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+ Amos 1 1 The words of Amos , one of the shepherds of Tekoa—what he saw 
concerning Israel two years before the earthquake , when Uzziah was king of 
Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash[a ] was king of Israel . 2 He said : “ The 
LORD roars from Zion and thunders from Jerusalem ; the pastures of the 
shepherds dry up , [ b ] and the top of Carmel withers . ” Judgment on 
Israel’s Neighbors 3 This is what the LORD says : “ For three sins of 
Damascus , even for four , I will not turn back my wrath . Because she threshed 
Gilead with sledges having iron teeth , 4 I will send fire upon the house of 
Hazael that will consume the fortresses of Ben-Hadad . 5 I will break down the 
gate of Damascus ; I will destroy the king who is in[c ] the Valley of Aven[d ] 
and the one who holds the scepter in Beth Eden . The people of Aram will go 
into exile to Kir , ” says the LORD . 6 This is what the LORD says : “ For 
three sins of Gaza , even for four , I will not turn back my wrath . Because
  she took captive whole communities and sold them to Edom , 7 I will send fire 
upon the walls of Gaza that will consume her fortresses . 8 I will destroy the 
king[e ] of Ashdod and the one who holds the scepter in Ashkelon . I will turn 
my hand against Ekron , till the last of the Philistines is dead , ” says the 
Sovereign LORD . 9 This is what the LORD says : “ For three sins of Tyre , 
even for four , I will not turn back my wrath . Because she sold whole 
communities of captives to Edom , disregarding a treaty of brotherhood , 10 I 
will send fire upon the walls of Tyre that will consume her fortresses . ” 11 
This is what the LORD says : “ For three sins of Edom , even for four , I 
will not turn back my wrath . Because he pursued his brother with a sword , 
stifling all compassion , [ f ] because his anger raged continually and his 
fury flamed unchecked , 12 I will send fire upon Teman that will consume the 
fortresses of Bozrah . ” 13 This is what the LORD says : “ For th
 ree sins of Ammon , even for four , I will not turn back my wrath . Because he 
ripped open the pregnant women of Gilead in order to extend his borders , 14 I 
will set fire to the walls of Rabbah that will consume her fortresses amid war 
cries on the day of battle , amid violent winds on a stormy day . 15 Her king[g 
] will go into exile , he and his officials together , ” says the LORD . ** 
Amos 2 1 This is what the LORD says : “ For three sins of Moab , even for 
four , I will not turn back my wrath . Because he burned , as if to lime , the 
bones of Edom’s king , 2 I will send fire upon Moab that will consume the 
fortresses of Kerioth . [ a ] Moab will go down in great tumult amid war cries 
and the blast of the trumpet . 3 I will destroy her ruler and kill all her 
officials with him , ” says the LORD . 4 This is what the LORD says : “ For 
three sins of Judah , even for four , I will not turn back my wrath . Because 
they have rejected the law of the LORD and have not kept hi
 s decrees , because they have been led astray by false gods , [ b ] the gods[c 
] their ancestors followed , 5 I will send fire upon Judah that will consume 
the fortresses of Jerusalem . ” Judgment on Israel 6 This is what the LORD 
says : “ For three sins of Israel , even for four , I will not turn back my 
wrath . They sell the righteous for silver , and the needy for a pair of 
sandals . 7 They trample on the heads of the poor as upon the dust of the 
ground and deny justice to the oppressed . Father and son use the same girl and 
so profane my holy name . 8 They lie down beside every altar on garments taken 
in pledge . In the house of their god they drink wine taken as fines . 9 “ I 
destroyed the Amorite before them , though he was tall as the cedars and strong 
as the oaks . I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below . 10 “ I 
brought you up out of Egypt , and I led you forty years in the desert to give 
you the land of the Amorites . 11 I also raised up prophets from among
  your sons and Nazirites from among your young men . Is this not true , people 
of Israel ? ” declares the LORD . 12 “ But you made the Nazirites drink 
wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy . 13 “ Now then , I will 
crush you as a cart crushes when loaded with grain . 14 The swift will not 
escape , the strong will not muster their strength , and the warrior will not 
save his life . 15 The archer will not stand his ground , the fleet-footed 
soldier will not get away , and the horseman will not save his life . 16 Even 
the bravest warriors will flee naked on that day , ” declares the LORD . 
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+ Amos 8 A Basket of Ripe Fruit 1 This is what the Sovereign LORD showed me 
: a basket of ripe fruit . 2 “ What do you see , Amos ? ” he asked . “ A 
basket of ripe fruit , ” I answered . Then the LORD said to me , “ The time 
is ripe for my people Israel ; I will spare them no longer . 3 “ In that day 
, ” declares the Sovereign LORD , “ the songs in the temple will turn to 
wailing . [ a ] Many , many bodies—flung everywhere ! Silence ! ” 4 Hear 
this , you who trample the needy and do away with the poor of the land , 5 
saying , “ When will the New Moon be over that we may sell grain , and the 
Sabbath be ended that we may market wheat ? ” — skimping the measure , 
boosting the price and cheating with dishonest scales , 6 buying the poor with 
silver and the needy for a pair of sandals , selling even the sweepings with 
the wheat . 7 The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob : “ I will never 
forget anything they have done . 8 “ Will not the land tremble for t
 his , and all who live in it mourn ? The whole land will rise like the Nile ; 
it will be stirred up and then sink like the river of Egypt . 9 “ In that day 
, ” declares the Sovereign LORD , “ I will make the sun go down at noon and 
darken the earth in broad daylight . 10 I will turn your religious feasts into 
mourning and all your singing into weeping . I will make all of you wear 
sackcloth and shave your heads . I will make that time like mourning for an 
only son and the end of it like a bitter day . 11 “ The days are coming , ” 
declares the Sovereign LORD , “ when I will send a famine through the land 
— not a famine of food or a thirst for water , but a famine of hearing the 
words of the LORD . 12 Men will stagger from sea to sea and wander from north 
to east , searching for the word of the LORD , but they will not find it . 13 
“ In that day “ the lovely young women and strong young men will faint 
because of thirst . 14 They who swear by the shame[b ] of Samaria 
 , or say , ‘ As surely as your god lives , O Dan , ' or , ‘ As surely as 
the god[c ] of Beersheba lives ' — they will fall , never to rise again . ” 
Amos 9 Israel to Be Destroyed 1 I saw the Lord standing by the altar , and he 
said : “ Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake . Bring 
them down on the heads of all the people ; those who are left I will kill with 
the sword . Not one will get away , none will escape . 2 Though they dig down 
to the depths of the grave , [ a ] from there my hand will take them . Though 
they climb up to the heavens , from there I will bring them down . 3 Though 
they hide themselves on the top of Carmel , there I will hunt them down and 
seize them . Though they hide from me at the bottom of the sea , there I will 
command the serpent to bite them . 4 Though they are driven into exile by their 
enemies , there I will command the sword to slay them . I will fix my eyes upon 
them for evil and not for good . ” 5 The Lord , the LORD
  Almighty , he who touches the earth and it melts , and all who live in it 
mourn — the whole land rises like the Nile , then sinks like the river of 
Egypt — 6 he who builds his lofty palace[b ] in the heavens and sets its 
foundation[c ] on the earth , who calls for the waters of the sea and pours 
them out over the face of the land — the LORD is his name . 7 “ Are not you 
Israelites the same to me as the Cushites[d ] ? ” declares the LORD . “ Did 
I not bring Israel up from Egypt , the Philistines from Caphtor[e ] and the 
Arameans from Kir ? 8 “ Surely the eyes of the Sovereign LORD are on the 
sinful kingdom . I will destroy it from the face of the earth — yet I will 
not totally destroy the house of Jacob , ” declares the LORD . 9 “ For I 
will give the command , and I will shake the house of Israel among all the 
nations as grain is shaken in a sieve , and not a pebble will reach the ground 
. 10 All the sinners among my people will die by the sword , all those who s
 ay , ‘ Disaster will not overtake or meet us . ' Israel 's Restoration 11 
“ In that day I will restore David 's fallen tent . I will repair its broken 
places , restore its ruins , and build it as it used to be , 12 so that they 
may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear my name , [ f ] 
” declares the LORD , who will do these things . 13 “ The days are coming , 
” declares the LORD , “ when the reaper will be overtaken by the plowman 
and the planter by the one treading grapes . New wine will drip from the 
mountains and flow from all the hills . 14 I will bring back my exiled[g ] 
people Israel ; they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them . They 
will plant vineyards and drink their wine ; they will make gardens and eat 
their fruit . 15 I will plant Israel in their own land , never again to be 
uprooted from the land I have given them , ” says the LORD your God . 
