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So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen; from David till the migration into Babylon, fourteen; from David till the migration into Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen.


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Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened thus: Mary his mother had been espoused to Joseph; but before they came together, she proved to be with child by the Holy Spirit.


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Joseph her husband being a virtuous man, and unwilling to expose her, intended to divorce her privately.


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But while he was thinking upon this, an angel of the Lord appearing to him in a dream, said, Joseph, son of David, scruple not to take home Mary your wife; for her pregnancy is from the Holy Spirit.


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«Behold the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, who shall be called Immanuel;» 'which signifies, God with us.'


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After the birth of Jesus, at Bethlehem of Judea, in the reign of King Herod, certain eastern magicians came to Jerusalem, and inquired,


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Where is the new-born King of the Jews; for we have seen his star in the east country, and are coming to do him homage?


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And having assembled all the chief priests and the scribes of the people, he demanded of them where the Messiah should be born.


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«And thou Bethlehem, in the canton of Judah, are not the least illustrious among the cities of Judah; for out of thee shall come a ruler, who will govern my people Israel.»


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Then Herod having secretly called the magicians, procured from them exact information concerning the time of the star's appearing.


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And sending them to Bethlehem, he said, Go, make an exact inquiry about the child; and when you have found him bring me word, that I may go also, and pay him homage.


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Having heard the King, they departed; and lo! the star which had appeared to them in the east country, moved before them, till it came, and stood over the place, where the child was.


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And being come into the house, they found the child with Mary his mother; and, prostrating themselves, did him homage. Then opening their caskets, they offered, as presents to him, gold, frankincense, and myrrh.


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When they were gone, lo! a messenger of the Lord appearing to Joseph in a dream, said, Arise, take the child with his mother, and flee into Egypt; and remain there till I order you; for Herod will seek the child to destroy him.


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«where he continued until the death of Herod; so that, what the Lord had spoken by the Prophet, was verified,» 'Out of Egypt I called my Son.'


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Then Herod, finding that he had been deceived by the magicians, was highly incensed and dispatched emissaries who slew, by his order, all the male children in Bethlehem, and in all its territory, from those entering the second year, down to the time of which he had procured exact information from the magicians.


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«A cry was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and weeping, and bitter complaint: Rachel bewailing her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.»


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Arise, take the child with his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead who sought his life.


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but hearing that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod in the throne of Judea, he was afraid to return thither; and being warned in a dream, retired into the district of Galilee,


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and resided in a city named Nazareth; in this verifying the declarations of the Prophet concerning Jesus, that he should be called a Nazarene.


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«For this is he, of whom the Prophet Isaiah speaks in these words,» 'The voice of one proclaiming in the wilderness, Prepare a way for the Lord, make for him a straight passage.'


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Now John wore raiment of camel's hair with a letter girdle about his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.


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But he seeing many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to him to receive immersion, said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has prompted you to flee from the impending vengeance?


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and presume not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father, for I assure you, that of these stones God can raise children to Abraham.


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And even now the ax lies at the root of the trees; every tree, therefore, which produces not good fruit, is cut down, and turned into fuel.


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I, indeed, immerse you in water, into reformation; but he who comes after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit, and in fire.


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His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his grain; he will gather his wheat into the granary, and consume the chaff in unquenchable fire.


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Jesus answering, said to him, <J>Permit this at present; for thus ought we to ratify every institution.</J> Then John acquiesced.


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Jesus being immersed, no sooner arose out of the water, than heaven was opened to him; and the Spirit of God appeared, descending like a dove, and lighting upon him;


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Then the tempter accosting him, said, If thou be God's Son, command that these stones become loaves.


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«Jesus answering, said, <J>It is written,'Man lives not by bread only, but by everything which God is pleased to appoint.'</J>»


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Then the devil conveyed him into the holy city, and having placed him on the battlement of the temple,


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«said to him, If thou be God's Son, throw thyself down; for it is written,» 'He will give his angels the charge of thee: they shall uphold thee in their arms, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone.'


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Again the devil took him up a very high mountain, whence he showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their glory,


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«Jesus answered, <J>Satan, begone; for it is written,'Thou shalt worship the Lord they God, and shall serve him only.'</J>»


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«The canton of Zebulun and the canton of Naphtali, situate on the Jordan near the sea, Galilee of the nations;»


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the people who abode in darkness, saw a great light, and on those who inhabited a region of the shades of death, light has arisen.


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Then walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon named Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers.


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Passing on he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in the bark with their father Zebedee, mending their nets, and he called them.


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Then Jesus went over all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the glad tidings of the Reign, and curing every sort of disease and malady among the people.


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And his fame spread through all Syria, and they brought him all their sick, seized and tormented with various distempers, demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he healed them.


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And vast multitudes followed him from Galilee, Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and from the banks of the Jordan.


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Jesus, seeing so great a confluence, repaired to a mountain, and having sat down, his disciples came to him.


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<J>Happy they who suffer persecution on account of righteousness; for the kingdom of heaven is theirs!</J>


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<J>Happy shall you be, when men shall revile and persecute you; and, on my account, accuse you falsely of every evil thing!</J>


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<J>Rejoice and exult, for great is your reward in heaven; for thus the Prophets were persecuted, who were before you.</J>


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<J>You are the salt of the earth. If the salt become insipid, how shall its saltness be restored? It is thenceforth fit only to be cast out, and trod under foot.</J>


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<J>A lamp is lighted to be put, not under a vessel, but on a stand, that it may shine to all the family.</J>


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<J>Thus, let your light shine before men, that they, seeing your good actions, may glorify your Father, who is in heaven.</J>


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<J>Think not that I am come to subvert the law or the prophets. I am come not to subvert, but to ratify.</J>


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<J>For, indeed, I say to you, heaven and earth shall sooner perish, than one iota, or on tittle of the law shall perish, without attaining its end.</J>


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<J>Whosoever, therefore, shall violate, or teach others to violate, were it the least of these commandments, shall be in no esteem in the Reign of Heaven; but whosoever shall practice and teach them, shall be highly esteemed in the Reign of Heaven.</J>


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<J>For I tell you, that unless your righteousness excel the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, you shall never enter the kingdom of heaven.</J>


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«<J>You have heard that it was said to the ancients,'You shall not commit murder; for whosoever commits murder shall be obnoxious to the judges.'</J>»


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<J>But I say to you, whosoever is angry with his brother unjustly, shall be obnoxious to the judges; whosoever shall call him fool, shall be obnoxious to the council; but whosoever shall call him miscreant, shall be obnoxious to hell fire.</J>


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<J>Therefore, if you bring your gift to the altar, and there recollect, that your brother has ground to complain of you;</J>


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<J>leave there your gift before the altar: first go and procure reconciliation with your brother; then come, and offer your gift.</J>


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<J>Compound speedily with your creditor, while you are on the road together; lest he deliver you to the judge; and the judge consign you to the officer, and you be thrown into prison.</J>


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<J>But I say to you, whoever looks on another man's wife, in order to cherish impure desire, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.</J>


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<J>Therefore, if your right eye ensnare you, pluck it out, and throw it away: it is better for you to lose one of your members, than that your whole body be cast into hell.</J>


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<J>And if your right hand ensnare you, cut it off and throw it away: it is better for you to lose one of your members, than that your whole body be cast into hell.</J>


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<J>But I say to you, whosoever shall dismiss his wife, except for whoredom, is the occasion of her becoming an adulteress; and whosoever marries her that is dismissed, commits adultery.</J>


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«<J>Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients,'You shall not forswear yourself, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.'</J>»


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<J>nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; neither shall you swear by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King;</J>


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<J>But I say to you, contend not with the injurious. But if any one strike you on the right cheek, turn to him also the left.</J>


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<J>But I say to you, love your enemies; bless them who curse you; do good to them who hate you; and pray for them who arraign and persecute you;</J>


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<J>that you may be children of your Father in heaven, who makes his sun arise on bad and good, and sends rain on just and unjust.</J>


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<J>For if you love them only who love you, what reward can you expect? Do not even the publicans so?</J>


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<J>Take heed that you perform not your religious duties before men, in order to be observed by them; otherwise you will obtain no reward from your Father who is in heaven.</J>


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<J>When, therefore, you give alms, do not proclaim it by sound of trumpet, as the hypocrites do, in the assemblies and in the streets, that they may be extolled by men. Indeed, I say to you, they have received their reward.</J>


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<J>that your alms may be in secret; and your Father, to whom nothing is secret, will himself recompense you.</J>


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<J>And when you pray, be not like the hypocrites, who affect to pray standing in the assemblies, and at the corners of the streets, that men may observe them. Indeed, I say to you, they have received their reward.</J>


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<J>But you, when you would pray, retire to your closet; and having shut the door, pray to your Father; and your Father, to whom, though he is unseen himself, nothing is secret, will recompense you.</J>


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<J>And in prayer, use not a multiplicity of words as the Pagans do, who think that using many words will gain them acceptance.</J>


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<J>but if you forgive not others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.</J>


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<J>Moreover, when you fast, look not dismal, as the hypocrites, who disfigure their faces, that men may observe that they fast. Indeed, I say to you, they have their reward.</J>


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<J>that your fasting may not appear to men, but to your Father; and your Father, to whom, though he is unseen himself, nothing is secret, will recompense you.</J>


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<J>Amass not for yourselves treasure upon the earth, where moths and rust may consume it, or thieves breaking in may steal it.</J>


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<J>But provide for yourselves treasure in heaven, where are neither moths nor rust to consume it, nor thieves to break in and steal it.</J>


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<J>The eye is the lamp of the body. If, therefore, your eye be sound, your whole body will be enlightened;</J>


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<J>but if your eye be distempered, your whole body will be dark. And if even the light which is in you be darkness, how great will the darkness be!</J>


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<J>A man can not serve two masters; for either he will hate one, and love the other; or at least he will attend to one, and neglect the other. You cannot serve God and Mammon.</J>


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<J>Therefore I charge you, be not anxious about your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor about your body, what you shall wear. Is not life a greater gift than food; and the body more than raiment?</J>


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<J>Observe the fowls of heaven. They neither sow nor reap. They have no storehouse; but your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you much more valuable than they?</J>


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<J>And why are you anxious about raiment? Mark the lilies of the field. How do they grow? They toil not: they spin not.</J>


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<J>If, then, God so array the herbage, which today is in the field, and to-morrow will be cast into the oven, will he not much more array you, O you distrustful!</J>


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<J>Therefore say not anxiously, (as the heathens do,) What shall we eat; or what shall we drink; or with what shall we be clothed?</J>


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<J>But seek first the kingdom of God and the righteousness required by him; and all these things shall be superadded to you.</J>


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<J>Be not then anxious about the morrow: the morrow will be anxious about itself. Sufficient for every day is its own trouble.</J>


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<J>for as you judge, you shall be judged; and the measure which you give, the same you shall receive.</J>


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<J>And why do you observe the mote in your brother's eye, but you are insensible of the splinter in your own eye?</J>


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<J>Or how dare you say to your brother, let me take the mote out of your eye; when lo! you have a splinter in your own?</J>


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<J>Hypocrite, first take the splinter out of your own eye; then you will see clearly to take the mote out of your brother's eye.</J>


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<J>Give not things holy to dogs, and cast not your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under foot, and turn upon you, and tear you apart.</J>


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<J>For whosoever asks, obtains; whosoever seeks, finds; and to every one who knocks, the door shall be opened.</J>


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<J>If you then, though evil, can give good things to your children, how much more will your Father, who is in heaven, give good things to them that ask him?</J>


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<J>Whatever you would that others do to you, do you the same to them; for this is the law and the prophets.</J>


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<J>Enter in through the strait gate; for wide is the gate of perdition, broad is its way leading thither; and many are they who enter by it.</J>


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<J>But how strait is the gate of life; how narrow the way leading thither; and how few are they who find it!</J>


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<J>Beware of false teachers, who come to you in the garb of sheep, while inwardly they are ravenous wolves.</J>


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<J>By their fruits you shall discover them. Are grapes gathered from thorns; or figs from thistles?</J>


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<J>Not every one who says to me, Master, Master, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he who does the will of my Father, who is in heaven.</J>


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<J>Many will say to me on that day, Master, Master, have we not taught in thy name, and in thy name performed many miracles?</J>


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<J>Therefore, whosoever hears these my precepts, and does them, I will compare to a prudent man, who built his house upon the rock.</J>


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<J>For although the rain descended, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, it fell not, because it was founded upon the rock.</J>


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<J>But whosoever hears these my precepts, and does them not, shall be compared to a simpleton, who built his house upon the sand.</J>


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<J>For when the rain descended, and the rivers overflowed, and the winds blew, and dashed against that house, it fell, and great was its ruin.</J>


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Jesus stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, <J>I will; be you clean.</J> Immediately he was cured of his leprosy.


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Then Jesus said to him, <J>See you tell no person; but go, show yourself to the priest, and make the oblation prescribed by Moses, for notifying the cure to the people.</J>


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The centurion replying, said, Sir, I am not worthy, that you should come under my roof; only say the word, and my servant will be healed.


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For even I, who am under command myself, having soldiers under me, say to one, Go, and he goes; to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.


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Jesus hearing this, was astonished, and said to those who followed, <J>Indeed, I say to you, not even in Israel have I found so great faith.</J>


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<J>But I assure you, that many will come from the east and from the west, and will be placed at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven,</J>


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<J>while the sons of the kingdom shall be thrust out into outer darkness, where will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</J>


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Then Jesus said to the centurion, <J>Go home; be it to you, according to your faith.</J> That instant his servant was cured.


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In the evening they presented to him many demoniacs; and he expelled the spirits with a word, and cured all the sick;


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«thus verifying the saying of the Prophet Isaiah,» 'He has himself carried off our infirmities, and borne our distresses.'


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Jesus answered, <J>The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have places of shelter, but the Son of Man has not where to repose his head.</J>


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Soon after there arose in the sea so great a tempest, that the bark was covered with billows. But he being asleep,


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He answered, <J>Why are you so timorous, O you distrustful?</J> Then he arose, and having commanded the winds and the sea, a great calm ensued;


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insomuch that every one exclaimed with admiration, What personage is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey.


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When he was come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two demoniacs, issuing out of the monuments, so furious, that no person durst pass that way.


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These instantly cried, saying, What hast thou to do with us, Son of God? Art thou come hither to torment us before the time?


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He answered, <J>Go.</J> And when they were cast out, they went into the swine; on which the whole herd rushed down a precipice into the sea, and perished in the waters.


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Then the herdsmen fled into the city, and reported everything, and what had happened to the demoniacs.


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Presently the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and having seen him, entreated him to depart out of their territory.


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where they brought to him a paralytic, laid upon a bed. Jesus perceiving their faith, said to the paralytic, <J>Son, take courage, your sins are forgiven you.</J>


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<J>But that you may know that the Son of Man has power upon the earth to forgive sins; Arise, then,</J> (said he to the paralytic,) <J>take up your bed and go home.</J>


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As Jesus departed thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the toll office; to whom he said, <J>Follow me.</J> And he arose and followed him.


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Afterward Jesus being at table in a house, many publicans and sinners came, and placed themselves with him and his disciples.


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Some of the Pharisees observing this, said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with publicans and sinners?


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«<J>Go, therefore, and learn what this means,» 'I desire humanity, and not sacrifice:' 'for I came to call, not the righteous, but sinners.</J>'


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Then John's disciples addressing him, said, We and the Pharisees often fast: why do your disciples never fast?


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Jesus answered, <J>Can the bridesmen mourn while the bridegroom is with them? But the time will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then they will fast.</J>


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<J>No person mends an old garment with undressed cloth; else the patch itself tears the garment, and makes a greater rent.</J>


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<J>Neither do people put new wine into old leather bottles; otherwise the bottles burst: and thus, both the wine is spilt, and the bottles are rendered useless. But they put new wine into new bottles, and bother are preserved.</J>


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While he was speaking, a ruler came, and prostrating himself, said, My daughter is by this time dead; but come, and lay your hand upon her, and she will revive.


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a woman, who had been twelve years afflicted with a bloody issue, coming behind, touched the tuft of his mantle;


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Jesus turning about, saw her, and said, <J>Daughter, take courage, your faith has cured you.</J> And the woman was well from that instant.


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Being come into the ruler's house, and seeing the players on the flute, with the crowd, making a bustle,


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he said to them, <J>Withdraw, for the young woman is not dead, but asleep.</J> And they derided him:


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but when the people were put out, he entered, and having taken her by the hand, the young woman arose.


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Being come into the house, the blind men approached him: and Jesus said to them, <J>Do you believe I can do this?</J> They answered, Yes, Master.


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Immediately their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly charging them, said, <J>Take care that no person know it.</J>


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The demon being expelled, the dumb spoke, and the people wondered, saying, Nothing like this was ever seen in Israel.


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Then Jesus went through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the glad tidings of the Reign, and curing every disease and every malady.


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But when he saw the multitudes, he had compassion upon them, because they were scattered and exposed, like a flock without a shepherd.


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And having called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them power to expel unclean spirits, and to cure diseases and maladies of every kind.


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Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: The first, Simon, called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James, son of Zebedee, and John his brother;


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Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James, son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, surnamed Thaddeus;


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These twelve Jesus commissioned, instructing them, and saying: <J>Go not away to the Gentiles, nor enter a Samaritan city;</J>


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<J>Heal the sick, raise the dead; cleanse lepers, expel demons; freely they have received, freely give.</J>


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<J>carry no traveling bag, no spare coat, shoes, or staff; for the workman is worthy of his maintenance.</J>


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<J>And whatever city or village you enter, inquire what person of worth dwells there; and abide with him until you leave the place.</J>


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<J>If the family be worthy, the peace you wish them shall come upon them: if they be not worthy, it shall rebound upon yourselves.</J>


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<J>Wheresoever they will not receive you, nor regard your words, in departing that house or city, shake the dust off your feet.</J>


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<J>Indeed, I say to you, the condition of Sodom and Gomorrah shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment, than the condition of that city.</J>


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<J>Behold! I send you forth as sheep amidst wolves. Be therefore prudent as the serpents, and harmless as the doves.</J>


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<J>But be upon your guard against these men; for they will deliver you to councils, and scourge you in their synagogues;</J>


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<J>and you shall be brought before governors and kings, on my account, to bear testimony to them, and to the Gentiles.</J>


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<J>But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how, or what you shall speak; for what you shall speak shall be suggested to you in that moment.</J>


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<J>For it shall not be you that shall speak; but the Spirit of my Father, who will speak by you.</J>


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<J>Then the brother will deliver up the brother to death; and the father the child; and children will arise against their parents, and procure their death.</J>


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<J>And for my name you shall be hated universally. But the man who perseveres to the end, shall be saved.</J>


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<J>Therefore, when they persecute you in one city, flee to another; for indeed, I say to you, you shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of Man be come.</J>


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<J>It is enough for the disciple to be as his teacher, and for the servant to be as his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more his domestics?</J>


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<J>Therefore, fear them not; for there is nothing hid that shall not be detected; nothing secret that shall not be known.</J>


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<J>What I tell you in the dark, publish in the light; and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the house tops.</J>


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<J>And fear not them you kill the body, but can not kill the soul; rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.</J>


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<J>Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet neither of them falls to the ground without your Father.</J>


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<J>Whoever, therefore, shall acknowledge me before men, him will I also acknowledge before my Father, who is in heaven.</J>


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<J>But whoever shall disown me before men, him will I also disown before my Father, who is in heaven.</J>


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<J>Think not that I am come to bring peace to the earth. I came not to bring peace, but a sword.</J>


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<J>For I am come to cause dissension between father and son, between mother and daughter, between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law;</J>


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<J>He who loves father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me. He who loves son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.</J>


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<J>He who preserves his life, shall lose it: but he who loses his life, on my account, shall preserve it.</J>


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<J>He that receives you, receives me; and he that receives me, receives him who sent me, receives him who sent me.</J>


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<J>He that receives a prophet, because he is a prophet, shall obtain a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man, because he is a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward:</J>


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<J>and whosoever shall give one of these little ones, because he is my disciple, a single cup of cold water to drink; indeed, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.</J>


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When Jesus had made an end of instructing his twelve disciples, he departed thence, to teach and give warning in the cities.


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<J>The blind are made to see, the lame to walk; lepers are cleansed; the deaf hear; the dead are raised; and good news is brought to the poor;</J>


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When they were departed, Jesus said to the people concerning John, <J>What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind?</J>


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<J>But what did you go out to see? A man effeminately dressed? It is king's palaces that such frequent.</J>


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«<J>for this is he, concerning whom it is written,'Behold I will send my angel before you, who shall prepare your way.'</J>»


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<J>Indeed, I say to you, among those that are born of women, there has not arisen a greater than John the Immerser. Yet the least in the Reign of Heaven is greater than he.</J>


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<J>From the first appearing of John the Immerser until now, the kingdom of heaven is invaded, and invaders take possession by force.</J>


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<J>But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like boys in the market places, to whom their playfellows complain,</J>


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<J>saying, We have played to you upon the pipe, but you have not danced; we have sung mournful songs to you, but you have not lamented.</J>


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<J>the Son of Man came using meat and drink, and they say, He is a lover of banquets and wine, a companion of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.</J>


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Then he began to reproach the cities, in which most of his miracles had been performed, because they reformed not.


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<J>Alas for thee, Chorazin! Alas for thee, Bethsaida! for if the miracles which have been performed in you, had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they had reformed long ago in sackcloth and ashes.</J>


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<J>Know, therefore, that the condition of Tyre and Sidon, on the day of judgment, shall be more tolerable than yours.</J>


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<J>And thou, Capernaum, which hast been exalted to heaven, shalt be brought down to Hades; for, if the miracles which have been performed in thee, had been performed in Sodom, it had remained till now.</J>


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<J>Know, therefore, that the condition of Sodom, on the day of judgment, shall be more tolerable than thine.</J>


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<J>My Father has imparted everything to me; and no one knows the Son, except the Father; neither knows any one the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.</J>


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<J>Take my yoke upon you, and be taught by me; for I am meek and condescending: and your souls shall find relief.</J>


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<J>how he entered the tabernacle of God, and eat the loaves of the presence, which was not lawful for him, or his attendants, to eat but solely for the priests?</J>


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<J>Or have you not learnt from the law, that the priests in the temple violate the rest to be observed on Sabbaths, and are blameless?</J>


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and found a man there whose hand was blasted. They asked Jesus, with a design to accuse him, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?


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«Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul delights; I will cause my Spirit to abide upon him, and he shall give laws to the nations;»


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<J>Now if Satan expel Satan, his kingdom is torn by intestine dissensions; how can it then subsist?</J>


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<J>Either call the tree good, and its fruit good; or call the tree bad, and its fruit bad: for we distinguish the tree by its fruit.</J>


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<J>Offspring of vipers! how can you that are evil speak good things, since it is out of the fullness of the heart that the mouth speaks.</J>


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<J>The good man, out of his good treasure, produces good things; the bad man, out of his bad treasure, produces bad things.</J>


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<J>For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the bosom of the earth.</J>


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<J>The Ninevites will stand up in the judgment against this race, and cause it to be condemned, because they reformed when they were warned by Jonah; and behold here something greater than Jonah.</J>


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<J>The Queen of the South country will arise in the judgment against this race, and cause it to be condemned; because she came from the extremities of the earth to hear the wise discourses of Solomon; and behold here something greater than Solomon.</J>


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<J>For whosoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, is my brother, and sister, and mother.</J>


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<J>The sower, said he, went out to sow; and, in sowing, some seeds fell by the way-side, and the birds came and picked them up:</J>


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<J>some fell on rocky ground, where they had but little earth: these sprang up the sooner, because the soil had no depth:</J>


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<J>Others fell into good ground, and yielded increase, some a hundred, some sixty, some thirty fold.</J>


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<J>For to him that has, more shall be given, and he shall abound; but from him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken.</J>


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<J>For this reason I speak to them in parables; because they seeing, see not; and hearing, hear not, nor regard;</J>


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«<J>For this people's understanding is stupefied, their ears are deafened, and their eyes they have closed; lest seeing with their eyes, hearing with their ears, and apprehending with their understanding, they should reform, and I should reclaim them.</J>»


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<J>That which fell on rocky ground, denotes him who, hearing the word, receives it at first with pleasure;</J>


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<J>but while people were asleep, his enemy came, and sowed darnel among the wheat, and went off.</J>


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<J>And the servants came, and said to their master, Sir, you sowed good grain in your field; whence, then, has it darnel?</J>


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<J>Let both grow together until the harvest; and in the time of harvest, I will say to the reapers, first gather the darnel, and make them into bundles for burning; then carry the wheat into my barn.</J>


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«in this verifying the word of the Prophet,» 'I will discourse in parables; I will utter things concerning which, all antiquity has been silent.'


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<J>The field is the world; the good seed are the sons of the kingdom; and the darnel are the sons of the evil one;</J>


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<J>the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the conclusion of this state; and the reapers are the angels.</J>


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<J>As, therefore, the darnel is gathered and burnt, so shall it be at the conclusion of this state.</J>


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<J>The Son of Man will send his angels who shall gather out of his kingdom all seducers and iniquitous persons,</J>


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<J>Then shall the righteous shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears to hear let him hear.</J>


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<J>Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hid in a field, which, when a man has discovered, he conceals the discovery, and for joy thereof, sells all that he has, and buys that field.</J>


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<J>Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a pearl extremely precious, which a merchant, in quest of fine pearls,</J>


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<J>Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a sweep-net cast into the seam which encloses fish of every kind.</J>


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<J>When it is full, they draw it ashore, and gather the good into vessels, but throw the useless away.</J>


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Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And do not his brothers, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas,


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said to his servants, This is John the Immerser; he is raised from the dead and therefore miracles are performed by him.


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But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company, and pleased Herod,


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the inhabitants of which knowing him, sent through all that country, and brought to him all the diseased,


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Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders; for they was not their hands before meals.


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«<J>For God has commanded, saying,'Honor father and mother'; and'Whosoever reviles father or mother, let him be punished with death.'</J>»


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<J>he shall not afterward honor by his assistance, his father or his mother. Thus, by your tradition, you annul the commandment of God.</J>


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<J>Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind; and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch.</J>


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<J>Do you not apprehend, that whatever enters the mouth passes into the stomach, and is thrown out into the sink.</J>


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<J>For out of the heart proceed malicious contrivances, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false testimonies, calumnies.</J>


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<J>These are the things which pollute the man; but to eat with unwashed hands pollutes not the man.</J>


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and behold! a Canaanitish woman of these territories came to him, crying, Master, Son of David, have pity on me; my daughter is grievously afflicted by a demon.


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<J>and in the morning, There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and lowering. You can judge aright of the appearance of the sky, but can you not discern the signs of the times?</J>


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<J>Have you no reflection? or do you not remember the five loaves among the five thousand, and how many baskets you filled with the fragments:</J>


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<J>How is it, that you do not understand, that I spoke not concerning bread, when I bade you beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?</J>


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<J>who will kill him: but the third day he shall be raised again.</J> And they were grieved exceedingly.


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<J>And whoever shall have forsaken, on my account, houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, shall receive a hundred fold, and inherit eternal life.</J>


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<J>For the Administration of Heaven will resemble the conduct of a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.</J>


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<J>said to them, Go you likewise into my vineyard, and I will give you what is reasonable. Accordingly they went.</J>


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<J>Lastly, about the eleventh hour, he went out, and finding others standing, said to them, Why do you stand here all the day doing nothing?</J>


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<J>They answered, Because no person has hired us. He said to them, Go you also into my vineyard, and you shall receive what is reasonable.</J>


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<J>When it was night, the proprietor of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers, and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, and ending with the first.</J>


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<J>When the first came, they imagined they should receive more; but they got only a denarius a-piece.</J>


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<J>saying, These last have worked but one hour; yet you have made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and heat of the day.</J>


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<J>He answering, said to one of them, Friend, I do you no injury. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?</J>


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<J>We are now going to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes, who will condemn him to die,</J>


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<J>and deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and scourged, and crucified; but the third day he will rise again.</J>


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Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to him with her sons, and, prostrating herself, entreated he would grant the request she had to make.


