bear
the sins of many; and unto them that
look for him shall he appear the second
time without sin unto salvation.

CHAPTER 10
1 For the law having a shadow of good
things to come, [and] not the very
image of the things, can never with
those sacrifices which they offered
year by year continually make the
comers thereunto perfect.
2 For then would they not have ceased
to be offered? because that the
worshippers once purged should have had
no more conscience of sins.
3 But in those [sacrifices there is] a
remembrance again [made] of sins every
year.
4 For [it is] not possible that the
blood of bulls and of goats should take
away sins.
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the
world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering
thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou
prepared me:
6 In burnt offerings and [sacrifices]
for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the
volume of the book it is written of
me,) to do thy will, O God.
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and
offering and burnt offerings and
[offering] for sin thou wouldest not,
neither hadst pleasure [therein]; which
are offered by the law;
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy
will, O God. He taketh away the first,
that he may establish the second.
10 By the which will we are sanctified
through the offering of the body of
Jesus Christ once [for all].
11 And every priest standeth daily
ministering and offering oftentimes the
same sacrifices, which can never take
away sins:
12 But this man, after he had offered
one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat
down on the right hand of God;
13 From henceforth expecting till his
enemies be made his footstool.
14 For by one offering he hath
perfected for ever them that are
sanctified.
15 [Whereof] the Holy Ghost also is a
witness to us: for after that he had
said before,
16 This [is] the covenant that I will
make with them after those days, saith
the Lord, I will put my laws into their
hearts, and in their minds will I write
them;
17 And their sins and iniquities will I
remember no more.
18 Now where remission of these [is,
there is] no more offering for sin.
19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness
to enter into the holiest by the blood
of Jesus,
20 By a new and living way, which he
hath consecrated for us, through the
veil, that is to say, his flesh;
21 And [having] an high priest over the
house of God;
22 Let us draw near with a true heart
in full assurance of faith, having our
hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience, and our bodies washed with
pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the profession of
[our] faith without wavering; (for he
[is] faithful that promised;)
24 And let us consider one another to
provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together, as the manner of
some [is]; but exhorting [one another]:
and so much the more, as ye see the day
approaching.
26 For if we sin wilfully after that we
have received the knowledge of the
truth, there remaineth no more
sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain fearful looking for of
judgment and fiery indignation, which
shall devour the adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died
without mercy under two or three
witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment,
suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy,
who hath trodden under foot the Son of
God, and hath counted the blood of the
covenant, wherewith he was sanctified,
an unholy thing, and hath done despite
unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him that hath said,
Vengeance [belongeth] unto me, I will
recompense, saith the Lord. And again,
The Lord shall judge his people.
31 [It is] a fearful thing to fall into
the hands of the living God.
32 But call to remembrance the former
days, in which, after ye were
illuminated, ye endured a great fight
of afflictions;
33 Partly, whilst ye were made a
gazingstock both by reproaches and
afflictions; and partly, whilst ye
became companions of them that were so
used.
34 For ye had compassion of me in my
bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling
of your goods, knowing in yourselves
that ye have in heaven a better and an
enduring substance.
35 Cast not away therefore your
confidence, which hath great recompence
of reward.
36 For ye have need of patience, that,
after ye have done the will of God, ye
might receive the promise.
37 For yet a little while, and he that
shall come will come, and will not
tarry.
38 Now the just shall live by faith:
but if [any man] draw back, my soul
shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of them who draw back
unto perdition; but of them that
believe to the saving of the soul.

CHAPTER 11
1 Now faith is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence of things not
seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good
report.
3 Through faith we understand that the
worlds were framed by the word of God,
so that things which are seen were not
made of things which do appear.
4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more
excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which
he obtained witness that he was
righteous, God testifying of his gifts:
and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
5 By faith Enoch was translated that he
should not see death; and was not
found, because God had translated him:
for before his translation he had this
testimony, that he pleased God.
6 But without faith [it is] impossible
to please [him]: for he that cometh to
God must believe that he is, and [that]
he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him.
7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of
things not seen as yet, moved with
fear, prepared an ark to the saving of
his house; by the which he condemned
the world, and became heir of the
righteousness which is by faith.
8 By faith Abraham, when he was called
to go out into a place which he should
after receive for an inheritance,
obeyed; and he went out, not knowing
whither he went.
9 By faith he sojourned in the land of
promise, as [in] a strange country,
dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and
Jacob, the heirs with him of the same
promise:
10 For he looked for a city which hath
foundations, whose builder and maker
[is] God.
11 Through faith also Sara herself
received strength to conceive seed, and
was delivered of a child when she was
past age, because she judged him
faithful who had promised.
12 Therefore sprang there even of one,
and him as good as dead, [so many] as
the stars of the sky in multitude, and
as the sand which is by the sea shore
innumerable.
13 These all died in faith, not having
received the promises, but having seen
them afar off, and were persuaded of
[them], and embraced [them], and
confessed that they were strangers and
pilgrims on the earth.
14 For they that say such things
declare plainly that they seek a
country.
15 And truly, if they had been mindful
of that [country] from whence they came
out, they might have had opportunity to
have returned.
16 But now they desire a better
[country], that is, an heavenly:
wherefore God is not ashamed to be
called their God: for he hath prepared
for them a city.
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried,
offered up Isaac: and he that had
received the promises offered up his
only begotten [son],
18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac
shall thy seed be called:
19 Accounting that God [was] able to
raise [him] up, even from the dead;
from whence also he received him in a
figure.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and
Esau concerning things to come.
21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying,
blessed both the sons of Joseph; and
worshipped, [leaning] upon the top of
his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made
mention of the departing of the
children of Israel; and gave
commandment concerning his bones.
23 By faith Moses, when he was born,
was hid three months of his parents,
because they saw [he was] a proper
child; and they were not afraid of the
king's commandment.
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to
years, refused to be called the son of
Pharaoh's daughter;
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction
with the people of God, than to enjoy
the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ
greater riches than the treasures in
Egypt: for he had respect unto the
recompence of the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not
fearing the wrath of the king: for he
endured, as seeing him who is
invisible.
28 Through faith he kept the passover,
and the sprinkling of blood, lest he
that destroyed the firstborn should
touch them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red
sea as by dry [land]: which the
Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell
down, after they were compassed about
seven days.
31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished
not with them that believed not, when
she had received the spies with peace.
32 And what shall I more say? for the
time would fail me to tell of Gedeon,
and [of] Barak, and [of] Samson, and
[of] Jephthae; [of] David also, and
Samuel, and [of] the prophets:
33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms,
wrought righteousness, obtained
promises, stopped the mouths of lions,
34 Quenched the violence of fire,
escaped the edge of the sword, out of
weakness were made strong, waxed
valiant in fight, turned to flight the
armies of the aliens.
35 Women received their dead raised to
life again: and others were tortured,
not accepting deliverance; that they
might obtain a better resurrection:
36 And others had trial of [cruel]
mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover
of bonds and imprisonment:
37 They were stoned, they were sawn
asunder, were tempted, were slain with
the sword: they wandered about in
sheepskins and goatskins; being
destitute, afflicted, tormented;
38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:)
they wandered in deserts, and [in]
mountains, and [in] dens and caves of
the earth.
39 And these all, having obtained a
good report through faith, received not
the promise:
40 God having provided some better
thing for us, that they without us
should not be made perfect.

CHAPTER 12
1 Wherefore seeing we also are
compassed about with so great a cloud
of witnesses, let us lay aside every
weight, and the sin which doth so
easily beset [us], and let us run with
patience the race that is set before
us,
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and
finisher of [our] faith; who for the
joy that was set before him endured the
cross, despising the shame, and is set
down at the right hand of the throne of
God.
3 For consider him that endured such
contradiction of sinners against
himself, lest ye be wearied and faint
in your minds.
4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood,
striving against sin.
5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation
which speaketh unto you as unto
children, My son, despise not thou the
chastening of the Lord, nor faint when
thou art rebuked of him:
6 For whom the Lord loveth he
chasteneth, and scourgeth every son
whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth
with you as with sons; for what son is
he whom the father chasteneth not?
8 But if ye be without chastisement,
whereof all are partakers, then are ye
bastards, and not sons.
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of
our flesh which corrected [us], and we
gave [them] reverence: shall we not
much rather be in subjection unto the
Father of spirits, and live?
10 For they verily for a few days
chastened [us] after their own
pleasure; but he for [our] profit, that
[we] might be partakers of his
holiness.
11 Now no chastening for the present
seemeth to be joyous, but grievous:
nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the
peaceable fruit of righteousness unto
them which are exercised thereby.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which
hang down, and the feeble knees;
13 And make straight paths for your
feet, lest that which is lame be turned
out of the way; but let it rather be
healed.
14 Follow peace with all [men], and
holiness, without which no man shall
see the Lord:
15 Looking diligently lest any man fail
of the grace of God; lest any root of
bitterness springing up trouble [you],
and thereby many be defiled;
16 Lest there [be] any fornicator, or
profane person, as Esau, who for one
morsel of meat sold his birthright.
17 For ye know how that afterward, when
he would have inherited the blessing,
he was rejected: for he found no place
of repentance, though he sought it
carefully with tears.
18 For ye are not come unto the mount
that might be touched, and that burned
with fire, nor unto blackness, and
darkness, and tempest,
19 And the sound of a trumpet, and the
voice of words; which [voice] they that
heard intreated that the word should
not be spoken to them any more:
20 (For they could not endure that
which was commanded, And if so much as
a beast touch the mountain, it shall be
stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
21 And so terrible was the sight,
[that] Moses said, I exceedingly fear
and quake:)
22 But ye are come unto mount Sion, and
unto the city of the living God, the
heavenly Jerusalem, and to an
innumerable company of angels,
23 To the general assembly and church
of the firstborn, which are written in
heaven, and to God the Judge of all,
and to the spirits of just men made
perfect,
24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new
covenant, and to the blood of
sprinkling, that speaketh better things
than [that of] Abel.
25 See that ye refuse not him that
speaketh. For if they escaped not who
refused him that spake on earth, much
more [shall not] we [escape], if we
turn away from him that [speaketh] from
heaven:
26 Whose voice then shook the earth:
but now he hath promised, saying, Yet
once more I shake not the earth only,
but also heaven.
27 And this [word], Yet once more,
signifieth the removing of those things
that are shaken, as of things that are
made, that those things which cannot be
shaken may remain.
28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom
which cannot be moved, let us have
grace, whereby we may serve God
acceptably with reverence and godly
fear:
29 For our God [is] a consuming fire.

CHAPTER 13
1 Let brotherly love continue.
2 Be not forgetful to entertain
strangers: for thereby some have
entertained angels unawares.
3 Remember them that are in bonds, as
bound with them; [and] them which
suffer adversity, as being yourselves
also in the body.
4 Marriage [is] honourable in all, and
the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and
adulterers God will judge.
5 [Let your] conversation [be] without
covetousness; [and be] content with
such things as ye have: for he hath
said, I will never leave thee, nor
forsake thee.
6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord
[is] my helper, and I will not fear
what man shall do unto me.
7 Remember them which have the rule
over you, who have spoken unto you the
word of God: whose faith follow,
considering the end of [their]
conversation.
8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and
to day, and for ever.
9 Be not carried about with divers and
strange doctrines. For [it is] a good
thing that the heart be established
with grace; not with meats, which have
not profited them that have been
occupied therein.
10 We have an altar, whereof they have
no right to eat which serve the
tabernacle.
11 For the bodies of those beasts,
whose blood is brought into the
sanctuary by the high priest for sin,
are burned without the camp.
12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he might
sanctify the people with his own blood,
suffered without the gate.
13 Let us go forth therefore unto him
without the camp, bearing his reproach.
14 For here have we no continuing city,
but we seek one to come.
15 By him therefore let us offer the
sacrifice of praise to God continually,
that is, the fruit of [our] lips giving
thanks to his name.
16 But to do good and to communicate
forget not: for with such sacrifices
God is well pleased.
17 Obey them that have the rule over
you, and submit yourselves: for they
watch for your souls, as they that must
give account, that they may do it with
joy, and not with grief: for that [is]
unprofitable for you.
18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a
good conscience, in all things willing
to live honestly.
19 But I beseech [you] the rather to do
this, that I may be restored to you the
sooner.
20 Now the God of peace, that brought
again from the dead our Lord Jesus,
that great shepherd of the sheep,
through the blood of the everlasting
covenant,
21 Make you perfect in every good work
to do his will, working in you that
which is wellpleasing in his sight,
through Jesus Christ; to whom [be]
glory for ever and ever. Amen.
22 And I beseech you, brethren, suffer
the word of exhortation: for I have
written a letter unto you in few words.
23 Know ye that [our] brother Timothy
is set at liberty; with whom, if he
come shortly, I will see you.
24 Salute all them that have the rule
over you, and all the saints. They of
Italy salute you.
25 Grace [be] with you all. Amen.
# Written to the Hebrews from Italy by
Timothy.

THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JAMES

CHAPTER 1
1 James, a servant of God and of the
Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes
which are scattered abroad, greeting.
2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye
fall into divers temptations;
3 Knowing [this], that the trying of
your faith worketh patience.
4 But let patience have [her] perfect
work, that ye may be perfect and
entire, wanting nothing.
5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him
ask of God, that giveth to all [men]
liberally, and upbraideth not; and it
shall be given him.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing
wavering. For he that wavereth is like
a wave of the sea driven with the wind
and tossed.
7 For let not that man think that he
shall receive any thing of the Lord.
8 A double minded man [is] unstable in
all his ways.
9 Let the brother of low degree rejoice
in that he is exalted:
10 But the rich, in that he is made
low: because as the flower of the grass
he shall pass away.
11 For the sun is no sooner risen with
a burning heat, but it withereth the
grass, and the flower thereof falleth,
and the grace of the fashion of it
perisheth: so also shall the rich man
fade away in his ways.
12 Blessed [is] the man that endureth
temptation: for when he is tried, he
shall receive the crown of life, which
the Lord hath promised to them that
love him.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I
am tempted of God: for God cannot be
tempted with evil, neither tempteth he
any man:
14 But every man is tempted, when he is
drawn away of his own lust, and
enticed.
15 Then when lust hath conceived, it
bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is
finished, bringeth forth death.
16 Do not err, my beloved brethren.
17 Every good gift and every perfect
gift is from above, and cometh down
from the Father of lights, with whom is
no variableness, neither shadow of
turning.
18 Of his own will begat he us with the
word of truth, that we should be a kind
of firstfruits of his creatures.
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let
every man be swift to hear, slow to
speak, slow to wrath:
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the
righteousness of God.
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness
and superfluity of naughtiness, and
receive with meekness the engrafted
word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not
hearers only, deceiving your own
selves.
23 For if any be a hearer of the word,
and not a doer, he is like unto a man
beholding his natural face in a glass:
24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth
his way, and straightway forgetteth
what manner of man he was.
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect
law of liberty, and continueth
[therein], he being not a forgetful
hearer, but a doer of the work, this
man shall be blessed in his deed.
26 If any man among you seem to be
religious, and bridleth not his tongue,
but deceiveth his own heart, this man's
religion [is] vain.
27 Pure religion and undefiled before
God and the Father is this, To visit
the fatherless and widows in their
affliction, [and] to keep himself
unspotted from the world.

CHAPTER 2
1 My brethren, have not the faith of
our Lord Jesus Christ, [the Lord] of
glory, with respect of persons.
2 For if there come unto your assembly
a man with a gold ring, in goodly
apparel, and there come in also a poor
man in vile raiment;
3 And ye have respect to him that
weareth the gay clothing, and say unto
him, Sit thou here in a good place; and
say to the poor, Stand thou there, or
sit here under my footstool:
4 Are ye not then partial in
yourselves, and are become judges of
evil thoughts?
5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath
not God chosen the poor of this world
rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom
which he hath promised to them that
love him?
6 But ye have despised the poor. Do not
rich men oppress you, and draw you
before the judgment seats?
7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy
name by the which ye are called?
8 If ye fulfil the royal law according
to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye
commit sin, and are convinced of the
law as transgressors.
10 For whosoever shall keep the whole
law, and yet offend in one [point], he
is guilty of all.
11 For he that said, Do not commit
adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now
if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou
kill, thou art become a transgressor of
the law.
12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that
shall be judged by the law of liberty.
13 For he shall have judgment without
mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and
mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
14 What [doth it] profit, my brethren,
though a man say he hath faith, and
have not works? can faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and
destitute of daily food,
16 And one of you say unto them, Depart
in peace, be [ye] warmed and filled;
notwithstanding ye give them not those
things which are needful to the body;
what [doth it] profit?
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works,
is dead, being alone.
18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith,
and I have works: shew me thy faith
without thy works, and I will shew thee
my faith by my works.
19 Thou believest that there is one
God; thou doest well: the devils also
believe, and tremble.
20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that
faith without works is dead?
21 Was not Abraham our father justified
by works, when he had offered Isaac his
son upon the altar?
22 Seest thou how faith wrought with
his works, and by works was faith made
perfect?
23 And the scripture was fulfilled
which saith, Abraham believed God, and
it was imputed unto him for
righteousness: and he was called the
Friend of God.
24 Ye see then how that by works a man
is justified, and not by faith only.
25 Likewise also was not Rahab the
harlot justified by works, when she had
received the messengers, and had sent
[them] out another way?
26 For as the body without the spirit
is dead, so faith without works is dead
also.

CHAPTER 3
1 My brethren, be not many masters,
knowing that we shall receive the
greater condemnation.
2 For in many things we offend all. If
any man offend not in word, the same
[is] a perfect man, [and] able also to
bridle the whole body.
3 Behold, we put bits in the horses'
mouths, that they may obey us; and we
turn about their whole body.
4 Behold also the ships, which though
[they be] so great, and [are] driven of
fierce winds, yet are they turned about
with a very small helm, whithersoever
the governor listeth.
5 Even so the tongue is a little
member, and boasteth great things.
Behold, how great a matter a little
fire kindleth!
6 And the tongue [is] a fire, a world
of iniquity: so is the tongue among our
members, that it defileth the whole
body, and setteth on fire the course of
nature; and it is set on fire of hell.
7 For every kind of beasts, and of
birds, and of serpents, and of things
in the sea, is tamed, and hath been
tamed of mankind:
8 But the tongue can no man tame; [it
is] an unruly evil, full of deadly
poison.
9 Therewith bless we God, even the
Father; and therewith curse we men,
which are made after the similitude of
God.
10 Out of the same mouth proceedeth
blessing and cursing. My brethren,
these things ought not so to be.
11 Doth a fountain send forth at the
same place sweet [water] and bitter?
12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear
olive berries? either a vine, figs? so
[can] no fountain both yield salt water
and fresh.
13 Who [is] a wise man and endued with
knowledge among you? let him shew out
of a good conversation his works with
meekness of wisdom.
14 But if ye have bitter envying and
strife in your hearts, glory not, and
lie not against the truth.
15 This wisdom descendeth not from
above, but [is] earthly, sensual,
devilish.
16 For where envying and strife [is],
there [is] confusion and every evil
work.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is
first pure, then peaceable, gentle,
[and] easy to be intreated, full of
mercy and good fruits, without
partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18 And the fruit of righteousness is
sown in peace of them that make peace.

CHAPTER 4
1 From whence [come] wars and fightings
among you? [come they] not hence,
[even] of your lusts that war in your
members?
2 Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and
desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye
fight and war, yet ye have not, because
ye ask not.
3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye
ask amiss, that ye may consume [it]
upon your lusts.
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know
ye not that the friendship of the world
is enmity with God? whosoever therefore
will be a friend of the world is the
enemy of God.
5 Do ye think that the scripture saith
in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us
lusteth to envy?
6 But he giveth more grace. Wherefore
he saith, God resisteth the proud, but
giveth grace unto the humble.
7 Submit yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil, and he will flee from
you.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw
nigh to you. Cleanse [your] hands, [ye]
sinners; and purify [your] hearts, [ye]
double minded.
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep:
let your laughter be turned to
mourning, and [your] joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the sight of
the Lord, and he shall lift you up.
11 Speak not evil one of another,
brethren. He that speaketh evil of
[his] brother, and judgeth his brother,
speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth
the law: but if thou judge the law,
thou art not a doer of the law, but a
judge.
12 There is one lawgiver, who is able
to save and to destroy: who art thou
that judgest another?
13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to
morrow we will go into such a city, and
continue there a year, and buy and
sell, and get gain:
14 Whereas ye know not what [shall be]
on the morrow. For what [is] your life?
It is even a vapour, that appeareth for
a little time, and then vanisheth away.
15 For that ye [ought] to say, If the
Lord will, we shall live, and do this,
or that.
16 But now ye rejoice in your
boastings: all such rejoicing is evil.
17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do
good, and doeth [it] not, to him it is
sin.

CHAPTER 5
1 Go to now, [ye] rich men, weep and
howl for your miseries that shall come
upon [you].
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your
garments are motheaten.
3 Your gold and silver is cankered; and
the rust of them shall be a witness
against you, and shall eat your flesh
as it were fire. Ye have heaped
treasure together for the last days.
4 Behold, the hire of the labourers who
have reaped down your fields, which is
of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and
the cries of them which have reaped are
entered into the ears of the Lord of
sabaoth.
5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the
earth, and been wanton; ye have
nourished your hearts, as in a day of
slaughter.
6 Ye have condemned [and] killed the
just; [and] he doth not resist you.
7 Be patient therefore, brethren, unto
the coming of the Lord. Behold, the
husbandman waiteth for the precious
fruit of the earth, and hath long
patience for it, until he receive the
early and latter rain.
8 Be ye also patient; stablish your
hearts: for the coming of the Lord
draweth nigh.
9 Grudge not one against another,
brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold,
the judge standeth before the door.
10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who
have spoken in the name of the Lord,
for an example of suffering affliction,
and of patience.
11 Behold, we count them happy which
endure. Ye have heard of the patience
of Job, and have seen the end of the
Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful,
and of tender mercy.
12 But above all things, my brethren,
swear not, neither by heaven, neither
by the earth, neither by any other
oath: but let your yea be yea; and
[your] nay, nay; lest ye fall into
condemnation.
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him
pray. Is any merry? let him sing
psalms.
14 Is any sick among you? let him call
for the elders of the church; and let
them pray over him, anointing him with
oil in the name of the Lord:
15 And the prayer of faith shall save
the sick, and the Lord shall raise him
up; and if he have committed sins, they
shall be forgiven him.
16 Confess [your] faults one to
another, and pray one for another, that
ye may be healed. The effectual fervent
prayer of a righteous man availeth
much.
17 Elias was a man subject to like
passions as we are, and he prayed
earnestly that it might not rain: and
it rained not on the earth by the space
of three years and six months.
18 And he prayed again, and the heaven
gave rain, and the earth brought forth
her fruit.
19 Brethren, if any of you do err from
the truth, and one convert him;
20 Let him know, that he which
converteth the sinner from the error of
his way shall save a soul from death,
and shall hide a multitude of sins.

THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER

CHAPTER 1
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to
the strangers scattered throughout
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and
Bithynia,
2 Elect according to the foreknowledge
of God the Father, through
sanctification of the Spirit, unto
obedience and sprinkling of the blood
of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and
peace, be multiplied.
3 Blessed [be] the God and Father of
our Lord Jesus Christ, which according
to his abundant mercy hath begotten us
again unto a lively hope by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead,
4 To an inheritance incorruptible, and
undefiled, and that fadeth not away,
reserved in heaven for you,
5 Who are kept by the power of God
through faith unto salvation ready to
be revealed in the last time.
6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though
now for a season, if need be, ye are in
heaviness through manifold temptations:
7 That the trial of your faith, being
much more precious than of gold that
perisheth, though it be tried with
fire, might be found unto praise and
honour and glory at the appearing of
Jesus Christ:
8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in
whom, though now ye see [him] not, yet
believing, ye rejoice with joy
unspeakable and full of glory:
9 Receiving the end of your faith,
[even] the salvation of [your] souls.
10 Of which salvation the prophets have
enquired and searched diligently, who
prophesied of the grace [that should
come] unto you:
11 Searching what, or what manner of
time the Spirit of Christ which was in
them did signify, when it testified
beforehand the sufferings of Christ,
and the glory that should follow.
12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not
unto themselves, but unto us they did
minister the things, which are now
reported unto you by them that have
preached the gospel unto you with the
Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which
things the angels desire to look into.
13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your
mind, be sober, and hope to the end for
the grace that is to be brought unto
you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
14 As obedient children, not fashioning
yourselves according to the former
lusts in your ignorance:
15 But as he which hath called you is
holy, so be ye holy in all manner of
conversation;
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy;
for I am holy.
17 And if ye call on the Father, who
without respect of persons judgeth
according to every man's work, pass the
time of your sojourning [here] in fear:
18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were
not redeemed with corruptible things,
[as] silver and gold, from your vain
conversation [received] by tradition
from your fathers;
19 But with the precious blood of
Christ, as of a lamb without blemish
and without spot:
20 Who verily was foreordained before
the foundation of the world, but was
manifest in these last times for you,
21 Who by him do believe in God, that
raised him up from the dead, and gave
him glory; that your faith and hope
might be in God.
22 Seeing ye have purified your souls
in obeying the truth through the Spirit
unto unfeigned love of the brethren,
[see that ye] love one another with a
pure heart fervently:
23 Being born again, not of corruptible
seed, but of incorruptible, by the word
of God, which liveth and abideth for
ever.
24 For all flesh [is] as grass, and all
the glory of man as the flower of
grass. The grass withereth, and the
flower thereof falleth away:
25 But the word of the Lord endureth
for ever. And this is the word which by
the gospel is preached unto you.