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of Persia , in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah , the 
LORD moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout 
his realm and to put it in writing : 2 “ This is what Cyrus king of Persia 
says : “ ‘ The LORD , the God of heaven , has given me all the kingdoms of 
the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in 
Judah . 3 Anyone of his people among you—may his God be with him , and let 
him go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the LORD , the God of 
Israel , the God who is in Jerusalem . 4 And the people of any place where 
survivors may now be living are to provide him with silver and gold , with 
goods and livestock , and with freewill offerings for the temple of God in 
Jerusalem . ’ ” 5 Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin , and the 
priests and Levites—everyone whose heart God had moved—prepared to go 
 up and build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem . 6 All their neighbors 
assisted them with articles of silver and gold , with goods and livestock , and 
with valuable gifts , in addition to all the freewill offerings . 7 Moreover , 
King Cyrus brought out the articles belonging to the temple of the LORD , which 
Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of 
his god . [ a ] 8 Cyrus king of Persia had them brought by Mithredath the 
treasurer , who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah . 9 This 
was the inventory : gold dishes 30 silver dishes 1,000 silver pans[b ] 29 10 
gold bowls 30 matching silver bowls 410 other articles 1,000 11 In all , there 
were 5,400 articles of gold and of silver . Sheshbazzar brought all these along 
when the exiles came up from Babylon to Jerusalem . Ezra 2 The List of the 
Exiles Who Returned 1 Now these are the people of the province who came up from 
the captivity of the exiles , whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
  had taken captive to Babylon ( they returned to Jerusalem and Judah , each to 
his own town , 2 in company with Zerubbabel , Jeshua , Nehemiah , Seraiah , 
Reelaiah , Mordecai , Bilshan , Mispar , Bigvai , Rehum and Baanah ) : The list 
of the men of the people of Israel : 3 the descendants of Parosh 2,172 4 of 
Shephatiah 372 5 of Arah 775 6 of Pahath-Moab ( through the line of Jeshua and 
Joab ) 2,812 7 of Elam 1,254 8 of Zattu 945 9 of Zaccai 760 10 of Bani 642 11 
of Bebai 623 12 of Azgad 1,222 13 of Adonikam 666 14 of Bigvai 2,056 15 of Adin 
454 16 of Ater ( through Hezekiah ) 98 17 of Bezai 323 18 of Jorah 112 19 of 
Hashum 223 20 of Gibbar 95 21 the men of Bethlehem 123 22 of Netophah 56 23 of 
Anathoth 128 24 of Azmaveth 42 25 of Kiriath Jearim , [ a ] Kephirah and 
Beeroth 743 26 of Ramah and Geba 621 27 of Micmash 122 28 of Bethel and Ai 223 
29 of Nebo 52 30 of Magbish 156 31 of the other Elam 1,254 32 of Harim 320 33 
of Lod , Hadid and Ono 725 34 of Jericho 345 35 of Senaah 3,630
  36 The priests : the descendants of Jedaiah ( through the family of Jeshua ) 
973 37 of Immer 1,052 38 of Pashhur 1,247 39 of Harim 1,017 40 The Levites : 
the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel ( through the line of Hodaviah ) 74 41 
The singers : the descendants of Asaph 128 42 The gatekeepers of the temple : 
the descendants of Shallum , Ater , Talmon , Akkub , Hatita and Shobai 139 43 
The temple servants : the descendants of Ziha , Hasupha , Tabbaoth , 44 Keros , 
Siaha , Padon , 45 Lebanah , Hagabah , Akkub , 46 Hagab , Shalmai , Hanan , 47 
Giddel , Gahar , Reaiah , 48 Rezin , Nekoda , Gazzam , 49 Uzza , Paseah , Besai 
, 50 Asnah , Meunim , Nephusim , 51 Bakbuk , Hakupha , Harhur , 52 Bazluth , 
Mehida , Harsha , 53 Barkos , Sisera , Temah , 54 Neziah and Hatipha 55 The 
descendants of the servants of Solomon : the descendants of Sotai , 
Hassophereth , Peruda , 56 Jaala , Darkon , Giddel , 57 Shephatiah , Hattil , 
Pokereth-Hazzebaim and Ami 58 The temple servants and the descendants o
 f the servants of Solomon 392 59 The following came up from the towns of Tel 
Melah , Tel Harsha , Kerub , Addon and Immer , but they could not show that 
their families were descended from Israel : 60 The descendants of Delaiah , 
Tobiah and Nekoda 652 61 And from among the priests : The descendants of 
Hobaiah , Hakkoz and Barzillai ( a man who had married a daughter of Barzillai 
the Gileadite and was called by that name ) . 62 These searched for their 
family records , but they could not find them and so were excluded from the 
priesthood as unclean . 63 The governor ordered them not to eat any of the most 
sacred food until there was a priest ministering with the Urim and Thummim . 64 
The whole company numbered 42,360 , 65 besides their 7,337 menservants and 
maidservants ; and they also had 200 men and women singers . 66 They had 736 
horses , 245 mules , 67 435 camels and 6,720 donkeys . 68 When they arrived at 
the house of the LORD in Jerusalem , some of the heads of the families gave
  freewill offerings toward the rebuilding of the house of God on its site . 69 
According to their ability they gave to the treasury for this work 61,000 
drachmas[b ] of gold , 5,000 minas[c ] of silver and 100 priestly garments . 70 
The priests , the Levites , the singers , the gatekeepers and the temple 
servants settled in their own towns , along with some of the other people , and 
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+ Joel 1 1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel . An 
Invasion of Locusts 2 Hear this , you elders ; listen , all who live in the 
land . Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your 
forefathers ? 3 Tell it to your children , and let your children tell it to 
their children , and their children to the next generation . 4 What the locust 
swarm has left the great locusts have eaten ; what the great locusts have left 
the young locusts have eaten ; what the young locusts have left other locusts[a 
] have eaten . 5 Wake up , you drunkards , and weep ! Wail , all you drinkers 
of wine ; wail because of the new wine , for it has been snatched from your 
lips . 6 A nation has invaded my land , powerful and without number ; it has 
the teeth of a lion , the fangs of a lioness . 7 It has laid waste my vines and 
ruined my fig trees . It has stripped off their bark and thrown it away , 
leaving their branches white . 8 Mourn like a virgin[b ] in sackcloth 
 grieving for the husband[c ] of her youth . 9 Grain offerings and drink 
offerings are cut off from the house of the LORD . The priests are in mourning 
, those who minister before the LORD . 10 The fields are ruined , the ground is 
dried up[d ] ; the grain is destroyed , the new wine is dried up , the oil 
fails . 11 Despair , you farmers , wail , you vine growers ; grieve for the 
wheat and the barley , because the harvest of the field is destroyed . 12 The 
vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered ; the pomegranate , the palm and 
the apple tree — all the trees of the field—are dried up . Surely the joy 
of mankind is withered away . A Call to Repentance 13 Put on sackcloth , O 
priests , and mourn ; wail , you who minister before the altar . Come , spend 
the night in sackcloth , you who minister before my God ; for the grain 
offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God . 14 
Declare a holy fast ; call a sacred assembly . Summon the elders and all who liv
 e in the land to the house of the LORD your God , and cry out to the LORD . 15 
Alas for that day ! For the day of the LORD is near ; it will come like 
destruction from the Almighty . [ e ] 16 Has not the food been cut off before 
our very eyes — joy and gladness from the house of our God ? 17 The seeds are 
shriveled beneath the clods . [ f ] The storehouses are in ruins , the 
granaries have been broken down , for the grain has dried up . 18 How the 
cattle moan ! The herds mill about because they have no pasture ; even the 
flocks of sheep are suffering . 19 To you , O LORD , I call , for fire has 
devoured the open pastures and flames have burned up all the trees of the field 
. 20 Even the wild animals pant for you ; the streams of water have dried up 
and fire has devoured the open pastures . Joel 2 An Army of Locusts 1 Blow the 
trumpet in Zion ; sound the alarm on my holy hill . Let all who live in the 
land tremble , for the day of the LORD is coming . It is close at hand — 2 a 
da
 y of darkness and gloom , a day of clouds and blackness . Like dawn spreading 
across the mountains a large and mighty army comes , such as never was of old 
nor ever will be in ages to come . 3 Before them fire devours , behind them a 
flame blazes . Before them the land is like the garden of Eden , behind them , 
a desert waste — nothing escapes them . 4 They have the appearance of horses 
; they gallop along like cavalry . 5 With a noise like that of chariots they 
leap over the mountaintops , like a crackling fire consuming stubble , like a 
mighty army drawn up for battle . 6 At the sight of them , nations are in 
anguish ; every face turns pale . 7 They charge like warriors ; they scale 
walls like soldiers . They all march in line , not swerving from their course . 