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He said to her, <J>What do you wish?</J> She answered, That, in your Reign, one of these my two sons may sit at your right hand, the other at your left.


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He answered, <J>You shall indeed drink such a cup. But to sit on my right hand, and at my left, I can not give, unless to those for whom it is prepared by my Father.</J>


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but Jesus, calling them to him, said, <J>You know that the Princes of the nations domineer over them, and the great exercise their authority upon them.</J>


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<J>It must not be so amongst you: on the contrary, whosoever would become great amongst you, let him be your servant;</J>


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<J>even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.</J>


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two blind men, who sat by the way-side, hearing that Jesus passed by cried, saying, Master, Son of David, have pity on us.


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The multitude charged them to be silent: but they cried the louder, saying, Master, Son of David, have pity on us.


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When they were nigh Jerusalem, being come to Bethphage, near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples,


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saying, <J>Go to the village opposite to you, where you will find an ass tied, and her colt with her; loose them, and bring them hither.</J>


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«Say to the daughters of Zion, behold your King comes to you lowly, riding on an ass, even the colt of a laboring beast.»


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Now the greater part spread their mantles in the way; others lopped branches off the trees, and strowed them in the way,


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while the crowd that went before and that followed, shouted, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed be he that comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest heaven!


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Then Jesus went into the temple of God, and drove thence all who sold and who brought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the stalls of those who sold doves,


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«and said to them, <J>It is written,'My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers.'</J>»


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But the chief priests and the scribes, seeing the wonders which he performed, and the boys crying in the temple, Hosanna to the Son of David,


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«said to him with indignation, Do you hear what these say? Jesus answered, <J>Yes. Have you never read,'From the mouth of infants and sucklings thou hast procured praise?'</J>»


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and seeing a single fig tree by the road, he went to it; but finding only leaves on it, said, <J>Let no fruit grow on you henceforward.</J> And the fig tree withered forthwith.


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Jesus answered, <J>Indeed, I say to you, if you have an unshaken faith, you may not only do as much as is done to the fig tree, but even if you should say to this mountain, Be lifted up, and thrown into the sea, it shall be done.</J>


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Being come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came near, as he was teaching, and said, by what authority do you these things?


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Jesus answering, said to them, <J>I also have a question to propose, which if you answer me, I will tell you by what authority I do these things.</J>


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<J>Whence had John authority to immerse? From heaven or from men? Then they reasoned thus within themselves: If we say, From heaven, he will retort, Why then did you not believe him?</J>


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And if we say, From men, we dread the multitude, amongst whom John is universally accounted a prophet.


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They, therefore, answered him, We can not tell. Jesus replied, <J>Neither do I tell you, by what authority I do these things.</J>


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<J>But what do you think of this? A man had two sons, and addressing his elder son, said, Son, go work today in any vineyard.</J>


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<J>Then addressing the younger, he bade him likewise. He answered, Immediately, Sir, but went not.</J>


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<J>Now, which of the two obeyed his father?</J> They said, The first. Jesus replied, <J>Indeed, I say to you, even the publicans and harlots show you the way into the kingdom of God.</J>


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<J>For John came to you in the way of sanctity, and you believed him not; but the publicans and the harlots believed him: yet you who saw this, did not afterward repent and believe him.</J>


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<J>Hear another parable: A landlord planted a vineyard, and hedged it round, and digged a wine press in it, and built a tower; and having farmed it out, went abroad.</J>


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<J>But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and keep possession of his inheritance.</J>


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They answered, He will put those wretched to a wretched death, and will let the vineyard to others, who will render him the fruits in the season.


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«Jesus replied, <J>Did you never read in the scriptures,'A stone which the builders rejected, is made the head of the corner? This the Lord has effected, and we behold it with admiration.'</J>»


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<J>Know, therefore, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation who will produce the fruits of it.</J>


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<J>For whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be bruised; and on whomsoever it shall fall, it will crush him to pieces.</J>


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but though they wished to lay hold on him, they were afraid of the populace, who reckoned him a prophet.


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<J>The Administration of Heaven resembles the conduct of a king, who having made a marriage feast for his son,</J>


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<J>Then he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited I have prepared my feast; my bullocks and fatlings are slain, and all is ready; come to the marriage.</J>


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<J>When the king heard this, being enraged, he sent his soldiers, destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city.</J>


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<J>Then he said to his servants, The entertainment is ready; but they who were invited were not worthy:</J>


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<J>Accordingly they went into the highways, and assembled all that they found, good and bad, so that the hall was furnished with guests.</J>


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<J>Then the king said to the attendants, Bind him hand and foot, and thrust him out into darkness, where will be weeping and gnashing of teeth;</J>


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sent to him some of their disciples, and some Herodians, who being instructed by them, said, Rabbi, we know that you are sincere, and faithfully teach the way of God, without partiality, for you respect not the person of men.


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They answered, Cesar's. He replied, <J>Render, then, to Cesar that which is Cesar's, and to God that which is God's.</J>


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Rabbi, Moses has said, if one die, and have no children, his brother shall marry his widow, and raise issue to the deceased.


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Now there lived among us seven brothers; the eldest married and died without issue, leaving his wife to his brother.


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<J>for in that state, they neither marry, nor give in marriage: they resemble the angels of God.</J>


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«<J>I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?» 'God is not a God of the dead, but of the living.</J>'


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«Jesus answered, <J>You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.</J>»


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«<J>The Lord,» 'says he, '«said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand until I make your foes your footstool.</J>»


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<J>therefore observe and do whatsoever they enjoin you; nevertheless, follow not their example; for they say and do not.</J>


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<J>Heavy and intolerable burdens they prepare for other men's shoulders, burdens to which they themselves will not put a finger.</J>


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<J>But whatever they do they do to be observed by men. For this they wear broader phylacteries than others, and larger tufts on their mantles;</J>


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<J>and style no man on earth your father, for he alone is your Father, who is in heaven; and all you are brothers.</J>


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<J>for whosoever will exalt himself, shall be humbled; and whosoever will humble himself, shall be exalted.</J>


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<J>But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; and will neither enter yourselves, nor permit others that would, to enter.</J>


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<J>Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrite! because you devour the families of widows; and use long prayers for a disguise. This will but aggravate your punishment.</J>


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<J>Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you traverse sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is gained, you make him a son of hell doubly more than yourselves.</J>


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<J>Alas for you, blind guides, who say, To swear by the temple binds not, but swear by the gold of the temple is binding.</J>


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<J>and, to swear by the altar, binds not, but to swear by the offering that is upon it is binding.</J>


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<J>Foolish and blind! which is more sacred, the offering, or the altar that consecrates the offering?</J>


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<J>Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you pay the tithe of mint, dill, and cummin, and omit the more important articles of the law, justice, humanity, and fidelity. These you ought to have practiced without omitting those.</J>


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<J>Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you cleanse the outside of those cups and platters, which within are laid with rapine and iniquity.</J>


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<J>Blind Pharisee! begin with cleansing the inside of the cup, and of the platter, if you would make even the outside clean.</J>


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<J>Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you resemble whitened sepulchers, which without indeed, are beautiful, but within are full of corruption, and of dead men's bones.</J>


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<J>Thus you outwardly appear righteous to men; but are inwardly fraught with subtlety and injustice.</J>


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<J>Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! because you build the sepulchers of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the righteous,</J>


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<J>and say, Had we lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been their accomplices in the slaughter of the prophets.</J>


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<J>Therefore, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify; others you will scourge in your synagogues, and banish from city to city;</J>


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<J>so that all the innocent blood shed upon the earth shall be charged upon you, from the blood of righteous Abel, to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you slew between the altar and the sanctuary.</J>


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<J>O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! who killest the prophets, and stonest them whom God sends to you, how often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you would not!</J>


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<J>for know, that you shall not henceforth see me, until you say, Blessed be He, who comes in the name of the Lord.</J>


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As Jesus walked out of the temple, his disciples came, and caused him to observe the buildings of it.


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Jesus said to them, <J>All this you see; indeed I say to you, one stone shall not be left here upon another. All shall be razed.</J>


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As he sat upon the Mount of Olives his disciples addressed him privately, saying, Tell us, when will this happen; and what will be the sign of your coming, and of the conclusion of this state?


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<J>Nay, you shall hear of wars, and rumors of wars; but take care that you be not alarmed: for all these things must happen; but the end is not yet.</J>


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<J>For nation will arise against nation; and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines and pestilences, and earthquakes in sundry places.</J>


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<J>For they will deliver you to torments and to death, and you shall be hated by all nations on my account.</J>


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<J>And this gospel of the Reign shall be published through all the world, for the information of all nations. And then shall come the end.</J>


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<J>When, therefore, you shall see, on holy ground, the desolating abomination foretold by the Prophet Daniel,</J> (reader, attend!)


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<J>because there shall be then so great tribulation, as has not been since the beginning of the world until now, nor shall be ever after.</J>


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<J>For, if the time were protracted, no soul could survive; but for the sake of the elect, the time will be short.</J>


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<J>for false Messiahs and false prophets will arise, who will perform great wonders and prodigies, so as to seduce, if possible, the elect themselves.</J>


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<J>Wherefore, if they say, He is in the desert, go not out. He is in the closet, believe it not.</J>


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<J>For the coming of the Son of Man shall be like lightning, which breaking forth from the east, shines even to the west.</J>


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<J>Immediately after those days of affliction, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall withhold her light; and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the heavenly powers shall be shaken.</J>


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<J>Then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven, and all the tribes of the land shall mourn, when they see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven, with great majesty and power.</J>


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<J>And he will send his messengers with a loud sounding trumpet, who shall assemble his elect from the four quarters of the earth, from one extremity of the world to the other.</J>


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<J>Learn now a similitude from the fig tree. When its branches become tender and put forth leaves, you know that summer is nigh.</J>


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<J>For as in the days before the flood, even to that day that Noah entered the ark, they were eating and drinking, and marrying,</J>


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<J>and suspected nothing, until the flood came and swept them all away: so shall it also be at the coming of the Son of Man.</J>


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<J>You are sure, that if the householder knew at what time of the night the thief would come, he would watch, and not suffer him to break into his house.</J>


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<J>Be you, therefore, always prepared; because the Son of Man will come at an hour, when you are not expecting him.</J>


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<J>Who, now, is the discreet and faithful servant, whom his master has set over his household, to dispense to them regularly their allowance?</J>


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<J>the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not expecting him, and at an hour of which he is not apprised,</J>


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<J>and having discarded him, will assign him his portion among the perfidious. Weeping and gnashing of teeth shall be there.</J>


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<J>Then may the kingdom of heaven be compared to ten virgins, who went out with their lamps to meet the bridegroom.</J>


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<J>But the prudent answered, saying, Lest there be not enough for us and you, go rather to them who sell, and buy for yourselves.</J>


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<J>While they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready, went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.</J>


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<J>For the Son of Man is like one who intending to travel, called his servants, and committed to them his stock;</J>


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<J>to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to each according to his respective ability, and immediately set out.</J>


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<J>Then he who had received the five talents, went and traded with them, and gained five others.</J>


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<J>Then he who had received the five talents, came and presented five other talents, saying, Sir, you delivered to me five talents; here they are, and five other talents which I have gained.</J>


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<J>His master answered, Well done, good and faithful servant, you have been faithful in a small matter, I will give you a more important trust. Partake you of your master's joy.</J>


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<J>He, also, who had received the two talents, advancing said, Sir, you delivered to me two talents: here they are, and two other talents which I have gained.</J>


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<J>Then came he also who had received the talent, and said, Sir, I know that you are a severe man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered;</J>


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<J>His master answering, said to him, Malignant and slothful servant, did you know that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered?</J>


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<J>Should you not then have given my money to the bankers, that, at my return, I might have received it with interest?</J>


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<J>for to every one that has, more shall be given, and he shall abound; but from him that has not, even that which he has shall be taken.</J>


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<J>And thrust out this unprofitable servant into darkness, where shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</J>


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<J>Now when the Son of Man shall come in his glory, accompanied by all the angels, and shall be seated on his glorious throne;</J>


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<J>then shall all the nations be assembled before him; and out of them he will separate the good from the bad, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.</J>


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<J>Then will the King say to those at his right hand: Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:</J>


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<J>for I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me drink; I was a stranger, and you lodged me; I was a stranger, and you lodged me;</J>


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<J>I was naked, and you clothed me; I was sick and you assisted me; I was in prison, and you visited me.</J>


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<J>Then the righteous will answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungry, and feed thee; or thirsty, and give thee drink?</J>


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<J>The King will reply to them, Indeed, I say to you, that inasmuch as you have done this to any the least of these my brethren, you have done it to me.</J>


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<J>Then he will say to those at his left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his messengers;</J>


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<J>I was a stranger, but you did not lodge me; naked, but you did not clothe me; sick, and in prison, but you did not visit me.</J>


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<J>Then they also will answer, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not assist thee?</J>


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<J>Then he will reply to them, saying, Indeed, I say to you, that inasmuch as you did it not to any the least of these, you did it not to me.</J>


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<J>You know that two days hence comes the passover. Then the Son of Man shall be delivered up to be crucified.</J>


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a woman came to him with an alabaster box of balsam, very precious, which she poured on his head while he was at table.


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<J>Indeed, I say to you, in what part soever of the world the gospel shall be preached, what this woman has now done, shall be mentioned to her honor.</J>


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and said, What will you give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they weighed to him thirty shekels.


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Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying, Where shall we prepare for you the paschal supper?


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He answered, <J>Go into the city, to such a man, and tell him, The Teacher says, My time is near; I must celebrate the passover at your house with my disciples.</J>


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<J>The Son of Man departs in the manner foretold in the scripture concerning him; but alas for that man, by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! it had been better for that man never to have been born.</J>


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As they were eating, Jesus took the loaf; and having given thanks, broke it; and gave it to the disciples, and said, <J>Take, eat; this is my body.</J>


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Then he took the cup, and, having given thanks, gave it to them, saying, <J>Drink of this all of you:</J>


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<J>I assure you, that I will not henceforth drink of the product of the vine, until the day when I shall drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.</J>


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«Then Jesus said to them, <J>This night I shall prove a stumbling stone to you all; for it is written,'I will smite the Shepherd, and the flock will disperse.'</J>»


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Jesus answered, <J>Indeed, I say to you, that this very night, before the cock crow, you will thrice disown me.</J>


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Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, <J>Stay here, while I go yonder and pray.</J>


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And going a little before, he threw himself on his face, and praying, said, <J>My Father, remove this cup from me, if it be possible; nevertheless, not as I would, but as thou wilt.</J>


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And he returned to his disciples, and finding them asleep, said to Peter, <J>Is it so, then, that you could not keep awake with me a single hour?</J>


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<J>Watch and pray, that you be not overcome by temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.</J>


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A second time he withdrew and prayed, saying, <J>O my Father, if there be no exemption for me; if I must drink this cup, thy will be done.</J>


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Then he came back to his disciples, and said to them, <J>Do you sleep now, and take your rest? Behold, the hour approaches, when the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinners.</J>


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Before he was done speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, appeared with a great multitude, armed with swords and clubs, and sent by their chief priests and elders of the people.


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Jesus answered, <J>Friend, for what purpose do you come?</J> Then they advanced, and laying hands on Jesus, seized him.


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Jesus said to him, <J>Sheathe your sword; for whoever has recourse to the sword, shall fall by the sword.</J>


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<J>Do you think, that I can not presently invoke my Father, who would send to my relief more than twelve legions of angels?</J>


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<J>But in that case how should the scriptures be accomplished, which declare that these things must be?</J>


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Then turning to, the multitude, he said, <J>Do you come with swords and clubs to apprehend me, like people in pursuit of a robber? I sat daily amongst you, teaching in the temple, and you did not arrest me.</J>


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<J>But all this has happened, that the writings of the prophets might be fulfilled.</J> Then all the disciples forsook him and fled.


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Now thy who had apprehended Jesus, brought him to Caiaphas the high priest, with whom the scribes and the elders were assembled.


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But Peter followed him at a distance, to the court of the high priest's house, and having gone in, sat with the officers to see the issue.


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Meantime the chief priests, and the elders, and the whole Sanhedrin, sought out false evidence against Jesus, upon which they might condemn him to die.


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Then the high priest rising, said to him, Do you answer nothing to what these men testify against you?


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Jesus remaining silent, he added, On the part of the living God, I adjure you to tell us, whether you be the Messiah, the Son of God?


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Jesus answered him, <J>It is as you say: nay, be assured, that hereafter you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Almighty, and coming on the clouds of heaven.</J>


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Then the high priest, rending his clothes, said, He has uttered blasphemy. What further need have we of witnesses, now that you have heard him blaspheme?


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Now Peter was sitting without in the court, and a maid servant came to him, and said, You also were with Jesus, the Galilean.


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And as he went out into the porch, another maid observing him, said to them, This man too was there with Jesus the Nazarene.


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Soon after some of the bystanders said to Peter, You are certainly one of them, for your speech discovers you.


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Upon which, with execrations and oaths, he asserted that he did not know him; and immediately the cock crew.


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Then Peter remembered the word, which Jesus had said to him, <J>Before the cock crow, you will thrice disown me.</J> And he went out an wept bitterly.


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When it was morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people have consulted against Jesus, how they might procure his death,


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said, I have sinner, in that I have betrayed the innocent. They answered, What is that to us? See you to that.


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The chief priests taking the money, said, It is not lawful to put it into the sacred treasury, because it is the price of blood.


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But, after deliberating, they bought with it the potter's field, to be a burying place for strangers,


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«Then was the word of Jeremiah the Prophet verified,» 'The thirty shekels, the price at which he was valued, I took, as the Lord appointed me, from the sons of Israel,'


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Now Jesus appeared before the procurator, who questioned him, saying, You are the King of the Jews? He answered, <J>You say right.</J>


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Now the procurator was accustomed to release, at the festival, any one of the prisoners whom the multitude demanded.


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Therefore. when they were assembled, Pilate said to them, Whom shall I release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Messiah?


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besides, while he was sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent him this message, Have nothing to do with this innocent person; for today, I have suffered much in a dream, on his account.)


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But the chief priests and elders instigated the populace to demand Barabbas, and cause Jesus to be executed.


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Therefore, when the procurator asked, which of the two he should release, they all answered, Barabbas.


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Pilate replied, What then shall I do with Jesus, whom they call Messiah? They all answered, Let him be crucified.


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The procurator said, Why? What evil has he done? But they cried the louder, saying, Let him be crucified.


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Pilate perceiving that he was so far from prevailing, that they grew more tumultuous, took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this innocent person. See you to it.


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Then he released Barabbas to them, and having caused Jesus to be scourged, delivered him up to be crucified.


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After this, the procurator's soldiers took Jesus into the praetorium, where they gathered around him all the band.


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and crowned him with a wreath of thorns, and put a rod in his right hand, and kneeling before him in mockery. cried, Hail, King of the Jews!


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When they had mocked him, they disrobed him again, and having put his own raiment on him, led him away to crucify him.


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As they went out of the city, they met one Simon, a Cyrenian, whom they constrained to carry the cross;


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And over his head they placed this inscription, denoting the cause of his death: THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS.


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and saying, You who could demolish the temple, and rebuild it in three days; if you be God's Son, come down from the cross.


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He saved others: can he not save himself? If he be King of Israel, let him now descend from the cross, and we will believe him.


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About the ninth hour, Jesus cried aloud, saying, <J>Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?</J> that is, <J>My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?</J>


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Instantly one of them ran, brought a sponge, and soaked it in vinegar, and having fastened it to a stick, presented it to him to drink.


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And, behold, the vail of the temple was rent in two from top to bottom, the earth trembled, and the rocks split.


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Graves also burst open; and after his resurrection, the bodies of several saints who slept were raised,


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Now the centurion, and they who, with him, guarded Jesus, observing the earthquake, and what passed, were exceedingly terrified, and said, This was certainly the son of a god.


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Several women also were there, looking on at a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, assisting him with their service.


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Among them were Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's sons.


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and deposited it in his own tomb, which he had newly caused to be hewn in the rock; and having rolled a great stone to the entrance, he went away.


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On the morrow, being the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees repaired in a body to Pilate,


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and said, My lord, we remember that this impostor, when alive, said, <J>Within three days I shall be raised.</J>


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Command, therefore, that the sepulcher be guarded till the third day, lest his disciples come and steal him, and say to the people, He is raised from the dead; for this last imposture would prove worse than the first.


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Sabbath being over, and the first day of the week beginning to dawn, Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary, went to visit the sepulcher.


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Now there had been a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord had descended from heaven, who, having rolled the stone from the entrance, sat upon it.


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And go quickly, say to his disciples, He is risen from the dead; behold he goes before you to Galilee, where you shall see him. Take notice: I have told you.


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When they were gone, Jesus himself met them, saying, <J>Rejoice.</J> Upon which they prostrated themselves before him, and embraced his feet.


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Then Jesus said to them, <J>Be not afraid: go, tell my brethren to repair to Galilee, and there they shall see me.</J>


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They were no sooner gone, than some of the guard went into the city, and informed the chief priests of all that had happened.


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So they took the money, and acted agreeably with to their instructions. Accordingly this report is current among the Jews to this day.


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Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain, whither Jesus had appointed them to repair.


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Jesus came near, and said to them, <J>All authority is given to me in heaven and upon the earth;</J>


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<J>go, convert all the nations, immersing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;</J>


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<J>teaching them to observe all the things which I have commanded you: and behold, I am with you always, even to the conclusion of this state.</J>


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«As it is written in Isaiah the Prophet,» 'Behold, I send my messenger before thee, who shall prepare thy way:'


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«The voice of one proclaiming in the wilderness, Prepare a way for the Lord, make for him a straight passage:»


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thus came John immersing in the wilderness, and publishing the immersion of reformation for the remission of sins.


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And all the country of Judea, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, resorted to him, and were immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.


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Now John's clothing was of camel's hair, tied around his waist with a leather girdle: and he lived upon locusts and wild honey.


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And he proclaimed, saying, One mightier than I comes after me, whose shoe-latchet I am unworthy to stoop down and untie.


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As soon as he arose out of the water, he saw the sky part asunder, and the Spirit descend upon him like a dove.


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and he continued in the wilderness forty days tempted by Satan; and was among the wild beasts; and the heavenly messengers ministered to him.


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But after John's imprisonment, Jesus went to Galilee, proclaiming the good tidings of the Reign of God.


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<J>The time,</J> he said, <J>is accomplished, the Reign of God approaches; reform, and believe the good tidings.</J>


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Then walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting a drag net into the sea, for they were fishers.


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Passing on a little, and seeing James, son of Zebedee, with John his brother, who were mending their nets in a bark,


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he immediately called them; and leaving their father Zebedee in the bark with the hired servants, they accompanied him.


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And they went to Capernaum; and on the Sabbath he repaired directly to the synagogue, and instructed the people,


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who were filled with admiration at his manner of teaching; for he taught as one having authority, and not as the scribes.


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Ah! Jesus of Nazareth, what hast thou to do with us? Art thou come to destroy us? I know who thou art, the Holy One of God.


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at which they were all so amazed, that they asked one another, What does this mean? For he commands with authority even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.


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As soon as they were come out of the synagogue, they went with James and John into the house of Simon and Andrew,


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And he came, and taking her by the hand, raised her; instantly the fever left her, and she entertained them.


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And he healed many persons affected with various diseases, and expelled many demons, whom he permitted not to speak, because they knew him.


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On the morrow, having risen before dawn, he went out, and retired to a solitary place, and prayed there.


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Jesus said, <J>Let us go to the neighboring boroughs, to make proclamation there also: for I came out with this design.</J>


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Jesus had compassion, and stretching out his hand and touching him, said, <J>I will, be you clean.</J>


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said, <J>See you tell nothing of this to any man; but go, show yourself to the priest; and offer for your cleansing the things prescribed by Moses, that it may be notified to the people.</J>


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But the man, as soon as he was gone, began to blaze this story, talking openly everywhere, insomuch that Jesus could no longer publicly appear in the city; but remained without in solitary places, whither the people resorted to him from all parts.


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such a multitude flocked thither, that there was no room for them, not even near the door, and he taught them the word.


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who, not being able to come nigh him for the crowd, uncovered the place where Jesus was; and, through the opening, let down the conch, on which the paralytic lay.


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Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that they made these reflections, said to them, <J>Why do you reason thus within yourselves?</J>


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<J>Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, Your sins are forgiven, or to say, with effect, Arise, take up your couch and walk?</J>


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<J>But that you may know that the Son of Man has power upon the earth to forgive sins, rise,</J> (he said to the paralytic,)


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Immediately he rose, took up the couch, and walked out before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw anything like this.


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Passing along, he saw Levi, son of Alpheus, sitting at the toll office, and said to him, <J>Follow me.</J> And he arose and followed him.


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Now when Jesus was eating in this man's house, several publicans and sinners placed themselves at table with him and his disciples: for many of these people followed him.


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The Scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eat with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples, Wherefore does he eat and drink with publicans and sinners?


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Jesus, hearing this, replied, <J>The whole need not a physician, but the sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.</J>


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The disciples of John, and those of the Pharisees, accustomed to fasting, came to him and said, John's disciples, and those of the Pharisees, fast; why do not your disciples fast?


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Jesus answered, <J>Do the bridesmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? While the bridegroom is with them they do not fast.</J>


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<J>But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be take from them; and in those days they will fast.</J>


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<J>No person sews a piece of undressed cloth on an old garment; otherwise the new patch tears the old cloth, and makes a worse rent.</J>


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<J>No person puts new wine into old leather bottles; else the new wine bursts the bottle; and thus both the wine is split, and the bottles are rendered useless; but new wine must be put into new bottles.</J>


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Once, when he was going through the corn on the Sabbath, his disciples began to pluck the ears of corn as they went.


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He answered, <J>Did you never read what David and his attendants did, in a strait, when they were hungry,</J>


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<J>how he entered the tabernacle of God, in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and eat the loaves of the presence, which none but the priests could lawfully eat, and gave of them also to his attendants?</J>


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And they, with a design to accuse Jesus, watched him, to see whether he would heal the man on the Sabbath.


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Then he said to them, <J>Whether it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or to do evil-to save, or to kill?</J> But they were silent.


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And looking around on them with anger, being grieved for the blindness of their minds, he said to the man, <J>Stretch out your hand:</J> and as he stretched out his hand, it was restored.


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And the Pharisees went out immediately, and conspired with the Herodians against him to destroy him.


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But Jesus withdrew with his disciples toward the sea, whither a great multitude followed him from Galilee, from Judea,


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from Jerusalem, from Idumea, and from the banks of the Jordan. They also of the territories of Tyre and Sidon, having heard what wonders he had performed, flocked to him in crowds.


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Then he ordered his disciples to get a boat to attend him, because of the multitude, lest they should throng him:


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And the unclean spirits, when they beheld him, prostrated themselves before him, crying, Thou art the Son of God.


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And he selected twelve, that they might attend him, and that he might commission them to make proclamation;


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and James, son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James. These he surnamed Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder;


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and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Canaanite


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Then they went into a house, whither a crowd again assembled, so that Jesus and his disciples could not so such as eat.


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And the scribes who came from Jerusalem, said, He is confederate with Beelzebub, and expels demons by the prince of demons.)


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<J>Thus, if Satan fight against himself, and be divided, he can not subsist, but is near his end.</J>


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<J>No one who enters the strong one's house, can plunder his goods, unless he first overpower the strong one; then, indeed, he may plunder his house.</J>


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<J>Indeed, I say to you, that though all other sins in the sons of men are pardonable, and whatever slanders they shall utter;</J>


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<J>whosoever shall speak slanderously against the Holy Spirit, shall never be pardoned, but be liable to eternal punishment.</J>


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And the crowd who sat round him, said to him, Lo, your mother and brothers are without, and seek you.


