147 Praise ye the Lord! For it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant, and praise is comely.

² The Lord doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

³ He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

⁴ He telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names.

⁵ Great is our Lord, and of great power; His understanding is infinite.

⁶ The Lord lifteth up the meek; He casteth the wicked down to the ground.

⁷ Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God,

⁸ who covereth the heavens with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains.

⁹ He giveth to the beast his food and to the young ravens which cry.

¹⁰ He delighteth not in the strength of the horse; He taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

¹¹ The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, in those that hope in His mercy.

¹² Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise thy God, O Zion!

¹³ For He hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.

¹⁴ He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

¹⁵ He sendeth forth His commandment upon the earth; His word runneth very swiftly.

¹⁶ He giveth snow like wool; He scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes;

¹⁷ He casteth forth His ice like morsels; who can stand before His cold?

¹⁸ He sendeth out His word, and melteth them; He causeth His wind to blow, and the waters flow.

¹⁹ He showeth His word unto Jacob, His statutes and His judgments unto Israel.

²⁰ He hath not dealt so with any nation; and as for His judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord!

4 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! Thou hast set me at large when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

² O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? How long will ye love vanity and seek after lies? Selah

³ But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for Himself; the Lord will hear when I call unto Him.

⁴ Stand in awe, and sin not; commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah

⁵ Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.

⁶ There are many that say, “Who will show us any good?” Lord, lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us.

⁷ Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time when their corn and wine increased.

⁸ I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep; for Thou Lord only, makest me dwell in safety.

5 Give ear to my words, O Lord; consider my meditation.

² Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King and my God, for unto Thee will I pray.

³ My voice shalt Thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto Thee and will look up.

⁴ For Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness; neither shall evil dwell with Thee.

⁵ The foolish shall not stand in Thy sight; Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

⁶ Thou shalt destroy them that speak lies; the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

⁷ But as for me, I will come into Thy house in the multitude of Thy mercy, and in Thy fear will I worship toward Thy holy temple.

⁸ Lead me, O Lord, in Thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make Thy way straight before my face.

⁹ For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is exceeding wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue.

¹⁰ Destroy Thou them, O God! Let them fall by their own counsels. Cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against Thee.

¹¹ But let all those that put their trust in Thee rejoice; let them ever shout for joy, because Thou defendest them; let them also that love Thy name be joyful in Thee.

¹² For Thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous; with favor wilt Thou compass him about as with a shield.

1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in times past unto the fathers by the prophets,

² hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed Heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds,

³ who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

⁴ being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

⁵ For unto which of the angels said God at any time, “Thou art My Son; this day have I begotten Thee”? And again, “I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son”?

⁶ And again, when He bringeth in the First-Begotten into the world, He saith, “And let all the angels of God worship Him.”

⁷ And of the angels He saith, “Who maketh His angels spirits and His ministers a flame of fire.”

⁸ But unto the Son He saith, “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Thy Kingdom.

⁹ Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, even Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows.”

¹⁰ And, “Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of Thine hands.

¹¹ They shall perish, but Thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment.

¹² And as a vesture shalt Thou fold them up, and they shall be changed. But Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail.”

¹³ But to which of the angels said He at any time, “Sit on My right hand until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool”?

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for those who shall be heirs of salvation?

1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in times past unto the fathers by the prophets,

² hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed Heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds,

³ who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

⁴ being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

⁵ For unto which of the angels said God at any time, “Thou art My Son; this day have I begotten Thee”? And again, “I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to Me a Son”?

⁶ And again, when He bringeth in the First-Begotten into the world, He saith, “And let all the angels of God worship Him.”

⁷ And of the angels He saith, “Who maketh His angels spirits and His ministers a flame of fire.”

⁸ But unto the Son He saith, “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Thy Kingdom.

⁹ Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, even Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows.”

¹⁰ And, “Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of Thine hands.

¹¹ They shall perish, but Thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment.

¹² And as a vesture shalt Thou fold them up, and they shall be changed. But Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail.”

¹³ But to which of the angels said He at any time, “Sit on My right hand until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool”?

¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for those who shall be heirs of salvation?

2 Therefore we ought to give even more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip.

² For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward,

³ how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord and was confirmed unto us by those who heard Him,

⁴ God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders and with divers miracles and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to His own will?

⁵ For it was not unto angels that He put in subjection the world to come, of which we speak.

⁶ But one at a certain place testified, saying, “What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? Or the son of man, that Thou visitest him?

⁷ Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; Thou crowned him with glory and honor and set him over the works of Thy hands.

⁸ Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in putting all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now as yet we see not all things put under him.