8 They do not jostle each other ; each marches straight ahead . They plunge 
through defenses without breaking ranks . 9 They rush upon the city ; they run 
along the wall . They climb into the houses ; like thieves they en
 ter through the windows . 10 Before them the earth shakes , the sky trembles , 
the sun and moon are darkened , and the stars no longer shine . 11 The LORD 
thunders at the head of his army ; his forces are beyond number , and mighty 
are those who obey his command . The day of the LORD is great ; it is dreadful 
. Who can endure it ? Rend Your Heart 12 “ Even now , ” declares the LORD , 
“ return to me with all your heart , with fasting and weeping and mourning . 
” 13 Rend your heart and not your garments . Return to the LORD your God , 
for he is gracious and compassionate , slow to anger and abounding in love , 
and he relents from sending calamity . 14 Who knows ? He may turn and have pity 
and leave behind a blessing — grain offerings and drink offerings for the 
LORD your God . 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion , declare a holy fast , call a 
sacred assembly . 16 Gather the people , consecrate the assembly ; bring 
together the elders , gather the children , those nursing at the brea
 st . Let the bridegroom leave his room and the bride her chamber . 17 Let the 
priests , who minister before the LORD , weep between the temple porch and the 
altar . Let them say , “ Spare your people , O LORD . Do not make your 
inheritance an object of scorn , a byword among the nations . Why should they 
say among the peoples , ‘ Where is their God ? ' ” The LORD 's Answer 18 
Then the LORD will be jealous for his land and take pity on his people . 19 The 
LORD will reply[a ] to them : “ I am sending you grain , new wine and oil , 
enough to satisfy you fully ; never again will I make you an object of scorn to 
the nations . 20 “ I will drive the northern army far from you , pushing it 
into a parched and barren land , with its front columns going into the eastern 
sea[b ] and those in the rear into the western sea . [ c ] And its stench will 
go up ; its smell will rise . ” Surely he has done great things . [ d ] 21 Be 
not afraid , O land ; be glad and rejoice . Surely the LOR
 D has done great things . 22 Be not afraid , O wild animals , for the open 
pastures are becoming green . The trees are bearing their fruit ; the fig tree 
and the vine yield their riches . 23 Be glad , O people of Zion , rejoice in 
the LORD your God , for he has given you the autumn rains in righteousness . [ 
e ] He sends you abundant showers , both autumn and spring rains , as before . 
24 The threshing floors will be filled with grain ; the vats will overflow with 
new wine and oil . 25 “ I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten 
— the great locust and the young locust , the other locusts and the locust 
swarm[f ] — my great army that I sent among you . 26 You will have plenty to 
eat , until you are full , and you will praise the name of the LORD your God , 
who has worked wonders for you ; never again will my people be shamed . 27 Then 
you will know that I am in Israel , that I am the LORD your God , and that 
there is no other ; never again will my people be shamed .
  The Day of the LORD 28 “ And afterward , I will pour out my Spirit on all 
people . Your sons and daughters will prophesy , your old men will dream dreams 
, your young men will see visions . 29 Even on my servants , both men and women 
, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. 30 I will show wonders in the 
heavens and on the earth , blood and fire and billows of smoke . 31 The sun 
will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great 
and dreadful day of the LORD . 32 And everyone who calls on the name of the 
LORD will be saved ; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be 
deliverance , as the LORD has said , among the survivors whom the LORD calls . 
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+ Ruth 1 Naomi and Ruth 1 In the days when the judges ruled , [ a ] there 
was a famine in the land , and a man from Bethlehem in Judah , together with 
his wife and two sons , went to live for a while in the country of Moab . 2 The 
man 's name was Elimelech , his wife 's name Naomi , and the names of his two 
sons were Mahlon and Kilion . They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem , Judah . 
And they went to Moab and lived there . 3 Now Elimelech , Naomi 's husband , 
died , and she was left with her two sons . 4 They married Moabite women , one 
named Orpah and the other Ruth . After they had lived there about ten years , 5 
both Mahlon and Kilion also died , and Naomi was left without her two sons and 
her husband . 6 When she heard in Moab that the LORD had come to the aid of his 
people by providing food for them , Naomi and her daughters-in-law prepared to 
return home from there . 7 With her two daughters-in-law she left the place 
where she had been living and set out on the road that woul
 d take them back to the land of Judah . 8 Then Naomi said to her two 
daughters-in-law , “ Go back , each of you , to your mother 's home . May the 
LORD show kindness to you , as you have shown to your dead and to me . 9 May 
the LORD grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband . 
” Then she kissed them and they wept aloud 10 and said to her , “ We will 
go back with you to your people . ” 11 But Naomi said , “ Return home , my 
daughters . Why would you come with me ? Am I going to have any more sons , who 
could become your husbands ? 12 Return home , my daughters ; I am too old to 
have another husband . Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if 
I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons — 13 would you wait until 
they grew up ? Would you remain unmarried for them ? No , my daughters . It is 
more bitter for me than for you , because the LORD 's hand has gone out against 
me ! ” 14 At this they wept again . Then Orpah kissed her
  mother-in-law good-by , but Ruth clung to her . 15 “ Look , ” said Naomi 
, “ your sister-in-law is going back to her people and her gods . Go back 
with her . ” 16 But Ruth replied , “ Do n't urge me to leave you or to turn 
back from you . Where you go I will go , and where you stay I will stay . Your 
people will be my people and your God my God . 17 Where you die I will die , 
and there I will be buried . May the LORD deal with me , be it ever so severely 
, if anything but death separates you and me . ” 18 When Naomi realized that 
Ruth was determined to go with her , she stopped urging her . 19 So the two 
women went on until they came to Bethlehem . When they arrived in Bethlehem , 
the whole town was stirred because of them , and the women exclaimed , “ Can 
this be Naomi ? ” 20 “ Do n't call me Naomi , [ b ] ” she told them . “ 
Call me Mara , [ c ] because the Almighty[d ] has made my life very bitter . 21 
I went away full , but the LORD has brought me back emp
 ty . Why call me Naomi ? The LORD has afflicted[e ] me ; the Almighty has 
brought misfortune upon me . ” 22 So Naomi returned from Moab accompanied by 
Ruth the Moabitess , her daughter-in-law , arriving in Bethlehem as the barley 
harvest was beginning . Ruth 2 Ruth Meets Boaz 1 Now Naomi had a relative on 
her husband 's side , from the clan of Elimelech , a man of standing , whose 
name was Boaz . 2 And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi , “ Let me go to the 
fields and pick up the leftover grain behind anyone in whose eyes I find favor 
. ” Naomi said to her , “ Go ahead , my daughter . ” 3 So she went out 
and began to glean in the fields behind the harvesters . As it turned out , she 
found herself working in a field belonging to Boaz , who was from the clan of 
Elimelech . 4 Just then Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters 
, “ The LORD be with you ! ” “ The LORD bless you ! ” they called back 
. 5 Boaz asked the foreman of his harvesters , “ Whose youn
 g woman is that ? ” 6 The foreman replied , “ She is the Moabitess who 
came back from Moab with Naomi . 7 She said , ‘ Please let me glean and 
gather among the sheaves behind the harvesters . ' She went into the field and 
has worked steadily from morning till now , except for a short rest in the 
shelter . ” 8 So Boaz said to Ruth , “ My daughter , listen to me . Do n't 
go and glean in another field and do n't go away from here . Stay here with my 
servant girls . 9 Watch the field where the men are harvesting , and follow 
along after the girls . I have told the men not to touch you . And whenever you 
are thirsty , go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled . ” 
10 At this , she bowed down with her face to the ground . She exclaimed , “ 
Why have I found such favor in your eyes that you notice me—a foreigner ? ” 
11 Boaz replied , “ I 've been told all about what you have done for your 
mother-in-law since the death of your husband—how you left your f
 ather and mother and your homeland and came to live with a people you did not 
know before . 12 May the LORD repay you for what you have done . May you be 
richly rewarded by the LORD , the God of Israel , under whose wings you have 
come to take refuge . ” 13 “ May I continue to find favor in your eyes , my 
lord , ” she said . “ You have given me comfort and have spoken kindly to 
your servant—though I do not have the standing of one of your servant girls . 