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Again, he was teaching by the sea side, when so great a multitude gathered about him, that he was obliged to go aboard a bark, and sit there, while all the people remained on shore.


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<J>Part fell upon rocky ground, where it had little mold. This sprang sooner, because there was no depth of soil.</J>


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<J>Part fell into good ground, and sprang up, and became so fruitful, that some grains produced thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred.</J>


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When he was in private, those who were about him with the twelve, asked him the meaning of the parable.


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He said to them, <J>It is your privilege to know the secrets of the Reign of God, but to those without everything is veiled in parables;</J>


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<J>that they may not perceive what they look at, or understand what they hear; lest they should be reclaimed, and obtain the forgiveness of their sins.</J>


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He said also to them, <J>Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?</J>


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<J>The wayside on which some of the grain fell, denotes those who have no sooner heard the word, than Satan comes, and takes away that which was sown in their hearts.</J>


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<J>yet not having it rooted in their minds, retain it but a while; for when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they instantly relapse.</J>


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<J>in whom worldly cares, and delusive riches, and the inordinate desire of other things, stifle the word, and render it unfruitful.</J>


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<J>The good soil on which some grains yielded thirty, some sixty, and some a hundred, denotes those who hear the word, and retain it, and produce the fruits thereof.</J>


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He said further, <J>Is a lamp brought to be put under a vessel, or under a bed, and not to be set on a stand?</J>


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<J>For there is no secret, that is not discovered; nor has anything been concealed, which is not to be divulged.</J>


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He said, moreover, <J>Consider what you hear: with the measure with which you give, you shall receive.</J>


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<J>For to him who has, more shall be given; but from him who has not, even that which he has shall be taken.</J>


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<J>While he slept by night, and waked by day, the seed shot up, and grew without his minding it.</J>


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He said also, <J>To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or by what similitude shall we represent it?</J>


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<J>It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is the smallest of all the seeds that are there.</J>


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<J>But after it is sown, it springs up, and becomes greater than any herb, and shoots out branches so large, that under their shades, the birds of the air may find shelter.</J>


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And in many such similitudes, he conveyed instruction to the people, as he found them disposed to hear:


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And they, leaving the people, but having him in the bark, set sail in company with other small barks.


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Jesus being in the stern, asleep on a pillow, they awake him, saying, Rabbi, do you not care that we perish?


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And he arose, and commanded the wind, saying to the sea, <J>Peace! be still!</J> Immediately the wind ceased, and great calm ensued.


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And they were exceedingly terrified, and said one to another, Who is this, whom even the wind and the sea obey?


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He was no sooner gone ashore, than there met him a man coming from the monuments, possessed of an unclean spirit,


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He was continually, night and day, in the mountains, and in the tombs, howling, and cutting himself with flints.


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cried out, What hast thou to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I conjure thee by God not to torment me.


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Jesus immediately permitted them. Then the unclean spirits being gone out, entered into the swine; and the herd, in number about two thousand, rushed down a precipice into the sea, and were choked.


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And the swineherds fled, and told it in the city and villages. And the people flocked out to see what had happened.


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When they came to Jesus, and saw him who had been possessed by the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind, they were afraid.


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And those who had seen the whole, having related to them what had happened to the demoniac, and to the swine,


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Jesus however did not permit him, but said, <J>Go home to your relations, and tell them what great things the Lord, in pity, has done for you.</J>


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Accordingly he departed, publishing in Decapolis, what great things Jesus had done for him. And they were all amazed.


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Then came one of the directors of the synagogue, named Jairus, who seeing him threw himself at his feet,


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and entreated him earnestly, saying, My little daughter is in extreme danger; I pray you come and lay your hands upon her and to heal her, and she will be well.


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who had suffered much from several physicians, and spent her all without receiving any relief, but rather growing worse,


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Jesus immediately, conscious of the virtue which had issued from him, turned toward the crowd, saying, <J>Who touched my clothes?</J>


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Then the woman, knowing the change wrought upon her, came trembling with fear, threw herself prostrate before him, and confessed the whole truth.


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But he said to her, <J>Daughter, your faith has cured you; go in peace, released from this scourge.</J>


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Before he had done speaking, messengers came from the house of the director of the synagogue, who said, Your daughter is dead, why should you trouble the teacher any further?


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Jesus hearing this message delivered, said immediately to the director, <J>Fear not; only believe.</J>


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he said to them, as he entered, <J>Why do you weep and make a bustle? The child is not dead, but asleep.</J>


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and, taking her by the hand, said to her, <J>Talitha cumi,</J> (which signified, <J>Young woman, arise,</J>) <J>I command you.</J>


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But he strictly enjoined them not to mention it to any person, and ordered that something should be given her to eat.


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And on the Sabbath he taught in their synagogues, and many who heard him, said with astonishment, Whence has this man these abilities? What wisdom is this which he has gotten? and how are so great miracles performed by him?


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Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James and Joses, and Judas and Simon? Are not his sisters also here with us? And they were offended at him.


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But Jesus said to them, <J>A prophet is no where disregarded, except in his own country, and amongst his own relations, and in his own house.</J>


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And having called to him the twelve, he sent them out two by two, and gave them power over the unclean spirits;


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and ordered them to take nothing for their journey, but a single staff; no bag, no bread, and in their girdle no money;


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He said also, <J>Whatever house you enter in any place, continue in that house, till you leave the place.</J>


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<J>But wheresoever they will not receive you, nor hear you, shake off the dust under your feet at your departure, as a protestation against them.</J>


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And King Herod heard of him, (for his name was become famous) and said, John the Immerser is raised from the dead; and therefore miracles are performed by him.


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For Herod had caused John to be apprehended, and kept bound in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had himself married.


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because Herod respected him, and knowing him to be a just and holy man, protected him; and did many things recommended by him, and heard him with pleasure.


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For the daughter of Herodias came in, and danced before them, and pleased Herod and his guests so much, that the king said to the young woman, Ask whatever you will, and I will give it you;


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And she withdrew, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? She answered, The head of John the Immerser.


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Her daughter then, returning hastily to the king, made this request: I would that you give me presently in a basin, the head of John the Immerser.


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and brought his hand in a basin, and presented it to the young woman; and the young woman presented it to her mother.


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Now the Apostles, being assembled, related everything to Jesus, both what they had done, and what they had taught.


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And he said to them, <J>Come you apart into a desert place, and rest awhile; for there were so many coming and going, that they had not leisure so much as to eat.</J>


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dismiss the people, that they may go to the neighboring farms and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.


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He said to them, <J>How many loaves have you? Go and see.</J> Upon inquiry, they answered, Five and two fishes.


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Then Jesus taking the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before the multitude. He distributed also the two fishes among them all.


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he observed them toiling at the oar, for the wind was against them: and about the fourth watch of the night, he went to them, walking on the water. and seemed intending to pass by them.


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For they all saw him, and were terrified; but he immediately spoke to them, saying, <J>Take courage; it is I; be not afraid.</J>


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and ran through all that country, carrying the sick on couches, to every place where they heard he was.


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and if they be come from the market, by dipping them; and many other usages there are, which they have adopted, as immersions of cups and pots, and brazen vessels and beds:)


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He answering, said to them, <J>O hypocrites! well do you suit the character, which Isaiah gave of you, when he said, This people honor me with their lips; but their heart is estranged from me.</J>


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<J>For laying aside the commandment of God, you retain the traditions of men, immersions of pots and cups, and many other similar practices.</J>


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<J>You judge well, continued he, in annulling the commandment of God, to make room for your traditions.</J>


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«<J>For Moses has said,» 'Honor your father and mother' 'and '«Whosoever reviles father or mother, shall be punished with death.</J>»


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«<J>But you maintain, if a man say to father or mother,'Be it corban (that is, devoted) whatever of mine shall profit you';</J>»


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<J>thus invalidating the word of God, by the tradition which you have established. And in many other instances you act thus.</J>


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<J>There is nothing from without, which entering into the man, can pollute him; but the things which proceed from within the man, are the things that pollute him.</J>


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He answered, <J>Are you also void of understanding? Do you not perceive, that whatsoever from without enters into the man, can not pollute him;</J>


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<J>because it enters not into his heart, but into his stomach, whence all impurities in the victuals pass into the sink.</J>


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<J>for from within the human heart proceed vicious machinations, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts,</J>


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Then he arose, and went to the frontiers of Tyre and Sidon; and having entered a house, he desired that none might know of him; but he could not be concealed.


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(the woman was a Greek, a native of Syrophenicia,) and entreated him that he would cast the demon out of her daughter.


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Jesus answered, <J>Let the children first be satisfied; for it is not seemly to take the children bread, and throw it to the dogs.</J>


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And they brought to him a deaf man, who had also an impediment in his speech, and entreated him to lay his hand upon him.


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Jesus having taken him aside from the crowd, spit upon his own fingers, and put them into the man's ears, and touched his tongue.


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saying with inexpressible amazement, He does everything well: he makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.


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<J>I have compassion on the multitude; for they attend me now three days, and have nothing to eat;</J>


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<J>and if I send them home fasting, their strength will fail by the way; for some of them have come from afar.</J>


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Then commanding the multitude to place themselves upon the ground, he took the seven loaves, and having given thanks, broke them, and gave them to his disciples, that they might distribute them to the people, and they distributed them.


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So they eat, and were satisfied; and the fragments which remained, were carried off in seven hand-baskets.


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Having dismissed them, he immediately embarked with his disciples, and went into the territory of Dalmanutha.


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Thence some Pharisees came, who began to argue with him; and in order to prove him, demanded of him a sign in the sky.


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Jesus answered with a deep groan, <J>Wherefore does this generation require a sign? Indeed, I say to you, that no sign shall be given to this generation.</J>


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Then Jesus gave them this caution: <J>Attend; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.</J>


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Jesus remarking it, said to them, <J>Why do you make this reflection, hat you have no bread? Are you yet so thoughtless, so inattentive?</J>


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<J>Is your understanding still blinded? Have you no us of your eyes, or of your ears? or do you not remember</J>


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<J>when I distributed the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you carry off?</J> They answered, Twelve.


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<J>And when the seven among four thousand, how many hand-baskets full of the fragments did you carry off?</J> They said, Seven.


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He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the village. Then having put spittle on his eyes, and laid his hands upon him, he asked him whether he saw.


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And Jesus laid his hands upon the man's eyes, and made him look again. And he was so perfectly cured, as to see every object clearly.


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And Jesus sent him home, saying, <J>Neither go into the village, nor tell anything to any of the villagers.</J>


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Jesus went thence with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi, and by the way asked them, saying, <J>Who do men say that I am?</J>


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He said to them, <J>But who do you say that I am?</J> Peter answering, said to him, You are the Messiah.


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And he began to inform them, that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and that in three days he must rise again.


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But he turning, and looking on his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, <J>Get you hence, adversary, for you do not relish the things of God, but the things of men.</J>


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Then having called both to the people, and to his disciples, he said, <J>Is any willing to come under my guidance? Let him renounce himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.</J>


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<J>For whosoever would save his life, shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life, for my sake and the gospel's, shall save it.</J>


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<J>For whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him likewise the Son of man will be ashamed, when he shall come in the glory of his Father, accompanied by the holy angels.</J>


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He added, <J>Indeed, I say to you, there are some standing here, who shall not taste death, till they see the Reign of God ushered in with power.</J>


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After six days, Jesus took Peter, and James, and John, apart to the top of a high mountain, and was transfigured in their presence.


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His garments became glittering, and were like snow, of such whiteness as no fuller on the earth could imitate.


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Then Peter said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to stay here: let us make three booths, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah;


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And there came a cloud which covered them; and out of the cloud issued a voice, which said, This is my Son, the beloved: hear him.


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As they went down from the mountain, he charged them not to relate to any person what they had seen, till the Son of Man was risen from the dead.


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He answered, <J>Elijah, to consummate the whole, must come first; and, (as it is written of the Son of Man,) must likewise suffer many things and be condemned.</J>


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<J>But I tell you, that Elijah too is come, as was predicted, and they have treated him as they pleased.</J>


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and wheresoever it seizes him, it dashes him on the ground, where he continues foaming, and grinding his teeth, till his strength is exhausted. And I spoke to your disciples to expel the demon, but they were not able.


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and often it has thrown him both into the fire, and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, have compassion upon us and help us.


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When Jesus saw that the people came crowding upon him, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him, <J>Dumb and deaf spirit, come out of him, I command you, and enter no more into him.</J>


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When Jesus was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we expel the demon?


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for he was instructing his disciples. And he said to them, <J>The Son of Man will soon be delivered into the hands of men, who will kill him; and after he is killed, he will rise again the third day.</J>


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When he was come to Capernaum, being in the house, he asked them, <J>What were you debating amongst yourselves by the way?</J>


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Then having sat down, he called the twelve, and said to them, <J>If any man would be first, he shall be the last of all, and the servant of all.</J>


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<J>Whosoever shall receive one such child on my account, receives me; and whosoever shall receive me, receives not me, but him who sent me.</J>


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<J>For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink on my account, because you are Christ's; indeed, I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.</J>


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<J>But whoever shall ensnare any of the little ones, who believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were fastened to his neck, and that he were thrown into the sea.</J>


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<J>Moreover, if your hand ensnare you, cut it off; it is better for you to enter maimed into life, than having two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire;</J>


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<J>And if your foot ensnare you, cut it off; it is better for you to enter lame into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the unquenchable fire;</J>


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<J>And if your eye ensnare you, pull it out; it is better for you to enter one-eyed into the kingdom of God, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire;</J>


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<J>Salt is good; but if the salt become tasteless, with what will you season it? Preserve salt in yourselves, and maintain peace with one another.</J>


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Then they brought children to him, that he might touch them; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them.


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<J>Do you know the commandments? Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not give false testimony; do no injury; honor your father and mother.</J>


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Jesus, looking upon him, loved him, and said to him, <J>In one thing, nevertheless, you are deficient. Go, sell all that you have, and give the price to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; then come, and follow me, carrying the cross.</J>


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Then Jesus looking around him, said to his disciples, <J>How difficult it is for the wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!</J>


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The disciples were astonished at his words; but Jesus resuming the discourse, said, <J>Children, how difficult is it for them, who confide in wealth, to enter the kingdom of God!</J>


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<J>It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.</J>


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Jesus looking upon them, said, <J>To men it is impossible, but not to God; for to God all things are possible.</J>


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Jesus answering, said, <J>Indeed, I say to you, there is none who shall have forsaken his house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, for my sake and the gospel's;</J>


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<J>who shall not receive now, in this world, a hundred fold; houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the future state, eternal life.</J>


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<J>Behold, says he, we are going to Jerusalem, where the Son of Man shall be delivered to the chief priests, who will condemn him to die, and deliver him to the Gentiles,</J>


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<J>who will mock him, and scourge him, and spit upon him, and kill him; but the third day he shall rise again.</J>


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Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, accosted him, saying, Rabbi, we beg you would grant us what we purpose to ask.


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They answered, That when you shall have attained your glory, one of us may sit at your right hand, and the other at your left.


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Jesus replied, <J>You know not what you ask. Can you drink such a cup as I am to drink; and undergo an immersion like that which I must undergo?</J>


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<J>but to sit at my right hand, and left, I can not give, unless to those for whom it is appointed.</J>


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<J>but it must not be so amongst you. On the contrary, whosoever would be great amongst you, shall be your servant;</J>


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<J>For even the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many.</J>


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Jesus stopping, ordered them to call him. Accordingly they called the blind man, saying to him, Take courage; arise, he calls you.


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Jesus addressing him, said, <J>What do you wish me to do for you?</J> Rabboni, answered the blind man, to give me my sight.


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Jesus said to him, <J>Go; your faith has cured you.</J> Immediately he recovered his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.


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and said to them, <J>Go into the village opposite you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied, on which no man ever rode; loose him, and bring him.</J>


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<J>And if any person ask you, Wherefore do you this? say, The Master needs him, and he will instantly send him hither.</J>


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And many spread their mantles in the way; others cut down sprays from the trees, and strowed them in the way.


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And they who went before, and they who followed shouted, saying, Hosanna! blessed be He that comes in the name of the Lord!


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In this manner Jesus entered Jerusalem and the temple; where, after surveying everything around, it being late, he departed with the twelve to Bethany.


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and observing a fig tree at a distance, full of leaves, went to look for fruit on it, for the fig harvest was not yet. And being come, he found nothing but leaves.


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Then he said to it, <J>Henceforth let no man ever eat fruit off you.</J> And his disciples heard him.


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Being returned to Jerusalem, he went into the temple, and drove out them who sold, and them who bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers, and the stalls of them who sold doves;


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«He also taught them, saying, <J>Is it not written,» 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations?' 'but you have made it a den of robbers.</J>'


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<J>For indeed, I say to you, Whoever shall say to this mountain, Be lifted, and thrown into the sea, and shall not in the least doubt, but shall believe that what he says shall happen; whatever he shall command, shall be done for him;</J>


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<J>for which reason I assure you, that what things soever you pray for, if you believe that you shall obtain them, they shall be yours.</J>


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<J>And when you pray, forgive, if you have matter of complaint against any; that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your trespasses.</J>


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<J>But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father, who is in heaven, forgive your trespasses.</J>


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Jesus answering, said to them, <J>I also have a question to ask; answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.</J>


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Then addressing them in parables, he said, <J>A man planted a vineyard, and hedged it about, and dug a place for a wine vat, and built a tower, and having farmed it out, went abroad.</J>


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<J>The season being come, he sent a servant to the husbandmen, to receive his portion of the fruits of the vineyard.</J>


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<J>Again, he sent to them another servant, whom they wounded in the head with stones, and sent back with disgrace.</J>


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<J>He sent another, whom they killed; and of many more that he sent, some they beat, and some they killed.</J>


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<J>At last, having an only son, whom he loved, he sent him also to them; for he said, They will reverence my son.</J>


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<J>But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be our own.</J>


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<J>What, therefore, will the proprietor of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and give the vineyard to others.</J>


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And they desired to have seized him, but were afraid of the multitude; for they knew that he spoke the parable against them.


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Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders, leaving Jesus, went away, and sent to him certain Pharisees and Herodians, to catch him in his words.


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These coming up, said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are upright, and stand in awe of none; for you respect not the person of men, but teach the way of God faithfully. Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not?


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Shall we give, or shall we not give? He, perceiving their artifice, answered, <J>Why would you entangle me? Bring me a denarius, that I may see it.</J>


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When they had brought, he asked them, <J>Whose is the image and inscription?</J> They answered, Cesar's.


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Jesus replied, <J>Render to Cesar that which is Cesar's, and to God that which is God's.</J> And they wondered at him.


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Rabbi, Moses has enacted, that if a man's brother die, survived by a wife without children, he shall marry the widow, and raise issue to his brother.


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At the resurrection, therefore, when they are risen, to which of the seven will she belong; for she has been the wife of them all?


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Jesus answering, said to them, <J>Is not this the source of your error, your not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God?</J>


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<J>For there will be neither marrying, nor giving in marriage, among them who rise from the dead. They will then resemble the angels.</J>


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«<J>But as to the dead, that they are raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, how God spoke to him in the bush, saying,'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'</J>»


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«Jesus answered, <J>The chief of all the commandments is,'Hearken, Israel, the Lord is our God. The Lord is one:'</J>»


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Jesus observing how pertinently he had answered, said to him, <J>You are not far from the kingdom of God.</J> After that, no person ventured to put questions to him.


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As Jesus was teaching in the temple, he asked them, <J>Why do you scribes assert, that the Messiah must be a son of David?</J>


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«<J>Yet David, himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, says,'The Lord, said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I make your foes your footstool.'</J>»


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<J>David himself, therefore, calls him his Lord; how then can he be his son? And the common people heard him with delight.</J>


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<J>who devour the families of widows, and use long prayers for a disguise. They shall undergo the severest punishment.</J>


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Jesus having called his disciples, said to them, <J>Indeed, I say to you, that this poor widow has given more than any of those who have thrown into the treasury;</J>


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<J>for they all have contributed out of their superfluous stores; whereas she has given all the little she had-her whole living.</J>


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As he was going out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, Rabbi, look what prodigious stones and stately buildings are here!


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Jesus answering, said to him, <J>You see these great buildings. They shall be so razed, that one stone will not be left upon another.</J>


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<J>But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not alarmed; for this must happen, but the end is not yet.</J>


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<J>For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be earthquakes in sundry places, and there will be famines and commotions. These are the prelude of woes.</J>


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<J>But take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you to councils; and you will be beaten in the synagogues, and brought before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony to them.</J>


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<J>But when they conduct you, to deliver you up, have no anxiety beforehand, nor premeditate what you shall speak: but whatever shall be suggested to you in that moment, speak; for it is not you that shall speak, but the Holy Spirit.</J>


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<J>And on my account you shall be universally hated; but the man who perseveres to the end, shall be saved.</J>


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<J>But when you shall see standing on forbidden ground, the desolating abomination,</J> (reader, attend!) <J>then let those in Judea flee to the mountains;</J>


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<J>and let not him who shall be on the roof, go down into the house, nor enter it, to carry anything out of his house:</J>


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<J>because there shall be such affliction in those days, as has not been before, from the beginning of the world, which God created, nor shall be ever after.</J>


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<J>Had the Lord assigned it a long duration, no soul could escape; but for the sake of the people whom he had elected, he has made its duration the shorter.</J>


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<J>Then if any one shall say to you, Lo! the Messiah is here, or Lo! he is yonder, believe it not.</J>


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<J>For false Messiahs and false prophets will arise, who will perform wonders and prodigies, in order to impose, if possible, even on the elect.</J>


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<J>But in those days, after that affliction, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall withhold her light,</J>


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<J>Then he will send his messengers, and assemble his elect from the four quarters of the world, from the extremities of heaven and earth.</J>


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<J>Learn now a similitude from the fig tree. When its branches become tender, and put forth leaves, you know that the summer is nigh.</J>


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<J>In like manner, when you shall see these things happen, know that he is near, even at the door.</J>


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<J>Indeed, I say to you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be accomplished.</J>


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<J>But of that day, or of that hour, knows none, (not the angels; no, not the Son,) but the Father.</J>


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<J>When a man intends to travel, he leaves his household in charge to his servants, assigns to every one his task, and orders the porter to watch.</J>


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<J>Watch you, therefore; for you know not when the master of the house will return, (whether in the evening, or at midnight, or at cock-crowing, or in the morning;)</J>


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After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were contriving how they might take Jesus by surprise, and kill him.


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Now being at table in Bethany, in the house of Simon, formerly a leper, there came a woman with an alabaster box of the balsam of spikenard, which was very costly; and she broken open the box, and poured the liquor upon his head.


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<J>For you will have the poor always amongst you, and can do them good whenever you please; but me you will not always have.</J>


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<J>and wherever he shall enter, say to the master of the house, The Teacher says, Where is the guest chamber, in which I may eat the passover with my disciples?</J>


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As they were at table eating, Jesus said, <J>Indeed, I say to you, that one of you who eats with me, will betray me.</J>


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<J>The Son of Man departs in the manner foretold in the scripture concerning him; but alas for that man! by whom the Son of Man is betrayed: it had been better for that man never to have been born.</J>


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«And Jesus said to them, <J>This night I shall prove a stumbling stone to you all; for it is written,'I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep shall be dispersed.'</J>»


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Jesus answered him, <J>Indeed, I say to you, that today, this very night, before the cock crow twice, even you will disown me thrice.</J>


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Then they came to a place named Gethsemane, where he said to his disciples, <J>Stay here while I pray.</J>


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and said, <J>Abba,</J> (that is, <J>Father,</J>) <J>all things are possible to thee; take this cup away from me; yet not what I would, but what thou wilt.</J>


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<J>Watch and pray, that you be not overcome by temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.</J>


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A third time he came, and said to them, <J>Do you now sleep, and take your rest? All is over: the hour is come: and the Son of Man is delivered into the hands of sinners.</J>


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<J>I was daily amongst you, teaching in the temple, and you did not arrest me. But in this the scriptures are accomplished.</J>


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Then they took Jesus away to the high priest, with whom all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes, were convened.


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Jesus answered, <J>I am; nay, you shall see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Almighty, and coming in the clouds of heaven.</J>


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Again he denied. And a little after, those who were present said to Peter, You are certainly one of them; for you are a Galilean, your speech shows it.


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The cock crew the second time: and Peter recollected the word which Jesus had said to him, <J>Before the cock crow twice, you will disown me thrice.</J> And reflecting upon this, he wept.


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Early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the scribes, and all the Sanhedrin, after consulting together, bound Jesus, carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate.


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Again Pilate asked him, saying, Do you answer nothing? Observe how many crimes they arraign you for.


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And there was one Barabbas, that had been imprisoned with his seditious associates, who in their sedition had committed murder.


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Pilate again interposed, saying, What then would you have me do with him whom you call king of the Jews?


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Then Pilate, desirous to gratify the crowd, released Barabbas to them; and having caused Jesus to be scourged, delivered him up to be crucified.


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Then they struck him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and paid him homage on their knees.


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And when they had mocked him, the stripped him of the purple, and dressed him in his own clothes, and took him away to be crucified.


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And they constrained one Simon, a Cyrenian, who passed by, in coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry the cross.


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When they had nailed him to the cross, they parted his garments, dividing by lot what every man should take.


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Meanwhile, they who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads, and saying, Ah! you who could demolish the temple, and rebuild it in three days!


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The chief priests likewise, with the scribes, deriding him, said among themselves, He saved others; can not he save himself?


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Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe! Even those who were crucified with him reproached him.


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At the ninth hour, Jesus cried aloud saying, <J>Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani!</J> which signifies, <J>My God, My God, why hast thou forsaken me!</J>


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One at the same time ran, and dipped a sponge in vinegar, and having fastened it to a stick, presented it to him to drink, saying, Let alone, we shall see whether Elijah will come to take him down.


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And the centurion who stood opposite observing that he expired with so loud a cry, said, Surely, this man was a son of a god.


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There were women also looking on at a distance, amongst whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger, and of Joses and Salome,


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(these had followed him, and served him, when he was in Galilee,) and several others, who came with him to Jerusalem.


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Joseph of Arimathea, an honorable senator, who himself also expected the Reign of God, taking courage, repaired to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.


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Pilate, amazed that he was so soon dead, sent for the centurion, and asked him whether Jesus had been dead any time.


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who having bought linen, and taking Jesus down, wrapped him in the linen; and laid him in a tomb, hewn out of the rock.


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When the Sabbath was past, Mary the Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices that they might embalm Jesus.


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And they said among themselves, Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb? (for it was very large.)


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Then entering the tomb, they beheld a youth sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe, and they were frightened.


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But he said to them, Be not frightened; you seek Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He is risen, he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.


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But go, say to his disciples, and to Peter, He is gone before you to Galilee; where you shall see him, as he told you.


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The women then getting out, fled from the tomb, seized with trembling and consternation; but said nothing to any one, they were so terrified.


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Jesus having arisen early the first day of the week, appeared first to Mary the Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven demons.


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At length he appeared to the eleven, as they were eating, and reproached them with their incredulity and obstinacy, in disbelieving those who had seen him after his resurrection.


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And he said unto them, <J>Go throughout all the world, proclaim the glad tidings to the whole creation.</J>


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<J>He who shall believe, and be immersed, shall be saved; but he who shall not believe, shall be condemned.</J>


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<J>And these miraculous powers shall attend the believers:- In my name they shall expel demons. They shall speak in languages unknown to them before.</J>


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<J>They shall handle serpents with safety. And if they drink poison, it shall not hurt them. They shall cure the sick by laying their hands upon them.</J>


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Now, after the Lord had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.


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As for them, they went out and proclaimed the tidings everywhere, the Lord co-operating with them, and confirming their doctrine by the miracles with which it was accompanied.