CHAPTER 2
1 Wherefore laying aside all malice,
and all guile, and hypocrisies, and
envies, and all evil speakings,
2 As newborn babes, desire the sincere
milk of the word, that ye may grow
thereby:
3 If so be ye have tasted that the Lord
[is] gracious.
4 To whom coming, [as unto] a living
stone, disallowed indeed of men, but
chosen of God, [and] precious,
5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built
up a spiritual house, an holy
priesthood, to offer up spiritual
sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus
Christ.
6 Wherefore also it is contained in the
scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a
chief corner stone, elect, precious:
and he that believeth on him shall not
be confounded.
7 Unto you therefore which believe [he
is] precious: but unto them which be
disobedient, the stone which the
builders disallowed, the same is made
the head of the corner,
8 And a stone of stumbling, and a rock
of offence, [even to them] which
stumble at the word, being disobedient:
whereunto also they were appointed.
9 But ye [are] a chosen generation, a
royal priesthood, an holy nation, a
peculiar people; that ye should shew
forth the praises of him who hath
called you out of darkness into his
marvellous light:
10 Which in time past [were] not a
people, but [are] now the people of
God: which had not obtained mercy, but
now have obtained mercy.
11 Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as
strangers and pilgrims, abstain from
fleshly lusts, which war against the
soul;
12 Having your conversation honest
among the Gentiles: that, whereas they
speak against you as evildoers, they
may by [your] good works, which they
shall behold, glorify God in the day of
visitation.
13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance
of man for the Lord's sake: whether it
be to the king, as supreme;
14 Or unto governors, as unto them that
are sent by him for the punishment of
evildoers, and for the praise of them
that do well.
15 For so is the will of God, that with
well doing ye may put to silence the
ignorance of foolish men:
16 As free, and not using [your]
liberty for a cloke of maliciousness,
but as the servants of God.
17 Honour all [men]. Love the
brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
18 Servants, [be] subject to [your]
masters with all fear; not only to the
good and gentle, but also to the
froward.
19 For this [is] thankworthy, if a man
for conscience toward God endure grief,
suffering wrongfully.
20 For what glory [is it], if, when ye
be buffeted for your faults, ye shall
take it patiently? but if, when ye do
well, and suffer [for it], ye take it
patiently, this [is] acceptable with
God.
21 For even hereunto were ye called:
because Christ also suffered for us,
leaving us an example, that ye should
follow his steps:
22 Who did no sin, neither was guile
found in his mouth:
23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled
not again; when he suffered, he
threatened not; but committed [himself]
to him that judgeth righteously:
24 Who his own self bare our sins in
his own body on the tree, that we,
being dead to sins, should live unto
righteousness: by whose stripes ye were
healed.
25 For ye were as sheep going astray;
but are now returned unto the Shepherd
and Bishop of your souls.

CHAPTER 3
1 Likewise, ye wives, [be] in
subjection to your own husbands; that,
if any obey not the word, they also may
without the word be won by the
conversation of the wives;
2 While they behold your chaste
conversation [coupled] with fear.
3 Whose adorning let it not be that
outward [adorning] of plaiting the
hair, and of wearing of gold, or of
putting on of apparel;
4 But [let it be] the hidden man of the
heart, in that which is not
corruptible, [even the ornament] of a
meek and quiet spirit, which is in the
sight of God of great price.
5 For after this manner in the old time
the holy women also, who trusted in
God, adorned themselves, being in
subjection unto their own husbands:
6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling
him lord: whose daughters ye are, as
long as ye do well, and are not afraid
with any amazement.
7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with
[them] according to knowledge, giving
honour unto the wife, as unto the
weaker vessel, and as being heirs
together of the grace of life; that
your prayers be not hindered.
8 Finally, [be ye] all of one mind,
having compassion one of another, love
as brethren, [be] pitiful, [be]
courteous:
9 Not rendering evil for evil, or
railing for railing: but contrariwise
blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto
called, that ye should inherit a
blessing.
10 For he that will love life, and see
good days, let him refrain his tongue
from evil, and his lips that they speak
no guile:
11 Let him eschew evil, and do good;
let him seek peace, and ensue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord [are] over
the righteous, and his ears [are open]
unto their prayers: but the face of the
Lord [is] against them that do evil.
13 And who [is] he that will harm you,
if ye be followers of that which is
good?
14 But and if ye suffer for
righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]:
and be not afraid of their terror,
neither be troubled;
15 But sanctify the Lord God in your
hearts: and [be] ready always to [give]
an answer to every man that asketh you
a reason of the hope that is in you
with meekness and fear:
16 Having a good conscience; that,
whereas they speak evil of you, as of
evildoers, they may be ashamed that
falsely accuse your good conversation
in Christ.
17 For [it is] better, if the will of
God be so, that ye suffer for well
doing, than for evil doing.
18 For Christ also hath once suffered
for sins, the just for the unjust, that
he might bring us to God, being put to
death in the flesh, but quickened by
the Spirit:
19 By which also he went and preached
unto the spirits in prison;
20 Which sometime were disobedient,
when once the longsuffering of God
waited in the days of Noah, while the
ark was a preparing, wherein few, that
is, eight souls were saved by water.
21 The like figure whereunto [even]
baptism doth also now save us (not the
putting away of the filth of the flesh,
but the answer of a good conscience
toward God,) by the resurrection of
Jesus Christ:
22 Who is gone into heaven, and is on
the right hand of God; angels and
authorities and powers being made
subject unto him.

CHAPTER 4
1 Forasmuch then as Christ hath
suffered for us in the flesh, arm
yourselves likewise with the same mind:
for he that hath suffered in the flesh
hath ceased from sin;
2 That he no longer should live the
rest of [his] time in the flesh to the
lusts of men, but to the will of God.
3 For the time past of [our] life may
suffice us to have wrought the will of
the Gentiles, when we walked in
lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine,
revellings, banquetings, and abominable
idolatries:
4 Wherein they think it strange that ye
run not with [them] to the same excess
of riot, speaking evil of [you]:
5 Who shall give account to him that is
ready to judge the quick and the dead.
6 For for this cause was the gospel
preached also to them that are dead,
that they might be judged according to
men in the flesh, but live according to
God in the spirit.
7 But the end of all things is at hand:
be ye therefore sober, and watch unto
prayer.
8 And above all things have fervent
charity among yourselves: for charity
shall cover the multitude of sins.
9 Use hospitality one to another
without grudging.
10 As every man hath received the gift,
[even so] minister the same one to
another, as good stewards of the
manifold grace of God.
11 If any man speak, [let him speak] as
the oracles of God; if any man
minister, [let him do it] as of the
ability which God giveth: that God in
all things may be glorified through
Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and
dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
12 Beloved, think it not strange
concerning the fiery trial which is to
try you, as though some strange thing
happened unto you:
13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are
partakers of Christ's sufferings; that,
when his glory shall be revealed, ye
may be glad also with exceeding joy.
14 If ye be reproached for the name of
Christ, happy [are ye]; for the spirit
of glory and of God resteth upon you:
on their part he is evil spoken of, but
on your part he is glorified.
15 But let none of you suffer as a
murderer, or [as] a thief, or [as] an
evildoer, or as a busybody in other
men's matters.
16 Yet if [any man suffer] as a
Christian, let him not be ashamed; but
let him glorify God on this behalf.
17 For the time [is come] that judgment
must begin at the house of God: and if
[it] first [begin] at us, what shall
the end [be] of them that obey not the
gospel of God?
18 And if the righteous scarcely be
saved, where shall the ungodly and the
sinner appear?
19 Wherefore let them that suffer
according to the will of God commit the
keeping of their souls [to him] in well
doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

CHAPTER 5
1 The elders which are among you I
exhort, who am also an elder, and a
witness of the sufferings of Christ,
and also a partaker of the glory that
shall be revealed:
2 Feed the flock of God which is among
you, taking the oversight [thereof],
not by constraint, but willingly; not
for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
3 Neither as being lords over [God's]
heritage, but being ensamples to the
flock.
4 And when the chief Shepherd shall
appear, ye shall receive a crown of
glory that fadeth not away.
5 Likewise, ye younger, submit
yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all [of
you] be subject one to another, and be
clothed with humility: for God
resisteth the proud, and giveth grace
to the humble.
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the
mighty hand of God, that he may exalt
you in due time:
7 Casting all your care upon him; for
he careth for you.
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your
adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may
devour:
9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith,
knowing that the same afflictions are
accomplished in your brethren that are
in the world.
10 But the God of all grace, who hath
called us unto his eternal glory by
Christ Jesus, after that ye have
suffered a while, make you perfect,
stablish, strengthen, settle [you].
11 To him [be] glory and dominion for
ever and ever. Amen.
12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto
you, as I suppose, I have written
briefly, exhorting, and testifying that
this is the true grace of God wherein
ye stand.
13 The [church that is] at Babylon,
elected together with [you], saluteth
you; and [so doth] Marcus my son.
14 Greet ye one another with a kiss of
charity. Peace [be] with you all that
are in Christ Jesus. Amen.

THE SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL OF PETER

CHAPTER 1
1 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle
of Jesus Christ, to them that have
obtained like precious faith with us
through the righteousness of God and
our Saviour Jesus Christ:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto
you through the knowledge of God, and
of Jesus our Lord,
3 According as his divine power hath
given unto us all things that [pertain]
unto life and godliness, through the
knowledge of him that hath called us to
glory and virtue:
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding
great and precious promises: that by
these ye might be partakers of the
divine nature, having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through
lust.
5 And beside this, giving all
diligence, add to your faith virtue;
and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to
temperance patience; and to patience
godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness;
and to brotherly kindness charity.
8 For if these things be in you, and
abound, they make [you that ye shall]
neither [be] barren nor unfruitful in
the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But he that lacketh these things is
blind, and cannot see afar off, and
hath forgotten that he was purged from
his old sins.
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give
diligence to make your calling and
election sure: for if ye do these
things, ye shall never fall:
11 For so an entrance shall be
ministered unto you abundantly into the
everlasting kingdom of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ.
12 Wherefore I will not be negligent to
put you always in remembrance of these
things, though ye know [them], and be
established in the present truth.
13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I
am in this tabernacle, to stir you up
by putting [you] in remembrance;
14 Knowing that shortly I must put off
[this] my tabernacle, even as our Lord
Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
15 Moreover I will endeavour that ye
may be able after my decease to have
these things always in remembrance.
16 For we have not followed cunningly
devised fables, when we made known unto
you the power and coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of
his majesty.
17 For he received from God the Father
honour and glory, when there came such
a voice to him from the excellent
glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom
I am well pleased.
18 And this voice which came from
heaven we heard, when we were with him
in the holy mount.
19 We have also a more sure word of
prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye
take heed, as unto a light that shineth
in a dark place, until the day dawn,
and the day star arise in your hearts:
20 Knowing this first, that no prophecy
of the scripture is of any private
interpretation.
21 For the prophecy came not in old
time by the will of man: but holy men
of God spake [as they were] moved by
the Holy Ghost.

CHAPTER 2
1 But there were false prophets also
among the people, even as there shall
be false teachers among you, who
privily shall bring in damnable
heresies, even denying the Lord that
bought them, and bring upon themselves
swift destruction.
2 And many shall follow their
pernicious ways; by reason of whom the
way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
3 And through covetousness shall they
with feigned words make merchandise of
you: whose judgment now of a long time
lingereth not, and their damnation
slumbereth not.
4 For if God spared not the angels that
sinned, but cast [them] down to hell,
and delivered [them] into chains of
darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
5 And spared not the old world, but
saved Noah the eighth [person], a
preacher of righteousness, bringing in
the flood upon the world of the
ungodly;
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and
Gomorrha into ashes condemned [them]
with an overthrow, making [them] an
ensample unto those that after should
live ungodly;
7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with
the filthy conversation of the wicked:
8 (For that righteous man dwelling
among them, in seeing and hearing,
vexed [his] righteous soul from day to
day with [their] unlawful deeds;)
9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the
godly out of temptations, and to
reserve the unjust unto the day of
judgment to be punished:
10 But chiefly them that walk after the
flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and
despise government. Presumptuous [are
they], selfwilled, they are not afraid
to speak evil of dignities.
11 Whereas angels, which are greater in
power and might, bring not railing
accusation against them before the
Lord.
12 But these, as natural brute beasts,
made to be taken and destroyed, speak
evil of the things that they understand
not; and shall utterly perish in their
own corruption;
13 And shall receive the reward of
unrighteousness, [as] they that count
it pleasure to riot in the day time.
Spots [they are] and blemishes,
sporting themselves with their own
deceivings while they feast with you;
14 Having eyes full of adultery, and
that cannot cease from sin; beguiling
unstable souls: an heart they have
exercised with covetous practices;
cursed children:
15 Which have forsaken the right way,
and are gone astray, following the way
of Balaam [the son] of Bosor, who loved
the wages of unrighteousness;
16 But was rebuked for his iniquity:
the dumb ass speaking with man's voice
forbad the madness of the prophet.
17 These are wells without water,
clouds that are carried with a tempest;
to whom the mist of darkness is
reserved for ever.
18 For when they speak great swelling
[words] of vanity, they allure through
the lusts of the flesh, [through much]
wantonness, those that were clean
escaped from them who live in error.
19 While they promise them liberty,
they themselves are the servants of
corruption: for of whom a man is
overcome, of the same is he brought in
bondage.
20 For if after they have escaped the
pollutions of the world through the
knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ, they are again entangled
therein, and overcome, the latter end
is worse with them than the beginning.
21 For it had been better for them not
to have known the way of righteousness,
than, after they have known [it], to
turn from the holy commandment
delivered unto them.
22 But it is happened unto them
according to the true proverb, The dog
[is] turned to his own vomit again; and
the sow that was washed to her
wallowing in the mire.

