Yahowah

New Testament
(Greek Scriptures)
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6 Matthew
72 Mark
113 Luke
182 John
235 Acts
302 Roman
333 1 Corinthians
363 2 Corinthians
382 Galatians
393 Ephesians
404 Philippians
412 Colossians
420 1 Thessalonians
427 2 Thessalonians
432 1 Timothy
441 2 Timothy
448 Titus
452 Philemon
456 Hebrews
479 James
488 Peter
497 2 Peter
503 1 John
511 2 John
512 3 John
513 Jude
516 Revelation
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YAHWIST WORD
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Almighty One – God

The Almighty – God
Yahowah – YHWH
Yahoshua – Jesus
Messiah, Moshiah- Christ, the Anointed
Adonai - Master
abba - father

Adonai - Master
ahava - love
almah - virgin
am –people, nation
amein - amen (means so be it, or verily, or
surely)
atah – you
Avraham - Abraham (the Av in Avraham means
father)

Bar - Son
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ben - son
binah - understanding
b’nai – children or sons of
brach - bless, blessed
bracha - blessing
brachot - blessings

chamas - violence
chayim - life, lives
chochmah - wisdom

da’at - knowledge
derech - way, road, path

edah - congregation
edot - congregations
ed - witness
et - the
Elohim - title for YHWH
eretz - earth, land, soil
eema - mother
emunah - faith
emet - true, truth, truthful

goy - nation (single; as in nation outside Israel; )

goyim - nations (plural; as in nations outside
Israel; pagans

hallel - praise
hallelu - praise to
hallelu-et - praise the
har - mountain, mount, hill

ish - man
isha - woman

Kepha - Peter
kadosh - set-apart (kadosh-shemecha: set-apart
is your name)
kahal - congregation, assembly
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ke - for
koach – strength or power

le - to

malak - messenger
malakim - messengers
Miryam - Mary
mayim - water. Waters
malchut - kingdom Kingdom of Heaven
Malchut HaShamayim - Kingdom of Heaven(s)
Mattityahu – Matthew
mishpat - judgment
mishpatim - judgments

nahar - river(s)
nachas – intense joy

tshuvah - repent make teshuvah / do teshuvah

Shimon - Simon
Shimon Kepha - Simon Peter
shalom - peace
shamayim - heaven(s)

Ya'akov or Ya'akob - Jacob

Yaakov - James Jacob's name was changed to
James to please King James)
Yahseph - Joseph
Yisrael - Israel
Yarden - Jordan or Jordan River
Yericho - Jericho
Yeshayahu - Isaiah
Yahudah – Judah
Yahudi, Yahudite – Jew
Yahrushalayim - Jerusalem
yam - sea
Yochanan – John
yom - day
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emunah (faith), tikvah (hope) , ahava (love)

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MATTHEW
Good News

(WITRER: MATTHEW) (HEBREW: MATTITHIAH, MEANS GIFT OF YAHOWAH)

(41 C.E.) (PALESTINE) (TETRAGRAMMATON: YHWH IS SOMETIMES
TRANSLATED YAHOWAH, YAHWEH, YAHUWAH, JHOVAH OR LORD
DEPENDING ON TRANSLATOR’S THEOLOGY)

Words: ab-father, Abba-Heavenly Father, Adonai-Master,

eema-mother, eretz-earth, goyim-nations, hallel-praise, har-
mountain, Malchut HaShamayim-Kingdom of Heaven,
Mattityahu-Matthew, shalom-peace, teshuvah-repent,
Yahoshua-Jesus, Yahudah-Judah, Yisrael-Israel.

Matthew 1
1 The list of ancestors of Yahoshua Messiah, descendant of
David and Avraham:
2 Avraham was the ab (father) of Isaac, Isaac the ab of
Ya'akob, Ya'akob the ab of Yahudah (Judah) and his brothers.
3 Yahudah and Tamar were the abba and eema (mother) of
Perez and Zerah. Perez was the ab of Hezron, Hezron the ab of
Ram,
4 Ram the ab of Amminadab, Amminadab the ab of Nahshon,
Nahshon the ab of Salmon.
5 Salmon and Rahab were the ab and eema of Boaz. Boaz and
Ruth were the ab and mother of Obed. Obed was the ab of
Jesse,
6 Jesse the ab of King David. David and Uriah’s wife Bath-
sheba were the ab and eema of Solomon.
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7 Solomon was the abba of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the abba
of Abijah, Abijah the ab of Asa,
8 Asa the fab of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the ab of Joram,
Joram the ab of Uzziah,
9 Uzziah the ab of Jotham, Jotham the ab of Ahaz, Ahaz the ab
of Hezekiah,
10 Hezekiah the ab of Manasseh, Manasseh the ab of Amon,
Amon the ab of Josiah.
11 Josiah was the ab of Jechoniah and his brothers. They lived
at the time when the people were exiled to Babylon.
12 After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the ab of
Shealtiel. Shealtiel was the ab of Zerubbabel,
13 Zerubbabel the abba of Abiud, Abiud the abba of Eliakim,
Eliakim the abba of Azor,
14 Azor the ab of Zadok, Zadok the ab of Achim, Achim the ab
of Eliud,
15 Eliud the ab of Eleazar, Eleazar the ab of Matthan, Matthan
the ab of Ya'akob.
16 Ya'akob was the ab of Yahseph, who was the husband of
Miryam. Miryam was the eema of Yahoshua, who is called
Messiah (the Anointed).
17 So there were fourteen generations from Avraham to David,
fourteen generations from David until the exile to Babylon,
fourteen generations from the exile until the Messiah.
18 The birth (genesis: origin) (beginning) of Yahoshua
Messiah was as follows: His eema Miryam had been promised
to Yahseph in marriage. But before they were married,
Miryam (Mary) realized that she was pregnant by Set-Apart
Spirit.
19 Her husband Yahseph was an honorable man and did not
want to disgrace her publicly. So he decided to break the
marriage agreement with her secretly.
20 Yahseph had this in mind when Yahowah’s messenger
appeared to him in a dream. The messenger said to him:
“Yahseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take
Miryam as your wife. She is pregnant by Set-Apart Spirit.
21 “She will give birth to a son, and you will name him
Yahoshua (“Yahowah (YHWH) is salvation”), because he will
save his people from their sins.”
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22 All this happened so that what the Almighty One spoke
through the prophet came true:
23 “The virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son,
and they will name him Immanuel,” which means: “Almighty
One is with us.” (John 1:18)
24 When Yahseph woke up, he did what the messenger of the
Almighty One had commanded him to do. He took Miryam to
be his wife.
25 He did not have marital relations with her before she gave
birth to a son. Yahseph Joseph named the child Yahoshua.

Matthew 2
1 Yahoshua was born in Bethlehem of Judea during the reign
of King Herod. Astrologers arrived in Jerusalem from the east.
2 They asked: “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We
saw his star in the east and came to offer him hallel (praise).”
3 King Herod was troubled when he heard this. Jerusalem was
also troubled.
4 He called together all the chief priests and teachers of the
Law and asked where will the Messiah be born?
5 “Bethlehem in Judea,” they answered. This is what the
prophet wrote:
6 “Bethlehem in the land of Yahudah, you are not the least of
the leading cities of Yahudah. A leader will come out of you.
He will shepherd my people Yisrael.”
7 Then Herod secretly called the astrologers to find out exactly
the time the star appeared.
8 He sent them to Bethlehem. He said: “Search diligently for
the young child. When you find him, bring me word so I may
come and bow down to him also.”
9 After they heard the king, they followed the star until it
stopped over the place where the child was.
10 They were overwhelmed with joy to see the star.
11 They entered the house and saw the young child with his
eema Miryam. They bowed down and paid him homage. Then
they opened their treasure chests and offered gifts of gold,
frankincense and myrrh.
12 Yahowah warned the astrologers in a dream not to go back
to Herod. So they departed for their country by a different
road.
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13 When they left, the messenger of the Almighty One
appeared to Yahseph in a dream and said: “Herod is looking to
kill the young child. Arise, take the child and his eema and
escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you to leave.”
14 Yahseph took the child and his eema to Egypt.
15 They did not return until the death of Herod. The words
spoken by Yahowah through the prophet were fulfilled: “I
called my son out of Egypt.” (Hosea 11:1)
16 Herod saw that the astrologers tricked him and he was
furious. He sent soldiers to kill all the boys two years old and
younger in or near Bethlehem. This matched the time he
learned from the astrologers.
17 Jeremiah’s prophecy came true:
18 “A sound was heard in Ramah, the sound of crying in bitter
grief. Rachel is weeping for her children. She would not be
comforted, because they were dead.”
19 After Herod died the Almighty One’s messenger appeared
in a dream to Yahseph who was in Egypt.
20 The messenger told him: “Take the child and his eema and
go to Yisrael. Those who tried to kill the child are dead.”
21 Joseph took the child and his eema to Yisrael.
22 When he heard that Archelaus succeeded his ab, Herod, as
king of Judea, Yahseph feared going. Warned in a dream, he
left for Galilee instead.
23 He made his home in Nazareth. Thus the prophecy came
true: “He [Yahoshua] will be called a Nazarene.”

Matthew 3
1 Yahochanan the Baptist appeared in the wilderness of Judea,
proclaiming:
2 “Make teshuvah, for the Malchut HaShamayim (Kingdom of
Heaven) has come near.”
3 Isaiah spoke of Yahochanan when he said: “He is a voice
shouting in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of Yahowah.
Make his paths straight.’” (Isaiah 40:3)
4 Yahochanan wore clothes made from camel’s hair. He had a
leather belt around his waist. He ate locusts and wild honey.
5 People from Jerusalem, Judea, and the whole Jordan Valley
went to him.
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6 They confessed their sins and were baptized by
Yahochanan in the Jordan River.
7 He saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism.
“You offspring of vipers,” he said, “who warned you to flee
from the wrath to come?
8 “Bear fruit worthy of repentance!
9 “Do not presume that Avraham is your ab. I tell you that
Yahowah can make descendants for Avraham from these
stones!
10 “The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots. Every
tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown
into the fire.
11 “I baptize you with water because of your repentance. He
that comes after me is mightier than I. He will baptize you
with Set-Apart Spirit and fire. I am not even good enough to
carry his sandals.
12 “His winnowing shovel is in his hand. He will clean his
threshing floor and gather his wheat into a barn. He will then
burn the husks in a fire that cannot be put out.”
13 Then Yahoshua came from Galilee to the Jordan River to be
baptized by Yahochanan.
14 “I need to be baptized by you,” Yahochanan said. “Why are
you coming to me?”
15 Yahoshua answered emphatically: “This is the proper way
to do everything that Yahowah requires. This is the way it
must be!”
16 Then Yahoshua was baptized and came up from the water.
Suddenly the heavens were opened. He saw the Almighty
One’s Spirit coming down like a dove.
17 Then a voice from Shamayim said: “This is my Son whom I
love and whom I have approved.”

Matthew 4
1 Yahowah’s Spirit led Yahoshua into the desert wilderness.
There he was tested (tempted) by the Devil.
2 He fasted forty days and nights, and was very hungry.
3 Satan, the Tempter, said to him: “If (since) you are the Son
of Yahowah order these stones to turn into bread.”
4 In reply Yahoshua answered: “It is written; man shall not
live on bread alone, but on all (everything) (every word) (every
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utterance) (every declaration) that proceeds from the mouth
of Yahowah.” (Deuteronomy 8:3)
5 Then the Devil took him into the set-apart city and had him
stand on top of the Temple.
6 “If (since) you are the Son of the Almighty One, throw
yourself down. The Scriptures say: ‘Yahowah will give orders
to his messengers about you and they will hold you with their
hands, so that not even your feet will strike the ground.’”
7 “Again it is written,” Yahoshua replied, “‘you must not put
Yahowah your Almighty One to the test.’” (Deuteronomy 6:16)
8 This time the Devil took Yahoshua to an extremely high har
(mountain). He showed him all the kingdoms of the world
with all their greatness.
9 “I will give all this to you,” the Devil told Yahoshua, “if you
kneel down and worship me.”
10 “Go away, Satan!” demanded Yahoshua. “It is written, “It is
Yahowah your Almighty One you must worship, and it is to
him alone you must render set-apart service.’” (Deuteronomy
6:13-15)
11 Then the Devil left Yahoshua, and the messengers came and
served him.
12 Yahoshua heard that Yahochanan had been arrested. So
Yahoshua withdrew to Galilee.
13 He left Nazareth to reside at Capernaum, a town by Lake
Galilee, in the districts of Zebulun and Naphtali.
14 Thus the prophecy revealed to Isaiah would be fulfilled:
15 “O land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, along the road of
the sea, on the other side of the Jordan, Galilee of the goyim
(nations)!
16 “the people sitting in darkness saw a great light. Light rose
upon those sitting in a region of deathly shadow.”
17 From that time on Yahoshua preached this message: “Make
teshuvah for the Malchut HaShamayim is near.”
18 Yahoshua walked on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. There
he saw Shimon, who is called Kepha, and Andrew his brother.
They were fishermen.
19 He said to them: “Follow me and I will teach you to catch
people.”
20 At once they abandoned their nets and followed him.
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21 He saw two other brothers, Jacob, the son of Zebedee,
and Yahochanan his brother. They were in the boat with
Zebedee their ab (father), mending their nets. He called them.
22 Instantly they left the boat and their ab, and went with
him.
23 Yahoshua walked all over Galilee teaching in the
synagogues. He preached the Good News about the Kingdom.
He also healed every kind of disease and infirmity among the
people.
24 News about him spread throughout the country of Syria.
People sick and suffering from diseases, people with demons,
epileptics and paralytics, came to him. Yahoshua healed them
all.
25 Because of this, large crowds followed him from Galilee,
Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and the land on the other side of
the Jordan.

Matthew 5
1 Seeing great masses of people, he went up to the har. When
he was seated his disciples came to him.
2 He opened his mouth and taught them:
3 “Blessed (Greek: makarios: happy, blessed) are those
conscious of their spiritual need, for the Malchut
HaShamayim is theirs.
4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
5 “Blessed are the meek (gentle) (mild) (humble), for they will
inherit the eretz (earth).
6 “Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
7 “Blessed are the merciful and compassionate, for they will
receive mercy and compassion.
8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see the Almighty
One.
9 “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the
children of the Almighty One.
10 “Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness
sake, for theirs is the Malchut HaShamayim.
11 “Blessed are you when men revile you, and persecute you,
and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.
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12 “Rejoice, and be filled with joy, for great is your reward in
shamayim. The prophets, who came before you, were also
persecuted.
13 “You are the salt of the eretz. If its taste goes away, how will
you restore it? It is good for nothing. All you can do is throw it
on the ground and walk on it.
14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill may
be seen by all.
15 “A light is not placed under a cover. To the contrary, it is
placed on a table so all may see.
16 “Likewise, let your light shine before men, that they may
see your good works and give esteem to your Ab in Shamayim.
17 “Do not think I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I
came, not to destroy, but to fulfill (perfect) (execute)
(accomplish).
18 “I solemnly tell you, shamayim (heaven) and eretz would
pass away before one small letter (detail) will pass away from
the Law. All things must be accomplished.
19 “Whoever disobeys even the least of the commandments
and teaches others to do the same, will be called least in the
Malchut HaShamayim. On the other hand whoever obeys and
teaches others to obey the Law will be called great in the
Malchut HaShamayim.
20 “I also tell you, your righteousness must be greater than
the scribes and Pharisees or you will not enter into the
Malchut HaShamayim (kingdom of heaven).
21 “You were told in the past, do not murder (kill). Any one
who murders will be brought to trial.
22 “Now I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother
[without cause] shall be guilty before the court. Whoever
speaks to his brother with words of contempt shall receive
condemnation before the Sanhedrin [Supreme Court]. Curse
your brother and you will be guilty enough to be destroyed by
fire, with the burning trash, at the Valley of Hinnom, outside
of Jerusalem (Greek: Gehenna).
23 “When making an offering at the altar and you remember
your brother has something against you,
24 “leave your gift at the altar and go make shalom (peace)
with your brother. Then return and make your offering.
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25 “Come to an agreement quickly with the one who has a
legal case against you. Do it before he turns the case over to
the judge and you are thrown into jail.
26 “Take it from me; you will stay in jail until you pay the very
last penny of your fine.
27 “You have heard it was said, ‘You should not commit
adultery.’
28 “However, I tell you that whoever looks at a woman with
lustful thoughts commits adultery with her in his heart.
29 “If your right eye causes you to sin, take it out and throw it
away! It is better to lose a part of your body then to have your
whole body destroyed in the ever-burning fires of the Valley of
Hinnom.
30 “If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it
away. It is better to lose part of your body, than for your whole
body to be destroyed in the ever-burning fire. (Figuratively:
lose prospect for everlasting life; ever-burning fire means total
destruction.)
31 “Again, it was said, ‘Whoever gets rid of his wife has to give
her a certificate of divorce.’
32 “I say to you that everyone divorcing his wife, except for the
reason of fornication, makes her liable to commit adultery.
And if she marries again, the man she marries also commits
adultery.
33 “You were also told that you should keep a promise (oath).
Always keep your promises (vows) to Yahowah.
34 “I tell you, offer no promises at all, not by shamayim,
because it is the Almighty One’s throne.
35 “Not by eretz, for it is the footstool under His feet. Not by
Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.
36 “And do not promise by your head, for you cannot even
control the hair on your head.
37 “Let your answer be ‘Yes’ or ‘No.’ Anything more than this
is from the evil one.
38 “You have heard it said, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a
tooth.
39 “But I tell you, do not resist a wicked person. If someone
strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to that person.
40 “If someone takes you to court to sue you and takes your
shirt, let him have your coat as well.
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41 “Whoever makes you go one mile, go with him two.
42 “Give to those who ask. Lend to those who borrow.
43 “You have heard it said, ‘You should love your neighbor
and hate your enemy.’ (Leviticus 19:18)
44 “I say love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!
45 “You will then act as true children of your Abba in
shamayim. He gives sunlight to both evil and good people. He
sends rain for the just and the unjust.
46 “What good is there, when you love only those who love
you? Even [corrupt] tax collectors do that!
47 “When you are kind only to your friends [and brothers]
what makes you different from anyone else? Even people of
the goyim do that.
48 “Be perfect (mature), even as your Abba in shamayim is
perfect (mature). (Leviticus 19:2)

Matthew 6
1 “Be careful! Do not display your righteousness (good works)
before men to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no
reward with your shamayim Abba.
2 “Do not loudly announce it when you give to the poor. The
hypocrites do this in the houses of worship and on the streets.
They do this to be praised by men. Believe me, they have
already been paid in full.
3 “When you give gifts, do not let your left hand know what
your right hand is doing.
4 “Your giving will be in secret and your Abba who sees in
secret will reward you.
5 “Do not pray like the hypocrites! They want everyone to see
them in the houses of worship and on the street corners. I
assure you they have been paid in full.
6 “Go to your room and close the door. Privately pray to your
Abba. When your Abba sees you he will reward you.
7 “Large quantities of meaningless words and repetition are
not acceptable in prayer. The pagans think their gods will hear
long and repetitious prayers.
8 “Do not be like them. Your Abba (Father) knows what you
need before you ask him.
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9 “THIS IS THE WAY TO PRAY: ‘Our Abba (Father) in
shamayim, set-apart is your name. (Exodus 6:3) (Psalm
83:18) (Isaiah 42:8; 54:5; 63:16; 64:8)
10 “‘Your kingdom come, your will be done on eretz as it is in
shamayim. (Matthew 6:33) (Daniel 2:44) (Revelation 11:15)
(Psalm 37:10,29) (Acts 24:15)
11 “‘Give us this yom (day) our daily bread. (Matthew 6:34)
(1 Timothy 6:8) (Proverbs 30:8) (Psalm 37:25)
12 “‘Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.
(Matthew 18:21) (Mark 11:25) (Luke 11:4)
13 “‘And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil
(the wicked one).’ (Psalm 82:4) (Psalm 97:10) (Matthew
13:19) (John 17:15) (1 John 5:19)
14 “If you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Abba will
also forgive you.
15 “If you do not forgive others, your Abba will not forgive
your sins.
16 “When you abstain from food, do not be like the hypocrites,
with sad faces to be seen by men. They have received their
reward.
17 “Anoint your head and wash your face.
18 “That way, men may not see that you are fasting. Your Abba
knows in secret and will reward you.
19 “Do not accumulate large amounts of wealth on eretz. This
is where moth and rust consume and where thieves break in
and steal.
20 “Accumulate wealth in shamayim where neither moth nor
rust consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
21 Your heart will be where you keep your wealth.
22 “The eyes are like a lamp for the body. If your eye is clear
(simple) (focused) (single minded), your whole body will be
full of [spiritual] light.
23 “But if your eye is wicked, your body will be in darkness. If
that light in you is really darkness, how great a darkness it
must be.
24 “You cannot serve two masters. You will hate one and love
the other. You will be loyal to one master and despise the
other. You cannot serve both the Almighty One and money
(wealth) (material possessions).
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25 “I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat
or drink. And do not worry about your body, what you will
wear. Is life worth more than food? And is the body worth
more than clothes?
26 “Look at the birds of the sky, they do not sow, nor reap, nor
gather into barns. Your shamayim (heavenly) Abba feeds
them. Are you worth more than they?
27 “Can you live longer by worrying about it?
28 “Why are you worried about clothing? Look at how the
lilies of the field grow. They do not toil. They do not spin.
29 “I tell you that not even Solomon in all his esteem was
dressed like these.
30 “If Yahowah clothes the grass of the field, which is here
today, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, won’t he care
for you even more? You of little faith!
31 “Do not worry! Do not say: ‘What shall we eat?’ or, ‘What
shall we drink?’ or, ‘What shall we wear?’
32 “All people go in search of these things. Your heavenly
Abba knows that you need all these things.
33 “Seek (desire) (require) (serve) first the kingdom of the
Almighty One and his righteousness [continuously] and all
these things will be added to you.
34 “Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have its
own worries. Sufficient for each yom is its badness.

Matthew 7
1 “Stop judging, so that you will not be judged.
2 “As you judge, so you will be judged. As you measure, it will
be measured to you.
3 “Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye? Do you not
consider the beam in your own eye?
4 “Will you tell your brother, ‘I will remove the speck from
your eye’ when there is a beam in your own eye?
5 “You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye.
Then you can see to remove the speck out of your brother’s
eye.
6 “Do not give set-apart things to the dogs (impure persons)
(false prophets) (Matthew 7:15). Do not throw your pearls
before swine (the most unclean). They will trample them
under their feet and turn and tear you to pieces.
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7 “Ask and it will be given you. Seek and you will find.
Knock and it will be opened for you.
8 “Everyone who asks receives. Everyone who seeks finds, and
everyone who knocks will have it opened.
9 “Who among you, who would give his son a stone when he
asks him for bread?
10 “Who will give him a serpent when he asks for a fish?
11 “Even though you are a sinner, you know how to give good
gifts to your children. Think how much more your Abba in
shamayim gives good things to those who ask him!
12 “Do for others the same as you would have them to do for
you. That is the meaning of the Law and the Prophets.
13 “Enter through the narrow gate, since the gate to
destruction is wide and the road that leads to destruction is
wide and many enter through it.
14 “Narrow is the gate and difficult is the way to life. Only a
few put forth the effort. Yes, only a few people enter the
narrow gate.
15 “Watch out for the false prophets. They are disguised as
sheep. But in their hearts they are vicious wolves.
16 “By their fruits you will know them. Do men get grapes
from thorns or figs from thistles?
17 “Every good tree gives righteous fruit. The bad tree gives
evil fruit.
18 “A good tree does not give bad fruit. A bad tree does not
give good fruit.
19 “Every tree that does not produce good fruit is cut down
and thrown into the fire.
20 “Therefore by their fruits you will know them.
21 “Not everyone who calls me Master will enter the Malchut
HaShamayim. He who does the will of my Abba in Shamayim
will enter.
22 “Many will say to me in that yom, ‘Master, Master, did we
not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your
name, and do many mighty works in your name?’
23 “I will say to them, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you
workers of evil.’
24 “Everyone who hears my words, and does them is like a
wise man that builds his house on a rock.
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25 “The rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds
blew and beat upon that house; and it did not fall. It was built
on a solid rock foundation.
26 “Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do
them will be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the
sand.
27 “The rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds
blew and battered the house and it fell with a great crash.”
28 When Yahoshua had finished these words, the crowds were
astonished at what he taught.
29 He taught them as one having authority, and not as their
scribes.

Matthew 8
1 When Yahoshua came down from the har, large crowds
followed him.
2 A leper came to him and bowed down before him, saying:
“Master, if you want to, you can make me clean.”
3 He reached out his hand and touched him, saying: “I want
to. Be made clean.” Right away his leprosy was cleansed.
4 Yahoshua told him not to tell anyone. “Show yourself to the
priests and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a
testimony to them.”
5 When he entered Capernaum, a centurion (captain of one
hundred men) approached him.
6 He said: “Master, my servant is lying paralyzed at home and
terribly tormented.”
7 Yahoshua said to him: “I will come and heal him.”
8 The centurion replied to Yahoshua: “Master, I am not
worthy that you come under my roof. Say the word and my
servant will be healed.
9 “I also am a man having authority and commanding
soldiers. I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and to another,
‘Come,’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he
does it.”
10 When Yahoshua heard it, he was amazed, and said to the
crowd: “I tell you, I have not found such great faith in Yisrael.
11 “I tell you, many will come from the east and the west, to sit
down with Avraham, and Isaac, and Ya'akob, in the Malchut
HaShamayim:
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12 “but the sons of the Malchut will be cast forth into the
outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”
13 Yahoshua said to the centurion: “Go. Just as you believe, so
it will be done to you.” The servant was healed in that hour.
14 Yahoshua went to Kepha’s house. He saw his wife’s eema
lying sick of a fever.
15 He touched her hand and the fever left her. She arose, and
ministered to him.
16 That evening, they brought many people possessed with
demons to him. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed
all that were sick.
17 In so doing, that which was spoken through Isaiah was
fulfilled. Isaiah wrote: “He took our sicknesses and removed
our diseases.”
18 Now when Yahoshua saw how large the crowd was growing,
he gave orders to depart to the other side of the lake.
19 A scribe came to him and said: “Teacher, I will follow you
wherever you go.”
20 Yahoshua replied: “Foxes have holes, and the birds of
shamayim have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay
his head.”
21 One of his disciples said: “Master, first allow me to go bury
my father.”
22 But Yahoshua said to him: “Follow me; and leave the dead
to bury their own dead.”
23 When he entered a boat, his disciples followed him.
24 Suddenly a storm blew in and the boat was covered with
waves. Yahoshua was asleep.
25 And they came to him, woke him, and cried: “Save us,
Master, or we will perish.”
26 He said to them: “Why are you afraid, you of little faith?”
Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea. Suddenly
there was a great calm.
27 The disciples were in awe. They asked: “What kind of man
is this, for even the winds and the sea obey him?”
28 When he arrived at the other side of the lake in the country
of the Gadarenes two men possessed by demons came to him
from out of the tombs. They were extremely violent, so no
man could pass by that way.
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29 They screamed at him, saying: “What have we to do with
you, Son of the Almighty One? Have you come to torment us
before the time?”
30 A large herd of swine was feeding in the distance.
31 The demons pleaded with him: “If you cast us out, send us
into the herd of swine!”
32 He told them to go. And they came out, and went into the
swine. The entire herd rushed down the hill into the sea,
where they perished in the waters.
33 The herdsmen fled to the city to tell everything that
happened to the swine that were possessed with demons.
34 Everyone in the city came out to meet Yahoshua. They
begged him to go away from their country.

Matthew 9
1 Yahoshua entered a boat and crossed over to his own city
(Capernaum), on the other side of the lake.
2 A man on a bed, a paralytic, was brought to Yahoshua.
Seeing their faith Yahoshua said to the sick man: “Have
courage; your sins are forgiven.”
3 Some of the scribes said among themselves: “This man has
no respect for Yahowah.”
4 Knowing their thoughts, Yahoshua said: “Why are your
thoughts evil?
5 “Which is easier, to say, your sins are forgiven, or to say, get
up and walk?”
6 So that you know that the Son of man has authority on eretz
to forgive sins [he turned and spoke to the paralytic or
paralyzed man]: “Get up, take your bed and go to your house.”
7 He arose, and departed to his house.
8 But when the people saw it, they marveled, and esteemed
the Almighty One who had given such authority to men.
9 Yahoshua moved on. He then saw Mattityahu (Matthew)
seated at his work collecting taxes. He said to him: “Follow
me.” He rose and followed him.
10 Yahoshua was a dinner guest at Mattityahu’s house. Many
tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with him and his
disciples.
11 When the Pharisees saw it, they asked his disciples: “Why
does your Teacher eat with the tax collectors and sinners?”
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12 When he heard it, he said: “People who are well do not
have need of a physician. The sick do.
13 “You should learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, and not
sacrifice’; for I came, not to call the righteous, but sinners.”
14 The disciples of Yahochanan asked: “Why do your disciples
not fast?” They frequently fasted, and so did the Pharisees.
15 Yahoshua replied: “Should the wedding guests mourn and
also celebrate with the groom? The days will come when the
bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast.
16 “Why patch an old garment with cloth that has not been
shrunk? The patch shrinks and pulls away from the old cloth
leaving a big hole.
17 “Neither do men put new wine in old wineskins. The skins
burst and the wine is lost. They put new wine in fresh
wineskins, and both are preserved.”
18 While he was speaking, an official came and paid him
respect. He said: “By now my daughter must be dead. Come
and lay your hand on her and she will live.”
19 Yahoshua and his disciples got up and followed him.
20 A woman who had a hemorrhage (chronic flow of blood)
for twelve years came behind him. She touched the border of
his garment.
21 She said to herself: “If I touch his garment, I will be
healed.”
22 Yahoshua turned to see her and said: “Daughter, take
courage; your faith has made you well.” The woman was
healed at that time.
23 Yahoshua went into the official’s house and saw flute
players and the crowd making a lot of noise.
24 He told them to leave: “For the girl is not dead, but sleeps.”
They all scornfully laughed at him.
25 The people were sent away. He went to the girl, took hold
of her hand, and she got up.
26. The news about this spread to all the land.
27 Yahoshua left that place and walked along the road. Two
blind men followed him. They shouted: “Have mercy on us,
Son of David!”
28 He went into a nearby house. The blind men followed him.
Yahoshua asked them: “Do you believe that I can heal you?”
They said: “Yes Master.”
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29 He touched their eyes. “Let it be done,” he said,
“according to your faith.”
30 Their eyes were opened. Yahoshua strictly warned them:
“Do not let anyone know about this.”
31 They spread the news about Yahoshua all over that part of
the country.
32 Next, a dumb man possessed with a demon was brought to
him.
33 When the demon was cast out, the dumb man spoke. The
crowd marveled, saying: “We have never seen anything like
this in Yisrael!”
34 The Pharisees complained: “He casts out demons with the
help of the ruler of the demons.”
35 Yahoshua went to all the cities and the villages, teaching in
their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the
kingdom. He healed every sort of disease and every sort of
infirmity.
36 When he saw the large crowds of people, he was moved
with compassion for them. He knew they were distressed and
scattered like sheep not having a shepherd.
37 Yahoshua said to his disciples: “The harvest is abundant,
but the laborers are few.
38 “Pray that the Almighty One of the harvest will send out
workers into his harvest.”

Matthew 10
1 He called his twelve disciples. He gave them power to cast
out unclean spirits and to heal all kinds of disease and
sickness.
2 The following are the names of the twelve apostles
(ambassadors of the good news) (Malakim-messengers): first,
Shimon, who is called Kepha, and Andrew his brother; Jacob
the son of Zebedee, and Yahochanan his brother;
3 Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Mattityahu the tax
collector; Jacob the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;
4 Shimon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who later
betrayed him.
5 Yahoshua sent the twelve. He gave them orders not to go to
the people of the goyim and not to go to the Samaritans.
6 He said: “Go to the lost sheep of the house of israel.
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7 “Preach as you go! Announce the Malchut HaShamayim,
for it is near.
8 “Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, and cast
out demons. You received without paying, now give without
being paid.
9 “Do not take gold, silver, or copper money in your money
belt.
10 “Take no extra clothes, not even two coats, no extra shoes
or walking stick for the laborer is worthy of his food.
11 “Go into a city or village and search for the worthy ones.
Stay with them until you are ready to leave.
12 “When you enter the house, offer a blessing of shalom.
13 “If the people are worthy, let your blessing stand. If they are
not worthy, let your shalom return to you.
14 “If someone will not welcome you and listen to the
message, leave that house or town, shake the dust off your feet
and move on.
15 “I tell you, it will be better for the land of Sodom and
Gomorrah in the yom of judgment, than for that town.
16 “I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be wise as
serpents and harmless as doves.
17 “Beware of men! They will take you to court! They will have
you beaten in their meeting places.
18 “You will be taken before governors and kings for my sake.
This will serve as a testimony to them and to the people of the
goyim.
19 “When they hand you over, do not worry about what to say
and how to say it. You will be given the words to speak at that
time.
20 “You will not speak on your own. Your Abba’s Spirit will
speak through you.
21 “People will hand over their brothers to be put to death.
Parents will oppose children and children will oppose parents,
causing them to be put to death.
22 “Men will hate you because of me. He who endures to the
end will be saved.
23 “When they persecute you in this city, flee to the next. I tell
you; before you have gone through all the cities of Yisrael the
Son of man will come.
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24 “A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a servant
his adonai (master).
25 “It is enough for the disciple (student) that he is like his
teacher, and the servant like his adonai. If they called the
master of the house Beelzebub (Satan), others of the
household could also be called the same!
26 “Do not be afraid. Nothing will be hidden. Every secret will
be made known.
27 “The things I tell you in darkness, speak in the light.
Proclaim everything you hear from on top of the house.
28 “Do not fear those who kill the body. They are not able to
take away your [everlasting] life. Instead, fear him who is able
to destroy both life and body in the ever-burning fires. (Greek:
Gehenna: continuously burning trash fires in the valley of
Hinnom.)
29 “Do two sparrows sell for a penny? Not one of them will fall
on the ground without your Abba knowing.
30 “Even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
31 “Do not fear! You are more valuable than many sparrows.
32 “I will tell my heavenly Abba about everyone who confesses
me (witnesses to others about me) before men.
33 “I will deny, before my heavenly Abba, anyone who denies
me before men.
34 “Do not think I came to bring shalom on the eretz (earth). I
came not to bring peace, but a sword.
35 “My coming will cause a separation. A man will be against
his abba and a daughter against her eema, and a daughter-in-
law against her eema-in-law.
36 “A man’s enemies will be from his own family.
37 “He who loves ab or eema more than me is not worthy of
me. He who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy
of me.
38 “Anyone who does not pick up his stake and follow me is
not worthy of me.
39 “Whoever finds his life will lose it. Whoever loses his life
for my sake will find it.
40 “He who receives you receives me, and he who receives me
receives him who sent me.
41 “Anyone who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet
will receive a prophet’s reward. Anyone who receives a
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righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a
righteous man’s reward.
42 “And whoever gives a drink of cold water to one of these
little ones because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will
not lose his reward.”

Matthew 11
1 When Yahoshua finished instructing his twelve disciples, he
left to teach and preach in their cities.
2 While in prison, Yahochanan heard news of what Messiah
was doing. He sent his disciples.
3 They asked Yahoshua: “Are you the Expected One or should
we look for another?”
4 And Yahoshua answered: “Go tell Yahochanan the things
you hear and see.
5 “The blind receive their sight. The lame walk! The lepers are
cleansed, and the deaf hear. The dead are raised up, and the
poor have good news preached to them.
6 “Blessed and happy is he who is not offended by me.”
7 When these men left, Yahoshua spoke to the crowds about
Yahochanan. “What did you go into the wilderness to find?
Did you look for a reed shaken by the wind?
8 “What did you expect to see, a man clothed in fancy clothes?
Those who wear fancy clothes are in king’s houses.
9 “Did you go to see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more
than a prophet!
10 “This is he of whom it is written: ‘Behold, I send my
Malak (messenger) ahead of you. He will prepare the way
for you.’
11 “I tell you, there is none, born of women, greater then
Yahochanan the Baptist. Yet the least in the Malchut
HaShamayim is greater than he.
12 “From the days of Yahochanan the Baptist until now, the
Malchut HaShamayim has been man’s goal, and men of
violence have attempted to take it by force.
13 “For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until
Yahochanan.
14 “If you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, who is to
come.
15 “He who has ears to hear let him listen!
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16 “Of what shall I compare this generation? It is like
children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their
playmates.
17 “They say: ‘We piped for you and you did not dance. We
cried and you did not mourn.’
18 “For Yahochanan came neither eating nor drinking, and
they say, ‘He has a demon.’
19 “The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘A
gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and
sinners!’ Wisdom is justified by its actions.”
20 Then he denounced the cities where most of his mighty
works were done, because they did not make teshuvah.
21 “Woe to you Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the mighty
works had been done in Tyre and Sidon that were done in you,
they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22 “I say to you it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in
the Yom of Judgment than for you.
23 “Will you, Capernaum, be exalted into shamayim? You will
go down into the grave. If the mighty works had been done in
Sodom, which were done in you, it would have remained until
this day.
24 “But I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of
Sodom in the Yom of Judgment, than for you.”
25 Then Yahoshua prayed: “I thank you, O Abba, Master of
shamayim and eretz. You have hidden these things from the
wise and understanding, and have revealed them to children.
(Acts 2:36)
26 “Yes, Abba, for it was very pleasing in your sight.
27 “All things have been delivered to me from my Abba
(Father). Only the Abba knows the Bar (Son), and only the Bar
knows the Abba. The Bar tells others about the Abba so that
they can know him too.
28 “Come unto me, all you who labor and are heavily
burdened, and I will give you rest.
29 “Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me. I am meek
(mild) and humble in heart. You will have a restful life,
30 “ for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”
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Matthew 12
1 Yahoshua’ disciples were hungry. It was Sabbath yom and
yet Yahoshua and his disciples went through the grain fields
plucking ears and eating them.
2 The Pharisees saw it and said to him: “Your disciples do that
which it is not lawful to do on the Sabbath.”
3 He replied to them: “Have you read what David did when he
and his companions were hungry?
4 “He entered into the house of the Almighty One, and he and
his companions ate the showbread (set-apart bread), which it
was not lawful for them to eat. It was only lawful for the
priests.
5 “Have you read the law that on the Sabbath yom the priests
in the Temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless?
6 “I say to you, one greater than the Temple is here.
7 “If you had known what this means, ‘I desire mercy and not
sacrifice,’ you would not have condemned the guiltless.
8 “For the Son of man is Master of the Sabbath.”
9 He left and went into their synagogue.
10 There he saw a man who had a withered hand. They asked
him if it is lawful to heal on the Sabbath yom? They wanted to
accuse him.
11 He said to them: “Which of you having one sheep, if this
sheep fell into a pit on the Sabbath day, will not get it and lift
it out.
12 “How much more value is a man than a sheep! Therefore it
is lawful to do good on the Sabbath yom!”
13 Then he said to the man: “Stretch out your hand.” He
stretched it out and it was restored whole like the other.
14 The Pharisees left and took counsel against him, to decide
how they might destroy him.
15 Yahoshua was aware of this and withdrew from the place.
Many followed him and were healed by him.
16 He warned them not to tell anyone where he was.
17 This fulfilled what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet.
18 “Look! This is my servant whom I have chosen. I am well
pleased with him. I will put my Spirit upon him and he will
declare judgment to the goyim.
19 “He will not quarrel, nor cry aloud. None will hear his voice
in the streets.
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20 “He will not break a bruised reed. He will not quench
smoking flax. This he will not do until he sends forth
judgment to victory.
21 “The goyim (nations) will hope in his name!”
22 Someone possessed with a demon, blind and dumb was
brought to him. He healed him and the dumb man spoke and
could see.
23 The crowds were amazed, and said: “Can this be the son of
David?”
24 When the Pharisees heard it, they said: “This man casts out
demons by Beelzebub, the prince of the demons.”
25 Knowing their thoughts, he said to them: “Every kingdom
divided against itself is destroyed. Every city or house divided
against itself will not stand.
26 “If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself.
How will his kingdom stand?
27 “If I cast out demons by Beelzebub, by whom do your sons
cast them out? Let them be your judges.
28 “But if I cast out demons by the Almighty One’s Spirit, then
the kingdom of the Almighty One has come to you.
29 “How can one enter into the house of a strong man and
steal his things, except he first tie up the strong man? Then he
can rob his house.
30 “He that is not with me is against me. And he that does not
gather with me, scatters.
31 “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be
forgiven men. But the blasphemy against the Almighty One’s
Spirit will not be forgiven.
32 “Whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him. But whoever speaks against Set-Apart Spirit, it
shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which
is to come.
33 “Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the
tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt. The fruit a tree produces
provides its reputation.
34 “You offspring of vipers. How can you who are evil speak
good things? Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth
speaks.
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35 “The good man performs good things out of his good
treasure. The evil man performs evil things out of his evil
treasure.
36 “I tell you there will be an account in the Judgment Yom
for every careless word that men say.
37 “For by your words you will be justified, and by your words
you will be condemned.”
38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him,
saying: “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”
39 He answered them: “An evil and adulterous generation
seeks a sign. No sign will be given but the sign of Jonah the
prophet.
40 “Just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly
of the huge fish, so the Son of man will be three days and three
nights in the heart of the eretz [the grave].
41 “The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with
this generation and condemn it. After all, they repented at the
preaching of Jonah. Yet someone greater than Jonah is here.
42 “The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with
this generation, and condemn it. She came from the ends of
the eretz to hear the Wisdom of Solomon. Someone greater
than Solomon is here!
43 “When an unclean spirit goes out of a man it passes
through the desert seeking rest. It does not find it.
44 “It tries to return to the place from where it came. It finds it
empty, swept, and fixed up.
45 “Then it takes along seven other spirits more evil than
itself. They enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man
becomes worse than the first. It will also be like this with this
evil generation.”
46 While Yahoshua was yet speaking to the crowds, his eema
and his brothers stood nearby. They wanted to speak to him.
47 Someone told Yahoshua: “Look, your eema and your
brothers stand nearby seeking to speak to you.”
48 But he answered: “Who is my eema? Who are my
brothers?”
49 He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said:
“Behold, my eema (mother) and my brothers!
50 “For everyone who does the will of my Abba who is in
shamayim is my brother, and sister, and eema.”
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Matthew 13
1 That day Yahoshua left the house and sat by the seashore.
2 Large crowds gathered to him. He entered a boat while the
crowd stood on the shore.
3 He told them many illustrations. He said: “A farmer went
out to sow.
4 “Some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds devoured
them.
5 “Others fell on rocky places and did not have much soil.
6 “When they grew, the sun scorched them, and because they
had no root they withered and died.
7 “Others fell upon the thorns. The thorns grew up and choked
them.
8 “Some fell on good ground and yielded fruit, some a
hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty.
9 “He that has ears let him hear.”
10 The disciples asked him: “Why do you speak in
illustrations?”
11 He responded: “You are allowed to know the divine secrets
of the Malchut HaShamayim, but it is not for others to know.
(The Greek word for “you” is plural and is applied to the
disciples as a group.)
12 “He who has shall receive more to the point of abundance.
He who does not have, it shall be taken away including that
which he has.
13 “I speak to them in illustrations (stories) (parables)
(allegories), because seeing they do not see, and hearing they
do not hear. They just do not understand.
14 “The prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled. ‘By hearing, you shall
hear, and shall in no way understand. By seeing you shall see,
and shall in no way perceive.
15 “‘The heart of this people is callous and dull. Their ears are
plugged. They cannot hear. They closed their eyes and cannot
see. They cannot see nor hear nor understand with their heart.
They should turn around and I would heal them.’
16 “Happy and blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your
ears, for they hear.
17 “Truly, I tell you that many prophets and righteous men
desired to see the things that you see, and could not see them.
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They also desired to hear the things that you hear, and
could not hear them.
18 “Listen to the illustration of the sower.
19 “When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not
understand, the evil one takes away that which was sown in
his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
20 “Anyone sown among the rocky places hears the word and
immediately with joy receives it.
21 “There is no root in him. He endures for a while. When he
has tribulation or persecution because of the word, he falls
away.
22 “He that was sown among thorns hears the word. The cares
of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word,
and he becomes unfruitful.
23 “He that was sown upon the good ground hears the word,
and understands it. He bears fruit, producing sometimes a
hundredfold, sometimes sixty, and sometimes thirty.”
24 He told another illustration, saying: “The Malchut
HaShamayim is like a man that sowed good seed in his field.
25 “While he slept, his enemy came and sowed weeds with the
wheat, and went away.
26 “When the blade sprouted and brought forth fruit, it looked
like wheat.
27 “The servants of the householder said to him: ‘Sir, did you
sow good seed in your field? Why does it have weeds mixed in
with the good wheat?’
28 “He replied: ‘An enemy did this.’ The servants offered to
remove the weeds.
29 “He said: ‘No, you might uproot the wheat with them.
30 “‘Let both grow together until the harvest. In the time of
the harvest I will say to the reapers: “Gather weeds first, and
bind them in bundles to burn them. Then gather the wheat
into my barn.”’”
31 In another illustration Yahoshua said: “The Malchut
HaShamayim is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man
sowed in his field.
32 “Mustard seed is the smallest of all seeds. Yet when it
grows it becomes as large as a tree. In fact the birds of
shamayim lodge in the branches.”
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33 He offered another illustration: “The Malchut
HaShamayim is similar to leaven. A woman hid leaven in
three measures of meal until it was all leavened.”
34 Yahoshua spoke with illustrations to the crowds. He did
not speak anything without using illustrations.
35 That which was spoken through the prophet was fulfilled,
saying: “I will open my mouth in illustrations. I will utter
things hidden from the foundation of the world.”
36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. His
disciples gathered near him. They said: “Explain to us the
illustration of the weeds in the field.”
37 Yahoshua said: “He that sows the good seed is the Son of
man.
38 “The field is the world (the society of mankind). The good
seed are the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of
the evil one.
39 “The enemy that sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is
the end of the age. The reapers are messengers.
40 “The weeds are gathered up and burned (destroyed) with
fire. It will be this way at the end of the age.
41 “The Son of man will send his messengers, and they will
gather out of his kingdom all who stumble others and commit
lawlessness.
42 “The messengers will cast them into the furnace of fire,
where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43 “The righteous will shine as the sun in the kingdom of their
Abba. He that has ears let him hear.
44 “The Malchut HaShamayim is like a treasure hidden in a
field. A man found the treasure and hid it again in the field.
He is so filled with joy he sells everything he owns and buys
the field.
45 “The Malchut HaShamayim is also like a merchant seeking
valuable pearls.
46 “When he found one pearl of great value, he sold all that he
had, and bought it.
47 “The Malchut HaShamayim is like a net cast into the sea. It
gathered fish of every kind.
48 “They drew it up on the beach when it was full. They
gathered the good into containers and threw away the bad.
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49 “It will be that way at the end of the age. The messengers
will come forth, and separate the wicked from among the
righteous.
50 “The wicked will be cast into the furnace of fire where there
will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
51 “Have you understood all these things?” They said to him:
“Yes.”
52 And he said to them: “Every scribe (journalist) (writer) who
has been made a disciple to the Malchut HaShamayim is like a
man that is a householder, who brings out of his treasure
things new and old.”
53 After Yahoshua finished telling these illustrations, he left.
54 He went to his own country and taught in the synagogue.
They were astonished and asked where this man got this
wisdom and these mighty works.
55 “Is this man the carpenter’s son? Is his eema called
Miryam? Are his brothers Jacob and Yahseph, Shimon, and
Judas?
56 “Are his sisters all with us? Where did he get all these
things?”
57 They resented him. But Yahoshua responded to them: “A
prophet is without honor in his own country, and in his own
house.”
58 He did not do many mighty works there because of their
lack of faith.