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Forasmuch as many have undertaken to compose a narrative of those things, which have been accomplished amongst us,


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as they, who were from the beginning, eye-witnesses, and afterwards ministers of the word, delivered them to us;


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I have also determined, having exactly traced everything from the first, to write a particular account for you, most excellent Theophilus;


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In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abijah; and his wife, named Elizabeth, was of the daughters of Aaron.


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They were both righteous before God, blameless observers of all the Lord's commandments and ordinances.


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it fell to him by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to offer incense in the sanctuary.


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Then there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.


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But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias; for your prayer is heard, and Elizabeth your wife shall bear you a son, whom you shall name John.


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For he shall be great before the Lord; he shall not drink wine nor any fermented liquor; but he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.


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Moreover, he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to reconcile fathers to their children, and by the wisdom of the righteous, to render the disobedient a people well disposed for the Lord.


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And Zacharias said to the angel, How shall I know this: for I am old man, and my wife is advanced in years?


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The angel answering, said to him, I am Gabriel, who attend in the presence of God, and am sent to tell you this joyful news.


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But know that you shall be dumb, and shall not recover your speech, till the day when these things happen, because you have not believed my words, which shall be fulfilled in due time.


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But when he came out, he could not speak to them; and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary; for he made them understand by signs, and remained speechless.


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


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When the angel entered, he said to her, Hail, favorite of heaven! the Lord be with you, happiest of women!


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At his appearance and words, she was perplexed, and revolved in her mind what this salutation could mean.


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He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest. And the Lord God will give him the throne of David his Father.


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The angel answering, said to her, The Holy Spirit will descend upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore the holy progeny shall be called the Son of God.


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And lo! your cousin Elizabeth also has conceived, a son in her old age; and she who is called barren, is now in her sixth month;


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And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Be it to me according to your word. Then the angel departed.


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As soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's salutation, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,


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and cried with a loud voice, You are the most blessed of women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.


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for know, that as soon as the sound of your salutation reached my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.


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because he has not disdained the low condition of his handmaid; for henceforth, all posterity will pronounce me happy.


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and her neighbors and relations who heard that the Lord had shown her great kindness, rejoiced with her.


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And, on the eighth day, when they came to the circumcision of the child, they would have called him by his father's name, Zacharias.


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Now all in the neighborhood were struck with awe; and the fame of these things spread throughout all the hill country of Judea.


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And all who heard these things, pondering them in their hearts, said, What will this child hereafter be? And the hand of the Lord was with him.


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And you, child, shall be called a prophet of the Most High; for you shall go before the Lord, to prepare his way,


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through the tender compassion of our God, who has caused a light to spring from on high to visit us,


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to enlighten those who abide in darkness and in the shades of death; to direct our feet into the way of peace.


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Meantime the child grew, and acquired strength of mind, and continued in the deserts, until the time when he made himself known to Israel.


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About that time, Cesar Augustus issued an edict, that all the inhabitants of the empire should be registered.


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Joseph also went from Nazareth, a city of Galilee, to a city of David in Judea, called Bethlehem, (for he was of the house and lineage of David,)


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And she brought forth her first born son, and swathed him, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the house allotted to strangers.


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Now there were shepherds in the fields in that country, who tended their flocks by turns through the night watches.


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On a sudden, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and a divine glory encompassed them with light, and they were frightened exceedingly.


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But the angel said to them, Fear not; for lo! I bring you good tidings, which shall prove matter of great joy to all the people;


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And when the angels returned to heaven, having left the shepherds, these said to one another, Let us go to Bethlehem, and see this which has happened, of which the Lord has informed us.


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And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God, for all that they had heard and seen, agreeably to what had been declared to them.


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On the eighth day, when the child was circumcised, they called him Jesus, the angel having given him that name, before his mother conceived him.


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And when the time of their purification was expired, they carried him to Jerusalem, as the law of Moses appoints, to present him to the Lord;


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«(as it is written in the law of God,'Every male, who is the first born of his mother, is consecrated to the Lord:')»


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Now there was at Jerusalem a man named Simeon, a just and religious man, who expected the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him,


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This man came, guided by the Spirit, into the temple. And when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him what the law required,


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And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, This child is destined for the fall and the rise of many in Israel, to serve as a mark for contradiction;


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(yes, you own soul shall be pierced as with a javelin;) that the thoughts of many hearts may be disclosed.


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There was also a prophetess, Anna, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, in advanced age, who had lived seven years with a husband, whom she married when a virgin;


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and being now a widow about eighty-four years, departed not from the temple, but served God in prayer and fasting night and day;


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she also coming in at that instant, gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke concerning Jesus to all those in Jerusalem who expected redemption.


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After they had performed everything required by the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.


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And the child grew, and acquired strength of mind, being filled with wisdom, and adorned with a divine gracefulness.


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And when he was twelve years old, they having gone thither, according to the usage of the festival, and remained the customary time;


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being on their return, the child Jesus staid behind in Jerusalem, and neither Joseph nor his mother knew it.


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They supposing him to be in the company, went a day's journey, and then sought him among their relations and acquaintances;


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And after three days they found him in the temple, sitting among the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions.


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and they beheld him with astonishment. And his mother said to him, Son, why have you treated us thus? Behold, your father and I have sought you with sorrow.


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He answered, <J>Why did you seek me? Did you not know that I must be in the courts of my Father?</J>


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And he returned with them to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And his mother treasured up all these things in her memory.


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Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius, Pontius Pilate being procurator of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, Philip, his brother, tetrarch of Iturea, and the province of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene;


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


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And he went through all the country along the Jordan, publishing the immersion of reformation for the remission of sins.


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«As it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah,» 'The voice of one proclaiming in the wilderness, Prepare a way for the Lord, make for him a straight passage.'


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Let every valley be filled, every mountain and hill be leveled; let the crooked roads be made straight, and the rough ways smooth,


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Then said he to the multitudes, who flocked out to be immersed by him, Offspring of vipers, who has prompted you to flee from the impending vengeance?


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Produce, then, the proper fruits of reformation; and say not within yourselves, We have Abraham for a father; for I assure you, that of these stones God can raise children to Abraham.


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And even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Every tree, therefore, which produces not good fruit, is cut down, and thrown into the fire.


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He answered, Let him who has two coats, impart to him who has none; and let him who has victuals do the same.


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Soldiers likewise asked him, And what must we do? He answered, Injure no man, either by violence, or false accusation, and be content with your allowance.


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As the people were in suspense concerning John, every man imagining within himself that he might be the Messiah,


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John addressed them all, saying, I, indeed, immerse in water; but one mightier than I comes, whose shoe-latchet I am not worthy to untie; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire;


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his winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his grain; he will gather the wheat into his granary, and consume the chaff in unquenchable fire.


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But Herod, the tetrarch, having been reproved by him, on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the crimes which Herod had committed,


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Now when John immersed all the people, Jesus was likewise immersed; and while he prayed, the heaven was opened,


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and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in a bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my Son, the beloved; in thee I delight.


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Now Jesus was himself about thirty years in subjection, being (as was supposed) a son of Joseph, son of Heli,


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


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where he continued forty days, and was tempted by the devil. Having eaten nothing all that time, when it was ended he was hungry:


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«Jesus answered him, saying, <J>It is written,'Man does not live by bread only, but by whatever God pleases.'</J>»


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Then the devil, having brought him to the top of a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant,


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and said to him, All this power and glory I will give thee; for it is delivered to me, and to whomsoever I will, I give it;


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«Jesus answering, said, <J>It is written,'Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and shalt serve him only.'</J>»


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Then he brought him to Jerusalem, and placing him on the battlement of the temple, said to him, If thou be God's Son, throw thyself down hence;


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Then Jesus, by the impulse of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and his renown spread throughout the whole country,


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Being come to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he entered the synagogue, as his custom was, on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read.


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And they put into his hands the book of the Prophet Isaiah, and having opened the book, he found the place where it is written,


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«<J>The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, inasmuch as he has anointed me to publish glad tidings to the poor, to announce liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,</J>»


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And having closed the book, and returned it to the servant, he sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed upon him.


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And he began with saying to them, <J>This very day, the scripture which you have just now heard, is fulfilled.</J>


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And all extolled him; but being astonished at the gracious words which he uttered, they said, Is not this Joseph's son?


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«He said to them, <J>You will doubtless apply to me this proverb,» 'Physician, cure yourself.' 'Do as great things here in your own country, as we hear you have done in Capernaum.</J>'


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<J>I tell you of a truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when heaven was shut up for three years and a half, so that there was great famine throughout all the land;</J>


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<J>There were likewise many lepers in Israel, in the days of Elisha the prophet; and Naaman the Syrian was cleansed, but none of those.</J>


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and breaking up, drove him out of the city, and brought him to the brow of the mountain on which their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong.


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Ah! Jesus of Nazareth, what hast thou to do with us? Art thou come to destroy us? I know who thou art-the Holy One of God.


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And Jesus rebuked him, saying, <J>Be silent, and come out of him.</J> On this, the demon, having thrown him into the middle of the assembly, came out without harming him.


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And they were all in amazement, and said one to another, What does this mean, that with authority and power he command the unclean spirits, and they come out?


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When he was gone out of the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon, whose wife's mother had a violent fever, and they entreated him on her behalf.


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Jesus, standing near her, rebuked the fever, and it left her, and she instantly arose, and served them.


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After sunset, all they who had any sick, of whatever kind of disease, brought them to him; and he, laying his hands on every one, cured them.


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Demons also came out of many, crying out, Thou art the Son of God. But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Messiah.


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When it was day, he retired into a desert place; and the multitude sought him out, and came to him, and urged him not to leave them;


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but he said to them, <J>I must publish the good tidings of the Reign of God in other cities also, because for this purpose I am sent.</J>


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Now it happened, as he stood by the lake Gennesaret, the multitude pressing upon him to hear the word of God;


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he went aboard one of them, which was Simon's; and desiring him to put off a little from the land, sat down, and taught the people out of the bark.


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When he had done speaking, he said to Simon, <J>Launch out into deep water, and let down your nets for a draught.</J>


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Simon answered, Master, we have toiled all night, and have caught nothing; nevertheless, at your word, I will let down the net.


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And they beckoned to their companions, in the other bark, to come and help them. And they came, and loaded both their barks, so that they were near sinking.


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When Simon Peter saw this, he threw himself at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.


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particularly James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were Simon's partners. And Jesus said to Simon, <J>Fear not, henceforth you shall catch men.</J>


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When he was in one of the neighboring cities, a man covered with leprosy, happened to see him, threw himself on his face, and besought him, saying, Master, if you will, you can cleanse me.


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Jesus stretching out his hand, and touching him, said, <J>I will; be you cleansed.</J> That instant his leprosy departed from him.


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And he commanded him to tell no person. <J>But go</J>, said he, <J>show yourself to the priest, and present the offered appointed by Moses, for notifying the people that you are cleansed.</J>


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One day, as he was teaching, and Pharisees, and doctors of law, who had come from Jerusalem, and from every town of Galilee and Judea, were sitting by, the power of the Lord was exerted in the sure of the sick.


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And, behold, some men carrying on a bed a man afflicted with a palsy, endeavored to bring him in, and place him before Jesus;


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but finding it impracticable, by reason of the crowd, they got upon the roof, and let him down through the tiling, with the little bed, in the midst before him.


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On which the Scribes and the Pharisees reasoned thus, Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Can any one forgive sins except God?


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Jesus knowing their thoughts, addressed himself to them, and said, What are you reasoning in your hearts?


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<J>But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins, Arise</J>, said he to the palsied man, <J>take up your bed, and return to your house.</J>


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Seeing this, they were all struck with amazement and reverence, and glorified God, saying, We have seen wonderful things today.


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After this, he went out, and observing a publican, named Levi, sitting at the toll-office, said to him, <J>Follow me.</J>


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And Levi made him a great entertainment in his own house, where there was a great company of publicans and others, at table with them.


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But the Scribes and the Pharisees of the place murmured, saying to his disciples, Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners?


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Then they asked him, How is it that the disciples of John, and likewise those of the Pharisees, frequently fast and pray, but yours eat and drink?


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<J>But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them: in those days they will fast.</J>


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He added this similitude, <J>No man mends an old mantle with new cloth; otherwise the new will rend the old; besides, the old and new will never suit each other.</J>


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<J>No person puts new wine into old leather bottles; otherwise, the new wine will burst the bottles, and thus the wine will be spoiled, and the bottles rendered useless.</J>


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<J>Besides, a man, after drinking old wine, calls not immediately for new; for he says, The old is milder.</J>


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Jesus replying, said to them, <J>Did you never read what David and his attendants did, when they were hungry;</J>


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<J>how he entered the mansion of God, and took and eat the loaves of the presence, and gave also of this bread to his attendants; though it can not be lawfully eat by any but the priests?</J>


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It happened also on another Sabbath, that he went into the synagogue and taught; and a man was there whose right hand was blasted.


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Now the Scribes and the Pharisees watched, to see whether he would heal on the Sabbath, that they might find matter for accusing him.


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But he, knowing their thoughts, said to the man, whose hand was blasted, <J>Arise, and stand in the middle.</J> And he arose and stood.


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Then Jesus said to them, <J>I would ask you, What is it lawful to do on the Sabbath? Good or ill? To save, or to destroy?</J>


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And, looking around on them all, he said to the man, <J>stretch out your hand;</J> and in doing this, his hand was rendered sound like the other.


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When it was day, he called to him his disciples; and of them he chose twelve, whom he named Apostles.


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Afterward, Jesus, coming down with them, stopped on a plain, where a company of his disciples, with a vast multitude from all parts of Judea, Jerusalem, and the maritime country of Tyre and Sidon,


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were come to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases. Those also who were infested with unclean spirits, came, and were cured.


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Then fixing his eyes on his disciples, he said, <J>Happy you poor, for the kingdom of God is yours!</J>


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<J>Happy you that hunger now, for you shall be satisfied! Happy you that weep now, for you shall laugh!</J>


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<J>Happy shall you be when men shall hate you, and separate your from their society; yes, reproach and defame you, on account of the Son of Man!</J>


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<J>Rejoice on that day, and triumph, knowing that your reward in heaven is great! for thus did their fathers treat the prophets.</J>


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<J>Alas, for you that are full; for you shall hunger! Alas, for you who laugh now; for you shall mourn and weep!</J>


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<J>To him who smites you on one cheek, present the other; and from him who takes your mantle, withhold not your coat.</J>


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<J>Give to every one who asks you; and from him who takes away your goods, do not demand them back.</J>


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<J>For if you love those who love you, what thanks are you entitled to, since even sinners love those who love them?</J>


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<J>And if you do good to those who do good to you, what thanks are you entitled to, since even sinners do the same?</J>


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<J>And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive, what thanks are you entitled to, since even sinners lend to sinners, that they may received as much in return.</J>


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<J>But love your enemies, do good and lend, nowise despairing; and your reward shall be great; and you shall be sons of the Most High; for he is kind to the ungrateful and malignant.</J>


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<J>Judge not, and you shall not be judged; condemn not, and you shall not be condemned; release, and you shall be released;</J>


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<J>give, and you shall get: good measure, pressed down and shaken, and heaped, shall be poured into your lap; for the very measure you give to others you yourself shall receive.</J>


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<J>He also used this comparison: Can the blind guide the blind? Will not both fall into a ditch?</J>


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<J>And why do you observe the mote in your brother's eyes; but perceive not the splinter in your own eye?</J>


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<J>Or how can you say to your brothers, Brother, let me take out the mote which is in your eye, not considering that there is a splinter out of your own eye; then you will see to take out the mote which is in your brother's eyes.</J>


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<J>That is not a good tree which yields bad fruit; nor is that a bad tree which yields good fruit.</J>


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<J>For every tree is known by its own fruit. Figs are not gathered off thorns; nor grapes off a bramble-bush.</J>


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<J>The good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, brings that which is good: the bad man out of the bad treasure of his heart, brings that which is bad; for it is out of the fulness of the heart that the mouth speaks.</J>


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<J>Whoever comes to me and hears my precepts, and practices them, I will show you whom he resembles:</J>


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<J>he resembles a man who built a house, and digging deep, laid the foundation upon the rock: and when an inundation came, the torrent broke upon that house, but could not shake it; for it was founded upon rock.</J>


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<J>But he who hears, and does not practice, resembles a man, who, without laying a foundation, built a house upon the earth: which, when the torrent broke against it, fell, and became a great pile of ruins.</J>


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And the centurion, having heard concerning Jesus, sent to him Jewish elders, to entreat him to come and save his servant.


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Then Jesus went with them; and when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, to say, Master, trouble not yourself; for I have not deserved that you should come under my roof;


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wherefore neither thought I myself fit to come into your presence; say but the word, and my servant will be healed.


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For even I, who am under the authority of others, having soldiers under me, say to one, Go, and he goes; to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.


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Jesus hearing these things, admired him, and turning, said to the multitude which followed, <J>I assure you, I have not found so great faith even in Israel.</J>


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And they who had been sent, having returned to the house, found the servant well, who had been sick.


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The day following, he went into a city called Nain, accompanied by his disciples, and a great crowd.


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As he approached the gate of the city, the people were carrying out a dead man, the only son of his mother, who was a widow; and many of the citizens were with her.


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Then he advanced and touched the bier, (the bearers stopping,) and said, <J>Young man, arise, I command you.</J>


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And all present were struck with awe, and glorified God, saying, A great prophet has arisen among us; and God has visited his people.


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and he called two of them, whom he sent to Jesus, to ask him, Are you He who comes, or must we expect another?


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At that very time Jesus was delivering man from diseases and maladies, and evil spirits, and giving sight to many, who were blind.


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And he returned this answer, <J>Go, and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind are made to see, the lame to walk, the deaf to hear; the leprous are cleansed, the dead are raised, glad tidings are brought to the poor.</J>


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When John's messengers were departed, Jesus said to the multitude, concerning John, <J>What did you go out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind?</J>


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<J>But what did you go out to see? A man effeminately dressed? It is in royal palaces that they who wear splendid apparel, and live in luxury, are found.</J>


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<J>What then did you go to see? a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and something superior to a prophet.</J>


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«<J>For this is he, concerning whom it is written,'Behold, I send my messenger before you, who shall prepare your way.'</J>»


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<J>For I declare to you, among those who are born of women, there is not a greater prophet than John the Immerser; yet, the least in the Reign of God is greater than he.</J>


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whereas, the Pharisees and the lawyers, in not being immersed by him, have rejected the counsel of God with regard to themselves.


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<J>They are like children in the market place, of whom their companions complain, and say, We have played to you upon the pipe, but you have not danced; we have sung mournful songs to you, but you have not wept.</J>


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<J>For John the Immerser is come, abstaining from bread and wine, an associate of publicans and sinners; and you say, He has a demon.</J>


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<J>The Son of Man is come, using both; and you say, He is a lover of banquets, and wine, an associate of publicans and sinners.</J>


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and standing behind at his feet weeping, bathed them with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the balsam.


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<J>But not having the means to pay, he freely forgave them both. Say, then, which of them will love him most?</J>


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and by certain women, who had been delivered from evil spirits and distempers; Mary, called Magdalene, out of whom went seven demons;


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Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's steward; Susanna, and several others, who assisted him with their property.


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Now, when a great multitude was assembled, and the people were flocking to him, out of the cities, he spoke by a parable.


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<J>The sower went out to sow his grain: and in sowing, part fell by the way-side, and was crushed under foot, or picked up by the birds;</J>


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<J>and part fell into good soil, and sprung up, and yielded increase, a hundred fold.</J> Having said this, he cried, <J>Whosoever has ears to hear, let him hear.</J>


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He answered, <J>It is your privilege to know the secrets of the Reign of God, which, to others, are couched in parables; that, though they look, they may not perceive; that though they hear, they may not understand.</J>


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<J>By the wayside are meant those hearers out of whose hearts the devil coming, takes away the word, these they should believe, and be saved.</J>


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<J>By the rock are meant those, who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; yet not having it rooted in them, are but temporary believers; for in the time of trial they fall off.</J>


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<J>By the ground encumbered with thorns, are meant those hearers who are entangled in the business, and pursuits, and pleasures of life; which stifle the word, so that it brings no fruit to maturity.</J>


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<J>But by the good soil are meant those, who, having heard the word, retain it in a good and honest heart, and persevere in bringing forth fruit.</J>


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<J>A lamp is never lighted to be covered with a vessel, or put under a bed; but to be set on a stand, that they who enter may see the light.</J>


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<J>For there is no secret which shall not be discovered; nor anything concealed which shall not be known, and become public.</J>


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<J>Take heard, therefore, how you hear; for to him who has, more shall be given; but from him who has not, shall be taken even that which he seems to have.</J>


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But he, answering, said to them, <J>My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God, and obey.</J>


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One day, Jesus having gone into a bark with his disciples, said to them, <J>Let us cross the lake.</J> Accordingly they set sail.


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But while they sailed, he fell asleep; and there blew such a storm upon the lake, as filled the bark with water, and endangered lives.


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And they came to him, and awakened 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.


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And Jesus said to them, <J>Where is your faith?</J> But they said one to another, with fear and admiration, Who is this that commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?


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Being come ashore, a man of the city met him, who had been long possessed by demons; and who wore no clothes, and had no habitation but the sepulchers.


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When he saw Jesus, he roared out, and threw himself at his feet, crying, What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you, do not torment me.


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(For he had ordered the unclean spirit to come out of the man; for it had frequently seized him, so that when he was chained and fettered, he broke his bonds, and was driven by the fiend into the desert.)


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«Then Jesus asked him, saying, <J>What is your names?</J> He answered, Legion; because many demons had entered into him.»


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but, as there was a numerous herd of swine feeding on the mountain, that he would permit them to enter into the swine. And he permitted them.


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Then the demons having quitted the man, entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down a precipice into the lake, and were drowned.


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And the inhabitants flocked out to see what had happened. Being come to Jesus, and finding the man of whom the demons were dispossessed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind, they were afraid.


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all the people of the country of the Gadarenes, entreated him to leave them; for they were struck with terror. Accordingly, he re-entered the bark, and returned.


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<J>Return home, and relate what great things God has done for you.</J> Then he departed, and published through all the city, what great things Jesus had done for him.


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for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, who was dying. As Jesus went along, the people crowded him;


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and a woman, who had been twelve years afflicted with an issue of blood, and had consumed all her living upon physicians, none of whom could cure her,


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Then Jesus said, <J>Who touched me?</J> When every body denied it, Peter, and those with him, answered, Master, the multitude throng and press you, and do you say, <J>Who touched me?</J>


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Jesus replied, <J>Some person has touched me; for I am sensible that my power was just now exerted.</J>


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While he was yet speaking, one came from the house of the director of the synagogue, who said, your daughter is dead; trouble not the Teacher.


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Being come to the house, he allowed no person to enter with him, except Peter, and John, and James, and the maid's father and mother.


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But he, having made them all retire, took her by the hand, and called, saying, <J>Maiden, arise.</J>


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And her parents were astonished, but he charged them not to mention to any person what had happened.


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Jesus, having convened the twelve, gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure diseases;


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And he said to them, <J>Provide nothing for your journey; nor staves, nor bag, nor bread, nor silver, nor two coats apiece;</J>


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<J>And wheresoever they will not receive you, shake even the dust off your feet, as a protestation against them.</J>


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They accordingly departed, and traveled through the villages, publishing the good tidings, and performing cures everywhere.


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Now Herod, the tetrarch, having heard of all that Jesus had done, was perplexed; because some said, John is risen from the dead;


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And Herod said, John I beheaded; but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he was desirous to see him.


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Now, the Apostles having returned, reported to Jesus all that they had done: and he, taking them with him, retired privately to a desert belonging to the city of Bethsaida.


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But the multitude, having known it, followed him; and he, receiving them, spoke to them concerning the Reign of God; and he healed those who had need of healing.


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When the day began to decline, the twelve, accosting him, said, Dismiss the people, that they may go to the nearest towns and villages, and provide themselves lodging and food; for we are in a desert.


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He answered, <J>Supply them yourselves with food.</J> They replied, We have only five loaves and two fishes; unless we go and buy victuals for all this people.


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For they were about five thousand men. Then he said to his disciples, <J>Make them recline in parties; fifty in a party.</J>


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Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes; and looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke them, and gave them to his disciples, to set before the multitudes.


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Afterward, Jesus having withdrawn from the multitude to pray, apart with his disciples, asked them, saying, <J>Who do people say that I am?</J>


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They answered, John the Immerser; others say, Elijah; and others, that one of the ancient prophets is risen again.


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adding, <J>The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and rise again the third day.</J>


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Moreover, he said to all the people, <J>If any man will come under my guidance, let him renounce himself, and take his cross daily, and follow me.</J>


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<J>For whosoever would save his life, shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall save it.</J>


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<J>For whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in that of the Father, and of the holy angels.</J>


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<J>I assure you, that there are some standing here, who shall not taste death till they see the Reign of God.</J>


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About eight days after this discourse, he took with him Peter, and John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.


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Now, Peter, and those that were with him, were overpowered with sleep; but when they awoke, they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with them.


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As these were removing from Jesus, Peter said to him, not knowing what he said, Master, it is good for us to stay here; let us, then, make three booths, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.


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And one of the crowd cried out, saying, Rabbi, I beseech you, take pity on my son; for he is my only child.


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And as he was coming, the demon dashed him down in convulsions. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and having cured the child, delivered him to his father.


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But they understood not this language; it was veiled to them, that they might not apprehend it; and they were afraid to ask him concerning it.


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said to them, <J>Whosoever shall receive this child for my sake, receives me; and whosoever shall receive me, receives him who sent me: for he who is the least amongst you all, this person shall be great.</J>


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His disciples, James and John, observing this, said, Master, shall we call down fire from heaven to consume them, as Elijah did?


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Jesus answered, <J>The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have places of shelter; but the Son of Man has not where to repose his head.</J>


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Jesus answered, <J>No man, having put his hand to the plow, looks behind him, is fit for the kingdom of God.</J>


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Afterward, the Lord appointed seventy others, also, and sent them, two and two, before him, into every city and place whither he intended to go.


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<J>And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him; if not, it shall return upon itself.</J>


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<J>But remain in the same house, eating and drinking such things as it affords; for the workman is worthy of his wages; go not from house to house.</J>


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<J>The very dirt of your streets, which cleaves to us, we wipe off against you; know, however, that the Reign of God draws nigh to you.</J>


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<J>I assure you, that the condition of Sodom shall be more tolerable on that day, than the condition of that city.</J>


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<J>Alas, for thee, Chorazin! Alas, for thee, Bethsaida! For if the miracles which have been performed in you, had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they had reformed long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.</J>


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<J>Wherefore, the condition of Tyre and Sidon shall be more tolerable, in the judgment, than yours.</J>


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<J>He that hears you, hears me; and he that rejects you, rejects me; and he that rejects me, rejects him who sent me.</J>


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<J>Lo! I empowered you to turn on serpents, and scorpions, and all the might of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.</J>


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<J>My Father has imparted everything to me; and none knows who the Son is, but the Father; nor who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.</J>


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<J>For I assure you, that many prophets and kings have wished to see the things which you see; but have not seen them: and to hear the things which you hear; but have not heard them.</J>


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but Martha, who was much cumbered about serving, came to him and said, Master, do you not care that my sister leaves me to serve alone? Bid her, therefore, assist me.