CHAPTER 3
1 This second epistle, beloved, I now
write unto you; in [both] which I stir
up your pure minds by way of
remembrance:
2 That ye may be mindful of the words
which were spoken before by the holy
prophets, and of the commandment of us
the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:
3 Knowing this first, that there shall
come in the last days scoffers, walking
after their own lusts,
4 And saying, Where is the promise of
his coming? for since the fathers fell
asleep, all things continue as [they
were] from the beginning of the
creation.
5 For this they willingly are ignorant
of, that by the word of God the heavens
were of old, and the earth standing out
of the water and in the water:
6 Whereby the world that then was,
being overflowed with water, perished:
7 But the heavens and the earth, which
are now, by the same word are kept in
store, reserved unto fire against the
day of judgment and perdition of
ungodly men.
8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this
one thing, that one day [is] with the
Lord as a thousand years, and a
thousand years as one day.
9 The Lord is not slack concerning his
promise, as some men count slackness;
but is longsuffering to us-ward, not
willing that any should perish, but
that all should come to repentance.
10 But the day of the Lord will come as
a thief in the night; in the which the
heavens shall pass away with a great
noise, and the elements shall melt with
fervent heat, the earth also and the
works that are therein shall be burned
up.
11 [Seeing] then [that] all these
things shall be dissolved, what manner
[of persons] ought ye to be in [all]
holy conversation and godliness,
12 Looking for and hasting unto the
coming of the day of God, wherein the
heavens being on fire shall be
dissolved, and the elements shall melt
with fervent heat?
13 Nevertheless we, according to his
promise, look for new heavens and a new
earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.
14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye
look for such things, be diligent that
ye may be found of him in peace,
without spot, and blameless.
15 And account [that] the longsuffering
of our Lord [is] salvation; even as our
beloved brother Paul also according to
the wisdom given unto him hath written
unto you;
16 As also in all [his] epistles,
speaking in them of these things; in
which are some things hard to be
understood, which they that are
unlearned and unstable wrest, as [they
do] also the other scriptures, unto
their own destruction.
17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye
know [these things] before, beware lest
ye also, being led away with the error
of the wicked, fall from your own
stedfastness.
18 But grow in grace, and [in] the
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. To him [be] glory both now and
for ever. Amen.

THE FIRST GENERAL EPISTLE OF JOHN

CHAPTER 1
1 That which was from the beginning,
which we have heard, which we have seen
with our eyes, which we have looked
upon, and our hands have handled, of
the Word of life;
2 (For the life was manifested, and we
have seen [it], and bear witness, and
shew unto you that eternal life, which
was with the Father, and was manifested
unto us;)
3 That which we have seen and heard
declare we unto you, that ye also may
have fellowship with us: and truly our
fellowship [is] with the Father, and
with his Son Jesus Christ.
4 And these things write we unto you,
that your joy may be full.
5 This then is the message which we
have heard of him, and declare unto
you, that God is light, and in him is
no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship
with him, and walk in darkness, we lie,
and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is
in the light, we have fellowship one
with another, and the blood of Jesus
Christ his Son cleanseth us from all
sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we
deceive ourselves, and the truth is not
in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is
faithful and just to forgive us [our]
sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
10 If we say that we have not sinned,
we make him a liar, and his word is not
in us.

CHAPTER 2
1 My little children, these things
write I unto you, that ye sin not. And
if any man sin, we have an advocate
with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous:
2 And he is the propitiation for our
sins: and not for our's only, but also
for [the sins of] the whole world.
3 And hereby we do know that we know
him, if we keep his commandments.
4 He that saith, I know him, and
keepeth not his commandments, is a
liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him
verily is the love of God perfected:
hereby know we that we are in him.
6 He that saith he abideth in him ought
himself also so to walk, even as he
walked.
7 Brethren, I write no new commandment
unto you, but an old commandment which
ye had from the beginning. The old
commandment is the word which ye have
heard from the beginning.
8 Again, a new commandment I write unto
you, which thing is true in him and in
you: because the darkness is past, and
the true light now shineth.
9 He that saith he is in the light, and
hateth his brother, is in darkness even
until now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth
in the light, and there is none
occasion of stumbling in him.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in
darkness, and walketh in darkness, and
knoweth not whither he goeth, because
that darkness hath blinded his eyes.
12 I write unto you, little children,
because your sins are forgiven you for
his name's sake.
13 I write unto you, fathers, because
ye have known him [that is] from the
beginning. I write unto you, young men,
because ye have overcome the wicked
one. I write unto you, little children,
because ye have known the Father.
14 I have written unto you, fathers,
because ye have known him [that is]
from the beginning. I have written unto
you, young men, because ye are strong,
and the word of God abideth in you, and
ye have overcome the wicked one.
15 Love not the world, neither the
things [that are] in the world. If any
man love the world, the love of the
Father is not in him.
16 For all that [is] in the world, the
lust of the flesh, and the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life, is not of
the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the
lust thereof: but he that doeth the
will of God abideth for ever.
18 Little children, it is the last
time: and as ye have heard that
antichrist shall come, even now are
there many antichrists; whereby we know
that it is the last time.
19 They went out from us, but they were
not of us; for if they had been of us,
they would [no doubt] have continued
with us: but [they went out], that they
might be made manifest that they were
not all of us.
20 But ye have an unction from the Holy
One, and ye know all things.
21 I have not written unto you because
ye know not the truth, but because ye
know it, and that no lie is of the
truth.
22 Who is a liar but he that denieth
that Jesus is the Christ? He is
antichrist, that denieth the Father and
the Son.
23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same
hath not the Father: [(but) he that
acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father
also].
24 Let that therefore abide in you,
which ye have heard from the beginning.
If that which ye have heard from the
beginning shall remain in you, ye also
shall continue in the Son, and in the
Father.
25 And this is the promise that he hath
promised us, [even] eternal life.
26 These [things] have I written unto
you concerning them that seduce you.
27 But the anointing which ye have
received of him abideth in you, and ye
need not that any man teach you: but as
the same anointing teacheth you of all
things, and is truth, and is no lie,
and even as it hath taught you, ye
shall abide in him.
28 And now, little children, abide in
him; that, when he shall appear, we may
have confidence, and not be ashamed
before him at his coming.
29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye
know that every one that doeth
righteousness is born of him.

CHAPTER 3
1 Behold, what manner of love the
Father hath bestowed upon us, that we
should be called the sons of God:
therefore the world knoweth us not,
because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God,
and it doth not yet appear what we
shall be: but we know that, when he
shall appear, we shall be like him; for
we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in
him purifieth himself, even as he is
pure.
4 Whosoever committeth sin
transgresseth also the law: for sin is
the transgression of the law.
5 And ye know that he was manifested to
take away our sins; and in him is no
sin.
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not:
whosoever sinneth hath not seen him,
neither known him.
7 Little children, let no man deceive
you: he that doeth righteousness is
righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the
devil; for the devil sinneth from the
beginning. For this purpose the Son of
God was manifested, that he might
destroy the works of the devil.
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not
commit sin; for his seed remaineth in
him: and he cannot sin, because he is
born of God.
10 In this the children of God are
manifest, and the children of the
devil: whosoever doeth not
righteousness is not of God, neither he
that loveth not his brother.
11 For this is the message that ye
heard from the beginning, that we
should love one another.
12 Not as Cain, [who] was of that
wicked one, and slew his brother. And
wherefore slew he him? Because his own
works were evil, and his brother's
righteous.
13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the
world hate you.
14 We know that we have passed from
death unto life, because we love the
brethren. He that loveth not [his]
brother abideth in death.
15 Whosoever hateth his brother is a
murderer: and ye know that no murderer
hath eternal life abiding in him.
16 Hereby perceive we the love [of
God], because he laid down his life for
us: and we ought to lay down [our]
lives for the brethren.
17 But whoso hath this world's good,
and seeth his brother have need, and
shutteth up his bowels [of compassion]
from him, how dwelleth the love of God
in him?
18 My little children, let us not love
in word, neither in tongue; but in deed
and in truth.
19 And hereby we know that we are of
the truth, and shall assure our hearts
before him.
20 For if our heart condemn us, God is
greater than our heart, and knoweth all
things.
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us
not, [then] have we confidence toward
God.
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of
him, because we keep his commandments,
and do those things that are pleasing
in his sight.
23 And this is his commandment, That we
should believe on the name of his Son
Jesus Christ, and love one another, as
he gave us commandment.
24 And he that keepeth his commandments
dwelleth in him, and he in him. And
hereby we know that he abideth in us,
by the Spirit which he hath given us.

CHAPTER 4
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit,
but try the spirits whether they are of
God: because many false prophets are
gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God:
Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus
Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not
that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh
is not of God: and this is that
[spirit] of antichrist, whereof ye have
heard that it should come; and even now
already is it in the world.
4 Ye are of God, little children, and
have overcome them: because greater is
he that is in you, than he that is in
the world.
5 They are of the world: therefore
speak they of the world, and the world
heareth them.
6 We are of God: he that knoweth God
heareth us; he that is not of God
heareth not us. Hereby know we the
spirit of truth, and the spirit of
error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for
love is of God; and every one that
loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God;
for God is love.
9 In this was manifested the love of
God toward us, because that God sent
his only begotten Son into the world,
that we might live through him.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved
God, but that he loved us, and sent his
Son [to be] the propitiation for our
sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we
ought also to love one another.
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If
we love one another, God dwelleth in
us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him,
and he in us, because he hath given us
of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify that
the Father sent the Son [to be] the
Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus
is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him,
and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the
love that God hath to us. God is love;
and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth
in God, and God in him.
17 Herein is our love made perfect,
that we may have boldness in the day of
judgment: because as he is, so are we
in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but
perfect love casteth out fear: because
fear hath torment. He that feareth is
not made perfect in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved
us.
20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth
his brother, he is a liar: for he that
loveth not his brother whom he hath
seen, how can he love God whom he hath
not seen?
21 And this commandment have we from
him, That he who loveth God love his
brother also.

CHAPTER 5
1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the
Christ is born of God: and every one
that loveth him that begat loveth him
also that is begotten of him.
2 By this we know that we love the
children of God, when we love God, and
keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we
keep his commandments: and his
commandments are not grievous.
4 For whatsoever is born of God
overcometh the world: and this is the
victory that overcometh the world,
[even] our faith.
5 Who is he that overcometh the world,
but he that believeth that Jesus is the
Son of God?
6 This is he that came by water and
blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not by
water only, but by water and blood. And
it is the Spirit that beareth witness,
because the Spirit is truth.
7 For there are three that bear record
in heaven, the Father, the Word, and
the Holy Ghost: and these three are
one.
8 And there are three that bear witness
in earth, the Spirit, and the water,
and the blood: and these three agree in
one.
9 If we receive the witness of men, the
witness of God is greater: for this is
the witness of God which he hath
testified of his Son.
10 He that believeth on the Son of God
hath the witness in himself: he that
believeth not God hath made him a liar;
because he believeth not the record
that God gave of his Son.
11 And this is the record, that God
hath given to us eternal life, and this
life is in his Son.
12 He that hath the Son hath life;
[and] he that hath not the Son of God
hath not life.
13 These things have I written unto you
that believe on the name of the Son of
God; that ye may know that ye have
eternal life, and that ye may believe
on the name of the Son of God.
14 And this is the confidence that we
have in him, that, if we ask any thing
according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us,
whatsoever we ask, we know that we have
the petitions that we desired of him.
16 If any man see his brother sin a sin
[which is] not unto death, he shall
ask, and he shall give him life for
them that sin not unto death. There is
a sin unto death: I do not say that he
shall pray for it.
17 All unrighteousness is sin: and
there is a sin not unto death.
18 We know that whosoever is born of
God sinneth not; but he that is
begotten of God keepeth himself, and
that wicked one toucheth him not.
19 [And] we know that we are of God,
and the whole world lieth in
wickedness.
20 And we know that the Son of God is
come, and hath given us an
understanding, that we may know him
that is true, and we are in him that is
true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ.
This is the true God, and eternal life.
21 Little children, keep yourselves
from idols. Amen.

THE SECOND EPISTLE OF JOHN

CHAPTER 1
1 The elder unto the elect lady and her
children, whom I love in the truth; and
not I only, but also all they that have
known the truth;
2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth
in us, and shall be with us for ever.
3 Grace be with you, mercy, [and]
peace, from God the Father, and from
the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the
Father, in truth and love.
4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of
thy children walking in truth, as we
have received a commandment from the
Father.
5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as
though I wrote a new commandment unto
thee, but that which we had from the
beginning, that we love one another.
6 And this is love, that we walk after
his commandments. This is the
commandment, That, as ye have heard
from the beginning, ye should walk in
it.
7 For many deceivers are entered into
the world, who confess not that Jesus
Christ is come in the flesh. This is a
deceiver and an antichrist.
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not
those things which we have wrought, but
that we receive a full reward.
9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth
not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not
God. He that abideth in the doctrine of
Christ, he hath both the Father and the
Son.
10 If there come any unto you, and
bring not this doctrine, receive him
not into [your] house, neither bid him
God speed:
11 For he that biddeth him God speed is
partaker of his evil deeds.
12 Having many things to write unto
you, I would not [write] with paper and
ink: but I trust to come unto you, and
speak face to face, that our joy may be
full.
13 The children of thy elect sister
greet thee. Amen.