Matthew 14
1 At that time Herod, the ruler of Galilee, heard the news
about Yahoshua.
2 He told his servants: “This is Yahochanan the Baptist, raised
from the dead. That explains the power working in him.”
3 Herod locked Yahochanan in prison to please Herodias, his
brother Philip’s wife.
4 For Yahochanan had said to him: “It is not lawful for you to
have her.”
5 Herod wanted to put him to death but he feared the people
since they believed Yahochanan was a prophet.
6 It was Herod’s birthday. The daughter of Herodias danced
for him and pleased him.
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7 So he promised with an oath to give her anything she
wanted.
8 Prompted by her eema, she said: “Give me Yahochanan the
Baptist’s head on a platter.”
9 The king was grieved. He gave his oath and many were
watching so he commanded that it be done.
10 He gave the order to behead Yahochanan in prison.
11 His head was brought on a platter to the young lady. She in
turn gave it to her eema.
12 Yahochanan the Baptist’s disciples took the corpse and
buried him, and then came and told Yahoshua.
13 When Yahoshua heard it, he left in a boat to a secluded
place. The crowds heard this and followed him on foot from
the cities.
14 He saw the great crowd, had compassion on them, and
healed their sick.
15 Evening came and the disciples approached Yahoshua and
said: “This place is desolate. Send the people away so they may
go to the villages and buy themselves food.”
16 Yahoshua told them: “They have no need to go away: you
feed them.”
17 They remarked: “We have only five loaves, and two fishes.”
18 “Bring them to me,” Yahoshua replied.
19 He commanded the crowd to sit down on the grass. Then
he prayed. He gave the five loaves and two fishes to the
disciples to distribute to the crowd.
20 And they all had plenty to eat. In fact they had twelve
baskets full of food left over.
21 About five thousand men, plus women and children ate.
22 Yahoshua sent the disciples in a boat to the other side of
the sea. He stayed there until he sent the crowd away.
23 After sending the crowd away, he went to the har
(mountain) to pray by himself. He was there alone that night.
24 But the boat was now in the middle of the sea. The wind
and the waves caused great trouble.
25 Just before morning, Yahoshua walked to them on the
water.
26 When they saw him walking on the water they were
troubled. “It is a spirit (apparition) (illusion)!” they screamed!
They cried out with fear.
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27 At once Yahoshua said: “It is I; do not be afraid.”
28 Kepha said to him: “Master, if it is you, give me the order
to come to you on the water.”
29 He said: “Come.” Kepha got out of the boat and walked on
the water toward Yahoshua.
30 When he noticed how strong the wind was, he became
afraid. He began to sink, and cried: “Help me Master!”
31 Suddenly, Yahoshua put out his hand and took hold of him,
and said: “You of little faith, why were you in doubt?”
32 The wind went down when they got into the boat.
33 Those on the boat loved him intensely, saying: “Truly, you
are the Son of Yahowah!”
34 They came to land at Gennesaret.
35 When the men of that place heard the news about
Yahoshua they told everyone in the country. The sick were
taken to him.
36 They wanted to touch his robe to be made well.

Matthew 15
1 Pharisees and scribes from Jerusalem came to Yahoshua
(Jesus).
2 They questioned him: “Why do your disciples go against the
teaching of the abbas’? They eat food with unwashed hands.”
3 His answer to them was in the form of a question: “Why do
you go against the word of the Almighty One in favor of your
tradition?
4 “The Almighty One said, ‘Honor your ab and eema.’ ‘He who
says evil of ab or eema will be put to death.’
5 “You teach that a man should tell his ab or eema that what
he has that could help them, is given to Yahowah.
6 “You say there is no need for him to give honor to his ab.
You have invalidated the word of the Almighty One because of
your tradition!
7 “You hypocrites (liars)! Isaiah’s prophecy was right about
you.
8 “‘These people honor me with their lips, but their heart
(innermost thoughts) is far from me.
9 “‘But their worship is to no purpose, while they give as their
teaching the rules (commands) of men.’”
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10 He got the people together and said to them: “Listen, and
let my words be clear to you.
11 “That which comes out of the mouth makes a man unclean,
not that which goes into the mouth.”
12 The disciples told him the Pharisees were upset by what he
said.
13 In answer he replied: “Every plant my Abba (Father) in
shamayim (heaven) has not planted in the eretz will be pulled
out by the roots.
14 “Let them be. They are blind guides. If a blind man guides
another blind man, they will fall in a hole together.”
15 Then Kepha said to him: “Make the story clear to us.”
16 He replied: “Are you, like them, without wisdom?
17 “Do you not see, that which goes into the mouth, goes into
the stomach and is sent out as waste?
18 “That which comes out of the mouth, comes from the heart
and makes a man unclean.
19 “Evil thoughts come from the heart! Thoughts about
murder, adultery, fornication, theft, lying, and slander come
from the heart!
20 “These things make a man unclean. Eating food with
unwashed hands does not make a man unclean.”
21 Yahoshua went away from there into the country of Tyre
and Sidon.
22 A woman of Canaan came crying and saying: “Have pity on
me, O Master, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled
with an unclean spirit.”
23 He did not answer her. His disciples said to him: “Send her
away; she keeps shouting at us.”
24 He answered: “I was sent only to the wandering sheep of
the house of Yisrael.”
25 She bowed down before him and asked for help.
26 He said: “It is not right to take the children’s bread and
give it to the dogs.”
27 She said: “Yes, Master; but even the dogs take the scraps
from under their masters’ table.”
28 “O woman,” Yahoshua replied, “your faith is great! Let your
desire be done.” And her daughter was made well from that
hour.
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29 Yahoshua went from there to the Sea of Galilee. He went
up into the har and sat down.
30 Many people came to him. They brought those who were
lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many other people. They laid
them down at his feet and he healed them.
31 The people marveled as they saw the mute speak, the
crippled and lame walk, and the blind see. They esteemed the
Almighty One of Yisrael.
32 Yahoshua called his disciples and said: “I feel compassion
for the people, because they have remained with me now three
days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away
hungry, for they might faint on the way.”
33 The disciples replied: “Where would we get so many loaves
in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?”
34 Yahoshua asked: “How many loaves do you have?” They
said: “Seven, and a few small fish.”
35 He told the people to sit down on the ground.
36 He took the seven loaves and the fish and offered a prayer
of thanksgiving. Then he broke them and gave them to the
disciples. The disciples gave them to the people.
37 They all ate and were satisfied. When they picked up what
was left over of the broken pieces, there were seven large
baskets full.
38 Four thousand men, besides women and children were fed.
39 After dismissing the crowds, Yahoshua took a boat to the
region of Magadan.

Matthew 16
1 The Pharisees and Sadducees tested Yahoshua by asking him
to show them a sign from shamayim.
2 He said to them, “At nightfall you say the weather will be
good, for the sky is red.
3 “And in the morning, the weather will be bad today for the
sky is red and angry. You are able to see the face of shamayim,
but not the signs of the time.
4 “An evil and false generation is searching after a sign.
However, no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah.”
Then he left them.
5 The disciples came from the other side of the sea. They did
not think to obtain bread.
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6 Yahoshua said: “Take care to have nothing to do with the
leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
7 They reasoned among themselves, saying: “We took no
bread.”
8 Hearing this, Yahoshua said: “You of little faith, why are you
reasoning among yourselves about not having bread?
9 “Do you still not see or remember the five cakes of bread of
the five thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?
10 “Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and the
number of baskets you took up?
11 “Why do you not understand I was not talking about bread?
Instead, about keeping away from the leaven of the Pharisees
and Sadducees?”
12 Then they realized it was not the leaven of bread he had in
mind. It was the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
13 Yahoshua traveled to parts of Caesarea Philippi. He asked
his disciples: “Who do men say that the Son of man is?”
14 They said: “Yahochanan the Baptist, Elijah, Jeremiah, or
one of the prophets.”
15 “Who do you say that I am?”
16 Shimon Kepha answered: “You are the Messiah, the Son of
the living Almighty One!”
17 Yahoshua answered him: “Bless you, Shimon son of
Yahochanan. This knowledge came from my Abba in
shamayim and not from man.
18 “You are Kepha (Greek: petros: piece of rock), and on this
rock-mass (Greek: petra: mass of rock) (referring to
Yahoshua) I will build my congregation. The entrance to the
grave (Greek: Hades) will not have power to stop it.
19 “I will give you the keys of the Malchut HaShamayim.
Whatever you declare to be improper and unlawful on eretz
(earth) must be what is improper and unlawful in shamayim
(heaven), and whatever you declare lawful on eretz must be
lawful in shamayim.”
20 He gave orders to the disciples to tell no man he was the
Messiah.
21 From that time forward Yahoshua made it clear to his
disciples how he would have to go to Jerusalem. He told them
he would undergo much at the hands of the authorities,
including the chief priests and scribes. He let them know he
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would be put to death. The third yom he would come back
from the dead.
22 Kepha protested and rebuked Yahoshua. He said: “Do not
think of that, Master; it will never happen to you.”
23 He turned to Kepha and said: “Get behind me, Satan. You
are a stumbling block to me. You think the things of men, not
of the Almighty One.”
24 Then Yahoshua told his disciples: “If any man wants to
follow me (be mine), let him deny (disown) himself, and take
up his stake and follow me (Greek: akoloutheo moi, let him be
following me) (accompany me) (be in the same way with me).
25 “He who wants to save his life will lose it. He who is willing
to lose his life for my sake will find it.
26 “What will a man profit, if he gains the whole world, and
gives up his life? What will a man give in exchange for his life?
27 “The Son of man will come in the esteem of his Abba with
his messengers. He will then reward each man according to
his deeds.
28 “I tell you truly, there are some that stand here who will
not experience death till they see the Son of man coming in his
kingdom.”

Matthew 17
1 After six days Yahoshua took Kepha, Jacob, and John his
brother up into a high har alone.
2 While they watched, Yahoshua’ appearance changed
(transformed) (transfigured) in their presence. His face was as
bright as the sun and his clothes became as white as the light.
3 Moses and Elijah appeared, and they were talking to him.
4 Kepha told Yahoshua: “Master, it is good for us to be here. If
you want, let us make three tents here: one for you, one for
Moses, and one for Elijah.”
5 While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed
them. A voice came out of the cloud, saying: “This is my
beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”
6 When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces. They
were very afraid.
7 Yahoshua touched them and told them to get up and not be
afraid.
8 They saw only Yahoshua when they opened their eyes.
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9 When they came down from the har, Yahoshua
commanded them not to tell anyone what they saw, until the
Son of man has risen from the dead.
10 His disciples asked him: “Why do the scribes say that Elijah
must come first?”
11 In answer he said: “Elijah truly has to come and put all
things right.
12 “I tell you that Elijah has come. They did not know him and
treated him badly as they pleased. They will do the same with
the Son of man.”
13 Then the disciples saw that he was telling them about
Yahochanan the Baptist.
14 When they approached the people, a man fell to his knees
before him, saying:
15 “Master, have mercy on my son. He has mental problems
and is in great pain. He frequently falls into the fire and into
the water.
16 “I took him to your disciples, and they were not able to
make him well.”
17 Yahoshua answered: “You unbelieving and perverted
generation, how long will I be with you? How long must I put
up with you? Bring him to me.”
18 Yahoshua ordered the unclean spirit to leave the boy. It left
him and the boy was made well immediately.
19 Then the disciples came to Yahoshua privately and said:
“Why were we not able to send it out?”
20 He told them: “It was because of your lack of faith: Truly I
say to you, if you have faith as small as a grain of mustard
seed, you will say to this har, move and it will move. Nothing
will be impossible to you.”
21 (omitted, text not found in early manuscripts)
22 While they were traveling in Galilee, Yahoshua said to
them: “The Son of man will be given up into the hands of men.
23 “They will put him to death. The third day he will be raised
from death.” They were very sad.
24 They arrived at Capernaum. The collectors of the two-
drachma tax asked Kepha: “Does your adonai make payment
of the Temple tax?
25 He said: “Yes.” When he entered the house, Yahoshua said
to him: “What is your opinion, Shimon? Who pays the tax
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assessed by the kings of the eretz? Is it from their sons or
from other people?”
26 When he said: “From other people,” Yahoshua replied:
“Are the sons free of tax?
27 “We will not cause them trouble. Go to the sea, and let
down a hook, and take the first fish you catch. You will see
money (a stater coin) in its mouth. Give it to them for me and
for you.”

Matthew 18
1 In that hour the disciples came to Yahoshua. They asked:
“Who is greatest in the Malchut HaShamayim (kingdom of
heaven)?”
2 He took a little child and put him in the middle of them.
3 He said: “Truly I tell you, if you do not have a change of
heart and become like little children, you will not go into the
Malchut HaShamayim.
4 “He who humbles himself to become like this little child is
the greatest in the Malchut HaShamayim.
5 “Everyone who accepts this little child in my name accepts
me.
6 “He who causes one of my faithful little ones to stumble is in
trouble. It would be better for him to end up in the deep sea
with a great stone tied to his neck.
7 “A curse is on the eretz because of stumbling! It is necessary
for stumbling to come. Unhappy is that man through whom
the stumbling comes.
8 “If your hand or your foot is a cause of stumbling cut it off.
Get rid of it. It is better for you to go into life with the loss of a
hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to be
destroyed by eternal fire.
9 “If your eye causes you stumbling, take it out and throw it
away. It is better for you to go into life with one eye than,
having two eyes, to be destroyed in ever-burning fires in the
Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna).
10 “Do not treat these little ones badly. I tell you that
messengers represent them in the presence of my Abba in
shamayim.
11 (omitted, text not found in early manuscripts)
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12 “What do you think? A man has a hundred sheep, and
one of them has gone wandering away. Will he leave the
ninety-nine and go in search of the wandering one?
13 “When he finds it, I tell you he will be filled with more joy
than he would have if he had stayed with the ninety-nine.
14 “Even so, your Abba in shamayim does not want any of
these little ones to be lost.
15 “If your brother does wrong to you, go to him in private.
Clearly explain his error between you and him. If he listens to
you, you have gained your brother back.
16 “If he does not listen to you, take one or two more people
with you. Two or three witnesses may prove every case.
17 “If he will not listen to them, let it come to the attention of
the congregation. If he will not listen to the congregation, let
him be to you as a heathen and a tax collector.
18 “I tell you; whatever things are fixed by you on earth will be
declared improper and unlawful in heaven. Whatever you
make free on eretz will be declared lawful in shamayim.
19 “Again, I say to you, that if two of you are in agreement on
eretz about anything for which they will make a request, it will
be done for them by my Abba in shamayim.
20 “Where two or three are gathered together in my name,
there I am in their midst.”
21 Kepha came to him and said: “Master, How many times
may my brother do wrong against me, and I forgive him?
Seven times?”
22 Yahoshua said to him: “Not seven times; but seventy times
seven.
23 “The Malchut HaShamayim is like a king who went over his
accounts with his servants.
24 “First, one came to him who owed him ten thousand
talents.
25 “He was not able to make payment. So his master gave
orders for him to be sold. His wife, sons, and daughters were
all to be sold along with every possession. The money would
be used for payment of what he owed.
26 “So the servant fell on his face out of respect. He said:
‘Master, give me time to make payment and I will pay
everything.’
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27 “Being moved with pity, the lord let him go, and made
him free of the debt.
28 “Then that servant met another servant who was in debt to
him for one hundred denarii. He took him by the throat,
saying, ‘Pay your debt now.’
29 “That servant fell down before him, saying, ‘Give me time
and I will make payment to you.’
30 “He would not give him time. He put him into prison till he
paid the debt.
31 “When the other servants saw what happened, they were
very sad. They told their lord what had been done.
32 “His lord sent for him, and said: ‘Evil servant; I made you
free of all that debt, because of your request to me.
33 “‘Should you [also] show mercy to your fellow servant the
same way I showed mercy to you?’
34 “His master was angry and sent him to jail to be punished
until he paid back all of his debt.
35 “My heavenly Abba will treat you like that if you do not
forgive your brother from your heart.”

Matthew 19
1 When Yahoshua finished speaking, he departed from Galilee.
He went to the borders of Judea beyond the Jordan.
2 Large crowds followed him, and he healed many of them.
3 Pharisees came to him. They tested him, asking: “Is it lawful
for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?”
4 He answered: “Have you not read, that he who made them
from the beginning made them male and female?
5 “For this reason, a man shall leave his ab and eema and be
joined to his wife. The two shall become one flesh.
6 “So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What the Almighty
One has joined together let no man pull apart (separate)!”
7 They asked him: “Why then did Moses command to give a
certificate of divorce, to send her away?”
8 He answered: “Moses allowed you to send your wives away
because of your hardness of heart. It was not allowed from the
beginning.
9 “I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for fornication,
and marries another, commits adultery. And he who marries
her when she is divorced, commits adultery.”
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10 The disciples said to him: “This being the case between a
man and his wife, it is better not to marry.”
11 He said: “This does not apply to everyone, only to those the
Almighty One has given it to.
12 “For there are men who, from birth, were without sex.
There are some who were made that way by men. There are
others who have made themselves so for the Malchut
HaShamayim. He who is able to accept this let him accept it.”
13 Then some people brought little children to him. They
wanted him to lay his hands on them and bless them. But the
disciples tried to stop them.
14 Yahoshua said: “Let the little ones (children) come to me.
Do not keep them away: for the Malchut HaShamayim
belongs to such as these.”
15 He put his hands on them, and then went on his way.
16 One man said: “Adonai, what good thing must I do, so that
I may have eternal life?”
17 Yahoshua answered him: “Why are you questioning me
about what is good? There is one who is good. If you desire
life, obey the Law.”
18 The man replied: “Which law?” And Yahoshua said: “Do
not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give
false witness,
19 “Honor your ab and your eema, and love your neighbor as
yourself.”
20 The man said to him: “I have done all these things; what
more is there?”
21 Yahoshua then replied: “If you wish to be complete, go sell
your possessions and give the money to the poor. You will
have wealth in shamayim. Then follow me!”
22 But hearing these words, the young man went away
grieving, for he was very wealthy.
23 Yahoshua said to his disciples: “Truly I tell you, it is hard
for a man with much money to go into the Malchut
HaShamayim.
24 “Again I say, It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s
eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom
of the Almighty One.”
25 The disciples were greatly surprised when they heard this.
“Who, then, may have salvation?” they asked.
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26 Yahoshua looked at them and said: “With men this is not
possible. All things are possible with Yahowah!”
27 Then Kepha said: “See, we have given up everything to
follow you. What then will we have?”
28 Yahoshua replied: “Truly I say to you, when all things are
made new, and the Son of man is seated in his esteem, you
who have come after me will be seated on twelve seats,
judging the twelve tribes of Yisrael.
29 “Everyone who has given up houses, or brothers, or sisters,
or ab, or eema, or child, or land, for my name, will receive
many times as much, and have everlasting life.
30 “Many who are first will be last. Some who are last will be
first.”

Matthew 20
1 “The Malchut HaShamayim is like the adonai of a house,
who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his
vineyard.
2 “He made an agreement with the workmen for a penny a
yom. Then he sent them into his vineyard.
3 “He went out the third hour and saw others in the
marketplace doing nothing.”
4 “He said to them: ‘Go to the vineyard with the others. I will
pay you whatever is right.’ So they went to work.
5 “He went out the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same.
6 “The eleventh hour, he saw others doing nothing. He asked:
‘Why are you here all the yom doing nothing?’
7 “They said: ‘No man has given us work.’ He told them to go
work with the rest in the vineyard.
8 “When evening came, the lord of the vineyard said to his
manager: ‘Let the workers come and pay them from the last to
the first.’
9 “Those men who went to work at the eleventh hour were
each given a penny.
10 “Those who worked longer, expected to be paid more. They
were also given a penny.
11 “When they got it, they protested against the adonai of the
house.
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12 “They said: ‘The last ones have done only one hour’s
work. You have made them equal to us. We have undergone
the hard work of the yom (day) and the burning heat.’
13 “He told them: ‘I do you no wrong. You made an agreement
with me for a penny.
14 “‘Take what is yours and leave. I wish to give to the last
workers the same as to you.
15 “‘Is it lawful for me to do what I wish with what is mine? Or
is your eye jealous because I am generous?’
16 “So the last will be first, and the first last.”
17 When Yahoshua went to Jerusalem, he took the twelve
disciples aside and talked to them.
18 “When we get to Jerusalem,” he said, “The Son of man will
be handed over to the chief priests and scribes. They will give
orders for him to be put to death.
19 “They will turn him over to the heathen to be made sport of
and to be whipped. He will be put to death on the stake. The
third yom he will come back from the dead.”
20 The eema of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her
sons. She bowed down and requested a favor of him.
21 “What is your desire?” he asked. She said to him: “Let my
two sons be seated, the one at your right hand, and the other
at your left, in your kingdom.”
22 Yahoshua told her: “You have no idea what you are
requesting. Are you able to take of the cup I am about to take?
“
23 They said: “We are able.” “Truly, you will take of my cup,”
he said. “But to be seated at my right hand and at my left is
not for me to give. It is for those for whom it has been
prepared by my Abba (Father).”
24 When the ten heard it, they were angry with the two
brothers.
25 Yahoshua called them to himself and said: “You know that
the rulers of the goyim exercise absolute dominion over them.
They lord it over them and behave like tyrants.
26 “But it will not be so among you. He who will be great
among you must be your servant.
27 And he who will be first among you will be your attendant
(servant) (minister).
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28 “The Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to
minister, and to give his life a ransom in payment for many.”
29 A great crowd followed him when they departed from
Jericho.
30 Two blind men sitting by the side of the road heard
Yahoshua pass by and cried out: “Have mercy on us, O Master,
Son of David!”
31 The crowd told them to be quiet. But they cried even more,
saying: “Have mercy on us, O Master, you Son of David!”
32 Yahoshua stood still and asked them: “What do you want
me to do to you?”
33 They said: “Adonai give us our sight.”
34 Yahoshua had compassion on them and touched their eyes.
Now they could see! So they followed him.

Matthew 21
1 They were near Jerusalem at Bethphage. Yahoshua sent two
disciples to the Mount of Olives.
2 He told them, “Go to the nearby town and look for a donkey
with a cord around her neck. There will be a young one with
her. Turn them loose and bring them to me.
3 “Tell anyone who asks, ‘The Master needs them,’ and right
away he will allow them to go.”
4 This took place so that the words of the prophet might come
true:
5 “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you,
humble, and seated on a donkey, a colt, the offspring of a
beast of burden.’”
6 So the disciples did as Yahoshua commanded.
7 They got the donkey and the young one, and laid their
clothing on them. And he sat on the clothing.
8 Most of the people spread their garments on the road.
Others took branches from the trees and put them on the
road.
9 Those going ahead of him and following him shouted hallel:
“Esteem to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the
name of Yahowah! Esteem in the highest!” (Psalms 118:26)
10 When he came to Jerusalem, the people were excited. They
asked: “Who is this?”
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11 Other people said: “This is the prophet Yahoshua, from
Nazareth of Galilee.”
12 Yahoshua went into the Temple and drove out all who were
trading there. He overturned the tables of the moneychangers
and the seats of those trading in doves.
13 He told them: “It is written, ‘My house is to be named a
house of prayer,’ but you are making it a hiding place of
thieves.”
14 The blind and the crippled came to him in the Temple, and
he made them well.
15 The chief priests and the scribes saw the powerful works he
did. They heard the children crying out in the Temple:
“Esteem to the son of David.” This made them very angry.
16 “Have you any idea what these people are saying?”
Yahoshua answered: “Yes. It is written, ‘From the lips of
children and babies at the breast you have made your hallel
complete.’”
17 He left them and went out of the town to Bethany where he
stayed for the night.
18 He was hungry in the morning when he returned to the
town.
19 He saw a fig tree along the side of the road. He went to it
and saw nothing on it but leaves. He told it: “You will not bare
fruit from this time forward, forever.” Immediately the fig tree
became dry and dead.
20 The disciples were surprised when they saw it. They asked
how the fig tree became dry so quickly?
21 Yahoshua answered: “If you have faith and do not doubt, I
make this promise to you: You will be able to do what was
done to this fig tree. When you say to this har, be moved into
the sea, it will be done.
22 “You will receive the things you ask for in prayer when you
have faith.”
23 When he went into the Temple, the chief priests and those
in authority over the people came to him while he was
teaching. They asked: “By what authority do you do these
things? Who gave you this authority?”
24 Yahoshua answered: “I will ask you one question. If you
give me the answer, I will say by what authority I do these
things.
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25 “Where did the baptism of Yahochanan come from? Was
it from heaven or from men?” They talked among themselves.
“If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not have
faith in him?’
26 “But if we say, ‘From men,’ we must fear the people,
because they all recognize Yahochanan to be a prophet.”
27 Therefore they answered: “We have no idea.” He replied to
them: “Then I will not tell you by what authority I do these
things.”
28 “What do you think? A man had two sons. He asked the
first to work today in the vineyard.
29 “The first son said in answer, ‘I will not.’ Later he changed
his mind and went to work.
30 “He said the same to the second son. That son answered,
‘Yes, I will go,’ but he did not go to work.
31 “Which of the two pleased his ab?” They replied: “The first.”
Yahoshua said to them: “I tell you, tax collectors and
prostitutes will go into the kingdom of the Almighty One
before you.”
32 “Yahochanan came to you in the way of righteousness and
you did not believe him. Even the tax collectors and
prostitutes believed him. When you saw this, you did not
regret your sins and did not have faith in him.
33 “Listen to another illustration. A adonai of a house made a
vineyard, and put a wall around it. He made a wine press and
built a tower. Then he rented it to workers and traveled to
another country.
34 “When the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants
to the workmen, to get the fruit.
35 “The workmen attacked his servants, striking one with a
stone and killing the other.
36 “He sent other servants more in number than the first.
They did the same to them.
37 “Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘Certainly they will
respect my son.’
38 “When the workmen saw the son, they said, ‘Let us put him
to death and take his heritage, for someday he will own this
property.’
39 “They took him out of the vineyard and killed him.
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40 “When the lord of the vineyard returns, what will he do
to the workmen?”
41 They all said: “He will put those cruel men to death. Then
he will find other workmen who are worthy and who will give
him fruit when it is ready.”
42 Yahoshua said to them: “Have you read the Scriptures, ‘The
stone the builders rejected has been made the chief
cornerstone of the building. This was Yahowah’s doing, and it
is wonderful in our eyes.’ (Isaiah 28:16)
43 “For this reason I tell you, The kingdom of the Almighty
One will be taken away from you. It will be given to a nation
producing fruit.
44 “Any man falling on this stone will be broken. Any man
having this stone fall on him will be crushed to dust.”
45 When the chief priests and Pharisees heard his illustrations
they realized he was talking about them.
46 They wanted to seize him, but feared the people, because
the people saw Yahoshua as a prophet.

Matthew 22
1 Yahoshua continued to speak to them with illustrations.
2 “The Malchut HaShamayim is like a king who gave a
wedding feast for his son.
3 “He sent out his servants to invite guests to the feast, but
they would not come.
4 “Again he sent out other servants with orders to say to the
guests, ‘I have prepared my feast. Oxen and fat livestock are
butchered and everything is ready, so come to the feast.’
5 “But they paid no attention and went about their business.
One went to his farm and another went to his trade.
6 “The rest violently attacked his servants and put them to
death.
7 “The king was angry, and sent his armies to put the evil
servants to death and to destroy their town with fire.
8 “He said to his servants, ‘The feast is ready, but the guests
were not worthy.
9 “‘Go then, to the main roads, and invite all those whom you
see to come to the feast.’
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10 “They went to the roads and brought in everyone they
could find, good and bad alike. And the banquet room was
filled with guests.
11 “When the king met the guests he found that one of them
was not wearing the right kind of clothes for the wedding.
12 “The king asked why did he not wear proper clothes for the
wedding? But the guest had no excuse.
13 “The king gave orders for that person to be tied hand and
foot and thrown outside into the dark. That is where people
will cry and grind their teeth in pain.
14 “Many are called, but few chosen.”
15 The Pharisees took counsel how they might trap him in his
talk.
16 They sent their disciples with the Herodians to Yahoshua.
They said: “Teacher we know you are truthful. You teach the
way of the Almighty One in truth. And you are not partial to
the influence of men.
17 “Tell us what you think? Is it lawful to pay the poll tax to
Caesar, or not?”
18 Yahoshua perceived their wickedness. He said: “Why do
you test me, you hypocrites?
19 “Show me the tribute money.” They brought a penny
(denarius) to him.
20 He asked: “Whose image and superscription is on this
coin?”
21 “Caesar’s,” they said. Then he said: “Pay Caesar the things
that are Caesar’s. Pay the Almighty One the things that are the
Almighty One’s.”
22 When they heard it, they were amazed and left him.
23 That same day, Sadducees came to him. They believe there
is no resurrection. They asked him a question.
24 “Teacher, Moses said if a man dies having no children, his
brother should marry his wife, and bring up seed for his
brother.
25 “There were seven brothers. The first married and died,
and having no children, left his wife to his brother.
26 “The same happened to the second, right on through the
seventh.
27 “After that the woman died.
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28 “In the resurrection, with which of the seven will she be
married? All seven had her.”
29 Yahoshua answered: “You are mistaken! You do not know
the scriptures or the power of the Almighty One.
30 “In the resurrection they will not marry nor be given in
marriage. They will be like the messengers in heaven.
31 “Concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you read
that which was spoken to you by the Almighty One?
32 “Yahowah said: ‘I am the Almighty One of Avraham, and
the Almighty One of Isaac, and the Almighty One of Ya'akob.’
Yahowah is not the Almighty One of the dead, but of the
living!”
33 When many people heard it, they were astonished at his
teaching.
34 The Pharisees assembled together when they heard that he
had put the Sadducees to silence.
35 One of them, a lawyer, tested him by asking a question.
36 “Teacher what is the greatest commandment in the law?”
37 Yahoshua told him: “You shall love Yahowah your Almighty
One with all your heart (Greek: kardia: feelings, emotions),
and with all your being, and with your entire mind (Greek:
dianoia: understanding). (Deuteronomy 6:5)
38 “This is the greatest and first commandment.
39 “The second like it is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as
yourself.’
40 “The law and the prophets are based on these two
commandments.”
41 The Pharisees were gathered together, so Yahoshua asked
them a question.
42 “What do you think of the Messiah? Whose son is he?”
They said: “The son of David.”
43 He said: “How then does David, directed by Spirit, call him
Master, saying,
44 “‘Yahowah said to my Master, “Sit on my right hand until I
put your enemies beneath your feet.”’ (Psalm 110:1)
45 “If David called him ‘Master,’ how is he his son?”
46 No one was able to answer him. After that they asked no
more questions.
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Matthew 23
1 Then Yahoshua spoke to the crowds and to his disciples.
2 “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses’ seat,” he said.
3 “Obey everything they teach you, but do not follow their
example. They say one thing and do something else.
4 “They chain heavy burdens on your shoulders. Yet they are
unwilling to lift even a finger to carry these same burdens.
5 “They do everything to be seen by men. For example: they
enlarge their scripture cases for their foreheads and lengthen
the tassels on their garments.
6 “They love the place of honor at banquets and the prominent
seats in the synagogues.
7 “They require recognition in public places and insist on
being called Rabbi by men.
8 “Do not be called Rabbi (adonai) (teacher) (leader), for only
one is your teacher. You are all brothers.
9 “Call no man your ab on the eretz, for only one is your Abba
in shamayim.
10 “Do not be called donai (master) (teacher) (leader), for only
one is your Adonai, and he is Messiah.
11 “The greatest among you will be your servant.
12 “He who exalts himself will be humbled. He who humbles
himself will be exalted.
13 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You close
the Malchut HaShamayim to people. You do not invite others
to enter nor do you enter.
14 [Verse not found in oldest manuscripts.]
15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel
on both sea and land to make one convert. When this
happens, you make him twice as deserving of destruction in
the trash fires of the valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna).
16 “Woe to you, you blind guides! You say, ‘When you swear
by the temple, it is nothing.’ Then you say, ‘When you swear
by the gold of the temple, you are obligated.’
17 “You fools! You blind men! Which is greater, the gold or the
temple that sets the gold apart?
18 “‘When you swear by an altar, you owe nothing. When you
swear by the gift left on the altar, you are obligated.
19 “You blind men! What is more important, the gift or the
altar that sanctifies the gift?
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20 “He who swears by the altar, swears by it and everything
on it.
21 “He who swears by the temple, swears by it and by him that
dwells within it.
22 “Thus, he who swears by shamayim also swears by the
throne of Yahowah and him who sits on it.
23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You tithe
mint and dill and cumin, and have left undone the weightier
matters of the law: justice, mercy and faith. You should do
both and leave nothing undone.
24 “You blind guides! You strain out the gnat and swallow the
camel!
25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You cleanse
the outside of the cup and of the platter, yet the inside is full of
extortion and excess.
26 “You are blind. Clean the inside of the cup and platter first.
Then clean the outside.
27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like
whitewashed tombs that appear beautiful on the outside. They
are full of dead men’s bones and uncleanness on the inside.
28 “You appear righteous to men. However, inside you are full
of hypocrisy and wickedness.
29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You build
the tombs for the prophets and decorate the tombs of the
righteous.
30 “You claim that you would not have been involved with
your fathers when they spilled the blood of the prophets.
31 “You witness against yourselves that you are sons of those
who murdered the prophets.
32 “Fill up the (guilt) measure of your fathers.
33 “You serpents! You offspring of vipers! How will you escape
from being destroyed in the ever-burning fires of the Valley of
Hinnom? (Greek: Gehenna, the trash fires in the valley just
outside of Jerusalem)
34 “Look! I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes.
Some of them you will torture and kill. Others you will
torment and persecute from city to city.
35 “You are responsible for all the righteous
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blood shed on earth. That includes the blood of the
righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, whom you killed
between the sanctuary and the altar.
36 “I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation
(those living at that time).
37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone the
Malakim who are sent to you! How often I wanted to gather
your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens
under her wings. But you were not willing!
38 “Behold, your house is left desolate.
39 “I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he
that comes in the name of Yahowah.’” (Psalm 118:26)

Matthew 24
1 After Yahoshua left the temple, his disciples came to him to
show him the buildings of the temple.
2 He said to them: “Do you see these things? I tell you, not one
stone will be left upon another. They will all be thrown down.”
3 He sat on the Mount of Olives. The disciples came to him
privately, saying: “Tell us when these things will be? What will
be the sign of your presence and of the end of the age?”
4 Yahoshua answered: “Be careful that no man misleads you.
5 “Many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’
and will deceive many.
6 “You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Do not be
troubled, for this must happen, but the end is not yet.
7 “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in many
places.
8 “These things are the beginning of birth pains (Greek: odin':
in the throws of pain, such as childbirth).
9 “People will cause you tribulation, and kill you. You will be
hated by all the goyim for my name’s sake.
10 “Many will stumble and betray and hate one another.
11 “Many false prophets will arise and lead many astray.
12 “Wickedness and lawlessness will increase. The love of
many will grow cold.
13 “The person who endures to the end will be saved.
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14 “The good news of the kingdom of Shamayim will be
preached in the entire world for a witness to all the goyim
(nations) and then the end will come.
15 “When you see the disgusting abomination of desolation
(unclean thing) spoken about through Daniel the prophet,
standing in the set-apart place (let him that reads
understand),
16 “you in Judea flee to the mountains;
17 “you on the housetop do not go down to remove the things
in your house.
18 “You in the field do not return to get your clothes.
19 “You who are pregnant or nursing babies in those days will
feel trouble.
20 “Pray that your flight not be in the winter, neither on a
Sabbath.
21 “There will be great tribulation. It will be greater than any
has ever been from the beginning of the world until now.
22 “Unless those days are shortened, no flesh will be saved.
For the sake of the chosen ones (selected individuals), those
days will be shortened.
23 “If someone says, ‘Here is the Messiah,’ or, ‘Over there is
the Messiah,’ do not believe it.
24 “There will be false Messiahs and false prophets. They will
show great signs and wonders so that many will be misled.
This includes some of the chosen ones.
25 “Remember, I told you before it happens.
26 “If they say, ‘Look, he is in the wilderness,’ or, ‘He is in the
inner chambers,’ do not believe it.
27 “Lightning comes from the east and is seen in the west. The
coming of the Son of man is like this.
28 “The vultures will gather at the place of the carcass.
29 “Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun
will be darkened. The moon will not give light. The stars will
fall from shamayim. The powers of the heavens will be shaken.
30 “The sign of the Son of man will appear in heaven, and all
the tribes of eretz (earth) will mourn. They will see the Son of
man coming on the clouds of shamayim (heaven) with power
and great esteem.
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31 “He will send his messengers with a great trumpet
sound. They will gather together the anointed from the four
winds, from one end of the sky (horizon) to the other.
32 “Learn from the illustration of the fig tree. When the
branch becomes tender and sprouts leaves, you know that
summer is near.
33 “Therefore, when you see all these things, you will know he
is near, even at the door.
34 “Truly I tell you, this generation (those living at that time)
will not pass away till all these things take place.
35 “Shamayim and eretz will pass away, but my words will not
pass away.
36 “No one knows the yom and the hour (the period of time).
The messengers of shamayim do not know. The Son does not
know. Only the Abba knows!
37 “The presence of the Son of man will be similar to the days
of Noah.
38 “It will be like those days before the Flood. They were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until
the day that Noah entered into the ark.
39 “They were not aware until the Flood came and took them
all away. The coming (presence) of the Son of man will be like
this.
40 “Two will be in the field. One will be taken, and one will be
left.
41 “Two will grind at the mill. One will be taken, and one will
be left.
42 “Be alert, for you do not know what yom the Master will
come.
43 “Know this, if the Adonai of the house had known what
time the thief was coming, he would have watched and his
house would not have been vandalized.
44 “Be prepared! The Son of man will come at a time when
you do not expect it.
45 “Who then is the faithful, thoughtful, and wise servant,
whom his lord put in charge of his other servants, to give them
their food at the proper time?
46 “That servant is blessed when his master comes and finds
him doing his will.
47 “I tell you, he will put him in charge of everything he owns.
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48 “But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My lord delays,
49 “so I will beat (mistreat) my fellow servants.’ And he eats
and drinks with drunkards,
50 “the adonai of that servant will come on a yom when he
does not expect it, an hour when he is unaware.
51 “He will punish him severely, and send him to be with the
hypocrites. There they will cry and grind their teeth.

Matthew 25
1 “The Malchut HaShamayim will be like ten virgins who took
their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
2 “Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
3 “The foolish took no oil with their lamps.
4 “The wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
5 “They all slept, because the bridegroom delayed his arrival.
6 “There was a shout at midnight. ‘Here is the bridegroom!
Come meet him.’
7 “The virgins awoke and trimmed their lamps.
8 “All the foolish virgins said to the wise: ‘Give us your oil, for
our lamps are going out.’
9 “But the wise answered: ‘There will not be enough for both
of us. Go to the dealers and buy oil for yourself.’
10 “While they were away, the bridegroom came. They that
were ready went in with him to the marriage feast and the
door was shut.
11 “Later the other virgins came, saying: ‘Master, Master, open
to us.’
12 “But he told them: ‘I do not know you.’
13 “Watch therefore, for you do not know the yom or the hour.
14 “It is like a man going to another country. He called his
servants and put them in charge of his property.
15 “To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one.
He assigned according to the servants’ ability. Then he went
on his journey.
16 “Right away the servant who received the five talents traded
with them and made another five talents.
17 “In like manner, he who received the two gained another
two.
18 “He who received the one dug a hole in the ground and hid
his lord’s money.
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19 “After a long time the master of those servants came
back to settle with them.
20 “The servant who received five talents brought another five
talents. He said: ‘Master, here are your five talents, plus the
five I gained.’
21 “His master said: ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You
have been faithful over a few things, so I will put you in charge
of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’
22 “The one who received two talents said: ‘Master you gave
me two talents and I gained another two talents.’
23 “His master said: ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.
You were faithful over a few things. I will appoint you over
many things. Enter into the joy of your master.’
24 “The servant who received one talent said: ‘Master, I knew
you to be a hard man. You reap where you did not sow and
gather where you did not scatter.
25 “‘I was afraid, so I hid your talent in the eretz. See, you
have what is yours.’
26 “But his master answered: ‘You wicked and lazy servant.
You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I
did not scatter.
27 “‘You should have put my money in the bank. I should have
received my money back plus interest.
28 “‘Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has
the ten talents.
29 “‘More will be given to every one who has and he will have
abundance. He who does not have will have every thing taken
away.
30 “‘Throw the worthless servant into outer darkness. There
will be crying and grinding of teeth.’
31 “When the Son of man comes in his esteem, and all the
messengers with him, he will sit on the throne of his esteem.
32 “All goyim will be gathered before him. He will then
separate them one from another, as the shepherd separates
the sheep from the goats.
33 “He will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on
the left.
34 “The King will say to those on his right hand: ‘Come, you
blessed of my Abba, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world.
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35 “‘I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. I was
thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger
and you took me in.
36 “‘I was naked and you clothed me. I was sick and you
visited me. I was in prison and you came to me.’
37 “The righteous will answer him: ‘Master, when did we see
you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink?
38 “‘When did we see you as a stranger and take you in, or
naked and dress you?
39 “‘When did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?’
40 “The King will answer: ‘To the extent that you did it to one
of the least of my brothers, you did it to me.’
41 “Then he will tell those on his left: ‘Depart from me, you
cursed, into the ever-burning fire that is prepared for the Devil
and his [fallen] messengers.
42 “‘I was hungry and you did not feed me. I was thirsty and
you did not give me drink.
43 “‘I was a stranger and you did not take me in. I was naked
and you did not dress me. I was sick and in prison and you did
not visit me.’
44 “They will also ask: ‘Master, when did we see you hungry or
thirsty, a stranger or naked, sick or in prison and not minister
to you?’
45 “The King will answer: ‘To the extent that you did not do it
to one of the least of my brothers, you did not do it to me.’
46 “These will go away into ever-burning fire (everlasting
cutting off) (death) (total destruction) (doom) (punishment)
(everlasting penalty), but the righteous to everlasting life.’”