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<J>The unclean spirit, when he is gone out of a man, wanders over parched deserts, in search of a resting place. But not finding any, he says, I will return to my house, whence I came.</J>


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When the people crowded together, he said, <J>This is an evil generation. They demand a sign; but no sign shall be given them, only the sign of Jonah.</J>


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<J>A lamp is lighted, not to be concealed, or put under a vessel, but on a stand; that they who enter may have light.</J>


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<J>Alas, for you, Pharisees! because you pay the tithe of mint and rue, and of every kind of herb, and neglect justice and the love of God. These things you ought to have practiced, and not to have omitted those.</J>


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<J>Alas, for you, Pharisees! because you love the most conspicuous seats in synagogues, and salutations in public places.</J>


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<J>Alas, for you! because you are like concealed graves, over which people walk without knowing it.</J>


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<J>Surely you are both vouchers and accessories to the deeds of your fathers; for they killed them, and you build their monuments.</J>


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<J>Wherefore, thus says the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and Apostles: some of them they will kill, others they will banish;</J>


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<J>Alas, for you, lawyers! because you have carried off the key of knowledge; you have not entered yourselves, and those who entering, you hindered.</J>


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<J>For there is nothing covered that shall not be detected: nothing secret that shall not be made known.</J>


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<J>And whosoever shall inveigh against the Son of Man, may obtain remission; but to him who detracts from the Holy Spirit, there is no remission.</J>


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<J>And when you are brought before synagogues, and magistrates, and rulers; be not solicitous how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say:</J>


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<J>Consider the lilies. How do they grow? They toil not; they spin not; yet I affirm, that even Solomon, in all his glory, was not equally adorned with one of these.</J>


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<J>If, then, God so array the herbage, which today is in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he array you, O you distrustful!</J>


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<J>Do not ask, therefore, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; live not in anxious suspense.</J>


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<J>Sell your goods and give alms; provide yourselves purses which wear not out; treasure inexhaustible in heaven, where no thieves approach, where nothing is spoiled by worms.</J>


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<J>and yourselves, like those who wait their master's return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately let him in.</J>


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<J>Happy those servants whom their master, at his return, shall find watching. Indeed, I say to you, that he will gird himself, and having placed them at table, will attend and serve them.</J>


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<J>And whether he comes in the second watch, or in the third, if he finds things thus, happy are those servants.</J>


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<J>You are certain that if the master of the house knew at what hour the thief would come, he would watch, and not allow him to break into his house.</J>


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<J>Be you, then, always prepared; because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you are not expecting him.</J>


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<J>But as to the servant who shall say within himself, My master delays his return, and shall beat the men-servants and the maids, and shall feast, and carouse, and be drunken;</J>


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<J>father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against mother; mother-in-law against daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.</J>


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a woman was present, who, for eighteen years, had a spirit of infirmity, by which she was so bowed down that she could not so much as look up.


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<J>It resembles a grain of mustard seed, which a man threw into his garden; and it grew, and became a great tree, and the birds of the air took shelter in its branches.</J>


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<J>It resembles leaven, which a woman mingled in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.</J>


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<J>Force your entrance through the straight gate; for many, I assure you, will request to be admitted, who shall not prevail.</J>


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<J>If once the master of the house shall have arisen and locked the door, and you standing without and knocking, say, Master, Master, open to us; he will answer, I know not whence you are.</J>


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<J>But he will answer, I tell you, I know not whence you are: remove hence, all you workers of unrighteousness.</J>


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<J>Then will ensue weeping, and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets received into the kingdom of God, and yourselves excluded:</J>


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<J>nay, people will come from the east, from the west, from the north, and from the south, and will place themselves at table in the kingdom of God.</J>


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<J>O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that killest the prophets, and stonest them whom God sends to you! how often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings; but you would not!</J>


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<J>Quickly shall your house be deserted; for indeed, I say to you, you shall not see me, till the time when you shall say, Blessed be He who comes in the name of the Lord!</J>


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Then Jesus addressing himself to the lawyers and Pharisees, said, <J>Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath?</J>


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<J>When you are invited to a wedding, do not occupy the highest place at table, lest one more considerable than you be bidden,</J>


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<J>and he who invited you both, come and say to you, Give place to this man; and you should then rise with confusion, to take the lowest place.</J>


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<J>But when you are invited, go to the lowest place, that when he who invited you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher; for that will do you honor before the company.</J>


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<J>and you shall be happy; for, as they have not the means to requite you, you shall be requited at the resurrection of the righteous.</J>


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<J>And at supper time he sent his servants, to tell those who had been invited to come presently; for, that all was ready.</J>


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<J>But they all, without exception, made excuses. One said, I have purchased a field, which I must go and see; I pray you have me excused.</J>


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<J>Another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, which I am going to prove; I pray you have me excused.</J>


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<J>The servant being returned, related all to his master. Then the master of the house was angry, and said to his servants, Go immediately into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind.</J>


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<J>The master answered, Go out into the highways, and along the hedges, and compel people to come, that my house may be filled:</J>


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<J>If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters; nay, and himself, too; he can not be my disciple.</J>


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<J>For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first, by himself, compute the expense, to know whether he have the means to complete it;</J>


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<J>lest, having laid the foundation, and being unable to finish, he become the derision of all who see it;</J>


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<J>Or what king, going to engage another king, with whom he is at war, does not first consult, by himself, whether he can, with ten thousand men, encounter him who comes against him with twenty thousand;</J>


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<J>that if he can not, he may, while the other is at a distance, send an embassy to sue for peace.</J>


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<J>So then, whosoever he be of you, who does not renounce all that he has, he can not be my disciple.</J>


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<J>It is fit neither for the land, nor for the dunghill, but is thrown away. Whosoever has ears to hear, let him hear.</J>


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<J>What man, amongst you, who has a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the desert, to go after that which is lost, till he find it?</J>


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<J>and when he is come home, convene his friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost?</J>


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<J>Thus, I assure you, there is greater joy in heaven for one sinner who reforms, than for ninety-nine righteous persons, who need no reformation.</J>


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<J>Or what woman, who has ten drachmas, if she lose one, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and search carefully till she find it?</J>


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<J>And having found it, does she not assemble her female friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost!</J>


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<J>and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me my portion of the estate. And he allotted to them their shares.</J>


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<J>Soon after, the younger son gathered all together, and traveled into a distant country, and there wasted his substance in riot.</J>


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<J>Then he applied to one of the inhabitants of the country, who sent him into his fields to keep swine.</J>


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<J>And he desired to appease his hunger with the husks on which the swine were feeding; for no person gave him anything.</J>


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<J>I will arise, and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and you,</J>


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<J>And he arose, and went to his father. When he was yet afar off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and threw himself upon his neck, and kissed him.</J>


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<J>And the son said, Father, I have sinned against heaven and you, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.</J>


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<J>But the father said to his servants, Bring here the principal robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his finger, and shoes on his feet:</J>


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<J>for this, my son, was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. So they began to be merry.</J>


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<J>Now his elder son was in the field, walking home. And as he drew near the house, he heard music and dancing.</J>


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<J>He answered, Your brother is returned, and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him in health.</J>


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<J>He answering, said to his father, These many years I have served you, without disobeying your command in anything; yet you never gave me a kid, that I might entertain my friends;</J>


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<J>Having, therefore, called him, he said, What is this that I hear of you? Render an account of your management, for you shall be steward no longer.</J>


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<J>And the steward said within himself, What shall I do? My master takes from me the stewardship; I can not dig, and am ashamed to beg.</J>


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<J>I am resolved what to do, that when I am discarded, there may be some who will receive me into their houses.</J>


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<J>Having, therefore, sent severally for all his master's debtors, he asked one, How much do you owe my master?</J>


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<J>He answered, A hundred baths of oil. Take back your bill, said the steward, sit down directly, and write fifty.</J>


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<J>Then he asked another, How much do you owe? He answered, A hundred homers of wheat. Take back your bill, said he, and write eighty.</J>


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<J>The master commended the prudence of the unjust steward; for the children of this world are more prudent in conducting their affairs, than the children of light.</J>


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<J>Therefore, I say to you, with the deceitful riches procure to yourself friends, who, after your discharge, may receive you into the eternal mansion.</J>


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<J>Whoso is faithful in little is faithful also in much: and whoso is unjust in little, is unjust also in much.</J>


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<J>If, therefore, you have not been honest in the deceitful, who will entrust you with the true riches?</J>


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<J>And if you have been unfaithful managers for another, who will give you anything to manage for yourselves?</J>


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<J>A servant can not serve two masters: for either he will hate one, and love the other; or, at least, will attend one, and neglect the other. You can not serve God and mammon.</J>


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<J>You had the law and the prophets till the coming of John, since whose time, the kingdom of God is announced, and every occupant enters it by force.</J>


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<J>Whoever divorces his wife, and takes another, commits adultery; and whoever marries the divorced woman, commits adultery.</J>


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<J>There was a certain rich man, that wore purple and fine linen, and feasted splendidly every day.</J>


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<J>It happened that the poor man died, and was conveyed by angels to Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried.</J>


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<J>Abraham answered, Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received good things, and Lazarus received evil things; but now he is in joy, and you are in torments.</J>


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<J>Abraham replied, if they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one should arise from the dead.</J>


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<J>It would be more eligible for him to have an upper millstone fastened to his neck, and to be cast into the sea, than to ensnare one of these little ones.</J>


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<J>Take heed yourselves: if your brother trespass against you, rebuke him; and if he reforms, forgive him;</J>


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<J>and not rather, Make ready my supper; gird yourself and serve me, until I have eat and drunk; afterward you may eat and drink?</J>


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<J>In like manner say you, when you have done all that is commanded of you, We, your servants, have conferred no favor; we have done only what we were bound to do.</J>


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<J>They eat, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, when the deluge came, and destroyed them all.</J>


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<J>On that day, let not him who shall be on the house-top, having his furniture in the house, come down to take it away. Let not him who shall be in the field, return home.</J>


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<J>Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life, shall preserve it.</J>


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<J>In a certain city,</J> said he, <J>there was a judge, who neither feared God nor regarded man.</J>


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<J>The Pharisee standing by himself, prayed thus: -O God, I thank thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.</J>


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<J>You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery; do not commit murder; do not steal; do not give false testimony; honor your father and your mother.</J>


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<J>who shall not receive manifold more in return, in this world, and in the future, eternal life.</J>


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<J>and having called ten of his servants, and delivered to them ten pounds, he said, improve these till I return.</J>


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saying, Blessed be the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!


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<J>Why would you entangle me? Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription has it?</J> They answered, Cesar's.


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with this question: Rabbi, Moses has enjoined in his writings, that a man whose brother dies childless, outlived by his wife, shall marry the widow, and raise issue to his brother.


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<J>who devour the families of widows, and make long prayers for a disguise. These shall suffer the severest punishment.</J>


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<J>The time will come, when these things which you behold, shall be razed that one stone will not be left upon another.</J>


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<J>But when you shall hear of wars and insurrections, be not terrified: for these things must first happen; but the end will not immediately follow.</J>


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<J>And there shall be great earthquakes in sundry places, and famines, and pestilences; there shall be also frightful appearances, and great prodigies in the sky.</J>


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<J>But, before all this, you shall be apprehended and prosecuted, and delivered to synagogues, and imprisoned, and dragged before kings and governors, because of my name:</J>


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<J>for I will give you an utterance, and wisdom, which none of your adversaries shall be able to refute or resist.</J>


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<J>And you shall be given up even by parents, and brothers, and kinsmen, and friends; and some of you will be put to death.</J>


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<J>Then let those in Judea flee to the mountains; let those in the city make their escape, and let not those in the country enter the city:</J>


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<J>for these will be days of vengeance, in which all the denunciations of the scriptures shall be accomplished.</J>


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<J>But, alas, for the women with child, and for them who give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.</J>


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<J>They shall fall by the sword; they shall be carried captive into all nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be over.</J>


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<J>And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth, the anguish of desponding nations; and roarings in the seas, and floods;</J>


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<J>men expiring with the fear and apprehension of those things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.</J>


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<J>Now when these things begin to be fulfilled, look up, and lift up your heads; because your deliverance approaches.</J>


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<J>Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, lest your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and worldly cares, and that day come upon you unawares: for, as a net,</J>


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<J>Be vigilant, therefore, praying on every occasion, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these approaching evils, and to stand before the Son of Man.</J>


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Thus Jesus taught in the temple by day, but retired at night to the mountain, called the Mount of Olives.


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And he went and concerted with the chief priests and officers, how he might deliver Jesus into their hands.


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He answered, <J>When you enter the city, you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house which he shall enter,</J>


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<J>and say to the master of the house, The Teacher asks you, Where is the guest-chamber, where I may eat the passover with my disciples?</J>


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<J>for I assure you, that I will not again drink of the product of the vine, until the Reign of God be come.</J>


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Then he took bread, and having given thanks, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, <J>This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in commemoration of me.</J>


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He likewise gave the cup, after supper, saying, <J>This cup is the new Institution in my blood, which is shed for you.</J>


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<J>The Son of Man is going away, as has been determined: nevertheless, alas, for that man by whom he is betrayed!</J>


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And he said to them, <J>The king of the nations exercise dominion over them; and they who oppress them, are styled benefactors.</J>


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<J>But with you, it must be otherwise: nay, let the greatest amongst you be as the least; and him who governs, as he who serves.</J>


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<J>For, which is greater, he who is at table, or he who serves? Is not he that is at table? Yet I am amongst you as one who serves.</J>


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<J>to eat, and to drink at my table, in my kingdom, and to sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.</J>


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<J>but I have prayed for you, that your faith fail not; do you, therefore, when you have recovered yourself, confirm your brethren.</J>


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Jesus replied, <J>I tell you, Peter, the cock shall not crow today, before you have thrice denied that you know me.</J>


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Then he said to them, <J>When I sent you without purse, and bag, and shoes, did you want anything?</J>


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<J>But now,</J> said he, <J>let him that has a purse, take it, and likewise his bag; and let him who has no sword, sell his mantle, and buy one;</J>


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«<J>for I tell you that this scripture,» 'He was ranked among malefactors,' 'is now to be accomplished in me: for the things relating to me must be fulfilled.</J>'


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Then he went out, and repaired, as he was wont, to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him.


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saying, <J>Father, if thou wilt, take this cup away from me; nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.</J>


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And being in an agony of grief, he prayed the more fervently, and his sweat fell like clotted blood to the ground.


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Having risen from prayer, and returned to the disciples, he found them sleeping, oppressed with grief;


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Before he had done speaking, he saw a multitude; and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, walked before them, and came up to Jesus, to kiss him.


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Now, those who were with him, foreseeing what would happen, said to him, Master, shall we strike with the sword?


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Then Jesus said to the chief priests, and the officers of the temple-guard, and the elders, who were come to apprehend him, <J>Do you come with swords and clubs, as in pursuit of a robber?</J>


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<J>While I was daily with you in the temple, you did not attempt to arrest me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.</J>


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Then they seized him, and led him away to the high priest's house. And Peter followed at a distance.


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When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the court, and were sitting round it, Peter sat down among them.


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And a maid servant, having observed him sitting by the fire, and viewed him attentively, said, This man also was with him.


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A little while after, another seeing him, said, You, also, are one of them. Peter answered, Man, I am not.


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About an hour after, another averred the same thing, saying, This man was surely with him, for he is a Galilean.


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Then the Lord, turning, looked upon Peter, and Peter called to mind the word which the Lord had said to him, <J>Before the cock crow, you will disown me thrice.</J>


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and having blindfolded him, struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Divine who it is that smote you.


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As soon as it was day, the national senate, with the chief priests and scribes, were assembled, and having caused him to be brought into their council-chamber, said to him,


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Then they cried, What further need have we of evidence? We have heard enough ourselves, from his own mouth.


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and they accused him, saying, We found this man perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Cesar, calling himself Messiah the King.


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But they became more vehement, adding, He raised sedition among the people, by the doctrine which he spread through all Judea, from Galilee, where he began, to this place.


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And finding that he belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who was also then at Jerusalem.


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And Herod was very glad to see Jesus: it was what he had long desired; having heard much of him, and hoping to see him perform some miracle.


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But Herod and his military train despised him: and having, in derision, arrayed him in a splendid robe, remanded him to Pilate.


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said to them, You have brought this man before me, as one who excites the people to revolt; yet, having examined him in your presence, I have not found him guilt of any of those crimes of which you accuse him.


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Neither has Herod; for I referred you to him. Be assured, then, that he has done nothing to deserve death.


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But they persisted, demanding, with much clamor, that he might be crucified. At last, their clamors, and those of the chief priests, prevailed:


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Accordingly, he released a man who had been imprisoned for sedition and murder; whom they required; and gave up Jesus to their will.


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As they led him away, they laid hold of one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the country, and laid the cross on him, that he might bear it after Jesus.


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But Jesus, turning to them, said, <J>Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children:</J>


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<J>for the days are coming, in which they shall say, Happy the barren, the wombs which never bare, and the breasts which never gave suck!</J>


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When they came to the place called Calvary, they there nailed him to a cross, and the malefactors also; one at his right hand, the other at his left.


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And Jesus said, <J>Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.</J> And they parted his garments by lot.


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While the people stood gazing, even their rulers joined them in ridiculing him, and saying, This man saved others; let him save himself, if he be the Messiah, the elect of God.


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There was also an inscription over his head in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.


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Now, one of the malefactors who suffered with him, reviled him, saying, If you be the Messiah, save yourself and us.


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The other, rebuking him, answered, Have you no fear of God, you who are undergoing the same punishment?


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And we, indeed, justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man has done nothing amiss.


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And Jesus said with a loud voice, <J>Father, into thy hands I commit my spirit;</J> and having thus said, he expired.


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Then, the centurion, observing what had happened, gave glory to God; saying, Assuredly, this was a righteous man.


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Nay, all the people who were present at this spectacle, and saw what had passed, returned, beating their breasts.


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And all his acquaintance, and the women who had followed him from Galilee, standing at a distance, beheld these things.


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from Arimathea, a city of Judea, who had not concurred in the resolutions and proceedings of the rest; and who himself, also expected the Reign of God.


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And having taken it down, he wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a tomb cut in stone, in which no man had ever been deposited.


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And the women, who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee, followed Joseph, and observed the tomb, and how the body was laid.


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When they returned, they provided spices and ointments, and then rested the Sabbath, according to the commandment.


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But the first day of the week, they went by daybreak, with some others, to the tomb, carrying the spices which they had provided,


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While they were in perplexity on this account, behold, two men stood by them, in robes of a dazzling brightness.


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The women being affrighted, and fixing their eyes on the ground, these said to them, Why do you seek the living among the dead?


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saying, <J>The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinners, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.</J>


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On their return from the tomb, they reported the whole matter to the eleven, and to all the other disciples.


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It was Mary the Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women with them, who told these things to the Apostles:


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Peter, however, arose and ran to the tomb; and stooping down, saw nothing there but the linen lying. And he went away, musing with astonishment on what had happened.


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And he said to them, <J>What subjects are these about which you confer together? and why are you dejected?</J>


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And one of them, named Cleopas, answered, Are you only a stranger in Jerusalem, and do you not know the things which have happened there so lately?


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<J>What things?</J> said he. They answered, Concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet, powerful in word and deed, before God and all the people;


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how our chief priests and magistrates have delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.


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and not found his body, they came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said that he is alive.


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And some of our men went to the tomb, and found matters exactly as the women had related; but him they saw not.


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Then he said to them, <J>O thoughtless men, and backward to believe things which have been all predicted by the prophets!</J>


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Then beginning with Moses, and proceeding through all the prophets, he explained to them all the passages relating to himself.


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but they constrained him, saying, Abide with us, for it grows late, and the day is far spent. And he went to abide with them.


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While they were at table together, he took the loaf, and blessed and broke it, and distributed to them.


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And they said one to another, Did not our hearts burn within us, while he talked with us on the road, and expounded to us the scriptures?


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These also recounted what had happened on the road, and how he was made known to them in breaking the loaf.


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While they discoursed in this manner, he stood in the midst of them, and said, <J>Peace be to you.</J>


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And he said to them, <J>Why are you so alarmed? And wherefore do suspicious arise in your hearts?</J>


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<J>Behold my hands and my feet; it is I myself; handle me and be convinced; for a spirit has not flesh and bones as you see me have.</J>


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While yet they believed not, for joy and amazement, he said to them, <J>Have you here anything to eat?</J>


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And he said to them, <J>This is what I told you while I remained with you, that all the things which are written of me in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the Psalms, must be accomplished.</J>


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and said to them, <J>Thus it is written, and thus it behooved the Messiah to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day;</J>


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<J>and that reformation and the remission of sins should be proclaimed, in his name, among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.</J>


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<J>and behold I send you that which my Father has promised; but do you continue in this city, until you be invested with power from above.</J>


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but to as many as received him, believing in his name, he granted the privilege of being children of God;


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who derive their birth not from blood, nor from the desire of the flesh, nor from the will of man, but from God.


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(It was concerning him John testified, when he cried, This is He of whom I said, He that comes after me, is preferred to me; for he was before me.)


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No one ever saw God; it is the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, who has made him known.


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Now this is the testimony of John. When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who are you?


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And they asked him, Who, then? Are you Elijah? He said, I am not. Are you the prophet? He answered, No.


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They said, Tell, then, who you are, that we may return an answer to them who sent us. What do you say of yourself?


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«He answered, I am he whose voice proclaims in the wilderness,» 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' 'as said, the Prophet Isaiah.'


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And they questioned him further, Why, then, do you immerse, if you be not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?


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On the next day, John sees Jesus coming to him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world.


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This is He, concerning whom I said, After me a man comes, who is preferred to me; for he was before me.


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As for me, I knew him not; but, that he might be made manifest to Israel, I am come immersing in water.


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He replied, <J>Come, and see.</J> They went, and saw where he dwelt, and it being about the tenth hour, abode with him that day.


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The first he met, was his own brother, Simon; to whom he said, We have found the Messiah, (a name equivalent to Christ.)


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And he brought him to Jesus. Jesus, looking upon him, said, <J>You are Simon, the son of Jona; you shall be called Cephas,</J> (which denotes the same as Peter.)


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Philip meets Nathanael, and says to him, We have found the person described by Moses in the law, and by the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, of Nazareth.


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Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said, concerning him, <J>Behold an Israelite, indeed, in whom is no guile.</J>


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Nathanael said to him, Whence do you know me? Jesus answered, <J>I saw you when you were under the fig tree, before Philip called you.</J>


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Jesus answered him, saying, <J>Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, you believe!</J>


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He added, <J>Most assuredly, I say to you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending from the Son of Man, and descending to him.</J>


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he said, addressing the bridegroom, Every person presents the best wine first, and worse wine afterward, when the guests have drunk largely; but you have reserved the best till now.


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This first miracle Jesus wrought in Cana of Galilee, displaying his glory: and his disciples believed on him.


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Afterward, he went to Capernaum, he and his mother, and his brothers, and his disciples; but they staid not there many days.


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he made a whip of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and cattle, scattering the coin of the changers, and oversetting their tables.


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who came to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no man can do these miracles which you do, unless God be with him.


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<J>The Spirit breathes where he pleases, and you hear the report of him, but know not whence he comes, or whither he goes; so is every one who is born of the spirit.</J>


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<J>Most assuredly, I say to you, we speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; yet you receive not our testimony.</J>


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<J>If you understood not, when I told you earthly things, how will you understand when I tell you heavenly things?</J>


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<J>For none has ascended into heaven, but he who descended from heaven; the Son of Man, whose abode is heaven.</J>


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<J>As Moses placed on high the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be placed on high;</J>


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<J>for God has so loved the world, as to give his own begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him, may not perish, but obtain eternal life.</J>


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<J>For God has sent his Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world may be saved by him.</J>


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<J>He who believes on him shall not be condemned; he who believes not, is already condemned, because he has not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.</J>


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<J>Now this is the ground of condemnation; that light has come into the world, and men have preferred the darkness to the light, because their deeds were evil.</J>


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John also was immersing in Enon, near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came thither, and were immersed.


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Then they went to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with you near the Jordan, of whom you gave so great a character; he, too, immerses, and the people flock to him.


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The bridegroom is he who has the bride; but the friend of the bridegroom, who assists him, rejoices to hear the bridegroom's voice: this, my joy, therefore, is complete.


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He who comes from above, is above all. He who is from the earth is earthly, and speaks as being from the earth. He who comes from heaven, is above all.


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He who believes on the Son, has life eternal; he who rejects the Son, shall not see life: but the vengeance of God awaits him.


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the Samaritan woman answered, How is it, that you, who are a Jew, ask drink of me, who am a Samaritan? (For the Jews have no friendly intercourse with the Samaritans.)


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<J>Do you not say, After four months comes harvest? But I say, Lift up your eyes, and survey the fields; for they are already white enough for harvest.</J>


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<J>The reaper receives wages, and gathers the fruits of eternal life, that both the sower and the reaper may rejoice together.</J>


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<J>I sent you to reap that on which you have bestowed no labor: others labored, and you get possession of their labors.</J>


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who having heard that Jesus was come from Judea into Galilee, went to him, and entreated him to come and cure his son, who was dying.


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Jesus replied, <J>Go your way. Your son is well.</J> And the man believed the word which Jesus had spoken, and went his way.


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Now there is at Jerusalem, nigh the sheep gate, a bath, called, in Hebrew, Bethesda, which has five covered walks.


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Jesus, who saw him lying, and knew that he had been long ill, said to him, <J>Do you desire to be healed?</J>


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The diseased man answered, Sir, I have no person to put me into the bath, when the water is agitated; but while I am going, another gets down before me.


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Jesus, afterward, finding him in the temple, said to him, <J>Behold, you are cured; sin no more, lest something worse befall you.</J>


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<J>For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all that he himself does: nay, and will show him greater works than these, which will astonish you.</J>


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<J>that all might honor the Son; as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son, honors not the Father, who sent him.</J>


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<J>Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears my doctrine, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life; and shall not suffer condemnation, having passed from death to life.</J>


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<J>Most assuredly, I say to you, the time comes; or, rather, is come, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and hearing, they shall live.</J>


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<J>and shall come forth. They who have done good, shall arise to enjoy life; they who have done evil, shall arise to suffer punishment.</J>


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<J>I can do nothing of myself; as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek not to please myself, but to please him who sent me.</J>


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<J>there is another who testifies concerning me; and I know that his testimony of me ought to be regarded.</J>


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<J>Nay, the Father, who sent me, has himself attested me. Did you never hear his voice, or see his form?</J>


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<J>You search the scriptures because you think to obtain by them eternal life. Now these, also, are witnesses for me;</J>


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<J>I am come in my Father's name, and you did not receive me; if another come, in his own name, you will receive him.</J>


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<J>How can you believe, while you court honor one from another, regardless of the honor which comes from God alone?</J>


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<J>Do not think that I am he who will accuse you to the Father. Your accuser is Moses, in whom you confide.</J>


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and a great multitude followed him, because they had seen the miraculous cures which he had performed.


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Jesus, lifting up his eyes, and perceiving that a great multitude was flocking to him, said to Philip, <J>Whence shall we buy bread to feed these people?</J>


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Jesus said, <J>Make the men recline.</J> Now, there was much grass in the place. So they reclined; in number about five thousand.


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When they had eat sufficiently, he said to his disciples, <J>Gather up the fragments which remain, that nothing be lost.</J>


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They, therefore, gathered, and with the fragments which the people had left of the five barley loaves, they filled twelve baskets.


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When those men had seen the miracle which Jesus had wrought they said, This is certainly the prophet who comes into the world.


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Then Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and carry him off, to make him king, withdrew again, alone, to the mountain.


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and having embarked, were passing by sea to Capernaum. It was now dark; and Jesus had not come to them.


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Then they gladly received him into the bark; and the bark was immediately at the place whither they were going.


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(other boats, however, arrived from Tiberias, nigh the place where they had eat, after the Lord had given thanks;)


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knowing, besides, that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, embarked, and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.


