The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

Yea, and all the heares of your head are nombred.

Feare ye not therefore, yee are of more value then many sparowes.

Whosoeuer therefore shall confesse me before men, him will I confesse also before my Father which is in heauen.

But whosoeuer shall denie me before me, him will I also denie before my Father which is in heauen.

Thinke not that I am come to sende peace into the earth: I came not to send peace, but the sworde.

For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in lawe.

And a mans enemies shall be they of his owne housholde.

He that loueth father or mother more then me, is not worthie of me. And he that loueth sonne, or daughter more then mee, is not worthie of me.

And hee that taketh not his crosse, and followeth after me, is not worthie of me.

He that will finde his life, shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake, shall finde it.

He that receiueth you, receiueth me: and hee that receiueth mee, receiueth him that hath sent me.

Hee that receiueth a Prophet in the name of a Prophet, shall receiue a Prophetes rewarde: and hee that receiueth a righteous man, in the name of a righteous man, shall receiue the rewarde of a righteous man.

And whosoeuer shall giue vnto one of these litle ones to drinke a cuppe of colde water onely, in the name of a disciple, verely I say vnto you, he shall not lose his rewarde.

And it came to passe that when Iesus had made an ende of commaunding his twelue disciples, hee departed thence to teache and to preach in their cities.

And when Iohn heard in the prison the woorkes of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, and sayde vnto him,

Art thou he that shoulde come, or shall we looke for another?

And Iesus answering, said vnto them, Goe, and shewe Iohn, what things ye heare, and see.

The blinde receiue sight, and the halt doe walke: the lepers are clensed, and the deafe heare, the dead are raised vp, and the poore receiue the Gospel.

And blessed is he that shall not be offeded in me.

And as they departed, Iesus beganne to speake vnto the multitude, of Iohn, What went ye out into the wildernes to see? A reede shaken with the winde?

But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that weare soft clothing, are in Kings houses.

But what went ye out to see? A Prophet? Yea, I say vnto you, and more then a Prophet.

For this is he of whom it is written, Beholde, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

Verely I say vnto you, among them which are begotten of women, arose there not a greater then Iohn Baptist: notwithstanding, he that is the least in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he.

And from the time of Iohn Baptist hitherto, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

For all the Prophetes and the Lawe prophecied vnto Iohn.

And if ye will receiue it, this is that Elias, which was to come.

He that hath eares to heare, let him heare.

But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like vnto litle children which sit in the markets, and call vnto their fellowes,

And say, We haue piped vnto you, and ye haue not daunced, we haue mourned vnto you, and ye haue not lamented.

For Iohn came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a deuill.

The sonne of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Beholde a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend vnto Publicanes and sinners: but wisedome is iustified of her children.

Then began he to vpbraide the cities, wherein most of his great workes were done, because they repented not.

Woe be to thee, Chorazin: Woe be to thee, Bethsaida: for if ye great workes, which were done in you, had bene done in Tyrus and Sidon, they had repented long agone in sackecloth and ashes.

But I say to you, It shalbe easier for Tyrus and Sidon at the day of iudgement, then for you.

And thou, Capernaum, which art lifted vp vnto heauen, shalt be brought downe to hell: for if the great workes, which haue bin done in thee, had bene done among them of Sodom, they had remained to this day.

But I say vnto you, that it shall be easier for them of the land of Sodom in the day of iudgement, then for thee.

At that time Iesus answered, and saide, I giue thee thankes, O Father, Lord of heauen and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and men of vnderstanding, and hast opened them vnto babes.

It is so, O Father, because thy good pleasure was such.

All things are giuen vnto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Sonne, but ye Father: neither knoweth any man ye Father, but the Sonne, and he to whom ye Sonne will reueile him.

Come vnto me, all ye that are wearie and laden, and I will ease you.

Take my yoke on you, and learne of me that I am meeke and lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules.

For my yoke is easie, and my burden light.

At that time Iesus went on a Sabbath day through ye corne, and his disciples were an hungred, and bega to plucke ye eares of corne and to eate.

And when the Pharises sawe it, they saide vnto him, Beholde, thy disciples doe that which is not lawfull to doe vpon the Sabbath.

But he said vnto them, Haue ye not read what Dauid did when he was an hungred, and they that were with him?

Howe he entred into ye house of God, and did eate the shewe bread, which was not lawfull for him to eate, neither for them which were with him, but onely for the Priestes?

Or haue ye not read in the Lawe, how that on the Sabbath dayes the Priestes in the Temple breake the Sabbath, and are blameles?

But I say vnto you, that here is one greater then the Temple.

Wherefore if ye knewe what this is, I will haue mercie, and not sacrifice, ye would not haue condemned the innocents.