” 14 At mealtime Boaz said to her , “ Come over here . Have some bread and 
dip it in the wine vinegar . ” When she sat down with the harvesters , he 
offered her some roasted grain . She ate all she wanted and had some left over 
. 15 As she got up to glean , Boaz gave orders to his men , “ Even if she 
gathers among the sheaves , do n't embarrass her . 16 Rather , pull out some 
stalks for her from the bundles and leave them for her to pick up , and do n't 
rebuke her . ” 17 So Ruth gleaned in the field until evening
  . Then she threshed the barley she had gathered , and it amounted to about an 
ephah . [ a ] 18 She carried it back to town , and her mother-in-law saw how 
much she had gathered . Ruth also brought out and gave her what she had left 
over after she had eaten enough . 19 Her mother-in-law asked her , “ Where 
did you glean today ? Where did you work ? Blessed be the man who took notice 
of you ! ” Then Ruth told her mother-in-law about the one at whose place she 
had been working . “ The name of the man I worked with today is Boaz , ” 
she said . 20 “ The LORD bless him ! ” Naomi said to her daughter-in-law . 
“ He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead . ” 
She added , “ That man is our close relative ; he is one of our 
kinsman-redeemers . ” 21 Then Ruth the Moabitess said , “ He even said to 
me , ‘ Stay with my workers until they finish harvesting all my grain . ' ” 
22 Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law , “ It will be good for you ,
  my daughter , to go with his girls , because in someone else 's field you 
might be harmed . ” 23 So Ruth stayed close to the servant girls of Boaz to 
glean until the barley and wheat harvests were finished . And she lived with 
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+ John 1 The Word Became Flesh 1 In the beginning was the Word , and the 
Word was with God , and the Word was God . 2 He was with God in the beginning . 
3 Through him all things were made ; without him nothing was made that has been 
made . 4 In him was life , and that life was the light of men . 5 The light 
shines in the darkness , but the darkness has not understood[a ] it . 6 There 
came a man who was sent from God ; his name was John . 7 He came as a witness 
to testify concerning that light , so that through him all men might believe . 
8 He himself was not the light ; he came only as a witness to the light . 9 The 
true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world . [ b ] 10 
He was in the world , and though the world was made through him , the world did 
not recognize him . 11 He came to that which was his own , but his own did not 
receive him . 12 Yet to all who received him , to those who believed in his 
name , he gave the right to become children of God — 13 
 children born not of natural descent , [ c ] nor of human decision or a 
husband 's will , but born of God . 14 The Word became flesh and made his 
dwelling among us . We have seen his glory , the glory of the One and Only , [ 
d ] who came from the Father , full of grace and truth . 15 John testifies 
concerning him . He cries out , saying , “ This was he of whom I said , ‘ 
He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me . ' ” 16 From 
the fullness of his grace we have all received one blessing after another . 17 
For the law was given through Moses ; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ 
. 18 No one has ever seen God , but God the One and Only , [ e][f ] who is at 
the Father 's side , has made him known . John the Baptist Denies Being the 
Christ 19 Now this was John 's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent 
priests and Levites to ask him who he was . 20 He did not fail to confess , but 
confessed freely , “ I am not the Christ . [ g ] ” 21 They asked him 
 , “ Then who are you ? Are you Elijah ? ” He said , “ I am not . ” “ 
Are you the Prophet ? ” He answered , “ No. ” 22 Finally they said , “ 
Who are you ? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us . What do you 
say about yourself ? ” 23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet , 
“ I am the voice of one calling in the desert , ‘ Make straight the way for 
the Lord . '”[h ] 24 Now some Pharisees who had been sent 25 questioned him , 
“ Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ , nor Elijah , nor the 
Prophet ? ” 26 “ I baptize with[i ] water , ” John replied , “ but 
among you stands one you do not know . 27 He is the one who comes after me , 
the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie . ” 28 This all happened 
at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan , where John was baptizing . Jesus 
the Lamb of God 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said , “ 
Look , the Lamb of God , who takes away the sin of the
  world ! 30 This is the one I meant when I said , ‘ A man who comes after me 
has surpassed me because he was before me . ' 31 I myself did not know him , 
but the reason I came baptizing with water was that he might be revealed to 
Israel . ” 32 Then John gave this testimony : “ I saw the Spirit come down 
from heaven as a dove and remain on him . 33 I would not have known him , 
except that the one who sent me to baptize with water told me , ‘ The man on 
whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is he who will baptize with the 
Holy Spirit . ' 34 I have seen and I testify that this is the Son of God . ” 
Jesus ' First Disciples 35 The next day John was there again with two of his 
disciples . 36 When he saw Jesus passing by , he said , “ Look , the Lamb of 
God ! ” 37 When the two disciples heard him say this , they followed Jesus . 
38 Turning around , Jesus saw them following and asked , “ What do you want ? 
” They said , “ Rabbi ” ( which means Teacher ) , “ wh
 ere are you staying ? ” 39 “ Come , ” he replied , “ and you will see 
. ” So they went and saw where he was staying , and spent that day with him . 
It was about the tenth hour . 40 Andrew , Simon Peter 's brother , was one of 
the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus . 41 The first 
thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him , “ We have found 
the Messiah ” ( that is , the Christ ) . 42 And he brought him to Jesus . 
Jesus looked at him and said , “ You are Simon son of John . You will be 
called Cephas ” ( which , when translated , is Peter[j ] ) . Jesus Calls 
Philip and Nathanael 43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee . 
Finding Philip , he said to him , “ Follow me . ” 44 Philip , like Andrew 
and Peter , was from the town of Bethsaida . 45 Philip found Nathanael and told 
him , “ We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law , and about whom 
the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth , the son of Joseph . 