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Jesus answered, <J>Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek me, not because you saw miracles, but because you eat of the loaves, and were satisfied.</J>


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<J>Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures through eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you; for to him the Father, that is, God, has given his attestation.</J>


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Jesus answered, <J>This is the work which God requires-- that you believe on him whom he has sent forth.</J>


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Jesus answered, <J>I am the bread of life. He who comes to me, shall never hunger; and he who believes on me, shall never thirst.</J>


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<J>Now, this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose none of all he has given me, but raise the whole again at the last day.</J>


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<J>This is the will of him who sent me, that whoever recognizes the Son, and believes on him, should obtain eternal life, and that I should raise him again at the last day.</J>


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The Jews then murmured against him, because he said, <J>I am the bread which descended from heaven:</J>


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<J>no man can come to me, unless the Father, who has sent me, draw him; and him I will raise again at the last day.</J>


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«<J>It is written in the prophets,» 'They shall be taught of God.' 'Every one who has heard, and learned from the Father, comes to me.</J>'


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<J>I am the living bread, which descended from heaven. Whosoever eats of this bread, shall live forever; and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, which I give for the life of the world.</J>


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Jesus, therefore, said to them, <J>Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, you have not life in you.</J>


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<J>He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him again at the last day:</J>


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<J>As the Father lives, who sent me; and I live by the Father; even so he, who feeds on me, shall live by me.</J>


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<J>This is the bread which descended from heaven. It is not like what your fathers eat, for they died: he that eats this bread, shall live for ever.</J>


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Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at it, said to them, <J>Does this offend you?</J>


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<J>It is the Spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing. The words which I speak to you, are spirit and life.</J>


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<J>But there are some of you who do not believe.</J> (For Jesus knew from the beginning, who they were that did not believe, and who he was that would betray him.)


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He added, <J>Therefore, I said to you, that no man can come to me, unless it be given him by my Father.</J>


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He meant Judas Iscariot, son of Simon; for it was he who was to betray him, though he was one of the twelve.


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After this, Jesus traveled about in Galilee, for he would not reside in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.


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His brothers, therefore, said to him, Leave this country, and go to Judea, that your disciples may also see the works which you do.


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For whoever courts renown, does nothing in secret: since you perform such things, show yourself to the world.


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<J>The world can not hate you; but me it hates, because I disclose the wickedness of its actions.</J>


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And there was much whispering among the people concerning him. Some said, He is a good man. Others, No; he seduces the multitude.


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<J>If any one will do his will, he shall discern whether my doctrine proceeds from God, or from myself.</J>


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<J>Whosoever teaches what proceeds from himself, seeks to promote his own glory: whosoever seeks to promote the glory of him who sent him, deserves credit, and is a stranger to deceit.</J>


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<J>Moses instituted circumcision among you, (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs,) and you circumcise on the Sabbath.</J>


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<J>If, on the Sabbath, a man receive circumcision, that the law of Moses may not be violated; are you incensed against me, because, on the Sabbath, I have cured a man, whose whole body was disabled?</J>


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Lo! he speaks boldly, and they say nothing to him. Do the rulers, indeed, acknowledge that this is the Messiah?


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But we know whence this man is; whereas, when the Messiah shall come, no person will know whence he is.


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Jesus, who was then teaching in the temple, cried, <J>Do you know both who, and whence I am? I came not of myself. But he is true, who sent me, whom you know not.</J>


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Many of the people, however, believed on him, and said, When the Messiah shall come, will he do more miracles than this man does?


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When the Pharisees heard that the people muttered such things concerning him, they and the chief priests dispatched officers to seize him.


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The Jews said, among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? Will he go to the dispersed Greeks, and teach the Greeks?


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What does he mean, by saying, <J>You shall seek me, but shall not find me, nor be able to get thither, where I shall be.</J>


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On the last, and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried, saying, <J>If any man thirst, let him come to me, and drink.</J>


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<J>He who believes on me, as the scripture says, shall be like a cistern, whence rivers of living waters shall flow.</J>


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This he spoke of the Spirit, which they who believed on him were to receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.


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Does not the scripture say, that the Messiah will be of the posterity of David, and come from Bethlehem, the village whence David was?


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said to them, Does our law permit us to condemn a man, without hearing him, and knowing what he has done?


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They answered him, Are you also a Galilean? Search, and you will find that prophets arise not out of Galilee.


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Early in the morning he returned to the temple, and all the people having come to him, he sat down and taught them.


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Then the Scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman, taken in adultery; and having placed her in the middle,


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They said this to try him, that they might have matter for accusing him. But Jesus, having stooped down, was writing with his finger, upon the ground.


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As they continued asking him, he raised himself, and said to them, <J>Let him who is sinless, amongst you, throw the first stone at her.</J>


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They, hearing that, withdrew, one after another, the eldest first, till Jesus was left alone, with the woman standing in the middle.


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Jesus, raising himself, and seeing none but the woman, said to her, <J>Woman, where are those, your accusers? Has no person passed sentence on you?</J>


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She answered, No person, Sir. Jesus said to her, <J>Neither do I pass sentence on you. Go, and sin no more.</J>


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Again Jesus addressed the people, saying, <J>I am the light of the world. He who follows me, shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.</J>


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The Pharisees therefore retorted, You testify concerning yourself; your testimony is not to be regarded.


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Jesus answered, <J>Though I testify concerning myself, my testimony ought to be regarded; because I know whence I came, and whither I go. As for you, you know not whence I came, and whither I go.</J>


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<J>and if I do, my judgment ought to be regarded, for I am not alone, but concur with the Father, who sent me.</J>


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<J>Now I am one who testify concerning myself; the Father that sent me is another that testifies of me.</J>


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Then they asked him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, <J>You know neither me nor my Father: if you knew me, you would know my Father also.</J>


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These things he spoke in the treasury, as he taught in the temple, and no person seized him, his hour not being yet come.


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Again, Jesus said to them, <J>I am going away; you will seek me, and shall die in your sins; whither I go, you can not come.</J>


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He said to them, <J>You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world;</J>


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<J>therefore I said, You shall die in your sins; for if you believe not that I am he, you shall die in your sins.</J>


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<J>I have many things to say of you, and to reprove in you: but he who sent me is worthy of belief; and I do but publish to the world what I have learned from him.</J>


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Jesus, therefore, said to them, <J>When you shall have raised the Son of Man on high, then you shall know what I am; and that I do nothing of myself, and say nothing which the Father has not taught me.</J>


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<J>And he who sent me is with me. The Father has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him.</J>


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Jesus, therefore, said to those Jews who believed on him, <J>If you persevere in my doctrine, you are my disciples indeed.</J>


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Some made answer, We are Abraham's offspring, and were never enslaved to any man. How do you say, <J>You shall be made free?</J>


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<J>I know that you are Abraham's offspring, yet you seek to kill me, because my doctrine has no place in you.</J>


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They answered, Abraham is our Father. Jesus replied, <J>If you were Abraham's children, you would act as Abraham acted.</J>


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<J>But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I received from God. Abraham acted not thus.</J>


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<J>You do the deeds of your father.</J> They answered, We were not born of fornication, We have one Father, even God.


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Jesus replied, <J>If God were your Father, you would love me; for I proceeded, and am come from God. I came not of myself. He sent me.</J>


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<J>The devil is your father, and the desires of your father you will gratify: he was a manslayer from the beginning; he swerved from the truth, because there was no veracity in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks suitably to his character; for he is a liar, and the father of lying.</J>


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The Jews then said to him, Now we are certain that you have a demon: Abraham is dead, and the prophets; yet you say, <J>Whoever keeps my word, shall never taste death.</J>


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Are you greater than our Father Abraham, who is dead. The prophets also are dead: whom do you make yourself?


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Jesus answered, <J>If I commend myself, my commendation is nothing: it is my Father, whom you call your God, who commends me.</J>


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<J>Nevertheless, you know him not; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I should speak falsely like you: but I know him, and keep his word.</J>


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And his disciples asked him, saying, Rabbi, who sinned: this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?


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Jesus answered, <J>Neither this man nor his parents sinned. It was only that the works of God might be displayed upon him.</J>


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<J>I must do the work of him who sent me, while it is day; the night comes, when no man can work.</J>


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and said to him, <J>Go wash in the pool of Siloam,</J> (which signifies Sent.) He went, therefore, and washed them, and returned seeing.


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He answered, A man called Jesus, made clay and anointed my eyes, and said to me, <J>Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash your eyes.</J> I went accordingly, and washed them, and saw.


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Upon this some of the Pharisees said, This man is not from God, for he observes not the Sabbath. Others said, How can one that is a sinner perform such miracles? And they were divided among themselves.


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He replied, Whether he be a sinner, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, I now see.


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He answered, I told you before; did you not hear? Why would you hear it repeated? Will you, also, be his disciples?


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The man replied, This is surprising, that you know not whence he is, although he has given me sight.


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Jesus heard that they had cast him out, and having met him, said to him, <J>Do you believe on the Son of God?</J>


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Jesus answered, <J>If you were blind, you would not have sin: but you say, We see: therefore your sin remains.</J>


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<J>Most assuredly, I say to you, he who enters not by the gate into the sheepfold, but climbs over the fence, is a thief and a robber.</J>


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<J>To him, the porter opens, and the sheep obey his voice. His own sheep he calls by name, and leads out.</J>


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<J>And having put out his sheep, he walks before them, and they follow him; because they know his voice.</J>


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<J>They will not follow a stranger, but flee from him; because they know not the voice of strangers.</J>


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<J>I am the gate: such as enter by me shall be safe: they shall go in and out, and find pasture.</J>


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<J>The thief comes in only to steal, to slay, and to destroy. I am come that they may have life, and have it abundantly.</J>


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<J>The hireling, who is not the shepherd, and to whom the sheep do not belong, when he sees the wolf coming, abandons the sheep, and flees; and the wolf tears them, and disperses the flock.</J>


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<J>No one forces it from me: but I give it of myself. I have power to give it, and I have power to resume it. This commandment I have received from my Father.</J>


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the Jews surrounding him, said to him, How long will you keep us in suspense? If you be the Messiah, tell us plainly.


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Jesus answered, <J>I told you; but you believed not. The works which I do in my Father's name, testify of me.</J>


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<J>Besides, I give them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any one wrest them out of my hands.</J>


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<J>My Father, who gave them me, is greater than all; and none can wrest them out of my Father's hand.</J>


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Jesus said to them, <J>Many good works I have shown you from my Father; for which of these works do you stone me?</J>


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The Jews answered, For a good work we do not stone you, but for blasphemy; because you, being a man, make yourself God.


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<J>If the law styled them gods, to whom the word of God was addressed, and if the language of scripture in unexceptionable;</J>


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<J>do you charge him with blasphemy whom the Father has consecrated his Apostle to the world, for calling himself his Son?</J>


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<J>But if I do, though you believe not me, believe the works, that you may know and believe, that the Father is in me, and I am in him.</J>


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(It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with balsam, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)


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Jesus hearing it, said, <J>This sickness will not prove fatal; but conduce to the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified by it.</J>


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<J>And on your account I am glad that I was not there, that you may believe; but let us go to him.</J>


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Jesus said to her, <J>I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes on me, though he were dead, shall live;</J>


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She answered, Yes, Master, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, He who comes into the world.


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Mary being come to the place where Jesus was, and seeing him, threw herself at his feet, saying, Had you be here, Master, my brother had not died.


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But some of them said, Could not he who gave sight to the blind man, even have prevented this man's death?


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Jesus, therefore, again, groaning, came to the tomb. It was a cave, the entrance of which was shut up with a stone.


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Jesus said, <J>Remove the stone.</J> Martha, the sister of the deceased, answered, Sir, by this time, the smell is offensive, for this is the fourth day.


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<J>As for me, I know that thou hearest me always; but I speak, for the people's sake who surround me, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.</J>


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He who had been dead, came forth, bound hand and foot with fillets, and his face wrapped in a handkerchief. Jesus said to them, <J>Unbind him, and let him go.</J>


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These inquired after Jesus, and said, one to another, as they stood in the temple, What do you think? Will he not come to the festival?


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There they made him a supper, and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of those who were at table with him.


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Then Mary, taking a pound of the balsam of spikenard, which was very valuable, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair, so that the house was filled with the odor of the balsam.


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took branches of palm trees, and went out to meet him, crying, Hosanna! blessed be Israel's King, who comes in the name of the Lord.


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<J>Most assuredly, I say to you, when a grain of wheat is thrown into the ground, unless it die, it remains single; but if it die, it becomes very fruitful.</J>


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<J>He who loves his life shall lose it; and he who hates his life in this world, shall preserve it eternally in the next.</J>


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<J>Would any man serve me? let him follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant also be. If any man serve me, my Father will reward him.</J>


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<J>Now is my soul troubled, and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour? But I came on purpose for this hour.</J>


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<J>Father, glorify thy name.</J> Then came a voice out of heaven, which said, I have both glorified, and will again glorify it.


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Jesus said to them, <J>Yet a little while the light continues with you; walk, while you have it, lest darkness overtake you: for he that walks in darkness knows not whither he goes.</J>


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<J>Confide in the light, while you enjoy it, that you may be sons of light.</J> Having spoken these words, he withdrew himself privately from them.


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«He has blinded their eyes, and blunted their understanding, that they might not see with their eyes, comprehend with their understanding, and be converted, that I might heal them.»


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<J>And if any man hear my words, but do not observe them; it is not I, who condemn him; for I came, not to condemn the world, but to save the world.</J>


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<J>He who despises me, and rejects my instructions, has that which condemns him. The doctrine which I have taught will condemn him at the last day.</J>


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<J>For I have not said anything from myself; but the Father who sent me, has commanded me what I should enjoin, and what I should teach.</J>


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Jesus, though he knew that the Father had subjected everything to him, and that he came from God, and was returning to God;


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Then he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.


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Jesus answered, <J>At present you do not comprehend what I am doing; but you shall know hereafter.</J>


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<J>You are clean, but not all.</J> For he knew who would betray him; therefore he said, <J>You are not all clean.</J>


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<J>If I, then, the Master and the Teacher, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another's feet.</J>


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<J>Most assuredly, I say to you, the servant is not greater than his master, nor is the apostle greater than he who sends him.</J>


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«<J>I speak not of you all. I know whom I have chosen: but the scripture must be fulfilled,'He that eats at my table, has lifted up his heel against me.'</J>»


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<J>I tell you this now, before it happen; that when it happens, you may believe that I am the Messiah.</J>


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<J>Most assuredly, I say to you, he that receives whomsoever I send, receives me; and he that receives me, receives him who sent me.</J>


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After uttering these words, Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, saying, <J>Most assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray me.</J>


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Jesus answered, <J>It is he to whom I shall give this morsel, after I have dipped it.</J> And having dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.


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After receiving the morsel, Satan entered into him. And Jesus said to him, <J>What you do, do quickly.</J>


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Some imagined, because Judas had the purse, that Jesus had signified to him to buy necessaries for the festival; or, to give something to the poor.


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<J>My children, I have now but a little time to be with you. You will seek me, and what I said to the Jews, Whither I go, you can not come; I say at present to you.</J>


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<J>A new commandment I give you, that you love one another; that as I have loved you, you also love one another.</J>


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Simon Peter said to him, Master, whither are you going? Jesus answered, <J>Whither I am going, you can not follow me now; but afterward you shall follow me.</J>


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Jesus answered him, <J>Will you lay down your life for my sake? Most assuredly, I say to you, the cock shall not crow, till you have disowned me thrice.</J>


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<J>I go to prepare a place for you: and after I shall have gone, and prepared a place for you; I will return and take you with me, that where I am, there you may be also.</J>


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Jesus answered, <J>I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no man comes to the Father, but by me.</J>


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<J>Had you known me, you would have known my Father also; and henceforth you know him, and have seen him.</J>


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Jesus replied, <J>Have I been with you so long, and do you not yet know me, Philip? He that has seen me, has seen the Father. How do you say, then, Show us the Father?</J>


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<J>Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words which I speak to you proceed not form myself: as to the works, it is the Father dwelling in me who does them.</J>


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<J>Believe me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; if not on my testimony, be convinced by the works themselves.</J>


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<J>Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes on me, shall himself do such works as I do; nay, even greater than these shall he do; because I go to my Father,</J>


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<J>and will do whatsoever you shall ask in my name. That the Father may be glorified in the Son,</J>


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<J>and I will entreat the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to continue with you forever;</J>


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<J>even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world can not receive, because it neither sees him, nor knows him; but you shall know him, because he will abide with you, and be in you.</J>


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<J>Yet a little while, and the world shall see me no more; but you shall see me; because I live, you also shall live.</J>


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<J>He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me; and he who loves me, will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and manifest myself to him.</J>


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Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, Master, wherefore will you manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?


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Jesus answering, said to him, <J>If a man love me, he will observe my word; and my Father will love him; and we will come to him, and dwell with him.</J>


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<J>He who loves me not, disregards my words; yet the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father's, who sent me.</J>


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<J>But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and remind you of all that I have told you.</J>


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<J>Peace I leave you; my peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Be not disheartened; be not intimidated.</J>


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<J>You have heard me say, I go away, and will return to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice that I go to the Father; because my Father is greater than I.</J>


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<J>I shall not, henceforth, have much conversation with you; for the prince of the world is coming, though he will find nothing in me;</J>


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<J>but this must be that the world may know that I love the Father, and do whatsoever he commands me. Arise, let us go hence.</J>


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<J>Every barren branch in me, he lops off; every fruitful branch he cleans by pruning, to render it more fruitful.</J>


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<J>Abide in me, and I will abide in you; as the branch can not bear fruit of itself, unless it abide in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.</J>


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<J>I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in me, and in whom I abide, produces much fruit; for, severed from me, you can do nothing.</J>


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<J>If any man abide not in me, he is cast forth like withered branches, which are gathered for fuel, and burnt.</J>


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<J>If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you may ask what you will, and it shall be granted you.</J>


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<J>If you keep my commandments, you shall continue in my love; as I have kept my Father's commandments, and continue in his love.</J>


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<J>I give you these admonitions, that I may continue to have joy in you, and that your joy may be complete.</J>


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<J>Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knows not what his master will do: but I name you friends; for whatever I have learned from my Father, I impart to you.</J>


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<J>It is not you who have chosen me; but it is I who have chosen you, and ordained you to go and bear fruit: fruit which will prove permanent, that the Father may give you whatsoever you shall ask him in my name.</J>


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<J>If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, I having selected you from the world, the world hates you.</J>


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<J>Remember what I said to you, The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have observed my word, they will also observe yours.</J>


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<J>But all this treatment they will give you on my account, because they know not him who sent me.</J>


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<J>If I had not come, and spoken to them, they had not had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.</J>


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<J>If I had not done among them such works as none other ever did, they had not had sin; but now they have seen them, and yet hated both me and my Father.</J>


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<J>But when the Advocate is come, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify concerning me.</J>


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<J>They will expel you from the synagogue; nay, the time is coming, when, whosoever kills you, will think he offers sacrifice to God.</J>


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<J>Of these things I warn you now, that when the time shall come, you may remember that I mentioned them to you. I did not, indeed, mention them at the beginning, because I was with you myself.</J>


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<J>Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; it is for your good that I depart; for if I do not depart, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go away, I will send him to you.</J>


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<J>And when he is come, he will convince the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment:</J>


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<J>But when the Spirit of Truth is come, he will conduct you into all the truth: for his words will not proceed from himself: but whatsoever he shall have heard, he will speak, and show you things to come.</J>


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<J>Whatsoever is the Father's, is mine; therefore, I say that he will take of mine to communicate to you.</J>


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<J>A little while you shall not see me; a little while after, you shall see me; because I go to the Father.</J>


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Some of the disciples said among themselves, What does he mean by this; <J>a little while you shall not see me; a little while after, you shall see me; because I go to the Father?</J>


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Jesus perceiving that they were desirous to ask him, said to them, <J>Do you inquire among yourselves about this that I said, A little while you shall not see me; a little while after, you shall see me?</J>


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<J>Most assuredly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice: you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.</J>


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<J>A woman in travail has sorrow, because her hour is come. But when her son is born, she remembers her anguish no longer; for joy that she has brought a man into the world.</J>


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<J>So, you, at present, are in grief; but I will visit you again, and your hearts shall be joyful, and none shall rob you of your joy.</J>


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<J>On that day, you will put no questions to me. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatsoever you shall ask the Father, in my name, he will give you.</J>


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<J>Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be complete.</J>


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<J>These things I have spoken to you in figures: the time approaches when I shall no more discourse to you in figures, but instruct you plainly concerning the Father.</J>


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<J>for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and believed that I came from God.</J>


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<J>From the presence of the Father I cam into the world. Again, I leave the world, and return to the Father.</J>


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Now we are convinced that you know all things, and need not that any should put questions to you. By this we believe that you came forth from God.


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<J>Behold, the time comes, or rather is come, when you shall disperse, every one to his own, and shall leave me alone; yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.</J>


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<J>These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage! I have overcome the world.</J>


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When Jesus had ended this discourse, he said, lifting up his eyes to heaven, <J>Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee;</J>


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<J>as thou hast given him authority over all men, that he may bestow eternal life, on all those whom thou hast given him.</J>


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<J>Now this is the life eternal, to know thee the only true God, and Jesus, the Messiah, thy Apostle.</J>


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<J>And now, Father, glorify thou me in thy own presence, with that glory which I enjoyed with thee, before the world was.</J>


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<J>I have made known thy name to the men whom those hast given me of the world. They were thine; and thou hast given them to me; and they have kept thy word.</J>


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<J>and that thou hast imparted to me the doctrine, which I have imparted to them. They have received it, knowing for certain, that I came forth from thee, and am commissioned by thee.</J>


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<J>It is for them that I pray. I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; because they are thine.</J>


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<J>I continue no longer in the world; but these continue in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, preserve them in thy name, whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.</J>


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<J>While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name; those whom thou hast given me, I have preserved. None of them in lost, except the son of perdition, as the scripture foretold.</J>


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<J>But now that I am coming to thee, I speak these things in the world, that their joy in me may be complete.</J>


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<J>I have delivered thy word to them, and the world hates them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.</J>


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<J>Nor do I pray for these alone, but for those also who shall believe on me through their teaching;</J>


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<J>that all may be one; that as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, they also may be one in us, that the world may believe that thou hast sent me;</J>


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<J>and that thou gavest me the glory, which I have given them; that they may be one, as we are one;</J>


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<J>I in them, and thou in me, that their union may be perfected; that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and that thou lovest them, as thou lovest me.</J>


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<J>Father, I would that where I shall be, those whom thou hast given me may be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou gavest me, because thou lovedst me before the formation of the world.</J>


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<J>Righteous Father, though the world knows not thee, I know thee; and these know that I have thy commission.</J>


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<J>And to them I have communicated, and will communicate thy name: that I being in them, they may share in the love with which thou lovest me.</J>


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When Jesus had spoken these words, he passed, with his disciples, over the brook Kidron; where was a garden, into which he entered, and his disciples.


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Now Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place; because Jesus often resorted thither with his disciples.


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Then Judas, having got the cohort and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came thither with lanterns, and torches, and arms.


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But Jesus, who knew all that was coming upon him, went forth, and said to them, <J>Whom do you seek?</J>


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They answered him, Jesus, the Nazarene. Jesus replied, <J>I am he.</J> Now Judas, who betrayed him, was with them.


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Jesus answered, <J>I have told you, that I am he. If, therefore, you seek me, let these go away.</J>


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Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. Now the servant's name was Malchus.


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Jesus then said to Peter, <J>Put up the sword into the scabbard. Shall I not drink the cup which the Father has given me?</J>


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Then the cohort, and their commander, and the Jewish officers, apprehended Jesus; and having bound him,


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brought him first to Annas, because he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.


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Now it was Caiaphas, who had said in council to the Jews, It is expedient that one man die for the people.


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Meantime Simon Peter, and another disciple, followed Jesus. That disciple, being known to the high priest, entered his court with Jesus.


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But Peter stood without, at the door. Therefore the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out, and spoke to the portress, and brought in Peter.


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Then the maid, the portress, said to Peter, Are not you also one of this man's disciples? He answered, I am not.


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Now, the servants and the officers, stood near a fire, which they had made, because it was cold, and warmed themselves. And Peter was standing with them, and warming himself.


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Jesus answered, <J>I spoke openly to the world; I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple, whither the Jews constantly resort. I said nothing in secret.</J>


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When he had spoken thus, one of the officers who attended, gave him a blow, and said, Do you answer the high priest thus?


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Jesus replied, <J>If I have spoken amiss, show in what the wrong consists: but if well, why do you smite me?</J>


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As Peter stood warming himself, they asked him, Are not you also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not.


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One of the servants of the high priest, a kinsman to him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, Did I not see you in the garden with him?


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Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the praetorium: it was now morning; but the Jews entered not the praetorium, lest they should be defiled, and so not in a condition to eat the passover.


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Pilate said, Then take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law. The Jews replied, We are not permitted to put any man to death.


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Then Pilate returned to the praetorium, and having called Jesus, said to him, Are you the King of the Jews?


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Pilate replied, Am I am Jew? Your own nation, yes, the chief priests have delivered you to me. What have you done?


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Jesus answered, <J>My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my adherents would have fought to prevent my falling into the hands of the Jews; but my kingdom is not hence.</J>


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Then Pilate said, You are a King, then? Jesus answered, <J>You say that I am a King. For this I was born; and for this I came into the world, to give testimony to the truth. Whosoever is of the truth, hearkens to me.</J>


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Pilate asked him, What is truth? and so saying, went out again to the Jews, and said to them, For my part, I find nothing culpable in this man.


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But since it is customary that I release to you one at the passover, will you that I release to you the King of the Jews?


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Pilate went out again, and said to them, Lo, I bring him forth to you, that you may know that I find in him nothing culpable.


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Jesus then went forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple mantle, and Pilate said to them, Behold the man!


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When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried, saying, Crucify, crucify him! Pilate said to them, Take him yourselves, and crucify him; for my part, I find no fault in him.


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The Jews answered, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he assumed the title of the Son of God.


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Then Pilate said to him, Will you not speak to me? Do you not know that I have power to crucify you, and power to release you?


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Jesus replied, <J>You could have no power over me, unless it were given you from above; wherefore, he who delivered me to you, has greater sin.</J>


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From that time Pilate sought to release him; but the Jews exclaimed, If you release this man, you are not Cesar's friend. Whoever calls himself king, opposes Cesar.


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Pilate, on hearing these words, ordered Jesus to be brought forth, and sat down on the tribunal, in a place named The Pavement; in Hebrew, Gabbatha.


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(Now it was the preparation of the Paschal Sabbath, about the sixth hour.) And he said to the Jews, Behold your King.


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But they cried out, Away, away with him; crucify him. Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no King but Cesar.


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Then they took Jesus, and led him away. And he, carrying his cross, went out to a place called The Place of Skulls, which is, in Hebrew, Golgotha;


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Pilate also wrote a title, and put it on the cross. The words were, JESUS, THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS.


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And many of the Jews read this title, (for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh the city,) and it was written in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin:


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then the chief priests said to Pilate, Write not the King of the Jews; but, Who calls himself King of the Jews.


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When the soldiers had nailed Jesus to the cross, they took his mantle and divided it into four parts, one to every soldier: they also took the coat, which was seamless, woven from the top throughout;


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«and said, among themselves, Let us not tear it, but determine by lot whose it shall be; by this verifying the scripture, which says,» 'They shared my mantle among them, and cast lots for my vesture.'


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Thus, therefore, acted the soldiers. Now, there stood near the cross of Jesus, his mother, and her sister Mary, the wife of Cleopas, and Mary the Magdalene.


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Then Jesus, observing his mother, and the disciple whom he loved, standing by, said to his mother, <J>Woman, behold your son.</J>


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Then he said to the disciple, <J>Behold your mother.</J> And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own house.


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After this, Jesus, (knowing that all was now accomplished,) that the scripture might be fulfilled, said, <J>I thirst.</J>


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And there was a vessel there full of vinegar, they filled a sponge with vinegar, and, having fastened it to a twig of hyssop, held it to his mouth.


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When Jesus had received the vinegar, he said, <J>It is finished;</J> and bowing his head, yielded up his spirit.


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The Jews, therefore, lest the bodies should remain on the cross on the Sabbath, for it was the preparation, (and that Sabbath was a great day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and the bodies might be removed.