THE THIRD EPISTLE OF JOHN

CHAPTER 1
1 The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius,
whom I love in the truth.
2 Beloved, I wish above all things that
thou mayest prosper and be in health,
even as thy soul prospereth.
3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the
brethren came and testified of the
truth that is in thee, even as thou
walkest in the truth.
4 I have no greater joy than to hear
that my children walk in truth.
5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully
whatsoever thou doest to the brethren,
and to strangers;
6 Which have borne witness of thy
charity before the church: whom if thou
bring forward on their journey after a
godly sort, thou shalt do well:
7 Because that for his name's sake they
went forth, taking nothing of the
Gentiles.
8 We therefore ought to receive such,
that we might be fellowhelpers to the
truth.
9 I wrote unto the church: but
Diotrephes, who loveth to have the
preeminence among them, receiveth us
not.
10 Wherefore, if I come, I will
remember his deeds which he doeth,
prating against us with malicious
words: and not content therewith,
neither doth he himself receive the
brethren, and forbiddeth them that
would, and casteth [them] out of the
church.
11 Beloved, follow not that which is
evil, but that which is good. He that
doeth good is of God: but he that doeth
evil hath not seen God.
12 Demetrius hath good report of all
[men], and of the truth itself: yea,
and we [also] bear record; and ye know
that our record is true.
13 I had many things to write, but I
will not with ink and pen write unto
thee:
14 But I trust I shall shortly see
thee, and we shall speak face to face.
Peace [be] to thee. [Our] friends
salute thee. Greet the friends by name.

THE GENERAL EPISTLE OF JUDE

CHAPTER 1
1 Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ,
and brother of James, to them that are
sanctified by God the Father, and
preserved in Jesus Christ, [and]
called:
2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and love,
be multiplied.
3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to
write unto you of the common salvation,
it was needful for me to write unto
you, and exhort [you] that ye should
earnestly contend for the faith which
was once delivered unto the saints.
4 For there are certain men crept in
unawares, who were before of old
ordained to this condemnation, ungodly
men, turning the grace of our God into
lasciviousness, and denying the only
Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.
5 I will therefore put you in
remembrance, though ye once knew this,
how that the Lord, having saved the
people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed them that believed
not.
6 And the angels which kept not their
first estate, but left their own
habitation, he hath reserved in
everlasting chains under darkness unto
the judgment of the great day.
7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the
cities about them in like manner,
giving themselves over to fornication,
and going after strange flesh, are set
forth for an example, suffering the
vengeance of eternal fire.
8 Likewise also these [filthy] dreamers
defile the flesh, despise dominion, and
speak evil of dignities.
9 Yet Michael the archangel, when
contending with the devil he disputed
about the body of Moses, durst not
bring against him a railing accusation,
but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
10 But these speak evil of those things
which they know not: but what they know
naturally, as brute beasts, in those
things they corrupt themselves.
11 Woe unto them! for they have gone in
the way of Cain, and ran greedily after
the error of Balaam for reward, and
perished in the gainsaying of Core.
12 These are spots in your feasts of
charity, when they feast with you,
feeding themselves without fear: clouds
[they are] without water, carried about
of winds; trees whose fruit withereth,
without fruit, twice dead, plucked up
by the roots;
13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out
their own shame; wandering stars, to
whom is reserved the blackness of
darkness for ever.
14 And Enoch also, the seventh from
Adam, prophesied of these, saying,
Behold, the Lord cometh with ten
thousands of his saints,
15 To execute judgment upon all, and to
convince all that are ungodly among
them of all their ungodly deeds which
they have ungodly committed, and of all
their hard [speeches] which ungodly
sinners have spoken against him.
16 These are murmurers, complainers,
walking after their own lusts; and
their mouth speaketh great swelling
[words], having men's persons in
admiration because of advantage.
17 But, beloved, remember ye the words
which were spoken before of the
apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
18 How that they told you there should
be mockers in the last time, who should
walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate
themselves, sensual, having not the
Spirit.
20 But ye, beloved, building up
yourselves on your most holy faith,
praying in the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God,
looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus
Christ unto eternal life.
22 And of some have compassion, making
a difference:
23 And others save with fear, pulling
[them] out of the fire; hating even the
garment spotted by the flesh.
24 Now unto him that is able to keep
you from falling, and to present [you]
faultless before the presence of his
glory with exceeding joy,
25 To the only wise God our Saviour,
[be] glory and majesty, dominion and
power, both now and ever. Amen.

THE REVELATION OF SAINT JOHN THE DIVINE

CHAPTER 1
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which
God gave unto him, to shew unto his
servants things which must shortly come
to pass; and he sent and signified [it]
by his angel unto his servant John:
2 Who bare record of the word of God,
and of the testimony of Jesus Christ,
and of all things that he saw.
3 Blessed [is] he that readeth, and
they that hear the words of this
prophecy, and keep those things which
are written therein: for the time [is]
at hand.
4 John to the seven churches which are
in Asia: Grace [be] unto you, and
peace, from him which is, and which
was, and which is to come; and from the
seven Spirits which are before his
throne;
5 And from Jesus Christ, [who is] the
faithful witness, [and] the first
begotten of the dead, and the prince of
the kings of the earth. Unto him that
loved us, and washed us from our sins
in his own blood,
6 And hath made us kings and priests
unto God and his Father; to him [be]
glory and dominion for ever and ever.
Amen.
7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and
every eye shall see him, and they
[also] which pierced him: and all
kindreds of the earth shall wail
because of him. Even so, Amen.
8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning
and the ending, saith the Lord, which
is, and which was, and which is to
come, the Almighty.
9 I John, who also am your brother, and
companion in tribulation, and in the
kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ,
was in the isle that is called Patmos,
for the word of God, and for the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's
day, and heard behind me a great voice,
as of a trumpet,
11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the
first and the last: and, What thou
seest, write in a book, and send [it]
unto the seven churches which are in
Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna,
and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira,
and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia,
and unto Laodicea.
12 And I turned to see the voice that
spake with me. And being turned, I saw
seven golden candlesticks;
13 And in the midst of the seven
candlesticks [one] like unto the Son of
man, clothed with a garment down to the
foot, and girt about the paps with a
golden girdle.
14 His head and [his] hairs [were]
white like wool, as white as snow; and
his eyes [were] as a flame of fire;
15 And his feet like unto fine brass,
as if they burned in a furnace; and his
voice as the sound of many waters.
16 And he had in his right hand seven
stars: and out of his mouth went a
sharp twoedged sword: and his
countenance [was] as the sun shineth in
his strength.
17 And when I saw him, I fell at his
feet as dead. And he laid his right
hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not;
I am the first and the last:
18 I [am] he that liveth, and was dead;
and, behold, I am alive for evermore,
Amen; and have the keys of hell and of
death.
19 Write the things which thou hast
seen, and the things which are, and the
things which shall be hereafter;
20 The mystery of the seven stars which
thou sawest in my right hand, and the
seven golden candlesticks. The seven
stars are the angels of the seven
churches: and the seven candlesticks
which thou sawest are the seven
churches.

CHAPTER 2
1 Unto the angel of the church of
Ephesus write; These things saith he
that holdeth the seven stars in his
right hand, who walketh in the midst of
the seven golden candlesticks;
2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and
thy patience, and how thou canst not
bear them which are evil: and thou hast
tried them which say they are apostles,
and are not, and hast found them liars:
3 And hast borne, and hast patience,
and for my name's sake hast laboured,
and hast not fainted.
4 Nevertheless I have [somewhat]
against thee, because thou hast left
thy first love.
5 Remember therefore from whence thou
art fallen, and repent, and do the
first works; or else I will come unto
thee quickly, and will remove thy
candlestick out of his place, except
thou repent.
6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest
the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I
also hate.
7 He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith unto the
churches; To him that overcometh will I
give to eat of the tree of life, which
is in the midst of the paradise of God.
8 And unto the angel of the church in
Smyrna write; These things saith the
first and the last, which was dead, and
is alive;
9 I know thy works, and tribulation,
and poverty, (but thou art rich) and [I
know] the blasphemy of them which say
they are Jews, and are not, but [are]
the synagogue of Satan.
10 Fear none of those things which thou
shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall
cast [some] of you into prison, that ye
may be tried; and ye shall have
tribulation ten days: be thou faithful
unto death, and I will give thee a
crown of life.
11 He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith unto the
churches; He that overcometh shall not
be hurt of the second death.
12 And to the angel of the church in
Pergamos write; These things saith he
which hath the sharp sword with two
edges;
13 I know thy works, and where thou
dwellest, [even] where Satan's seat
[is]: and thou holdest fast my name,
and hast not denied my faith, even in
those days wherein Antipas [was] my
faithful martyr, who was slain among
you, where Satan dwelleth.
14 But I have a few things against
thee, because thou hast there them that
hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught
Balac to cast a stumblingblock before
the children of Israel, to eat things
sacrificed unto idols, and to commit
fornication.
15 So hast thou also them that hold the
doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which
thing I hate.
16 Repent; or else I will come unto
thee quickly, and will fight against
them with the sword of my mouth.
17 He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith unto the
churches; To him that overcometh will I
give to eat of the hidden manna, and
will give him a white stone, and in the
stone a new name written, which no man
knoweth saving he that receiveth [it].
18 And unto the angel of the church in
Thyatira write; These things saith the
Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto
a flame of fire, and his feet [are]
like fine brass;
19 I know thy works, and charity, and
service, and faith, and thy patience,
and thy works; and the last [to be]
more than the first.
20 Notwithstanding I have a few things
against thee, because thou sufferest
that woman Jezebel, which calleth
herself a prophetess, to teach and to
seduce my servants to commit
fornication, and to eat things
sacrificed unto idols.
21 And I gave her space to repent of
her fornication; and she repented not.
22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed,
and them that commit adultery with her
into great tribulation, except they
repent of their deeds.
23 And I will kill her children with
death; and all the churches shall know
that I am he which searcheth the reins
and hearts: and I will give unto every
one of you according to your works.
24 But unto you I say, and unto the
rest in Thyatira, as many as have not
this doctrine, and which have not known
the depths of Satan, as they speak; I
will put upon you none other burden.
25 But that which ye have [already]
hold fast till I come.
26 And he that overcometh, and keepeth
my works unto the end, to him will I
give power over the nations:
27 And he shall rule them with a rod of
iron; as the vessels of a potter shall
they be broken to shivers: even as I
received of my Father.
28 And I will give him the morning
star.
29 He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith unto the
churches.

CHAPTER 3
1 And unto the angel of the church in
Sardis write; These things saith he
that hath the seven Spirits of God, and
the seven stars; I know thy works, that
thou hast a name that thou livest, and
art dead.
2 Be watchful, and strengthen the
things which remain, that are ready to
die: for I have not found thy works
perfect before God.
3 Remember therefore how thou hast
received and heard, and hold fast, and
repent. If therefore thou shalt not
watch, I will come on thee as a thief,
and thou shalt not know what hour I
will come upon thee.
4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis
which have not defiled their garments;
and they shall walk with me in white:
for they are worthy.
5 He that overcometh, the same shall be
clothed in white raiment; and I will
not blot out his name out of the book
of life, but I will confess his name
before my Father, and before his
angels.
6 He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith unto the
churches.
7 And to the angel of the church in
Philadelphia write; These things saith
he that is holy, he that is true, he
that hath the key of David, he that
openeth, and no man shutteth; and
shutteth, and no man openeth;
8 I know thy works: behold, I have set
before thee an open door, and no man
can shut it: for thou hast a little
strength, and hast kept my word, and
hast not denied my name.
9 Behold, I will make them of the
synagogue of Satan, which say they are
Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold,
I will make them to come and worship
before thy feet, and to know that I
have loved thee.
10 Because thou hast kept the word of
my patience, I also will keep thee from
the hour of temptation, which shall
come upon all the world, to try them
that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that
fast which thou hast, that no man take
thy crown.
12 Him that overcometh will I make a
pillar in the temple of my God, and he
shall go no more out: and I will write
upon him the name of my God, and the
name of the city of my God, [which is]
new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of
heaven from my God: and [I will write
upon him] my new name.
13 He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith unto the
churches.
14 And unto the angel of the church of
the Laodiceans write; These things
saith the Amen, the faithful and true
witness, the beginning of the creation
of God;
15 I know thy works, that thou art
neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert
cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art lukewarm,
and neither cold nor hot, I will spue
thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and
increased with goods, and have need of
nothing; and knowest not that thou art
wretched, and miserable, and poor, and
blind, and naked:
18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold
tried in the fire, that thou mayest be
rich; and white raiment, that thou
mayest be clothed, and [that] the shame
of thy nakedness do not appear; and
anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that
thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and
chasten: be zealous therefore, and
repent.
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and
knock: if any man hear my voice, and
open the door, I will come in to him,
and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that overcometh will I grant
to sit with me in my throne, even as I
also overcame, and am set down with my
Father in his throne.
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith unto the
churches.

CHAPTER 4
1 After this I looked, and, behold, a
door [was] opened in heaven: and the
first voice which I heard [was] as it
were of a trumpet talking with me;
which said, Come up hither, and I will
shew thee things which must be
hereafter.
2 And immediately I was in the spirit:
and, behold, a throne was set in
heaven, and [one] sat on the throne.
3 And he that sat was to look upon like
a jasper and a sardine stone: and
[there was] a rainbow round about the
throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
4 And round about the throne [were]
four and twenty seats: and upon the
seats I saw four and twenty elders
sitting, clothed in white raiment; and
they had on their heads crowns of gold.
5 And out of the throne proceeded
lightnings and thunderings and voices:
and [there were] seven lamps of fire
burning before the throne, which are
the seven Spirits of God.
6 And before the throne [there was] a
sea of glass like unto crystal: and in
the midst of the throne, and round
about the throne, [were] four beasts
full of eyes before and behind.
7 And the first beast [was] like a
lion, and the second beast like a calf,
and the third beast had a face as a
man, and the fourth beast [was] like a
flying eagle.
8 And the four beasts had each of them
six wings about [him]; and [they were]
full of eyes within: and they rest not
day and night, saying, Holy, holy,
holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and
is, and is to come.
9 And when those beasts give glory and
honour and thanks to him that sat on
the throne, who liveth for ever and
ever,
10 The four and twenty elders fall down
before him that sat on the throne, and
worship him that liveth for ever and
ever, and cast their crowns before the
throne, saying,
11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive
glory and honour and power: for thou
hast created all things, and for thy
pleasure they are and were created.

CHAPTER 5
1 And I saw in the right hand of him
that sat on the throne a book written
within and on the backside, sealed with
seven seals.
2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming
with a loud voice, Who is worthy to
open the book, and to loose the seals
thereof?
3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth,
neither under the earth, was able to
open the book, neither to look thereon.
4 And I wept much, because no man was
found worthy to open and to read the
book, neither to look thereon.
5 And one of the elders saith unto me,
Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe
of Juda, the Root of David, hath
prevailed to open the book, and to
loose the seven seals thereof.
6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst
of the throne and of the four beasts,
and in the midst of the elders, stood a
Lamb as it had been slain, having seven
horns and seven eyes, which are the
seven Spirits of God sent forth into
all the earth.
7 And he came and took the book out of
the right hand of him that sat upon the
throne.
8 And when he had taken the book, the
four beasts and four [and] twenty
elders fell down before the Lamb,
having every one of them harps, and
golden vials full of odours, which are
the prayers of saints.
9 And they sung a new song, saying,
Thou art worthy to take the book, and
to open the seals thereof: for thou
wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God
by thy blood out of every kindred, and
tongue, and people, and nation;
10 And hast made us unto our God kings
and priests: and we shall reign on the
earth.
11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice
of many angels round about the throne
and the beasts and the elders: and the
number of them was ten thousand times
ten thousand, and thousands of
thousands;
12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is
the Lamb that was slain to receive
power, and riches, and wisdom, and
strength, and honour, and glory, and
blessing.
13 And every creature which is in
heaven, and on the earth, and under the
earth, and such as are in the sea, and
all that are in them, heard I saying,
Blessing, and honour, and glory, and
power, [be] unto him that sitteth upon
the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever
and ever.
14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And
the four [and] twenty elders fell down
and worshipped him that liveth for ever
and ever.

CHAPTER 6
1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of
the seals, and I heard, as it were the
noise of thunder, one of the four
beasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse:
and he that sat on him had a bow; and a
crown was given unto him: and he went
forth conquering, and to conquer.
3 And when he had opened the second
seal, I heard the second beast say,
Come and see.
4 And there went out another horse
[that was] red: and [power] was given
to him that sat thereon to take peace
from the earth, and that they should
kill one another: and there was given
unto him a great sword.
5 And when he had opened the third
seal, I heard the third beast say, Come
and see. And I beheld, and lo a black
horse; and he that sat on him had a
pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of
the four beasts say, A measure of wheat
for a penny, and three measures of
barley for a penny; and [see] thou hurt
not the oil and the wine.
7 And when he had opened the fourth
seal, I heard the voice of the fourth
beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale
horse: and his name that sat on him was
Death, and Hell followed with him. And
power was given unto them over the
fourth part of the earth, to kill with
sword, and with hunger, and with death,
and with the beasts of the earth.
9 And when he had opened the fifth
seal, I saw under the altar the souls
of them that were slain for the word of
God, and for the testimony which they
held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice,
saying, How long, O Lord, holy and
true, dost thou not judge and avenge
our blood on them that dwell on the
earth?
11 And white robes were given unto
every one of them; and it was said unto
them, that they should rest yet for a
little season, until their
fellowservants also and their brethren,
that should be killed as they [were],
should be fulfilled.
12 And I beheld when he had opened the
sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great
earthquake; and the sun became black as
sackcloth of hair, and the moon became
as blood;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto
the earth, even as a fig tree casteth
her untimely figs, when she is shaken
of a mighty wind.
14 And the heaven departed as a scroll
when it is rolled together; and every
mountain and island were moved out of
their places.
15 And the kings of the earth, and the
great men, and the rich men, and the
chief captains, and the mighty men, and
every bondman, and every free man, hid
themselves in the dens and in the rocks
of the mountains;
16 And said to the mountains and rocks,
Fall on us, and hide us from the face
of him that sitteth on the throne, and
from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great day of his wrath is
come; and who shall be able to stand?

CHAPTER 7
1 And after these things I saw four
angels standing on the four corners of
the earth, holding the four winds of
the earth, that the wind should not
blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor
on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel ascending
from the east, having the seal of the
living God: and he cried with a loud
voice to the four angels, to whom it
was given to hurt the earth and the
sea,
3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither
the sea, nor the trees, till we have
sealed the servants of our God in their
foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which
were sealed: [and there were] sealed an
hundred [and] forty [and] four thousand
of all the tribes of the children of
Israel.
5 Of the tribe of Juda [were] sealed
twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben
[were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the
tribe of Gad [were] sealed twelve
thousand.
6 Of the tribe of Aser [were] sealed
twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Nepthalim [were] sealed twelve
thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses
[were] sealed twelve thousand.
7 Of the tribe of Simeon [were] sealed
twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi
[were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the
tribe of Issachar [were] sealed twelve
thousand.
8 Of the tribe of Zabulon [were] sealed
twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph
[were] sealed twelve thousand. Of the
tribe of Benjamin [were] sealed twelve
thousand.
9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great
multitude, which no man could number,
of all nations, and kindreds, and
people, and tongues, stood before the
throne, and before the Lamb, clothed
with white robes, and palms in their
hands;
10 And cried with a loud voice, saying,
Salvation to our God which sitteth upon
the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11 And all the angels stood round about
the throne, and [about] the elders and
the four beasts, and fell before the
throne on their faces, and worshipped
God,
12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory,
and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and
honour, and power, and might, [be] unto
our God for ever and ever. Amen.
13 And one of the elders answered,
saying unto me, What are these which
are arrayed in white robes? and whence
came they?
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou
knowest. And he said to me, These are
they which came out of great
tribulation, and have washed their
robes, and made them white in the blood
of the Lamb.
15 Therefore are they before the throne
of God, and serve him day and night in
his temple: and he that sitteth on the
throne shall dwell among them.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither
thirst any more; neither shall the sun
light on them, nor any heat.
17 For the Lamb which is in the midst
of the throne shall feed them, and
shall lead them unto living fountains
of waters: and God shall wipe away all
tears from their eyes.

CHAPTER 8
1 And when he had opened the seventh
seal, there was silence in heaven about
the space of half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels which
stood before God; and to them were
given seven trumpets.
3 And another angel came and stood at
the altar, having a golden censer; and
there was given unto him much incense,
that he should offer [it] with the
prayers of all saints upon the golden
altar which was before the throne.
4 And the smoke of the incense, [which
came] with the prayers of the saints,
ascended up before God out of the
angel's hand.
5 And the angel took the censer, and
filled it with fire of the altar, and
cast [it] into the earth: and there
were voices, and thunderings, and
lightnings, and an earthquake.
6 And the seven angels which had the
seven trumpets prepared themselves to
sound.
7 The first angel sounded, and there
followed hail and fire mingled with
blood, and they were cast upon the
earth: and the third part of trees was
burnt up, and all green grass was burnt
up.
8 And the second angel sounded, and as
it were a great mountain burning with
fire was cast into the sea: and the
third part of the sea became blood;
9 And the third part of the creatures
which were in the sea, and had life,
died; and the third part of the ships
were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and
there fell a great star from heaven,
burning as it were a lamp, and it fell
upon the third part of the rivers, and
upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called
Wormwood: and the third part of the
waters became wormwood; and many men
died of the waters, because they were
made bitter.
12 And the fourth angel sounded, and
the third part of the sun was smitten,
and the third part of the moon, and the
third part of the stars; so as the
third part of them was darkened, and
the day shone not for a third part of
it, and the night likewise.
13 And I beheld, and heard an angel
flying through the midst of heaven,
saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe,
woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by
reason of the other voices of the
trumpet of the three angels, which are
yet to sound!

CHAPTER 9
1 And the fifth angel sounded, and I
saw a star fall from heaven unto the
earth: and to him was given the key of
the bottomless pit.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and
there arose a smoke out of the pit, as
the smoke of a great furnace; and the
sun and the air were darkened by reason
of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke
locusts upon the earth: and unto them
was given power, as the scorpions of
the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they
should not hurt the grass of the earth,
neither any green thing, neither any
tree; but only those men which have not
the seal of God in their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they
should not kill them, but that they
should be tormented five months: and
their torment [was] as the torment of a
scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6 And in those days shall men seek
death, and shall not find it; and shall
desire to die, and death shall flee
from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts [were]
like unto horses prepared unto battle;
and on their heads [were] as it were
crowns like gold, and their faces
[were] as the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of
women, and their teeth were as [the
teeth] of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were
breastplates of iron; and the sound of
their wings [was] as the sound of
chariots of many horses running to
battle.
10 And they had tails like unto
scorpions, and there were stings in
their tails: and their power [was] to
hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them,
[which is] the angel of the bottomless
pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue
[is] Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue
hath [his] name Apollyon.
12 One woe is past; [and], behold,
there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I
heard a voice from the four horns of
the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had
the trumpet, Loose the four angels
which are bound in the great river
Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were loosed,
which were prepared for an hour, and a
day, and a month, and a year, for to
slay the third part of men.
16 And the number of the army of the
horsemen [were] two hundred thousand
thousand: and I heard the number of
them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the
vision, and them that sat on them,
having breastplates of fire, and of
jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads
of the horses [were] as the heads of
lions; and out of their mouths issued
fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By these three was the third part of
men killed, by the fire, and by the
smoke, and by the brimstone, which
issued out of their mouths.
19 For their power is in their mouth,
and in their tails: for their tails
[were] like unto serpents, and had
heads, and with them they do hurt.
20 And the rest of the men which were
not killed by these plagues yet
repented not of the works of their
hands, that they should not worship
devils, and idols of gold, and silver,
and brass, and stone, and of wood:
which neither can see, nor hear, nor
walk:
21 Neither repented they of their
murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of
their fornication, nor of their thefts.

CHAPTER 10
1 And I saw another mighty angel come
down from heaven, clothed with a cloud:
and a rainbow [was] upon his head, and
his face [was] as it were the sun, and
his feet as pillars of fire:
2 And he had in his hand a little book
open: and he set his right foot upon
the sea, and [his] left [foot] on the
earth,
3 And cried with a loud voice, as
[when] a lion roareth: and when he had
cried, seven thunders uttered their
voices.
4 And when the seven thunders had
uttered their voices, I was about to
write: and I heard a voice from heaven
saying unto me, Seal up those things
which the seven thunders uttered, and
write them not.
5 And the angel which I saw stand upon
the sea and upon the earth lifted up
his hand to heaven,
6 And sware by him that liveth for ever
and ever, who created heaven, and the
things that therein are, and the earth,
and the things that therein are, and
the sea, and the things which are
therein, that there should be time no
longer:
7 But in the days of the voice of the
seventh angel, when he shall begin to
sound, the mystery of God should be
finished, as he hath declared to his
servants the prophets.
8 And the voice which I heard from
heaven spake unto me again, and said,
Go [and] take the little book which is
open in the hand of the angel which
standeth upon the sea and upon the
earth.
9 And I went unto the angel, and said
unto him, Give me the little book. And
he said unto me, Take [it], and eat it
up; and it shall make thy belly bitter,
but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as
honey.
10 And I took the little book out of
the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it
was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as
soon as I had eaten it, my belly was
bitter.
11 And he said unto me, Thou must
prophesy again before many peoples, and
nations, and tongues, and kings.