⁹ But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

¹⁰ For it became Him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

¹¹ For both He that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of One, for which cause He is not ashamed to call them brethren,

¹² saying, “I will declare Thy name unto My brethren; in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto Thee.”

¹³ And again, “I will put My trust in Him.” And again, “Behold I and the children whom God hath given Me.”

¹⁴ Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same, that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death — that is, the devil —

¹⁵ and deliver those who all their lifetime were subject to bondage through fear of death.

¹⁶ For verily He took not on Himself the nature of angels, but He took on Him the seed of Abraham.

¹⁷ Therefore in all things it behooved Him to be made like unto His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

¹⁸ For in that He Himself hath suffered, being tempted, He is able to succor those who are tempted.

3 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,

² who was faithful to Him that appointed Him, as also Moses was faithful in all His house.

³ For this Man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who hath built the house hath more honor than the house.

⁴ For every house is built by some man, but He that built all things is God.

⁵ And Moses verily was faithful in all His house as a servant, as a testimony of those things which were to be spoken thereafter;

⁶ but Christ was faithful as a Son over His own house, whose house are we if we hold fast the confidence and rejoicing of the hope, firm unto the end.

⁷ Therefore as the Holy Ghost saith: “Today if ye will hear His voice,

⁸ harden not your hearts as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness,

⁹ when your fathers tempted Me, proved Me, and saw My works forty years.

¹⁰ Therefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, ‘They do always err in their heart, and they have not known My ways.’

¹¹ So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter into My rest.’”

¹² Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

¹³ But exhort one another daily, while it is still called “today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

¹⁴ For we are made partakers of Christ if we hold the confidence we had in the beginning steadfast unto the end,

¹⁵ while it is said, “Today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation.”

¹⁶ For some, when they had heard, did provoke, however not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

¹⁷ But with whom was He grieved forty years? Was it not with those who had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?

¹⁸ And to whom did He swear that they should not enter into His rest, but to those who believed not?

¹⁹ So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

² To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ, who are at Colossae: Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

³ We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

⁴ since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love which ye have for all the saints,

⁵ for the hope which is laid up for you in Heaven, of which ye heard before in the word of the truth of the Gospel,

⁶ which has come unto you, as it has in all the world, and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you since the day ye heard of it and knew the grace of God in truth.

⁷ Ye also learned of it from Epaphras, our dear fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ,

⁸ who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit.

⁹ For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

¹⁰ that ye might walk worthy of the Lord, in all pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

¹¹ strengthened with all might according to His glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

¹² giving thanks unto the Father, who hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.

¹³ He hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the Kingdom of His dear Son,

¹⁴ in whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.

¹⁵ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature.

¹⁶ For by Him were all things created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions or principalities or powers: all things were created by Him and for Him.

¹⁷ And He is before all things, and by Him all things consist.

¹⁸ And He is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He might have the preeminence.

¹⁹ For it pleased the Father that in Him should all fullness dwell,

²⁰ and having made peace through the blood of His cross, by Him to reconcile all things unto Himself — by Him, I say, whether they be things on earth or things in heaven.

²¹ And you, who were once alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, even now hath He reconciled

²² in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy and unblamable and unreprovable in His sight,

²³ if ye continue grounded and settled in the faith, and be not moved away from the hope of the Gospel, which ye have heard and which was preached to every creature under heaven, of which I, Paul, am made a minister.

²⁴ I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for His body’s sake, which is the church,

²⁵ of which I am made a minister according to the dispensation of God, which is given to me for you, to fulfill the Word of God—

²⁶ even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to His saints.

²⁷ To them God would make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

²⁸ Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus,

²⁹ for which I also labor, striving according to His working, which worketh in me mightily.

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

² The same was in the beginning with God.

³ All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made.

⁴ In Him was life, and that life was the Light of men.

⁵ And the Light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.

⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

⁷ The same came as a witness to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

⁸ He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

⁹ That was the true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

¹⁰ He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not.

¹¹ He came unto His own, and His own received Him not.

¹² But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to those who believe in His name,

¹³ who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

¹⁴ And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only Begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth.

¹⁵ John bore witness of Him and cried, saying, “This was He of whom I spoke, ‘He that cometh after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’”

¹⁶ And of His fullness have we all received, and grace for grace.

¹⁷ For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

¹⁸ No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him.

¹⁹ And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who art thou?”

²⁰ And he confessed and denied not, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”

²¹ And they asked him, “What then? Art thou Elijah?” And he said, “I am not.” “Art thou that Prophet?” And he answered, “No.”

²² Then said they unto him, “Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What sayest thou of thyself?”