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Accordingly, the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first and of the other, who were crucified with him.


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He was an eye-witness, who attests this, and his testimony deserves credit: nay, he is conscious that he speaks truth, that you may believe.


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«For these things happened that the scripture might be verified,» 'None of his bones shall be broken.'


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After this, Joseph, the Arimathean, who was a disciple of Jesus, but a concealed disciple for fear of the Jews, asked permission of Pilate to take away the body of Jesus.


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Nicodemus also, who had formerly repaired to Jesus by night, came, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, weighing about a hundred pounds.


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These men took the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen rollers, with the spices, which is the Jewish manner of embalming.


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Now, in the place where he was crucified, there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb, wherein no one had ever yet been laid.


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The first day of the week, Mary, the Magdalene, went early to the sepulcher, while it was yet dark; and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance.


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Then she came running to Simon Peter, and to that other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, They have taken the Master out of the sepulcher; and we know not where they have laid him.


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Then came Simon Peter, who followed him, and went into the sepulcher, where he observed the rollers lying;


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and the handkerchief which had been wrapped about his head, not laid beside them, but folded up in a place by itself.


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Then the other disciple, who came first to the sepulcher, entered also; and he saw, and believed the report.


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But Mary stood without, near the sepulcher, weeping. As she wept, stooping down to look into the sepulcher,


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she saw two angles in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head, the other at the feet.


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And they said to her, Woman, why do you weep? She answered, Because they have taken away my Master, and I know not where they have laid him.


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Jesus aid to her, <J>Woman, why do you weep? Whom do you seek?</J> She, supposing him to be the gardener, answered, Sir, if you have conveyed him hence, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.


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Jesus said to her, <J>Touch me not, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.</J>


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Mary, the Magdalene, went and informed the disciples, that she had seen the Master, and that he had spoken these things to her.


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In the evening of that day, the first of the week, Jesus came where the disciples were convened, (the doors having been shut, for the fear of the Jews,) and stood in the midst, and said to them, <J>Peace be to you.</J>


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Having said this, he showed them his hand and his side. The disciples, therefore, rejoiced when they saw it was their Master.


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<J>Whose sins soever you remit, are remitted to them; and whose sins soever you retain, are retained.</J>


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The other disciples, therefore, said to him, We have seen the Master. But he answered, Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger to the print of the nails, and my hand to his side, I will not believe.


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Eight days after, the disciples being again in the house, and Thomas with them, Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in the midst and said, <J>Peace be to you.</J>


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Then turning to Thomas, <J>Reach hither your finger, he said, and look at my hands; reach also your hand, and feel my side; and be not incredulous, but believe.</J>


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Jesus replied, <J>Because you see me, you believe; happy they, who, having never seen, shall nevertheless believe.</J>


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But these are recorded, that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God; and, that believing, you may have life through his name.


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Afterward, Jesus again appeared to the disciples, at the sea of Tiberias; and in this manner he appeared.


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Simon Peter said, I am going a-fishing. They answered, We will go with you. Immediately they went, and got aboard a bark, but that night caught nothing.


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<J>Cast the net,</J> cried he, <J>on the right side of the bark, and you will find.</J> They did so, but were not able to draw it, by reason of the multitude of fishes.


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Then that disciple whom Jesus loved, said to Peter, It is the Master. Simon Peter, hearing that it was the Master, girt on his upper garment (which was laid aside) and threw himself into the sea.


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But the other disciples came in the boat, (for they were not farther from land than about two hundred cubits,) dragging the net, with the fishes.


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Simon Peter went back, and drew the net to land, full of large fishes, a hundred and fifty-three; and the net was not rent, notwithstanding the number.


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Jesus said to them, <J>Come and dine.</J> Meantime none of the disciples ventured to ask him, Who are you? knowing that it was the Master.


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When they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, <J>Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me more than these?</J> He answered, Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.


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A second time he said, <J>Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me?</J> He answered, Yes, Lord, you know that I love you. Jesus replied, <J>Tend my sheep.</J>


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A third time he said, <J>Simon, son of Jonas, do you love me?</J> Peter, grieved at his asking this question a third time, answered, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus replied, <J>Feed my sheep.</J>


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<J>Most assuredly, I say to you, in your youth you girt yourself, and went whither you would; but in your old age, you shall stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you whither you would not.</J>


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This he spoke, signifying by what death he should glorify God. After these words, he said to him, <J>Follow me.</J>


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And Peter turning about, saw the disciple, whom Jesus loved, following, (the same who, leaning on his breast at the supper, had asked who it was, that would betray him.)


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Hence arose the rumor among the brethren, that that disciple should not die; nevertheless, Jesus said not, that he should not die; but, <J>If I will, that he wait my return, what is that to you?</J>


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It is this disciple, who attests these things, and wrote this account; and we know that his testimony deserves credit.


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The former narrative I composed, O Theophilus, concerning all things which Jesus began to do and teach,


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even to the day in which he was taken up, after he had, by the Holy Spirit, given charge to the Apostles, whom he had chosen.


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To whom, also, he presented himself alive, after his sufferings, by many infallible proofs; being seen by them forty days, and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.


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And having assembled them together, he charged them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, <J>which,</J> said he, <J>you have heard from me.</J>


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<J>For John, indeed, immersed in water, but you shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit, within a few days.</J>


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They, therefore, being assembled together, asked him, saying, Lord, wilt thou, at this time, restore the kingdom to Israel?


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But he said to them, <J>It is not for you to know the times or the seasons which the Father has reserved to himself.</J>


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<J>But you shall receive power by the Holy Spirit coming upon you, and shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and even to the remotest parts of the earth.</J>


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And, having said these things, while they beheld, he was lifted up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.


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And while they were steadfastly looking up to heaven, as he ascended, behold two men in white raiment stood near them;


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who also said, Galileans, why do you stand gazing up to heaven? This Jesus, who is taken up from you into heaven, shall also come in the same manner as you have seen him going to heaven.


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Then they returned to Jerusalem, from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a Sabbath day's journey.


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And when they were come into the city, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, son of Alpheus, and Simon, the Zealot, and Judas, brother of James.


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These all unanimously persevered in prayer, with the women, and with Mary, the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.


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Brethren, it was necessary this scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit formerly spoke, by the mouth of David, with respect to Judas, who became the guide of those that apprehended Jesus:


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this man, therefore, purchased a field with the reward of iniquity, and falling down on his face, he burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out:


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and it was known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that field is called, in their language, Aceldama, that is, The Field of Blood.


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«For it is written in the book of Psalms,'Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell in it': and,» 'Let another take his office.'


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commencing from his immersion by John, until the day of his assumption, should be constituted a witness with us, of his resurrection.


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And they prayed, saying, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, show which of these two thou hast chosen,


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that he may take part of the ministry and apostleship, from which Judas fell by transgression, that he might goes to his own place.


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And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all unanimously assembled in the same place:


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and, on a sudden, there was a sound from heaven, as of a rushing violent wind; and it filled all the house where they were sitting.


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And there appeared to them tongues resembling fire, distinctly separated, and it rested upon each of them,


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and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them utterance.


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and when this report came abroad, the multitude assembled, and were confounded; for every one heard them speaking in his own dialect.


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And they were all astonished, and wondered, saying one to another, Behold! are not all these that speak, Galileans?


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Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and those that inhabit Mesopotamia, and Judea, and Cappadocia, Pontus, and Asia,


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Phrygia, and Pamphilia, Egypt, and the parts of Africa which are about Cyrene: Roman strangers, also, both Jews and proselytes;


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But, Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice, and said to them-Jews, and all you that sojourn in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and attend to my words;


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«And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, I will pour out a portion of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and daughters shall prophesy; and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.»


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and I will give prodigies in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood and fire, and a cloud of smoke:


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the sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and illustrious day of the Lord come.


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Israelites, hear these words: Jesus, the Nazarene, a man recommended to you by God, by powerful operations, and wonders, and signs, which God wrought by him in the midst of you, (as you yourselves also know,)


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him you have apprehended, being given up by the declared counsel and foreknowledge of God, and by the hands of sinners have crucified and slain:


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whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, as it was impossible that he should be held under it.


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«For David says, concerning him,» 'I have regarded the Lord as always before me; because he is at my right hand, that I might not be moved:'


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that thou wilt not leave my soul in the unseen world, neither wilt thou permit thy Holy One to see corruption.


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therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins he would raise up the Messiah to sit on his throne;


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he, foreseeing this, spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah, that his soul should not be left in the unseen world, nor his flesh see corruption.


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being exalted, therefore, to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has shed forth this, which you see and hear.


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«For David is not ascended into heaven, but he says,» 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand,'


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Let, therefore, all the house of Israel assuredly know, that God has made this Jesus, whom you have crucified, Lord and Messiah.


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Now, when they heard these things, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter, and the rest of the Apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?


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And Peter said to them, Reform, and be each of you immersed in the name of Jesus Christ, in order to the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.


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For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off; as many as the Lord our God shall call.


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And with many other words he testified, and exhorted, saying, Save yourselves from this perverse generation.


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They, therefore, who received his word with readiness, were immersed: and there were added to the disciples that very day, about three thousand souls.


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And they continued steadfast in the teaching, in the fellowship, in the breaking of the load, and in the prayers of the Apostles.


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They also sold their possessions and effects, and distributed them to every one according to his necessity.


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Moreover, they continued unanimously in the temple every day; and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of their food with joy and simplicity of heart,


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praising God, having favor with all the people: and the Lord daily added the saved to the congregation.


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Now, about that time, Peter and John went up to the temple, at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.


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And a certain man, who had been lame from his birth, was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of those that entered into the temple;


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But Peter said, Silver and gold I have none, but what I have I give you: in the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, rise up and walk.


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And, taking him by the right hand, he raised him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones were strengthened.


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And leaping up, he stood, and walked about, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.


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and they knew him to be the same person who sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple, and were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.


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And while he kept fast hold of Peter and John, all the people ran together to them, exceedingly astonished, in the portico called Solomon's.


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And Peter, seeing this, answered the people, Israelites, why do you wonder at this? or why do you fix your eyes on us, as if by our own power, or piety, we had made this man to walk?


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The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus, whom you delivered up, and rejected in the presence of Pilate, when he was desirous to release him:


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and his name, through faith in his name, has made this man strong, whom ye see and know; yes, the faith which is by him, has given him this perfect soundness, in the presence of you all.


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but those things which God foretold, by the mouth of all his prophets, that the Messiah should suffer, he has thus fulfilled.


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Reform, therefore, and return to God, that so your sins may be blotted out; that seasons of refreshment may come from the presence of the Lord,


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whom, indeed, heaven must retain till the time of the accomplishment of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets, from the beginning of time.


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«Moses truly said, to the fathers,» 'A prophet like me shall the Lord your God raise up for you, from among your brethren; him shall you obey in all things, whatsoever he shall say to you:'


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«and it shall come to pass, that every soul who will not obey that prophet, shall be cut off from among the people.»


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Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel, and those that succeeded, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days.


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«You are the children of the prophets, and of the institution which God instituted with our fathers, saying to Abraham,» 'And in your see shall all the families of the earth be blessed.'


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To you, first, God, having raised up his Son, has sent him to bless you; in turning every one of you, from your iniquities.


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And while they were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple guard, and the Sadducees, came upon them;


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being grieved that they taught the people, and announced, through Jesus, the resurrection from the dead.


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And they laid hands on them, and committed them into custody to the next day; for it was now evening.


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But many of those who had heard the word, believed: and the number of the men was about five thousand.


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both Annas, the high priest, and Caiaphas; also John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the high priest's kindred.


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And having set them in the midst, they inquired, By what power, or in what name, have you done this?


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if we are this day examined about the benefit conferred on the impotent man, by what means he is healed;


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be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that through the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God has raised from the dead: yes, by HIM this man stands before you hale.


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and there is salvation in no other; for there is no other name under heaven given among men, by which we can be saved.


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Now, when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and understood that they were illiterate men, and in private stations in life, they were astonished, and recollected their having been with Jesus.


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saying, What shall we do with these men? for that indeed a signal miracle has been wrought by them, is manifest to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and we can not deny it.


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Nevertheless, that it may not spread any further among the people, let us charge them, with the severest threats, to speak no more to any man in this name.


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But Peter and John, answering them, said, Whether it be just in the sight of God, to obey you rather than God, judge you:


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And having threatened them again, they dismissed them, on account of the people, finding nothing for which they might punish them; because all the people glorified God for that which was done;


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And being dismissed, they came to their own company, and related all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.


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And when they heard it, they lifted up their voice with one accord to God, and said, Lord, thou art the God who didst make heaven and earth; and the sea, and all things that are in them:


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«who didst say by the mouth of thy servant David,» 'Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?'


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«The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers combined together against the Lord, and against his anointed.»


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For of a truth, against thy holy Son Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the heathen, and the people of Israel,


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And now, O Lord, regard their threatenings; and give to thy servants to speak thy word with all freedom;


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whilst thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and signs and wonders are doing through the name of thy holy Son Jesus.


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And while they were praying, the place in which they were assembled was shaken: and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with freedom.


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Now the heart and soul of the multitude of believers was one: nor did any one call any of his possessions his own; but all things were common among them.


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And with great power did the Apostles give forth their testimony concerning the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great kindness was among them all.


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Neither was there one indigent person among them; for as many as were proprietors of lands or houses, sold them, and brought the price of the things they sold,


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and laid it down at the feet of the Apostles: and distribution was made to each according to his need.


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And Joses, who, by the Apostles, was surnamed Barnabas, (which being interpreted, signifies a Son of Exhortation,) a Levite, and by birth a Cyprian,


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and secreted a part of the price, his wife also, being privy to it: and bringing a certain part, he laid it down at the feet of the Apostles.


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But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart, that you should attempt to impose on the Holy Spirit, and to secrete a part of the price of the land?


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While it remained, did it not continue yours? and when it was sold, was it not at your own disposal? Why have you admitted this thing into your heart? You have not lied to men, but to God.


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And Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and expired: and great fear fell on all that heard these things.


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And Peter said to her, Tell me whether you sold the land for so much. And she said, Yes, for so much.


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Then Peter said to her, How is it that you have conspired together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold the feet of those who have been burying your husband are at the door, and they shall carry you out.


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And immediately she fell down at his feet, and expired: and the young men coming in, found her dead, and carried her out, and buried her by her husband.


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And many signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles, (and they were all unanimously in Solomon's portico;


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insomuch that along the streets they brought out the sick, and laid them on beds, and couches, that even the shadow of Peter, coming by, might overshadow some of them.


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And multitudes also, out of the cities round about, came together to Jerusalem, bringing the sick, and those that were troubled with unclean spirits, who were all healed.


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But the high priest arising, and all they that were him, being the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with zeal,


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And hearing this, they went very early into the temple, and taught. But the high priest being come, and they that were with him, they called together the Sanhedrim, even the whole Senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.


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But when the officers came, they found them not in the prison. Returning, therefore, they made their report,


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saying, We found, indeed, the prison shut with all safety, and the keepers standing before the doors; but, having opened them, we found no one within.


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Now, when the high priest, and the captain of the temple guard, and the chief priests heard these words, they doubted concerning them, what this could be.


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But one came, and told them, Behold, the men whom you put in prison, are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.


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Then the captain went, with the officers, and brought them, (not by violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned:)


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saying, Did we not strictly charge you, that you should not teach in this name? and behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and would bring this man's blood upon us.


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HIM has God exalted at his right hand, a Prince and Saviour, to give reformation to Israel, and remission of sins.


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And we are witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God has given to them who submit to his government.


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But a certain Pharisee in the Sanhedrim, whose name was Gamaliel, a doctor of law, in great esteem among all the people, rose up, and commanded the Apostles to be taken out for a little while;


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Some time ago Theudas arose, pretending himself to be a person of note: to whom a number of men, about four hundred, adhered, who was slain; and all who hearkened to him were scattered, and came to nothing.


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After him, Judas, the Galilean, arose, in the days of the enrollment, and drew a multitude of people after him, and he was destroyed; and all who hearkened to him were dispersed.


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And now, in the present case, I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this design and work be of men, it will be defeated;


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And they yielded to him; and having called in the Apostles, and scourged them, they charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and dismissed them.


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And they departed from the presence of the Sanhedrim. rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be exposed to infamy for the sake of his name.


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And, daily, in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased not to teach and declare the good news, that Jesus is the Messiah.


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Now, in these days, the number of the disciples being multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Hellenists that is, Jews who used the Greek language against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministrations.


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And the twelve, having called the multitude of the disciples together, said, It is by no means agreeable, that we should leave the word of God to attend tables;


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therefore, brethren, look out from among yourselves seven men of an attested character, full of spirit and wisdom, whom we may set over this business;


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And the speech was pleasing to all the multitude, and they elected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nichanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicholas, a proselyte of Antioch;


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And the word of God grew; and the number of disciples in Jerusalem was greatly multiplied; and a great multitude of the priests became obedient to the faith.


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Then there arose some of the synagogue, which is called that of the Libertines, and of the Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.


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And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and setting upon him, they dragged him away with them, and brought him to the Sanhedrim.


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And they set up false witnesses, who said, This man is incessantly speaking against this holy place, and the law:


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for we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change its customs, which Moses delivered to us.


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And all that sat in the Sanhedrim, fixing their eyes upon him, saw his countenance like the countenance of an angel.


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And he said, Brethren, and fathers, hearken: the God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran;


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«and said to him,» 'Depart from your country and from your kindred, and come into a land which I will show you.'


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Then departing from the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Charran: and from thence, after his father died, he caused him to remove his habitation into this land, in which you now dwell.


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And he gave him no inheritance in it, not so much as the breadth of his foot: nevertheless he promised to give it for a possession to him, even to his seed after him, when he had no child.


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«And God spoke thus-that his seed should» 'sojourn in a foreign land, and that they should enslave and abuse them four hundred years.'


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«And the nation to which they are enslaved (said God) I will judge; and afterward they shall come out, and serve me in this place.»


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And he gave him the institution of circumcision; and so he begot Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day: and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.


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and delivered him but of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he constituted him ruler over Egypt and all his house.


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And a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers did not find sustenance.


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and the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and the family of Joseph was made known to Pharaoh.


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And Joseph sent, and invited his father Jacob, and all his kindred, amounting to seventy-five souls.


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and they were carried over to Sychem, and were laid in the sepulcher which Abraham purchased, for a sum of money, of the sons of Emmor, the father of Sychem.


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And as the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt;


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He, forming craft designs against our kindred, treated our fathers injuriously, by causing their infants to be exposed, that their race might perish.


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In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly beautiful; and he was bred up for three months in his father's house:


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and Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians: and he was mighty in his speeches and actions.


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But when he was arrived at the full age of forty years, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.


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And beholding one of them injured, he defended him; and smiting the Egyptian, he avenged him that was oppressed.


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And he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would give them salvation by his hand: but they did not understand.


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And the next day he showed himself to them, as they were quarreling, and would have persuaded them to peace, saying, Men, you are brethren; why do you injure one another?


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But he that injured his neighbor, thrust him away, saying, Who has made you a ruler and a judge or us?


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Then Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian; where he begot two sons.


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And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire, in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai.


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And Moses seeing it, admired the vision: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying,


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«I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.» 'And Moses trembled, and did not dare to behold it.'


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«And the Lord said to him,» 'Loose your shoes from your feet; for the place in which you stand is holy ground.'


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«I have surely seen the evil treatment of my people, which are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them; and now, come, I send you into Egypt.»


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He led them forth, doing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness, for forty years.


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«This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel,» 'A prophet like me shall the Lord God raise up to you from among your brethren; him shall you hear.'


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This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai; and with our fathers, who received the lively oracles, to give to us.


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To whom our fathers would not be obedient; but thrust him from them, and in their hearts returned back again to Egypt;


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saying to Aaron, Make us gods who may march before us; for, as for this Moses, who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.


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And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.


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«So God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets,» 'O house of Israel, did you offer victims and sacrifices to me for forty years in the wilderness?'


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«And you have since taken up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your God, Remphan; figures which you have made to worship: and therefore, I will carry you away beyond Babylon.»


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The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, as he had appointed, who spoke to Moses to make it according to the model which he had seen:


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which, also, our fathers receiving, brought in with Joshua into the possession of the heathen; whom God drove out from before the face of our fathers, until the days of David;


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«Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what house will you build for me, says the Lord;»


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Oh! stiff necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do you.


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Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? yes, they slew those who spoke before, of the coming of that Righteous One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers.


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But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looking up steadfastly toward heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.


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And he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.


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And casting him out of the city, they stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, whose name was Saul.


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And bending his knees, he cried with a loud voice, O Lord, charge not this sin to their account. And when he had said this he fell asleep.


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And Saul was well pleased with his slaughter. And at that time there was a great persecution against the congregation in Jerusalem; and they were all dispersed through the regions of Judea, and Samaria, except the Apostles.


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But Saul made havoc of the congregation, entering into houses, and dragging men and whom, whom he committed to prison.


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And the people unanimously attended to the things that were spoken by Philip; as they heard them, and saw the miracles which he performed.


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For, unclean spirits, which had possessed many, crying with a loud voice, came out of them; and many, who were paralytic and lame, were healed.


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But there was a certain man named Simon, who had, before, in that city, used magic, and astonished the nation of Samaria; pretending himself to be some extraordinary person:


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to whom they all paid regard, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.


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But when they gave credit to Philip, declaring the glad tidings concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ: they were immersed, both men and women.


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And Simon himself also believed; and being immersed, he kept near to Philip, beholding with amazement, the great and powerful miracles which were done.


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Now when the Apostles, who were at Jerusalem, heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John;


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(For he was not yet fallen on any of them; only, they were immersed into the name of the Lord Jesus.)


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Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given by the imposition of the Apostles' hands, he offered them money,


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But Peter said to him, Let your money go with you to destruction, since you have thought that the free gift of God might be purchased with money.


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And Simon answered, and said, Make your supplications to the Lord on my behalf; that none of these things which you have spoken, may come upon me.


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Now when they had borne their testimony, and had spoke the word of the Lord, they turned back for Jerusalem; and declared the glad tidings in many villages of the Samaritans.


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And a messenger of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south, by the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, which is desert.


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And he arose, and took his journey; and, behold, a certain Ethiopian officer, a grandee of Candace, the queen of the Ethiopians, that was over all her treasure, who had come to worship at Jerusalem,


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And Philip, running up, heard him read in the Prophet Isaiah, and said, Do you understand what you are reading?


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And he said, How can I, unless some one should guide me? And he requested Philip that he would come up and sit with him.


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«Now the passage of scripture which he was reading, was this,» 'He was brought to the slaughter, as a sheep; and as a lamb before its shearer, is dumb; so he opened not his mouth.'


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«In his humiliation his condemnation was extorted; and who shall describe his generation? for his life is cut off from the earth.»


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The officer answering Philip, said, I beseech you, of whom does the prophet say this? -of himself, or of some other person?


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Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from the scripture, told him the glad tidings concerning Jesus.


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And as they went along the way, they came to a certain water, and the officer said, Behold, water; what hinders my being immersed?


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And he ordered the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the officer; and he immersed him.


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And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly conveyed away Philip, and the officer saw him no more: so he went on his way rejoicing.


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But Philip was found at Azotus; and going on thence, he proclaimed the glad tidings in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.


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But Saul, still breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest,


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and petitioned for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus; that, if he found any of that way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.


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And as he was proceedings on his journey, and was come near to Damascus, on a sudden, a light from heaven shone around him;


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and he fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to him, <J>Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?</J>


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Then Saul arose from the earth; and, though his eyes were open, he saw no man; but they led him by the hand, and brought him to Damascus.


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Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, whose name was Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, <J>Ananias!</J> And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.


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And the Lord said to him, <J>Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus, whose name is Saul; for, behold, he is praying to me;</J>


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<J>and he has seen in a vision, a man whose name is Ananias, coming in and laying his hand upon him, that he might recover his sight.</J>


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Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many concerning this man, how much evil he has done to thy saints at Jerusalem;


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But the Lord said to him, <J>Go your way; for this man is to me a chosen vessel, to bear my name before nations, and kings, and the children of Israel:</J>


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Then Ananias went, and entered into the house; and laying his hands upon him, he said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, who appeared to you on the way, as you came, has sent me; that you might receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.


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And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales; and he recovered his sight, and arose, and was immersed:


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and having received food, he was strengthened, and for several days remained with the disciples at Damascus.


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And all that heard him were astonished, and said, Is not this he who, in Jerusalem, spread desolation among them who called on his name; and came hither on purpose to carry such bound to the chief priests?


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But Saul became stronger, and confounded the Jews that dwelt at Damascus, evincing that this is the Messiah.


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And when he was come to Jerusalem, he attempted to associate with the disciples; but they feared him, not believing that he was a disciple.


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But Barnabas, taking him, brought him to the Apostles, and related to 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.


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And he was with them, coming in, and going out, at Jerusalem; and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus.


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Then the congregations though all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria, being edified, had rest; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the admonition of the Holy Spirit, were multiplied.


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Now it came to pass, that Peter, making a tour through all the congregations, came also to the saints that dwelt at Lydda.


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And he found there a certain man, whose name was Eneas, who has a palsy, and had kept his bed eight years.


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And Peter said to him, Eneas, Jesus, the Messiah, heals you; arise, and make your bed. And he arose immediately.


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And there was at Joppa, a certain female disciple, named Tabitha, who, by interpretation, is called Dorcas; and she was full of good works, and alm-deeds, which she did.


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And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died. And when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber.


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And as Lydda was near to Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, entreating him that he would not delay to come to them.


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And Peter arose, and went with them. And when he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping; and showing the coats and mantles, which Dorcas made, while she was with them.


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And Peter putting them all out, kneeled down, and prayed; and turning to the body, he said, Tabitha, arise! And she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, sat up.


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And giving her his hand, he raised her up; and having called the saints and widows, he presented her alive.


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a man of piety, and one that feared God, with all his house; giving, also, much alms to the people, and praying to God continually.


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He evidently saw, in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, a messenger of God coming in to him, and saying to him, Cornelius!


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And having fixed his eyes upon him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your alms are come up, as a memorial before God.


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As soon as the messenger, who spoke to Cornelius, was gone, he called two of his domestics, and a pious soldier, of them that waited upon him;


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On the next day, while they were on their journey, and drew near the city, Peter went up to the top of the house to pray, about the sixth hour.


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And he was hungry, and would have taken a little refreshment; but while they were preparing, he fell into an ecstasy;


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and he saw heaven opened, and something descending like a great sheet, fastened at the four corners, and let down to the earth:


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in which there were all sorts of things, even four-footed animals of the earth, and wild beasts, and reptiles, and fowls of the air.


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And the voice said to him again, the second time, <J>Those things which God has cleansed, do not you call common.</J>


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While Peter was pondering in himself, what the vision, which he had seen, might import; behold, the men, who were sent from Cornelius, having inquired out the house of Simon, stood at the door;


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Now, as Peter was reflecting on this vision; the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men are inquiring for you:


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Then Peter went down to the men, who were sent to him from Cornelius, and said, Behold, I am the man whom you seek; what is the cause of your coming?


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And they said, Cornelius, the centurion, a righteous man, who fears God, and has a character attested by all the Jewish people, has been instructed, by a holy messenger, to send for you to his house, and to hear words from you.


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Having, therefore, called them in, he entertained them, and the next day set out with them: and some of the brethren, who were of Joppa, went with him.


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And the next day they entered into Caesarea; and Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his relations and intimate friends.


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Now, as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and prostrating himself at his feet, made obeisance.


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And he said to them, You know that it is unlawful for a man that is a Jew to join with, or to come into the house of, one of another nation; nevertheless, God has shown me that I am to call no man common or unclean.


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Wherefore, when I was sent for, I came without debate: I ask, therefore, on what account you have sent for me?