 ” 46 “ Nazareth ! Can anything good come from there ? ” Nathanael asked 
. “ Come and see , ” said Philip . 47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching 
, he said of him , “ Here is a true Israelite , in whom there is nothing 
false . ” 48 “ How do you know me ? ” Nathanael asked . Jesus answered , 
“ I saw you while you were still under the fig tree before Philip called you 
. ” 49 Then Nathanael declared , “ Rabbi , you are the Son of God ; you are 
the King of Israel . ” 50 Jesus said , “ You believe[k ] because I told you 
I saw you under the fig tree . You shall see greater things than that . ” 51 
He then added , “ I tell you[l ] the truth , you[m ] shall see heaven open , 
and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man . ” John 2 
Jesus Changes Water to Wine 1 On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in 
Galilee . Jesus ' mother was there , 2 and Jesus and his disciples had also 
been invited to the wedding . 3 When the wine was gone ,
  Jesus ' mother said to him , “ They have no more wine . ” 4 “ Dear 
woman , why do you involve me ? ” Jesus replied . “ My time has not yet 
come . ” 5 His mother said to the servants , “ Do whatever he tells you . 
” 6 Nearby stood six stone water jars , the kind used by the Jews for 
ceremonial washing , each holding from twenty to thirty gallons . [ a ] 7 Jesus 
said to the servants , “ Fill the jars with water ” ; so they filled them 
to the brim . 8 Then he told them , “ Now draw some out and take it to the 
master of the banquet . ” They did so , 9 and the master of the banquet 
tasted the water that had been turned into wine . He did not realize where it 
had come from , though the servants who had drawn the water knew . Then he 
called the bridegroom aside 10 and said , “ Everyone brings out the choice 
wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to 
drink ; but you have saved the best till now . ” 11 This , the first of his 
mirac
 ulous signs , Jesus performed at Cana in Galilee . He thus revealed his glory 
, and his disciples put their faith in him . Jesus Clears the Temple 12 After 
this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples . 
There they stayed for a few days. 13 When it was almost time for the Jewish 
Passover , Jesus went up to Jerusalem . 14 In the temple courts he found men 
selling cattle , sheep and doves , and others sitting at tables exchanging 
money . 15 So he made a whip out of cords , and drove all from the temple area 
, both sheep and cattle ; he scattered the coins of the money changers and 
overturned their tables . 16 To those who sold doves he said , “ Get these 
out of here ! How dare you turn my Father 's house into a market ! ” 17 His 
disciples remembered that it is written : “ Zeal for your house will consume 
me . ” [ b ] 18 Then the Jews demanded of him , “ What miraculous sign can 
you show us to prove your authority to do all this ? ” 19 Jesus 
 answered them , “ Destroy this temple , and I will raise it again in three 
days. ” 20 The Jews replied , “ It has taken forty-six years to build this 
temple , and you are going to raise it in three days ? ” 21 But the temple he 
had spoken of was his body . 22 After he was raised from the dead , his 
disciples recalled what he had said . Then they believed the Scripture and the 
words that Jesus had spoken . 23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover 
Feast , many people saw the miraculous signs he was doing and believed in his 
name . [ c ] 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them , for he knew all 
men . 25 He did not need man 's testimony about man , for he knew what was in a 
man . 
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+ Jude 1 1 Jude , a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James , To 
those who have been called , who are loved by God the Father and kept by[a ] 
Jesus Christ : 2 Mercy , peace and love be yours in abundance . The Sin and 
Doom of Godless Men 3 Dear friends , although I was very eager to write to you 
about the salvation we share , I felt I had to write and urge you to contend 
for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints . 4 For certain men 
whose condemnation was written about[b ] long ago have secretly slipped in 
among you . They are godless men , who change the grace of our God into a 
license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord . 5 
Though you already know all this , I want to remind you that the Lord[c ] 
delivered his people out of Egypt , but later destroyed those who did not 
believe . 6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but 
abandoned their own home—these he has kept in darkness , bound with 
everlasting c
 hains for judgment on the great Day . 7 In a similar way , Sodom and Gomorrah 
and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and 
perversion . They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of 
eternal fire . 8 In the very same way , these dreamers pollute their own bodies 
, reject authority and slander celestial beings . 9 But even the archangel 
Michael , when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses , did 
not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him , but said , “ The Lord 
rebuke you ! ” 10 Yet these men speak abusively against whatever they do not 
understand ; and what things they do understand by instinct , like unreasoning 
animals—these are the very things that destroy them . 11 Woe to them ! They 
have taken the way of Cain ; they have rushed for profit into Balaam 's error ; 
they have been destroyed in Korah 's rebellion . 12 These men are blemishes at 
your love feasts , eating with you without the slightest qualm—s
 hepherds who feed only themselves . They are clouds without rain , blown along 
by the wind ; autumn trees , without fruit and uprooted—twice dead . 13 They 
are wild waves of the sea , foaming up their shame ; wandering stars , for whom 
blackest darkness has been reserved forever . 14 Enoch , the seventh from Adam 
, prophesied about these men : “ See , the Lord is coming with thousands upon 
thousands of his holy ones 15 to judge everyone , and to convict all the 
ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way , and of all 
the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him . ” 16 These men are 
grumblers and faultfinders ; they follow their own evil desires ; they boast 
about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage . A Call to 
Persevere 17 But , dear friends , remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus 
Christ foretold . 18 They said to you , “ In the last times there will be 
scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires . ” 19 These
  are the men who divide you , who follow mere natural instincts and do not 
have the Spirit . 20 But you , dear friends , build yourselves up in your most 
holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit . 21 Keep yourselves in God 's love as 
you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life . 
22 Be merciful to those who doubt ; 23 snatch others from the fire and save 
them ; to others show mercy , mixed with fear—hating even the clothing 
stained by corrupted flesh . Doxology 24 To him who is able to keep you from 
falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with 
great joy — 25 to the only God our Savior be glory , majesty , power and 
authority , through Jesus Christ our Lord , before all ages , now and 
forevermore ! Amen . 
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+ Acts 1 Jesus Taken Up Into Heaven 1 In my former book , Theophilus , I 
wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was 
taken up to heaven , after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the 
apostles he had chosen . 3 After his suffering , he showed himself to these men 
and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive . He appeared to them over a 
period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God . 4 On one occasion , 
while he was eating with them , he gave them this command : “ Do not leave 
Jerusalem , but wait for the gift my Father promised , which you have heard me 
speak about . 5 For John baptized with[a ] water , but in a few days you will 
be baptized with the Holy Spirit . ” 6 So when they met together , they asked 
him , “ Lord , are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel ? 
” 7 He said to them : “ It is not for you to know the times or dates the 
Father has set by his own authority . 8 But you will receive p
 ower when the Holy Spirit comes on you ; and you will be my witnesses in 
Jerusalem , and in all Judea and Samaria , and to the ends of the earth . ” 9 
After he said this , he was taken up before their very eyes , and a cloud hid 
him from their sight . 10 They were looking intently up into the sky as he was 
going , when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them . 11 “ Men 
of Galilee , ” they said , “ why do you stand here looking into the sky ? 
This same Jesus , who has been taken from you into heaven , will come back in 
the same way you have seen him go into heaven . ” Matthias Chosen to Replace 
Judas 12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of 
Olives , a Sabbath day’s walk[b ] from the city . 13 When they arrived , they 
went upstairs to the room where they were staying . Those present were Peter , 
John , James and Andrew ; Philip and Thomas , Bartholomew and Matthew ; James 
son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot , and Judas son of James 
 . 14 They all joined together constantly in prayer , along with the women and 
Mary the mother of Jesus , and with his brothers . 15 In those days Peter stood 
up among the believers[c ] ( a group numbering about a hundred and twenty ) 16 
and said , “ Brothers , the Scripture had to be fulfilled which the Holy 
Spirit spoke long ago through the mouth of David concerning Judas , who served 
as guide for those who arrested Jesus — 17 he was one of our number and 
shared in this ministry . ” 18 ( With the reward he got for his wickedness , 
Judas bought a field ; there he fell headlong , his body burst open and all his 
intestines spilled out . 19 Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this , so they 
called that field in their language Akeldama , that is , Field of Blood . ) 20 
“ For , ” said Peter , “ it is written in the book of Psalms , “ ‘ 
May his place be deserted ; let there be no one to dwell in it , ’ [ d ] and 
, “ ‘ May another take his place of leadership . ’ [ e 
 ] 21 Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us 
the whole time the Lord Jesus went in and out among us , 22 beginning from 
John’s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us . For one of these 
must become a witness with us of his resurrection . ” 23 So they proposed two 
men : Joseph called Barsabbas ( also known as Justus ) and Matthias . 24 Then 
they prayed , “ Lord , you know everyone’s heart . Show us which of these 
two you have chosen 25 to take over this apostolic ministry , which Judas left 
to go where he belongs . ” 26 Then they cast lots , and the lot fell to 
Matthias ; so he was added to the eleven apostles . Acts 2 The Holy Spirit 
Comes at Pentecost 1 When the day of Pentecost came , they were all together in 
one place . 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from 
heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting . 3 They saw what 
seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each
  of them . 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak 
in other tongues[a ] as the Spirit enabled them . 5 Now there were staying in 
Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven . 6 When they heard 
this sound , a crowd came together in bewilderment , because each one heard 
them speaking in his own language . 7 Utterly amazed , they asked : “ Are not 
all these men who are speaking Galileans ? 8 Then how is it that each of us 
hears them in his own native language ? 9 Parthians , Medes and Elamites ; 
residents of Mesopotamia , Judea and Cappadocia , Pontus and Asia , 10 Phrygia 
and Pamphylia , Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene ; visitors from Rome 
11 ( both Jews and converts to Judaism ) ; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them 
declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues ! ” 12 Amazed and perplexed , 
they asked one another , “ What does this mean ? ” 13 Some , however , made 
fun of them and said , “ They have had too much wine . [ b ] â
 € Peter Addresses the Crowd 14 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven , raised 
his voice and addressed the crowd : “ Fellow Jews and all of you who live in 
Jerusalem , let me explain this to you ; listen carefully to what I say . 15 
These men are not drunk , as you suppose . It’s only nine in the morning ! 16 
No , this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel : 17 “ ‘ In the last days 
, God says , I will pour out my Spirit on all people . Your sons and daughters 
will prophesy , your young men will see visions , your old men will dream 
dreams . 18 Even on my servants , both men and women , I will pour out my 
Spirit in those days , and they will prophesy . 19 I will show wonders in the 
heaven above and signs on the earth below , blood and fire and billows of smoke 
. 20 The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming 
of the great and glorious day of the Lord . 21 And everyone who calls on the 
name of the Lord will be saved . ’ [ c ] 22 “ Men of Israel
  , listen to this : Jesus of Nazareth was a man accredited by God to you by 
miracles , wonders and signs , which God did among you through him , as you 
yourselves know . 23 This man was handed over to you by God’s set purpose and 
foreknowledge ; and you , with the help of wicked men , [ d ] put him to death 
by nailing him to the cross . 24 But God raised him from the dead , freeing him 
from the agony of death , because it was impossible for death to keep its hold 
on him . 25 David said about him : “ ‘ I saw the Lord always before me . 
Because he is at my right hand , I will not be shaken . 26 Therefore my heart 
is glad and my tongue rejoices ; my body also will live in hope , 27 because 
you will not abandon me to the grave , nor will you let your Holy One see decay 
. 28 You have made known to me the paths of life ; you will fill me with joy in 
your presence . ’ [ e ] 29 “ Brothers , I can tell you confidently that the 
patriarch David died and was buried , and his tomb is h
 ere to this day . 30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him 
on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne . 31 Seeing 
what was ahead , he spoke of the resurrection of the Christ , [ f ] that he was 
not abandoned to the grave , nor did his body see decay . 32 God has raised 
this Jesus to life , and we are all witnesses of the fact . 33 Exalted to the 
right hand of God , he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit 
and has poured out what you now see and hear . 34 For David did not ascend to 
heaven , and yet he said , “ ‘ The Lord said to my Lord : “ Sit at my 
right hand 35 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet . ” ’ [ g 
] 36 “ Therefore let all Israel be assured of this : God has made this Jesus 
, whom you crucified , both Lord and Christ . ” 37 When the people heard this 
, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles , “ 
Brothers , what shall we do ? ” 38 Peter replied , “ Repent
  and be baptized , every one of you , in the name of Jesus Christ for the 
forgiveness of your sins . And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit . 
39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for 
all whom the Lord our God will call . ” 40 With many other words he warned 
them ; and he pleaded with them , “ Save yourselves from this corrupt 
generation . ” 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized , and about 
three thousand were added to their number that day . The Fellowship of the 
Believers 42 They devoted themselves to the apostles ’ teaching and to the 
fellowship , to the breaking of bread and to prayer . 43 Everyone was filled 
with awe , and many wonders and miraculous signs were done by the apostles . 44 
All the believers were together and had everything in common . 45 Selling their 
possessions and goods , they gave to anyone as he had need . 46 Every day they 
continued to meet together in the temple courts . They broke bread in the
 ir homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts , 47 praising God and 
enjoying the favor of all the people . And the Lord added to their number daily 
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Italy , Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named 
Julius , who belonged to the Imperial Regiment . 2 We boarded a ship from 
Adramyttium about to sail for ports along the coast of the province of Asia , 
and we put out to sea . Aristarchus , a Macedonian from Thessalonica , was with 
us . 3 The next day we landed at Sidon ; and Julius , in kindness to Paul , 
allowed him to go to his friends so they might provide for his needs . 4 From 
there we put out to sea again and passed to the lee of Cyprus because the winds 
were against us . 5 When we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of 
Cilicia and Pamphylia , we landed at Myra in Lycia . 6 There the centurion 
found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board . 7 We made 
slow headway for many days and had difficulty arriving off Cnidus . When the 
wind did not allow us to hold our course , we sailed to the lee of Crete ,
  opposite Salmone . 8 We moved along the coast with difficulty and came to a 
place called Fair Havens , near the town of Lasea . 9 Much time had been lost , 
and sailing had already become dangerous because by now it was after the Fast . 
[ a ] So Paul warned them , 10 “ Men , I can see that our voyage is going to 
be disastrous and bring great loss to ship and cargo , and to our own lives 
also . ” 11 But the centurion , instead of listening to what Paul said , 
followed the advice of the pilot and of the owner of the ship . 12 Since the 
harbor was unsuitable to winter in , the majority decided that we should sail 
on , hoping to reach Phoenix and winter there . This was a harbor in Crete , 
facing both southwest and northwest . The Storm 13 When a gentle south wind 
began to blow , they thought they had obtained what they wanted ; so they 
weighed anchor and sailed along the shore of Crete . 14 Before very long , a 
wind of hurricane force , called the “ northeaster , ” swept down f
 rom the island . 15 The ship was caught by the storm and could not head into 
the wind ; so we gave way to it and were driven along . 16 As we passed to the 
lee of a small island called Cauda , we were hardly able to make the lifeboat 
secure . 17 When the men had hoisted it aboard , they passed ropes under the 
ship itself to hold it together . Fearing that they would run aground on the 
sandbars of Syrtis , they lowered the sea anchor and let the ship be driven 
along . 18 We took such a violent battering from the storm that the next day 
they began to throw the cargo overboard . 19 On the third day , they threw the 
ship 's tackle overboard with their own hands . 20 When neither sun nor stars 
appeared for many days and the storm continued raging , we finally gave up all 
hope of being saved . 21 After the men had gone a long time without food , Paul 
stood up before them and said : “ Men , you should have taken my advice not 
to sail from Crete ; then you would have spared yourselves thi
 s damage and loss . 22 But now I urge you to keep up your courage , because 
not one of you will be lost ; only the ship will be destroyed . 23 Last night 
an angel of the God whose I am and whom I serve stood beside me 24 and said , 
‘ Do not be afraid , Paul . You must stand trial before Caesar ; and God has 
graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you . ' 25 So keep up your 
courage , men , for I have faith in God that it will happen just as he told me 
. 26 Nevertheless , we must run aground on some island . ” The Shipwreck 27 
On the fourteenth night we were still being driven across the Adriatic[b ] Sea 
, when about midnight the sailors sensed they were approaching land . 28 They 
took soundings and found that the water was a hundred and twenty feet[c ] deep 
. A short time later they took soundings again and found it was ninety feet[d ] 
deep . 29 Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks , they dropped four 
anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight . 30 In
  an attempt to escape from the ship , the sailors let the lifeboat down into 
the sea , pretending they were going to lower some anchors from the bow . 31 
Then Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers , “ Unless these men stay 
with the ship , you cannot be saved . ” 32 So the soldiers cut the ropes that 
held the lifeboat and let it fall away . 33 Just before dawn Paul urged them 
all to eat . “ For the last fourteen days , ” he said , “ you have been 
in constant suspense and have gone without food—you have n't eaten anything . 
34 Now I urge you to take some food . You need it to survive . Not one of you 
will lose a single hair from his head . ” 35 After he said this , he took 
some bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all . Then he broke it and 
began to eat . 36 They were all encouraged and ate some food themselves . 37 
Altogether there were 276 of us on board . 38 When they had eaten as much as 
they wanted , they lightened the ship by throwing the grain into 
 the sea . 39 When daylight came , they did not recognize the land , but they 
saw a bay with a sandy beach , where they decided to run the ship aground if 
they could . 40 Cutting loose the anchors , they left them in the sea and at 
the same time untied the ropes that held the rudders . Then they hoisted the 
foresail to the wind and made for the beach . 41 But the ship struck a sandbar 
and ran aground . The bow stuck fast and would not move , and the stern was 
broken to pieces by the pounding of the surf . 42 The soldiers planned to kill 
the prisoners to prevent any of them from swimming away and escaping . 43 But 
the centurion wanted to spare Paul 's life and kept them from carrying out 
their plan . He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to 
land . 44 The rest were to get there on planks or on pieces of the ship . In 
this way everyone reached land in safety . Acts 28 Ashore on Malta 1 Once 
safely on shore , we found out that the island was called Malta . 2 The
  islanders showed us unusual kindness . They built a fire and welcomed us all 
because it was raining and cold . 3 Paul gathered a pile of brushwood and , as 
he put it on the fire , a viper , driven out by the heat , fastened itself on 
his hand . 4 When the islanders saw the snake hanging from his hand , they said 
to each other , “ This man must be a murderer ; for though he escaped from 
the sea , Justice has not allowed him to live . ” 5 But Paul shook the snake 
off into the fire and suffered no ill effects . 6 The people expected him to 
swell up or suddenly fall dead , but after waiting a long time and seeing 
nothing unusual happen to him , they changed their minds and said he was a god 
. 7 There was an estate nearby that belonged to Publius , the chief official of 
the island . He welcomed us to his home and for three days entertained us 
hospitably . 8 His father was sick in bed , suffering from fever and dysentery 
. Paul went in to see him and , after prayer , placed his hands
  on him and healed him . 9 When this had happened , the rest of the sick on 
the island came and were cured . 10 They honored us in many ways and when we 
were ready to sail , they furnished us with the supplies we needed . Arrival at 
Rome 11 After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in the 
island . It was an Alexandrian ship with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor 
and Pollux . 12 We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days. 13 From 
there we set sail and arrived at Rhegium . The next day the south wind came up 
, and on the following day we reached Puteoli . 14 There we found some brothers 
who invited us to spend a week with them . And so we came to Rome . 15 The 
brothers there had heard that we were coming , and they traveled as far as the 
Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us . At the sight of these men 
Paul thanked God and was encouraged . 16 When we got to Rome , Paul was allowed 
to live by himself , with a soldier to guard him . Paul Pre
 aches at Rome Under Guard 17 Three days later he called together the leaders 
of the Jews . When they had assembled , Paul said to them : “ My brothers , 
although I have done nothing against our people or against the customs of our 
ancestors , I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans . 18 They 
examined me and wanted to release me , because I was not guilty of any crime 
deserving death . 19 But when the Jews objected , I was compelled to appeal to 
Caesar—not that I had any charge to bring against my own people . 20 For this 
reason I have asked to see you and talk with you . It is because of the hope of 
Israel that I am bound with this chain . ” 21 They replied , “ We have not 
received any letters from Judea concerning you , and none of the brothers who 
have come from there has reported or said anything bad about you . 22 But we 
want to hear what your views are , for we know that people everywhere are 
talking against this sect . ” 23 They arranged to meet Pau
 l on a certain day , and came in even larger numbers to the place where he was 
staying . From morning till evening he explained and declared to them the 
kingdom of God and tried to convince them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and 
from the Prophets . 24 Some were convinced by what he said , but others would 
not believe . 25 They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul 
had made this final statement : “ The Holy Spirit spoke the truth to your 
forefathers when he said through Isaiah the prophet : 26 “ ‘ Go to this 
people and say , “ You will be ever hearing but never understanding ; you 
will be ever seeing but never perceiving . ” 27 For this people 's heart has 
become calloused ; they hardly hear with their ears , and they have closed 
their eyes . Otherwise they might see with their eyes , hear with their ears , 
understand with their hearts and turn , and I would heal them . '[a ] 28 “ 
Therefore I want you to know that God 's salvation has been sent to t
 he Gentiles , and they will listen ! ” [ b ] 30 For two whole years Paul 
stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him . 31 
Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about 
the Lord Jesus Christ . 
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+ Luke 1 Introduction 1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the 
things that have been fulfilled[a ] among us , 2 just as they were handed down 
to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word . 
3 Therefore , since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the 
beginning , it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you , 
most excellent Theophilus , 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things 
you have been taught . The Birth of John the Baptist Foretold 5 In the time of 
Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah , who belonged to the 
priestly division of Abijah ; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron 
. 6 Both of them were upright in the sight of God , observing all the Lord’s 
commandments and regulations blamelessly . 7 But they had no children , because 
Elizabeth was barren ; and they were both well along in years . 8 Once when 
Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving as pri
 est before God , 9 he was chosen by lot , according to the custom of the 
priesthood , to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense . 10 And when 
the time for the burning of incense came , all the assembled worshipers were 
praying outside . 11 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him , standing at 
the right side of the altar of incense . 12 When Zechariah saw him , he was 
startled and was gripped with fear . 13 But the angel said to him : “ Do not 
be afraid , Zechariah ; your prayer has been heard . Your wife Elizabeth will 
bear you a son , and you are to give him the name John . 14 He will be a joy 
and delight to you , and many will rejoice because of his birth , 15 for he 
will be great in the sight of the Lord . He is never to take wine or other 
fermented drink , and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from birth . 
[ b ] 16 Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God 
. 17 And he will go on before the Lord , in the spirit and power of Elija
 h , to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to 
the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord . 
” 18 Zechariah asked the angel , “ How can I be sure of this ? I am an old 
man and my wife is well along in years . ” 19 The angel answered , “ I am 
Gabriel . I stand in the presence of God , and I have been sent to speak to you 
and to tell you this good news . 20 And now you will be silent and not able to 
speak until the day this happens , because you did not believe my words , which 
will come true at their proper time . ” 21 Meanwhile , the people were 
waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple . 22 
When he came out , he could not speak to them . They realized he had seen a 
vision in the temple , for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to 
speak . 23 When his time of service was completed , he returned home . 24 After 
this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months 
 remained in seclusion . 25 “ The Lord has done this for me , ” she said . 
“ In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the 
people . ” The Birth of Jesus Foretold 26 In the sixth month , God sent the 
angel Gabriel to Nazareth , a town in Galilee , 27 to a virgin pledged to be 
married to a man named Joseph , a descendant of David . The virgin’s name was 
Mary . 28 The angel went to her and said , “ Greetings , you who are highly 
favored ! The Lord is with you . ” 29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words 
and wondered what kind of greeting this might be . 30 But the angel said to her 
, “ Do not be afraid , Mary , you have found favor with God . 31 You will be 
with child and give birth to a son , and you are to give him the name Jesus . 
32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High . The Lord God 
will give him the throne of his father David , 33 and he will reign over the 
house of Jacob forever ; his kingdom will never end . â€
  34 “ How will this be , ” Mary asked the angel , “ since I am a virgin 
? ” 35 The angel answered , “ The Holy Spirit will come upon you , and the 
power of the Most High will overshadow you . So the holy one to be born will be 
called[c ] the Son of God . 36 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a 
child in her old age , and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month 
. 37 For nothing is impossible with God . ” 38 “ I am the Lord’s servant 
, ” Mary answered . “ May it be to me as you have said . ” Then the angel 
left her . Mary Visits Elizabeth 39 At that time Mary got ready and hurried to 
a town in the hill country of Judea , 40 where she entered Zechariah’s home 
and greeted Elizabeth . 41 When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting , the baby 
leaped in her womb , and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit . 42 In a 
loud voice she exclaimed : “ Blessed are you among women , and blessed is the 
child you will bear ! 43 But why am I so favored , 
 that the mother of my Lord should come to me ? 44 As soon as the sound of your 
greeting reached my ears , the baby in my womb leaped for joy . 45 Blessed is 
she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished ! 
” Mary’s Song 46 And Mary said : “ My soul glorifies the Lord 47 and my 
spirit rejoices in God my Savior , 48 for he has been mindful of the humble 
state of his servant . From now on all generations will call me blessed , 49 
for the Mighty One has done great things for me — holy is his name . 50 His 
mercy extends to those who fear him , from generation to generation . 51 He has 
performed mighty deeds with his arm ; he has scattered those who are proud in 
their inmost thoughts . 52 He has brought down rulers from their thrones but 
has lifted up the humble . 53 He has filled the hungry with good things but has 
sent the rich away empty . 54 He has helped his servant Israel , remembering to 
be merciful 55 to Abraham and his descendants forever , e
 ven as he said to our fathers . ” 56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about 
three months and then returned home . The Birth of John the Baptist 57 When it 
was time for Elizabeth to have her baby , she gave birth to a son . 58 Her 
neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy , and 
they shared her joy . 59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child , 
and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah , 60 but his mother 
spoke up and said , “ No ! He is to be called John . ” 61 They said to her 
, “ There is no one among your relatives who has that name . ” 62 Then they 
made signs to his father , to find out what he would like to name the child . 
63 He asked for a writing tablet , and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote , 
“ His name is John . ” 64 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue 
was loosed , and he began to speak , praising God . 65 The neighbors were all 
filled with awe , and throughout the hill country of Judea pe
 ople were talking about all these things . 66 Everyone who heard this wondered 
about it , asking , “ What then is this child going to be ? ” For the 
Lord’s hand was with him . Zechariah’s Song 67 His father Zechariah was 
filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied : 68 “ Praise be to the Lord , the 
God of Israel , because he has come and has redeemed his people . 69 He has 
raised up a horn[d ] of salvation for us in the house of his servant David 70 ( 
as he said through his holy prophets of long ago ) , 71 salvation from our 
enemies and from the hand of all who hate us — 72 to show mercy to our 
fathers and to remember his holy covenant , 73 the oath he swore to our father 
Abraham : 74 to rescue us from the hand of our enemies , and to enable us to 
serve him without fear 75 in holiness and righteousness before him all our 
days. 76 And you , my child , will be called a prophet of the Most High ; for 
you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him , 77 to give his 
 people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins , 78 
because of the tender mercy of our God , by which the rising sun will come to 
us from heaven 79 to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of 
death , to guide our feet into the path of peace . ” 80 And the child grew 
and became strong in spirit ; and he lived in the desert until he appeared 
publicly to Israel . Luke 2 The Birth of Jesus 1 In those days Caesar Augustus 
issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world . 2 ( 
This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria 
. ) 3 And everyone went to his own town to register . 4 So Joseph also went up 
from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea , to Bethlehem the town of David 
, because he belonged to the house and line of David . 5 He went there to 
register with Mary , who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a 
child . 6 While they were there , the time came for the baby to be 
 born , 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn , a son . She wrapped him in 
cloths and placed him in a manger , because there was no room for them in the 
inn . The Shepherds and the Angels 8 And there were shepherds living out in the 
fields nearby , keeping watch over their flocks at night . 9 An angel of the 
Lord appeared to them , and the glory of the Lord shone around them , and they 
were terrified . 10 But the angel said to them , “ Do not be afraid . I bring 
you good news of great joy that will be for all the people . 11 Today in the 
town of David a Savior has been born to you ; he is Christ[a ] the Lord . 12 
This will be a sign to you : You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying 
in a manger . ” 13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared 
with the angel , praising God and saying , 14 “ Glory to God in the highest , 
and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests . ” 15 When the angels had 
left them and gone into heaven , the shepherds said to one ano
 ther , “ Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened , 
which the Lord has told us about . ” 16 So they hurried off and found Mary 
and Joseph , and the baby , who was lying in the manger . 17 When they had seen 
him , they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child 
, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them . 19 
But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart . 20 The 
shepherds returned , glorifying and praising God for all the things they had 
heard and seen , which were just as they had been told . Jesus Presented in the 
Temple 21 On the eighth day , when it was time to circumcise him , he was named 
Jesus , the name the angel had given him before he had been conceived . 22 When 
the time of their purification according to the Law of Moses had been completed 
, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 ( as it 
is written in the Law of the Lord , “ Every firstborn
  male is to be consecrated to the Lord”[b ] ) , 24 and to offer a sacrifice 
in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord : “ a pair of doves or 
two young pigeons . ” [ c ] 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon 
, who was righteous and devout . He was waiting for the consolation of Israel , 
and the Holy Spirit was upon him . 26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy 
Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Christ . 27 Moved 
by the Spirit , he went into the temple courts . When the parents brought in 
the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required , 28 Simeon 
took him in his arms and praised God , saying : 29 “ Sovereign Lord , as you 
have promised , you now dismiss[d ] your servant in peace . 30 For my eyes have 
seen your salvation , 31 which you have prepared in the sight of all people , 
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel . 
” 33 The child’s father and mother marveled at wh
 at was said about him . 34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary , his 
mother : “ This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in 
Israel , and to be a sign that will be spoken against , 35 so that the thoughts 
of many hearts will be revealed . And a sword will pierce your own soul too . 
” 36 There was also a prophetess , Anna , the daughter of Phanuel , of the 
tribe of Asher . She was very old ; she had lived with her husband seven years 
after her marriage , 37 and then was a widow until she was eighty-four . [ e ] 
She never left the temple but worshiped night and day , fasting and praying . 
38 Coming up to them at that very moment , she gave thanks to God and spoke 
about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem 
. 39 When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord , 
they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth . 40 And the child grew 
and became strong ; he was filled with wisdom , and the gr
 ace of God was upon him . The Boy Jesus at the Temple 41 Every year his 
parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover . 42 When he was twelve 
years old , they went up to the Feast , according to the custom . 43 After the 
Feast was over , while his parents were returning home , the boy Jesus stayed 
behind in Jerusalem , but they were unaware of it . 44 Thinking he was in their 
company , they traveled on for a day . Then they began looking for him among 
their relatives and friends . 45 When they did not find him , they went back to 
Jerusalem to look for him . 46 After three days they found him in the temple 
courts , sitting among the teachers , listening to them and asking them 
questions . 47 Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his 
answers . 48 When his parents saw him , they were astonished . His mother said 
to him , “ Son , why have you treated us like this ? Your father and I have 
been anxiously searching for you . ” 49 “ Why were you searchin
 g for me ? ” he asked . “ Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s 
house ? ” 50 But they did not understand what he was saying to them . 51 Then 
he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them . But his mother 
treasured all these things in her heart . 52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and 
stature , and in favor with God and men . 
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