CHAPTER 11
1 And there was given me a reed like
unto a rod: and the angel stood,
saying, Rise, and measure the temple of
God, and the altar, and them that
worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the
temple leave out, and measure it not;
for it is given unto the Gentiles: and
the holy city shall they tread under
foot forty [and] two months.
3 And I will give [power] unto my two
witnesses, and they shall prophesy a
thousand two hundred [and] threescore
days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and
the two candlesticks standing before
the God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire
proceedeth out of their mouth, and
devoureth their enemies: and if any man
will hurt them, he must in this manner
be killed.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that
it rain not in the days of their
prophecy: and have power over waters to
turn them to blood, and to smite the
earth with all plagues, as often as
they will.
7 And when they shall have finished
their testimony, the beast that
ascendeth out of the bottomless pit
shall make war against them, and shall
overcome them, and kill them.
8 And their dead bodies [shall lie] in
the street of the great city, which
spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt,
where also our Lord was crucified.
9 And they of the people and kindreds
and tongues and nations shall see their
dead bodies three days and an half, and
shall not suffer their dead bodies to
be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth
shall rejoice over them, and make
merry, and shall send gifts one to
another; because these two prophets
tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the
Spirit of life from God entered into
them, and they stood upon their feet;
and great fear fell upon them which saw
them.
12 And they heard a great voice from
heaven saying unto them, Come up
hither. And they ascended up to heaven
in a cloud; and their enemies beheld
them.
13 And the same hour was there a great
earthquake, and the tenth part of the
city fell, and in the earthquake were
slain of men seven thousand: and the
remnant were affrighted, and gave glory
to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past; [and],
behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
15 And the seventh angel sounded; and
there were great voices in heaven,
saying, The kingdoms of this world are
become [the kingdoms] of our Lord, and
of his Christ; and he shall reign for
ever and ever.
16 And the four and twenty elders,
which sat before God on their seats,
fell upon their faces, and worshipped
God,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord
God Almighty, which art, and wast, and
art to come; because thou hast taken to
thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
18 And the nations were angry, and thy
wrath is come, and the time of the
dead, that they should be judged, and
that thou shouldest give reward unto
thy servants the prophets, and to the
saints, and them that fear thy name,
small and great; and shouldest destroy
them which destroy the earth.
19 And the temple of God was opened in
heaven, and there was seen in his
temple the ark of his testament: and
there were lightnings, and voices, and
thunderings, and an earthquake, and
great hail.

CHAPTER 12
1 And there appeared a great wonder in
heaven; a woman clothed with the sun,
and the moon under her feet, and upon
her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with child cried,
travailing in birth, and pained to be
delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in
heaven; and behold a great red dragon,
having seven heads and ten horns, and
seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the third part of
the stars of heaven, and did cast them
to the earth: and the dragon stood
before the woman which was ready to be
delivered, for to devour her child as
soon as it was born.
5 And she brought forth a man child,
who was to rule all nations with a rod
of iron: and her child was caught up
unto God, and [to] his throne.
6 And the woman fled into the
wilderness, where she hath a place
prepared of God, that they should feed
her there a thousand two hundred [and]
threescore days.
7 And there was war in heaven: Michael
and his angels fought against the
dragon; and the dragon fought and his
angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their
place found any more in heaven.
9 And the great dragon was cast out,
that old serpent, called the Devil, and
Satan, which deceiveth the whole world:
he was cast out into the earth, and his
angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud voice saying in
heaven, Now is come salvation, and
strength, and the kingdom of our God,
and the power of his Christ: for the
accuser of our brethren is cast down,
which accused them before our God day
and night.
11 And they overcame him by the blood
of the Lamb, and by the word of their
testimony; and they loved not their
lives unto the death.
12 Therefore rejoice, [ye] heavens, and
ye that dwell in them. Woe to the
inhabiters of the earth and of the sea!
for the devil is come down unto you,
having great wrath, because he knoweth
that he hath but a short time.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was
cast unto the earth, he persecuted the
woman which brought forth the man
[child].
14 And to the woman were given two
wings of a great eagle, that she might
fly into the wilderness, into her
place, where she is nourished for a
time, and times, and half a time, from
the face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his
mouth water as a flood after the woman,
that he might cause her to be carried
away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and
the earth opened her mouth, and
swallowed up the flood which the dragon
cast out of his mouth.
17 And the dragon was wroth with the
woman, and went to make war with the
remnant of her seed, which keep the
commandments of God, and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.

CHAPTER 13
1 And I stood upon the sand of the sea,
and saw a beast rise up out of the sea,
having seven heads and ten horns, and
upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his
heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like
unto a leopard, and his feet were as
[the feet] of a bear, and his mouth as
the mouth of a lion: and the dragon
gave him his power, and his seat, and
great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were
wounded to death; and his deadly wound
was healed: and all the world wondered
after the beast.
4 And they worshipped the dragon which
gave power unto the beast: and they
worshipped the beast, saying, Who [is]
like unto the beast? who is able to
make war with him?
5 And there was given unto him a mouth
speaking great things and blasphemies;
and power was given unto him to
continue forty [and] two months.
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy
against God, to blaspheme his name, and
his tabernacle, and them that dwell in
heaven.
7 And it was given unto him to make war
with the saints, and to overcome them:
and power was given him over all
kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth
shall worship him, whose names are not
written in the book of life of the Lamb
slain from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall
go into captivity: he that killeth with
the sword must be killed with the
sword. Here is the patience and the
faith of the saints.
11 And I beheld another beast coming up
out of the earth; and he had two horns
like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of
the first beast before him, and causeth
the earth and them which dwell therein
to worship the first beast, whose
deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that
he maketh fire come down from heaven on
the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the
earth by [the means of] those miracles
which he had power to do in the sight
of the beast; saying to them that dwell
on the earth, that they should make an
image to the beast, which had the wound
by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto
the image of the beast, that the image
of the beast should both speak, and
cause that as many as would not worship
the image of the beast should be
killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and
great, rich and poor, free and bond, to
receive a mark in their right hand, or
in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell,
save he that had the mark, or the name
of the beast, or the number of his
name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath
understanding count the number of the
beast: for it is the number of a man;
and his number [is] Six hundred
threescore [and] six.

CHAPTER 14
1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood
on the mount Sion, and with him an
hundred forty [and] four thousand,
having his Father's name written in
their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as
the voice of many waters, and as the
voice of a great thunder: and I heard
the voice of harpers harping with their
harps:
3 And they sung as it were a new song
before the throne, and before the four
beasts, and the elders: and no man
could learn that song but the hundred
[and] forty [and] four thousand, which
were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled
with women; for they are virgins. These
are they which follow the Lamb
whithersoever he goeth. These were
redeemed from among men, [being] the
firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
5 And in their mouth was found no
guile: for they are without fault
before the throne of God.
6 And I saw another angel fly in the
midst of heaven, having the everlasting
gospel to preach unto them that dwell
on the earth, and to every nation, and
kindred, and tongue, and people,
7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God,
and give glory to him; for the hour of
his judgment is come: and worship him
that made heaven, and earth, and the
sea, and the fountains of waters.
8 And there followed another angel,
saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen,
that great city, because she made all
nations drink of the wine of the wrath
of her fornication.
9 And the third angel followed them,
saying with a loud voice, If any man
worship the beast and his image, and
receive [his] mark in his forehead, or
in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of
the wrath of God, which is poured out
without mixture into the cup of his
indignation; and he shall be tormented
with fire and brimstone in the presence
of the holy angels, and in the presence
of the Lamb:
11 And the smoke of their torment
ascendeth up for ever and ever: and
they have no rest day nor night, who
worship the beast and his image, and
whosoever receiveth the mark of his
name.
12 Here is the patience of the saints:
here [are] they that keep the
commandments of God, and the faith of
Jesus.
13 And I heard a voice from heaven
saying unto me, Write, Blessed [are]
the dead which die in the Lord from
henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that
they may rest from their labours; and
their works do follow them.
14 And I looked, and behold a white
cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sat
like unto the Son of man, having on his
head a golden crown, and in his hand a
sharp sickle.
15 And another angel came out of the
temple, crying with a loud voice to him
that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy
sickle, and reap: for the time is come
for thee to reap; for the harvest of
the earth is ripe.
16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust
in his sickle on the earth; and the
earth was reaped.
17 And another angel came out of the
temple which is in heaven, he also
having a sharp sickle.
18 And another angel came out from the
altar, which had power over fire; and
cried with a loud cry to him that had
the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy
sharp sickle, and gather the clusters
of the vine of the earth; for her
grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle
into the earth, and gathered the vine
of the earth, and cast [it] into the
great winepress of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden
without the city, and blood came out of
the winepress, even unto the horse
bridles, by the space of a thousand
[and] six hundred furlongs.

CHAPTER 15
1 And I saw another sign in heaven,
great and marvellous, seven angels
having the seven last plagues; for in
them is filled up the wrath of God.
2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass
mingled with fire: and them that had
gotten the victory over the beast, and
over his image, and over his mark,
[and] over the number of his name,
stand on the sea of glass, having the
harps of God.
3 And they sing the song of Moses the
servant of God, and the song of the
Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous
[are] thy works, Lord God Almighty;
just and true [are] thy ways, thou King
of saints.
4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and
glorify thy name? for [thou] only [art]
holy: for all nations shall come and
worship before thee; for thy judgments
are made manifest.
5 And after that I looked, and, behold,
the temple of the tabernacle of the
testimony in heaven was opened:
6 And the seven angels came out of the
temple, having the seven plagues,
clothed in pure and white linen, and
having their breasts girded with golden
girdles.
7 And one of the four beasts gave unto
the seven angels seven golden vials
full of the wrath of God, who liveth
for ever and ever.
8 And the temple was filled with smoke
from the glory of God, and from his
power; and no man was able to enter
into the temple, till the seven plagues
of the seven angels were fulfilled.

CHAPTER 16
1 And I heard a great voice out of the
temple saying to the seven angels, Go
your ways, and pour out the vials of
the wrath of God upon the earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out
his vial upon the earth; and there fell
a noisome and grievous sore upon the
men which had the mark of the beast,
and [upon] them which worshipped his
image.
3 And the second angel poured out his
vial upon the sea; and it became as the
blood of a dead [man]: and every living
soul died in the sea.
4 And the third angel poured out his
vial upon the rivers and fountains of
waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters
say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which
art, and wast, and shalt be, because
thou hast judged thus.
6 For they have shed the blood of
saints and prophets, and thou hast
given them blood to drink; for they are
worthy.
7 And I heard another out of the altar
say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true
and righteous [are] thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his
vial upon the sun; and power was given
unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great
heat, and blasphemed the name of God,
which hath power over these plagues:
and they repented not to give him
glory.
10 And the fifth angel poured out his
vial upon the seat of the beast; and
his kingdom was full of darkness; and
they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11 And blasphemed the God of heaven
because of their pains and their sores,
and repented not of their deeds.
12 And the sixth angel poured out his
vial upon the great river Euphrates;
and the water thereof was dried up,
that the way of the kings of the east
might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like
frogs [come] out of the mouth of the
dragon, and out of the mouth of the
beast, and out of the mouth of the
false prophet.
14 For they are the spirits of devils,
working miracles, [which] go forth unto
the kings of the earth and of the whole
world, to gather them to the battle of
that great day of God Almighty.
15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed
[is] he that watcheth, and keepeth his
garments, lest he walk naked, and they
see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a
place called in the Hebrew tongue
Armageddon.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his
vial into the air; and there came a
great voice out of the temple of
heaven, from the throne, saying, It is
done.
18 And there were voices, and thunders,
and lightnings; and there was a great
earthquake, such as was not since men
were upon the earth, so mighty an
earthquake, [and] so great.
19 And the great city was divided into
three parts, and the cities of the
nations fell: and great Babylon came in
remembrance before God, to give unto
her the cup of the wine of the
fierceness of his wrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the
mountains were not found.
21 And there fell upon men a great hail
out of heaven, [every stone] about the
weight of a talent: and men blasphemed
God because of the plague of the hail;
for the plague thereof was exceeding
great.

CHAPTER 17
1 And there came one of the seven
angels which had the seven vials, and
talked with me, saying unto me, Come
hither; I will shew unto thee the
judgment of the great whore that
sitteth upon many waters:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have
committed fornication, and the
inhabitants of the earth have been made
drunk with the wine of her fornication.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit
into the wilderness: and I saw a woman
sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full
of names of blasphemy, having seven
heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple
and scarlet colour, and decked with
gold and precious stones and pearls,
having a golden cup in her hand full of
abominations and filthiness of her
fornication:
5 And upon her forehead [was] a name
written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS
OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the
blood of the saints, and with the blood
of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw
her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore
didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the
mystery of the woman, and of the beast
that carrieth her, which hath the seven
heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and
is not; and shall ascend out of the
bottomless pit, and go into perdition:
and they that dwell on the earth shall
wonder, whose names were not written in
the book of life from the foundation of
the world, when they behold the beast
that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here [is] the mind which hath
wisdom. The seven heads are seven
mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven kings: five are
fallen, and one is, [and] the other is
not yet come; and when he cometh, he
must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not,
even he is the eighth, and is of the
seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest
are ten kings, which have received no
kingdom as yet; but receive power as
kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give
their power and strength unto the
beast.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb,
and the Lamb shall overcome them: for
he is Lord of lords, and King of kings:
and they that are with him [are]
called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters
which thou sawest, where the whore
sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes,
and nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest
upon the beast, these shall hate the
whore, and shall make her desolate and
naked, and shall eat her flesh, and
burn her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to
fulfil his will, and to agree, and give
their kingdom unto the beast, until the
words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is
that great city, which reigneth over
the kings of the earth.