Matthew 26
1 When Yahoshua had finished talking, he said to his disciples:
2 “As you know, the Passover will be here in two days. At that
time the Son of man will be captured and impaled.”
3 The chief priest and the elders of the people assembled at
the court of Caiaphas, the high priest.
4 All of them, using deceit, worked together to capture
Yahoshua and kill him.
5 They insisted: “Not during the feast; it could start a riot
among the people.”
6 Yahoshua was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper.
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7 A woman came to him having an alabaster vase
containing very precious ointment. She poured it upon his
head while he was eating.
8 The disciples saw it and were indignant. “To what purpose is
this waste?
9 “This ointment could have been sold for much and the
money given to the poor.”
10 Yahoshua was aware of this and said: “Why do you trouble
the woman? Her expression to me was good.
11 “The poor are always with you, but I am not always with
you.
12 “She poured this ointment on my body to prepare me for
burial.
13 “I tell you, Everywhere this good news is preached in the
entire world, this good deed done by this woman will be
spoken of in memory of her.”
14 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief
priests.
15 He asked them: “What are you willing to give me to deliver
him to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver.
16 He continued to seek opportunity to turn him over to them.
17 The first yom of unleavened bread the disciples came to
Yahoshua. They asked: “Where do you wish to eat the
Passover?”
18 Yahoshua told them to go into the city and tell a certain
man: “The Teacher’s time is at hand. I will keep the Passover
at your house with my disciples.”
19 The disciples did as Yahoshua told them, to get ready for
the Passover.
20 When evening arrived, he sat down to eat with the twelve
disciples.
21 While they ate, he said: “One of you will betray me.”
22 They were filled with sorrow, and each one asked him: “Is
it I, Master?”
23 He answered: “He who dips his hand with me in the dish is
the same one who will betray me.
24 “It is written that the Son of man will depart. The man who
betrays him will experience much grief. It would have been
better if that man had not been born.”
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25 Judas, the man who betrayed him, asked: “Is it I,
Rabbi?” Yahoshua replied: “You said it.”
26 As they were eating, Yahoshua took bread, blessed, and
broke it; and he gave to the disciples. Then he said: “Take, eat;
this is (represents) (means) (exemplifies) my body.”
27 Then he took a cup and gave thanks, and gave it to them,
saying: “Drink it all.”
28 “This is (represents) (means) (exemplifies) my blood of the
covenant, poured out for many for forgiveness of sins.
29 “I tell you, I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine
until that yom when I drink it new with you in my Abba’s
Shamayim.”
30 After they sang a song of hallel to The Almighty One, they
went to the Mount of Olives.
31 Yahoshua said to them: “All of you will fall away because of
me tonight. It is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the
sheep of the flock will be scattered.’
32 “When I am raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”
33 Kepha answered: “Even if everyone falls away because of
you, I will never fall away.”
34 Yahoshua said: “I say to you, this very night, before a
rooster crows, you will deny me three times.”
35 Kepha protested: “Even if I must die for you, I would not
deny you!” His disciples said the same thing.
36 Yahoshua went with them to Gethsemane. He said to his
disciples: “Sit here while I go over there and pray.”
37 He took Kepha and the two sons of Zebedee with him. He
was sorrowful and very troubled.
38 He told them: “My heart is deeply grieved to the point of
death. Stay with me and watch.”
39 Then he went forward a little, and fell on his face, and
prayed: “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away
from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
40 When he came to the disciples, they were sleeping. He said
to Kepha: “Could you not watch with me one hour?
41 “Watch and pray continually that you do not enter into
temptation!”
42 A second time he went away and prayed, saying: “Abba, if
this cannot pass away, except I drink it, your will be done.”
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43 He returned to find them sleeping again, for their eyes
were heavy.
44 He went away to pray a third time, saying the same words.
45 After returning to the disciples, he said: “Do you sleep now
and take your rest? The hour is here and the Son of man is
betrayed into the hands of sinners.
46 “Arise, let us go; the man who betrays me is here.”
47 As he spoke, Judas, one of the twelve, followed by a crowd
carrying swords and spears, approached him. The chief priest
and elders of the people had sent them.
48 He that betrayed him gave them a sign. He told them: “The
one I kiss is he. Take him.”
49 He went directly to Yahoshua and said: “Hail, Rabbi,” and
kissed him.
50 Yahoshua told him: “Do that for which you came.” They
laid hands on Yahoshua, and captured him.
51 Look, one of them with Yahoshua stretched out his hand,
drew his sword, and cut off the ear of the servant of the high
priest.
52 Yahoshua told him: “Put your sword in its place. Those who
take up the sword will perish by the sword.
53 “Do you think I cannot ask my Abba for help? He would
send me more than twelve legions of messengers.
54 “How then will the scriptures be fulfilled, that it must
happen this way?”
55 That very hour Yahoshua said to the people, “Have you
come out to take me with swords and sticks as if I were a
thief? You did not take me when I taught in the Temple daily.
56 “This has taken place so that the writings of the prophets
will come true.” Then all his disciples left him.
57 Those who captured Yahoshua took him to the house of
Caiaphas, the high priest. The scribes and those in authority
also gathered there.
58 But Kepha kept his distance. He followed him to the
courtyard of the high priest. He entered and sat down with the
servants, to see the outcome.
59 The chief priests and all the Sanhedrin were looking for
false witness against Yahoshua. They wanted to put him to
death.
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60 They failed, even though a number of false witnesses
came.
61 Later two witnesses came. They said: “This man said, ‘I am
able to destroy the Temple of Yahowah and to rebuild it in
three days.’”
62 The high priest stood up and said to him: “Have you no
answer? What is it these say against you?”
63 Yahoshua said nothing. The high priest said to him: “I put
you on oath, by the living Almighty One, that you will tell us if
you are the Messiah, the Son of Yahowah.”
64 Yahoshua said to him: “You said it yourself. And I say to
you, after this you will see the Son of man seated at the right
hand of power and coming on the clouds of shamayim.”
65 Then the high priest ripped his robes apart and said: “He
has said evil against Yahowah! Why do we need more
witnesses? You have heard his words of blasphemy!”
66 “What is your opinion?” The crowd answered: “Put him to
death!”
67 They spat in his face and hit him, saying:
68 “Prophesy to us, you Messiah; tell us who hit you!”
69 Peter was seated in the square outside the house, and a
servant-girl came to him. She said: “You were with Yahoshua
the Galilean.”
70 In front of everybody, he replied: “I do not know what you
are talking about.”
71 When he reached the gate, another saw him and said: “This
man was with Yahoshua the Nazarene.”
72 Again he denied with an oath: “I have no knowledge of the
man.”
73 A few moments later, those who were near approached and
said to Kepha: “Indeed, you are one of them, because the way
you speak gives you away.”
74 Then with curses and oaths he said: “I do not know the
man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.
75 Kepha remembered what Yahoshua told him: “Before the
rooster crows you will deny me three times.” He went out and
wept bitterly.
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Matthew 27
1 It was morning. The chief priests and those in authority
conspired to put Yahoshua to death.
2 They tied his hands with cords and led him to the ruler,
Pilate.
3 Judas, his betrayer, heard he was to be put to death. Out of
regret, he took the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests
and those in authority.
4 He said: “I have done wrong in giving a righteous man to
you.”
5 He left the silver in the Temple. Then he went away and
hanged himself.
6 The chief priests took the silver. They said: “It is not right to
put it in the Temple treasury, for it is the price of blood.”
7 They decided to use the silver to buy the potter’s field. This
would be a place to bury strangers.
8 This is the reason the field was named “Field of Blood.”
9 Then Jeremiah’s prophecy was fulfilled: “They took the
thirty pieces of silver, the price he was valued by the children
of Yisrael.
10 “Then they paid for the potter’s field, just as Yahowah
directed.”
11 Yahoshua stood before the governor. He asked him: “Are
you the King of the Jews?” Yahoshua said to him: “It is as you
say.”
12 When the chief priests and those in authority made
statements against him, he gave no answer.
13 Pilate said to him: “Do you give no attention to what their
witnesses say against you?”
14 Yahoshua did not answer. Not even a word! The governor
was greatly surprised.
15 It was a custom for the governor to set one prisoner free at
the time of the feast. The people were to help choose that
prisoner.
16 At that time they held an important prisoner named
Barabbas.
17 When they assembled, Pilate asked: “What is your choice?
Barabbas or Yahoshua, the one called the Messiah?”
18 He knew it was because of envy they gave him up.
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19 While he was seated in judgment his wife sent a message
to him. She said, “Do not judge that righteous man. I have had
much trouble this yom (day) in a dream because of him.”
20 The chief priests and elders got the people to request
Barabbas, and for Yahoshua to be put to death.
21 The governor responded to them. He asked: “Which of the
two do you want me to set free?” They shouted: “Barabbas!”
22 Pilate said to them: “What am I to do with Yahoshua, the
one called Messiah?” They all said: “Put him to death. Impale
him!”
23 “What evil has he done?” Pilate asked. But they shouted:
“Impale him!”
24 Pilate saw that he could do nothing. The people were ready
to cause much trouble. He took water and washed his hands in
front of the people. He said: “The blood of this man is not on
my hands. You are responsible.”
25 The people answered: “Let his blood be on us, and on our
children.”
26 He set Barabbas free. He had Yahoshua whipped. Then he
commanded that he be put to death on the stake.
27 Then the palace guard took Yahoshua into the open square
and gathered their squad together.
28 They took off his clothes and dressed him in a scarlet robe.
29 They made a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They
placed a rod in his right hand. Then they bowed down on their
knees before him. They mocked him, saying: “Long life to the
King of the Jews.”
30 They spat on him and hit him on the head with the rod.
31 After they mocked him, they took off the robe. He was
dressed in his garments and he was led away to be impaled.
32 They then found Simon, a man from Cyrene. They forced
him to go with them to carry the stake.
33 Golgotha, the Place of the Skull, was to be his final
destination.
34 They gave him vinegar (bitter wine) to drink mixed with
poison (a drug) (gall). When he tasted it he would not drink.
(Psalm 69:21)
35 When they impaled him, they divided his garments among
themselves by casting lots.
36 Then they sat and watched him.
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37 A sign was placed above his head with an accusation
written: “This is Yahoshua the King of the Jews.”
38 Two robbers were impaled with him. One was on the right
hand and one on the left.
39 People passing by spoke evil abuse to him. They wagged
their heads
40 and said, “You who would destroy the Temple and rebuild
it in three days, save yourself. If you are the Son of the
Almighty One come down from the stake.”
41 In like manner the chief priests, scribes, and elders mocked
him.
42 They said: “He saved others, but cannot save himself. He is
the King of Yisrael; let him now come down from the stake
and we will believe in him.”
43 He trusts in the Almighty One. Let him save him now if he
wants him. After all he said: “I am the Son of the Almighty
One.”
44 The robbers that were impaled with him also insulted him.
45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the
land until the ninth hour.
46 About the ninth hour Yahoshua cried with a loud voice,
“Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” Which (translated) means: “My
Almighty One, my Almighty One, why have you forsaken me?”
47 After hearing it some said this man calls Elijah.
48 Suddenly, one of them ran, took a sponge, filled it with
vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink.
49 The rest said: “Let it be, and see whether Elijah comes to
save him.”
50 Yahoshua cried again with a loud voice and yielded up his
spirit.
51 The veil (curtain) of the temple was ripped in two from the
top to the bottom. The eretz quaked and the rocks split.
52 The tombs were split open and many [dead] bodies were
tossed upright [on the ground].
53 [They came out of the tombs after his resurrection.]
(Manuscript text unclear.) Many people saw them.
54 The centurion and those who were with him watching
Yahoshua saw the earthquake. Filled with much fear of the
things that were done, they proclaimed: “Truly, this was the
Son of Yahowah!”
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55 The women who followed Yahoshua from Galilee and
ministered to him watched from a distance.
56 Included among the women were Miryam Magdalene, and
Miryam the eema of Jacob and Joses, and the eema of the
sons of Zebedee.
57 A disciple of Yahoshua named Yahseph, a rich man from
Arimathea,
58 went to Pilate and asked for the body of Yahoshua. Pilate
commanded that it be given to him.
59 Yahseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen
cloth.
60 He laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut out of the
rock. Then he rolled a great stone in front of the door of the
tomb, and departed.
61 Miryam Magdalene was near the tomb. The other Miryam
was also there.
62 It was morning, the yom after Preparation. The chief
priests and the Pharisees were gathered together with Pilate.
63 They said: “Sir, we remember while he was yet alive, the
deceiver said, ‘After three yom (days) I will rise again.’”
64 “Command the tomb be secured until the third yom.
Otherwise his disciples could come and steal him away. They
could say to the people. ‘He is risen from the dead.’ The last
deception will be worse than the first.”
65 Pilate said to them: “You have a guard; make it as secure as
you can.”
66 So they made the tomb secure. They sealed the stone and
placed a guard there.

Matthew 28
1 Now after the Sabbath, as the first yom of the week began,
Miryam Magdalene and the other Miryam came to see the
tomb.
2 Suddenly there was a great earthquake as a messenger of
Yahowah descended from shamayim and rolled away the
stone and sat on it.
3 His appearance was as lightning and his clothing white as
snow.
4 The guards shook with fear and became as dead men.
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5 The messenger spoke to the women: “I know you seek
Yahoshua who has been impaled; do not fear.
6 “He is not here, for he has risen just as he promised. Come;
see the place where the Master lay.
7 “Go quickly and tell his disciples he has risen from the dead.
See, he goes before you to Galilee. You will see him there, as I
have told you.”
8 They departed quickly from the tomb, with fear and great
joy. They ran to bring his disciples the news.
9 Yahoshua met them and greeted them. They approached
and took hold of his feet and kissed them in adoration.
10 Then Yahoshua told them: “Do not fear. Go tell my
brothers to travel to Galilee. I will see them there.”
11 While they were going, some of the guard came into the
city. They told the chief priests all the things that happened.
12 They took counsel with the elders. Then they bribed the
soldiers.
13 The soldiers were instructed to say: “His disciples came at
night and stole him while we slept.”
14 “If the governor hears about this, we will persuade him so
you may be free from worry.”
15 So they took the money and did as they were told. This
saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continues
until this yom.
16 The eleven disciples went into Galilee to the har where
Yahoshua specified.
17 When they saw him, they bowed down in adoration for him.
But some doubted (were lacking faith).
18 Yahoshua came to them and spoke to them, saying: “All
authority has been given to me in shamayim and on eretz.

Latin Vulgate 405 C.E. (Pope Gerome)

19 “Go and make disciples of all the goyim (nations), baptizing
them in the name of the Abba and of the Son and of the Set-
Apart Spirit.
20 “Teach them to observe all the things I have commanded
you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

(Matthew's Hebrew Manuscript 50 C.E.) (Historian

Eusebius) (H.E. 3.5.2)
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19 "Go and make disciples, of all the nations, to believe in
my name
20. "and teach them to observe all the words which I have
commanded you, forever." (Acts 2:38)(Acts 10:48)

Mark
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New Simplified Bible Yahwist Version

GOOD NEWS ACCORDING TO MARK

(WRITER: JOHN MARK) (HEBREW NAME: JOHN, MEANS JEHOVAH HAS
SHOWN FAVOR)(60-65 C.E.) (ROME) (TETRAGRAMMATON: YHWH IS
SOMETIMES TRANSLATED JEHOVAH, YAHOWAH, YAHWEH, OR LORD
DEPENDING ON TRANSLATOR’S THEOLOGY)

Words: Abba-father, adonai-master, ahava-love, amein-amen,

goy-nation, goyim-nations, bracha-blessing, eretz-earth,
Elohim-Almighty One, kadosh-holy, set-apart, malak-
messenger, Ruach Hakodesh-Holy Spirit

Mark 1
1 The beginning of the good news about Yahoshua Messiah,
the Son of the Elohim (Almighty One).
2 The prophet Isaiah wrote: “I am sending my malak
(messenger) ahead of you to prepare your way.”
3 “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, prepare the way
of Yahowah (YHWH), make his paths straight.” (Isaiah 40:3)
4 Yahochanan the Baptist was in the desert (wilderness)
telling people to repent (turn away from sin) and be baptized
for forgiveness of sins.
5 People from the province of Judea and the city of Jerusalem
went out to hear Yahochanan. They confessed their sins and
he baptized them in the Jordan River.
6 Yahochanan was clothed in camel’s hair with a leather belt
about his loins. He ate locusts and wild honey.
7 He told the people: “The man who comes after me is greater
than I am. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie his shoes.
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8 “I baptized (immersed) you with water, but he will baptize
(Greek: baptizo: immerse, submerge) you with Ruach
Hakodesh (Holy, Set-Apart Spirit).”
9 Soon Yahoshua came from Nazareth in the province of
Galilee. John baptized Yahoshua in the Jordan River.
10 When Yahoshua came out of the water he saw the heavens
open and the Spirit descended on him like a dove.
11 Then a voice came from heaven: ”You are my beloved Son
in whom I am well pleased.”
12 At once the Spirit compelled Yahoshua to go into the
wilderness filled with wild animals.
13 Satan tempted Yahoshua. This lasted forty days. The
messengers took care of Yahoshua.
14 After Yahochanan was locked in prison Yahoshua went to
Galilee and preached the Good News of Yahowah to the
people.
15 Yahoshua said: “The time has come. The kingdom of
Yahowah is at hand. Make teshuvah and believe the good
news.”
16 Walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two fishermen Simon
and Andrew, Simon’s brother. They were casting a net into the
sea.
17 Yahoshua said: Follow me and I will teach you to catch
people.
18 They immediately left the nets and went with him.
19 Yahoshua then saw Jacob and Yahochanan, the sons of
Zebedee. They were in a boat preparing their nets to go
fishing.
20 Yahoshua called them and they left their abba (father)
Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and went with
Yahoshua.
21 Yahoshua and his followers traveled to Capernaum. On the
day of worship Yahoshua went into the synagogue and began
to teach.
22 They were astonished at his doctrine, for he taught with
authority and not like the scribes.
23 Suddenly in the synagogue there was a man with an
unclean spirit. He screamed:
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24 “What do you want with us Yahoshua of Nazareth? Have
you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the
Kadosh (Holy) One of the Elohim!”
25 Yahoshua rebuked the spirit by saying: “Be quiet, and come
out of him!”
26 The evil spirit shook the man hard, gave a loud scream, and
came out of him.
27 The people were all amazed and questioned. “What is this?
What new doctrine is this? He has authority over the unclean
spirits, and they obey him.”
28 His fame spread to the entire country of Galilee.
29 Yahoshua and his disciples, including Jacob and
Yahochanan, left the synagogue and went directly to the home
of Simon and Andrew.
30 Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever. At once
they told Yahoshua about her.
31 He took her by the hand and helped her sit up. The fever
suddenly left. So she got up and prepared a meal for them.
32 That evening at sunset many sick and demon-possessed
people were presented to Yahoshua.
33 A huge crowd of people from all over Capernaum gathered
outside to watch.
34 Yahoshua healed many who were sick with various
diseases. He cast out many demons. Knowing them he would
not permit the demons to speak.
35 Early in the morning, long before daybreak, Yahoshua
awoke and went into the wilderness to pray.
36 Later Simon and the others went out to find him.
37 They informed him: “Everyone is asking for you.”
38 He replied: “We must go to other towns. I will preach to
them too. I came for this purpose.”
39 He went to Synagogues in every part of Galilee, preaching
and driving out evil spirits.
40 A man with leprosy knelt in front of Yahoshua and begged
to be healed. “If you want to, you can make me well,” he said.
41 Moved with compassion Yahoshua touched him. “I want
to,” he said. “Be healed!”
42 Instantly the leprosy disappeared and man was healed.
43 Yahoshua sent him away and warned him. “Go directly to
the priest and let him examine you.
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44 “Do not talk to anyone along the way. Take the offering
the Law of Moses requires for those healed of leprosy. That
way everyone will have proof of your healing.”
45 But the man gave a public account of his healing
everywhere he went. Soon crowds surrounded Yahoshua and
he could not enter a town publicly. He had to stay in secluded
places and people continued to come to him.

Mark 2
1 Several days later Yahoshua returned to Capernaum. The
word spread that he was home.
2 So many people gathered that there was no room left even
by the door. Yahoshua was speaking the Elohim’s word to
them.
3 Men came to him carrying a paralyzed man.
4 They could not bring him to Yahoshua because of the crowd.
So they removed the roof over the place where Yahoshua was.
Then they lowered the cot on which the paralyzed man was
lying.
5 When Yahoshua saw their faith, he told the man: “Friend
your sins are forgiven.”
6 Some of the scribes sitting there reasoned in their hearts:
7 “Why does this man speak this way? He blasphemes for only
the Elohim is the one who can forgive sins.”
8 Yahoshua immediately discerned in his spirit that they
reasoned within themselves. He asked them: “Why reason
these things in your hearts?
9 “Which is easier to say to the sick man your sins are forgiven
or take your bed and walk?
10 “So you may see that the Son of man has authority to
forgive sins on eretz (earth),” he said to the man:
11 “Get up and take your bed, and go to your house.”
12 He got up, took the bed and went out before them all. They
were all filled with wonder. They gave glory to Yahowah and
said we have never seen anything like this.
13 Again he went to the seaside and all the people followed
him. So he taught them.
14 He saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, seated at the place where
taxes were collected. He said to him: “Come with me.” And he
got up and went with him.
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15 He was reclining at the meal in his house. Several tax
collectors and sinners were at the table with Yahoshua and his
disciples. There were a great number of them, and they came
after him.
16 When the scribes of the Pharisees saw he was eating with
the tax collectors and sinners they asked his disciples: “Why
does he take food and drink with such men?”
17 Yahoshua heard this. He said to them: “Those who are well
have no need of a medical man but those who are ill do. I have
come to care for sinners not the upright.”
18 John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. They came
to him and asked: “Why do Yahochanan’s disciples and the
disciples of the Pharisees fast but your disciples do not?”
19 Yahoshua replied: “Will the friends of a newly married man
practice fasting while he is with them? As long as they have
him with them they will not go without food.
20 “But the days will come when the husband will be taken
away from them. Then they will fast.
21 “No man puts a patch of new cloth on an old coat. The new,
by pulling away from the old, makes a worse hole.
22 “No man puts new wine into old wineskins. The skins will
burst and the wine and the skins will be wasted. New wine has
to be put into new wine skins.”
23 Yahoshua went through the grain fields on the Sabbath
day. While they walked his disciples took the heads of grain.
24 The Pharisees said: “Why are they doing what it is not right
to do on the Sabbath?”
25 He said: “Do you not know of what David did when he
needed food for himself and his companions?
26 “He went into the house of Yahowah when Abiathar was
high priest. David took the kadosh bread for food and gave to
his companions. Only the priests may take the kadosh bread.
27 “The Sabbath was made for man, said Yahoshua, and not
man for the Sabbath.
28 “The Son of man is Adonai even of the Sabbath.”

Mark 3
1 He entered the Synagogue again. There was a man there
whose hand was withered.
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2 They watched to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath
day. Then they might have something against him.
3 He said to the man: “Get up and come forward.”
4 Then he asked the Pharisees, “Is it right to do good on the
Sabbath or to do evil? Is it right to give life or to put to death?”
But they said nothing.
5 He looked at them and was angry. He was also sad on
account of their hard hearts. He said to the man: “Stretch out
your hand.” He stretched it out and his hand was healed.
6 The Pharisees went away and immediately conspired with
the Herodians. They tried to decide how they might destroy
him.
7 Yahoshua went with his disciples to the sea. A great crowed
from Galilee followed. They were also from Judaea,
8 Jerusalem, Idumaea, beyond the Jordan, and from Tyre and
Sidon. These people heard the great things he did and came to
him.
9 He asked his disciples to have a small boat ready because the
crowd might press too close to him.
10 He healed many. Others with afflictions pressed close to
him that they might touch him.
11 The unclean spirits fell down before him and cried: You are
the Son of Elohim.
12 He commanded them not to make him known.
13 He went up on the mountain and invited anyone who
wanted to go with him.
14 He appointed twelve to be with him and he sent them out to
preach.
15 He gave them authority to cast out demons.
16 The twelve included Shimon whom he surnamed Peter,
17 Jacob the son of Zebedee, Yahochanan the brother of Jacob
surnamed Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder:
18 Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, Jacob the
son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Shimon the Cananaean.
19 Also present was Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
Then he went into a house.
20 The crowd gathered so close that they did not have time for
bread.
21 When his own people heard of this they went to apprehend
him. They said: “He has lost his senses.”
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22 Scribes that came down from Jerusalem said: “He has
Beelzebub. He casts out demons by the prince of the demons.”
23 Yahoshua called them to him and spoke to them in
illustrations. He asked: “How could Satan cast out Satan?
24 “When a kingdom is divided against itself that kingdom
cannot stand.
25 “When a house is divided against itself it will not be able to
stand.
26 “If Satan has risen up against himself, he is divided, cannot
stand and will come to an end.
27 “No one can enter into the house of the strong man and
steal his property unless he first captures the strong man.
Then he will steal his property.
28 “I tell you sins will be forgiven of the sons of men, and their
evil talk will be forgiven.
29 “But whoever speaks evil and defames Ruach Hakodesh
will not be forgiven but is guilty of an eternal sin.”
30 They exclaimed: “He has an unclean spirit!”
31 His mother and his brother were standing nearby. They
sent for him.
32 A crowd was sitting around him. They said to him: “Look
your mother and you brother are outside looking for you.”
33 He answered them: “Who is my mother and who is my
brother?”
34 Looking at the people who sat around him he said:
“Behold, my mother and my brother!
35 “For whoever does the will of the Elohim, the same is my
brother, and sister, and eema.”

Mark 4
1 Again he taught a very great crowd by the seaside. He sat in a
boat while the crowd was on the land.
2 He taught them many things by illustrations and said to
them:
3 “Listen, the sower went out to sow.
4 “As he sowed some seed fell by the road and the birds came
and devoured it.
5 “Other seed fell on the rocky ground and did not have good
soil. Immediately it sprang up, because it had no good soil
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6 it became scorched when the sun came up. Then it
withered because it had no root.
7 “Some seed fell among the thorns. The thorns grew up and
choked it so it could yield no fruit.
8 “Others fell on good ground and yielded fruit. It grew up,
increased and produced thirty fold, and sixty fold, and a
hundred fold.”
9 He continued: “He who has ears to hear let him hear.”
10 When he was alone his followers including the twelve asked
about the illustrations.
11 He told them: “The secret of the kingdom of the Elohim is
given to you. Illustrations are spoken to outsiders.
12 “So that seeing they may see and not perceive. And hearing
they may hear and not understand. Otherwise they might
repent and be forgiven.”
13 Then he asked: “Do you not understand this illustration?
How will you understand any of the illustrations?
14 “The sower sows the word.
15 “These are they by the wayside where the word is sown.
When they have heard; Satan comes and takes away the word
that has been sown in them.
16 “The same is so of the word sown upon the rocky places.
When they have heard the word and receive it with joy,
17 they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while.
They stumble when tribulation or persecution arise.
18 “There is the word sown among the thorns. These have
heard the word,
19 but the cares of the world, the deceitfulness of riches, and
the lusts for other things enter in and choke the word. So it
becomes unfruitful.
20 “Those who represent that sown upon the good soil hear
the word and accept it. They bear fruit, thirty fold, and sixty
fold, and a hundred fold.”
21 He asked them: “Is the lamp placed under a bushel, or
under a bed, and not on the stand?
22 “There is nothing hidden unless it should be made known.
Nothing is made secret that should come to light.
23 “If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.”
24 Then he said: “Be careful what you listen to. That which is
portioned out by you might be portioned to you and more.
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25 “He who has, to him it will be given. He who has not,
from him will be taken even that which he has.”
26 He added: “The kingdom of Elohim is like this. A man
plants seed in the eretz (earth).
27 “He sleeps and gets up night and day until the plants grow
though he has no idea how.
28 “The eretz gives fruit by itself. First comes the leaf, then the
head, then full grain.
29 “When the grain is ready he immediately sends men to cut
it, because the time for cutting has come.”
30 He said: “What illustration should we use to picture the
kingdom of Elohim? What story will make it clear?
31 “It is like a grain of mustard seed. When it is planted in the
eretz it is smaller than all the seeds on the earth.
32 “But when it is planted it grows and becomes taller than all
the plants. It grows out great branches so that the birds of
heaven are able to take rest in its shade.”
33 He spoke the word to them with many illustrations as long
as they were able to listen.
34 He spoke only with illustrations. However he made all
things clear to his disciples in private.
35 When evening arrived Yahoshua said: Let us go over to the
other side.”
36 They took him with them on the boat and left the people.
Other boats were with him also.
37 A great windstorm came up and the waves came into the
boat.
38 He was in back of the boat sleeping on a cushion. They
woke him. They said: “Adonai (Master) is it nothing to you
that we are in danger of destruction?”
39 He awoke from sleep and commanded the wind and sea.
He commanded the sea to be at peace and rest. And he
commanded the wind to go down and there was a great calm.
40 He said: “Why are you full of fear? Do you have no faith?”
41 Their fear was great. They said to themselves: “Who is this,
that even the wind and the sea obey his orders?”

Mark 5
1 They traveled to the other side of the sea, to the country of
the Gerasenes.
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2 Just as he got out of the boat a man with an unclean spirit
came to him from the tombs.
3 He was living in the tombs. No man was able to bind him
even with a chain.
4 Often he was bound in chains and iron bands but he would
break them. No man was strong enough to keep him still.
5 Day and night in the tombs and in the mountains he cried
out. He would cut himself with stones.
6 He saw Yahoshua from far off and quickly approached and
bowed down before him.
7 Crying out with a loud voice, he said: “What have I to do
with you, Yahoshua, Son of the highest Elohim? In Yahowah’s
name do not torment me!”
8 Yahoshua commanded: “Come out of the man you unclean
spirit!”
9 Then Yahoshua said: “What is your name?” He answered:
“My name is Legion because there are a great number of us.”
10 He earnestly implored him not to send the spirits away out
of the country.
11 There was a large herd of pigs feeding on the mountainside.
12 They pleaded with Yahoshua: “Send us into the pigs!”
13 He let them do it. Then the unclean spirits came out and
went into the pigs. The herd went rushing down a sharp slope
into the sea. About two thousand of them died in the sea.
14 Their keepers ran off to the town to tell others what
happened. People came to see what had taken place.
15 When they came to Yahoshua they saw the man who had
been demon possessed. He was fully clothed and in full use of
his senses. So they were afraid.
16 Those who saw the event gave a full account of what
happened to the man, the evil spirits and the pigs.
17 They asked Yahoshua to leave their country.
18 Entering the boat, the man who had been possessed with
demons asked that he might be allowed to travel with him.
19 Yahoshua told him: “Go to your house and to your friends
and tell them about the great things Yahowah did for you and
how he had mercy on you.”
20 He went away and told others in Decapolis what great
things Yahoshua had done for him. They all marveled.
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21 Again Yahoshua crossed over in the boat to the other
side. A great crowd gathered to him while he was by the sea.
22 Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, saw Yahoshua and fell at
his feet.
23 He pleaded with him saying: “My little daughter is at the
point of death. Please come and lay your hands on her that she
will be healed and live.”
24 Yahoshua went with him. A great crowd followed him and
they pressed very close to him.
25 There was a woman who had an issue of blood twelve years.
26 She suffered treatment from many physicians but did not
become better. She spent all her money and grew worse.
27 Hearing about Yahoshua she came though the crowd and
touched his garment.
28 She said: “If I touch his garments I shall be made whole.”
29 Immediately the flow of her blood dried up. She felt in her
body that she was healed of her affliction.
30 Suddenly Yahoshua recognized that power issued from
him. He turned to the crowd and asked: “Who touched my
garments?”
31 His disciples said to him: “You see all these people around
you and you ask who touched me?”
32 He looked around to see the woman who had done this
thing.
33 The woman was afraid and trembled. Knowing what
happened she fell down before him, and told him the truth.
34 He said: “Daughter your faith has made you whole. Go in
peace and be healed of your affliction.”
35 While he yet spoke they came from the ruler of the
synagogue’s house. They said: “Your daughter is dead. Do not
trouble the teacher.”
36 But Yahoshua did not listen. He said to the ruler of the
synagogue believe and do not fear.
37 He allowed only Kepha, Jacob, and Yahochanan the
brother of Jacob to follow him.
38 The house of the ruler of the synagogue was filled with
commotion. Many were weeping and wailing.
39 He entered and said: “Why all the commotion and why do
you weep. The child is not dead but sleeps.”
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40 They laughed him to scorn. He sent them all out of the
house. Then he took the abba, eema and his companions and
went to the child.
41 He took the child by the hand and said to her: “Talitha
cumi.” Which means when interpreted, “little girl I say to you
arise.”
42 Immediately the twelve-year old girl rose up and walked.
And they were promptly amazed with a great amazement.
43 He gave them firm orders not to tell any man about this.
Then he commanded that she be given something to eat.

Mark 6
1 He left there and went to his own country. His disciples
followed him.
2 Yahoshua taught in the synagogue on the Sabbath. Many
were astonished when they heard him. They asked: “Where
did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to
this man and how did he perform these mighty works by his
hands?
3 “Is this the carpenter, the son of Miryam, brother of Jacob,
Joses, Judas, and Simon? Are not his sisters here with us?” He
offended them.
4 Yahoshua said to them: “A prophet is not without honor
except in his own country, among his own people and in his
own house.”
5 He laid his hands upon a few sick and healed them.
Otherwise he did no mighty work there.
6 He wondered at their unbelief. Then he went around to the
villages teaching.
7 He summoned the twelve and sent them forth in pairs. They
were given authority over the unclean spirits.
8 They were instructed to take nothing for their journey, with
the exception of a walking staff.
9 They were to take no bread, no wallet, no money in their
purse and no extra sandals or coat.
10 He said: “When someone invites you to enter into a house,
stay there until you leave.
11 “When someone will not listen to you leave that house and
shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony to the
householder.”
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12 They went out to preach that men should make
teshuvah.
13 They cast out many demons. They anointed the sick with oil
and healed them.
14 Yahochanan the Baptist had become well known. King
Herod heard that Yahochanan had risen from the dead.
Therefore he was doing these powerful works.
15 But others said: “It is Elijah.” And others said: “It is a
prophet, like one of the prophets.”
16 Herod said: “It is Yahochanan whom I beheaded, raised
from the dead.”
17 For Herod captured Yahochanan and locked him in prison
for the sake of Herodias his wife. She was his brother Philip’s
wife before he married her.
18 Yahochanan said to Herod: “It is not lawful for you to have
your brother’s wife.”
19 Herodias had a grudge against Yahochanan and was
determined to have him killed.
20 But Herod feared Yahochanan. He knew he was a righteous
and kadosh man so he kept him safe. That is why he listened
to Yahochanan but was perplexed.
21 It was Herod’s birthday. He invited his lords, the military
commanders, and the prominent men of Galilee to supper.
22 When the daughter of Herodias danced for Herod and his
guests, she pleased him so much he promised her anything
she desired.
23 He pledged to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to
you, up to half of my kingdom.”
24 She asked her mother, “What should I ask?” And the
mother said: “The head of Yahochanan the Baptist.”
25 At once she went to the king and asked: “Will you give me
the head of Yahochanan the Baptist on a platter.”
26 The king was very sorry. Even so he kept his promise to
her. He did not turn her down. This also showed his dinner
guests he was a man of his word.
27 He immediately commanded his guard to behead John the
Baptist and bring his head to him.
28 He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the young
lady. In turn she gave it to her mother.
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29 When his disciples heard this they took his corpse and
laid it in a tomb.
30 The apostles gathered together with Yahoshua. They told
him all things they had done and taught.
31 He told them come into a secluded place and rest a while.
For there were many people coming and going and they had
no leisure time.
32 They went away in the boat to a secluded place.
33 The people from all the cities knew they were going and
they ran together on foot to arrive ahead of them.
34 When he arrived and saw the great crowd he had
compassion on them. They were as sheep without a shepherd.
He taught them many things.
35 Late in the day his disciples approached him. They said:
“The day is almost over and we are in a secluded place.
36 “Send them away that they may go to the country and
villages nearby and buy themselves something to eat.”
37 He replied: “You give them food to eat.” They asked:
“Should we buy two hundred shillings’ worth of bread to feed
them?”
38 He said” “Find out how many loaves you have? When they
knew they said” “Five loaves and two fishes.”
39 He commanded them to sit down by groups upon the green
grass.
40 They sat down in groups of hundreds, and fifties.
41 Then he looked up to heaven and blessed the food. He took
the five loaves and the two fishes, and broke the loaves into
pieces and gave them to his disciples. He also divided the two
fishes. He gave the food to his disciples to serve to the people.
42 They all ate and were filled.
43 They collected twelve baskets full of broken pieces of bread
and fishes.
44 Five thousand men ate.
45 Yahoshua made his disciples hurry into a boat to cross to
Bethsaida ahead of him. Then he sent the crowd away.
46 After he left he went to the mountain to pray.
47 He was on the shore at the beginning of evening and the
boat was in the midst of the sea.
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48 He saw that they were tired of rowing for the wind was
against them. It was the fourth watch of the night. He walked
on the sea and was about to pass them.
49 When they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was
a spirit (an illusion) and screamed.
50 They all saw him and were troubled. Suddenly he spoke to
them: “Be of good cheer. It is I do not fear.”
51 He entered the boat and the wind ceased. They were truly
amazed.
52 They had not understood the loaves of bread. Their minds
were closed.
53 They completed the crossing to the land of Gennesaret and
anchored by the shore.
54 The people saw him as soon as they left the boat.
55 They were wherever he was in the whole region. They
carried the sick on their beds to him.
56 When he entered a village or city in the marketplaces or the
country the sick tried to touch the border of his garment and
be healed.

Mark 7
1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes came from Jerusalem
to gather around Yahoshua.
2 They saw that some of his disciples ate their bread with
unwashed defiled hands.
3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat until they
wash their hands. They practice the tradition of the elders.)
4 When they come from the marketplace they wash
themselves before they eat. They follow many other rules.
They wash their cups, and brass pots, and other vessels.
5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked: “Why do your disciples
not walk according to the tradition of the elders. Instead they
eat their bread with defiled hands?”
6 He told them: “Isaiah prophesied about you hypocrites. It is
written: ‘This people honor me with their lips but their heart is
far from me.
7 ‘They worship me in vain teaching as doctrines the
commands of men.’”
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8 Speaking to the Pharisees and scribes He said: “You
abandon the commandment of Elohim, and hold fast the
tradition of men.
9 “You totally reject the commandment of Elohim (the
Almighty One) that you may keep your tradition.
10 “Moses said: ‘Honor your abba and your eema. He also
said: ‘He that speaks evil of abba or eema must die.’
11 “But you say: ‘If a man says to his abba or his eema that
which would benefit you is a gift to Yahowah,
12 he no longer has to do anything for his abba or eema.’
13 “You make the word of Elohim invalid by your tradition.”
14 He called the crowd again and said: “Listen and
understand!
15 “Nothing that goes into a person from the outside can make
him unclean. That which comes from inside of a man can
make him unclean.
16 “If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.”
17 When he entered the house away from the crowd his
disciples asked him to explain.
18 He replied: “Do you not understand? Do you not know that
which goes into the man from the outside cannot defile him?
19 “It is because it does not go into his heart, but into his
stomach and is eliminated? All foods are clean.
20 “That which comes out of the man defiles the man.
21 “It is from the heart that evil thoughts come such as:
fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries,
22 coveting, wickedness, deceit, loose conduct, envy, slander,
pride, and foolishness.
23 “All these evil things come from within and defile the man.”
24 Yahoshua went to the territory of Tyre and Sidon. He did
not want anyone to know that he was staying in a house there.
However it could not be kept a secret.
25 A woman whose little daughter had an evil spirit heard
about Yahoshua. She went to him and bowed down.
26 The woman was a Greek Syrophoenician by race. She
wanted him to drive out the demon out of her daughter.
27 He said to her: “Let the children be fed first. It is not proper
to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.”
28 She answered: “Yes Master, even the dogs under the table
eat from the children’s crumbs.”
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29 Then he replied: “Thanks to your answer you may leave
for the demon has gone out of your daughter.”
30 She went to her house and found the child on the bed with
the demon gone.
31 He left the borders of Tyre through Sidon, through the
region of Decapolis to the Sea of Galilee.
32 They brought a deaf man with an impediment in his speech
to him and asked him to lay his hands on him.
33 Yahoshua took him aside from the crowd privately, and put
his fingers into his ears, and he spat, and touched his tongue.
34 Looking up to heaven he sighed and said to him:
“Ephphatha, that is, be opened.”
35 His ears were opened. His tongue was freed and he spoke
plainly.
36 Yahoshua told them not to tell anyone. The more he told
them not to talk the more they talked.
37 They were beside themselves with amazement saying: He
makes even the deaf hear and the dumb speak.

Mark 8
1 It was one of those days when there was a great crowd of
people. They had nothing to eat so he called his disciples.
2 Yahoshua said: “I am concerned for these people because
they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to
eat.
3 “If I send them away to their houses with no food they will
be weak and faint. Some of them have a long way to go.”
4 His disciples answered, “How could we get enough bread in
this desolate place?”
5 Yahoshua responded: “How much bread do you have?” They
said: “Seven loaves.”
6 He made the people sit on the ground. Then he took the
seven loaves and gave thanks. He gave the broken bread to his
disciples and they served the people.
7 They had some small fish. After bracha (blessing) them he
had them serve the people in the same way.
8 After eating they picked up seven baskets full of food.
9 About four thousand ate. Then he sent them away.
10 Immediately he entered a boat and he and his disciples
traveled to Dalmanutha.
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11 The Pharisees came to question him. They were testing
him and seeking a sign from heaven.
12 He sighed deeply in his spirit and said: “Why does this
generation seek a sign? I tell you truly no sign will be given to
this generation.”
13 He left them and boarded the boat and departed to the
other side.
14 They forgot to take bread and they only had one loaf with
them in the boat.
15 He ordered them to be aware of the leaven of the Pharisees
and the leaven of Herod.
16 They reasoned with one another saying: “We have no
bread.”
17 Hearing this Yahoshua said: “Why do you reason about
having no bread? Do you not understand? Are your hearts dull
of understanding?
18 “Having eyes, do you not see? Having ears, do you not
hear? And do you not remember?
19 “When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand how
many baskets full of broken pieces did you up bring back?”
They answered: “Twelve.”
20 And the seven loaves among the four thousand, how many
baskets full of broken pieces did you bring back? And they told
him: “Seven.”
21 He said: Do you not yet understand?
22 They arrived at Bethsaida. A blind man was brought to him
with the request to touch him.
23 He held the blind man’s hand and led him out of the
village. Then he spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him. He
asked him: “Do you see?”
24 He answered: “I see men. They look like trees walking.”
25 He laid his hands on his eyes again and his vision was fully
restored, he saw everything clearly.
26 He sent him to his home saying: “Do not enter into the
village.”
27 Yahoshua and his disciples went into the villages of
Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples: “Who do
men say I am?”
28 They told him: “Yahochanan the Baptist and others say
Elijah. Some say you are one of the prophets.”
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29 “Who do you say I am,” Yahoshua asked. They told him:
“You are the Messiah.”
30. He commanded them not to tell any man.
31 Then he taught them that the Son of man must suffer many
things. The elders, chief priests, and the scribes will reject
him. He will be killed and after three days he will rise from the
dead.
32 Yahoshua spoke openly about this. Peter took him aside
and rebuked him.
33 He turned around and looked at his disciples. Then he
rebuked Kepha saying: “Get behind me Satan for you do not
pay attention to the things of the Almighty One. You tend to
the things of men.”
34 He then spoke to both his disciples and the crowd. He said:
“If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and
take up his stake and follow me.
35 “Whoever would save his life will lose it. Whoever would
lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will
save it.
36 “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and
forfeit his life?
37 “What should a man give in exchange for his life?
38 “For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this
adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of man will also be
ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Abba with
the kadosh messengers.”

Mark 9
1 He continued: “Truly I tell you there are some here who will
in no way experience death, till they see the kingdom of
Yahowah come with power.”
2 Six days later Yahoshua took Kepha, Jacob and Yahochanan
up on a high mountain completely alone. He was transfigured
in front of them.
3 His garments became brilliant white. Nothing on eretz could
make them this white.
4 Elijah and Moses appeared before them. They were talking
with Yahoshua.
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5 Kepha said to Yahoshua: “Teacher it is good for us to be
here. Let us make three tabernacles, one for you, one for
Moses, and one for Elijah.”
6 Kepha and the others were afraid and they did not know
what to say.
7 A cloud hovered over them and a voice came out of the
cloud: “This is my Son the beloved listen to him!”
8 Suddenly they saw no one near them except Yahoshua.
9 They came down the mountain. He warned them not to tell
anyone what they had seen until after the Son of man had
risen from the dead.
10 They kept questioning among themselves what the rising
from the dead means.
11 Then they asked him how is it that the scribes say that
Elijah must first come?
12 He said: “Elijah does come first and restores all things. It is
written that the Son of man should suffer and be treated with
contempt?
13 “But I say to you that Elijah has come. They have done to
him what ever they wished just as it is written about him.”
14 When they came to the disciples they saw a great crowd
with them and scribes questioning them.
15 Suddenly the crowd saw him and ran to him to greet him.
16 He asked them: “What are you talking about?”
17 One of the people answered him: “Teacher I brought my
son who is unable to talk because of a spirit.
18 “The spirit seizes him and slams him down. He foams at the
mouth and grinds his teeth. I asked your disciples to cast it out
but they could not do it.”
19 Yahoshua then said: “O faithless generation. How long will
I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to
me.”
20 They brought the boy to him. Suddenly the spirit threw
him into convulsions. He fell on the ground rolled around and
foamed at the mouth.
21 Yahoshua asked his abba: “How long has this been going
on?” He said: “Since he was a child.”
22 Often it casts him into the fire and into the water to destroy
him. If you can do anything have compassion on us and help
us.
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23 Yahoshua said to him: “All things are possible to him
who has faith.”
24 Both abba and child immediately shouted: “I have faith
make my faith stronger.”
25 When Yahoshua saw the people he ordered the unclean
spirit to come out of him. He commanded the spirit that
caused the loss of voice and hearing to leave and never return
to him.
26 The spirit cried out and shook the child violently. It came
out and the child became like a dead person. Most of them
said: “He is dead.”
27 Yahoshua took him by the hand and lifted him up.
28 When the child went into the house his disciples asked him
privately: “Why were we unable to send it out?”
29 He replied: Only prayer will make this sort come out.
30 He desired that no man know about it. Therefore they left
there through Galilee.
31 He taught his disciples: “The Son of man will be handed
over to men who will put him to death. After three days he will
come back from the dead.”
32 They did not understand and they were afraid to ask him
about it.
33 They traveled to Capernaum. When they were in the house
he asked them: “What were you talking about on the way?”
34 They said nothing because they had had an argument
between themselves about who was the greatest.
35 He sat down and the twelve came to him. He said: “If any
man has the desire to be first, he would be last of all and
servant of all.”
36 He put a little child in the middle of them and taking him
in his arms he said to them:
37 “Whoever receives a little child in my name, receives me,
and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.”
38 Yahochanan spoke up: “Teacher, we saw someone who
does not follow us casting out demons in your name. We tried
to stop him because he does not follow us.”
39 But Yahoshua said: “Do not stop him, for there is no one
who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to
speak evil of me.
40 “For whoever is not against us is on our side.
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41 “Whoever will give you a cup of water to drink in my
name, because you are Messiah’s, most assuredly I tell you, he
will in no way lose his reward.
42 “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me
to stumble, it would be better for him if a great millstone were
hanged about his neck and he were cast into the sea.
43 “If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It would be
better to enter into life maimed then, having two hands to be
destroyed in the ever-burning trash fires in the Valley of
Hinnom. (Greek: Gehenna)
44 (spurious, but included in King James Version, “Where the
worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.”)
45 “If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is good for
you to enter into life with only one foot, rather than having
two feet to be cast into the ever-burning fires of Hinnom.
(Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction)
46 (The same wording as verse 44, spurious: Tischendorf’s
Spurious Passages)
47 “If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is good for
you to enter into the kingdom of Yahowah with one eye, rather
than having two eyes to be destroyed in the ever-burning trash
fires in the valley of Hinnom.
48 (“For the worm does not die and the fire is not
quenched.”—Questionable passage.)
49 “For every one will be salted with fire.
50 “Salt is good. If it loses its saltiness how can you make it
salty again? Have the salt or seasoning of friendship among
yourselves, and live in peace with one another.”