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And Cornelius said, Four days ago, I was fasting till this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house; and, behold, a man stood before me in bright raiment,


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send, therefore, to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he lodges in the house of one Simon, a tanner, by the seaside; who, when he is come, shall speak to you.


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Immediately, therefore, I sent to you, and you have done well in coming. Now, therefore, we are all here present before God, to hear all things which God has given to you in charge.


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This is that message which he sent to the children of Israel; proclaiming the glad tidings of peace by Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.


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You know the report there was, through all Judea, which began from Galilee, after the immersion which John preached,


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concerning Jesus of Nazareth; how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit, and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all who were oppressed by the devil; for God was with him.


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And we are witnesses of all things which he did, both in the region of the Jews, and in Jerusalem: whom they slew, hanging him on a tree.


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not to all the people, but to witnesses before appointed by God, even to us, who have eat and drunk with him after he arose from the dead.


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And he has given in charge to us to proclaim to the people, and to testify that it is he who is appointed by God, to be the judge of the living and the dead.


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To him all the prophets bear witness, that every one who believes on him, shall receive forgiveness of sins by his name.


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and they of the circumcision, who believed, as many as came with Peter, were astonished that the gift of the Spirit was poured out upon the Gentiles also:


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Then Peter answered, Can any one forbid water, that these persons should not be immersed, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?


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And he ordered them to be immersed in the name of the Lord. And they entreated him to continue with them several days.


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Now the Apostles and brethren who were in Jerusalem, heard, that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.


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I was praying in the city of Joppa; and, in a trance, I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending from heaven, let down by the four corners, and it came close to me:


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and looking attentively upon it, I observed, and saw four-footed creatures of the earth, and wild beasts, and reptiles, and fowls of the air:


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And the voice answered me the second time from heaven, <J>Those things which God has cleansed, do not you call common.</J>


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And behold, at that instant, three men were come to the house in which I was, sent from Caesarea to me.


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And the Spirit commanded me to go with them, without any scruple: and these six brethren also went along with me. And we entered into the man's house:


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and he told us how he had seen a messenger standing in his house, and saying to him, Send to Joppa, and bring hither Simon, whose surname is Peter;


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And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, <J>John immersed in water; but you shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit.</J>


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Since, therefore, God gave to them the same gift as he did to us, who had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, what was I, that I should be able to obstruct God?


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And when they heard these things, they acquiesced, and glorified God; saying, God has, then, given to the Gentile also reformation to life.


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Now, indeed, those who had been dispersed, on account of the distress which arose about Stephen, had traveled as far as Phenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none but Jews only.


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Yet some of the, being men of Cyprus, and Cyrene; when they came to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks, announcing the glad tidings concerning the Lord Jesus.


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And the report concerning them came to the ears of the congregation that was at Jerusalem; and they sent Barnabas, to go as far as Antioch.


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Who, when he was come, and beheld the favor of God, rejoiced, and exhorted them all to adhere to the Lord, with full determination of heart;


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for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith: and a considerable number were added to the Lord.


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and finding him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that they assembled with the congregation, for a whole year, and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first named Christians at Antioch.


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And one of them, whose name was Agabus, stood up, and signified by the Spirit, that there should be a great famine over all the land: which came to pass in the days of Claudius.


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And the disciples determined, that, according to the respective abilities of each, they should send to the assistance of the brethren who dwelt in Judea.


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And as he saw that this was acceptable to the Jews, he went on to seize Peter also: and it was in the days of unleavened bread;


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and having seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him to the custody of four quaternions of soldiers, intending, after the passover, to bring him out to the people.


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In the meantime, therefore, Peter was kept in the prison; but earnest and continued prayer was made to God on his account, by the congregation.


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And when Herod was ready to have brought him out, even that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison.


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And, behold, a messenger of the Lord presented himself, and a light shone in the house; giving Peter a blow on the side, he awoke him, saying, Arise quickly: and his chains fell off from his hands.


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And the messenger said to him, Gird yourself, and bind on your sandals; and he did so. And he said to him, Throw your mantle round you, and follow me.


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And going out he followed him; and he did not know that what was done by the messenger was real; but supposed that he had seen a vision.


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And passing through the first and second watch, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city; which opened to them of its own accord. And going out, they went through one street, and immediately the messenger departed from him.


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And Peter, being come to himself, said, Now I know truly, that the Lord has sent his messenger, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod, and from all the expectations of the Jewish people.


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And recollecting, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John, who was surnamed Mark; where many were gathered together, praying.


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And as Peter knocked at the door of the outer gate, a maiden, whose name was Rose, went to inquire who was there.


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And knowing Peter's voice, transported with joy, she did not open the gate: but running in, told them that Peter was standing at the gate.


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And he made a sign to them with his hand to be silent; and related to them how the Lord had conducted him out of prison. And he aid, Inform James and the brethren of these things: and departing, he went to another place.


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And Herod searching for him, and not finding him, examined the keeper, and ordered them to be led away to execution. and passing from Judea to Caesarea, he abode there.


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And he was highly incensed against the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they unanimously came before him; and gaining Blastus, the king's chamberlain, to their interest, they begged for peace; because their country was nourished by that of the king.


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And upon a set day, Herod, being arrayed in a royal habit, and seated upon the throne, made an oration to them.


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But immediately a messenger of the Lord smote him, because he did not give glory to God: and being eaten with worms, he expired.


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And Barnabas and Saul, having fulfilled their ministry, returned from Jerusalem; bringing along with them John, whose surname was Mark.


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Now, there were in the congregation that was at Antioch, certain prophets and teachers; particularly, Barnabas, and Simeon, who was called Niger, and Lucius, the Cyrenian, and Manaen, who was educated with Herod, the tetrarch, and Saul.


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And as they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate to me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them.


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They, therefore, being sent by the Holy Spirit, departed to Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus;


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and being arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they had also John for their attendant.


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And having traversed the island, as far as Paphos, they found a certain Jew, a magician and false prophet, whose name was Barjesus;


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who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who calling for Barnabas and Saul desired to hear the word of God.


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But Elymas, the magician, (for that was his name, when translated,) withstood them, endeavoring to turn away the proconsul from the faith.


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Then Saul, (who is also called Paul,) being filled with the Holy Spirit, and looking steadfastly upon him,


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said, O! full of all deceit, and of all wickedness! child of the devil! enemy of all righteousness! will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?


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And, behold, now the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, and not see the sun for a time. And, immediately, a mist and darkness fell upon him; and going about, he sought some to lead him by the hand.


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And loosing from Paphos, they who were with Paul, came to Perga, in Pamphylia; but John withdrew himself from them, and returned to Jerusalem.


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Nevertheless, they, going on from Perga, came to Antioch, in Pisidia: and entering into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, they sat down.


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And after the reading of the law and the prophets; the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation to the people, speak it.


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The God of this people chose our fathers, and raised the people while sojourning in the land of Egypt; and led them out of it with an uplifted arm.


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And having cast out seven nations in the land of Canaan, he distributed their country to them for an inheritance.


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And after these transactions, which lasted about four hundred and fifty years' he gave them judges, till Samuel the prophet.


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And, from that time, they desired a king: and God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for the term of forty years.


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«And, having removed him, he raised up to them David, for a king; whom also he extolled, and said,» 'I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to my own heart, who shall do all my will.'


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John having, to introduce his appearance, before he preached the immersion of reformation to all the people of Israel.


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And when John was fulfilling his course, he said, Whom do you imagine me to be? I am not He; but behold, there comes one after me, the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.


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Brethren, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you that fear God; to you is the word of this salvation sent:


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for the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and their rulers, not knowing him, nor the sayings of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath day; have fulfilled them in condemning him.


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And though they could find no cause of death in him; yet they requested Pilate that he might be executed.


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And when they had accomplished all things that were written concerning him; taking him down from the cross, they laid him in a tomb.


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and he appeared for several days to those that came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.


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«God has accomplished to us, their children, in raising up Jesus: as it is also written in the second Psalm,» 'Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.'


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«And because he has raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus,» 'I will give you the sure mercies of David.'


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Now David, having served his own generation according to the will of God; fell asleep, and was gathered to his fathers, and saw corruption.


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and by Him, every one that believes is justified from all things; from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.


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«Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I perform a work in your days; a work which you will not believe, though one should distinctly declare it to you.»


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Now, when going out, they requested that these words might be spoken to them, on the following Sabbath.


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And when the synagogue was broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, persuaded them to persevere in the favor of God.


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And, on the following Sabbath, almost the whole city was gathered together, to hear the word of God.


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But the Jews, seeing the multitudes, were filled with zeal; and opposed the things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and reviling.


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Then Paul and Barnabas, with great freedom of speech, said, It was necessary, that the word of God should first be spoken to you; but since you thrust it away from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life; behold, we turn to the Gentiles.


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«For so the Lord has charged us, saying,» 'I have set you for a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth.'


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And the Gentiles hearing this, rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were disposed for eternal life, believed.


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But the Jews stirred up some devout women of considerable rank, and the magistrates of the city; and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their territories.


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And it came to pass at Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and spoke in such a manner that a great multitude, both of the Jews and of the Greeks, believed.


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But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the minds of the Gentiles, and filled them with malignity against the brethren.


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They, however, staid there a considerable time, speaking boldly for the Lord; who gave attestation to the word of his grace, and granted signs and miracles to be done by their hands.


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So the multitude of the city was divided; and some were with the Jews, and others with the Apostles.


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But, as a violent attempt was made, both by the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to assault and stone them;


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they, having received intelligence of it, fled to Lystra, and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the adjacent country:


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Now, there was a certain man at Lystra, disabled in his feet; so lame, from his birth, that he had never walked.


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This man heard Paul speaking, who, fixing his eyes upon him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed;


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And the multitude, seeing what Paul had done, lifted up their voices, saying, in the Lycaonian language, The gods are descended to us in the likeness of men.


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And the priest of Jupiter, whose image was before the city, brought oxen, with garlands, to the gates; and would, with the multitude, have offered sacrifice to them.


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But the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul, hearing of it, rent their mantles, and ran in among the multitude, crying out,


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and saying, Men, why do you these things? We are your fellow-mortals, and are declaring the glad tidings to you, that you may turn from these vanities to the living God; who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all living things which are in them:


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though he did not leave himself without witness, doing good, and giving us showers of rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.


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But Jews came thither from Antioch and Iconium, and persuaded the multitude; and having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.


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But, as the disciples were gathered about him, he rose up, and entered into the city; and the next day he departed, with Barnabas, to Derbe.


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And having declared the gospel to that city, and made a considerable number of disciples; they returned to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch,


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confirming the souls of the disciples; exhorting them to continue in the faith, and testifying that it is necessary we should enter into the kingdom of God through many tribulations.


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And when they had constituted elders for them, in every congregation, having prayed to God, with fasting; they committed them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.


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And they sailed thence to Antioch, whence they had been recommended to the grace of God, for that work which they had accomplished.


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And when they were come thither, and had gathered the congregation together, they related what God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.


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In the meantime, some, who came down from Judea, taught the brethren, Except you be circumcised, according to the manner of Moses, you can not be saved.


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There being, therefore, a contention, and no small debate with them, on the part of Paul and Barnabas; they resolved that Paul and Barnabas, and some others of their number, should go up to the Apostles and elders at Jerusalem, about this question.


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They, therefore, being brought forward on their journey, by the congregation, went through Phenicia and Samaria, relating the conversion of the Gentiles; and they occasioned great joy to all the brethren.


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And being arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the congregation, and by the Apostles and elders: and they related what things God had done with them.


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But some of the sect of the Pharisees that believed, rose up and said, that it was necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses.


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And after much debate, Peter rose up and said to them, Brethren, you know that, some considerable time since, God among us, chose, that the Gentiles, by my mouth, should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.


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And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit, even as he did to us:


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Now, therefore, why do you tempt God by imposing on the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?


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And the whole multitude kept silence, and attended to Barnabas and Paul; relating what signs and wonders God had done among the heathen, by them.


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Simeon has been relating how God first looked down on the Gentiles, to take from among them a people for his name.


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«After this, I will return, and will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; yes, I will rebuild its ruins, and set it upright again:»


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but to write to them, that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from that which is strangled, and from blood.


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For Moses has, from ancient generations, those who preach him, in every city, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath day.


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Then it seemed good to the Apostles and elders, and all the congregation, to send to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas, chosen men from among themselves, namely, Judas, surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, men of principal account among the brethren;


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writing by their hands these things: The Apostles, and elders, and brethren, to the brethren from among the Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia, greeting:


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Forasmuch as we have been informed that, some going out from among us, to whom we gave no commission, have troubled you with discourses, unsettling your minds, saying, that you must be circumcised, and keep the law:


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we, being unanimously assembled, have thought proper to send you chosen men, with out beloved Barnabas and Paul;


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For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to impose no further burden upon you besides these necessary things;


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that you abstain from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from anything strangled, and from fornication: from which you will do well to keep yourselves. Farewell.


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They, therefore, being dismissed, came to Antioch; and assembling the multitude, delivered the epistle.


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And Judas and Silas, being also prophets themselves; in a copious discourse, exhorted and strengthened the brethren.


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Paul also, and Barnabas, with many others, continued at Antioch; teaching and declaring the good word of the Lord.


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And, after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us return and visit the brethren in all the cities in which we have published the word of the Lord; and see how they do.


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But Peter did not think proper to take with them that person who had withdrawn himself from them from Pamphylia; and went not with them to the work.


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There was, therefore, a sharp fit of anger, so that they separated from each other; and Barnabas, taking Mark along with him, sailed to Cyprus.


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and came to Derbe and Lystra; and, behold, a certain disciple was there, whose name was Timothy, the son of a believing Jewess, but of a Grecian father;


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Him Paul would have to go forth with him: and took and circumcised him, on account of the Jews who were in those places: for they all knew his father, that he was a Greek.


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And as they passed through the cities, they delivered to their custody the decrees, which were determined by the Apostles and elders that were at Jerusalem.


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And they went through Phrygia, and the region of Galatia, and being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia;


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And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: There stood a certain Macedonia, entreating him, and saying, Come over to Macedonia, and help us.


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And as soon as he had seen this vision, we immediately endeavored to go to Macedonia; assuredly inferring, that the Lord had called us to declare the gospel to them.


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and came thence to Philippi, which is a city of the first part of Macedonia, a colony: and we continued in this city for some days.


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And on the Sabbath day we went out of the city to the side of the river, according to the custom, where was an oratory; and sitting down, we spoke to the women that were assembled there.


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And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, a worshiper of God, heard the discourse: whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things which were spoken by Paul.


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And when she was immersed, with her family, she entreated us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, enter into my house, and continue there. And she compelled us.


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Now it came to pass, that as we were going to the oratory, we were met by a certain maid-servant that had a spirit of divination, who brought her owners much gain by prophesying:


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the same, following after Paul and us, cried out, These men are the servants of the Most High God, who declare to you the way of salvation.


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And this she did for several days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I charge you, in the name of Jesus Christ, to go out of her. And it went out that very hour.


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But when her owners saw that the hope of their gain was gone; laying hold of Paul and Silas, they dragged them to the market place, to the magistrates:


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and having brought them to the generals of the army, they said, These men, who are Jews, mightily disturb our city;


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And the populace rose up together against them; and the generals tearing off their garments, commanded them to be beaten with rods.


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And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely.


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Who, having received such a strict charge, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet fast in the stocks.


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And, on a sudden, there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prisoner were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and the bonds of all the prisoners were loosed.


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And the jailor, awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the doors of the prison opened, drew his sword, and was going to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners were fled.


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And taking them, that very hour of the night, he washed their stripes; and was immediately immersed, himself, and all his.


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And having brought them into his house, he spread the table before them: and believing in the God, with all his house, he was transported with joy.


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And the keeper of the prison told these things to Paul, The generals have sent that you may be dismissed; now, therefore, go out, and pursue your journey in peace.


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But Paul said to them, They have beaten us, who are Romans, publicly and uncondemned, and have cast us into prison; and do they now thrust us out privately? By no means: but let them come themselves, and conduct us out.


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And the sergeants reported these words to the generals. And when they had heard that they were Romans, they were afraid:


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and they came and comforted them; and conducting them out, requested that they would depart from the city.


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And coming out of the prison, they entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.


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And taking their journey through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica; where there was a synagogue of the Jews.


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And according to Paul's custom, he entered in among them, and discoursed to them for three Sabbaths from the scriptures;


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opening them, and evidently showing that the Messiah ought to suffer, and to rise from the dead; and that this is the Messiah, even Jesus, whom I declare to you.


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And some of them believed, and adhered to Paul and Silas; besides, a considerable number of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the principal women.


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But the unbelieving Jews, filled with zeal, gathered together some mean and profligate fellows, and making a mob, threw the city into a tumult; and assaulting the house of Jason, endeavored to bring them out to the people.


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But not finding them, they dragged Jason, and some of the brethren to the magistrates of the city, crying out, These men, that have turned the world upside down, are come hither, also;


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and Jason has privately received them. And all these men act contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.


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But the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas, by night, to Berea: and when they came thither, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.


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Now these were of a more noble disposition that those of Thessalonica: for they received the word with all readiness of mind, daily examining the scriptures, whether those things were so.


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Many of them, therefore, believed; both of the Grecian women of considerable rank, and of the men not a few.


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But as soon as some of the Jews of Thessalonica understood that the word of God was announced by Paul at Berea, they came thither, also, exciting the populace.


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And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul, as if he were to go by sea. But Silas and Timothy continued there.


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And they that conducted Paul, brought him as far as Athens: and having received an order for Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him as soon as possible, they set out.


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Now, while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit within him was strongly moved when he beheld the city enslaved to idolatry.


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He therefore reasoned with the Jews and proselytes in the synagogue; and in the forum, daily, with those who met with him.


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Then some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers opposed him. Others said, What would this babbler say? And others, he seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities; because he declared to them the good news concerning Jesus and the resurrection.


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And they took him and conducted him to the Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine is, which is spoken by you?


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For all the Athenians, and the strangers that sojourned among them spent their leisure in nothing else but in telling or hearing news.


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Paul, therefore, standing up in the middle of Areopagus, said, Athenians, I perceive that you are exceedingly addicted to the worship of demons.


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For, as I passed along, and beheld the objects of your worship, I found an altar with this inscription, To the Unknown God: Him, therefore, you ignorantly worship, I announce to you.


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The God who made the world, and all things that are in it, being the Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands:


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Neither is he served by human hands, as if he stood in need of anything; he himself giving to all, life, and breath, and all things.


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And he has made of one blood, the whole race of men, to inhabit all the face of the earth; having marked out the times previously arranged in order, and the boundaries of their habitations:


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that they might seek after the Lord, if possibly they might feel after him, and find him; though he be not far from every one of us:


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«for in him we live, and are moved, and do exist; as some of your own poets have said-For we his offspring are.»


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We, therefore, being the offspring of God, ought not to imagine the Deity to be like gold, or silver, or stone, wrought by the art and contrivance of man.


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For though God overlooked the times of ignorance, he now makes proclamation to all men, everywhere, to reform;


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because he has appointed a day, in which he will judge the world righteously, by that Man whom he has ordained: of which he has given assurance to all men, by raising him from the dead.


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And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some made a jest of it, and others said, We will hear you again upon this subject.


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Nevertheless, some men adhered to him, and believed: among whom was Dionysius, the Areopagite; also a woman, whose name was Damaris; and others with them.


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and finding a certain Jews, named Aquila, a native of Pontus, lately come from Italy, with Priscilla, his wife, (because Claudius Cesar had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome,) he went to them.


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And as he was of the same trade, he continued with them, and wrought; for by trade they were tent-makers.


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And as soon as Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia, Paul was impelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.


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But when they set themselves in opposition, and reviled, he shook his garment, and said to them, Let your blood be upon your own head! I am pure. From henceforth I will go to the Gentiles.


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And going out thence, he went into the house of one called Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was adjoining the synagogue.


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Now, Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, with all his house; and many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed; and were immersed.


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But the Lord said to Paul, in a vision by night, <J>Fear not, but speak, and do not keep silence;</J>


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<J>for I am with you, and no man shall fall on you, to injure you; for I have much people in this city.</J>


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But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made an assault upon Paul, with one consent, and brought him before the tribunal,


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And when Paul would have opened his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were an act of injustice, or mischievous licentiousness, O Jews! it were reasonable I should bear with you.


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But if it be a question concerning words, and names, and the law which is among you, you see to it yourselves; for I will be no judge of these matters.


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And all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the tribunal; but Gallio did not concern himself at all about the matter.


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And Paul still continued there for a considerable time, and then taking leave of the brethren, sailed thence for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shaved his head at Cenchrea, for he had a vow.


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And he arrived at Ephesus, and there he left them; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.


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but he took his leave of them, saying, It is necessary for me, all means, to celebrate the approaching feast at Jerusalem; but I will return to you again, God willing. And he set sail from Ephesus.


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and having saluted the congregation, he went down to Antioch. And having spent some time there, he departed, going through the country of Galatia and Phrygia, in a regular manner confirming all the disciples.


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Now, a certain Jew, whose name was Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent man, and powerful in the scriptures, came to Ephesus.


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This person was instructed in the way of the Lord, and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught them things of the Lord with great accuracy, being only acquainted with the immersion of John.


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And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. And Aquila and Priscilla hearing him, took him aside, and explained to him the way of God in a more perfect manner.


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And when he intended to go over to Achaia, the brethren wrote to the disciples, exhorting them to receive him. And being arrived there, by his gift he greatly helped those who had believed.


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For he strenuously debated with the Jews in public, showing by the scriptures, that Jesus is the Messiah.


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Now it came to pass, that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having passed through the upper parts, came to Ephesus: and finding there some disciples,


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he said to them, Have you, on your believing, received the Holy Spirit? And they replied to him, No; we have not so much as heard whether the Holy Spirit is received.


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And Paul said, John, indeed, administered the immersion of reformation, telling the people that they should believe in Him that was to come after him: that is, in Jesus.


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And Paul, laying his hands, on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them; and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied.


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And he went into the synagogue, and discoursed with boldness, disputing for the space of three months, and evincing the things which related to the kingdom of God.


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But as some were hardened, and would not believe, speaking reproachfully of this way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.


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And this was done for the space of two years, so that all the inhabitants of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord.


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so that handkerchiefs, or aprons, were carried from his body to those who were sick, and the diseases removed from them, and the evil spirits came out.


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And some of the strolling Jews, who were exorcists, undertook to name the name of the Lord Jesus, over those who had evil spirits, saying, We adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.


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And the man in whom the evil spirit was, sprung upon them, and getting master of them prevailed against them, so that they fled out of the house, naked and wounded.


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And this was known to all the Jews, and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.


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And a considerable number of those who had curious arts, bringing their books together, burnt them before all: and they computed the value of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver:


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Now when these things were fulfilled, Paul proposed in spirit, that, passing through Macedonia and Achaia, he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, it is necessary for me also to see Rome.


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And sending two of those that ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself staid some time in Asia.


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For a man whose name was Demetrius, a silversmith, by making silver shrines of Diana, procured no small gain to the artificers:


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whom he gathered together, with the workmen employed about the business, and said, Men, you know that our maintenance arises from this manufacture;


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and you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded great numbers of people, not only of Ephesus, but almost of all Asia, and has turned them aside, saying that they are not deities which are made with hands;


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so that there is danger, not only that this occupation of ours should be depreciated, but also that the people of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her grandeur destroyed; whom all Asia and the world worship.


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And hearing this, they were filled with rage; and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians!


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And the whole city was filled with confusion; and they rushed with one accord into the theater, dragging thither Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's fellow-travelers.


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And some, too, the principal officers of Asia, as they had a friendship for him, sent to him, and desired that he would not venture himself into the theater.


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Some, therefore, were crying one thing, and some another; for the congregation was confused, and the greater part did not know for what they were come together.


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And they thrust forth forward Alexander, from amongst the multitude, the Jews urging him on. And Alexander, beckoning with his hand, would have made a defense to the people.


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But when they knew that he was a Jew, one voice arose from them all, crying out, for about the space of two hours, Great is Diana of the Ephesians!


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But the chancellor, having pacified the people, said Ephesians, what man is there that does not know that the city of the Ephesians is devoted to the great Diana, and to the image that fell down from Jupiter.


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Since, then, these things are incontestable, it is necessary for you to be quiet, and to do nothing in a precipitate manner;


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for you have brought these men, who are neither robbers of temples, nor blasphemers of your goddess.


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If, therefore, Demetrius, and the artificers that are with him, have a charge against any one, courts are held; and there are the proconsuls; let them implead together.


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But if you are inquiring anything concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a legal congregation.


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And, indeed, we are in danger of being called in question for the insurrection which has happened this day, as there is no cause by which we can account for this concourse.


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Now, after the tumult was ceased, Paul, calling the disciples to him: and embracing them, departed to go into Macedonia.


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And when he had continued there three months, as an ambush was laid for him by the Jews, when he was about to embark for Syria, he thought it advisable to return by Macedonia.


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And Sopater, the Berean, accompanied him as far as Asia; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius, of Derbe, and Timothy: and of the Asiatics, Tychicus and Trophimus.


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And we set sail from Philippi, after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we continued seven days.


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And on the first day of the week, when the disciples met together to break bread, Paul, being about to depart on the morrow, discoursed to them, and continued his speech until midnight.


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and a certain young man, whose name was Eutychus, sitting in a window, fell into a profound sleep: and as Paul continued his discourse a long time, he was so overpowered with sleep that he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead.


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And Paul went down, and fell upon him, and taking him in his arms, said, Do not make any disturbance, for his life is in him.


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And going up again, and having broken bread, and eaten, he conversed a considerable time, even till break of day, and so departed.


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But we went before into the ship, and sailed to Assos, where we are to take up Paul, for so he had appointed, choosing himself to go on foot.


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And sailing thence, we came the next day over against Chios; and the day following, we touched at Samos, and having staid at Trogyllium, we came the day after to Miletus.


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For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, that he might not spend any time in Asia; for he earnestly endeavored, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.


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And when they were come to him, he said to them, You know how I have been conversant among you all the time, from the first day in which I entered into Asia,


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serving the Lord, with all humility, and with tears, and trials which befell me by the ambushes of the Jews:


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and how I have suppressed nothing that was advantageous, not neglecting to announce to you, and to teach you publicly and privately;


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testifying both to the Jews and Greeks, reformation with respect to God, and faith with respect to our Lord Jesus Christ.


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And now, behold, I am going to Jerusalem, bound by the Spirit, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:


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But I make no account of any of these things, nor do I regard even life itself; so that I may but joyfully finish my course, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, even to testify the good news of the favor of God.


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And now, behold, I know that you all, with whom I have conversed, proclaiming the kingdom of God, shall not see my face any more.


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Therefore, take heed to yourselves, and to the whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has constituted you overseers; to feed the congregation of the Lord, which he has redeemed with his own blood.


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For I know this, that after my departure, grievous wolves will enter in among you, having no mercy on the flock.


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Yes, from among your own selves men shall arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.


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Watch, therefore, remembering that for the space of three years, I ceased not to warn every one, night and day, with tears.


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And now, brethren, I recommend you to God, and to the word of his favor, who is able to edify you, and to give you an inheritance among all that are sanctified.


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Yes, you yourselves know, that these hands ministered to my necessities, and to those that were with me.


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especially grieving for that word which he spoke, that they should see his face no more. And they conducted him to the ship.


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Now, as soon as we had withdrawn from them, and had set sail, we came with a direct course to Coos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from thence to Patara.


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And coming within sight of Cyprus, and leaving it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload its freight.


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And we continued there several days, finding disciples, who told Paul, by the Spirit, not to go up to Jerusalem.


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But when we had finished these seven days, we departed, and went our way, and they all attended us out of the city, with their wives and children; and, kneeling down on the seashore, we prayed.


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And having embraced each other, we went on board the ship; and they returned back to their own houses.