CHAPTER 18
1 And after these things I saw another
angel come down from heaven, having
great power; and the earth was
lightened with his glory.
2 And he cried mightily with a strong
voice, saying, Babylon the great is
fallen, is fallen, and is become the
habitation of devils, and the hold of
every foul spirit, and a cage of every
unclean and hateful bird.
3 For all nations have drunk of the
wine of the wrath of her fornication,
and the kings of the earth have
committed fornication with her, and the
merchants of the earth are waxed rich
through the abundance of her
delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from
heaven, saying, Come out of her, my
people, that ye be not partakers of her
sins, and that ye receive not of her
plagues.
5 For her sins have reached unto
heaven, and God hath remembered her
iniquities.
6 Reward her even as she rewarded you,
and double unto her double according to
her works: in the cup which she hath
filled fill to her double.
7 How much she hath glorified herself,
and lived deliciously, so much torment
and sorrow give her: for she saith in
her heart, I sit a queen, and am no
widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8 Therefore shall her plagues come in
one day, death, and mourning, and
famine; and she shall be utterly burned
with fire: for strong [is] the Lord God
who judgeth her.
9 And the kings of the earth, who have
committed fornication and lived
deliciously with her, shall bewail her,
and lament for her, when they shall see
the smoke of her burning,
10 Standing afar off for the fear of
her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that
great city Babylon, that mighty city!
for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall
weep and mourn over her; for no man
buyeth their merchandise any more:
12 The merchandise of gold, and silver,
and precious stones, and of pearls, and
fine linen, and purple, and silk, and
scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all
manner vessels of ivory, and all manner
vessels of most precious wood, and of
brass, and iron, and marble,
13 And cinnamon, and odours, and
ointments, and frankincense, and wine,
and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and
beasts, and sheep, and horses, and
chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted
after are departed from thee, and all
things which were dainty and goodly are
departed from thee, and thou shalt find
them no more at all.
15 The merchants of these things, which
were made rich by her, shall stand afar
off for the fear of her torment,
weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great
city, that was clothed in fine linen,
and purple, and scarlet, and decked
with gold, and precious stones, and
pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is
come to nought. And every shipmaster,
and all the company in ships, and
sailors, and as many as trade by sea,
stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of
her burning, saying, What [city is]
like unto this great city!
19 And they cast dust on their heads,
and cried, weeping and wailing, saying,
Alas, alas, that great city, wherein
were made rich all that had ships in
the sea by reason of her costliness!
for in one hour is she made desolate.
20 Rejoice over her, [thou] heaven, and
[ye] holy apostles and prophets; for
God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone
like a great millstone, and cast [it]
into the sea, saying, Thus with
violence shall that great city Babylon
be thrown down, and shall be found no
more at all.
22 And the voice of harpers, and
musicians, and of pipers, and
trumpeters, shall be heard no more at
all in thee; and no craftsman, of
whatsoever craft [he be], shall be
found any more in thee; and the sound
of a millstone shall be heard no more
at all in thee;
23 And the light of a candle shall
shine no more at all in thee; and the
voice of the bridegroom and of the
bride shall be heard no more at all in
thee: for thy merchants were the great
men of the earth; for by thy sorceries
were all nations deceived.
24 And in her was found the blood of
prophets, and of saints, and of all
that were slain upon the earth.

CHAPTER 19
1 And after these things I heard a
great voice of much people in heaven,
saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory,
and honour, and power, unto the Lord
our God:
2 For true and righteous [are] his
judgments: for he hath judged the great
whore, which did corrupt the earth with
her fornication, and hath avenged the
blood of his servants at her hand.
3 And again they said, Alleluia. And
her smoke rose up for ever and ever.
4 And the four and twenty elders and
the four beasts fell down and
worshipped God that sat on the throne,
saying, Amen; Alleluia.
5 And a voice came out of the throne,
saying, Praise our God, all ye his
servants, and ye that fear him, both
small and great.
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a
great multitude, and as the voice of
many waters, and as the voice of mighty
thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the
Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give
honour to him: for the marriage of the
Lamb is come, and his wife hath made
herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she
should be arrayed in fine linen, clean
and white: for the fine linen is the
righteousness of saints.
9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed
[are] they which are called unto the
marriage supper of the Lamb. And he
saith unto me, These are the true
sayings of God.
10 And I fell at his feet to worship
him. And he said unto me, See [thou do
it] not: I am thy fellowservant, and of
thy brethren that have the testimony of
Jesus: worship God: for the testimony
of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold
a white horse; and he that sat upon him
[was] called Faithful and True, and in
righteousness he doth judge and make
war.
12 His eyes [were] as a flame of fire,
and on his head [were] many crowns; and
he had a name written, that no man
knew, but he himself.
13 And he [was] clothed with a vesture
dipped in blood: and his name is called
The Word of God.
14 And the armies [which were] in
heaven followed him upon white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp
sword, that with it he should smite the
nations: and he shall rule them with a
rod of iron: and he treadeth the
winepress of the fierceness and wrath
of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on [his] vesture and on
his thigh a name written, KING OF
KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
17 And I saw an angel standing in the
sun; and he cried with a loud voice,
saying to all the fowls that fly in the
midst of heaven, Come and gather
yourselves together unto the supper of
the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings,
and the flesh of captains, and the
flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of
horses, and of them that sit on them,
and the flesh of all [men, both] free
and bond, both small and great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings
of the earth, and their armies,
gathered together to make war against
him that sat on the horse, and against
his army.
20 And the beast was taken, and with
him the false prophet that wrought
miracles before him, with which he
deceived them that had received the
mark of the beast, and them that
worshipped his image. These both were
cast alive into a lake of fire burning
with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain with the
sword of him that sat upon the horse,
which [sword] proceeded out of his
mouth: and all the fowls were filled
with their flesh.

CHAPTER 20
1 And I saw an angel come down from
heaven, having the key of the
bottomless pit and a great chain in his
hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that
old serpent, which is the Devil, and
Satan, and bound him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit,
and shut him up, and set a seal upon
him, that he should deceive the nations
no more, till the thousand years should
be fulfilled: and after that he must be
loosed a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon
them, and judgment was given unto them:
and [I saw] the souls of them that were
beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and
for the word of God, and which had not
worshipped the beast, neither his
image, neither had received [his] mark
upon their foreheads, or in their
hands; and they lived and reigned with
Christ a thousand years.
5 But the rest of the dead lived not
again until the thousand years were
finished. This [is] the first
resurrection.
6 Blessed and holy [is] he that hath
part in the first resurrection: on such
the second death hath no power, but
they shall be priests of God and of
Christ, and shall reign with him a
thousand years.
7 And when the thousand years are
expired, Satan shall be loosed out of
his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the
nations which are in the four quarters
of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather
them together to battle: the number of
whom [is] as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of
the earth, and compassed the camp of
the saints about, and the beloved city:
and fire came down from God out of
heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the devil that deceived them was
cast into the lake of fire and
brimstone, where the beast and the
false prophet [are], and shall be
tormented day and night for ever and
ever.
11 And I saw a great white throne, and
him that sat on it, from whose face the
earth and the heaven fled away; and
there was found no place for them.
12 And I saw the dead, small and great,
stand before God; and the books were
opened: and another book was opened,
which is [the book] of life: and the
dead were judged out of those things
which were written in the books,
according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which
were in it; and death and hell
delivered up the dead which were in
them: and they were judged every man
according to their works.
14 And death and hell were cast into
the lake of fire. This is the second
death.
15 And whosoever was not found written
in the book of life was cast into the
lake of fire.

CHAPTER 21
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new
earth: for the first heaven and the
first earth were passed away; and there
was no more sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new
Jerusalem, coming down from God out of
heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for
her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of
heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle
of God [is] with men, and he will dwell
with them, and they shall be his
people, and God himself shall be with
them, [and be] their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes; and there shall be no
more death, neither sorrow, nor crying,
neither shall there be any more pain:
for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said,
Behold, I make all things new. And he
said unto me, Write: for these words
are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am
Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the
end. I will give unto him that is
athirst of the fountain of the water of
life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all
things; and I will be his God, and he
shall be my son.
8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and
the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and
idolaters, and all liars, shall have
their part in the lake which burneth
with fire and brimstone: which is the
second death.
9 And there came unto me one of the
seven angels which had the seven vials
full of the seven last plagues, and
talked with me, saying, Come hither, I
will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's
wife.
10 And he carried me away in the spirit
to a great and high mountain, and
shewed me that great city, the holy
Jerusalem, descending out of heaven
from God,
11 Having the glory of God: and her
light [was] like unto a stone most
precious, even like a jasper stone,
clear as crystal;
12 And had a wall great and high, [and]
had twelve gates, and at the gates
twelve angels, and names written
thereon, which are [the names] of the
twelve tribes of the children of
Israel:
13 On the east three gates; on the
north three gates; on the south three
gates; and on the west three gates.
14 And the wall of the city had twelve
foundations, and in them the names of
the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And he that talked with me had a
golden reed to measure the city, and
the gates thereof, and the wall
thereof.
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and
the length is as large as the breadth:
and he measured the city with the reed,
twelve thousand furlongs. The length
and the breadth and the height of it
are equal.
17 And he measured the wall thereof, an
hundred [and] forty [and] four cubits,
[according to] the measure of a man,
that is, of the angel.
18 And the building of the wall of it
was [of] jasper: and the city [was]
pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19 And the foundations of the wall of
the city [were] garnished with all
manner of precious stones. The first
foundation [was] jasper; the second,
sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the
fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth,
sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the
eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the
tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a
jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 And the twelve gates [were] twelve
pearls; every several gate was of one
pearl: and the street of the city [was]
pure gold, as it were transparent
glass.
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the
Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the
temple of it.
23 And the city had no need of the sun,
neither of the moon, to shine in it:
for the glory of God did lighten it,
and the Lamb [is] the light thereof.
24 And the nations of them which are
saved shall walk in the light of it:
and the kings of the earth do bring
their glory and honour into it.
25 And the gates of it shall not be
shut at all by day: for there shall be
no night there.
26 And they shall bring the glory and
honour of the nations into it.
27 And there shall in no wise enter
into it any thing that defileth,
neither [whatsoever] worketh
abomination, or [maketh] a lie: but
they which are written in the Lamb's
book of life.

CHAPTER 22
1 And he shewed me a pure river of
water of life, clear as crystal,
proceeding out of the throne of God and
of the Lamb.
2 In the midst of the street of it, and
on either side of the river, [was
there] the tree of life, which bare
twelve [manner of] fruits, [and]
yielded her fruit every month: and the
leaves of the tree [were] for the
healing of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more curse: but
the throne of God and of the Lamb shall
be in it; and his servants shall serve
him:
4 And they shall see his face; and his
name [shall be] in their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no night there;
and they need no candle, neither light
of the sun; for the Lord God giveth
them light: and they shall reign for
ever and ever.
6 And he said unto me, These sayings
[are] faithful and true: and the Lord
God of the holy prophets sent his angel
to shew unto his servants the things
which must shortly be done.
7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed [is]
he that keepeth the sayings of the
prophecy of this book.
8 And I John saw these things, and
heard [them]. And when I had heard and
seen, I fell down to worship before the
feet of the angel which shewed me these
things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See [thou do
it] not: for I am thy fellowservant,
and of thy brethren the prophets, and
of them which keep the sayings of this
book: worship God.
10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the
sayings of the prophecy of this book:
for the time is at hand.
11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust
still: and he which is filthy, let him
be filthy still: and he that is
righteous, let him be righteous still:
and he that is holy, let him be holy
still.
12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my
reward [is] with me, to give every man
according as his work shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning
and the end, the first and the last.
14 Blessed [are] they that do his
commandments, that they may have right
to the tree of life, and may enter in
through the gates into the city.
15 For without [are] dogs, and
sorcerers, and whoremongers, and
murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever
loveth and maketh a lie.
16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to
testify unto you these things in the
churches. I am the root and the
offspring of David, [and] the bright
and morning star.
17 And the Spirit and the bride say,
Come. And let him that heareth say,
Come. And let him that is athirst come.
And whosoever will, let him take the
water of life freely.
18 For I testify unto every man that
heareth the words of the prophecy of
this book, If any man shall add unto
these things, God shall add unto him
the plagues that are written in this
book:
19 And if any man shall take away from
the words of the book of this prophecy,
God shall take away his part out of the
book of life, and out of the holy city,
and [from] the things which are written
in this book.
20 He which testifieth these things
saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen.
Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ
[be] with you all. Amen.