Mark 10
1 Yahoshua crossed the Jordan River when he went to the
province of Judea. Crowds gathered all around him just as
they always did.
2 Some Pharisees came to him and tried to trap him. “Does
our Law allow a man to divorce his wife?” They asked.
3 “What did Moses command you?” Yahoshua asked.
4 They said: “Moses allowed us to write a certificate of divorce
and send her away.”
5 “He wrote this commandment because of your hard hearts,”
Yahoshua replied.
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6 “Yahowah made male and female from the beginning of
creation.
7 “For this reason a man will leave his abba and eema and
unite with his wife.
8 “The two shall become one flesh. They are no longer two, but
one flesh.
9 “That which Yahowah has joined together let not man take
apart (separate).”
10 In the house the disciples asked him again about this
matter.
11 He said: “He who divorces his wife and marries another
commits adultery against her.
12 “If she divorces her husband and marries another, she
commits adultery.
13 People were bringing little children to him so he could
touch them. His disciples turned them away.
14 But when Yahoshua saw it he was moved with indignation.
He said: “Allow the little children to come to me! Do not turn
them away for they belong to the kingdom of the Almighty
One.
15 “Truly I tell you, he who does not receive the kingdom of
the Almighty One like a little child shall not enter it.”
16 He took them in his arms, put his hands upon them and
blessed them.
17 As he traveled someone ran to him, kneeled and asked him:
“Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit everlasting
life?”
18 Yahoshua asked him: “Why do you call me good? None is
good except the Almighty One.
19 “You know the commandments, do not kill, do not commit
adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not
defraud, honor your abba (father) and eema (mother).”
20 “Teacher,” he said: “I have observed all of these from my
youth.”
21 Yahoshua lovingly looked at him and said: “You lack one
thing. Go, sell your possessions and give to the poor. Then you
will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.”
22 He was very sad when he heard this for he had many
possessions. Then he went away.
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23 Looking around Yahoshua said to his disciples: “It is
hard for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of
Elohim!”
24 The disciples were amazed at his words. Yahoshua
repeated it again: “Children, it is hard to enter into the
kingdom of Elohim!
25 “It is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye, than
for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of Elohim.”
26 They were greatly astonished! So they asked him: “Who
can be saved?”
27 Yahoshua looked at them: “With men it is impossible, but
not with Elohim: for all things are possible with Elohim.”
28 Kepha said to him: “We have left all and followed you.”
29 Yahoshua said: “Truly I tell you, a man that has left house,
or brothers, or sisters, or eema, or abba, or children, or lands,
for my sake, and for the sake of the good news,
30 will receive a hundred times as much now in this time, and
in the age to come everlasting life.
31 “Many that are first will be last and the last first.”
32 Yahoshua went to Jerusalem. The disciples followed him.
They were amazed at what Yahoshua did. Others followed and
were afraid. He met with the twelve to tell them the things
that were to happen to him.
33 “When we go to Jerusalem the Son of man will be turned
over to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn
him to death and hand him over to the people of the goyim
(nations).
34 “They will mock him, spit on him, and scourge him. Then
they will kill him. After three days he will rise again.”
35 Jacob and Yahochanan, the sons of Zebedee, came to him
saying: “Teacher, we want you to do for us what we ask of
you.”
36 He asked: “What do you want me to do for you?
37 They said to him: “Allow us to sit next to you in your glory.
One could sit on your right hand, and one on your left hand.”
38 “You do not know what you ask,” Yahoshua replied. “Are
you able to drink the cup that I drink? Are you able to be
baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?”
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39 They said: “We are able.” Yahoshua replied: “The cup
that I drink you will drink; and with the baptism that I am
baptized you will be baptized.
40 “But to sit on my right hand or on my left hand is not mine
to give. It is for them for whom it has been prepared.”
41 When the ten heard it they were indignant with Jacob and
Yahochanan.
42 Yahoshua called them together and said: “You know that
those who rule over the goyim lord it over them. Their great
ones exercise authority over them.
43 “It is not so among you. Whoever would become great
among you, shall be your minister (servant) (attendant).
44 “Whoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.
45 “For the Son of man also came not to be ministered to, but
to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
46 They arrived at Jericho. He left there with his disciples and
a large crowd. A blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of
Timaeus, was sitting by the side of the road.
47 When he heard that it was Yahoshua the Nazarene, he
cried: “Yahoshua, son of David, have mercy on me!”
48 Many rebuked him that he should keep quiet. However he
cried out even more: “You son of David have mercy on me.”
49 Yahoshua stood still and said: “You call him.” They called
the blind man saying to him, “Be of good cheer: rise, he calls
you.”
50 Setting aside his garment, he sprang up, and came to
Yahoshua.
51 Yahoshua responded to him: “What do you want me to do
for you?” The blind man said to him: “Teacher I want to
receive my sight!”
52 Yahoshua told him: “Go your way; your faith has made you
whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed
him in the way.”

Mark 11
1 They came close to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at
the Mount of Olives. He appointed two of his disciples to
2 go into the village that is nearby. “As soon as you enter it you
will find a colt tied there. No man has ever sat on that colt.
Untie him and bring him.
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3 “If any one questions why you do this say: ‘Yahowah has
need of him.’ Immediately he will send it here.”
4 They found a colt tied at the door in the open street and they
untied it.
5 Those who stood there asked why are you untying the colt?
6 They told them what Yahoshua said and they let them go.
7 The colt was brought to Yahoshua. They laid their garments
on him and Yahoshua sat on him.
8 Many spread their garments along the way. Others spread
branches, which they cut from the fields.
9 Those who led the way and those who followed cried:
“Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in Yahowah’s name!
(Psalm 118:26)
10 “Blessed is the coming kingdom, the kingdom of our father
David. Hosanna in the highest!”
11 He entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. When
evening came he went with the twelve to Bethany.’
12 The next day they left Bethany. He was hungry.
13 He saw a fig tree far off. When he got closer he found
nothing but leaves for it was not the season of figs.
14 He spoke about the tree that no man would ever eat fruit
from it from that day forward.
15 When in Jerusalem he entered the temple and turned over
the tables of the moneychangers and the seats of the people
who sold doves.
16 He would not allow any man to carry merchandise through
the temple.
17 When he taught, he said: “Is it not written, my house shall
be called a house of prayer for all the goyim? But you have
made it a den of robbers.”
18 The chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how
they might destroy him. They feared him because the crowd
was astonished at his teaching.
19 And every evening he left the city.
20 They passed by in the morning and saw the fig tree
withered away from the roots.
21 Peter remembered and said: “Teacher look, the fig tree that
you cursed is withered away.”
22 Yahoshua answered: “Have faith in the Almighty One
(Yahowah).
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23 “Truly I say faithful ones shall say to this mountain, be
cast into the sea and it will happen. There must be no doubt in
his heart and he must believe that what he says will come to
pass.
24 “I tell you, believe that you receive what you pray for and
you shall have it.
25 “When you say a prayer have forgiveness in your heart.
Forgive anything you have against anyone so that your
Heavenly Abba will forgive you your sins.”
26 (omitted text)
27 Chief priests and scribes approached him at the Temple in
Jerusalem.
28 They said to him: “By what authority do you do these
things? Or who gave you authority to do these things?”
29 Yahoshua said: “I will ask you one question. Give me an
answer, and I will say by what authority I do these things.”
30 “The baptism of John was it from heaven or from men?”
Give me an answer.
31 They thought about it among themselves saying: “If we say
from heaven he will say why did you not have faith in him?”
32 They feared the people. “If we say from men the people
would not like it because they all thought Yahochanan was a
true prophet.”
33 They told Yahoshua” “We have no idea.” Yahoshua said to
them: “I should not say to you by what authority I do these
things.”

Mark 12
1 He taught them with illustrations: “A man had a vineyard
planted. He built a wall around it. He prepared a place for
crushing out the wine and put up a tower. Then he rented it
out to field workers, and went into another country.
2 “During the season he sent a servant to the field workers
that he might receive the fruits of the vineyard.
3 “They beat him and sent him away empty.
4 “Again he sent another servant and they treated him
shamefully and wounded him in the head.
5 “He sent another and they killed him. He sent many others
and some were beaten and some were killed.
6 “Last of all he sent his son saying: ‘They will respect my son.’
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7 “But those field workers said among themselves: This is
the heir let us kill him and the inheritance shall be ours.
8 “They captured him and killed him. Then they cast his body
out of the vineyard.
9 “What will the lord of the vineyard do? He will destroy the
field workers and give the vineyard to others.
10 “Have you not read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders
rejected was made the chief corner stone.’ (Psalm 118:22, 23)
11 “This was from Yahowah and it is marvelous in our eyes?”
(Psalm 118:23)
12 They tried to capture him but feared the crowd. They
perceived that he spoke the illustration against them. So they
left him and went away.
13 Pharisees and Herodians went to him that they might catch
him in talk.
14 “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are truthful, and
not concerned about what other people think. You truthfully
teach the way of Yahowah. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar,
or not?
15 “Should we pay or should we not pay?” Knowing their
hypocrisy he said to them:” Why do you test me? Show me a
denarius.”
16 And they brought it. He said to them: “Whose is this image
and superscription?” They said: “Caesar’s.”
17 Yahoshua said: “Pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s,
and to the Almighty One the things that are the Almighty
One’s.” They greatly marveled at him.
18 Sadducees say that there is no resurrection. They came to
him to ask a question:
19 “Teacher, Moses wrote that if a man’s brother die, and leave
a wife behind him, and leave no child, that his brother should
take his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.
20 “There were seven brothers the first took a wife, and dying
left no seed.
21 “The second took her, and died, leaving no seed behind
him. The third also died without leaving a seed.
22 “The seven left no seed. The woman also died.
23 “In the resurrection whose wife shall she be of them? For
each of the seven had her as wife.”
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24 Yahoshua replied: “Is it not for this cause that you err?
You do not know the scriptures or the power of Yahowah.
25 “For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither
marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as messengers in
heaven.
26 “It is a fact that the dead will be raised again. Have you not
read the account of the burning bush in the book of Moses?
Did you notice how Yahowah spoke to him, saying: I am the
Almighty One of Avraham, and the Almighty One of Isaac, and
the Almighty One of Ya'akob?
27 “He is not the Almighty One of the dead but of the living.
You are greatly mistaken.”
28 One of the other scribes came to him with a question:
“What commandment is the first of all?”
29 Yahoshua answered: “The first is, Hear, O Israel; Yahowah
our Almighty One is one Almighty One (Yahowah).
30 “You should ahava (love) Yahowah your Almighty One with
all your heart, and with all your being (with every breath you
take) (your life), with your entire mind and with all your
strength. (Deuteronomy 6:4)
31 “The second is you should ahava your neighbor as yourself.
No other commandment is greater than these.” (Leviticus
19:18)
32 The scribe said to him: “It is true teacher you’ve said it well
that he is one and there is no one else besides him.
33 “To ahava him with all the heart, and with all
understanding, and with total strength, and to love his
neighbor as himself, is much more than all the whole burnt
offerings and sacrifices.”
34 When Yahoshua saw that he answered intelligently he said
to him: “You are not far from the kingdom of the Almighty
One. No man dared ask any questions after that.”
35 Still teaching in the temple Yahoshua said: “Do the scribes
say that the Messiah is the son of David?
36 “Inspired by Ruach Hakodesh David said: ‘Yahowah said to
my Adonai sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a
footstool for your feet.’ (Psalm 110:1)
37 “David called him Master. How is it that he is his son?” The
people were pleased with what he said.
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38 He said: “Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in
long robes, and to have greetings in the marketplaces.
39 “They demand the front seats in the synagogues and
prominent places at feasts.
40 “They devour widows’ houses and for pretence make long
prayers. These shall receive greater condemnation.”
41 He sat down near the collection boxes and observed how
the crowd dropped money into the boxes. Many that were rich
dropped in much.
42 A poor widow came along and dropped in two mites.
43 He told his disciples: “Truly I tell you this poor widow gave
more then all the others who gave to the collection box.
44 “They all gave out of their surplus. She gave out of her
poverty. She gave all that she owned, all her living.”

Mark 13
1 As he left the temple one of his disciples said to him:
“Teacher look at these stones and the great buildings!”
2 Yahoshua said: “See these great buildings? Not one stone
will be left upon another. They will all be thrown down.”
3 He sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple. Kepha,
Jacob, Yahochanan and Andrew asked him privately:
4 “Tell us when will these things be? What will be the sign
when these things are all about to be accomplished?”
5 Yahoshua warned them: “Take heed that no man lead you
astray.
6 “Many will come in my name (Greek: onoma: claiming my
authority), saying, I am he; and will lead many astray.
7 “When you hear of wars and rumors (reports) of wars do not
be troubled. These things must come to pass, but the end is
not yet.
8 “Goy (Nation) will rise against goy and kingdom against
kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places. There
will be famines. These things are the beginning of pain
(sorrow) (trouble).
9 “Be on guard for they will deliver you up to courts. You will
be beaten in the meeting places. You will be taken before
governors and kings for a testimony to them for my sake.
10 “And the good news must first be preached to all the goyim.
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11 “When they deliver you up to judgment, do not worry
before hand what you shall speak. Ruach Hakodesh will give it
to you at that time.
12 “Brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the abba his
child; and children shall rise up against parents, and cause
them to be put to death.
13 “All men will hate you because of my name. He who
endures to the end will be saved.
14 “When you see the unclean thing that makes desolation
standing where he ought not (let the reader use discernment),
then let them that are in Judea flee to the mountains.
15 “He who is on the housetop should not go down to enter
and take anything out his house.
16 “He who is in the field should not return to take his clothes.
17 “Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are
nursing babies in those days!
18 “Pray that this not be in the winter.
19 “The tribulation in these days will be greater then there has
ever been from the beginning of Yahowah’s creation until now,
and never shall be.
20 “Unless Yahowah shortened the days no flesh would be
saved. For the sake of his chosen anointed he will shorten the
days.
21 “If any man will say to you here is the Messiah or there is
the Messiah do not believe it.
22 “There will arise false Messiahs and false prophets. They
show signs and wonders that will mislead many, even the
anointed.
23 “Be alert for I have told you all things beforehand.
24 “In those days after that tribulation, the sun will be
darkened, and the moon will not give her light.
25 “The stars will fall from heaven and the powers that are in
the heavens will be shaken.
26 “They will see the Son of man coming in the clouds with
great power and glory.
27 “He will send the messengers to gather together his
anointed from the four winds, from one end of the eretz
(earth) to the other end of shamayim (heaven).
28 “Learn the illustration of the fig tree. When her branch is
tender and she sprouts leaves you know summer is near.
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29 “So when you see these things happening you know
that he is near, even at the doors.
30 “Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all
these things are accomplished.
31 “Shamayim and eretz will pass away but my words will not
pass away.
32 “No one knows the day or hour. The messengers in heaven
do not know. The Son does not know. Only the Abba knows!
33 “Be awake (beware) (be cautious and active), watch
(perceive) and pray, for you do not know the time.
34 “It is similar to a man traveling to another country. He
leaves his house and gives authority to his servants to do the
work. He commands them to watch.
35 “Watch therefore for you do not know when the lord of the
house comes. It could be in the evening, at midnight or in the
morning (when the cock crows).
36 “He could come suddenly and find you sleeping.
37 “What I say to you I say to all, be on the watch (be vigilant)
(stay awake) (be circumspect) (attentive and ready)!”

Mark 14
1 It was just two days until the feast of the Passover and the
unleavened bread. The chief priests and the scribes sought
how they might quietly capture and kill him.
2 They said: “Not during the feast for it might cause the people
to riot.”
3 He was in Bethany in the house of Shimon the leper. While
he was dining a woman with an alabaster vase filled with
costly perfume, of pure nard (spikenard), break it open and
poured it over his head.
4 Some were very indignant over this. They asked, “What was
the purpose of this waste of ointment?
5 “This ointment might have been sold for more than three
hundred denarii. And the money could have been given to the
poor. They scolded her.”
6 Yahoshua said: “Let her alone. Why do you trouble her? She
did a good thing to me.
7 “You always have the poor with you and you can do them
good. You do not always have me.
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8 “She did what she could! She anointed my body
beforehand for burying.
9 “Truly I tell you everywhere the good news is preached
through out the whole world, that which this woman has done
will be spoken of for a memorial of her.”
10 Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the chief
priests, that he might betray Yahoshua to them.
11 They were glad to hear it and promised to give him money.
He looked for ways how he might conveniently deliver
Yahoshua to them.
12 Now it was the first day of unleavened bread, when they
sacrificed the Passover. His disciples said to him: “Where do
you want to go to prepare to eat the Passover?”
13 He sent two of his disciples into the city. He said: “Meet a
man bearing a pitcher of water and follow him.
14 “Where he leads you say to the adonai of the house: The
Teacher says where is my guest-chamber? Where I shall eat
the Passover with my disciples?
15 “He will show you a large upper room. It is furnished and
ready. Prepare it for us.”
16 The disciples went to the city and found everything as he
described and they prepared for the Passover.
17 When it was evening he came with the twelve.
18 While they sat and ate Yahoshua said: “Truly I tell you, one
of you will betray me, even he that eats with me.”
19 They were sorrowful and said to him one by one: “Is it I?”
20 He said to them: “It is one of the twelve, he that dips with
me in the dish.
21 “The Son of man goes even as it is written of him. Woe to
that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would
have been better if he had not been born.”
22 While they were eating, he took bread, and after bracha it,
he gave the broken bread to them, and said: “Take it, this
means (represents) my body.”
23 He took a cup, and when he had given praise, he gave it to
them and they all had a drink from it.
24 He said: “This means (represents) my blood of the
covenant given for men.
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25 “Truly I say to you, I will take no more of the fruit of the
vine till the day when I take it new in the kingdom of
Yahowah.”
26 After a song of praise to Yahowah they went to the Mount
of Olives.
27 Yahoshua told them: “You would all be turned away from
me. It is written, I will put the keeper of the sheep to death,
and the sheep will be put to flight.
28 “After I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.”
29 Kepha declared to him: “Even though all shall leave you I
will not.”
30 Yahoshua said to Peter: “I tell you that before the rooster
crows twice tonight, you will say three times that you do not
know me.”
31 Peter answered even more strongly: “I will never say that,
even if I have to die with you!” All the other disciples said the
same thing.
32 They came to a place called Gethsemane. He said to his
disciples: “Sit here while I pray.”
33 He took Kepha, Jacob and Yahochanan with him. He was
very distressed and troubled.
34 He said to them: “I am very sorrowful to the point of death.
Stay here with me and watch.”
35 He went forward a little ways and fell on the ground to
pray. He prayed that if it were possible the hour might pass
from him.
36 He said: “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Take
this cup from me. Even so not what I will, but what you will.”
37 He returned to find them sleeping. He said to Kepha,
“Simon why do you sleep? Could you not watch for one hour?
38 “To avoid temptation watch and pray. The spirit truly is
willing but the flesh is weak.”
39 Again he went away and prayed, and spoke the same
words.
40 He came and found them asleep again. They did not know
what to say to him.
41 He came a third time and said to them: “Sleep and take
your rest. It is enough the hour has come. Look, the Son of
man is betrayed into the hands of sinners!
42 “Rise up and let us go. He that betrays me is near.”
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43 Suddenly, as he spoke, Judas one of the twelve arrived.
A great crowd with swords and spears were with him. They
were from the chief priests, scribes and elders.
44 He who betrayed him gave them a sign. He told them the
one I kiss is the one to capture and take away safely.
45 When he arrived he went straight to him and said:
“Adonai” and kissed him.
46 They grabbed him and took him away.
47 One of those who were near took out his sword and gave
the servant of the high priest a blow, cutting off his ear.
48 Yahoshua said: “Have you come out as against a thief with
swords and sticks to take me?
49 “I was with you every day in the Temple teaching and you
did not take me. This is done so that the scriptures will be
fulfilled.”
50 They all left him, and fled.
51 A young man followed him. He was wearing a linen cloth
over his naked body. They tried to grab him.
52 But they got a hold of the linen cloth and he fled naked.
53 They led Yahoshua away to the high priest. The chief
priests, elders and scribes came together with him.
54 Peter followed him at a distance. He followed into the court
of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers staying
warm by the fire.
55 Now the chief priests and the whole council looked for
witness against Yahoshua to put him to death. They found
none.
56 Many gave false witness against him. But their witness was
not in agreement.
57 One person falsely witnessed against him by saying:
58 “We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made
with hands, and in three days I will build another made
without hands.”
59 Even so their witness did not agree.
60 The high priest stood in the middle of them, and said to
Yahoshua: “Do you not answer? What is it these say against
you?”
61 But he kept quiet and said nothing. Again the high priest
questioned him: “Are you the Messiah, the son of the Kadosh
One?”
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62 Yahoshua said: “I am and you will see the Son of man
seated at the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds
of heaven.”
63 Violently parting his robes, the high priest said: “What
need do we have for more witnesses?”
64 We have heard his words against Yahowah. What is your
opinion? They all said he should be put to death.
65 Some spit on him and covering his face they gave him
blows. Guess who hit you, they said. The leaders took him and
beat him with their hands.
66 Peter was still in the courtyard when one of the High
Priest’s servant women came by.
67 When she saw Kepha warming himself, she looked at him
and said: “You were with Yahoshua of Nazareth.”
68 He denied it. “I do not know and I do not understand what
you are talking about,” he answered. He went out into the
passageway.
69 The servant woman saw him there and told bystanders,
“He is one of them!”
70 Kepha denied it again. Later the bystanders accused Peter
again saying: “You cannot deny that you are one of them,
because you, too, are from Galilee.”
71 Then Kepha said: “I swear I am telling the truth! May
Elohim punish me if I lie! I do not know the man you are
talking about!”
72 Then a rooster crowed. Kepha remembered what Yahoshua
said: “Before the rooster crows two times, you will deny me
three times.” He broke down and cried.

Mark 15
1 Early in the morning the chief priests met hurriedly with the
elders, the teachers of the Law, and the entire Council. They
made their plans. They led Yahoshua away in chains and
handed him over to Pilate.
2 Pilate questioned him: “Are you the king of the Jews?”
Yahoshua answered: “You say so.”
3 The chief priests accused him of many things.
4 Pilate again asked him: “Do you not answer? See how many
things they testify against you!”
5 But Yahoshua gave no answer. Pilate wondered.
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6 He used to release one prisoner at the feast. This was
done by request.
7 Barabbas, a rebel and a murderer was available for this
purpose.
8 The crowd cried aloud and asked him to do as he always did
for them.
9 Pilate answered them, saying: “Do you want me to release to
you the King of the Jews?”
10 For he knew that it was out of envy the chief priests
delivered him up.
11 The chief priests influenced the crowd, that he should
release Barabbas to them instead.
12 “What should I do with the one you call the King of the
Jews?” Pilate asked.
13 They cried out: “Impale him!”
14 Pilate said: “Why, what evil has he done?” But they cried
out exceedingly, “Impale him!”
15 Wishing to please the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to
them. Then he handed over Yahoshua. He was flogged and
impaled.
16 The soldiers led him away to the court in the Praetorium
building (governor’s palace). They assembled together all of
the troops.
17 They clothed him with purple. After weaving a crown of
thorns they put it on him.
18 “Hail King of the Jews!” They shouted at him.
19 They struck his head with a reed and spat on him. They
bowed their knees in false adoration to him.
20 After they mocked him, they took the purple off of him,
and put his own garments on him. They led him out to impale
him.
21 Shimon of Cyrene, the abba of Alexander and Rufus was
passing by on the road. They compelled (forced) him to go
with them, that he might carry his stake.
22 They brought him to the place called Golgotha. This means
the place of a skull.
23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh to drink, but he
did not take it.
24 After impaling him, they divided his garments among
themselves, casting lots for them.
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25 It was the third hour. They impaled him.
26 The superscription of his accusation was written on a board
above his head, “THE KING OF THE JEWS.”
27 They impaled two robbers with him, one on his right hand,
and one on his left.
28 The Scripture was fulfilled, which says, “He was numbered
with transgressors.”
29 Those who passed by blasphemed him, wagging their
heads, and saying, “ha! You who destroy the temple, and build
it in three days,
30 save yourself, and come down from the stake!”
31 Likewise, also the chief priests mocked among themselves
with the scribes said, “He saved others. He cannot save
himself.
32 “Let the Messiah, the King of Israel, come down from the
stake that we may see and believe him.” Those who were
impaled with him also mocked him.
33 It was the sixth hour and there was darkness over the
whole land until the ninth hour.
34 At the ninth hour Yahoshua cried with a loud voice, saying:
“Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” Interpreted it means, “My
Almighty One, my Almighty One, why have you forsaken me?”
35 Some of those who stood by said: “He is calling Elijah.”
36 They filled a sponge full of vinegar, put it on a reed, and
gave it to him to drink. Then they said let him be. Let us see
whether Elijah comes to take him down.
37 Yahoshua cried out with a loud voice, and breathed his last
breath of life.
38 The veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the
bottom.
39 The centurion who stood nearby heard him cry out his last
breath. Then he said: “Truly this man was the Son of the
Almighty One!”
40 The women watching from afar included: Miryam
Magdalene, and Miryam the mother of Jacob the less and of
Joses, and Salome,
41 who, when he was in Galilee, followed him and served him.
Many other women came up with him to Jerusalem.
42 Evening arrived. It was the Preparation Day (Exodus
16:22-27), the day before the Sabbath.
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43 Yahseph of Arimathaea was a prominent council
member who also was looking for the Kingdom of Yahowah.
He boldly approached Pilate and asked for Yahoshua’ body.
44 Pilate wondered if he were already dead. So he summoned
the centurion and asked him about the death.
45 When the centurion confirmed it he granted the body to
Yahseph.
46 He bought a linen cloth, and taking him down, wound him
in the linen cloth. Then he laid him in a tomb that had been
cut out of a rock. He rolled a stone against the door of the
tomb.
47 Miryam Magdalene and Miryam, the mother of Joses, saw
where he was laid.

Mark 16
1 After Sabbath was over, Miryam Magdalene, and Miryam the
mother of Jacob, and Salome, bought spices so they could
anoint him.
2 They went to the tomb when the sun had risen. It was very
early.
3 They asked each other who will roll away the stone from the
door of the tomb?
4 The stone was very big. Looking up, they saw that the stone
was rolled back.
5 They entered the tomb. They were amazed at what they saw.
A young man dressed in a white robe was sitting on the right
side of the tomb.
6 He said to them: “Do not be amazed. Yahoshua the
Nazarene, who has been impaled, is not here. He has risen.
Behold, the place where they laid him!
7 “Go tell his disciples and Kepha that he goes before you into
Galilee. There you will see him just as he told you.”
8 They fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment
had come on them. They said nothing to anyone for they were
afraid.
9 (Verses 9 through 20 not in some older manuscripts) After
he had risen early on the first day of the week, he appeared
first to Miryam Magdalene. She was the one who had the
seven demons that he cast out.
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10 She told those who had been with him, for they mourned
and wept.
11 When they heard that he was alive and she had seen him
they did not believe it.
12 After this two of them saw him in another form as they
walked, on their way into the country.
13 They went to tell the rest. They didn’t believe them, either.
14 Afterward he was revealed to the eleven as they sat at the
table. He rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of
heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him
after he had risen.
15 He said to them, “Go into the entire world, and preach the
good news to the whole creation.
16 “He who believes and is baptized will be saved. He who
does not believe will be condemned.
17 “These signs will accompany those who believe. They will
cast out demons in my name. They will speak with new
languages.
18 “They will pick up and handle serpents. Deadly drink will
not hurt them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will
recover.”
19 After he had spoken to them the Master Yahoshua, was
received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of the
Almighty One.
20 They went out and preached everywhere. The Master
worked with them and confirmed the word by the signs that
followed. Amein (so be it).
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Luke
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New Simplified Bible Yahwist Version

LUKE
Good News
(WRITER: LUKE, A PHYSICIAN AND FAITHFUL COMPANION OF THE APOSTLE
PAUL) (56-58 C.E.) (CAESAREA) (TETRAGRAMMATON: YHWH IS
SOMETIMES TRANSLATED YAHOWAH, YAHWEH, JEHOVAH OR LORD
DEPENDING ON TRANSLATOR’S THEOLOGY)

Luke 1
1 Many have attempted to write an orderly narrative about the
things that have taken place.
2 They received testimony from those who were eyewitnesses
from the beginning. Ministers of the Almighty One’s word
delivered it to us.
3 Most excellent Theophilus (Greek: Theo philos: friend of the
Almighty One): I have accurately traced the course of all
things from the beginning. Now it seems good to me to write
this report to you.
4 In this way you will know with certainty the truth that you
were taught.
5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a priest
named Zechariah. He was of the priestly division of Abijah. He
had a wife of the daughters of Aaron. Her name was Elizabeth.
6 They were both righteous before the Almighty One. They
blamelessly obeyed all the commandments and ordinances of
the Almighty One.
7 They had no child for Elizabeth was barren and they both
were well advanced in years.
8 He faithfully executed the priest’s duties before the Almighty
One.
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9 The custom was to draw lots to see who served in the
temple. It was his turn to enter into the temple of the
Almighty One and burn incense.
10 The whole crowd of people prayed outside at the hour of
incense.
11 The Almighty One’s messenger appeared to him when he
was standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
12 Zechariah was troubled. When he saw the messenger he
was filled with fear.
13 “Have no fear Zechariah,” said the messenger, “for the
Almighty One has heard your prayer. Your wife Elisabeth will
have a son and his name will be John.
14 “You will be filled with joy, and many will be happy at his
birth.
15 “He will be great in the eyes of the Almighty One. He will
not drink wine or strong drink and he will be full of Set-Apart
Spirit from the time of his birth.
16 “Great numbers of the children of Israel will return to
Yahowah their Almighty One because of him. (1 Samuel 7:3)
17 “He will go before Yahowah in the spirit and power of
Elijah. He will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and
wrongdoers to the way of righteousness. This will make ready
a people whose hearts have been directed to Yahowah
(YHWH).” (Malachi 3:1)
18 Zechariah asked: “How might I be certain of this for my
wife and I are old?”
19 The messenger answered: “I am Gabriel, whose place is
before the Almighty One. I have been sent to give you this
good news.
20 “You will be without voice or language till the day when
these things happen. Your lack of faith in what I say has
caused this.”
21 The people were waiting for Zechariah. They were surprised
he was in the Temple for such a long time.
22 When he came out he could not speak to them. They
realized he saw a vision in the temple. Instead of talking he
made signs to them.
23 When the days of his priestly service ended he went home.
24 His wife Elisabeth became pregnant. She remained in
seclusion for five months.
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25 She said: “This is the way the Almighty One has dealt
with me by taking away my reproach among men.” (1 Samuel
1:11)
26 The next month the Almighty One sent the messenger
Gabriel to Nazareth in Galilee
27 to a virgin named Miryam. Miryam was engaged to
Yahseph, a descendant of King David.
28 Gabriel appeared to her and said: “Greetings highly favored
one. The Almighty One is with you.”
29 She was greatly troubled by this and wondered about the
meaning of this salutation.
30 The messenger said to Miryam: “Do not fear for you have
found favor with Yahowah.
31 “You will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son.
You will call his name Yahoshua.
32 “He will be great. He will be called the Son of the Most
High. Yahowah will give him the throne of his father David.
(Isaiah 11:1-10)
33 “He will reign over the house of Ya'akob forever. His
kingdom will not end.”
34 Miryam asked the messenger: “How is this to be for I have
had no intercourse with a man?”
35 The messenger replied: “Set-Apart Spirit would come to
you and the power of the Most High will envelope you.
Because of this the newborn will be called the Son of the
Almighty One.”
36 “Your relative Elisabeth has also conceived a son even in
her old age. This so-called barren woman is in her sixth
month.
37 “When the Almighty One speaks, these things are possible.”
38 Miryam said: “Look, Yahowah’s servant. Let it happen to
me as you spoke.” The messenger departed from her. (1
Samuel 1:11)
39 Miryam traveled with haste to the city of Judah in the hill
country.
40 She entered the home of Zechariah and greeted Elisabeth.
41 When Elisabeth heard the greeting from Miryam, the babe
leaped in her womb. Elisabeth was filled with Set-Apart Spirit.
42 She shouted loudly: “Blessed are you among women, and
blessed is the fruit of your womb!”
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43 “How is it that the mother of my Master should come to
me?
44 “When I heard your greeting the baby leaped in my womb
for joy.
45 “Blessed is she that believes. That which the Almighty One
spoke will be fulfilled.”
46 Mary said: “My life magnifies Yahowah my Almighty One.
(1 Samuel 2:1)
47 “My heart and mind rejoice in Yahowah my Savior.
48 “He has looked on the low position of his servant. All
generations from now on will call me blessed.
49 “He that is mighty has done great things to me. Set-Apart is
his name.
50 “His mercy is to all generations for all who respect him.
51 “He shows strength with his arm. He scatters the proud in
the thoughts of their heart.
52 “He removes rulers from their thrones and exalts the
humble.
53 “He fills the hungry with good things and sends the rich
away empty handed.
54 “He has helped Israel his servant that he might remember
mercy.
55 “He spoke to our fathers. To Avraham and his seed
forever.”
56 Miryam stayed with Elisabeth about three months, and
returned to her house.
57 Now it was time for Elisabeth to give birth. She gave birth
to a son.
58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that Yahowah
magnified his mercy towards her; and they rejoiced with her.
59 On the eighth day they circumcised the child. They planned
to call him Zechariah, after the name of the father.
60 His mother spoke up and said: “He shall be called
Yahochanan.”
61 They all said: “None of your relatives are called by this
name.”
62 They made signs to his father, what he would have him
called.
63 He asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, “His name is
Yahochanan.” They were all amazed.
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64 Immediately his tongue loosed, his mouth opened and
he spoke, blessing the Almighty One.
65 Everyone nearby was in fear. These accounts spread abroad
throughout all the hill country of Judea.
66 All that heard them wondered in their heart, saying, “What
will this child be? For the hand of Yahowah was with him.”
67 His father Zechariah was filled with Set-Apart Spirit and
prophesied, saying,
68 “Blessed be Yahowah, the Almighty One of Israel. He has
visited his people and brought them redemption. (Psalm
72:18)
69 “He raised up a horn of salvation (power of deliverance) for
us in the house of his servant David
70 “He spoke by the mouth of his set-apart prophets from ages
past.
71 “He provided salvation from our enemies, and from the
hand of all that hate us.
72 “He shows mercy towards our fathers and remembers his
set-apart covenant.
73 “It was the oath he spoke to Avraham our father.
74 “He gave us deliverance out of the hand of our enemies so
we could serve him without fear.
75 “May we serve in holiness and righteousness before him all
our days.
76 “Your child will be called the prophet of the Most High. You
will go in advance of Yahowah the Almighty One to make his
ways ready. (Malachi 3:1)
77 “To give knowledge of salvation to his people in the
remission of their sins.
78 “A rising of light will visit us from on high because of the
tender mercy of our Almighty One.
79 “The light will shine on them who sit in darkness and in the
shadow of death. It will guide our feet into the way of peace.”
80 The child grew and became spiritually strong. He lived in
the deserts till the time came to show himself to Israel.

Luke 2
1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that a
census should be taken of all the inhabited earth.
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2 This was the first census made when Quirinius was
governor of Syria.
3 So every one went to his hometown to register.
4 Yahseph came from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea
to be counted and taxed. He went to the city of David, which is
called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of
David.
5 He registered himself with Miryam, who was engaged to
him. She was about to become a mother.
6 While they were there the time came for Miryam to give
birth.
7 She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in
swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger. That was because
there was no room for them in the inn.
8 Shepherds in the same country were in the field keeping
watch by night over their flock.
9 The Almighty One’s messenger stood by them and His
esteem gave illumination around them and they were very
afraid.
10 The messenger spoke to them: “Do not be afraid. Behold, I
bring you good tidings of great joy to all the people.
11 “Messiah the Master, a Savior, is born this day in the city of
David.
12 “This is the sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in
swaddling clothes, and lying in a manger.”
13 Suddenly there was with the messenger a multitude of the
heavenly hosts praising the Almighty One, and saying:
14 “Esteem to the Almighty One in the highest. Peace on earth
among men with whom he is pleased.”
15 The messengers went away from them into heaven. Then
the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem
and see this thing that has happened, which Yahowah told us
about.”
16 They hurried to see the baby. They found Miryam and
Yahseph. And they saw the baby lying in the manger.
17 As soon as they saw it they told what they had heard about
the child.
18 All that heard it wondered at the things that were spoken to
them by the shepherds.
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19 Miryam remembered all these sayings, pondering them
in her heart.
20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising the
Almighty One for all the things that they had heard and seen.
21 After eight days the baby was circumcised. He was called by
the name, Yahoshua. (Yahoshua: Yahowah is salvation) This
was the name given by the messenger before he was conceived
in the womb.
22 Following the days of their purification according to the
Law of Moses they brought him up to Jerusalem. There they
would present him to the Almighty One.
23 It is written in Yahowah’s law that every male that opens
the womb shall be called set-apart to Yahowah. (Exodus 13:1,
2)
24 According to the Almighty One’s Law they must offer a
sacrifice of a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.
25 There was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon.
This man was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the
Almighty One to save Israel. Yahowah’s Set-Apart Spirit was
working in him.
26 Set-Apart Spirit revealed to him that he would not die
before he saw the Messiah of Yahowah.
27 Under the power of the spirit he came to the temple. The
parents brought in the child Yahoshua, that they obey the
custom of the law.
28 He received him into his arms, and blessed the Almighty
One, and said:
29 “Let your servant depart according to your word in peace.
30 “My eyes have seen your salvation.
31 “That which you prepared before the peoples.
32 “It is a light of revelation to the nations, and the esteem of
your people Israel.”
33 Yahoshua’ father and mother were amazed at the things
that were spoken concerning him.
34 Simeon blessed them and said to Miryam his mother: “This
child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel and
for a sign that is spoken against.
35 “A sword will pierce through your mind that the thoughts
of many hearts will be disclosed.”
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36 Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher was
a very old prophetess.
37 She had been a widow eighty-four years. She never left the
temple. She worshipped and fasted with supplications day and
night.
38 Even up to that time she gave thanks to the Almighty One
and spoke to all who were looking for the redemption of
Jerusalem.
39 When they had accomplished all things that were according
to the law of the Almighty One they returned to Galilee, to
their own city Nazareth.
40 The child grew and became strong. He was filled with
wisdom and was blessed by the Almighty One.
41 Every year his parents went to Jerusalem at the feast of the
Passover.
42 When he was twelve years old they went to the feast of the
Passover, as was their custom.
43 When the feast ended they started the return trip.
Yahoshua remained behind in Jerusalem and his parents did
not know this.
44 They thought he was in the traveling company. After a
day’s journey they looked for him among their relatives and
friends.
45 When they could not find him they returned to Jerusalem
to look for him.
46 After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the
midst of the teachers. He was listening and asking them
questions.
47 All that heard him were amazed at his understanding.
48 When they saw him they were astonished. His mother said
to him: “Son, why did you treat us this way? Your father and I
have searched for you and we have been worried.”
49 He said: “Why did you look for me? Did you not know that
I must be in my Father’s house?”
50 They did not understand what he said to them.
51 He went with them to Nazareth. He remained subject to
them. His mother kept all these sayings in her heart.
52 Yahoshua grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with
the Almighty One and men.
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Luke 3
1 It was the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar.
Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea. Herod served as
tetrarch of Galilee. Herod’s brother Philip was tetrarch of the
region of Ituraea and Trachonitis. Lysanias was tetrarch of
Abilene.
2 This was in the time when Annas and Caiaphas were chief
priests. The word of the Almighty One was delivered to
Yahochanan the son of Zechariah. He was in the wilderness.
3 Yahochanan traveled in the region near the Jordan,
preaching the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of
sins.
4 This was according to the words of Isaiah the prophet: “The
voice of one crying in the wilderness. Make ready the way of
Yahowah. Make his paths straight.
5. “Every valley shall be filled. Every mountain and hill shall
be brought low. The crooked shall become straight and the
rough ways smooth.
6 “All flesh shall see the salvation of Yahowah.” (Isaiah 40:3-
6)
7 He told the crowds that came to be baptized by him: “You
offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to
come?
8 “Produce fruit that is worthy of repentance. Do not say we
have Avraham for our father. I tell you, that Yahowah is able
to make these stones into children for Avraham.
9 “The axe is now at the root of the trees. Every tree that does
not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown in to the
fire.”
10 The people asked him: “What must we do?”
11 He answered: “He who has two coats let him give to him
who has none. He who has food let him do likewise.”
12 Tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him:
“Teacher, what must we do?”
13 He told them: “Collect no more than that which is
prescribed.”
14 Soldiers also asked him: “What must we do?” And he said:
“Do not take money from any one by force. Never falsely
accuse any one wrongfully and be content with your wages.”
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15 Many people were expecting the Messiah. They
reasoned in their hearts concerning Yahochanan: “Perhaps he
was the Messiah.”
16 Yahochanan answered, saying to them: “I baptize you with
water. He is coming who is mightier than I. I am not worthy to
untie his shoelaces. He will baptize you in Set-Apart Spirit and
in fire.
17 “His winnowing fork is in his hand ready to thoroughly
cleanse his threshing-floor. He will gather the wheat into his
barn. He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
18 He preached good news to the people by offering many
encouraging words.
19 Yahochanan reproved Herod the tetrarch for all the evil
things he had done for he took his brother Herodias’ wife.
20 He added this also to them all. He locked up Yahochanan
in prison.
21 When all the people were baptized, Yahoshua also was
baptized. He prayed and heaven was opened.
22 Set-Apart Spirit descended upon him in a bodily form like a
dove. A voice came out of heaven. He said: “You are my
beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”
23 When Yahoshua began to teach he was about thirty years
old. Yahoshua was the son of Yahseph, the son of Heli,
24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the
son of Jannai, the son of Yahseph,
25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum,
the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein,
the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel,
the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the
son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
29 the son of Yahoshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim,
the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
30 the son of Symeon, the son of Judas, the son of Yahseph,
the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha,
the son of Nathan, the son of David,
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32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the
son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon,
33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron,
the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
34 the son of Ya'akob, the son of Isaac, the son of Avraham,
the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of
Eber, the son of Shelah
36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem,
the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared,
the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,
38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the Son
of the Almighty One (Yahowah).

Luke 4
1 Yahoshua was full of the Almighty One’s Set-Apart Spirit
when he returned from the Jordan. Set-Apart Spirit led him
into the wilderness.
2 He spent forty days in the wilderness being tempted by the
devil. He did not eat anything during those days so when it
was over he was hungry.
3 The devil said to him: “If you are the Son of the Almighty
One command this stone to become bread.”
4 Yahoshua answered him: “It is written, man shall not live by
bread alone.” (Deuteronomy 8:3)
5 He led him up to a high place and showed him all the
kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.
6 Then the devil said: “I will give all this authority and esteem
to you, for it has been turned over to me. I may give it to
whomever I will.
7 “If you will worship me it will all be yours.”
8 Yahoshua answered: “It is written, you shall worship
Yahowah your Almighty One and him only shall you serve.”
(Deuteronomy 6:13-15; 10:12; 10:20) (Exodus 20:3-5)
9 He led him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle
(highest level) of the temple. Then he said to him: “If you are
the Son of the Almighty One, cast yourself down from here.
10 “It is written, he shall give his messengers charge
concerning you to guard you.
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11 “They will carry you with their hands so you do not dash
your foot against a stone.”
12 Yahoshua replied: “It is said you should not test Yahowah
your Almighty One.” (Deuteronomy 6:16)
13 When the devil had completed every temptation he
departed from him for a season.
14 Yahoshua was directed by the Almighty One’s Spirit to
return to Galilee. His reputation spread through out the
region.
15 He taught in their synagogues and was praised by all.
16 Then he returned to Nazareth the place where he was
raised. He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day. This
was his custom. There he stood up to read.
17 He was given the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened the
book and found the place where it was written:
18 “The Spirit of the Almighty One is upon me. He anointed
me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to
proclaim release to the captives, and recovering of sight to the
blind. To set at liberty those who are bruised.
19 “To proclaim the acceptable year of Yahowah.” (Isaiah 61:1)
20 He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant and sat
down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.
21 “Today,” he said, “you heard this scripture fulfilled.”
22 All witnessed this and wondered at the kind words that he
spoke. They said: “Is this not Yahseph’s son?”
23 Then he said: “You will no doubt say this proverb to me,
physician heal yourself. Do that which we heard was done at
Capernaum here in your own country.”
24 He continued: “Truly I tell you no prophet is accepted
(welcomed) (honored) in his own country.
25 “I tell you truth. There were many widows in Israel in the
days of Elijah. There was no rain from heaven three years and
six months. There came a great famine over all the land.
26 “Elijah was not sent to any of them. He was only sent to
Zarephath in the land of Sidon. She was a widow.
27 “There were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the
prophet. Only one of them was cleansed, Naaman the Syrian.”
28 Everyone in the synagogue was angry when they heard
these things.
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29 They rose up to drive him out of the city. They led him
to the top of the hill where their city was built to throw him
down the hill.
30 But he passed through the midst of them and went his way.
31 Next he traveled to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. There he
taught them on the Sabbath day.
32 They were astonished at his teaching for he spoke with
authority.
33 A man in the synagogue had a spirit of an unclean demon.
He cried out with a loud voice:
34 “What have we to do with you Yahoshua, you Nazarene?
Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the
Set-Apart One of the Almighty One!”
35 Yahoshua rebuked him, saying: “Be quiet and come out of
him.” When the demon had thrown him down in front of
them, he came out of him without harming him.
36 All were amazed and spoke to one another. “What is he
telling us? For he speaks with authority and with power he
commands the unclean spirits and they come out.”
37 A rumor concerning him spread to every place of the
region.
38 He left the synagogue and went to Shimon’s house.
Shimon’s mother in law was suffering with a great fever. They
asked him to help her.
39 He stood over her and rebuked the fever. It left her and
immediately she rose up and ministered to them.
40 When the sun was setting they brought many who were
sick of different diseases to him. He laid his hands on every
one of them and healed them.
41 Demons came out from many. They cried out: “You are the
Son of the Almighty One!” He rebuked them and charged
them not to speak for they knew he was the Messiah.
42 The next day he went to a secluded place. The crowds
followed him. They did not want him to leave them.
43 He said to them: “I must preach the good news of the
kingdom of the Almighty One to the other cities also. This is
why I was sent.”
44 He preached in the synagogues of Galilee.
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Luke 5
1 Yahoshua stood by the Lake of Gennesaret as the crowds
pressed in upon him in order to hear the word of the Almighty
One.
2 He saw two boats docked by the shore. The fishermen had
gone away from them and were washing their nets.
3 He boarded one of the boats. It was Shimon’s boat. He asked
him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and
taught the crowds from the boat.
4 When he finished speaking he asked Shimon to put into
deep water and let down the nets for a catch.
5 Shimon answered, Master we worked all night and caught
nothing. At your word I will let down the nets.
6 When they did this they caught a large number of fish and
their nets were breaking.
7 They called their partners in the other boat to come and help
them. They filled both boats until they began to sink.
8 When Shimon Kepha saw this he fell down at Yahoshua’
knees. He said: “Depart from me for I am a sinful man, O
Master.”
9 He and all who were with him were amazed at the catch of
fish.
10 So were Jacob and Yahochanan, the sons of Zebedee, who
were partners with Shimon. Yahoshua said to Shimon: “Do
not fear. From now on you will catch men.”
11 After they brought their boats to land they left all and
followed him.
12 One time while he was in one of the cities a man full of
leprosy fell on his face before Yahoshua. He said: “Master, if
you want to you can make me clean.”
13 He stretched forth his hand and touched him, saying: “I
want to, be made clean.” Immediately the leprosy departed
from him.
14 He told him to tell no one and go and show himself to the
priest. Then he was to make a cleansing offering, just as Moses
commanded, for a testimony to them.
15 The news about him spread far away and large crowds
gathered to hear him and to be healed of their infirmities.
16 He withdrew to a quiet place and prayed.
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17 One day when he was teaching, Pharisees and doctors of
the Law were in the crowd. People came from every village of
Galilee, Judea and Jerusalem. Yahowah’s power was with him
to heal.
18 Men brought a man on a bed. He was paralyzed. They tried
to bring him in and lay him before Yahoshua.
19 They could not find a way to bring him in because of the
crowd. So they went up to the housetop and let the man and
the bed down through the tiles to Yahoshua.
20 Seeing their faith, Yahoshua said: “Man your sins are
forgiven you.”
21 The scribes and the Pharisees reasoned saying: “Who is this
that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but the
Almighty One alone?”
22 Yahoshua perceived their reasoning and said to them:
“Why do you reason in your hearts?
23 “Which is easier to say your sins are forgiven or arise and
walk?
24 “So you may know that the Son of man has authority on
earth to forgive sins,” he said to the man who was paralyzed, “I
say to you, arise, take up your bed and go to your house.”
25 Immediately he rose up before them, took his bed and
departed to his house, glorifying Yahowah.
26 Everyone was amazed and they glorified Yahowah. They
were filled with fear. They said: “We have seen strange things
today.”
27 After that he met a tax collector named Levi sitting at his
place of business. He told him: “Follow me.”
28 He gave up everything and followed him.
29 Levi made him a great feast in his house. There was a large
group of tax collectors and of others that were sitting at the
meal with them.
30 And the Pharisees and their scribes complained to
Yahoshua disciples. They asked: “Why do you eat and drink
with the tax collectors and sinners?”
31 Yahoshua answered them: “Those who have good health do
not need a physician. The sick do.
32 “I did not come to call the righteous but sinners to
repentance.”
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33 They said: “The disciples of Yahochanan fast often and
make supplications. So do the disciples of the Pharisees. But
yours eat and drink.”
34 Yahoshua replied: “Could you make the sons of the bride-
chamber fast while the bridegroom is with them?
35 “The days will come and when the bridegroom will be taken
away from them. Then they will fast.”
36 He told an illustration to them: “No one takes a piece of
cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment.
Otherwise he will tear the new. Also the new will not match
the old.
37 “No one puts new wine in old wine skins. The new wine will
burst the old skins and spill the wine.
38 “But new wine must be put into fresh wine skins.
39 “After drinking old wine no one desires the new for the old
is better.”