²³ He said, “I am ‘the voice of one crying in the wilderness, “Make straight the way of the Lord,”’ as said the prophet Isaiah.”

²⁴ And those who were sent were of the Pharisees.

²⁵ And they asked him, and said unto him, “Why dost thou baptize then if thou art not that Christ, nor Elijah, neither that Prophet?”

²⁶ John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water, but there standeth One among you whom ye know not.

²⁷ He it is who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose shoe’s strap I am not worthy to unloose.”

²⁸ These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming unto him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world!

³⁰ This is He of whom I said, ‘After me cometh a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.’

³¹ And I knew Him not; but that He should be made manifest to Israel, therefore have I come baptizing with water.”

³² And John bore record, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from Heaven like a dove, and It abode upon Him.

³³ And I knew Him not. But He that sent me to baptize with water, the Same said unto me, ‘Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and remaining on Him, the Same is He that baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.’

³⁴ And I saw and bore record that this is the Son of God.”

³⁵ Again the next day John stood with two of his disciples,

³⁶ and looking upon Jesus as He walked, he said, “Behold the Lamb of God!”

³⁷ And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus.

³⁸ Then Jesus turned and saw them following, and said unto them, “What seek ye?” They said unto Him, “Rabbi” (which is to say, being interpreted, “Master”), “where dwellest Thou?”

³⁹ He said unto them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where He dwelt and stayed with Him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.

⁴⁰ One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.

⁴¹ He first found his own brother Simon and said unto him, “We have found the Messiah” (which is, being interpreted, “the Christ”).

⁴² And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, He said, “Thou art Simon, the son of Jonah. Thou shalt be called Cephas” (which is by interpretation, “a stone”).

⁴³ The day following, Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and found Philip and said unto him, “Follow Me.”

⁴⁴ Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

⁴⁵ Philip found Nathanael and said unto him, “We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and the Prophets wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”

⁴⁶ And Nathanael said unto him, “Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said unto him, “Come and see.”

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!”

⁴⁸ Nathanael said unto Him, “How knowest Thou me?” Jesus answered and said unto him, “Before Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.”

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered and said unto Him, “Rabbi, Thou art the Son of God; Thou art the King of Israel.”

⁵⁰ Jesus answered and said unto him, “Because I said unto thee, ‘I saw thee under the fig tree,’ believest thou? Thou shalt see greater things than these.”

⁵¹ And He said unto him, “Verily, verily I say unto you, hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”

10 “Verily, verily I say unto you, he that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.

² But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

³ To him the doorkeeper openeth, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name and leadeth them out.

⁴ And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

⁵ And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him, for they know not the voice of strangers.”

⁶ This parable Jesus spoke unto them, but they understood not what things they were which He spoke unto them.

⁷ Then said Jesus unto them again, “Verily, verily I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.

⁸ All that ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

⁹ I am the door; by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.

¹⁰ The thief cometh not but to steal and to kill and to destroy. I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

¹¹ I am the Good Shepherd; the Good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep.

¹² But he that is a hireling and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming and leaveth the sheep and fleeth; and the wolf catcheth them and scattereth the sheep.

¹³ The hireling fleeth because he is a hireling, and careth not for the sheep.

¹⁴ I am the Good Shepherd, and know My sheep and am known by Mine.

¹⁵ As the Father knoweth Me, even so know I the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.

¹⁶ And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. Them also I must bring, and they shall hear My voice; and there shall be one fold and one Shepherd.

¹⁷ Therefore doth My Father love Me, because I lay down My life, that I might take it again.

¹⁸ No man taketh it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received from My Father.”

¹⁹ There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.

²⁰ And many of them said, “He hath a devil and is mad. Why hear ye him?”

²¹ Others said, “These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?”

²² And it was at Jerusalem the Feast of the Dedication, and it was winter.

²³ And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s Porch.

²⁴ Then came the Jews round about Him and said unto Him, “How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.”

²⁵ Jesus answered them, “I told you, and ye believed not. The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me.

²⁶ But ye believe not, because ye are not of My sheep, as I said unto you.

²⁷ My sheep hear My voice, and I know them and they follow Me.

²⁸ And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.

²⁹ My Father, who gave them to Me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of My Father’s hand.

³⁰ I and My Father are one.”

³¹ Then the Jews took up stones again to stone Him.

³² Jesus answered them, “Many good works have I shown you from My Father. For which of those works do ye stone Me?”

³³ The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy and because thou, being a man, makest thyself God.”

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said “Ye are gods”’?

³⁵ If He called them gods unto whom the Word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),

³⁶ do ye say of Him whom the Father hath sanctified and sent into the world, ‘Thou blasphemest,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?

³⁷ If I do not the works of My Father, believe Me not.

³⁸ But if I do, though ye believe not Me, believe the works, that ye may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”

³⁹ Therefore they sought again to take Him, but He escaped out of their hand,

⁴⁰ and went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John had first baptized; and there He abode.

⁴¹ And many resorted unto Him and said that John did no miracle, but all things that John spoke of this Man were true.

⁴² And many believed in Him there.

11 Now a certain man was sick named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

² (It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

³ Therefore his sisters sent unto Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom Thou lovest is sick.”

⁴ When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.”

⁵ Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

⁶ When He heard therefore that Lazarus was sick, He stayed two days still in the same place where He was.

⁷ Then after that He said to His disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.”

⁸ His disciples said unto Him, “Master, the Jews of late sought to stone Thee, and goest Thou thither again?”

⁹ Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.

¹⁰ But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth because there is no light in him.”

¹¹ These things said He, and after that He said unto them, “Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awaken him out of sleep.”

¹² Then said His disciples, “Lord, if he sleep he shall do well.”

¹³ However Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He had spoken of the taking of rest in sleep.

¹⁴ Then Jesus said unto them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.

¹⁵ And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent that ye may believe. Nevertheless let us go unto him.”

¹⁶ Then Thomas, who was called Didymus, said unto his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”

¹⁷ Then when Jesus came, He found that he had lain in the grave four days already.

¹⁸ Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about two miles away,

¹⁹ and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother.

²⁰ Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him; but Mary sat still in the house.

²¹ Then Martha said unto Jesus, “Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died.

²² But I know that even now, whatsoever Thou wilt ask of God, God will give it Thee.”

²³ Jesus said unto her, “Thy brother shall rise again.”

²⁴ Martha said unto Him, “I know that he shall rise again at the resurrection on the Last Day.”

²⁵ Jesus said unto her, “I am the resurrection and the Life. He that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live;

²⁶ and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this?”

²⁷ She said unto Him, “Yea, Lord, I believe that Thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who should come into the world.”

²⁸ And when she had so said, she went her way and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, “The Master has come, and calleth for thee.”

²⁹ As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came unto Him.

³⁰ Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met Him.

³¹ The Jews then, who were with her in the house and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, “She goeth unto the grave to weep there.”

³² Then when Mary had come where Jesus was and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying unto Him, “Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died.”

³³ When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping who came with her, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled,

³⁴ and said, “Where have ye laid him?” They said unto Him, “Lord, come and see.”

³⁵ Jesus wept.

³⁶ Then said the Jews, “Behold, how he loved him!”

³⁷ And some of them said, “Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?”

³⁸ Jesus therefore again, groaning in Himself, came to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

³⁹ Jesus said, “Take ye away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said unto Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he hath been dead four days.”

⁴⁰ Jesus said unto her, “Said I not unto thee that if thou would believe, thou should see the glory of God?”

⁴¹ Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard Me.

⁴² And I knew that Thou hearest Me always, but because of the people who stand by I said it, that they may believe that Thou hast sent Me.”

⁴³ And when He thus had spoken, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”

⁴⁴ And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said unto them, “Loose him, and let him go.”

⁴⁵ Then many of the Jews who came to Mary and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed in Him.

⁴⁶ But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done.

⁴⁷ Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council and said, “What shall we do? For this man doeth many miracles.

⁴⁸ If we let him thus alone, all men will believe in him, and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.”

⁴⁹ And one of them named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, “Ye know nothing at all,

⁵⁰ nor consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.”

⁵¹ And he spoke this not of himself, but, being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation;

⁵² and not for that nation only, but that also He should gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

⁵³ So from that day forth, they took counsel together to put Him to death.

⁵⁴ Jesus therefore walked no longer openly among the Jews, but went thence unto a region near the wilderness into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with His disciples.

⁵⁵ And the Jews’ Passover was nigh at hand, and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover to purify themselves.

⁵⁶ Then they sought for Jesus and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, saying, “What think ye — that he will not come to the feast?”

⁵⁷ Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command that if any man knew where He was, he should report it, that they might take Him.

2 If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tenderness and mercies,

² fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord and of one mind.

³ Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem the other better than himself.

⁴ Look not every man to his own things, but every man also to the things of others.

⁵ Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus,

⁶ who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God,

⁷ but made Himself of no reputation, and took upon Him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men.

⁸ And being found in the fashion of a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient unto death—even the death of the cross.

⁹ Therefore God also hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a name which is above every name,

¹⁰ that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in Heaven and things on earth and things under the earth,

¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹² Therefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹³ For it is God who worketh in you, both to will and to do of His good pleasure.

¹⁴ Do all things without murmuring and disputing,

¹⁵ that ye may be blameless and unoffending, the sons of God, without rebuke in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world,

¹⁶ holding forth the Word of Life, that I may rejoice in the Day of Christ that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain.

¹⁷ Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am joyful and rejoice with you all.

¹⁸ For the same cause also be ye joyful, and rejoice with me.

¹⁹ But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy shortly unto you, that I also may be comforted when I know of your state;

²⁰ for I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state.

²¹ For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ’s.

²² But ye know the proof of him, how as a son with a father he hath served with me in the Gospel.

²³ Him therefore I hope to send presently, as soon as I shall see how it will go with me.

²⁴ But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.

²⁵ Yet I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and companion in labor and fellow soldier, but your messenger and he that ministered to my wants.

²⁶ For he longed after you all and was full of heaviness, because ye had heard that he had been sick.

²⁷ For indeed he was sick nigh unto death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.

²⁸ I sent him therefore the more carefully, that when ye see him again ye may rejoice, and I may be the less sorrowful.

²⁹ Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness, and hold such in high honor,

³⁰ because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not having regard for his own life, to supply what was lacking in your service toward me.

19 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus and scourged Him.

² And the soldiers plaited a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and they put on Him a purple robe

³ and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” And they smote Him with their hands.

⁴ Pilate therefore went forth again and said unto them, “Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.”

⁵ Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said unto them, “Behold the man!”

⁶ When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out, saying, “Crucify him! Crucify him!” Pilate said unto them, “Ye take him and crucify him, for I find no fault in him.”

⁷ The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”

⁸ When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid.

⁹ And he went again into the judgment hall and said unto Jesus, “From whence art thou?” But Jesus gave him no answer.

¹⁰ Then said Pilate unto Him, “Speakest thou not unto me? Knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?”

¹¹ Jesus answered, “Thou couldest have no power at all against Me, unless it were given thee from above. Therefore he that delivered Me unto thee hath the greater sin.”

¹² And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release Him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend. Whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.”

¹³ When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.

¹⁴ And it was the Preparation of the Passover and about the sixth hour, and Pilate said unto the Jews, “Behold your king!”

¹⁵ But they cried out, “Away with him, away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate said unto them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!”

¹⁶ Then he delivered Him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus and led Him away.

¹⁷ And He, bearing His cross, went forth into a place called the Place of a Skull (which is called in the Hebrew, Golgotha)

¹⁸ where they crucified Him and two others with Him, one on either side and Jesus in the midst.

¹⁹ And Pilate wrote a title and put it on the cross. And the writing was: Jesus Of Nazareth The King Of The Jews.

²⁰ Then many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city, and it was written in Hebrew and Greek and Latin.

²¹ Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, “Write not ‘The King of the Jews,’ but, ‘He said, I am King of the Jews.’”

²² Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

²³ Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, to every soldier a part, and also His coat. Now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout.

²⁴ They said therefore among themselves, “Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be,” that the Scripture might be fulfilled which saith, “They parted My raiment among them, and for My vesture did they cast lots.” These things therefore the soldiers did.

²⁵ Now there stood by the cross of Jesus His mother and His mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

²⁶ When Jesus therefore saw His mother and the disciple standing by whom He loved, He said unto His mother, “Woman, behold thy son!”

²⁷ Then said He to the disciple, “Behold thy mother!” And from that hour, that disciple took her unto his own home.

²⁸ After this Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, “I thirst.”

²⁹ Now there was set there a vessel full of vinegar; and they filled a sponge with vinegar and put it upon hyssop, and put it to His mouth.

³⁰ When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, “It is finished.” And He bowed His head and gave up the ghost.

³¹ The Jews therefore, because it was the Preparation, and so that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day (for that Sabbath day was a high day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away.

³² Then came the soldiers and broke the legs of the first and of the other who was crucified with Him.

³³ But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was dead already, they broke not His legs,

³⁴ but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced His side, and forthwith there came out blood and water.

³⁵ And he that saw it bore record, and his record is true, and he knoweth that he saith truly, that ye might believe.

³⁶ For these things were done, that the Scripture should be fulfilled: “A bone of Him shall not be broken.”

³⁷ And again another Scripture saith, “They shall look on Him whom they pierced.”

³⁸ And after this, Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore and took the body of Jesus.

³⁹ And there came also Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds in weight.

⁴⁰ Then took they the body of Jesus and wound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the manner of the Jews for burial.

⁴¹ Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new sepulcher wherein was never man yet laid.

⁴² There they laid Jesus therefore because of the Jews’ Preparation Day, for the sepulcher was nigh at hand.