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O LORD,
how long shall I cry, and thou
wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou
wilt not save!
How long, O LORD, must I call for help but You do not hear, or cry out to You, “Violence!” but You do not save?
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.
I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a
taunting proverb against him, and say,
Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his!
how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!
Will not all of these take up a
taunt against him, speaking with
mockery and
derision: ‘
Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans!
How long will this go on?’
And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an
howling from the second, and a great
crashing from the hills.
On that day,” declares the LORD, “a cry will go up from the Fish Gate, a
wail from the Second District, and a loud
crashing from the hills.
Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off.
Wail, O dwellers of the Hollow, for all your merchants will be silenced; all who
weigh out silver will be cut off.
This is the
rejoicing city that dwelt
carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me:
how is she become a
desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and
wag his hand.
This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts.
Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his
fist.
I said, Surely thou
wilt fear me, thou
wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off,
howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off
despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.
Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?
‘Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? How does it look to you now? Does it not appear to you like nothing in comparison?’
Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts,
how long
wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had
indignation these
threescore and ten years?
Then the angel of the LORD said, “
How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You
withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been
angry these seventy years?”
For
how great is his goodness, and
how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men
cheerful, and new wine the maids.
How lovely they will be, and
how beautiful! Grain will make the young men
flourish, and new wine, the young women.
I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not
Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob,
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “
How have You loved us?” “Was not
Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that
despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we
despised thy name?
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who
despise My name. “But you ask, ‘
How have we
despised Your name?’
Ye offer
polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we
polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
By presenting
defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘
How have we
defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
Ye have
wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we
wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?
You have
wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “
How have we
wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
Will a man
rob God? Yet ye have
robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we
robbed thee? In
tithes and offerings.
Will a man
rob God? Yet you are
robbing Me! But you ask, ‘
How do we
rob You?’ In
tithes and offerings.
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was
espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.
This is
how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was
pledged in marriage to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour,
wherewith shall it be salted? it is
thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be
trodden under foot of men.
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its
savor,
how can it be made
salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and
trampled by men.
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
So then, this is
how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be Your name.
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
And why take ye thought for
raiment? Consider the
lilies of the field,
how they grow; they
toil not, neither do they
spin:
And why do you
worry about clothes? Consider
how the
lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or
spin.
Wherefore, if God so
clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to
morrow is cast into the
oven, shall he not much more
clothe you, O ye of little faith?
If that is
how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here
today and
tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more
clothe you, O you of little faith?
Or
how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the
mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the
speck out of your eye,’ while there is still a beam in your own eye?
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the
bridechamber mourn, as long as the
bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the
bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Jesus replied, “
How can the guests of the
bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the
bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
But when they hand you over, do not
worry about
how to
respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house
Beelzebub,
how much more shall they call them of his household?
It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the
shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
He entered the house of God, and he and his companions
ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
Or have ye not read in the law,
how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple
profane the sabbath, and are
blameless?
Or
haven’t you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and yet are innocent?
How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”
Then the
Pharisees went out, and held a council against him,
how they might destroy him.
And if
Satan cast out
Satan, he is divided against himself;
how shall then his kingdom stand?
If
Satan drives out
Satan, he is divided against himself.
How then can his kingdom stand?
Or else
how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and
spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will
spoil his house.
Or again,
how can
anyone enter a strong man’s house and
steal his possessions, unless he first
ties up the strong man? Then he can
plunder his house.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
You
brood of vipers,
how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
But when Herod’s
birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.
On Herod’s
birthday,
however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod
And Jesus saith unto them,
How many
loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
“
How many
loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can
discern the face of the sky; but can ye not
discern the signs of the times?
and in the morning, ‘
Today it will be
stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know
how to
interpret the appearance of the sky, but not the signs of the times.
Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five
loaves of the five thousand, and
how many baskets ye took up?
Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five
loaves for the five thousand, and
how many
basketfuls you gathered?
Neither the seven
loaves of the four thousand, and
how many baskets ye took up?
Or the seven
loaves for the four thousand, and
how many
basketfuls you gathered?
How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should
beware of the
leaven of the
Pharisees and of the
Sadducees?
From that time forth began Jesus to
shew unto his disciples,
how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and
scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
From that time on Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and
scribes, and that He must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and
perverse generation,
how long shall I be with you?
how long shall I suffer you? bring him
hither to me.
“O unbelieving and
perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “
How long must I remain with you?
How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone
astray,
doth he not leave the
ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone
astray?
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes
astray, will he not leave the
ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord,
how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I
forgive him? till seven times?
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord,
how many times shall I
forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts
forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
That is
how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you
forgive your brother from your heart.”
And when the disciples saw it, they
marvelled, saying,
How soon is the fig tree
withered away!
When the disciples saw this, they
marveled and asked, “
How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
And he saith unto him, Friend,
how camest thou in
hither not having a
wedding garment? And he was speechless.
‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘
how did you get in here without
wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
He saith unto them,
How then
doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:
If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”
Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers,
how can ye escape the
damnation of
hell?
You snakes! You
brood of vipers!
How will you escape the sentence of
hell?
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee,
how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a
hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her,
how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a
hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
And
woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give
suck in those days!
But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled that say it must happen this way?”
Then said
Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not
how many things they witness against thee?
Then
Pilate asked Him, “Do You not hear
how many charges they are bringing against You?”
Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can.
“You have a guard,”
Pilate said. “Go, make the tomb as secure as you know
how.”
And when the
scribes and
Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples,
How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners?
When the
scribes who were
Pharisees saw Jesus eating with these people, they asked His disciples, “Why does He eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the
bridechamber fast, while the
bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the
bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
Jesus replied, “
How can the guests of the
bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.
How he went into the house of God in the days of
Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the
shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
During the high priesthood of
Abiathar, he entered the house of God and
ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”
And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables,
How can
Satan cast out
Satan?
So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “
How can
Satan drive out
Satan?
And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed
sprouts and grows, though he knows not
how.
And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
“Why are you so afraid?” He asked. “Do you still have no faith?”
And they that saw it told them
how it
befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the
swine.
Those who had seen it described what had happened to the
demon-possessed man and also to the pigs.
Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them
how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had
compassion on thee.
But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.”
And he departed, and began to
publish in
Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did
marvel.
And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the
synagogue: and many hearing him were
astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands?
When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the
synagogue, and many who heard Him were
astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And
how can He perform such miracles?
He saith unto them,
How many
loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
“Go and see
how many
loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’
And he asked them,
How many
loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
“
How many
loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.
When I
brake the five
loaves among five thousand,
how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
When I broke the five
loaves for the five thousand,
how many
basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.
And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
“And when I broke the seven
loaves for the four thousand,
how many
basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said.
And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
Then He asked them, “Do you still not understand?”
And he answered and told them, Elias
verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and
how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at
nought.
He replied, “
Elijah does indeed come first, and he restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected?
He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.
“O unbelieving generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to Me.”
And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
Jesus asked the boy’s father, “
How long has this been with him?” “From
childhood,” he said.
But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’
And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!
Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”
And the disciples were
astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children,
how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
And the disciples were
amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children,
how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!
And the
scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought
how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was
astonished at his doctrine.
When the chief priests and
scribes heard this, they looked for a way to kill Him. For they were afraid of Him, because the whole crowd was
astonished at His teaching.
And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses,
how in the
bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?
But concerning the dead rising, have you not read about the burning
bush in the Book of Moses,
how God told him, ‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?
And one of the
scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?
Now one of the
scribes had come up and heard their
debate. Noticing
how well Jesus had answered them, he asked Him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”
And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple,
How say the
scribes that Christ is the Son of David?
While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, He asked, “
How can the
scribes say that the Christ is the Son of David?
David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him
gladly.
David himself calls Him ‘Lord.’ So
how can He be David’s son?” And the large crowd
listened to Him with delight.
And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and
beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much.
As Jesus was sitting opposite the treasury, He watched the crowd putting money into it. And many rich people put in large amounts.
But
woe to them that are with child, and to them that give
suck in those days!
After two days was the feast of the
passover, and of
unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the
scribes sought
how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.
Now the
Passover and the Feast of
Unleavened Bread were two days away, and the chief priests and
scribes were looking for a
covert way to arrest Jesus and kill Him.
And there were some that had
indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the
ointment made?
Some of those present,
however, expressed their
indignation to one another: “Why this waste of
perfume?
And when they heard it, they were
glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought
how he might conveniently
betray him.
They were delighted to hear this, and they promised to give him money. So
Judas began to look for an opportunity to
betray Jesus.
And
Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold
how many things they witness against thee.
Then
Pilate questioned Him again, “Have You no answer? Look
how many charges they are bringing against You!”
And when the
centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so
cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
When the
centurion standing there in front of Jesus saw
how He had breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
And
Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well
stricken in years.
“
How can I be sure of this?”
Zechariah asked the angel. “I am an old man, and my wife is well along in years.”
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
“How can this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
And her neighbours and her cousins heard
how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they
rejoiced with her.
Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they
rejoiced with her.
And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called.
So they made signs to his father to find out what he wanted to name the child.