Luke 6
1 Yahoshua and his disciples went through the grain fields on
a Sabbath. His disciples plucked the ears, rubbed them in their
hands and ate.
2 Some of the Pharisees asked: “Why do you do what is not
lawful to do on the Sabbath day?”
3 Yahoshua answered: “Have you not read what David did
when he was hungry. He and his companions,
4 entered into the house of the Almighty One. They and the
others with them ate the showbread (set-apart bread). It is
only lawful for the priest to eat it.”
5 He continued: “The Son of man is master of the Sabbath.”
6 He entered into the synagogue on the Sabbath and taught.
There was a man there whose right hand was withered.
7 The scribes and the Pharisees watched to see if he would
heal on the Sabbath. They looked for a way to accuse him.
8 He knew their thoughts. So he said to the man that had the
withered hand: “Stand up and come here.” He arose and
stepped forward.
9 Yahoshua said: “I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do
good or to do harm? Is it lawful to save a life, or to destroy it?”
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10 He looked around at everyone and said to the man:
“Stretch out your hand.” And he did so and his hand was
restored.
11 They were all very angry and discussed with one another
what they might do to Yahoshua.
12 He went to the mountain to pray and he continued all night
in prayer to the Almighty One.
13 The next day he called his disciples to choose from them
twelve, whom he named apostles (ambassadors)
(messengers):
14 Shimon, whom he also named Kepha, and Andrew his
brother, and Jacob and Yahochanan, and Philip and
Bartholomew,
15 and Matthew and Thomas, and Jacob the son of Alphaeus,
and Shimon, who was called the Zealous one,
16 And finally there was Judas the son of Jacob, and Judas
Iscariot, who became a traitor.
17 He came down with them, and stood on a level place. A
great crowd of his disciples, and a great number of the people
from all Judea and Jerusalem came to hear him. Others from
the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon came to hear him and to be
healed of their diseases.
18 Those who were troubled with unclean spirits were healed.
19 The crowd tried to touch him for power came forth from
him and healed them all.
20 He looked at his disciples and said: “Blessed are you who
are poor for yours is the kingdom of the Almighty One.
21 “Blessed are you who hunger now for you shall be filled.
Blessed are you who weep now: for you shall laugh.
22 “Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they
separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast
out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
23 “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. For your reward is
great in heaven. Your fathers treated the prophets the same
way.
24 “Woe to you who are rich! You have received your reward.
25 “Woe to you who are full now! For you will hunger. Woe to
you who laugh now! You will mourn and weep.
26 “Woe to you when all men speak well of you! Their fathers
did the same to the prophets.
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27 “I tell you who listen, love your enemies and do good to
those who hate you.
28 “Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who despitefully
use you.
29 “When someone slaps you on one cheek offer the other.
Give your coat to the one who takes your topcoat.
30 “Give to every one who asks of you and do not demand
back your goods from he who takes from you.
31 “As you would like men to do to you, do also to them.
32 “If you love those who love you what thanks do you have?
Even sinners love those who love them.
33 “If you do good to those who do good to you what thanks
do you have? Even sinners do the same.
34 “If you lend to those from whom you hope to receive what
thanks do you have? Even sinners lend to sinners to receive
again as much.
35 “Love your enemies and do good to them. Lend expecting
nothing in return and your reward will be great. You will be
sons of the Most High for he is kind toward the unthankful
and evil.
36 “Be merciful even as your Father is merciful.
37 “Do not judge and you will not be judged. Do not condemn
and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be
forgiven.
38 “Give and it shall be given to you. You will receive a good
measure. It will be pressed down, shaken together, running
over and they will give it to you. For with the measure that you
measure out it will be measured to you also.”
39 He told them an illustration: “Can the blind guide the
blind? Would they both fall into a pit?
40 “The disciple is not above his teacher. Every one will be like
his teacher when he is fully trained.
41 “Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye? Yet you do
not consider the beam in your own eye.
42 “How can you say to your brother: ‘Let me remove the
speck in your eye when you do not notice the beam in your
own eye?’ You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your
own eye. Then you will see clearly to remove the speck from
your brother’s eye.
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43 “A good tree does not produce corrupt fruit and a
corrupt tree does not produce good fruit.
44 “The identity of a tree is made clear by the fruit it produces.
Men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather grapes
from a bramble.
45 “The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings
forth that which is good. The evil man out of the evil treasure
brings forth that which is evil. Out of the abundance of the
heart his mouth speaks.
46 “Why do you call me Master, and do not do what I tell you
to do?
47 “Every one who comes to me and hears my words and does
them, I will show you to whom he is like.
48 “He is like a man building a house. He dug and laid a deep
foundation upon the rock. A flood sent a stream of water
against the house and could not shake it because it was well
built.
49 “He who hears but does not do is like a man who built a
house upon the earth without a foundation. A flood will send a
stream of water and immediately it will fall. The ruin of that
house will be great.”

Luke 7
1 After he taught the people he went to Capernaum.
2 A centurion’s servant, who was highly regarded by him, was
sick and at the point of death.
3 When he heard about him he contacted Yahoshua through
the Jewish elders. He asked him to come and save his servant.
4 They came to Yahoshua and earnestly pleaded with him
saying: “He is worthy and you should do this for him.
5 “He loves our nation and he also built our synagogue for us.”
6 Yahoshua went with them. As he approached the house, the
centurion sent friends to him saying, “Master do not trouble
yourself. I am not worthy that you should come under my
roof.
7 “I am also not worthy to come to you. Just say the word, and
my servant will be healed.
8 “I also am a man with much authority. I am in charge of
soldiers and say to this one go and he goes and to another I
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say come and he comes. I tell my servant to do this and he
does it.”
9 Yahoshua heard this and marveled at him. He turned to the
crowd and said, “I tell you I find no greater faith in Israel.”
10 When the Malakim returned to the house they found the
servant in good health.
11 After that he, his disciples and a great crowd went to a city
called Nain.
12 When he came near the gate of the city he saw people
carrying a dead person. It was the only son of a widow. Many
people were with her.
13 When the Master saw her he had sympathy for her. “Do not
cry,” he said.
14 He came near the casket and touched it. The bearers stood
still. He said, “Young man arise.”
15 He who was dead sat up and spoke and he was returned to
his mother.
16 They were all afraid and they praised the Almighty One.
They said: “A great prophet has appeared among us. The
Almighty One has visited (inspected) (selected) his people.”
17 News about him went through out all Judea and around the
region.
18 The disciples of Yahochanan told him the news.
19 Yahochanan sent two of his disciples to the Master. They
asked, “Should we look for another or are you the one?”
20 When the men found him they said: “Yahochanan the
Baptist sent us. Are you the one who comes or should we look
for another?”
21 In that hour he cured many diseases, plagues and evil
spirits. Sight was restored to the blind.
22 He answered Yahochanan’s disciples: “Go and tell
Yahochanan the things you have seen and heard. The blind
receive their sight! The lame walk and lepers are cleansed. The
deaf hear! The dead are raised up and the poor have good
news preached to them.
23 “Blessed is he who is not offended by me.”
24 After Yahochanan’s disciples departed he told the crowd
about Yahochanan: “What did you go into the wilderness to
find? Was it a reed shaken with the wind?
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25 What did you go to see, a man clothed in fancy clothes?
Only kings dress in fancy clothes.
26 “What did you go out to see, a prophet? Yes I tell you and
much more than a prophet.
27 “This is he of whom it is written, Behold I send my Malak
before you. He will prepare a way before you.
28 “I say to you, of those who are born of women there is none
greater than John. Yet he who is least in the kingdom of the
Almighty One is greater than he.”
29 When the people heard, they acknowledged the Almighty
One’s justice. They received their baptism from Yahochanan.
30 The Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of the
Almighty One and were not baptized by him.
31 “To who or what should I compare the men of this
generation?
32 They are like children that sit in the marketplace and call to
each other. We played the flute for you but you did not dance.
We wailed and you did not weep.
33 “Yahochanan the Baptist came fasting and drinking no
wine and you say he has a demon.
34 “The Son of man came eating and drinking, and you say
look he is a gluttonous man, and a drunkard, a friend of tax
collectors and sinners!
35 “All her children vindicate wisdom.”
36 One of the Pharisees asked him to dine with him. He went
to the Pharisee’s house and sat down to eat.
37 A sinful woman went to the Pharisee’s house. She brought
an alabaster vase filled with ointment.
38 Standing by his feet weeping, she wet his feet with her
tears. She wiped them with the hair of her head. Then she
kissed his feet and anointed them with the ointment.
39 The Pharisee saw it and thought to himself if this man were
a prophet he would know what kind of woman touched him.
She is a sinner.
40 Yahoshua said to Simon: “I have something to tell you.” He
replied: “What teacher?”
41 “A certain lender had two debtors. One owed five hundred
shillings and the other fifty.
42 “They did not have money to pay the debt so he forgave
them both. Which of them did he love the most?”
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43 Shimon answered: “I suppose it was the one whom he
forgave the most.” Yahoshua said: “Your judgment is correct.”
44 Turning to the woman, he said to Shimon: “See this
woman? I entered into your house and you gave me no water
for my feet. She watered my feet with her tears, and wiped
them with her hair.
45 “You did not kiss me. Since the time I came in she has not
ceased kissing my feet.
46 “You did not anoint my head with oil. She anointed my feet
with ointment.
47 “She loved much! She has many sins and they are forgiven.
When little is forgiven, little love is shown.”
48 He said to her: “Your sins are forgiven!”
49 Those who ate with him said within themselves: “Who is
this who even forgives sins?”
50 He said to the woman: “You are saved because of your
faith. Go in peace.”

Luke 8
1 Yahoshua and the twelve apostles traveled through cities and
villages preaching the good news of the kingdom of the
Almighty One.
2 Traveling with him were the women who had been healed of
evil spirits and infirmities. This included Miryam Magdalene,
from whom seven demons had gone out.
3 Also healed was Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward,
and Susanna. There were many others, who supported them
out of their private substance.
4 A great crowd came to him from every city. He spoke to
them with an illustration:
5 “The farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed some fell
by the side of the road. It was trampled under foot and the
birds of heaven devoured it.
6 “Other seed fell on the rock. As soon as it grew it withered
away because it had no moisture.
7 “Still other seed fell among the thorns. The thorns grew with
it, and choked it.
8 “Other seed fell on the good ground. It grew and produced
fruit a hundredfold.” As he said these things he cried. He said:
“He who has ears to hear let him hear.”
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9 His disciples asked him what this illustration means.
10 He said: “You are meant to know the secrets of the
kingdom of the Almighty One. I speak to the rest in
illustrations, that seeing they may not see and hearing they
may not understand.
11 “Now the illustration is this: The seed is the word of the
Almighty One.
12 “Those by the side of the road are they who have heard.
Then the devil comes and takes the word from their hearts
that they may not believe and be saved.
13 “Those on the rock are those who receive the word with joy.
These have no root. They believe for a while and in time of
temptation fall away.
14 “The seeds that fell among the thorns are people who hear
the word and go their own way. They are choked with the
cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and do not produce
fruit.
15 “The good ground represents the honest and good-hearted
people. They hear the word, hold fast to it and produce forth
fruit with patience.”
16 “No one lights a lamp and puts a cover over it or hides it
under a bed. Instead he places it on a stand that everyone
entering may see the light.
17 “Nothing is hidden that will not be revealed. Nothing is
secret that will not be made known and come to light.
18 “Pay attention and hear! Whoever has will be given more.
Whoever does not have, more will be taken away, and even
what he thinks he has will be taken.”
19 His mother and brother tried to come to him but could not
because of the crowd.
20 They told him: “Your mother and your brothers are near.
They wish to see you.”
21 He answered, “My mother and my brother are these who
hear the word of Yahowah, and do it.”
22 He said to his disciples: “Let us go to the other side of the
lake.” Then he and his disciples boarded a boat and did so.
23 Yahoshua fell asleep as they sailed to the other side. A large
windstorm came to the lake. The boat was filling with water,
and they were in danger.
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24 They awoke him saying: “Master, Master, we parish!”
He rebuked the wind and the raging of the water and there
was calm.
25 He asked them, “Were is your faith?” They were afraid and
they marveled. They asked: “Who then is this, that he
commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?”
26 They arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is near
Galilee.
27 When he arrived on the shore, a demon-possessed man
met him. He wore no clothes and did not live in a house but in
the tombs. He had been this way a long time.
28 When he saw Yahoshua he cried out and fell down in front
of him. He shouted in a loud voice: “What have I to do with
you, Yahoshua, you Son of the Most High Almighty One? I
implore you do not torment me.”
29 The spirit seized him many times. For this reason he was
kept under guard, and bound with chains and fetters.
Breaking the bands apart, he was driven by the demon into
the deserts. Yahoshua commanded the unclean spirit to come
out from the man!
30 Yahoshua asked him: “What is your name?” He answered:
“Legion” for many demons had entered into him.
31 They pleaded with him that he would not command them
to depart into the abyss.
32 There was a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain.
They entreated him that he would allow them to enter into
them. He gave them permission.
33 The demons came out from the man and entered into the
swine. The herd rushed down the hill into the lake, and was
drowned.
34 The herdsmen saw what happened and rushed to the city to
tell others.
35 They went out to see what happened. They came to
Yahoshua and found the man who had been demon possessed.
He was clothed, in his right mind and sitting at the feet of
Yahoshua. They were afraid.
36 They then learned how he was possessed with demons and
became whole.
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37 The people of the country of the Gerasenes asked
Yahoshua to depart. They were very much afraid. So he
boarded a boat and left.
38 The man who once had demons asked him if he could go
with him. Yahoshua sent him away saying:
39 “Return to your house and declare the great things
Yahowah has done for you.” He went throughout the whole
city telling the great things Yahoshua had done for him.
40 When Yahoshua returned the crowd welcomed him. They
were all waiting for him.
41 Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue came to Yahoshua. He fell
down at Yahoshua’ feet and implored him to come to his
house.
42 His twelve-year old daughter was dying. She was his only
daughter. As he went the crowds surrounded him.
43 There was a woman having an issue of blood twelve years.
She spent all her money on physicians, and could not be
healed by any.
44 She came behind him and touched the border of his
garment. Immediately the issue of blood stopped.
45 Yahoshua said: “Who touched me?” Peter and the others
with him said: “Master, the people press in from all sides.”
46 Yahoshua said: “Someone did touch me. I perceived that
power went from me.”
47 When the woman knew she was discovered she trembled,
fell down before him and declared in the presence of all the
people why she touched him, and how she was healed
immediately.
48 He said to her: “Daughter, your faith has made you whole;
go in peace.”
49 While he yet spoke someone came from the ruler of the
synagogue’s house saying: “Your daughter is dead do not
trouble the teacher.”
50 When Yahoshua heard this he said: “Do not fear, only
believe and she will be made whole.”
51 When he arrived at the house he allowed only the mother
and father of the girl, Kepha, Yahochanan and Jacob to enter
with him.
52 They were all weeping and morning her. He said: “Do not
weep for she is not dead, but sleeps.”
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53 They laughed him to scorn knowing that she was dead.
54 He took her hand and called: “Maiden, arise.”
55 Her life force returned and she rose up immediately. He
commanded that something be given her to eat.
56 Her parents were amazed. He charged them to tell no man
what had been done.

Luke 9
1 He called the twelve together and gave them power and
authority over all demons, and to cure diseases.
2 He sent them out to preach the kingdom of the Almighty
One and to heal the sick.
3 He said, “Take nothing for your journey. Do not take a staff
or food or money. Do not even take two coats.
4 “Stay at the house you enter until you depart.
5 “If someone does not receive you, when you leave the city,
shake off the dust from your feet for a testimony against that
person.”
6 They departed and went throughout the villages preaching
the good news, and healing everywhere.
7 Herod the ruler of Galilee heard of all that was done and was
very perplexed (confused) (skeptical). Some said Yahochanan
the Baptist was raised from the dead and that he did it.
8 Others said that Elijah had appeared and others and that
one of the old prophets had risen again.
9 Herod said: “I beheaded Yahochanan, but who is this, about
whom I hear such things?” He wanted to see him.
10 When the apostles returned they told Yahoshua about the
things they had done. They traveled to the city of Bethsaida.
11 The crowds followed him and he welcomed them. He spoke
to them about the kingdom of the Almighty One. He healed
many who were sick.
12 As the day wore on the twelve came to him and said: “Send
the people away, that they may go into the villages and
country nearby to find lodging and get food, for we are here in
a lonely place.”
13 He said to them: “You feed them.” They replied: “We have
no more than five loaves and two fishes unless we should go
and buy food for all these people.”
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14 There were about five thousand men. He said to his
disciples, make them sit down in groups of about fifty each.
15 They did so, and made them all sit down.
16 He took the five loaves and the two fishes. Looking up to
heaven, he blessed them and broke the bread. Then he gave
them to the disciples to pass out to the crowd.
17 They ate and were all filled. Twelve baskets of left over
pieces remained.
18 After he prayed the disciples went to him. He asked them:
“Who do the crowds say that I am?”
19 They said: “Yahochanan the Baptist. Others say Elijah and
still others say one of the old prophets has risen again.”
20 “But who do you say I am?” He asked. Kepha answered
him, “The Messiah of the Almighty One.”
21 He commanded them to tell this to no man.
22 The Son of man must suffer many things, he told them. The
elders, chief priests and scribes will reject him and kill him.
The third day he will be raised up.
23 He told them all: “If any man would come after me let him
deny himself. Let him take up his stake (of self-denial) daily,
and follow me.
24 “He who would save his life shall lose it. He who would lose
his life for my sake shall save it.
25 “For what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world,
and lose or forfeit his own self?
26 “If any man is ashamed of my teachings, and of me the Son
of man will be ashamed of that person. This will happen when
he comes in his own esteem, and the esteem of the Father, and
of the set-apart messengers.
27 “I tell you the truth, there are some here who shall not taste
of death till they see the kingdom of the Almighty One.”
28 About eight days after he said these things he took Kepha,
Yahochanan and Jacob and went up into the mountain to
pray.
29 While he prayed his appearance changed and his clothes
became white and brilliant.
30 Moses and Elijah talked to him.
31 They appeared in esteem and spoke about the death he was
about to experience at Jerusalem.
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32 Peter and his companions were very sleepy. When they
awoke they saw his brilliance and the two men that stood with
him.
33 Before they left Kepha said to Yahoshua: Master it is good
for us to be here. Let us make three tabernacles. We could
make one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.” He
did not know what he was saying.
34 While he said these things a cloud enveloped them and
they were filled with fear.
35 A voice came out of the cloud saying: “This is my Son my
chosen one. Listen to him!”
36 When the voice came Yahoshua was found alone. They kept
quiet and told no man what they had seen.
37 After they came down from the mountain a large crowd
met him.
38 A man in the crowd cried, “Teacher, please look at my son.
He is my only child.
39 “A spirit controls him and suddenly he cries out. He foams
at the mouth. It throws him into convulsions and he is badly
bruised.
40 “I asked your disciples to cast it out and they could not.”
41 Yahoshua answered: “O faithless and perverse generation,
how long shall I be with you, and put up with you? Bring your
son to me.”
42 When he came near the demon slammed him down and
through him in to a convulsion. Yahoshua rebuked the
unclean spirit, healed the boy and gave him back to his father.
43 They were all overwhelmed by the greatness of the
Almighty One. Everyone marveled at all the things he did.
Yahoshua said to his disciples:
44 “Let these words sink into your ears. The Son of man shall
be delivered up into the hands of men.”
45 They did not understand what he said. The meaning was
concealed from them. They could not comprehend it. And they
were afraid to ask him about it.
46 They reasoned among themselves which of them was the
greatest.
47 When Yahoshua detected the reasoning of their heart, he
took a little child, and set him by his side.
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48 Then he said to them: “Whoever receives this little child
in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him
who sent me. He who is least among you will be the greatest!”
49 Yahochanan said: “Master we saw some one casting out
demons in your name. So we prevented him from doing this
because he does not follow us.”
50 Yahoshua said: “Do not forbid him for he that is not
against you is for you.”
51 The days were approaching for his ascension. He was
determined to go to Jerusalem.
52 He sent Malakim ahead of him. They entered the village of
the Samaritans to get ready for him.
53 They did not receive him because he traveled to Jerusalem.
54 When his disciples Jacob and Yahochanan saw this they
said: “Master, do you want us to request fire from heaven to
consume them?”
55 He turned and rebuked them.
56 They went to another village.
57 On the way a man came to him and said: “I will follow you
wherever you go.”
58 Yahoshua told him: “Foxes have holes and birds of heaven
have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.”
59 He told another: “Follow me.” But he said: “Master first let
me go bury my father.”
60 “Let the dead bury the dead. You go and publish abroad the
kingdom of Yahowah.” Yahoshua replied.
61 Another said: “I will follow you Master, but first let me go
say good by to my relatives.”
62 Yahoshua responded: “No man, who puts his hand to the
plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of the Almighty
One.”

Luke 10
1 The Master appointed seventy disciples and sent them in
groups of two into every city and place where he was about to
go.
2 He said to them: “The harvest indeed is great but the
laborers are few. Pray that the Master (Yahowah) of the
harvest will send laborers into his harvest.
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3 “Go your way for I send you as lambs in the midst of
wolves.
4 “Carry no purse, no wallet, and no shoes; and greet no man
on the way.
5 “When you enter a house say; may this house have peace.
6 “If a son of peace lives there, your peace shall rest upon him.
If not, it shall return to you again.
7 “Remain in that house eating and drinking what they give
you. The laborer is worthy of his hire. Do not stay in different
houses.
8 “When they receive you in their city eat what ever they set
before you.
9 “Heal the sick that are there and say to them, the kingdom of
the Almighty One is near you.
10 “If they do not receive you in their city go into their streets
and,
11 “Shake off the dust that clings to your feet, from that city, so
they may know that the kingdom of the Almighty One came
near.
12 “I tell you, it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom,
than for that city.
13 “Woe to you Chorazin! Woe to you Bethsaida! If the mighty
works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which were done in
you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth
and ashes.
14 “It will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the
judgment than for you.
15 “Will you Capernaum be exalted to heaven? You will be
brought down to the grave.
16 “He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects
me and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me.”
17 The seventy returned with joy, saying, “Master, even the
demons are subject to us in your name.”
18 He said to them: “I saw Satan falling like lightning from
heaven.
19 “Behold, I have given you authority to tread upon serpents
and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and
nothing shall in any way hurt you.
20 “Do not rejoice about this that the spirits are subject to
you. Rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven.”
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21 In that same hour he rejoiced in Set-Apart Spirit and
said: “I thank you Father, Sovereign of heaven and earth, that
you did hide these things from the wise and the understanding
and revealed them to babes. Father, it is pleasing in your sight.
22 “All things have been delivered to me from my Father. No
one knows who the Son is except the Father. And no one
knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom
the Son is willing to reveal him.”
23 Turning to the disciples, he said privately: “Blessed are the
eyes that see the things you see.
24 “I tell you many prophets and kings desired to see the
things you see and did not see them. To hear the things you
hear and did not hear them.”
25 A lawyer stood up to test him. He asked: “Teacher what
shall I do to inherit everlasting life?”
26 He said: “What is written in the law? How do you read it?”
27 He answered: “Love Yahowah your Almighty One with all
your heart and with all your life, with all your strength and
with all your mind. (Feelings and total existence) (Might and
total thinking capacity) And you should love your neighbor as
yourself.” (Deuteronomy 6:5) (Leviticus 19:18)
28 He told him: “You answered correctly, do this and you will
live.”
29 Desiring to justify himself, he said to Yahoshua: “Who is
my neighbor?”
30 Yahoshua answered: “A man traveled from Jerusalem to
Jericho. He fell among robbers. They stripped him, beat him
and left him half dead.
31 “A priest traveled on that road. When he saw him he passed
by on the other side.
32 “When a Levite came to the place he saw the man and
passed by on the other side.
33 “Then a Samaritan arrived where he was. He was moved
with compassion when he saw him.
34 “He went to him and bandaged his wounds pouring oil and
wine on them. He set him on his own beast and brought him
to an inn to take care of him.
35 “The next day he paid the host two shillings. He said take
care of him and if you spend more I will repay you when I
return.
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36 “Which of these three do you think proved to be a
neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?”
37 He said: “The one who showed mercy to him.” Yahoshua
said to him: “Go and you do like wise.”
38 Along the way he entered a village. A woman named
Martha received him into her house.
39 Her sister Miryam sat at the Master’s feet and heard his
word.
40 Martha was worried about the housework. She approached
Yahoshua and said: “Master do you not care that my sister
does not help me? Tell her to help me.”
41 The Master answered: “Martha, Martha, you are anxious
and troubled about many things.
42 “However one thing is needed. Miryam has chosen the
proper way and it shall not be taken away from her.”

Luke 11
1 Yahoshua was praying. When he finished one of his disciples
said to him: “Master, teach us to pray, just as Yahochanan
taught his disciples.”
2 He said: “When you pray say, ‘Father set-apart (blessed)
(consecrated) is your name. Let your kingdom come.
3 “Give us day-by-day our daily bread.
4 “Forgive us our sins. For we also forgive everyone who sins
against us. And keep us from temptation.”
5 He also said: “Which of you have a friend you would
approach at midnight and say lend me three loaves.
6 “This is because a friend of mine is visiting and I do not have
any food to feed him.
7 “You hear a voice from the house say, ‘The door is shut, my
children are in bed, do not bother me. I cannot rise and help
you.’”
8 “I tell you even if he will not rise and give you what you need
because he is your friend, he will arise and give you what you
need because you keep asking.
9 “I say to you: Ask and it will be given you. Seek and you will
find. Knock and it will be opened to you.
10 “Every one who asks receives. Everyone who seeks will
find. It will be opened to everyone who knocks.
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11 “What father would give his son a stone when he asked
for a loaf? What father would give a serpent when his son
asked for a fish?
12 “If he asked for an egg would he give a scorpion?
13 “If you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your
children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the
Set-Apart Spirit to those who ask him?”
14 He cast out a demon from a dumb man. When the demon
left the man he spoke and the crowds were astonished.
15 Some of them said: “Beelzebub the prince of the demons
casts out demons.”
16 Others tested him demanding a sign from heaven.
17 He knew their thoughts. So he told them: “Every kingdom
that is divided is destroyed. A house divided against itself falls.
18 “If Satan is divided against himself how will his kingdom
stand? You say I cast out demons with the help of Beelzebub.
19 “If Beelzebub helps me cast out demons, who helps your
sons cast them out? They will be your judges.
20 “If I use the finger (power) (Spirit) (Exodus 31:18) (2
Corinthians 3:3) of the Almighty One to cast out demons, then
the kingdom of the Almighty One has come upon you?
21 “When the fully armed strong man guards his own palace,
his goods are safe.
22 “When some one stronger comes to him and overpowers
him he takes away his armor and steels his possessions.
23 “He who is not with me is against me. He who does not
help me gather actually scatters.
24 “When an unclean spirit leaves a man it passes through
desolate places. It seeks rest and finds none. It says, ‘I will
return from where I came.’
25 “When he returns he finds the place swept and adorned.
26 “He then takes seven other spirits more evil than himself
and they enter in and dwell. The last condition of that man
becomes worse than the first.”
27 As he was talking a woman out of the crowd shouted:
“Blessed is the woman who bore you and nursed you.”
28 He replied: “More blessed are those who hear the word of
the Almighty One and obey it.”
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29 When the crowd gathered to him, he said: “This
generation is evil. It seeks a sign. No sign will be given to it but
the sign of Jonah.
30 “Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites; the Son of
man will be a sign to this generation.
31 “The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with
the men of this generation. She will condemn them for she
came from the ends of the earth to hear the Wisdom of
Solomon and one greater than Solomon is here now.
32 “The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with
this generation. They will condemn it for they repented at the
preaching of Jonah and someone greater than Jonah is here
now.
33 “No man lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a
bushel. He puts it on a table so those who enter may see the
light.
34 “The lamp of your body is your eye. When your eye is clear
your entire body is full of light. When it is evil your body is full
of darkness.
35 “Make sure the light that is in you is not darkness.
36 If your entire body is full of light and has no darkness you
will have no part of the dark. Just as a lamp when shinning
brightly gives plenty of light.”
37 As he spoke a Pharisee invited him to dine with him. He
accepted the invitation and went to eat.
38 The Pharisee wondered about Yahoshua not bathing before
dinner.
39 The Master said: “You Pharisees cleanse the outside of the
cup and of the platter. Yet your inward part is full of extortion
and wickedness.
40 “You foolish ones. Did he that made the outside also make
the inside?
41”Give that which is within as charity. Then all things are
clean for you.
42 “Woe to you Pharisees! You tithe mint and rue and every
herb, and pass over justice and the love of the Almighty One.
You should have done these but you leave them undone.
43 “Woe to you Pharisees! You love the prominent seats in the
synagogues, and the greetings in the marketplaces.
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44 “Woe to you! You are as the tombs that do not appear
and men walk over them and do not know it.”
45 One of the lawyers said to him: “Teacher, you also insult us
by saying this.”
46 Yahoshua said: “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men
with burdens that are difficult to bear. And you will not even
touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
47 “Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and
your fathers killed them.
48 “Therefore you are witnesses and consent to the works of
your fathers. They killed them and you build their tombs.
49 “It is for this reason the wisdom of the Almighty One said,
‘I send to them prophets and apostles and they will persecute
and kill some of them.’
50 “The blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of
the world may be required of this generation.
51 “This includes the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah,
who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. I tell you it
will be required of this generation.
52 “Woe to you lawyers, for you took away the key of
knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves and you hindered
those entering.”
53 When he left there the scribes and the Pharisees became
hostile with him. They tried to quarrel with him about many
things.
54 They plotted against him and tried to catch him in
something he might say.

Luke 12
1 Thousands of people in the crowd were gathered together so
much that they bumped into one another. He said to his
disciples: “First of all, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees,
which is hypocrisy.
2 “Everything covered up will be revealed. Everything hidden
will be made known.
3 “That which you have said in the darkness will be heard in
the light. That which you have spoken in the inner chambers
will be proclaimed on the housetops.
4 “I tell you my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the
body. After that they can do no more.
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5 “I will show you the one to fear. Fear the one who, after
he has killed, has power to destroy you (throw into the ever-
burning trash fires of the valley of Hinnom) (Greek:
Gehenna). This is one you should fear.
6 “Are not five sparrows sold for two coins of small value? Yet
not one of them is forgotten in the sight of Yahowah.
7 “Even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do
not fear. You are worth more than many sparrows.
8 “I tell you, every one who confesses me before men; the Son
of man will also confess him before the messengers of the
Almighty One.
9 “He who denies me in the presence of men will be denied in
the presence of the messengers of the Almighty One.
10 “He who speaks against the Son of man will be forgiven.
However he who blasphemes against Set-Apart Spirit will not
be forgiven.
11 “When you are brought before the synagogues, the rulers,
and the authorities, do not worry about what you will say to
answer them.
12 “Set-Apart Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you
should say.”
13 A member of the crowd said: “Teacher, help my brother
divide the inheritance with me.”
14 Then he said: “Man, who made me a judge or a divider over
you?”
15 Yahoshua said: “Be careful, do not covet, for life does not
come from your possessions.”
16 He spoke an illustration to them: “The land of a rich man
produced well.
17 “He reasoned to himself, what will I do? I have nowhere to
store my fruits?
18 “He said: “I would pull down my barns and build larger
barns. I will store all my grain and goods there.
19 “I will say to my self: ‘You have many possessions saved for
many years. Take it easy and eat, drink and be merry.’
20 “But Yahowah said to him: ‘You fool this night you will give
up your life. Then who will have all these things you
accumulated?’
21 “He who lays up (earthly) treasure for himself is not rich
toward the Almighty One.”
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22 He told his disciples: “Therefore I say to you, do not be
anxious for your life, what you eat or what you wear on your
body.
23 “Life is more than food and clothing.
24 “Consider the ravens for they do not sow or reap. They
have no storehouse or barn. Yet Yahowah feeds them. How
much more valuable are you than the birds!
25 “Which of you by being anxious can add a cubit to your
life?
26 “If you are not able to do even that which is least why worry
about the rest?
27 “Consider the way the lilies grow. They do not toil and
neither do they spin. Yet I tell you even Solomon in all his
esteem was not arrayed like one of these.
28 “If Yahowah clothes the grasses in the field, which is here
today and is cast into the oven tomorrow, how much more will
he clothe you? You have little faith.
29 “Do not seek food and drink and do not worry.
30 “For the people of the nations seek after these things. Your
Father knows that you need them.
31 “Seek first his kingdom and these things will be added to
you.
32 “Do not fear little flock for it is your Father’s good pleasure
to give you the kingdom.
33 “Sell your possessions and give to charity. Make yourselves
purses that do not get old, a treasure in heaven where moth
and rest cannot corrupt and thieves cannot steal.
34 “Your heart will be where your treasure is.
35 “Gird your loins (strengthen yourselves) and light your
lamps.
36 “Be like men looking for their master to return. He will
knock when he returns from the marriage feast, and it will
immediately be opened to him.
37 “Those servants are blessed, for the master will find them
alert when he comes. I tell you he will tighten his belt, have
them sit down at the table, and he will serve them the meal.
38 “Even if he comes in the second watch or the third and he
finds the same his servants are blessed.
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39 “Know this, that if the master of the house had known
in what hour the thief was coming he would have watched. He
would not have allowed his house to be broken into.
40 “You be ready! The Son of man will come at a time when
you do not think he will.”
41 Kepha said: “Master are you speaking this illustration to us
or to everyone?”
42 The Master said: “Who is the faithful and wise steward,
whom his master shall appoint over his household, to give
them their food at the proper time?
43 “That servant will be blessed when his master comes and
finds him doing so.
44 “I tell you the truth, he will put him in charge of all that he
has.
45 “If that servant says in his heart, my master delays his
coming; and beats the other servants and eats and drinks to
excess,
46 the master of that servant will come when he does not
expect. He will come in an hour that he does not know. He will
cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
47 “The unfaithful servant who knew what his master wanted
and did not do it will be beaten.
48 “He who did not know and did things unacceptable will
receive a lesser punishment. To whom much is given, much
will be required and to whom they commit much they will
demand even more.
49”I came to strike fire upon the earth and what do I care if it
is already kindled?
50 “I have a baptism to experience and I am distressed until it
is accomplished!
51 “Do you think I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell
you, No, instead division.
52 “From now on there will be five in one house divided, three
against two, and two against three.
53 “They will be divided, father against son, and son against
father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her
mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and
daughter in law against her mother in law.”
54 He said to the crowd: “When you see a cloud rising in the
west, you say it will rain and it does.
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55 “When you see a south wind blowing, you say there will
be scorching heat and there is.
56 “You hypocrites, you know how to interpret the face of the
earth and the heaven but how is it that you do not know how
to interpret this time?
57 “Why do you not judge what is right?
58 “For example when an opponent brings you to court, try to
settle before you get there. Otherwise, he will drag you in front
of a judge and the judge will hand you over to an officer who
will throw you into prison.
59 “I tell you that you will not get out until you pay every
penny of your fine.”

Luke 13
1 Some people there gave him an account of how Pilate killed
some Galilaeans while they offered sacrifices.
2 Yahoshua said: “Do you think the way those Galileans were
killed prove they were worse sinners than all Galileans?
3 “It does not! I tell you; if you do not make teshuvah, you will
die as they did.
4 “What about the eighteen people in Siloam killed when the
castle tower fell on them? Do you think this proves that they
were worse than all the other people living in Jerusalem?
5 “It does not! I tell you if you do not make teshuvah (turn
from your sins), you will die as they did.”
6 Yahoshua told them an illustration: “There was a man who
had a fig tree growing in his vineyard. He looked for figs on it
but found none.
7 “So he told his gardener, I have been coming here looking
for figs on this tree for three years. I have not found any. So
cut it down! Why should it continue using the soil?
8 “But the gardener said: Just give it one more year, sir. I will
dig around it, fertilize it and leave it alone.
9 “If the tree bears figs next year it will be good. If it does not
you can have it cut down.”
10 Yahoshua was teaching in the synagogue on the Sabbath.
11 A woman had an evil spirit that kept her sick for eighteen
years. She was bent over and could not stand straight.
12 Yahoshua called to her: “Woman you are free from your
sickness!”
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13 He touched her and at once she stood straight up and
praised Yahowah.
14 The official of the synagogue was angry that Yahoshua
healed on the Sabbath. He told the people: “There are six days
in which we should work. Come during those days and be
healed, not on the Sabbath!”
15 The Master answered: “You hypocrites! You would untie
your ox or your donkey from the stall and take it out to give it
water on the Sabbath.
16 “Here is a descendant of Avraham whom Satan has kept in
bonds for eighteen years. Should she be released on the
Sabbath?”
17 His answer shamed his enemies. The people rejoiced over
the wonderful things he did.
18 Yahoshua continued: “To what shall I compare the
Kingdom of Yahowah? What is it like?”
19 “It is like this. A man plants a mustard seed in his field. The
plant grows and becomes a tree. The birds make their nests in
its branches.”
20 Again Yahoshua asked: “With what should I compare the
Kingdom of the Almighty One?
21” It is like this. A woman takes some yeast and mixes it with
a bushel of flour. Soon the whole batch of dough rises.”
22 Yahoshua went through towns and villages, teaching the
people and traveling toward Jerusalem.
23 Someone asked him, “Will only a few people be saved?”
Yahoshua answered them:
24 “Strive to go in through the narrow door. Many people will
try to go in and will not be able.
25 “The master of the house will close the door. You stand
outside and knock on the door and say: ‘Open the door for us,
sir!’ He will answer: ‘I do not know where you come from!’
26 “Then you will answer, we ate and drank with you. You
taught in our town!
27 “Again he will say: ‘I do not know where you come from.
Get away from me, you wicked people!’
28 “You will cry and grind your teeth when you see Avraham,
Isaac, Ya'akob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of the
Almighty One, while you are thrown out!
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29 “People will come from east, west, north and south and
sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of the Almighty One.
30 “Those who are last will be first, and those who are first
will be last.”
31 Some Pharisees came to Yahoshua and warned him: “You
must leave and go somewhere else for Herod wants to kill
you.”
32 Yahoshua told them: “Go tell that fox I cast out demons
and heal people today and tomorrow. On the third day my
work will be finished.
33”I must go on my way today, tomorrow and the following
day. It would not be right that a prophet perish outside of
Jerusalem.
34 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets! You
stone those sent to you. How often I would have gathered your
children together, even as a hen gathers her own brood under
her wings. But you would not have it!
35 “Behold, your house is made desolate. I tell you, you shall
not see me until you say blessed is he who comes in the name
of Yahowah.” (Psalm 118:26)

Luke 14
1 Shortly after that he went into the house of one of the rulers
of the Pharisees. They were there to eat on the Sabbath. They
watched him.
2 There was in his presence a man who had the dropsy
(swollen arms and legs).
3 Yahoshua spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees: “Is it lawful to
heal on the Sabbath, or not?”
4 They did not speak. So he held the man and healed him and
let him go.
5 He said: “Which of you who has an ass or a bull that falls
into a well, and will not immediately pull him up on a Sabbath
day?”
6 Again they could not answer.
7 He spoke an illustration to the invited guests. He noticed
they chose from the most important seats. So he said to them:
8 “When you are invited to a marriage feast do not take the
place of honor. Someone more distinguished than you may be
invited.
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9 “Your host would tell you, give this person your place.
Then you would be embarrassed and have to take the place of
least honor.
10 “When you are invited, take the place of least honor. Then,
when your host comes, he will tell you, friend, move to a more
honorable place. And the other guests will see how you are
honored.
11 “Those who exalt themselves will be humbled. And people
who humble themselves will be exalted.”
12 Yahoshua said to his host: “When you give a lunch or a
dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your
relatives or your rich neighbors. They will invite you back, and
in this way you will be paid for what you did.
13 “When you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the
lame, and the blind.
14 “You will be blessed because they are not able to pay you
back. The Almighty One will repay you on the day the good
people rise from death.”
15 One of the guests at the table then said to Yahoshua: “Those
who sit down at the feast in the Kingdom of the Almighty One
will be happy!”
16 Yahoshua said: “There was a man who gave a great feast to
which he invited many people.
17 “He sent his servant to tell the guests that everything is
ready.
18 “They all made excuses one after another. The first one told
the servant: ‘I bought a field and must go and look at it. Please
accept my apologies.’
19 “Another said: ‘I purchased five pairs of oxen and am on my
way to try them out. Please accept my apologies.’
20 “Another explained: ‘I am newly married and I cannot
come.’
21 “The servant returned and conveyed this to his master. The
master was furious. He commanded his servant to hurry into
the streets and alleys of the town, and bring back the poor, the
crippled, the blind, and the lame.
22 “The servant soon told his master, ‘Your order has been
carried out but there is still more room.’
23 “The master told the servant, ‘Go to the country roads and
lanes and make people come so my house will be full.’
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24 “None of those who were invited will taste my dinner!”
He said.
25 Yahoshua turned to speak to the large crowd of people who
were traveling with him:
26 “You who come to me may not be my disciple unless you
love me more than you love your father and mother, wife and
children, brothers and sisters and yourself.
27 “Those who do not carry their own stake and come after me
may not be my disciples.
28 “If you plan to build a tower, you sit down first and figure
out what it will cost. Then you see if you have enough money
to finish the job.
29 “If you do not, you will not be able to finish the project
after laying the foundation. Everyone who sees what happened
will ridicule and poke fun of you.
30 “‘You started and could not finish,’ they will say.
31”When a king commands ten thousand men to fight another
king who comes against him with twenty thousand men, he
will sit down first and decide if he is strong enough to defeat
the other king.
32 “If he is not strong enough he will send Malakim to the
other king to ask for terms of peace while he is still far away.”
33 “Likewise,” concluded Yahoshua, “none of you may be my
disciples unless you give up everything you have.”
34 “Salt is good. But if it loses its saltiness it cannot be made
salty again.
35 “It is neither good for the soil nor for the manure pile. You
throw it away. Listen if you have ears!”

Luke 15
1 One day a large number of tax collectors and other outcasts
came to listen to Yahoshua.
2 Pharisees and teachers of the Law complained: “This man
welcomes sinners and even eats with them!”
3 Then Yahoshua told them an illustration:
4 “If you have a hundred sheep and lose one of them, what do
you do? You leave the other ninety-nine sheep in the pasture
and go looking for the one you lost until you find it.
5 “When you find it you are happy. You carry it on your
shoulders.
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6 “You bring it back home. You invite your friends and
neighbors together to celebrate. You say, ‘I am so happy I
found my lost sheep.’
7 “It is the same. I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven
over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine good
people who do not need to repent.
8 “Suppose a woman with ten silver coins loses one of them.
What does she do? She lights a lamp and sweeps her house.
She looks carefully everywhere until she finds it.
9 “When she finds it she calls her friends and says let us
celebrate. I am happy I found the lost coin.
10 “I tell you, it is the same for the messengers of the Almighty
One who rejoice over one sinner who repents.”
11 Yahoshua said: “A man had two sons.
12 “The younger one said to him, Father I want my share of
the property. He divided his property between his two sons.
13 “In a short time the younger son sold his share of the
property. He left home with the money and traveled to a far
away country where he wasted his money in reckless living.
14 “He spent everything! When a famine spread over that
country he was left with nothing.
15 “He went to work for a citizen of that country who sent him
to his farm to take care of the pigs.
16 He wanted to eat the Carob bean pods the pigs ate, but no
one gave him anything to eat.
17 “Finally it dawned on him, my father’s hired workers have
more than they can eat and I am about to starve!
18 “I will go to my father and say: ‘Father I have sinned
against the Almighty One and against you.
19 “I am not fit to be called your son. Treat me as one of your
hired workers.’
20 “He went to his father. He was a long way from home when
his father saw him. His heart filled with pity. He ran and
threw his arms around his son and kissed him.
21 “Father, the son said: ‘I have sinned against the Almighty
One and against you. I am not fit to be called your son.’
22 “The father called his servants. He said: ‘Hurry and bring
the best robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and
shoes on his feet.
23 “‘Get the prize calf and kill it. Let us celebrate with a feast!
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24 “‘My son was dead. Now he is alive. He was lost. Now he
has been found. The feasting began.’
25 “The older son was out in the field. When he came close to
the house he heard music and dancing.
26” He asked one of the servants what was happening?
27 “Your brother returned home, the servant answered. Your
father killed the prize calf because he has returned safely.
28 “The older brother was so angry he would not enter the
house. His father came out and begged him to come in.
29 “He spoke to his father in anger. All these years I have
worked like a slave for you. I have never disobeyed you. What
have you given me? Not even a goat for me to have a feast with
my friends!
30 “This son of yours wasted all your property on prostitutes.
When he comes home you kill the prize calf for him!
31 “The father answered, “My son, you are always here. And
everything I have is yours!
32 “‘We had to celebrate and be happy. Your brother was
dead. Now he is alive! He was lost and now he has been
found!’”

Luke 16
1 Yahoshua told his disciples: “There was a rich man who had
a servant who managed his property. The rich man learned
that the manager was accused of wasting his master’s money.
2 “He said: ‘Is it true what I hear about you? Give me a
complete accounting of your management of my property for
you may not be my manager any longer.’
3 “The servant thought: ‘I am fired from my job. What shall I
do? I am not strong enough for heavy work and I am ashamed
to beg.
4 “‘I know what I will do when my job is gone. My friends will
welcome me in their homes.’
5 “He called all the people who were in debt to his master. He
asked the first one: ‘How much do you owe my master?’
6 “‘One hundred barrels of olive oil,’ he said. ‘Here is your bill,’
he told him; ‘settle for fifty.’
7 “He asked another: ‘How much do you owe?’ ‘A thousand
bushels of wheat,’ he answered. ‘Here is your bill. Pay eight
hundred bushels.’
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8 “The master of the dishonest manager praised him for
doing a shrewd thing. People of this world are more astute at
handling their affairs than people who belong to the light.
9 Yahoshua continued: “I tell you, make friends for yourselves
with worldly wealth. That way when it gives out, you will be
welcomed in the eternal home.
10 “Whoever is faithful in little things will be faithful in large
ones. Whoever is unrighteous in small things will be
unrighteous in large ones.
11 “If you have not been faithful in handling worldly wealth,
how can you be trusted with true wealth?
12 “If you have not been faithful with what belongs to
someone else, who will give you what belongs to you?
13 “No one can serve two masters. He will hate one and love
the other. He will be loyal to one and despise the other. You
cannot serve both Yahowah and money.”
14 Hearing this the Pharisees made fun of Yahoshua, because
they loved money.
15 Yahoshua said: “You make yourselves look righteous to
other people. Yahowah knows your hearts. The things
considered of great value by people are worth nothing in
Yahowah’s sight.
16 “The Law of Moses and the writings of the prophets was in
effect until Yahochanan the Baptist. From that time on the
Good News about the Kingdom of the Almighty One is being
taught.
17”It is easier for heaven and earth to disappear than for the
smallest detail of the Law to be eliminated.
18 “A man who divorces his wife and marries another woman
commits adultery. The man who marries a divorced woman
commits adultery. [Yahoshua continued to tell illustrations.]
19 “A rich man dressed in the most expensive clothes and lived
in great luxury every day.
20 “A poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, used to
be brought to the rich man’s door.
21 “He hoped he could eat the bits of food that fell from the
rich man’s table. Then the dogs would come and lick his sores.
22 “The poor man died and was carried by the messengers to
Abraham’s bosom. The rich man died and was buried.
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23 “He was in great torment in the grave (hades). He
looked up and saw Avraham, far away, with Lazarus at his
side.
24 “He called out: Father Avraham! Take pity on me! Please
send Lazarus to dip his finger in some water and cool off my
tongue. I am in torment in this fire!
25 “Avraham said: Remember, my son, in your lifetime you
were given good things, while Lazarus got all the bad things.
Now he is enjoying himself while you are in torment.
26 “There is a deep pit lying between us, so that those who
want to cross over from here to you cannot do so. And no one
can cross over to us from where you are.
27 “The rich man said: I beg you, father Avraham, send
Lazarus to my father’s house.
28 “Have him go warn my five brothers that they will not
come to this place of torment.
29 “Avraham said: Your brothers have Moses and the
prophets to warn them. They should listen to them.
30 ”The rich man responded: It is not enough father
Avraham! If someone from the dead went to them they would
make teshuvah.
31 “Avraham said: If they would not listen to Moses and the
prophets, they would not listen to someone from the dead.”

Luke 17
1 Yahoshua told his disciples: “Things that cause people to
stumble do happen. However it is a terrible thing for someone
to make them happen!
2 “It would be better for him to have a large millstone tied
around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to
cause one of these little ones to sin.
3 “So watch how you behave. Admonish your brother to make
teshuvah when he sins. Forgive him when he makes teshuvah.
4 “If he sins against you seven times in one day and makes
teshuvah each time, you must forgive him.”
5 The apostles said to the Master: “Increase our faith.”
6 He answered: “If your faith was as big as a mustard seed;
you could say to this mulberry tree, uproot yourself and plant
yourself in the sea and it would obey you!
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7 “Let us say you have a servant who is plowing or looking
after the sheep. Do you tell him to hurry and eat his meal
when he comes in from the field?
8 “No you do not. You say to him get my supper ready. Put on
your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink. After that
you may have your meal.
9 Does the servant deserve thanks for obeying orders?
10 The same applies to you. When you have done all you have
been told to do, you say, we are unworthy servants. We have
done what we ought to have done.”
11 Yahoshua traveled to Jerusalem. He went along the border
between Samaria and Galilee.
12 Entering a village he met ten men suffering from a dreaded
skin disease.
13 They shouted: “Yahoshua! Master! Have pity on us!”
14 When he saw them he told them to go show themselves to
the priests. They were cleansed on the way.
15 When he was healed, one of them came back and praised
the Almighty One in a loud voice.
16 He fell on his face at Yahoshua feet and thanked him. He
was a Samaritan.
17 Yahoshua answered: “Were all ten cleansed? Where are the
nine?
18 “Were the others not willing to return with this foreigner to
give esteem to the Almighty One?
19 He said: “Arise and go your way. Your faith has made you
whole.”
20 The Pharisees asked: “When does the kingdom of the
Almighty One come?” Yahoshua answered them: “The
kingdom of the Almighty One does not come with observable
signs.
21 “Neither shall they say it is here or over there! The kingdom
of the Almighty One is here with you (in your midst) (among
you).”
22 He said to the disciples: “The time will come when you
shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you
shall not see it.
23 “They will tell you go here or go there, but do not follow
them.
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24 “Just as the light from lightning shines from one part of
the sky to another part of the sky, so the Son of man will be in
his day.
25 “First he must suffer many things and be rejected by this
generation.
26 “The days of the Son of man will be like the days of Noah.
27 “They ate, they drank and they got married until Noah
entered the ark. Then the flood came, and destroyed them all.
28 “The days of Lot were similar. They ate, they drank, they
bought, they sold, they planted and they built.
29 “But when Lot left Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from
heaven, and destroyed them all.
30 “It will be similar in the day that the Son of man is
revealed.
31 “A man will be on the housetop. He should not go down
into the house to take his possessions. He that is in the field
should likewise not return to the house.
32 “Remember Lot’s wife!
33 “He who seeks to gain his life will lose it. He who loses his
life will preserve it.
34 “I tell you, that on that night there will be two in one bed.
One will be taken (learn) (be received) and the other will be
left (forsaken).
35 “There will be two grinding together. One will be taken and
the other will be left.
36 “There will be two men in the field. One will be taken and
the other will be left.”
37 They asked him: “Where, Master?” And he said to them:
“Where the body is the eagles will also gather.”

Luke 18
1 He spoke an illustration to them emphasizing the need to
pray and not become tired:
2 “There was a judge in a city that did not fear Yahowah and
had no respect for man.
3 “There was a widow in that same city. She went to him
asking for legal protection from her adversary.
4 “At first he refused. Then he thought about it and he said to
himself, I do not fear the Almighty One and have little respect
for man.
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5 “However this widow bothers me. For this reason I will
avenge her. If she keeps coming to me she will wear me out.”
6 The Master continued: “Pay attention to what the
unrighteous judge said.”
7 “Should the Almighty One avenge his chosen that cry to him
day and night, and yet he is longsuffering over them?
8 “I say to you, that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless,
will the Son of man find faith on the earth when he comes?“
9 He then spoke this illustration to some who trusted in
themselves. They were very self-righteous. They looked down
on others:
10 “Two men went to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee,
and the other was a tax collector.
11 “The Pharisee stood and prayed like this: Almighty One, I
thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortionists,
unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector.
12 “I fast twice per week. I give tithes of all that I get.
13 “But the tax collector stood far away and would not lift up
so much as his eyes to heaven. He beat his breast, saying:
Almighty One, be merciful to me a sinner.
14 “I tell you the tax collector and not the Pharisee was right
with the Almighty One when he went home. He who exalts
himself will be humbled! He who humbles himself will be
exalted!”
15 They brought all their babes to him that he should touch
them. When the disciples saw it they rebuked them.
16 Yahoshua said: “Invite the little children to come to me,
and do not forbid them for the kingdom of the Almighty One
belongs to them.
17 “Truly I tell you he who does not receive the kingdom of the
Almighty One like little child, shall in no wise enter it.”
18 A Jewish leader asked: “Good Teacher what shall I do to
inherit eternal life?”
19 Yahoshua asked: “Why do you call me good? None is good
except one, the Almighty One.
20 “You know the commandments, do not commit adultery,
do not kill, do not steal, and do not bear false witness. Honor
your father and mother.”
21 The man replied: “I have observed all these things from my
youth.”
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22 When Yahoshua heard it he said to him, “You lack one
thing. Sell all that you have and distribute to the poor and you
will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.”
23 But when he heard these things he became very sad for he
was very rich.
24 Seeing him Yahoshua said: “It is very difficult for a rich
man to enter into the kingdom of the Almighty One.
25 “It is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle’s eye,
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of the Almighty
One.”
26 They heard this and asked: “Than who can be saved?”
27 He replied: “The things that are impossible with men are
possible with the Almighty One.”
28 Kepha said: “Indeed we have left our own to follow you.”
29 Yahoshua said: “Truly I tell you, no man has left house, or
wife, or brother, or parents, or children, for the sake of the
kingdom of the Almighty One,
30 who shall not receive manifold more now and in the age to
come everlasting life.”
31 He took the twelve to Jerusalem so that the Son of man will
accomplish all the things that are written through the
prophets:
32 “He will be delivered up to the people of the nations, and
will be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon.
33 “They will beat and kill him. The third day he will rise.”
34 They did not understand for the meaning was hidden from
them. They could not perceive the things he said.
35 He came closer to Jericho where a blind man sat begging
by the side or the road.
36 Hearing a crowd go by, he inquired what this meant.
37 They told him: “Yahoshua of Nazareth passed by.”
38 He cried out: “Yahoshua, you son of David, have mercy on
me!”
39 They rebuked him and said he should keep quiet. But he
cried out even more: “You son of David, have mercy on me!”
40 Yahoshua commanded that he be brought to him. When he
was near he spoke to him.
41 What do you want me to do to you? He said: “Master, give
me my sight!”
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42 And Yahoshua said to him: “Receive your sight! Your
faith has made you whole.”
43 Immediately he received his sight, and followed him,
glorifying the Almighty One. All the people who saw it praised
the Almighty One.

Luke 19
1 Yahoshua passed through Jericho.
2 There was an important, wealthy, chief tax collector called
Zacchaeus.
3 He tried to see who Yahoshua was. Being a short person he
could not see over the crowd.
4 So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore (fig-mulberry) tree
near where he would pass by in order to see him.
5 When Yahoshua came to the place he looked up at
Zacchaeus and said: “Come down quickly for today I must visit
your home.”
6 He hurried down to receive him joyfully.
7 Many in the crowd complained saying: “He is staying with a
man who is a sinner.”
8 Zacchaeus stood before Yahoshua and said: “Master, I now
give half of all my possessions to the poor. If I have defrauded
any one I will give back four times the amount taken.”
9 Yahoshua said to him: “Salvation has come to this house
today. He is also a son of Avraham.
10 “The Son of man came to seek and to save that which was
lost.”
11 They were close to Jerusalem. They assumed that the
kingdom of the Almighty One was to appear immediately.
Yahoshua responded to their assumption with an illustration.
12 He said: “A nobleman traveled to a country far away to
receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
13 “He called ten of his servants and gave them ten pounds,
and said do business with this until I return.
14 “His citizens hated him. They sent a spokesman to him
saying we do not want this man to rule us.
15 “He received the kingdom and went back to check on his
servants. He wanted to know what they had gained by trading
with the money he gave them.
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16 “The first reported: Your pound has made ten pounds
more.
17 “He said: Well done, you good servant. You were faithful in
very little. Now you shall have authority over ten cities.
18 “The second said: Your pound, Master, has made five
pounds.
19 “He replied: You should be over five cities.
20 “Another reported: Master, here is your pound. I kept it
stored in a napkin.
21 “I feared you because you are an austere man. You take up
what you do not lay down and you reap that which you did not
sow.
22 “He said to him: Out of your own mouth I will judge you,
you wicked servant. You knew that I am an austere man,
taking up that which I did not lay down, and reaping that
which I did not sow.
23 “Why did you not put my money in the bank? That way I
could collect interest when I returned.
24 “The nobleman said: Take away the pound he was given
and give it to him that has the ten pounds.
25 “They said: Master he has ten pounds!
26 “I say to you, that every one who has more shall be given.
The man who does not have what little he has shall be taken
away from him.
27 “Bring my enemies that do not want me to rule over them
and kill them in front of me.”
28 After Yahoshua spoke he went to Jerusalem.
29 When he came close to Bethphage and Bethany, at the
Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples.
30 He told them, “Go into the nearby village. You will find a
colt tied. No man has ever sat on him. Untie him and bring
him to me.
31 “If any one asks why you untied him say the Master needs
him.”
32 They left and found things to be as he said.
33 The owners found them when they untied the colt and
asked why do you untie the colt?
34 They said: “The Master needs him.”
35 They brought him to Yahoshua. Then they threw their
garments on the colt and Yahoshua sat on him.
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36 As he went, they spread their garments in the way.
37 He was near the descent of the Mount of Olives. The entire
crowd of disciples rejoiced and praised the Almighty One with
a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen.
38 They said: “Blessed is the King that comes in the name of
Yahowah! Peace in heaven, and esteem in the highest heaven!”
(Psalms 118:26; 134:3)
39 Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher,
rebuke your disciples.”
40 He answered: “I tell you if these remain quiet the stones
will cry out!”
41 When he came close to the city he wept over it.
42 He said: “If you only knew today the things needed to bring
peace! But they are hidden from your eyes.
43 “The time is coming when your enemies will surround you
and blockade you with a rampart (wall) on all sides. They will
close in on you.
44 “They will knock you and your children down to the
ground. They will not leave one stone upon another. What’s
more you do not know when this visit will take place.”
45 Yahoshua entered the temple and drove out the merchants.
46 He said: “It is written my house shall be a house of prayer.
You have made it a den of robbers.”
47 Everyday he taught in the temple. The chief priests, scribes
and other important men of the people looked for ways to
destroy him.
48 They could not find a way for the people listened to every
thing he said.

Luke 20
1 One day when he was teaching the people in the temple, and
preaching the good news he saw the chief priests, scribes and
elders.
2 They said to him: “Tell us by what authority do you do these
things? Who gave you this authority?”
3 Yahoshua responded: “I also will ask you a question. Tell
me,
4 “The baptism of Yahochanan was it from heaven or from
men?”
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5 They reasoned among themselves, “If we say from
heaven; he will say why did you not believe him?
6 “If we say from men all the people will stone us. They are
persuaded that Yahochanan was a prophet.”
7 So they answered: “We do not know.”
8 Yahoshua said: “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do
these things.”
9 He told the people an illustration: “A man planted a
vineyard. He rented it to tenants and went to another country
for a long time.
10 “At harvest time he sent a servant to the renters to collect
fruit of the vineyard. The renters beat him, and sent him away
empty.
11 “He sent another servant who was also treated shamefully,
beaten and sent away empty.
12 “A third servant was sent. They wounded him and threw
him out.
13 “The owner of the vineyard said, what should I do? I will
send my beloved son. Maybe they will respect him.
14 “When the renters saw him they reasoned that this is the
heir, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.
15 “They threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What
will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
16 He will come and destroy the renters and will give the
vineyard to others. When they heard it, they said, Almighty
One forbid!
17 “He looked at them and asked what does the scripture
mean: The stone that the builders rejected the same was made
the head of the corner?
18 “Every one that falls on that stone shall be broken to pieces.
Every one the stone falls on will be scattered as dust.”
19 The scribes and the chief priests attempted to capture him
in that very hour. They feared the people. They perceived that
he spoke this illustration against them.
20 They watched him and sent out spies, who pretended to be
righteous. The spies listened for something in his speech to
deliver him up to the authority of the governor.
21 “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are right in what
you say and teach. You are not partial and do not play
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favorites. Rather you teach the way of the Almighty One
truthfully.”
22 “Is it right for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23 He perceived their craftiness, and replied:
24 “Show me a denarius. Whose image and superscription
does it have?” They said, “Caesar’s.”
25 He said to them: “Render to Caesar the things that are
Caesar’s, and to the Almighty One the things that are the
Almighty One’s.”
26 They were not able to apprehend him in front of the people.
They were amazed by his answer and kept quiet.
27 Some Sadducees came to him. They believe there is no
resurrection.
28 They asked him: “Teacher, Moses wrote if a man’s brother
dies and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and
raise up seed for his brother.
29 “There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died
childless.
30 “The same for the second.
31 “The third married her. The remaining of the seven also
married her, left no children and died.
32 “Afterward the woman also died.
33 “In the resurrection whose wife shall she be? All seven
married her.”
34 Yahoshua said, “The sons of this age marry, and are given
in marriage.
35 “Those accounted worthy to attain to that age and the
resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in
marriage.
36 “They cannot die anymore for they are equal to the
messengers. They are sons of Yahowah, being sons of the
resurrection.
37 “Even Moses showed that the dead are raised when he was
near the bush and he called Yahowah the Almighty One of
Avraham, Isaac and Ya'akob. (Exodus 3:6-14)
38 He is not the Almighty One of the dead, but of the living:
for all live for him.”
39 Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher you have said
well.”
40 They did not dare to ask any more questions.
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41 He asked them a question: “How is it that they say the
Messiah is David’s son?
42 “For David said in the book of Psalms: Yahowah said to my
Master, Sit at my right hand.
43 “Till I make your enemies a footstool for your feet. (Psalm
110:1)
44 “David therefore called him Master, and how is he his
son?”
45 He spoke to the disciples while all the people listened:
46 “Beware of the scribes for they walk around in long robes.
They love greetings in the marketplaces. They sit in the chief
seats in the synagogues and the head tables at feasts.
47 “They devour widows’ houses. They offer long prayers to
show off in front of others. They shall receive great
condemnation.”

Luke 21
1 He saw rich men putting their gifts into the treasury.
2 Then he saw a poor widow putting in two small coins.
3 “I tell you a truth,” he said: “This poor widow gave more
than all of them.
4 “They all gave out of their surplus but she gave out of her
poverty. She gave all that she had for living expenses.”
5 Some spoke of how wonderful the temple was. How it was
adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Yahoshua
replied:
6 “Concerning these things you see, the days will come, in
which there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that
shall not be thrown down.”
7 They asked him: “Teacher, when would these things take
place? What will be the sign when these things are about to
come to pass?”
8 He said: “Take heed that you are not led astray. Many will
come in my name, saying, I am he but the time is not at hand.
Do not follow them.
9 “When you hear of wars and disturbances do not be
terrified. These things must occur first. The end is not
immediate.”
10 Then he said: “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom
against kingdom.
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11 “There will be great earthquakes. There will be famines
and pestilences in various places. There shall be terrors and
great signs from heaven.
12 “Even before all these things, they will capture you, and
persecute you. You will be delivered to synagogues and
prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors for
my name’s sake.
13 “It will give you an opportunity to witness.
14 “Do not think about what you will say before it happens.
15 “I will give you ability to talk and words of wisdom, which
your adversaries shall not be able to resist or refute.
16 “Parent, brothers and sisters and friends will turn you over
and cause you to be put to death.
17 “Men will hate you because of my name.
18 “Yet not a hair of your head will perish.
19 “You will gain your lives because of your endurance.
20 “When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies you will
know that desolation is near.
21 “Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. Let
those who are in the midst of her leave. And let no one from
the country enter.
22 “These are days of vengeance! All things written will be
fulfilled.
23 “Woe to those who are pregnant and those who nurse a
child in those days! There will be great distress upon the land,
and wrath to this people.
24 “They will be killed by the edge of the sword. Some will be
led captive into all the nations. The people of the nations will
tread down Jerusalem until the time of the Nations is fulfilled.
25 “There will be signs in sun and moon and stars. The earth
will experience distress of nations in disarray for the roaring
of the sea and the waves.
26 “Men will faint out of fear for expectation of the things
coming on the world. The powers of the heavens shall be
shaken.
27 “Then they will see the Son of man coming in a cloud with
power and great esteem.
28 “When these things begin to happen lift up your heads
because your redemption draws near.”
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29 He told them an illustration: “Look at the fig tree, and
all the trees.
30 “When they produce leaves you know that summer is near.
31 “Even so, when you see these things coming to pass, know
that the kingdom of the Almighty One is near!
32 “Truly I say to you, this generation shall not pass away, till
all things are accomplished.
33 “Heaven and earth will pass away: but my words will not
pass away.
34 “Be awake so your hearts are not weighed down. Do not
allow the weight of worldly involvement, drunkenness, and
cares of this life be a snare when that day suddenly comes.
35 “It will come as a surprise to all who dwell on the face of
the earth.
36 “Be on the watch all the time. Pray for the strength to
escape all these things in order to stand before the Son of
man.”
37 He taught in the temple every day and he stayed on the
Mount of Olives at night.
38 The people came early in the morning to hear him in the
temple.

Luke 22
1 The feast of unleavened bread was near. This is called the
Passover.
2 The chief priests and the scribes searched for a way to put
him to death. But they feared the people.
3 Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot. He was
one of the twelve.
4 He went away to discuss with the chief priests and captains,
how he might deliver Yahoshua to them.
5 They were glad, and pledged to give him money.
6 He consented and looked for a way to deliver him to them in
the absence of the crowd.
7 The day of unleavened bread came, on which the Passover
must be sacrificed.
8 Yahoshua sent Kepha and Yahochanan, saying: “Go make
everything ready that we may eat the Passover.”
9 They asked him: “Where do you want us to get ready?”
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10 He said: “When you enter the city a man carrying a
pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him into the house.
11 “Say to the master of the house: The teacher says; ‘where is
the guest chamber where I shall eat the Passover with my
disciples?’
12 “He will show you a large furnished upper room. Make it
ready.”
13 They found things as he described them and they made
things ready for the Passover.
14 When it was time he sat down with the apostles.
15 He said to them: “I have earnestly wanted to eat this
Passover with you before I die.
16 “I tell you I will not eat it again until it takes place in the
kingdom of Yahowah.”
17 He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said:
“Take this, and share it among yourselves.
18 “I say to you, I shall not drink from the fruit of the vine,
until the kingdom of the Almighty One comes.”
19 He gave thanks. Then he took the bread, broke it and gave
it to them, saying: “This represents my body that is given for
you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
20 Then he took the cup saying: ”This represents the new
covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
21 “Look, he who betrays me is at the table.
22 “The Son of man indeed goes, as it has been determined.
But woe to that man through whom he is betrayed!”
23 They questioned among themselves, which of them would
do this thing.
24 Contention grew between them concerning which of them
was the greatest.
25 He told them: “The kings of the nations have lordship over
them. Those who have authority over them are called
Benefactors.
26 “But you should not be this way. He who is the greater
among you let him become as the younger. He that is chief
among you is he who serves.
27 “Which is greater, he who sits and eats or he who serves? Is
it he who sits and eats? However I am in the midst of you as
he who serves.
28 “You have continued with me in my temptations.
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29 “I assigned a kingdom to you just as my Father assigned
it to me.
30 “Just as you eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; you
will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
31 “Shimon, Shimon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he
might sift you as wheat.
32 “I prayed for you that your faith would not fail. Once you
have turned again strengthen your brothers.”
33 He said: “Master, I am ready to go with you both to prison
and to death.”
34 Yahoshua said: “I tell you Kepha, the cock shall not crow
this day, until you deny that you know me three times.”
35 Speaking to them he asked: “When I sent you out without
purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?” They
said: “Nothing.”
36 Now he said: “Take your purse and wallet. If you do not
have a sword sell your cloak and buy one.
37 “I tell you that which is written must be fulfilled in me. He
was numbered with transgressors for that which concerns me
has fulfillment.”
38 They said: “Master, here are two swords.” And he said to
them: “It is enough.”
39 He went to the Mount of Olives as was his custom and the
disciples also followed him.
40 When he arrived he said to them: “Pray that you do not
enter into temptation.”
41 He went a short distance from them and kneeled down and
prayed.
42 He prayed: “Father if it is your will remove this cup from
me, nevertheless not my will, but your will be done.”
43 An messenger came to him and gave him strength.
44 (possible spurious text) He was in agony and earnestly
prayed. His sweat became, as it were great drops of blood
falling down upon the ground.
45 When he finished his prayer he went to the disciples, and
found them sleeping because of their sorrow.
46 He said: “Why do you sleep? Arise and pray that you do not
enter into temptation.”
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47 As he spoke a crowd followed Judas, one of the twelve.
They came to him. Judas approached Yahoshua and kissed
him.
48 Yahoshua said to him: “Judas, do you betray the Son of
man with a kiss?”
49 Those near him saw what happened and asked: “Master
shall we strike them with a sword?”
50 One of them struck the servant of the high priest, and cut
off his right ear.
51 Yahoshua said: “Do not do any more of this.” Then he
touched his ear and healed him.
52 Yahoshua spoke to the chief priests, captains of the temple
and elders who came against him: “Did you come as you
would against a robber with swords and clubs?
53 “I was with you every day in the temple. Yet you did not lift
a hand against me. This is your hour for this power of
darkness.”
54 They seized him and led him away. They took him to the
high priest’s house. Peter followed from a distance.
55 They kindled a fire in the midst of the court. They sat down
together. Kepha sat in the midst of them.
56 A servant girl saw him sitting by the light of the fire. She
looked steadfastly upon him and said: “This man was also
with him.”
57 He denied it saying: “Woman, I do not know him!”
58 After a little while another saw him, and said: “You are one
of them.” Kepha replied: “Man I am not!”
59 Another hour passed. Someone else said: “It is true this
man was with him for he is a Galilean.”
60 Kepha responded: “I do not know what you are talking
about!” Immediately, while he spoke he heard the cockcrow.
61 The Master turned and looked at Kepha. Kepha
remembered the word of the Master, how he said to him:
“Before the cockcrow this day you will deny me three times.”
62 He left there and wept bitterly.
63 The men that held Yahoshua mocked him and beat him.
64 They blindfolded him, and asked him, saying: “Prophesy:
who is it that struck you?”
65 They reviled him and spoke many things against him.
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66 The next day the assembly of the elders of the people
was gathered together. They included chief priests and scribes.
They led him away to their council, saying:
67 “If you are the Messiah, tell us.” But he said to them: “If I
tell you, you will not believe:
68 and if I ask you, you will not answer.”
69 “Soon the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the
power of the Almighty One.”
70 They all asked: “Are you the Son of the Almighty One?” He
said to them: “You say that I am.”
71 They responded: “What further need do we have for
witnesses? We have heard this from his mouth.”

Luke 23
1 The whole company of them rose up and brought him before
Pilate.
2 They accused him, saying: “We found this man perverting
our nation. He forbids payment of tax to Caesar. He claims to
be Messiah a king.”
3 Pilate asked him: “Are you King of the Jews?” He answered
him: “You say it.”
4 Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds: “I find no
fault in this man.”
5 They were more insistent saying: “He excites the people
throughout all Judea, beginning in Galilee even to this place.”
6 When Pilate heard it, he asked if the man was a Galilean.
7 When he knew that he was from Herod’s jurisdiction, he
sent him to Herod. He was in Jerusalem at that time.
8 Herod was very happy to see Yahoshua. He had wanted to
see him for a long time. He hoped to see him perform a
miracle.
9 He offered many questions but received no answers.
10 The chief priests and the scribes vehemently accused him.
11 And Herod with his soldiers despised him with contempt,
and mocked him. They arrayed him in magnificent apparel.
Then they sent him back to Pilate.
12 Herod and Pilate became friends that day. Before that time
they were at enmity.
13 Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the
people.
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14 He said: “You brought this man to me as one who
perverted the people. I examined him before you and find no
fault in this man. He has not done the things you accuse him
of.
15 “Herod found no fault and sent him back to us. He has done
nothing worthy of death.
16 “I will therefore punish him, and release him.”
17 He must release one prisoner to them at the feast.
18 They cried out in unison: “Take this man away and release
to us Barabbas!”
19 He was thrown into prison for insurrection (sedition) in the
city and murder.
20 Pilate spoke to them again desiring to release Yahoshua.
21 But they shouted, “Impale him! Impale him!”
22 A third time he said to them: “Why, what evil has this man
done? I have found no reason to put him to death. I will
therefore chastise him and release him.”
23 But they were insistent and spoke in loud voices asking him
to impale him. And they prevailed.
24 Pilate pronounced a sentence that what they asked for
should be done.
25 He released the man who was in prison for insurrection
and murder and he delivered Yahoshua to their will.
26 They led him away. Shimon of Cyrene was traveling from
the country. They seized him and forced him to carry the stake
for Yahoshua.
27 A great crowd of people followed. Many women cried and
grieved over him.
28 Yahoshua turned to them and said: “Daughters of
Jerusalem do not weep for me but weep for yourselves and for
your children.
29 “The days are coming when they will say blessed are the
barren those without children and the breasts that never
nursed.
30 “Then they will say to the mountains fall on us and to the
hills cover us.
31 “If they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done
in the dry?”
32 Two criminals were to be put to death with him.
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33 They came to the place called the skull. They impaled
him and the criminals, one on the right hand and the other on
the left.
34 [Yahoshua said: “Father, forgive them for they do not know
what they do.”](This verse not found in older manuscripts.)
They cast lots and divided his garments among themselves.
35 The people stood watching while the rulers scoffed at him,
saying: “He saved others let him save himself if this is his
chosen, the Messiah of the Almighty One.”
36 The soldiers mocked him and offered him vinegar,
37 saying: “If you are the King of the Jews save yourself.”
38 There was a superscription over him, THIS IS THE KING
OF THE JEWS.
39 One of the criminals who were hanged complained bitterly
to him saying: “Are you the Messiah? Save yourself and us.”
40 The other rebuked him saying: “Do you not respect the
Almighty One, seeing you are also condemned?
41 “We are indeed justly condemned for we receive the due
reward of our deeds. But this man has done nothing wrong.”
42 He said: “Yahoshua, remember me when you come in your
kingdom.”
43 He replied: “Today I tell you this. You will be with me in
paradise.”
44 It was about the sixth hour. Darkness came over the whole
land until the ninth hour.
45 The sun failed to shine. The veil of the temple was torn in
two.
46 Yahoshua cried with a loud voice: “Father, into your hands
I commend my spirit.” After saying this he quit breathing.
47 The centurion saw what was done and glorified the
Almighty One, saying: “Certainly this was a righteous man.”
48 The crowds gathered at this sight. When they saw the
things that were done they left beating their breasts.
49 All of his friends and the women who followed him from
Galilee stood watching from a distance.
50 Yahseph was a member of the council and a good and
righteous man.
51 He was from Arimathaea a city of the Jews and was looking
for the kingdom of Yahowah.
52 He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Yahoshua.
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53 He took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth. Then
he laid him in a tomb that was carved in stone. No man had
ever lain in this tomb.
54 It was the day of the Preparation and the Sabbath was near.
55 The women from Galilee went with him to see the tomb
and the place for the body.
56 They returned and prepared spices and ointments. On the
Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.

Luke 24
1 It was early in the morning on the first day of the week. They
went to the tomb with the spices that they had prepared.
2 The stone was rolled away from the tomb.
3 When they entered they did not find the body of the Master
Yahoshua.
4 They were perplexed about what had happened. Two men
stood by them in dazzling apparel.
5 This frightened them and they bowed down prostrate on the
ground. The two men said to them: “Why do you seek the
living among the dead?
6 “He is not here. He has arisen! Remember how he spoke to
you when he was yet in Galilee.
7 “He said the Son of man must be delivered into the hands of
sinful men, be impaled, and the third day rise again.”
8 They remembered his words.
9 When they returned from the tomb they told all these things
to the eleven, and to all the rest.
10 They were Miryam Magdalene, Joanna, Miryam the mother
of Jacob, and the other women with them. They told these
things to the apostles.
11 These words seemed to be idle talk and they did not believe
them.
12 Peter ran to the tomb. Looking inside he saw the linen
cloths by themselves. He departed to his home, wondering
about that which occurred.
13 That day two of them traveled to a village named Emmaus,
about seven miles from Jerusalem.
14 They talked between themselves about all the things that
happened.
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15 While they talked and discussed together Yahoshua
came near and walked with them.
16 But their eyes did not permit them to recognize him.
17 He asked: “What are you talking about with each other as
you walk?” They stopped walking and were sad.
18 The one named Cleopas answered him: “Do you travel
alone in Jerusalem and not know the things that have
happened there these days?”
19 He asked: “What things?” They said to him: “The things
concerning Yahoshua the Nazarene. He was a prophet mighty
in deed and word before Yahowah and all the people.
20 “The chief priests and our rulers delivered him up to be
condemned to death. They impaled him!
21 “We hoped he would redeem Israel. Yes and besides all this,
it is now the third day since these things happened.
22 “Some of the women of our company stunned us. They
went to the tomb early.
23 “They did not find his body. They said that they had also
seen a vision of messengers, who said that he was alive.
24 “Others with us went to the tomb and found it just as the
women said. He was not there!”
25 He said to them: “You are foolish men. You are slow of
heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
26 “Did the Messiah need to suffer these things and enter into
his esteem?”
27 He explained to them all the Scriptures about the things
concerning him. He spoke about Moses and all the prophets.
28 They approached the village where they were going and he
appeared to be going further.
29 They persuaded him not to go saying, “Abide with us. It is
nearly evening and the day is almost gone.” He stayed with
them.
30 When he had sat down with them to eat he took the bread
and blessed; and breaking it he gave to them.
31 Their eyes were opened and they knew him. Then he
vanished out of their sight.
32 They said to each other: “Were our hearts not burning
within us? When he spoke to us in the way and opened the
scriptures to us?”
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33 They rose up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem.
They found the eleven gathered together with others.
34 “The Master has risen indeed,” they said, “and he appeared
to Shimon.”
35 And they told the things that happened in the way, how
they recognized him when he broke the bread.
36 As they spoke these things he stood in their midst and said:
“May you have peace.”
37 But they were afraid and supposed that they saw a spirit.
38 He said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do you
question in your hearts?
39 “See my hands and my feet that it is I. Touch me and see. A
spirit does not have flesh and bones like I have.”
40 When he said this he showed them his hands and his feet.
41 While they still did not believe him but were filled with joy
and wonder, he asked for something to eat.
42They gave him a piece of a broiled fish.
43 He took it and ate it in front of them.
44 He said: “These are my words that I spoke to you, while I
was yet with you. All things must be fulfilled. They are things
that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and
the Psalms, concerning me.”
45 He opened their minds that they might understand the
scriptures.
46 He said: “It is written that the Messiah should suffer, and
rise again from the dead the third day.
47 “Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in
his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
48 “You are witnesses of these things.
49 “You see I send the promise of my Father upon you. You
are to wait in the city until you are clothed with power from on
high.”
50 He led them out until they were near Bethany. Then he
lifted up his hands and blessed them.
51 While he blessed them, he parted from them, and was
carried up into heaven.
52 Filled with joy, they bowed down to him in adoration. Then
they returned to Jerusalem.
53 They continued blessing the Almighty One in the Temple.
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John
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JOHN
Good News

(WRITER: APOSTLE JOHN/ YAHOCHANAN, MEANS YAHOWAH HAS SHOWN FAVOR) (98
C.E.) (NEAR EPHESUS) (92% OF THIS GOSPEL IS NEW INFORMATION NOT CONTAINED IN
THE OTHER THREE GOSPELS) (TETRAGRAMMATON: YHWH IS SOMETIMES TRANSLATED
YAHOWAH, YAHWEH, JEHOVAH, OR LORD DEPENDING ON TRANSLATOR’S THEOLOGY)

JOHN 1

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with the
Almighty One, and the Word was like the Almighty One.
2 The same was in the beginning with the Almighty One.
3 All things were made through him and without him not one
thing was made.
4 He lived and his life gives light to all people.
5 His light shines through darkness and it cannot be
extinguished.
6 Yahowah sent a man named Yahochanan. (Malachi 3:1)
7 He came to tell (witness) (testify) about the light and help
people have faith.
8 Not being the light he came to give a witness of it.
9 The true light, which gives light to every man, came into the
world. (Isaiah 49:6)
10 The world was made through him. He was in the world and
the world did not recognize him.
11 He came to his own. They did not receive him!
12 He gave the right to become children of the Almighty One
to all who received him. Even to those who believe in his
name.
13 They were born from the Almighty One. It was not from
blood, or the will of the flesh, or the will of man.
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14 The Word [Yahoshua] became flesh (a human being)
and lived with us. We saw the esteem of the only brought forth
son from the Father. He was full of loving-kindness and truth.
15 Yahochanan spoke about him and declared: He is the one I
said would come after me. He is greater than I am because he
lived before me.”
16 Out of the fullness of his undeserved kindness he gives us
one blessing after another.
17 The law came through Moses. Loving-kindness and truth
came through Yahoshua Messiah.
18 No man has ever seen the Almighty One. The only brought
forth-Mighty One who is closest to the Father (in the bosom of
the Father) tells us about him. (Psalm 8:5)
19 Yahochanan gave his witness even as Jewish authorities
sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem. They asked him:
“Who are you?”
20 He said: “I am not the Messiah.”
21 They asked him: “Are you Elijah?” He said: “I am not.” “Are
you the prophet?” He answered: “No.”
22 They said to him: “Who are you? We need to know so we
can tell the ones who sent us.”
23 He said: “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness.
Isaiah the prophet said: ‘Make straight the way of Yahowah
(YHWH).’” (Isaiah 40:3)
24 They were sent from the Pharisees.
25 They said to him: “Why do you baptize if you are not the
Messiah, not Elijah, and not the prophet?”
26 Yahochanan answered: “I baptize in water. There is one in
your midst whom you do not know.
27 “I am not worthy to fasten his shoes.”
28 These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan,
where Yahochanan was baptizing.
29 The next day he saw Yahoshua coming to him. He boldly
declared: “Behold! The Lamb of the Almighty One that takes
away the sin of the world!”
30 “This is he whom I said would come after me. He is greater
than I am because he came before me.
31 “I did not know him. I came baptizing in water so that
everyone in Israel will come to know him.”
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32 Yahochanan said: “I saw the spirit descending as a dove
out of heaven upon him.
33 “I did not know he was the one. Yahowah sent me to
baptize in water and said: ‘You will see one upon whom the
spirit descends. The same is he who baptizes in Set-Apart
Spirit.’
34 “I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of
the Almighty One.”
35 The next day Yahochanan was standing with two of his
disciples.
36 He looked at Yahoshua as he walked, and said: “Behold, the
Lamb of the Almighty One!”
37 The two disciples heard him speak and they followed
Yahoshua.
38 Yahoshua turned and saw them following. He asked them,
“What are you after? They asked him: “Teacher, where are you
staying?”
39 He said” “Come and see.” So they came to where he was
staying. They stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth
hour.
40 One of the two, who heard Yahochanan speak and followed
him, was Andrew, Shimon Kepha’s brother.
41 He found his brother Shimon first. He said to him: “We
have found the Messiah.”
42 He took him to Yahoshua. Yahoshua looked at him, and
said: “You are Shimon the son of Yahochanan: you will be
called Cephas (meaning: Kepha).”
43 The next day he was reminded to go into Galilee. There he
found Philip. Yahoshua said to him, “Follow me.”
44 Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
45 Philip found Nathanael, and said to him: “We have found
the person Moses and the prophets wrote about in the Law
and the Almighty One’s word. It is Yahoshua of Nazareth, the
son of Yahseph.”
46 And Nathanael said to him: “Could any good thing come
out of Nazareth?” Philip said: “Come and see.”
47 Yahoshua saw Nathanael coming to him. He said: “Look an
Israelite indeed. There is no deceit in him!”
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48 Nathanael asked: “How do you know me?” Yahoshua
answered: “I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called
you.”
49 Nathanael answered: “Rabbi you are the Son of the
Almighty One. You are King of Israel.”
50 Yahoshua responded: “I told you I saw you under the fig
tree. Is this why you believe? You will see greater things than
these.”
51 Yahoshua continued: “You will see the heavens opened and
you will see the angels of the Almighty One ascending and
descending upon the Son of man.”

John 2
1 There was a marriage in Cana of Galilee on the third day.
The mother of Yahoshua was there.
2 Yahoshua and his disciples were also invited to the marriage
feast.
3 They ran out of wine. So the mother of Yahoshua said to
him: “They have no wine.”
4 Yahoshua said to her: “Woman what have I to do with you?
My hour has not arrived.”
5 His mother told the servants to do whatever he says.
6 Six stone water jars were placed there to honor purification
rules of the Jews. Each contained more than twenty gallons.
7 Yahoshua said to them: “Fill the jars with water.” They filled
them to the brim.
8 “Draw some out,” he said, “and take it to the master of the
feast.” So they drew some out.
9 The master of the feast did not know about the water turned
into wine. He tasted it and called the bridegroom.
10 He said to him: “Every man sets out the good wine first.
When the men have drunk freely the lower quality wine is
served. You have kept the good wine until now.”
11 This was the first miracle Yahoshua performed in Cana of
Galilee. It gave evidence of his esteem and his disciples
believed in him.
12 He, his mother, brothers and disciples traveled to
Capernaum. They stayed there many days.
13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand and Yahoshua went
to Jerusalem.
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14 He found the merchants who sold oxen, sheep and
doves. The moneychangers were sitting nearby.
15 He made a whip of cords, and chased them all out of the
temple, including the sheep and the oxen. He poured out the
coins of the moneychangers and overturned the tables.
16 He told those who sold doves: “Take these things away. Do
not make my Father’s house a house of merchandise.”
17 His disciples remembered what was written. ‘Zeal for your
house shall eat me up.’ (Psalm 69:9)
18 The Jews asked him: “What sign would you show us seeing
that you do these things?
19 Yahoshua replied: “Destroy this temple and in three days I
will raise it up.”
20 The Jews responded: “It took forty-six years to build this
temple and you will raise it up in three days?”
21 But he spoke of the temple of his body.
22 When he was raised from the dead his disciples
remembered that he said this. Then they believed the
Scripture and the word that Yahoshua said.
23 When he was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many saw
the signs he did and expressed active faith in his name.
24 Yahoshua did not trust his security to them for he
understood all men.
25 He did not need evidence about men for he knew what was
in man.

