Thursday, March 9, 2028

^21:12But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake. ¹³It will turn out as a testimony for you. ¹⁴Settle it therefore in your hearts not to meditate beforehand how to answer, ¹⁵for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict. ¹⁶You will be handed over even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will cause some of you to be put to death. ¹⁷You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake. ¹⁸And not a hair of your head will perish. ¹⁹“By your endurance you will win your lives.

^6:1And it came to pass in the year in which king Ozias died, that I saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, and the house was full of his glory. ²And seraphs stood round about him: each one had six wings: and with two they covered their face, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. ³And one cried to the other, and they said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. ⁴And the lintel shook at the voice they uttered, and the house was filled with smoke.

⁵And I said, Woe is me, for I am pricked to the heart; for being a man, and having unclean lips, I dwell in the midst of a people having unclean lips; and I have seen with mine eyes the King, the Lord of hosts. ⁶And there was sent to me one of the seraphs, and he had in his hand a coal, which he had taken off the altar with the tongs: ⁷and he touched my mouth, and said, Behold, this has touched thy lips, and will take away thine iniquities, and will purge off thy sins.

⁸And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go to this people? And I said, Behold, I am here, send me. And he said, Go, and say to this people, ⁹Ye shall hear indeed, but ye shall not understand; and ye shall see indeed, but ye shall not perceive. ¹⁰For the heart of this people has become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

¹¹And I said, How long, O Lord? And he said, Until the cities be deserted by reason of their not being inhabited, and the houses by reason of there being no men, and the land shall be left desolate. ¹²And after this God shall remove the men far off, and they that are left upon the land shall be multiplied.

^5:1This is the genealogy of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God he made him: ²male and female he made them, and blessed them; and he called his name Adam, in the day in which he made them. ³And Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and begot a son after his own form, and after his own image, and he called his name Seth. ⁴And the days of Adam, which he lived after his begetting Seth, were seven hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.

⁵And all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died. ⁶Now Seth lived two hundred and five years, and begot Enos. ⁷And Seth lived after his begetting Enos, seven hundred and seven years, and he begot sons and daughters. ⁸And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died. ⁹And Enos lived an hundred and ninety years, and begot Cainan. ¹⁰And Enos lived after his begetting Cainan, seven hundred and fifteen years, and he begot sons and daughters.

¹¹And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died. ¹²And Cainan lived an hundred and seventy years, and he begot Maleleel. ¹³And Cainan lived after his begetting Maleleel, seven hundred and forty years, and he begot sons and daughters. ¹⁴And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died. ¹⁵And Maleleel lived an hundred and sixty and five years, and he begot Jared. ¹⁶And Maleleel lived after his begetting Jared, seven hundred and thirty years, and he begot sons and daughters.

¹⁷And all the days of Maleleel were eight hundred and ninety and five years, and he died. ¹⁸And Jared lived an hundred and sixty and two years, and begot Enoch: ¹⁹and Jared lived after his begetting Enoch, eight hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters. ²⁰And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty and two years, and he died. ²¹And Enoch lived an hundred and sixty and five years, and begat Mathusala. ²²And Enoch was well-pleasing to God after his begetting Mathusala, two hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters. ²³And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty and five years. ²⁴And Enoch was well-pleasing to God, and was not found, because God translated him.

^6:3My son, do what I command thee, and deliver thyself; for on thy friend's account thou art come into the power of evil men: faint not, but stir up even thy friend for whom thou art become surety. ⁴Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber with thine eyelids; ⁵that thou mayest deliver thyself as a doe out of the toils, and as a bird out of a snare. ⁶Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he. ⁷For whereas he has no husbandry, nor any one to compel him, and is under no master, ⁸he prepares food for himself in the summer, and lays by abundant store in harvest.

⁹How long wilt thou lie, O sluggard? and when wilt thou awake out of sleep? ¹⁰Thou sleepest a little, and thou restest a little, and thou slumberest a short time, and thou foldest thine arms over thy breast a little. ¹¹Then poverty comes upon thee as an evil traveller, and want as a swift courier: ¹²A foolish man and a transgressor goes in ways that are not good. ¹³And the same winks with the eye, and makes a sign with his foot, and teaches with the beckonings of his fingers.

¹⁴His perverse heart devises evils: at all times such a one causes troubles to a city. ¹⁵Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin. ¹⁶For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul. ¹⁷The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just; ¹⁸and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil,—are hateful to God. ¹⁹An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren. ²⁰My son, keep the laws of thy father, and reject not the ordinances of thy mother:

^12:1Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us, ²looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. ³For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.

⁴You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin. ⁵You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him; ⁶for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.” ⁷It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn’t discipline? ⁸But if you are without discipline, of which all have been made partakers, then you are illegitimate, and not children.

⁹Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? ¹⁰For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed good to them, but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

^20:1“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. ²When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. ³He went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace. ⁴He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.’ So they went their way. ⁵Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise.

⁶About the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, ‘Why do you stand here all day idle?’ ⁷“They said to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ “He said to them, ‘You also go into the vineyard, and you will receive whatever is right.’ ⁸“When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’ ⁹“When those who were hired at about the eleventh hour came, they each received a denarius.