For the sonne of man is Lord, euen of the Sabbath.

And he departed thence, and went into their Synagogue:

And beholde, there was a man which had his hand dried vp. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawfull to heale vpon a Sabbath day? that they might accuse him.

And he said vnto the, What man shall there be among you, that hath a sheepe, and if it fal on a Sabbath day into a pit, doth not take it and lift it out?

How much more then is a man better then a sheepe? therefore, it is lawfull to doe well on a Sabbath day.

Then said he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it foorth, and it was made whole as the other.

Then the Pharises went out, and consulted against him, howe they might destroy him.

But whe Iesus knew it, he departed thece, and great multitudes folowed him, and he healed the al,

And charged them in threatning wise, that they should not make him knowen,

That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by Esaias the Prophet, saying,

Behold my seruant whom I haue chosen, my beloued in whom my soule deliteth: I wil put my Spirit on him, and he shall shewe iudgement to the Gentiles.

He shall not striue, nor crie, neither shall any man heare his voyce in the streetes.

A bruised reede shall he not breake, and smoking flaxe shall he not quenche, till he bring forth iudgement vnto victorie.

And in his Name shall the Gentiles trust.

Then was brought to him one, possessed with a deuill, both blind, and dumme, and he healed him, so that he which was blind and dumme, both spake and saw.

And all the people were amased, and saide, Is not this that sonne of Dauid?

But when the Pharises heard it, they saide, This man casteth the deuils no otherwise out, but through Beelzebub the prince of deuils.

But Iesus knew their thoughtes, and said to them, Euery kingdome deuided against it selfe, is brought to nought: and euery citie or house, deuided against it selfe, shall not stand.

So if Satan cast out Satan, he is deuided against himself: how shall then his kingdom endure?

Also if I through Beelzebub cast out deuils, by whom doe your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your iudges.

But if I cast out deuils by ye Spirit of God, then is the kingdome of God come vnto you.

Els howe can a man enter into a strong mans house and spoyle his goods, except he first bind the strong man, and then spoile his house.

He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.

Wherefore I say vnto you, euery sinne and blasphemie shalbe forgiuen vnto men: but the blasphemie against the holy Ghost shall not be forgiuen vnto men.

And whosoeuer shall speake a word against the Sonne of man, it shall be forgiuen him: but whosoeuer shall speake against the holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiuen him, neither in this worlde, nor in the worlde to come.

Either make the tree good, and his fruite good: or els make the tree euill, and his fruite euil: for the tree is knowen by the fruite.

O generations of vipers, howe can you speake good things, when ye are euill? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth good things: and an euill man out of an euill treasure, bringeth forth euill things.

But I say vnto you, that of euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue account thereof at the day of iudgement.

For by thy wordes thou shalt be iustified, and by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.

Then answered certaine of ye Scribes and of the Pharises, saying, Master, we would see a signe of thee.

But he answered and said to them, An euill and adulterous generation seeketh a signe, but no signe shall be giuen vnto it, saue that signe of the Prophet Ionas.

For as Ionas was three daies and three nights in the whales belly: so shall the Sonne of man be three daies and three nights in ye heart of the earth.

The men of Nineue shall rise in iudgement with this generation, and condemne it: for they repented at the preaching of Ionas: and behold, a greater then Ionas is here.

The Queene of the South shall rise in iudgement with this generation, and shall condemne it: for she came from the vtmost partes of the earth to heare the wisdome of Salomon: and beholde, a greater then Salomon is here.

Nowe when the vncleane spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout drie places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

Then he saith, I wil returne into mine house from whence I came: and when he is come, he findeth it emptie, swept and garnished.

Then he goeth, and taketh vnto him seuen other spirites worse then himselfe, and they enter in, and dwell there: and the ende of that man is worse then the beginning. Euen so shall it be with this wicked generation.

While he yet spake to ye multitude, beholde, his mother, and his brethren stood without, desiring to speake with him.

Then one said vnto him, Beholde, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speake with thee.

But he answered, and said to him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

And he stretched foorth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Beholde my mother and my brethren.

For whosoeuer shall doe my Fathers will which is in heauen, the same is my brother and sister and mother.

The same day went Iesus out of the house, and sate by the sea side.

And great multitudes resorted vnto him, so that he went into a ship, and sate downe: and the whole multitude stoode on the shore.

Then he spake many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sowe.

And as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the foules came and deuoured them vp.

And some fell vpon stony grounde, where they had not much earth, and anon they sprong vp, because they had no depth of earth.

And when the sunne was vp, they were parched, and for lacke of rooting, withered away.

And some fell among thornes, and the thornes sprong vp, and choked them.