John 3
1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a
ruler of the Jews.
2 He came to Yahoshua by night, and said to him: “Rabbi! We
know you are a teacher from the Almighty One. No one can do
these signs that you do unless the Almighty One is with him.”
3 Yahoshua answered: “Truly I tell you unless a person is born
again (brought forth from above) he cannot see the kingdom
of the Almighty One.”
4 Nicodemus asked: “How could a man be born when he is
old? Can he enter his mother’s womb again and be born?”
5 Yahoshua responded: “I tell you truth, except a man be born
of water and the spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of the
Almighty One!
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6 “That which is born from the flesh is flesh and that which
is born from the Spirit is spirit.
7 “Do not marvel that I say you must be born again.
8 “The wind blows where it will. You hear the sound of it. Yet
you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. It is
like this with every one who is born from the Spirit.”
9 Nicodemus asked: “How can these things be?”
10 Yahoshua answered: “Are you a teacher of Israel and you
do not understand these things?
11 “This is the truth. We speak what we know and witness
about what we have seen. But you do not receive our
testimony.
12 “If I told you earthly things and you did not have faith, how
will you have faith if I tell you heavenly things?
13 “No one has ever ascended into heaven but the Son of man
who descended from heaven.
14 “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the
Son of man must also be lifted up.
15 “Everyone who has an active faith in him may have
everlasting life.
16 “For the Almighty One loved the world so much, that he
gave his only brought forth Son, that whoever has an active
faith in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 “The Almighty One did not send the Son into the world to
judge the world. Instead the world should be saved through
him.
18 “He who has an active faith in him is not judged. He who
does not have an active faith has been judged already for he
has not had faith in the name of the only brought forth Son of
the Almighty One.
19 “This is the judgment, that the light has come into the
world. People loved the darkness rather than the light for their
works were evil.
20 “Every one who does evil hates the light. He does not come
to the light because his works would be reproved.
21 “He who practices the truth comes to the light. His works
are made known that they are from the Almighty One.”
22 After these things Yahoshua and his disciples traveled to
the land of Judea where he stayed with them and baptized.
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23 Yahochanan was also baptizing in Aenon near to Salim,
because there was much water there. People came and were
baptized.
24 Yahochanan had not yet been thrown into prison.
25 There was a controversy between some of Yahochanan’s
disciples and the Jews about purification.
26 They went to Yahochanan and said: “Rabbi, he who was
with you beyond the Jordan, the one about whom you
witnessed, he and the men with him baptize.”
27 Yahochanan answered: “A man can receive nothing unless
it is given to him from heaven.
28 “You bear witness that I said I am not the Messiah. I have
been sent before him.
29 “He that has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the
bridegroom stands and listens to him. He rejoices greatly
because he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This fills me with
joy.
30 “He must increase and I must decrease.”
31 “He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the
earth belongs to the earth and speaks from an earthly
viewpoint. He who comes from heaven is superior.
32 “He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no man
accepts his testimony.
33 “He who receives his testimony confirms by his seal that
the Almighty One is true.
34 “For he whom the Almighty One has sent speaks the words
of the Almighty One. The Almighty One does not give the
spirit by measure.
35 “The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his
hand.
36 “He who puts active faith in the Son has everlasting life. He
who disobeys* the Son will not see life for the wrath of the
Almighty One remains upon him.” (*Greek: apeitheo: willfully
disobey, not having faith)

John 4
1 The Master was aware that the Pharisees had heard that
Yahoshua made and baptized more disciples than
Yahochanan.
2 Actually Yahoshua did not baptize. His disciples baptized.
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3 He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.
4 He needed to travel through Samaria.
5 He arrived at a city of Samaria called Sychar. It is near the
parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Yahseph.
6 Ya'akob’s well was there. It was about the sixth hour when
Yahoshua arrived. Being weary from the journey he sat down
by the well.
7 A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Yahoshua said to
her: “Please give me a drink.”
8 His disciples went away to the city to buy meat.
9 The woman of Samaria asked: “How is it that you being a
Jew ask for a drink from me? I am a woman of Samaria.” [The
Jews did not associate with Samaritans.] (Not in early
manuscripts.)
10 Yahoshua answered: “If you know the gift of the Almighty
One and who asked you for a drink, you would have asked him
to give you living water.”
11 The woman said to him: “Sir, you do not have anything with
which to draw water and the well is deep. Where do you get
that living water?
12 “Are you greater than our father Ya'akob? He gave us the
well. He and his children and cattle drank from it.”
13 Yahoshua answered: “Whoever drinks from this water will
thirst again.
14 “But whoever drinks from the water that I give him will
never thirst. The water that I will give him will be in him a well
of water springing up into everlasting life.”
15 The woman said to him: “Sir, give me this water! That way I
will not thirst and not come here to draw.”
16 Yahoshua said to her: “Go call your husband and come
here.”
17 The woman answered: “I have no husband.” Yahoshua
replied to her: “You said well, “I have no husband.”
18 “For you have had five husbands. The one you have now is
not your husband, this is true.”
19 The woman said to him: “Sir, I perceive that you are a
prophet.
20 “Our fathers worshipped in this mountain. But you say
Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.”
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21 Yahoshua replied: “Woman believe me. The hour comes
when you will worship the Father neither in the mountain nor
in Jerusalem.
22 “You worship what you do not know. We worship what we
know. Salvation is from the Jews.
23 “But the hour comes and now is when the true worshippers
shall worship the Father with spirit and truth. The Father
seeks such people to worship him.
24 “The Almighty One is a Spirit. They who worship him must
worship him with spirit and truth.”
25 The woman responded: “I know that Messiah the Messiah
is coming. When he comes he will tell us all things.”
26 Yahoshua said: “I that speak to you am he.”
27 His disciples came and wondered why he talked with the
woman. Yet no one asked: “What are you looking for? Why did
you talk to her?”
28 The woman left her water pot and went to the city. She
spoke to the men.
29 “Come see a man who told me everything I have ever done.
Could this be the Messiah?”
30 They left the city to see him.
31 In the meantime his disciples urged him to eat.
32 He said: “I have food to eat that you do not know about.”
33 So the disciples said to each other: “Has any man brought
him something to eat?”
34 Yahoshua said: “My food is to do the will of him that sent
me. To finish his work!
35 “Do you say there are four months until the harvest comes?
I say to you lift up your eyes and look on the fields. They are
already white for harvest.
36 “He who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for life
eternal. Both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice
together.
37 “That saying is true. One sows and another reaps.
38 “I sent you to reap that for which you did not labor. Other
men labored and you entered into their labors.”
39 Many Samaritans of that city put faith (believed) in him
because of what the woman said: “He told me everything I
have ever done.”
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40 When the Samaritans came to him they urged him to
stay with them. So he stayed there two days.
41 Many more believed because of the words he spoke.
42 They told the woman: “We believe because of what you said
and we heard him ourselves. We know that this is indeed the
Messiah, the Savior of the world!”
43 After two days he departed from there and went to Galilee.
44 Yahoshua testified that a prophet has no honor in his own
country.
45 The Galileans welcomed him. They saw all the things he did
at the feast in Jerusalem for they were at the feast.
46 Yahoshua returned to Cana of Galilee where he turned the
water into wine. There was a nobleman whose son was sick at
Capernaum.
47 He heard that Yahoshua came from Judea into Galilee. He
went to him and urged him to come see his son. His son was
near death.
48 “Until you see signs and wonders you will not believe,”
Yahoshua said.
49 The nobleman said: “Sir, come or my child would die.”
50 Yahoshua replied: “Go your way. Your son lives!” The man
believed the word that Yahoshua spoke to him, and he went
his way.
51 His servants met him as he returned and said: “Your son is
alive!”
52 He asked them about the hour he was healed. They said:
“Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him.”
53 The father knew that it was the same hour in which
Yahoshua said: “Your son lives.” He and his entire household
believed.
54 This is the second miracle that Yahoshua did when he came
out of Judea into Galilee.

John 5
1 After this the Jews had a Festival (set-apart day), and
Yahoshua went up to Jerusalem.
2 There is a pool by the sheep-market gate at Jerusalem. It is
called in the Hebrew tongue Bethzatha. It has five porches
(colonnades).
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3 In these lay a great crowd of sick people, of blind and
lame waiting for the water to bubble up.
4 (Not in older manuscripts.)
5 A man who had an infirmity for thirty-eight years was
present.
6 Yahoshua saw him lying there. He knew that he had been
sick for a long time. So he asked him: “Do you want to get
well?”
7 The sick man replied: “I have no man to put me in the pool
when the water is stirred. Others step down before I can go.”
8 Yahoshua said: “Arise pick up your bed and walk.”
9 Immediately the man was made whole. He picked up his bed
and walked. It happened on the Sabbath day.
10 So the Jews told the man who was cured: “It is not lawful
for you to pickup your bed for it is the Sabbath.”
11 He answered: “He who made me whole told me to pick up
my bed and walk.”
12 “Who is the man,” they asked, “that said to you pick up
your bed and walk?”
13 He did not know who healed him for Yahoshua quietly left
the crowd.
14 Later Yahoshua found him in the temple and told him:
“Now that you are healed do not sin anymore and avoid worse
things happening to you.”
15 The man went away and told the Jews Yahoshua made him
whole.
16 The Jews persecuted Yahoshua because he did these things
on the Sabbath.
17 Yahoshua responded to them: “My Father works until now
and I work.”
18 The Jews intensified their efforts to kill him for these
reasons: he broke the Sabbath and he also called the Almighty
One his own Father, making himself equal with the Almighty
One.
19 Yahoshua answered them: “Truly I tell you the Son can do
nothing by himself. He sees the Father do something and then
he does it. Whatever the Father does the Son does in like
manner.
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20 “The Father loves the Son. He shows him all of the
things he does. He will show him greater works than these.
And you will marvel.
21 “The Father raises the dead and gives them life. The Son
also gives life to those he wills.
22 “The Father does not judge any man for he has given all
judgment to the Son.
23 “All may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He
who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father that
sent him.
24 “Truly, Truly I say to you, he who hears my word, and
believes him that sent me, has everlasting life. He will not
receive judgment for he has passed out of death into life.
25 “Truly I tell you, the hour is coming when the dead will
hear the voice of the Son of the Almighty One and those who
hear (listen)(understand) will live.
26 “The Son has life in himself just as the Father has life in
himself. For the Father gave him life.
27 “And he gave him authority to execute judgment, because
he is the Son of man.
28 “Do not wonder about this for the hour is coming when
everyone in the grave will hear his voice.
29 “They will return. Those who did good will have the
resurrection of life. Those who did evil will receive the
resurrection of judgment.
30 “I can do nothing by myself. So I hear and judge and my
judgment is righteous. I do not seek my own will, but the will
of him that sent me.
31 “If I alone testify about myself, my testimony is not enough
truth.
32 “There is another who testifies about me. I know that his
evidence about me is true.
33 “You sent people to Yahochanan the Baptist and he has
witnessed about the truth.
34 “The testimony I receive is not from man. However I say
these things that you may be saved.
35 “He was the lamp that burns and shines. You were willing
to rejoice for a season in his light.
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36 “The testimony I have is greater than that of
Yahochanan. The works I do are the works the Father gave me
to accomplish. They testify that the Father has sent me.
37 “The Father who sent me testifies about me. You have not
heard his voice nor seen him at any time.
38 “You do not have his word dwelling in you. This is because
you do not believe in the person he has sent.
39 “You search (investigate) (study) the Scriptures because
you think that in them you have everlasting life. These
Scriptures testify about me.
40 “And yet you will not come to me that you may have life.
41 “I do not accept esteem from men.
42 “I know that the love of the Almighty One is not in you.
43 “I came in my Father’s name and you did not receive me. If
another came in his own name you would receive him.
44 “How can you believe? You seek praise and esteem from
one another? Why do you not seek the esteem that comes
from the only Almighty One?
45 “Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father.
Moses on whom you have set your hope is a plaintiff against
you.
46 “It is a fact! If you believed Moses you would believe me.
He wrote about me!
47 “If you do not believe his writings how will you believe my
words?”

John 6
1 After this Yahoshua went to the other side of the Sea of
Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
2 A great crowd followed him because they saw the signs
(miracles) he performed on the sick.
3 Yahoshua and his disciples went to the mountain.
4 It was time for the Passover feast of the Jews.
5 Yahoshua looked up and saw a great crowd coming to him.
He asked Philip: “Where will we buy enough bread to feed
them?”
6 He said this to test him for he knew what he would do.
7 Philip answered: “Two hundred shillings’ worth of bread is
not sufficient for everyone to take a little.”
8 Andrew, Shimon Kepha’s brother, one of his disciples said:
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9 “There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two
fish. What are these among so many?”
10 Yahoshua said: “Make the people sit down.” There were
about five thousand men who sat down on the grass.
11 Yahoshua gave thanks and then he distributed the loaves
along with the fish to those sitting on the grass.
12 When they were filled he told the disciples to gather up the
broken pieces left over so nothing would be wasted.
13 They gathered twelve baskets of leftovers after everyone
had eaten.
14 When the people saw the miracle performed they said:
“Truly this is the prophet who came into the world.”
15 Yahoshua knew that they were about to take him by force
and make him king. So he withdrew again to the mountain by
himself.
16 That evening his disciples went to the sea.
17 They boarded a boat to travel over the sea to Capernaum. It
was dark and Yahoshua had not yet come to them.
18 A great wind made the sea rise.
19 They rowed about four miles and saw Yahoshua walking on
the sea. He came close to the boat. They were afraid.
20 He said to them: “It is I, do not be afraid!”
21 They eagerly brought him into the boat. The boat soon
arrived at the land where they were going.
22 The next day the crowd stood by the side of the sea.
Yahoshua entered the only boat while his disciples went away
alone.
23 Small boats from Tiberias came there to the place where
they ate the bread after the Master gave thanks.
24 When the crowd saw that Yahoshua and his disciples were
not there they got into the boats and traveled to Capernaum
seeking Yahoshua.
25 They found him on the other side of the sea and said:
“Rabbi (Teacher) when did you come here?”
26 Yahoshua said: “Truly I tell you, you seek me not because
you saw miracles but because you ate of the loaves and were
full.
27 “Do not work for food that perishes but for food that offers
everlasting life. The Son of man will give you this food. The
Father, even the Almighty One, has set his seal upon him.”
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28 They asked: “What must we do, that we may work the
works of the Almighty One?”
29 Yahoshua answered: “This is the work of the Almighty One,
that you have an active faith in the one whom he has sent.”
30 They asked: “What do you offer for a sign (miracle) that we
may see and believe you? What work will you do?
31 “Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness. It is written, ‘He
gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”
32 Yahoshua responded: “I speak the truth! It was not Moses
who gave you the bread out of heaven. My Father gives you the
true bread out of heaven.
33 “For the bread of the Almighty One is that which comes
down out of heaven. It gives life to the world.”
34 They responded: “Master, always give us this bread.”
35 Yahoshua replied: “I am the bread of life. He who comes to
me will not hunger. The one who puts active faith in me will
never thirst.
36 “I told you. You have seen me and yet do not believe.
37 “That which the Father gives me will come to me. I will not
reject him who comes to me.
38 “I do not do my own will. I came down from heaven to do
the will of him that sent me.
39 “This is the will of him that sent me that I should not lose
any of those he has given me, but I should raise them up at the
last day.
40 “For this is the will of my Father. Every one who sees the
Son and puts active faith in him will have everlasting life, and
I will raise him up at the last day.”
41 The Jews complained about him. This is because he said ‘I
am the bread that came down out of heaven.’
42 They said: “Is Yahoshua the son of Yahseph? We know his
father and mother. How does he now say, I came down out of
heaven?”
43 Yahoshua answered: “Stop complaining and saying things
against me.
44 “No man can come to me unless the Father, who sent me,
draws him. I will resurrect him (raise him up) in the last day.
45 “It is written in the prophets: Yahowah shall teach them all.
Every one who hears the Father and has learned comes to me.
(Jeremiah 31:34)
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46 “No one has seen the Father. Only he who is from the
Almighty One, He has seen the Father.
47 “Truly, truly I tell you, he who believes has everlasting life.
48 “I am the bread of life.
49 “Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they
died.
50 “This is the bread that comes down out of heaven that a
man may eat of it and not die.
51 “I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If any
man eats of this bread he will live forever. Yes and the bread
that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”
52 The Jews argued with one another saying: “How can this
man give us his flesh to eat?”
53 Yahoshua responded to them: “Truly I tell you if you do not
eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood you will not
have life in yourselves.
54 “He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting
life! I will raise him up at the last day.
55 “For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56 “He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides with
me, and I with him.
57 “The living Father sent me and I live because of the Father.
He who takes me for his food will live because of me.
58 “This is the bread that came down out of heaven. It is not
like the bread (manna) the fathers ate and then died. He who
eats this bread will live forever.”
59 He said these things in the synagogue when he taught in
Capernaum.
60 When they heard this many of his disciples said: “This is a
hard saying; who can listen to it?”
61 He knew his disciples complained about this. Yahoshua
said: “Does this cause you to stumble?
62 “What if you see the Son of man ascending where he was
before?
63 “It is the spirit that gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The
words that I spoke to you are spirit and life.
64 “There are some of you who do not believe.” Yahoshua
knew from the beginning whom they were who did not believe
and who would betray him.
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65 He stated: “For this reason listen to what I say. No man
can come to me, except it be given to him from the Father.”
66 After this many of his disciples returned to their old ways.
They did not walk with him anymore.
67 Yahoshua asked the twelve: “Will you also go away?”
68 Shimon Kepha answered him: “Master, to whom shall we
go? You have the words of everlasting life!
69 “We believe and know that you are the Set-Apart One of
Yahowah.”
70 Yahoshua replied: “Did I not choose you, the twelve? And
yet one of you is a devil (false accuser) (slanderer) (demon)”.
71 He spoke of Judas the son of Shimon Iscariot one of the
twelve, for he would betray him.

John 7
1 After that Yahoshua walked in Galilee. He would not walk in
Judea because the Jews looked for ways to kill him.
2 It was time for the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.
3 His brothers said to him: “Leave here and go to Judea. That
way your disciples also may see the works that you do.
4 “No one does anything in secret when he seeks to be known
publicly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.”
5 For his brothers did not express active faith in him.
6 Then Yahoshua replied: “My time is not yet here but your
time is always ready.
7 “The world has no reason to hate you. But it hates me
because I testify that its works are evil.
8 “You go to this feast. I will not go to this feast for my time
has not yet come.”
9 When he said these words to them he stayed in Galilee.
10 When his brothers left he secretly went to the feast.
11 The Jews looked for him at the feast and they said: “Where
is he?”
12 There was much whispering among the people concerning
him. Some said: “He is a good man.” Others said: “No, he
deceives the people.”
13 However no man spoke openly about him out of fear of the
Jews.
14 Midway through the feast Yahoshua went to the temple and
taught.
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15 The Jews wondered saying: “How does this man know
letters? He has had no formal education.”
16 Yahoshua replied: “My teaching is not my own. It is his who
sent me.
17 “If any man does his will he shall know the teachings. He
will know if it is from Yahowah, or whether I speak from
myself.
18 “He who speaks from his own authority seeks his own
esteem. He who seeks esteem for the one who sent him is true.
Unrighteousness is not found in him.
19 “Did Moses give you the law? Yet none of you obey the
law! Why do you seek to kill me?”
20 The crowd answered: “You have a demon! Who seeks to
kill you?”
21 Yahoshua responded: “I did one work and you all marveled
because of it.
22 “Moses gave you circumcision. Not that it is of Moses, but
of the fathers. And you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.
23 “A man receives circumcision on the Sabbath. That way the
Law of Moses may not be broken. Are you angry with me,
because I made an entire man whole on the Sabbath?
24 “Do not judge according to appearance! Judge a righteous
judgment.”
25 Some in Jerusalem asked: “Is this he whom they seek to
kill?
26 “He spoke openly and they said nothing to him. Can it be
that the rulers indeed know that this is the Messiah?
27 “How is it we know where this man is from but when the
Messiah comes no one will know where he is from?”
28 Yahoshua shouted in the temple: “You know me and from
where I came. I did not come on my own. He who sent me is
true and you do not know him.
29 “I know him because I am from him and he sent me.”
30 They looked for a way to capture him. But no man laid his
hand on him. This is because his hour had not yet arrived.
31 Many in the crowd believed in him. They asked: “When the
Messiah comes will he do more signs than those this man has
done?”
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32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things
concerning him. The chief priests and the Pharisees sent
officers to capture him.
33 Yahoshua therefore said: “I am with you a little while. Then
I go to him who sent me.
34 “You will seek me and will not find me. You cannot come
where I am going.”
35 The Jews said among themselves: “Where will this man go
that we shall not find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among
the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
36 “What is this word that he said: ‘You will seek me, and will
not find me; and you cannot come where I am going?’”
37 On the last day, the great day of the feast, Yahoshua stood
and shouted in a loud voice: “If any man thirst let him come to
me and drink.
38 “Rivers of living water will flow from the innermost being
of the man who believes in me. This is according to the
scriptures.”
39 He spoke this by the Spirit. Those who believed in him
were to receive the Spirit. The Spirit was not yet given because
Yahoshua was not yet esteemed.
40 When they heard these words some of the crowd
proclaimed: “This truly is the prophet!
41 Others said: “This is the Messiah.” But some asked: “Does
the Messiah come out of Galilee?
42 “Do the Scriptures say that the Messiah comes from the
seed of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David
was?”
43 So there arose a division in the crowd because of him.
44 Some of them wanted to apprehend him. Yet no man laid
hands on him.
45 The chief priests and Pharisees asked the officers: “Why
did you not bring him?”
46 “No man has ever spoken the way he speaks,” they replied.
47 The Pharisees therefore answered them: “Are you also
deceived?
48 “Have any of the rulers or the Pharisees believed in him?
49 “This crowd does not know the law. It is contemptible”
50 Nicodemus spoke to them. (He is the Pharisee who earlier
went to Yahoshua.)
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51 “Does our law convict a man without first hearing from
him to find out what he has done?”
52 They replied: “Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see
that no prophet comes out of Galilee.”
53 [Then each man went to his own house.] (Questionable
text)

John 8
(John 8:1–11 is not found in early manuscripts.)
[1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2 At daybreak, however, he again presented himself at the
temple, and all the people began coming to him, and he sat
down and began to teach them.
3 Now the scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught
at adultery, and, after standing her in their midst,
4 they said to him: "Teacher, this woman has been caught in
the act of committing adultery.
5 In the Law Moses prescribed for us to stone such sort of
women. What, really, do you say?"
6 Of course, they were saying this to put him to the test, in
order to have something with which to accuse him. But Jesus
bent down and began to write with his finger in the ground.
7 When they persisted in asking him, he straightened up and
said to them: "Let the one of you that is sinless be the first to
throw a stone at her."
8 And bending over again he kept on writing in the ground.
9 But those who heard this began going out, one by one,
starting with the older men, and he was left alone, and the
woman that was in their midst.
10 Straightening up, Jesus said to her: "Woman, where are
they? Did no one condemn you?"
11 She said: "No one, sir." Jesus said: "Neither do I condemn
you. Go your way; from now on and practice sin no more."]

12 Again Yahoshua spoke to them, saying: “I am the light of

the world. He that follows me will not walk in the darkness,
but will have the light of life.”
13 The Pharisees therefore replied to him: “You testify about
yourself. Your evidence is not true!”
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14 Yahoshua answered them: “Even if I bear witness about
myself, my testimony is true! I know where I came from and I
know where I am going. You do not know where I came from
or where I am going.
15 “You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.
16 “Yes and if I judge my judgment is true. I am not alone for I
am with the Father who sent me.
17 “It is written in your law that the witness of two men is true.
18 “I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies
about me.”
19 They said: “Where is your Father?” Yahoshua answered:
“You do not know me, nor do you know my Father! If you
knew me you would also know my Father.”
20 He spoke these words at the treasury as he taught in the
temple. No one tried to arrest him because his hour had not
yet arrived.
21 He said: “I go away. You will seek me and will die in your
sin. You cannot come where I go.”
22 The Jews asked: “Would he kill himself? For he said you
could not come where I go.”
23 He responded to them: “You are from below. I am from
above. You are from this world. I am not from this world.
24 “I said to you that you would die in your sins. Unless you
believe that I am he, you will die in your sins!”
25 “Who are you,” they asked. Yahoshua replied: “What have I
been telling you from the beginning?
26 “I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you.
He that sent me is true. I tell the world the things he told me.”
27 They were not aware that he spoke to them about the
Father.
28 Yahoshua said: “When you have lifted up (impaled) the
Son of man you will know that I am that person. I do nothing
by myself! I speak what the Father taught me!
29 “He sent me and is with me. He has not left me alone. I
always do the things that are pleasing to him!”
30 Many believed when he said these things.
31 Yahoshua told the Jews who believed him: “If you dwell in
my word you truly are my disciples.
32 “You will know the truth and the truth will make you free!”
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33 They answered him: “We are Abraham’s seed, and have
never been in bondage to any man. How can you say we will
be made free?”
34 Yahoshua answered: “Truly I tell you every one who
commits sin is a slave of sin.
35 “The slave does not abide in the house forever. The son
abides forever.
36 “If therefore the Son will make you free, you will be free
indeed.
37 “I know that you are Avraham’s seed. Yet you seek to kill
me. That is because my word has no place among you.
38 “I speak the things that I have seen and heard when I was
with my Father. You also do the things that you heard from
your father.”
39 They answered: “Our father is Avraham.” Yahoshua
replied: “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the
works of Abraham.
40 “You seek to kill me. I told you the truth! I heard it from
Yahowah. Avraham did not do this.
41 “You do the works of your father.” They said: “We were not
born of fornication. We have one Father, the Almighty One!”
42 Yahoshua said: “If the Almighty One were your Father you
would love me. I came from the Almighty One! I have not
come from myself. He sent me!
43 “Why do you not understand what I say? Can you not hear
me?
44 “You are from your father [Satan] the Devil (slanderer)
(false accuser)! You want to do the desires of your father. He
was a murderer from the beginning. He does not stand for the
truth. There is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he
speaks his own lies. He is a liar and the father of the lie!
45 “I tell you the truth and you do not believe me.
46 “Which of you convicted me of sin? If I speak truth, why do
you not believe me?
47 “He that is of the Almighty One hears the words of the
Almighty One. That is why you do not listen. You are not from
the Almighty One!”
48 The Jews answered: “Do we not speak correctly that you
are a Samaritan and have a demon?”
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49 Yahoshua answered: “I have no demon. I honor my
Father and you dishonor me.
50 “I do not seek my own esteem. There is one that seeks and
judges.
51 “Truly I tell you if a man obeys my word he will never see
death.”
52 The Jews said to him: “Now we know that you have a
demon. Avraham and the prophets died. And you say if a man
obeys my word he will never taste of death.
53 “Are you greater than our father Avraham? He died! The
prophets also died. Who do you make yourself out to be?”
54 Yahoshua answered: “If I esteem myself, my esteem is
nothing. My Father esteems me. He is the one whom you say
is your Almighty One.
55 “You do not know him. I know him. If I say I do not know
him I would be like you, a liar! But I know him and obey his
word.
56 “Your father Avraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it and
was glad.”
57 The Jews replied: “You are not yet fifty years old. Have you
seen Avraham?”
58 Yahoshua said: “I tell you the truth, I existed before Avraham
was born!” (Ex 3:14, 15) (I am superior to Abraham)
59 They took up stones to throw at him. But Yahoshua hid
himself and left the temple.

John 9
1 He saw a man who was blind from birth.
2 His disciples asked him: “Rabbi he was born blind. Who
sinned, this man or his parents?”
3 Yahoshua answered: “This man did not sin. Neither did his
parents sin. The works of the Almighty One should be made
known in him.
4 “We must work the works of him that sent me while it is day.
When the night comes no man can work.
5 “When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
6 He spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle. Then he
anointed the eyes of the blind with the clay.
7 He told him: “Go wash in the pool of Siloam.” He went there
and washed. And he could see!
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8 The neighbors saw him afterwards. They knew he was a
blind beggar. So they asked: Is this he who sat and begged?
9 Others said: “It is he.” Yet others said: “No, but he is like
him.” He said: “I am he!”
10 How were your eyes opened? They asked.
11 He answered: “The man that is called Yahoshua made clay,
and anointed my eyes. Then he told me to go to Siloam and
wash. I went there and washed, and I received sight.”
12 They inquired asked: “Where is he?” He responded: “I do
not know.”
13 They brought the former blind man to the Pharisees.
14 Yahoshua healed the blind man on the Sabbath day.
15 The Pharisees asked him how he received his sight. He said
to them: ”He put clay on my eyes, I washed and now I see.”
16 Some of the Pharisees said: “This man is not from
Yahowah, because he does not keep the Sabbath.” Others said:
“How could a man that is a sinner perform such signs?” There
was division among them.
17 They spoke again to the former blind man. “What do you
say about him?” He said: “He is a prophet.”
18 The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and then
received his sight. So they called his parents.
19 They asked the parents: “Is this your son? Was he born
blind? How does he see now?”
20 His parents answered: “This is our son and he was born
blind.
21 “We do not know how he now sees or who opened his eyes.
Ask him. He is of age and he will speak for himself.”
22 The parents said these things because they feared the Jews.
The Jews had agreed that if any man should confess him to be
Messiah, he should be put out of the synagogue.
23 So the parents said: “Ask him, he is of age.”
24 So they called the man that was blind a second time, and
said to him: “Give esteem to the Almighty One. We know that
this man is a sinner.”
25 He answered: “I do not know if he is a sinner. One thing I
know, I was blind and now I see.”
26 They asked: “What did he do to you? How did he open your
eyes?
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27 He answered them: “I told you before and you did not
listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Would you also
become his disciples?”
28 Then they spoke abusively to him: “You are his disciple!
We are disciples of Moses.”
29 We know that Yahowah spoke to Moses. As for this man we
do not know where he is from.
30 The man answered: “This certainly is a marvel that you do
not know where he is from and yet he opened my eyes.”
31 “We know that the Almighty One does not listen to sinners.
If any man respects the Almighty One and does his will, the
Almighty One listens to him.
32 “Since the world began no one ever heard of a man opening
the eyes of someone born blind.
33 “If this man were not from the Almighty One he could do
nothing.
34 They answered: “You were born in sin and you teach us?”
Then they threw him out.
35 Yahoshua heard that they threw him out. He found him
and said: “Do you believe in the Son of the Almighty One?”
36 He answered: “Who is he Master that I may believe in
him?”
37 Yahoshua replied: “You both see and hear him for he
speaks with you.”
38 “Master I believe,” he said. And he bowed down to him.
39 Yahoshua said: “I came into the world for this judgment
that those not seeing may see and those seeing may become
blind.”
40 Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these
things, and said to him: “Are we also blind?”
41 Yahoshua replied: “If you were blind you would have no
sin. But you say we see so your sin remains.”

John 10
1 “Truly I tell you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the
door but climbs up some other way is a thief and a robber.
2 “He who enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 “The doorkeeper opens to him and the sheep hear his voice.
He calls his sheep by name and leads them.
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4 “When all of his own are out he leads them. The sheep
follow him for they know his voice.
5 “They will not follow a stranger but will flee from him. They
do not know the voice of a stranger.”
6 They did not understand this illustration Yahoshua spoke to
them.
7 Yahoshua explained: “I am the door of the sheep.
8 “Thieves and robbers came in place of me but the sheep did
not listen to them.
9 “I am the door. If any man enters through me he will be
saved. He will go in and out and find pasture.
10 “The thief comes to steal, and kill, and destroy. I came that
they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his
life for the sheep.
12 “The hired man owns no sheep. He is not the shepherd. He
sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep. The wolf
snatches them, and scatters them.
13 “He leaves because he is a hired man and does not care for
the sheep.
14 “I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own
know me.
15 Just as the Father knows me I know the Father! I lay down
my life for the sheep.
16 “I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I will also bring
them. They will hear my voice and they will become one flock,
one shepherd.
17 “The Father loves me. Therefore I lay down my life and I
take it back again.
18 “No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down
voluntarily. I have authority (jurisdiction) (right) to lay it
down, and I have authority to take it again. I have received
this commandment from my Father.”
19 The Jews were again divided because of what Yahoshua
said.
20 Many of them said: “He has a demon and is mad. Why
listen to him?”
21 Others said: “These are not the sayings of one possessed
with a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
22 It was the feast of the dedication at Jerusalem.
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23 It was wintertime. Yahoshua was walking in the temple
on Solomon’s porch (the Colonnade of Solomon).
24 The Jews came to him and asked: “How long will you keep
us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
25 Yahoshua replied: “I told you and you do not believe. The
works that I do in my Father’s name bear witness of me.
26 “You do not believe because you are not my sheep!
27 “My sheep hear my voice. I know them and they follow me.
28 “I give them eternal life. They will never perish. No one will
snatch them out of my hand.
29 “My Father has given them to me. He is greater than all
and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
30 “The Father and I are one (united in purpose).”
31 The Jews picked up stones again to stone him.
32 Yahoshua replied to them: “I have shown you many good
works from the Father. For which of those works do you stone
me?”
33 The Jews answered him: “We do not stone you for good
work but for blasphemy. You are a man and you make yourself
like the Almighty One.” (John 1:1)
34 Yahoshua said: “Is it not written in your law, I said, you are
‘the mighty-like ones’?
35 “So if he called them ‘mighty-like ones,’ those to whom the
word of the Almighty One came, and the Scriptures may not
be annulled,
36 “do you say to the one whom the Father set-apart and sent
into the world, you blaspheme? And this because I said, I am
the Son of the Almighty One. (Psalm 82:1, 6)(John 1:34; 5:18)
(Luke 1:35)
37 “If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not believe
me.
38 “But if I do them and you do not believe me, believe the
works! That way you may know and understand that the
Father is with me, and I am with the Father.”
39 They tried again to capture him but he escaped from them.
40 He traveled beyond the Jordan into the place where
Yahochanan first baptized and stayed there.
41 Many came to him and they said: “Yahochanan indeed did
not perform a single miracle. Yet everything Yahochanan said
about this man was true.”
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42 Many believed in him there.

John 11
1 A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived at Bethany where
his sisters Miryam and Martha lived.
2 This is the same Miryam who anointed the Master with
ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair. It was her brother
Lazarus who was sick.
3 The sisters therefore sent for the Master, They said: “The
one for whom you have great affection is sick.”
4 When Yahoshua heard it he said: “This sickness will not end
in death. It is for the esteem of the Almighty One, that the Son
of the Almighty One may be esteemed by it.”
5 Yahoshua loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6 When he heard the news he stayed where he was for two
days.
7 After this he said to the disciples: “Let us go to Judea again.”
8 The disciples said: “Rabbi, the Jews were seeking to stone
you and you go there?”
9 Yahoshua answered: “Are there not twelve hours in the day?
If a man walks in the day he does not stumble because he sees
the light of this world.
10 “But if a man walk in the night, he stumbles, because the
light is not in him.”
11 Then he told them: “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. I
go to wake him out of sleep.”
12 The disciples said, “Master, if he has fallen asleep, he would
recover.”
13 Yahoshua spoke of his death. They thought he spoke of
taking rest in sleep.
14 Then Yahoshua said plainly: “Lazarus is dead!”
15 “I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, for it will
help you believe. Let us go to him.”
16 Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples:
“Let us also go that we may die with him.”
17 When Yahoshua arrived he found Lazarus had been in the
grave four days.
18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away.
19 Many of the Jews came to Martha and Miryam, to console
them about their brother.
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20 Martha went out to meet Yahoshua and Miryam sat in
the house.
21 Martha said to Yahoshua: “Master if you had been here my
brother would not have died.
22 “Even now I know that what ever you ask of the Almighty
One he will give it to you.”
23 Yahoshua replied: “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha exclaimed: “I know he will rise again in the
resurrection at the last day.”
25 Yahoshua said: “I am the resurrection and the life. He who
puts active faith in me will live, even if he dies.
26 “Whoever lives and puts active faith in me will never die.
Do you believe this?”
27 She said: “Yes Master, I believe that you are the Messiah,
the Son of the Almighty One who is to come into the world.”
28 After she said this she went away and secretly called her
sister Miryam. She said: “The teacher is here and calls you.”
29 Miryam got up quickly and went to him.
30 (Now Yahoshua had not yet arrived at the village and was
still at the place where Martha met him.)
31 The Jews were with her in the house, consoling her. They
saw Miryam get up quickly and leave. So they followed her,
supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
32 When Miryam saw Yahoshua she fell down at his feet. She
said: “Master; if you had been here my brother would not have
died.”
33 Yahoshua groaned in his spirit and was troubled when he
saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her weeping.
34 He asked: “Where have you laid him?” They answered:
“Come and see Master.”
35 Yahoshua wept.
36 The Jews therefore said: “Look how deeply he loved him!”
37 Some of them said: “This man opened the eyes of the blind.
Could he have prevented this man from dying?”
38 Again Yahoshua groaned in himself. He went to the tomb.
It was a cave with a stone laid against it.
39 Yahoshua said: “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of
the dead man said: “Master by now the body has decayed for
he has been dead four days.”
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40 Yahoshua said to her: “Did I not say that if you believe
you shall see the esteem of the Almighty One?”
41 So they took away the stone. Yahoshua lifted up his eyes,
and said: “Father, I thank you that you hear me.
42 “I knew that you always hear me. But because of the crowd
that stands here I said it, that they may believe that you did
send me.”
43 After he finished he cried out loud: “Lazarus, come out!”
44 He that was dead came out. He was bound hand and foot
with grave-clothes and his face was bound about with a
napkin. Yahoshua commanded them: “Unwrap him and let
him go.”
45 Many of the Jews, who came to Miryam and saw what he
did, believed in him.
46 Some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the
things that Yahoshua had done.
47 The chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council.
They asked what they should do. “This man does many signs
and miracles.
48 “If we let him alone all men will believe in him. Then the
Romans will come and take away both our place and our
nation.”
49 Caiaphas the high priest that year said to them: “You know
nothing at all.
50 “You do not understand that it is expedient for you that one
man should die for the people. That way the whole nation will
not perish.”
51 He did not say this from his own understanding. As high
priest that year he prophesied that Yahoshua should die for
the nation.
52 He would die for the nation. He would also gather together
the children of the Almighty One that are scattered abroad.
53 So from that day forth they took counsel that they might
put him to death.
54 Yahoshua did not walk openly among the Jews anymore.
He departed into the wilderness of the nearby country. He and
his disciples stayed at a city called Ephraim.
55 It was the Jewish Passover. Many went out of the country
to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.
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56 They searched for Yahoshua. They stood in the temple
speaking to one another: “What do you think? Will he come to
the feast?”
57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders
that, if any man knew where he was, he should report it that
they might seize him.

John 12
1 Six days before the Passover Yahoshua traveled to Bethany.
This was where Lazarus lived. He was the man Yahoshua
raised from the dead.
2 Yahoshua ate supper there. He and Lazarus sat at the meal
while Martha served.
3 Miryam took a pound of very precious ointment of pure nard
and anointed the feet of Yahoshua. She wiped his feet with her
hair. The house was filled with the odor of the ointment.
4 Judas Iscariot, the disciple who would betray him said:
5 “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred danarii,
and given to the poor?”
6 He did not say this because he cared for the poor. He was a
thief. He had the moneybox and took away what was put in it.
7 Yahoshua therefore replied: “Let her alone that she may
preserve it for the day of my burial.
8 “You always have the poor with you, but you do not always
have me.”
9 The common people of the Jews learned that he was there.
So they came to see Yahoshua and Lazarus, whom he raised
from the dead.
10 The chief priests took counsel that they might put Lazarus
also to death.
11 This is because by reason of Lazarus many of the Jews
believed in Yahoshua.
12 The next day a great crowd came to the feast. They heard
that Yahoshua was coming to Jerusalem.
13 They took palm branches and met him. They cried out,
“Hosanna: Blessed is he who comes in the name of Yahowah,
even the King of Israel!” (Psalm 118:26)
14 Yahoshua found a young donkey and sat on it just as it is
written:
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15 “Do not fear daughter of Zion. Behold, your King comes
sitting on a donkey’s colt.” (Zechariah 9:9)
16 His disciples did not understand these things at first.
However when Yahoshua was esteemed they remembered the
things that were written about him. They also remembered the
things that had been done to him.
17 The crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus out of
the tomb, and raised him from the dead, gave witness.
18 For this reason also the crowd met him, for they heard that
he had performed this miracle.
19 The Pharisees spoke among themselves: “You see that you
are not accomplishing anything. Look the world has gone after
him.”
20 Now there were Greeks among those who went up to
worship at the feast.
21 They approached Philip, who was of Bethsaida of Galilee,
and told him: “We wish to see Yahoshua.”
22 Philip and Andrew told Yahoshua.
23 Yahoshua answered: “The time has come for the Son of
man to be esteemed.
24 “Truly I tell you unless a grain of wheat falls to the earth
and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies it bears much fruit.
25 “He that loves his life [in this world] loses it; and he that
detests (does not love) his life in this world shall save it for
everlasting life.
26 “If you want to serve me follow me! My servant will be
where I am and the Father will honor my servant.
27 “I am troubled! What should I say? Father, save me out of
this hour? It is for this purpose that I came to this hour!
(Hebrews 5:7)
28 “Father, esteem your name.” A voice came from heaven: “I
have both esteemed it, and will esteem it again.”
29 The crowd near him only heard thunder. Some said an
angel spoke to him.
30 Yahoshua said: “This voice came for your sake and not for
mine.
31 “Now judgment is on this world. Now the ruler of this world
will be cast out.
32 “When I am lifted up from the earth I will draw all men to
myself.”
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33 He said this indicating the type of death he would
experience.
34 The crowd answered him: “We have heard from the law
that the Messiah lives forever. Why do you say the Son of man
must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?”
35 Yahoshua said to them: “The light will be with you for a
little while. Walk while you have the light, that darkness does
not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not
know where he goes.
36 “While you have the light, exert active faith in the light,
that you may become sons of light.” Yahoshua said this and
then he departed and hid himself from them.
37 Even though he performed many miracles in front of them
they did not believe in him.
38 The word of Isaiah the prophet was fulfilled: “Yahowah
who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of
Yahowah been revealed?” (Isaiah 53:1)
39 Isaiah revealed the reason they could not believe:
40 “He has blinded their eyes. He hardened their heart.
Otherwise they would see with their eyes and perceive with
their heart. Then they would turn and I would heal them.”
41 Isaiah said these things because he saw and spoke about his
esteem.
42 Many of the rulers believed in him, although they did not
confess their faith because of the Pharisees, for they would be
expelled from the synagogue.
43 They loved the esteem from men more than the esteem
from the Almighty One.
44 Yahoshua cried out: “He, who believes in me, believes not
in me, but in him who sent me.
45 “He that sees me sees (perceives) (discerns) (experiences)
the one who sent me.
46 “I have come as a light to the world. Everyone who believes
in me will not remain in darkness.
47 “If any man hears my sayings and does not obey them I will
not judge him. I came not to judge the world, but to save the
world.
48 “He that rejects me and does not accept my message has
one that judges him. The word (divine expression) (Yahowah’s
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Word) that I spoke shall judge him now and in the last day.
(Deuteronomy 18:19)
49 “I spoke not from myself but from the Father who sent me.
He has given me a commandment concerning what I should
say when I speak.
50 “I know that his commandment means everlasting life.
Therefore I say the things the Father tells me to say.”

John 13
1 Yahoshua knew before the feast of the Passover that the time
had come for him to leave this world and return to his Father.
He loved his own who were in the world to the very end.
2 The devil influenced the heart of Judas Iscariot, Shimon’s
son. So he betrayed him during the meal.
3 Yahoshua knew that the Father had given him power over all
things. He also knew it came from the Almighty One and he
returns it to the Almighty One.
4 He got up from the meal and laid aside his garments. He
wrapped a towel around his waist.
5 Then he poured water into the basin and washed the
disciples’ feet. He wiped them with the towel he was wearing.
6 When he approached, Shimon Kepha said: “Master do you
wash my feet?”
7 “You do not know what I do now,” Yahoshua said: “but you
will understand later.”
8 Kepha said: “You will never wash my feet.” Yahoshua
answered him: “If I do not wash you; you have no part with
me.”
9 Shimon Kepha replied: “Master, not my feet only, but also
my hands and my head.”
10 Yahoshua responded: “He that is bathed must wash his
feet. He is clean everywhere and you are clean, but not all.”
11 He knew who would betray him. That is why he said you are
not all clean.
12 After he washed their feet he put his outer garments on and
sat down. He asked: “Do you know what I have done to you?
13 “You call me Teacher and Master and you are right for I am.
14 “If the Teacher and Master washed your feet you should
wash one another’s feet.
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15 “I have given you an example. You should also do as I
have done to you.
16 “Truly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his master.
Neither is one that is sent greater than he that sent him.
17 “If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
18 “I do not speak about all of you. I know whom I have
chosen! This way the scripture may be fulfilled: ‘He that eats
my bread lifted up his heel against me.’”
19 “I tell you before it happens. So that when it takes place you
may believe that I am he.
20 “Truly I say to you, he who receives whomever I send
receives me. And he who receives me receives him who sent
me.
21 After Yahoshua said this he was troubled in spirit and said:
One of you will betray me.”
22 The disciples looked at each other. They were perplexed
and wondered who it would be.
23 The disciple whom Yahoshua loved was leaning on his
chest.
24 Shimon Kepha motioned to him: “Ask him who it is,” he
urged.
25 He leaned back on Yahoshua’s breast and said to him:
“Master, who is it?”
26 Yahoshua answered: “It is he to whom I give a piece of
bread after I dip it.” So when he dipped the bread he gave it to
Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
27 After he was given the piece of bread Satan entered him.
Yahoshua said to him: “Do what you do quickly.”
28 No man at the table knew for what purpose he spoke this to
him.
29 Some thought Judas was going to shop for food for the
feast or give something to the poor. Judas was in charge of the
moneybox.
30 He received the morsel of bread and left immediately. It
was night.
31 When he was gone Yahoshua said: “Now the Son of man is
esteemed (praised) (exulted) (proclaimed) (honored) and the
Almighty One is esteemed through him.
32 “If the Almighty One is esteemed through him, the
Almighty One will also immediately esteem him.
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33 “Little children I am with you for a little while. You will
seek me and as I told the Jews now I say to you, where I go,
you cannot come.
34 “I give you a new commandment, that you love one
another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.
35 “All men will know that you are my disciples if you have
love for one another.”
36 Shimon Kepha said: “Master where are you going?”
Yahoshua answered: “Where I am going you cannot follow me
now. You will follow me later.”
37 Kepha said: “Master, why can I not follow you now? I will
lay down my life for you.”
38 Yahoshua answered: “Will you lay down your life for me?
Truly I tell you the cock will not crow till you have denied me
three times.”

John 14
1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in the
Almighty One, believe also in me.
2 “In my Father’s house are many dwelling places. If it were
not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 “If I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and I
will receive you to myself, for where I am you may also be.
4 “You know where I go and you know the way.”
5 Thomas said to him: “Master, we do not know where you go.
How do we know the way?”
6 Yahoshua proclaimed: “I am the way, the truth, and the life!
No one comes to the Father except through me.
7 “If you had known me, you would have perceived my Father
also. From now on you understand him and have experienced
him.”
8 Philip said: “Master, show us the Father, and it is sufficient
for us.”
9 Yahoshua responded: “Have I been with you so long a time
and you do not know me Philip? He who has seen me has
discerned (experienced) (perceived) the Father. And you say,
show us the Father?
10 “Do you not believe that I am with the Father and that the
Father is with me? The words I say to you are not from me,
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but the Father dwells with me and does his works.
(Strong’s G1722 “with”)
11 “Believe me that I am with the Father and the Father is with
me, or else believe me because of the works.
12 “Truly I tell you, he who exerts active faith in me will do the
works that I do. In fact he will do greater works than these. I
go to the Father.
13 “Whatever you ask in my name, I will do. That way the
Father may be esteemed because of the Son.
14 “If you ask anything in my name, I will do it.
15 “If you love me, you will keep (obey) my commandments!
16 “I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another
helper, that he [the Father] may be with you forever.
17 “It is the Spirit of the truth. The world cannot receive it. The
world does not see or know it. You know it because it lives
with you and will be with you.
18 “I will not leave you desolate. I will come to you.
19 “A little while and the world will not see me anymore, but
you will. I live and you will also live.
20 “In that day you will know that I am with my Father, and
you with me, and I with you.
21 “He that has my commandments, and obeys them loves me.
My Father will love the person who loves me. I will love him
and disclose myself to him.”
22 Judas (not Iscariot) asked him: “Master, what will happen
that you will disclose yourself to us, and not to the world?”
23 Yahoshua answered: “If a man loves me, he will obey my
word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and
dwell with him.
24 “He who does not love me does not obey my words. The
word you hear is not mine, but comes from the Father who
sent me.
25 “I speak these things while being present with you.
26 “The Father will send a helper in my name, the Set-Apart
Spirit, which (Greek: hos he ho) (which) (that one) will teach
you all things and bring to your memory all that I said to you.
27 “Peace I leave with you! My peace I give to you. I do not
give as the world gives to you. Do not let your heart be
troubled or full of fear.
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28 “You heard me say I will go away and I will come again
to you. If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go
to the Father. The Father is greater than I!
29 “Now I told you before it takes place. That way when it
happens you may believe.
30 “I will speak no more with you. The prince of the world
comes. He has no hold on me!
31 “The world must know that I love the Father. And I obey
the Father’s commandments. Get up and let us leave here.”