¹⁰When the first came, they supposed that they would receive more; and they likewise each received a denarius. ¹¹When they received it, they murmured against the master of the household, ¹²saying, ‘These last have spent one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat!’ ¹³“But he answered one of them, ‘Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn’t you agree with me for a denarius? ¹⁴Take that which is yours, and go your way. It is my desire to give to this last just as much as to you.

¹⁵Isn’t it lawful for me to do what I want to with what I own? Or is your eye evil, because I am good?’ ¹⁶So the last will be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

^6:1And it came to pass in the year in which king Ozias died, that I saw the Lord sitting on a high and exalted throne, and the house was full of his glory. ²And seraphs stood round about him: each one had six wings: and with two they covered their face, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. ³And one cried to the other, and they said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. ⁴And the lintel shook at the voice they uttered, and the house was filled with smoke.

⁵And I said, Woe is me, for I am pricked to the heart; for being a man, and having unclean lips, I dwell in the midst of a people having unclean lips; and I have seen with mine eyes the King, the Lord of hosts. ⁶And there was sent to me one of the seraphs, and he had in his hand a coal, which he had taken off the altar with the tongs: ⁷and he touched my mouth, and said, Behold, this has touched thy lips, and will take away thine iniquities, and will purge off thy sins.

⁸And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go to this people? And I said, Behold, I am here, send me. And he said, Go, and say to this people, ⁹Ye shall hear indeed, but ye shall not understand; and ye shall see indeed, but ye shall not perceive. ¹⁰For the heart of this people has become gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

¹¹And I said, How long, O Lord? And he said, Until the cities be deserted by reason of their not being inhabited, and the houses by reason of there being no men, and the land shall be left desolate. ¹²And after this God shall remove the men far off, and they that are left upon the land shall be multiplied.

^5:1This is the genealogy of men in the day in which God made Adam; in the image of God he made him: ²male and female he made them, and blessed them; and he called his name Adam, in the day in which he made them. ³And Adam lived two hundred and thirty years, and begot a son after his own form, and after his own image, and he called his name Seth. ⁴And the days of Adam, which he lived after his begetting Seth, were seven hundred years; and he begot sons and daughters.

⁵And all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died. ⁶Now Seth lived two hundred and five years, and begot Enos. ⁷And Seth lived after his begetting Enos, seven hundred and seven years, and he begot sons and daughters. ⁸And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died. ⁹And Enos lived an hundred and ninety years, and begot Cainan. ¹⁰And Enos lived after his begetting Cainan, seven hundred and fifteen years, and he begot sons and daughters.

¹¹And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years, and he died. ¹²And Cainan lived an hundred and seventy years, and he begot Maleleel. ¹³And Cainan lived after his begetting Maleleel, seven hundred and forty years, and he begot sons and daughters. ¹⁴And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died. ¹⁵And Maleleel lived an hundred and sixty and five years, and he begot Jared. ¹⁶And Maleleel lived after his begetting Jared, seven hundred and thirty years, and he begot sons and daughters.

¹⁷And all the days of Maleleel were eight hundred and ninety and five years, and he died. ¹⁸And Jared lived an hundred and sixty and two years, and begot Enoch: ¹⁹and Jared lived after his begetting Enoch, eight hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters. ²⁰And all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty and two years, and he died. ²¹And Enoch lived an hundred and sixty and five years, and begat Mathusala. ²²And Enoch was well-pleasing to God after his begetting Mathusala, two hundred years, and he begot sons and daughters. ²³And all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty and five years. ²⁴And Enoch was well-pleasing to God, and was not found, because God translated him.

^6:3My son, do what I command thee, and deliver thyself; for on thy friend's account thou art come into the power of evil men: faint not, but stir up even thy friend for whom thou art become surety. ⁴Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber with thine eyelids; ⁵that thou mayest deliver thyself as a doe out of the toils, and as a bird out of a snare. ⁶Go to the ant, O sluggard; and see, and emulate his ways, and become wiser than he. ⁷For whereas he has no husbandry, nor any one to compel him, and is under no master, ⁸he prepares food for himself in the summer, and lays by abundant store in harvest.

⁹How long wilt thou lie, O sluggard? and when wilt thou awake out of sleep? ¹⁰Thou sleepest a little, and thou restest a little, and thou slumberest a short time, and thou foldest thine arms over thy breast a little. ¹¹Then poverty comes upon thee as an evil traveller, and want as a swift courier: ¹²A foolish man and a transgressor goes in ways that are not good. ¹³And the same winks with the eye, and makes a sign with his foot, and teaches with the beckonings of his fingers.

¹⁴His perverse heart devises evils: at all times such a one causes troubles to a city. ¹⁵Therefore his destruction shall come suddenly; overthrow and irretrievable ruin. ¹⁶For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul. ¹⁷The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just; ¹⁸and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil,—are hateful to God. ¹⁹An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren. ²⁰My son, keep the laws of thy father, and reject not the ordinances of thy mother: