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  • Jeremiah 33
    Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying,
    Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name;
    Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
    For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;
    They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
    Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
    And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.
    And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me.
    And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it.
    Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast,
    The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
    Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.
    In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD.
    Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah.
    In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
    In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness.
    For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
    Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.
    And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying,
    Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season;
    Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
    As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me.
    Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying,
    Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despi
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  • Mark 7
    Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem.
    And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
    For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders.
    And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables.
    Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
    He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
    Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
    For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
    And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.
    For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
    But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
    And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
    Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
    And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand:
    There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
    If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
    And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.
    And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
    Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
    And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
    For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
    Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
    All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
    And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid.
    For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
    The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.
    But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
    And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.
    And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.
    And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.
    And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
    And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
    And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
    And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
    And straightway
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  • 1st Kings 7
    But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house.
    He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars.
    And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
    And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks.
    And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks.
    And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them.
    Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other.
    And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch.
    All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court.
    And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits.
    And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars.
    And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house.
    And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre.
    He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work.
    For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about.
    And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits:
    And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter.
    And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter.
    And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits.
    And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter.
    And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz.
    And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished.
    And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.
    And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast.
    It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward.
    And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contain
    9 min
  • Mark 6
    And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him.
    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?
    Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
    But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
    And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
    And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
    And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;
    And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:
    But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
    And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place.
    And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
    And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
    And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
    And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
    Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.
    But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
    For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
    For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
    Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
    For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
    And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;
    And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.
    And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
    And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.
    And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.
    And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
    And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,
    And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
    And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb.
    And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
    And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat.
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  • Jeremiah 32
    The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar.
    For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.
    For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
    And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes;
    And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper.
    And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
    Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
    So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
    And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.
    And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances.
    So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open:
    And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison.
    And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
    Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days.
    For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land.
    Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying,
    Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:
    Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
    Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
    Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day;
    And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;
    And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
    And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them:
    Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilen
    9 min
  • 1st Kings 6
    And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD.
    And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.
    And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house.
    And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.
    And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about:
    The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
    And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
    The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
    So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar.
    And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar.
    And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,
    Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father:
    And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
    So Solomon built the house, and finished it.
    And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.
    And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place.
    And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long.
    And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen.
    And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
    And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar.
    So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold.
    And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
    And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
    And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
    And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.
    The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
    And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their
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  • Jeremiah 31
    At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.
    Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.
    The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.
    Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.
    Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things.
    For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God.
    For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
    Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
    They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.
    Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
    For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he.
    Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.
    Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
    And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD.
    Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.
    Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
    And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
    I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
    Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
    Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
    Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities.
    How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
    Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
    And there shall dwell
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  • Mark 5
    And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.
    And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,
    Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:
    Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him.
    And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
    But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him,
    And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.
    For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit.
    And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many.
    And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country.
    Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding.
    And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them.
    And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.
    And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done.
    And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
    And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.
    And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts.
    And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him.
    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.
    And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
    And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
    And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
    And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
    And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
    And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
    And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
    When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
    For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
    And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
    And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
    And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
    And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
    But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
    And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
    While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
    As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoke
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  • 1st Kings 4, 5
    So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
    And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest,
    Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
    And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
    And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:
    And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute.
    And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision.
    And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim:
    The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan:
    The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher:
    The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
    Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam:
    The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:
    Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:
    Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife:
    Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:
    Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar:
    Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin:
    Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land.
    Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
    And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
    And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
    Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl.
    For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
    And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
    And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.
    And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing.
    Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
    And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore.
    And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt.
    For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about.
    And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five.
    And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
    And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom.
    And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him
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  • Mark 4
    And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.
    And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,
    Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow:
    And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up.
    And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:
    But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
    And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
    And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
    And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
    And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
    And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:
    That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
    And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?
    The sower soweth the word.
    And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.
    And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;
    And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.
    And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
    And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.
    And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
    And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick?
    For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
    If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
    And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.
    For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.
    And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
    And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
    For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
    But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
    And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it?
    It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth:
    But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it.
    And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it.
    But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.
    And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pas
    7 min

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