John 15
1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the cultivator.
2 “He takes away the branches in me that do not bear fruit. He
cleans every branch that bears fruit. That way it may bear
more fruit.
3 “You are clean because of the word that I have spoken to
you.
4 “Remain with me, and I with you. The branch cannot bear
fruit by itself. It must remain on the vine. Neither can you
bear fruit unless you remain with me.
5 “I am the vine and you are the branches. He that remains
with me, and I with him, the same bears much fruit. You can
do nothing apart from me.
6 “If a man does not remain with me, he is removed as a
branch, and withers. They gather them and throw them into
the fire where they are burned (destroyed) (consumed).
7 “If you remain with me, and my words remain with you, ask
whatever you will, and it will be done for you.
8 “My Father is esteemed when you bear much fruit. You will
be my disciples.
9 “I love you just as the Father has loved me. Remain in my
love.
10 “If you obey my commandments you will remain in my
love. I have obeyed my Father’s commandments and remain
in his love.
11 “I spoke these things in order that my joy may continue
with you and your joy may be made full.
12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another, even
as I have loved you.
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13 “No man has greater love then this that a man lay down
his life for his friends.
14 “You are my friends if you do the things that I command
you.
15 “I no longer call you servants for the servant does not know
what the master does. I have called you friends; for all things
that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
16 “You did not choose me. I chose you and appointed you.
You should go and bear fruit and your fruit should remain.
Whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to
you.
17 “These things I command you, that you may love one
another.
18 “If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me
before it hated you.
19 “If you were of the world, the world would love its own. I
chose you out of the world. The world hates you because you
are not of the world.
20 “Remember the word I said to you. A servant is not greater
than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also
persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours
also.
21 “They will do all these things to you for my name’s sake. It
is because they do not know the one that sent me.
22 “If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not
have sin. Now they have no excuse for their sin!
23 “He who hates me hates my Father also.
24 “If I had not done among them the works that no one else
did, they would have no sin. They have seen and hated both
my Father and me.
25 “This took place that the word written in the Law may be
fulfilled: They hated me without a cause.
26 “I will send the helper from the Father, the Spirit of truth,
which proceeds from the Father to bear witness of me.
27 “You also bear witness because you have been with me
from the beginning.”

John 16
1 “I have spoken these things to you that you should not be
made to stumble.
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2 “They will throw you out of the synagogues. Yes, the hour
comes that whoever kills you will think that he offered service
to the Almighty One [Yahowah].
3 “But they do these things because they do not know the
Father or me.
4 “I tell you these things so you will remember that I told you
when the time comes. I did not tell this from the beginning
because I was with you.
5 “I go to him that sent me. None of you asks me: Where are
you going?
6 “Now that I have spoken these things to you, sorrow fills
your heart.
7 “Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is for your benefit that I
go away. For if I do not go away the helper will not come to
you. But if I go, I will send it to you. (Greek: autos: it)
8 “Upon arrival this one will convict the world of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment.
9 “First of sin because they do not practice active faith in me.
10 “Second, of righteousness, because I go to the Father and
you will not see me anymore.
11 “And third, of judgment because the prince of this world
has been judged.
12 “I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot
endure them now.
13 “When the Spirit of truth comes it will guide you to all truth
for it will not speak from itself. It will speak the things it hears
and declare to you the things that are to come.
14 “It will esteem me and will take of what I have and declare
it to you.
15 “All the things the Father has are mine. That is why I said
[the Spirit] takes what I have and declares it to you.
16 “A little while and you will see me no more and again a little
while, and you will see me.”
17 Some of his disciples said to one another: “What is this he
says, a little while, and you see me no more and again a little
while and you will see me because I go to the Father?
18 “What is this that he says: A little while? We do not know
what he says.”
19 Yahoshua perceived what they wanted to ask him. He said
to them: “You inquire among yourselves concerning what I
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said. A little while, and you will not see me, and again a
little while, and you will see me?
20 “Truly I tell you, you will weep and lament, but the world
will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be
turned into joy.
21 “A woman in tribulation has sorrow, because her hour to
give birth has come. When she delivers the child, she
remembers no more anguish, because of the joy that a man is
born into the world.
22 “You have sorrow now. But I will see you again. Your heart
will rejoice and no one can take your joy from you.
23 “You will ask me for nothing then. Truly I say to you, if you
ask anything of the Father, he will give it to you in my name.
24 “Until now you have not asked a single thing in my name.
Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
25 “I have spoken to you in figurative language (illustrations
and proverbs). The hour comes when I will no longer speak to
you in figurative language. I will tell you plainly from the
Father.
26 “In that day you will ask in my name. I do not say to you,
that I will pray to the Father for you. It will not be necessary.
27 The Father loves you, because you loved me, and believed
that I came from the Father.
28 “I came out from the Father and came into the world. I
leave the world and go to the Father.”
29 His disciples said: “See now you speak plainly and use no
figurative language.
30 “We are sure you know all things and have no need that
any man ask you questions. Because of this we believe you
came from the Almighty One.”
31 Yahoshua asked them: “Do you now believe?
32 “Behold! The hour comes, and indeed, it is here, that you
will be scattered and each one will leave me alone. Yet I am
not alone because the Father is with me.
33 “I spoke to you that in me you might have peace. In the
world you have tribulation. Be of good cheer for I have
conquered the world!”
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John 17
1 Yahoshua spoke these things and lifted up his eyes to
heaven. He said: “Father, the hour has come. Esteem your
Son, that the son may esteem you.
2 “You have given him authority over all flesh that he may give
everlasting life to the ones whom you have given him.
3 “This is everlasting life that they should have *deep, intimate
knowledge of you, the only true Almighty One, and Yahoshua
Messiah whom you have commissioned. *(Greek: ginosko:
know, perceive, be sure, understand)
4 “I esteemed you on the earth. I accomplished the work you
gave me to do.
5 “And now, Father, esteem me with you, the esteem that I
had with you before the world existed.
6 “I taught your name to the men whom you gave me out of
the world. They were yours and you gave them to me. They
have lived by your word.
7 “Now they know that all things you gave me are from you.
8 “I gave them the words that you gave me. They understood
them and knew I came from you. They believed you sent me.
9 “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world. I pray only for
those you gave me, for they are yours.
10 “All things that are mine are yours, and yours are mine and
I am esteemed in them.
11 “I am no more in the world but they are in the world. I come
to you Set-Apart Father. Keep them in your name, which you
have given to me, that they may be one*, even as we are.
*(Greek: heis; united in purpose and love)
12 “While I was with them I kept them in your name, which
you have given to me. I guarded them, and not one of them
perished, except the son of perdition; that the Scripture might
be fulfilled.
13 “Now I come to you. I spoke these things in the world, that
they may have my joy made full in themselves.
14 “I gave them your word. The world hated them because
they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
15 “I do not pray that you take them out of the world, but that
you keep them from the evil one.
16 “They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
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17 “Set-Apart them by your truth. Your word is truth.
18 “As you commissioned (sent) me into the world, I
commissioned (sent) them into the world.
19 “I set-apart myself for them, that they may be set-apart by
truth.
20 “I pray, not for these alone but for those who will believe in
me through their word.
21 “May they all be united (in agreement) as one. Just as you,
Father, are with me, and I am with you. Help them be united
with us! That way the world may believe that you sent me.
22 “I have given them the esteem that you gave me in order
that they may be one even as we are one.
23 “I with them, and you with me, that they may accomplish
complete unity. That way the world may know that you sent
me and that you love them just as you love me.
24 “Father, I desire that these whom you gave me may be with
me where I am. I want them to see the esteem you have given
me. For you loved me before the creation of the world.
25 “Righteous Father, the world has not known you. I know
you and those you sent me know you.
26 “I have made your name known, and will make it known.
That way your love for me may be with them and I may be
with them.”

John 18
1 When Yahoshua finished his prayer he and his disciples
crossed the Kedron winter stream to a garden.
2 Judas, who betrayed him, knew the place because Yahoshua
went there frequently with his disciples.
3 Judas brought a band of armed men and police from the
chief priests and Pharisees there with lights and with
weapons.
4 Yahoshua knew what was about to happen to him. He asked:
“Whom do you seek?”
5 They answered him: “Yahoshua of Nazareth.” Yahoshua
replied: “I am he.” Judas the betrayer was with them.
6 When he said to them I am he they drew back and fell to the
ground.
7 Again he asked: “Whom do you seek?” And they said:
“Yahoshua of Nazareth.”
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8 Yahoshua answered: “I told you that I am he. If you seek
me let these go their way.”
9 That way the word he spoke might be fulfilled; ‘I lost none of
those you gave me.’
10 Shimon Kepha drew the sword he had, struck the high
priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name
was Malchus.
11 Yahoshua said to Peter: “Put the sword in the sheath. Shall I
drink the cup the Father has given me?”
12 The soldiers, the military commanders, and the officers of
the Jews, seized Yahoshua and bound him.
13 They led him to Annas first for he was father in law to
Caiaphas who was high priest that year.
14 Caiaphas was the man who gave counsel to the Jews that it
was for their benefit that one man should die for the people.
15 Shimon Kepha followed Yahoshua and so did another
disciple. The high priest knew that disciple. He entered the
court of the high priest with Yahoshua.
16 Peter stood outside the door. The disciple known by the
high priest went out and spoke to the woman who kept the
door and he brought in Peter.
17 The maid that kept the door asked Peter: “Are you also one
of this man’s disciples?” He said: “I am not.”
18 It was cold. So the servants and officers warmed themselves
by the fire. Peter also stood by the fire to get warm.
19 The high priest asked Yahoshua about his disciples and
about the things he taught.
20 Yahoshua answered him: “I have spoken openly to the
world. I always taught in synagogues, and in the temple where
all the Jews gathered. I spoke nothing in secret.
21 “Why do you ask me? Ask them that heard me what I spoke
to them. They know the things I said.”
22 When he said this one of the officers standing nearby
struck Yahoshua with his hand, saying: “You answer the high
priest!”
23 Yahoshua answered him: “If I spoke evil, bear witness of
the evil. But if I spoke honestly, why do you strike me?”
24 Annas sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
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25 Shimon Kepha stood nearby warming himself. They
asked him: “Are you also one of his disciples?” He denied it
saying: “I am not.”
26 One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of
him whose ear Kepha cut off, said: “Did I see you in the
garden with him?”
27 Peter denied it again. Then the cock crowed.
28 They lead Yahoshua from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It
was early and they did not enter directly into the Praetorium,
that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
29 Pilate went to them and asked: “What accusation do you
make against this man?”
30 They answered: “If this man were not an evildoer we would
not deliver him to you.”
31 Pilate replied: “Take him yourselves and judge him
according to your law.” The Jews said: “It is not lawful for us
to put any man to death.”
32 Thus the word of Yahoshua would be fulfilled when he
spoke about the kind of death he would experience.
33 Pilate entered again into the Praetorium. He called
Yahoshua and asked him: “Are you the King of the Jews?”
34 Yahoshua answered: “You say this about me. Or did others
tell you it concerning me?”
35 Pilate answered: “Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the
chief priests delivered you to me! What have you done?”
36 Yahoshua answered: “My kingdom is not of this world! If
my kingdom were of this world my servants would fight that I
should not be delivered to the Jews. My kingdom is not from
this domain.”
37 Pilate said: “Are you a king then?” Yahoshua answered: “As
you say I am a king. I was born and came into the world for
this purpose, that I should bear witness to the truth! Every
one who is of the truth hears my voice.”
38 Pilate then asked: “What is truth?” After saying this, he
went out again to the Jews and said to them: “I find no fault in
him.
39 “You have a custom that I release someone to you at the
Passover. Do you want me to release to you the King of the
Jews?”
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40 They cried out: “Not this man, but Barabbas. Barabbas
was a robber.”

John 19
1 Then Pilate took Yahoshua and whipped him.
2 The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his
head. They dressed him in a purple garment.
3 They came to him, and said: “Hail, King of the Jews!” They
struck him with their hands.
4 Pilate went out again, and said to them: “Look, I bring him
out to you, that you may know that I find no fault in him.”
5 Yahoshua came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the
purple garment. Pilate said: “Look, the man!”
6 When the chief priests and officers saw him, they cried out:
“Impale him! Impale him!” Pilate replied: “Take him
yourselves, and impale him for he has committed no crime!”
7 The Jews answered him: “We have a law, and by that law he
ought to die, because he made himself the Son of Yahowah.”
8 When Pilate heard this he was more afraid.
9 He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Yahoshua:
“Where are you from?” But Yahoshua gave him no answer.
10 Pilate said: “Will you not speak to me? Do you know I have
the power to release you and the power to impale you?”
11 Yahoshua answered him: “You would have no power
against me except it was given you from above. Therefore he
that delivered me to you has greater sin.”
12 As a result of this Pilate sought to release him. The Jews
cried out: “If you release this man you are not Caesar’s friend.
Every one that makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.”
13 When Pilate heard these words he brought Yahoshua out
and sat down on the judgment-seat. They were at a place
called The Stone Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
14 Now it was the Preparation of the Passover, about the sixth
hour. And he said to the Jews: “Behold, your King!”
15 They cried out: “Away with him, away with him, impale
him!” Pilate asked: “Should I impale your King?” The chief
priests answered: “We have no king but Caesar.”
16 Then he delivered him to them to be impaled.
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17 They took Yahoshua bearing his own stake to the place
called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew,
Golgotha.
18 They impaled him there. Two others were impaled and
Yahoshua stake was placed in the middle.
19 Pilate wrote a title and put it on the stake. There it was
written, YAHOSHUA OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE
JEWS.
20 This title was read by many of the Jews, for the place where
Yahoshua was impaled was near the city. It was written in
Hebrew, Latin and Greek.
21 The chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate: “Do not write,
The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.”
22 Pilate answered: “What I have written, I have written.”
23 After they impaled Yahoshua the soldiers took his
garments and made four parts, one for each soldier. The coat
was without seam, woven from the top throughout.
24 They said to one another, Let us not tear the coat. So they
cast lots for it. That fulfilled the scripture that said: “They
parted my garments among them, and they cast lots for my
covering.”
25 His mother stood by the stake of Yahoshua, and his
mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
26 Yahoshua saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved.
He said to his mother, “Woman, look, your son!”
27 Then he said to the disciple, “Look, your mother!” That
hour forward the disciple took her to his home.
28 He knew that it was over. In order that the scripture might
be accomplished, he said: “I thirst.”
29 A vessel full of vinegar was setting there. They put a sponge
full of vinegar upon a hyssop branch and brought it to his
mouth.
30 When Yahoshua received the vinegar, he said, “it is
finished.” He bowed his head, and he stopped breathing.
31 It was Preparation and the Jews insisted that bodies not
remain on the stake on the Sabbath. The day of that Sabbath
was a high day. They asked Pilate that the legs be broken and
that they might be taken away.
32 The soldiers broke the legs of the two who were impaled
with him.
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33 When they came to Yahoshua, and saw that he was
dead already so they did not break his legs.
34 The soldier with the spear pierced his side and suddenly
blood and water came out.
35 He who saw testified and his testimony is true. He knows
and he speaks truth that you also may believe.
36 These things came to pass in order that the scripture might
be fulfilled: A bone of him shall not be broken.
37 And again another scripture said: They should look on him
whom they pierced.
38 Yahseph of Arimathaea was a disciple of Yahoshua. He
approached Pilate secretly for fear of the Jews. He asked Pilate
for permission to take away the body of Yahoshua. Pilate gave
him permission. So he took the body away.
39 Nicodemus also came with a mixture of myrrh and about a
hundred pounds of aloes. Nicodemus is the one who came to
Yahoshua at night.
40 They prepared the body of Yahoshua for burial. They
bound it in linen cloths with spices. This was the custom of the
Jews.
41 There was a garden at the place where he was impaled. It
contained a new tomb where no one had been buried.
42 They laid Yahoshua there because the Jews Preparation
was close at hand.

John 20
1 Miryam Magdalene arrived at the tomb early on the first day
of the week while it was still dark. She saw the stone was taken
away from the tomb.
2 She ran to Shimon Kepha and the other disciple whom
Yahoshua loved and said to them: “They have taken the
Master away out of the tomb. We do not know where they laid
him.”
3 Kepha and the other disciple went to the tomb.
4 They both ran together. The other disciple out ran Peter and
got to the tomb first.
5 He stooped and looked inside where he saw the linen
clothes. He did not enter.
6 Shimon Kepha followed him to the tomb and entered to see
the linen clothes laying there.
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7 The napkin that was on his head was not with the linen
clothes. It was rolled up by itself.
8 The other disciple entered the tomb. He saw and believed.
9 They still did not know the Scripture that he must rise from
the dead.
10 The disciples went away again to their own home.
11 Miryam stood outside the tomb weeping. She stooped and
looked into the tomb.
12 She saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head, and
one at the feet, where the body of Yahoshua had lain.
13 “Woman why do you weep,” they asked? She told them:
“They have taken my Master and I do not know where they
laid him.”
14 She turned and look there was Yahoshua standing nearby.
She did not know it was Yahoshua.
15 Yahoshua said to her: “Woman, why do you weep? Who are
you looking for?” She thought he was the gardener. She said:
“Sir, if you have carried him somewhere else tell me where you
laid him and I will take him away.”
16 Yahoshua said: “Miryam.” She turned and said to him in
Hebrew: “Rabboni,” which is to say, Teacher.
17 Yahoshua said: “Do not touch me for I am not yet ascended
to the Father. Go to my brothers, and say to them, I ascend to
my Father and you’re Father, and my Almighty One and your
Almighty One.” (Revelation 3:12)
18 Miryam Magdalene went to tell the disciples: “I have seen
the Master! He said these things to me.”
19 It was evening of the first day of the week. The disciples
shut the doors where they stayed for fear of the Jews.
Yahoshua came and stood in the midst, and said to them:
“May you have Peace.”
20 When he said this, he showed them his hands and his side.
The disciples were glad, when they saw the Master.
21 Yahoshua therefore said to them again: “May you have
peace. As the Father sent me, even so I send you.”
22 After he said this he breathed on them and said: “Receive
Set-Apart Spirit.
23 “Forgive sins and they are forgiven. Do not forgive sins and
they are not forgiven.”
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24 Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not
with them when Yahoshua came.
25 The other disciples therefore said to him: “We have seen
the Master.” He said: “Unless I feel the print of the nails in his
hands and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
26 Eight days later the disciples were inside with the doors
shut and Thomas was with them. Yahoshua came in and stood
in the midst, and said: “Peace be with you.”
27 Yahoshua said to Thomas: “Put your finger here and look at
my hands. Put your hand into my side. Stop doubting and
believe!”
28 Thomas answered: “My Master and my Mighty One!”
(John 1:18; 10:36; 20:17)
29 Yahoshua said to him: “Because you saw me, you believe.
Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet believe!”
30 Yahoshua did many miracles (signs) in the presence of the
disciples. They are not written in this book.
31 These are written that you may believe that Yahoshua is the
Messiah, the Son of the Almighty One. By believing you may
have life in his name.

John 21
1 Yahoshua showed himself again to the disciples at the sea of
Tiberias. He presented himself this way.
2 There were together Shimon Kepha; Thomas called
Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of
Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
3 Shimon Kepha said to them: “I am going fishing.” They told
him: “We would also come with you.” They boarded the boat
and caught nothing that night.
4 Yahoshua stood on the beach at daybreak. The disciples did
not know it was Yahoshua.
5 Yahoshua said to them: “Children, have you anything to
eat?” They answered him: “No.”
6 He said: “Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you
will find fish.” They cast it and they were not able to draw it
for the multitude of fishes.
7 That disciple whom Yahoshua loved said to Peter: “It is the
Master.” So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Master,
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he wrapped his coat about him (for he was dressed only in
undergarments), and jumped into the sea.
8 The other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not
far from the land, but about one hundred yards away),
dragging the net full of fishes.
9 When they got to land, they saw a fire of coals and fish laid
on it, and bread.
10 Yahoshua said: “Bring the fish you caught.”
11 Shimon Kepha went to draw the net to land. It was full of
great fishes, a hundred and fifty three in all. There were so
many and yet the net was not torn.
12 Yahoshua said to them: “Come and eat.” And none of the
disciples dared to inquire, who are you? They just knew it was
the Master.
13 Yahoshua came, took the bread and fish and gave it to
them.
14 This is the third time Yahoshua was seen by the disciples
since he was raised from the dead.
15 When they had eaten Yahoshua said to Shimon Kepha:
“Shimon, son of Yahochanan, do you love me more than
these?” He said: “Yes Master; you know I have affection for
you.” Yahoshua said to him: “Feed my lambs.”
16 He spoke to him a second time: “Shimon, son of
Yahochanan, do you love me?” He replied: “Yes Master, you
know I have affection for you.” Then Yahoshua said:
“Shepherd my sheep.”
17 The third time Yahoshua said to him: “Shimon, son of
Yahochanan, do you have affection for me?” Kepha was
grieved. Because he said to him the third time, do you have
affection for me? Shimon replied: “Master, you know all
things; you know I have affection for you!” Yahoshua said to
him: “Feed my sheep.”
18 “Truly, truly, I tell you, when you were young you dressed
yourself and walked wherever you wanted. But when you
become old, you stretch out your hands and another dresses
you, and carries you where you do not want to go.”
19 Now this he spoke, signifying by what manner of death he
should esteem the Almighty One. After he spoke he said:
“Follow me.”
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20 Kepha, turning about, saw the disciple whom Yahoshua
loved following. He is the one who also leaned back on his
breast at the supper, and said,” Master, who is he that betrays
you?”
21 Seeing this Shimon said to Yahoshua: Master, what shall
this man do?
22 Yahoshua said: “If it is my will that he stay until I come,
what is that to you? You follow me.”
23 This expression went among the brethren, that that
disciple should not die. Yet Yahoshua did not say that he
should not die. He only said: “If I will that he stay until I
come, what is that to you?”
24 This is the disciple that bears witness of these things, and
wrote these things. That way we know that his witness is true.
25 There are many other things that Yahoshua did. Should all
of them be written I suppose the world would not contain the
books written.
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Acts
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ACTS
(WRITER: LUKE) (61 C.E.) (ROME)

Acts 1
1 The first account I composed, O Theophilus, was about all
that Yahoshua did and taught,
2 until the day he was received up to heaven. After that he
gave orders through the Set-Apart Spirit to his chosen
apostles.
3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering. He
gave many convincing proofs. He appeared to them during
forty days speaking about the kingdom of Yahowah.
4 When they were gathered together he charged them not to
depart from Jerusalem. They were to wait for the promise of
the Father that he spoke about.
5 “Yahochanan baptized with water; but you will be baptized
in the Set-Apart Spirit in a few days,” He said.
6 When they met they asked him: “Master will you restore the
kingdom to Israel at this time?”
7 He replied: “It is not for you to know times or seasons that
the Father has set within His own authority.
8 “You will receive power, when the Set-Apart Spirit comes on
you and you will be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
9 When he said these things, while they watched, he was taken
up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10 They gazed intently into the sky as he went into heaven.
Two men wearing white stood beside them.
11 They said: “You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking
into heaven? This Yahoshua, who was received up from you
into heaven will come in a similar manner as you saw him go
into heaven.”
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12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called
Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away.
13 When they entered the city they went to the upper chamber
where they were staying. Included were Kepha and
Yahochanan and Jacob and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas,
Bartholomew and Matthew, Kepha the son of Alphaeus and
Shimon the Zealous one, and Judas the son of Kepha.
14 They all continued united in earnest prayer. The women,
and Miryam the mother of Yahoshua, and his brothers were
also there.
15 In these days Kepha stood up among the brothers (about a
hundred and twenty), and said:
16 “Brothers, the Scripture needed to be fulfilled, which the
Set-Apart Spirit spoke by the mouth of David concerning
Judas, who guided those who arrested Yahoshua.
17 “He was numbered among us, and shared in this ministry.
18 “This man obtained a field with the reward of his
wickedness; and falling headlong, he burst open and all his
intestines spilled out. (Matthew 27:5 says he hanged himself.
The rope broke or the branch on which it was tied broke. Then
he fell to the ground and burst open.)
19 “It became known to all who live in Jerusalem that the field
was called the field of blood, in their language; Akeldama.
20 “It is written in the book of Psalms: ‘Let his habitation be
made desolate and let no man dwell there. Let another take
his office.’ (Psalm 109:8)
21 “Someone must join us as a witness to the resurrection of
the Master Yahoshua. He must be one of the men who were in
our group during the time that the Master Yahoshua traveled
about with us. This should be from the time Yahochanan
preached his message of baptism until the day Yahoshua was
taken up from us to heaven.
22 “One who was with us from the baptism of Yahochanan, to
the day that he was received up from us must become a
witness with us of his resurrection.”
23 They proposed two men: Yahseph called Barsabbas, who
was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
24 They prayed: “You O Yahowah, know the hearts of all men.
Show us which of these men you choose.
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25 “Which of these men should assume this ministry and
apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to
his own place.”
26 They cast lots for them and the lot fell on Matthias. So he
was included with the eleven apostles.

Acts 2
1 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all with one
accord in one place.
2 Suddenly there came a sound from heaven like a rushing
mighty wind. It filled the house where they were sitting.
3 Tongues of fire that sat on each of them appeared.
4 They were all filled with the Set-Apart Spirit. They began to
speak with different tongues, as the Spirit moved them to
speak.
5 Devout Jews from every nation under heaven were dwelling
at Jerusalem.
6 When they heard this sound a crowd came together in
confusion, because men heard them speak in their own
language.
7 And they were all amazed and marveled. They said to each
other: “Behold, are not all these that speak Galileans?”
8 “How do we each hear them in our own language?
9 “Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in
Mesopotamia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and
Asia,
10 “Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of
Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and
proselytes,
11 “Cretes and Arabians, we hear them speak in our language
the wonderful works of Yahowah.”
12 And they were all amazed and were in doubt. They asked
each other: “What does this mean?”
13 Others mockingly said: “These men are full of new wine.”
14 But Peter, stood up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and
said to them: “You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at
Jerusalem let me explain this to you. Listen to my words.
15 “These men are not drunk as you suppose for it is only nine
o’clock in the morning.
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16 “This is what the prophet Joel spoke about:
17 “It will come to pass in the last days, says Yahowah, I will
pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh. (Greek: apo, from)
Your sons and your daughters will prophesy (proclaim
Yahowah’s Word). Your young men will see visions, and your
old men will dream dreams.
18 “And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour
out (a portion from) (some of) my Spirit in those days and
they will prophesy: (Joel 2:28)
19 “I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the
earth beneath: blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.
20 “The sun will be turned into darkness, and the moon into
blood, before that great and notable (awesome) Day of
Yahowah arrives. (Joel 2:31)
21 “It will come to pass, that whoever will call on the name of
Yahowah will be saved. (Joel 2:32)
22 “You men of Israel hear these words. Yahoshua of
Nazareth, a man approved by Yahowah came among you with
miracles and wonders and signs. Yahowah did these by him in
your midst, as you also know:
23 “You took this man and delivered him by the determined
counsel (purpose) and foreknowledge of Yahowah. With
wicked hands you impaled and murdered him.
24 “Yahowah resurrected him, loosing the pains of death. This
is because it was not possible that he should be held fast by it.
25 “David spoke concerning him: ‘I had Yahowah always
before my face, for he is at my right hand, that I should not be
shaken. (Psalm 16:8)
26 ‘“Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad;
moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:
27 ‘“Because you will not leave me in the grave, neither will
you allow your Set-Apart One to see corruption. (Psalm 16:10)
28 ‘“You have made known to me the ways of life, and you will
fill me with joy with your presence.’
29 “Men and brothers let me freely speak to you about the
patriarch David that he is dead and buried. His grave is with
us to this day.
30 “Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that Yahowah
had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins,
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according to the flesh, he would raise up Messiah to sit on
his throne.
31 “He seeing this before spoke about the resurrection of
Messiah. That he would not be left in the grave and his flesh
did not see corruption.
32 “Yahowah resurrected Yahoshua and we all witnessed this!
33” He is exalted to the right hand of Yahowah. He has
received the promised Set-Apart Spirit from the Father. So he
poured out what you now see and hear.
34 “For David has not ascended into heaven and yet he said:
‘Yahowah said to my Master, Sit at my right hand,
35 ‘“until I make your enemies your footstool.’ (Psalm 110:1)
36 “Therefore let all the house of Israel know for sure that
Yahowah has made that same Yahoshua, whom you impaled,
both Master and Messiah.” (Acts 10:36)
37 Now when they heard this, they were stabbed to the heart,
and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles: “Men and
brothers, what shall we do?”
38 Then Peter said: “Make teshuvah, and be baptized every
one of you in the name of Yahoshua Messiah for forgiveness of
your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Set-Apart Spirit.
39 “The promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that
are afar off, even as many as Yahowah our Almighty One
calls.” (Micah 4:5) (Deuteronomy 6:4)
40 He gave a thorough witness with many words and exhorted
them, saying: “Save yourselves from this indecent generation.”
41 Those who gladly received his word were baptized. About
three thousand persons were added the same day.
42 They continued devoting themselves to doctrine and
fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
43 Every person experienced a sense of awe, for the apostles
did many wonders and signs.
44 All those who believed stayed together. They held all things
in common.
45 They sold their possessions and goods, and distributed
them to all men, as every man had need.
46 They continued daily with one accord in the temple, and
breaking bread from house to house. They ate their food with
gladness and singleness of heart.
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47 As they praised Yahowah, they had favor with all the
people. Yahowah added to the congregation daily those being
saved.

Acts 3
1 Kepha and Yahochanan went up to the temple at the hour of
prayer. It was the ninth hour.
2 A man who had been crippled from birth was carried to the
gate of the temple called Beautiful. There he begged for
handouts from those who entered the temple.
3 Seeing Kepha and Yahochanan about to go into the temple
he begged from them.
4 Kepha and Yahochanan looked at him and said: “Look at
us.”
5 He looked at them expecting to receive something from
them.
6 Then Kepha said: “We have no money but what I have I give
you. In the name of Yahoshua Messiah of Nazareth rise up and
walk.”
7 He took him by the right hand, and lifted him up.
Immediately his feet and anklebones received strength.
8 He leaped up, stood and walked. He entered the temple with
them walking, and leaping, and praising Yahowah.
9 All the people saw him walking and praising Yahowah.
10 They knew he was the one who begged at the Beautiful gate
of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement
because of what happened to him.
11 The beggar held on to Kepha and Yahochanan while all the
people came to them at the place called Solomon’s Colonnade.
12 When Peter saw this he spoke to the people: “You men of
Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you look at us as
though our own power or holiness made this man walk?
13 “The Almighty One of Avraham, and of Isaac, and of
Ya'akob, the Almighty One of our fathers, has esteemed his
Son Yahoshua. You handed him over to Pilate. When he was
determined to let him go you denied him.
14 “You disowned the Set-Apart and Righteous One and
requested a murderer to be released to you.
15 “You killed the Prince of life, whom Yahowah raised from
the dead. We witnessed this!
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16 “This man you see and know was made strong by his
faith in the name of Yahoshua. His faith has given him total
healing in your presence.
17 “Brothers, I know you acted in ignorance just as your rulers
did.
18 “The things Yahowah fulfilled he announced beforehand by
the mouth of all his prophets, that Messiah should suffer.
19 “Make teshuvah therefore, and turn around, that your sins
may be blotted out, when the times (seasons) of refreshing
shall come from the presence of Yahowah. (Deuteronomy
18:18, 19)
20 “He will send Yahoshua Messiah, who preached to you.
21 whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of
all things. Yahowah spoke about this through all his set-apart
prophets since the world began.
22 “Moses said to the fathers, ‘Yahowah will raise up for your
brothers a prophet like me. You must listen to all the things he
speaks to you.’ (Deuteronomy 18:18)
23 “It will happen. Every person who will not listen to the
prophet will be destroyed from among the people.
24 “Yes, all the prophets from Samuel and his successors also
announced these days.
25 “You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant
that Yahowah made with our fathers. He said to Avraham: ‘All
the families of the earth will be blessed in your seed.’
26 “Yahowah raised up his servant and sent him to you first.
He sent him to bless you and to turn every one of you from
your wicked ways.”

Acts 4
1 As they spoke to the people, the chief priests, the captain of
the temple, and the Sadducees came to them.
2 They were annoyed because they taught the people through
Yahoshua. They preached the resurrection from the dead.
3 They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the
next day for it was already evening.
4 Many who heard the word believed. There were about five
thousand men.
5 The next morning their rulers, elders, scribes,
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6 Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, Yahochanan,
Alexander, and as many as were of the family of the high
priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.
7 They stood them in their presence and asked: “By what
power or by what name do you do this?”
8 Then Kepha, filled with the Set-Apart Spirit, said: “You
rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
9 “If we are on trial for a good deed done to a sick man,
concerning how this man was made well;
10 “Let it be known to you and to all the people of Israel, that
by the name of Yahoshua Messiah of Nazareth, whom you
impaled and whom Yahowah raised from the dead, even by
him this man stands before you healed.
11 “This is the stone that was rejected by you builders. It
became the chief corner stone.
12 “There is no salvation in anyone else. For there is no other
name under heaven given among men by which we must be
saved.”
13 They observed the confidence of Kepha and Yahochanan.
Yet they thought they were uneducated (not formally
educated) and ordinary men. They were amazed and
recognized them as having been with Yahoshua.
14 Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they
had nothing to say in reply.
15 They ordered them to leave the council. Then they
conferred among themselves.
16 They said: “What shall we do to these men? The fact that a
notable miracle has been done by them is evident to all who
live in Jerusalem. And we cannot deny it.
17 “We must warn these men not to speak about it in order to
stop this from spreading further among the people.”
18 They called them, and commanded them not to speak at all
nor teach in the name of Yahoshua.
19 Kepha and Yahochanan answered: “You judge whether it is
right in the sight of Yahowah to listen to you more than to
Yahowah.
20 “We cannot stop speaking the things we have seen and
heard.”
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21 When they further threatened them, they let them go.
They found no basis for punishment because of the people for
all men esteemed Yahowah for that which was done.
22 The man who received the miracle of healing was about
forty years old.
23 Being released, they went to their own and reported all that
the chief priests and elders said to them.
24 When they heard they lifted up their voice to Yahowah with
one accord, and said: “Yahowah, you are the Almighty One,
who made heaven and earth, the sea and all in them.
25 “You spoke by the mouth of your servant David: Why did
the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? (Psalm
2:1)
26 “The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were
gathered together against Yahowah, and against his Messiah.
(Psalm 2:2)
27 Truly both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the people
of the nations and the people of Israel, were gathered together
against your set-apart servant Yahoshua, whom you have
anointed.
28 “They were there to do the things your hand and council
foreordained to occur.
29 “Now Yahowah behold their threats and grant that your
servants keep speaking your word with boldness.
30 “You extend your hand to heal and signs and wonders
appear in the name of your set-apart servant Yahoshua.”
31 When they prayed, the place where they assembled
together was shaken. They were all filled with the Set-Apart
Spirit, and they spoke the word of Yahowah with boldness.
32 The congregation that believed was of one heart and mind.
No one claimed his or her own possessions for everything was
common property.
33 The apostles witnessed about the resurrection of the
Master Yahoshua with great power. Grace (Yahowah’s loving
kindness) was upon them all.
34 There was no needy person among them for as many as
possessed land or houses sold them, and brought the money
from the things that were sold.
35 They gave it to the apostles. Distribution was made to every
man according as he had need.
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36 Joses, who was surnamed Barnabas by the apostles,
(this meaning: The son of consolation,) was a Levite, and of
the country of Cyprus.
37 He sold his land and brought the money to the apostles.

Acts 5
1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife,
sold a possession.
2 They kept back part of the money. His wife was also
knowledgeable of the transaction. They brought part of the
funds to the apostles.
3 Kepha said: “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie
to the Set-Apart Spirit, and to keep back part of the money
from the land sale?
4 While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was
sold, was it not in your power? Why did you conceive this
thing in your heart? You have not lied to men, but to
Yahowah.”
5 Hearing these words Ananias fell down and died. Great fear
came over all those who heard these things.
6 The young men arose, covered him up, and carried him out,
and buried him.
7 About three hours later, his wife, not knowing what was
done, came in.
8 Peter said to her: “Tell me whether you sold the land for
such a price?” And she said: “Yes, we did.”
9 Then Kepha said: “How is it that you have agreed together to
put Yahowah’s Spirit to the test? Look, those who buried your
husband are at the door to carry you out.”
10 Then she fell down at his feet and died. The young men
came in, and found her dead. They carried her out to be buried
by her husband.
11 Great fear came upon the entire congregation who heard
these things.
12 The apostles performed many wonders among the people.
They were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.
13 None of the rest dared to associate with them, but the
people held them in high esteem.
14 More believers were added to Yahowah, multitudes both of
men and women.
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15 They brought the sick into the streets and laid them on
beds and cots in order that the shadow might fall on them
when Kepha passed by.
16 Crowds came from the cities near Jerusalem. They brought
sick people and people with unclean spirits and everyone of
them was healed.
17 Then the high priest rose up, and all those of the sect of the
Sadducees who were with him were filled with zeal
(indignation).
18 They captured the apostles and put them in the common
prison.
19 During the night Yahowah’s messenger opened the prison
doors, brought them out and said:
20 “Go stand in the temple and speak to the people all the
sayings about this life.”
21 After they heard this, they entered into the temple early in
the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and those
who were with him. He called the council together and all the
senate of the children of Israel and sent to the prison to have
them brought.
22 The officers did not find them in the prison when they
came. So they returned and said,
23 “We found the prison locked with the guards standing
before the doors. When we opened it we did not find a man.”
24 When the high priest and the captain of the temple and the
chief priests heard these things, they doubted them. They
wondered what this would come to.
25 Someone came to them and told them: “The men you put
in prison are standing in the temple teaching the people.”
26 Then the captain with the officers brought them in without
violence. They feared the people lest they should have been
stoned.
27 They brought them before the council and the high priest
asked them:
28 “Did we command you not to teach in this name? Look,
you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and are willing
to bring this man’s blood upon us.”
29 Peter and the other apostles answered: “We must obey
Yahowah rather than men.
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30 “The Almighty One of our fathers raised up Yahoshua,
whom you killed. You hanged him on a stake.
31 “Yahowah exalted him to his right hand to be a Prince and a
Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
32 “We are witnesses of these things. The Set-Apart Spirit,
which Yahowah gave to those who obey him, also witnessed.”
33 When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took
counsel to kill them.
34 One of the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of
the law, had a reputation among all the people. He
commanded to put the apostles outside for a while.
35 He said to them: “You men of Israel be careful what you
intend to do to these men.
36 “Sometime ago Theudas claimed to be somebody. About
four hundred men joined and obeyed him. He was killed and
they finally dispersed.
37 “After this man Judas of Galilee rose in the days of the
taxing, and drew away many people after him. He also
perished and all who obeyed him dispersed.
38 “I tell you: Leave these men alone. If this message and this
work are from men it will come to nothing.
39 “But if it is from Yahowah, you cannot overthrow it;
otherwise you may find yourselves fighting against Yahowah.”
40 They agreed with him and called the apostles. They beat
them and commanded that they should not speak in the name
of Yahoshua. Then they let them go.
41 They left the council and rejoiced that they were counted
worthy to suffer shame for his name.
42 They taught daily in the temple and in every house. They
did not cease to teach and preach Yahoshua Messiah.

Acts 6
1 The number of disciples increased at that time. A
murmuring arose on the part of the Grecians against the
Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily
distribution.
2 The twelve called the congregation of the disciples to them.
They said: “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry
of the word of Yahowah and serve tables.
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3 “Therefore brothers select seven men who have a good
reputation. Men who are full of spirit and wisdom that we may
appoint to take care of this business.
4 “We will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the
word.”
5 The idea pleased the whole congregation. They chose
Stephen, a man full of faith and of Set-Apart Spirit, and Philip,
and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and
Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch,
6 whom they set before the apostles. After they prayed, they
laid their hands on them.
7 The word of Yahowah increased. The number of the disciples
greatly multiplied in Jerusalem. Even a great number of
priests became obedient to the faith.
8 Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and
miracles among the people.
9 Certain men arose from the synagogue. It was called the
synagogue of the Libertines, Cyrenians, and Alexandrians.
Some of them were from Cilicia and Asia. They argued with
Stephen.
10 They were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by
which he spoke.
11 They secretly induced me to say: “We have heard him speak
blasphemous words against Moses, and against Yahowah.”
12 They stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and
pursued him. They caught him and brought him to the
council.
13 They brought false witnesses, which said: “This man will
not stop speaking blasphemous words against this set-apart
place and the law.
14 “We heard him say: ‘This Yahoshua of Nazareth will destroy
this place, and will change the customs that Moses delivered
to us.’”
15 All who sat in the council looked intently at him and saw his
face was like the face of a messenger.

Acts 7
1 The high priest asked: “Are these things so?”
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2 He said: “Men, brothers and fathers, listen; Yahowah of
esteem appeared to our father Avraham when he was in
Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran.
3 “He said to him: ‘Get out of your country and away from
your relatives. Go to the land that I will show you.
4 “He went out of the land of the Chaldeans and lived in
Haran. After his father died, Yahowah moved him to this land,
where you now dwell.
5 “He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set
his foot on. Yet he promised that he would give it to him and
his seed after him for a possession. This promise was made
before he had a child.
6 “Yahowah spoke to this effect, that his seed would be alien
residents in a strange land. They would enslave them, and
mistreat them for four hundred years.
7 ‘“I will judge the nation to whom they shall be in bondage,’
said Yahowah, ‘and after they will come serve me in this
place.’
8 “He gave him the covenant of circumcision. Avraham
became the father of Isaac and circumcised him the eighth
day. Isaac became father to Ya'akob and Ya'akob fathered the
twelve family heads.
9 “The family heads were jealous of Yahseph and sold him as a
slave into Egypt. However, Yahowah was with him.
10 “And Yahowah delivered him out of all his afflictions. He
gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of
Egypt. Pharaoh made him governor over Egypt and his entire
house.
11 “A famine and great suffering came over all the land of
Egypt and Canaan. Our fathers found no food.
12”When Ya'akob heard there was food in Egypt, he sent our
fathers on their first visit.
13 “The second time Yahseph got acquainted with his brothers
and Pharaoh was told about Yahseph’s family.
14 “Then Yahseph sent for his father Jacob and all his family,
seventy-five people.
15 “Ya'akob went down into Egypt and died, he and our
fathers.
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16 “Their bodies were brought to Shechem and laid in the
tomb that Avraham bought for a sum of money from the sons
of Hamor the father of Shechem.
17 “When the time of Yahowah’s promise to Avraham drew
near, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt.
18 “Another king arose. He did not know Yahseph.
19 “He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our
fathers so that they cast out their young children and they did
not survive.
20 “Moses was born then. He was divinely beautiful. He was
nursed three months in his father’s house.
21 “And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him
and nourished him as her own son.
22 “Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians,
and was mighty in words and in deeds.
23 “When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit
his brothers the children of Israel.
24 “Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and
avenged the oppressed one by killing the Egyptian.
25 “He supposed his brothers would understand how
Yahowah by his hand would deliver them but they did not
understand.
26 “The next day he appeared to them while they were
fighting. He wanted to unite them and said, ‘You are brothers.
Why do you wrong one another?’
27 “The one who was treating his neighbor unjustly pushed
him away, saying: ‘Who made you our ruler and judge?
28 ‘“Will you kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 “When he heard this talk Moses fled and became a stranger
in the land of Median, where he became father to two sons.
30 “At the end of forty years, Yahowah’s messenger appeared
to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai in a flame of fire in a
bush. (Exodus 3:3)
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. He drew near
to look at it and the voice of Yahowah came to him.
32 “He said: I am the Almighty One of your fathers, the
Almighty One of Avraham, and the Almighty One of Isaac, and
the Almighty One of Jacob. Then Moses trembled and did not
dare to look further.
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33 Yahowah said: “Take the sandals from your feet for the
place where you stand is set-apart ground. (Exodus 3:5)
34 “I have seen the affliction of my people in Egypt. I have
heard their groaning and have come to deliver them. Come, I
will send you into Egypt.
35 “This Moses whom they refused, saying: Who made you
ruler and judge? Yahowah sent him to be a ruler and a
deliverer by the hand of the messenger that appeared to him
in the bush.
36 “He brought them out. He showed wonders and signs in
the land of Egypt, in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty
years.
37 “This is the Moses that said to the children of Israel,
Yahowah your Almighty One will raise up a prophet like me
from your brothers.
38 “This one was with our father in the congregation in the
wilderness. The messenger spoke to him on Mount Sinai. He
received the living oracles to give to us.
39 “Our fathers would not obey him. They sent him away, and
in their hearts turned back again to Egypt.
40 “They said to Aaron: Make us gods to go in front of us. We
do not know what happened to this Moses, who led us out of
Egypt.
41 “They made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the
idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 “Yahowah turned, and gave them up to worship the host of
heaven. It is written in the book of the prophets: O you house
of Israel, have you offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by
the space of forty years in the wilderness?
43 “Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of
your god Remphan. You made figures to worship them. I will
carry you away beyond Babylon.
44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the
wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses, that he
should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
45 “Which also our fathers that came after brought in with
Joshua into the possession of the nations, whom Yahowah
drove out before the face of our fathers, until the days of
David;
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46 “Who found favor before Yahowah, and desired to find
a tabernacle for the Almighty One of Ya'akob.
47 “But Solomon built him a house.
48 The most High does not dwell in houses made with hands
as the prophet says,
49 “Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool. What
house will you build me? Said Yahowah the Almighty One.
What is the place of my rest? (Isaiah 66:1)
50 “Did my hand make all these things?
51 “You obstinate men who are uncircumcised in heart and
ears. You always resist the Set-Apart Spirit as your fathers did.
52 “Which of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted?
They killed those who announced in advance the coming of
the righteous one whom you have betrayed and murdered.
53 “You have received the law by the disposition of
messengers and have not obeyed it.”
54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart.
They gnashed their teeth at him.
55 Being full of the Set-Apart Spirit, he gazed intently into
heaven, and saw the esteem of Yahowah, and Yahoshua
standing at the right hand of Yahowah.
56 He said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of
man standing at the right hand of Yahowah.”
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their
ears, and ran upon him with one accord.
58 They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. And the
witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet. His
name was Saul.
59 They stoned Stephen. He called out: “Master Yahoshua,
receive my spirit!”
60 He kneeled down and cried with a loud voice: “Yahowah,
do not charge this sin against them.” After saying this he fell
asleep in death.

Acts 8
1 Saul agreed to his death. There was at that time a great
persecution against the congregation at Jerusalem. All but the
apostles were scattered abroad throughout the regions of
Judea and Samaria.
2 Devout men buried Stephen and mourned him greatly.
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3 Saul ravaged the congregation. He entered every house
and dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
4 They who were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching
the word.
5 Then Philip went to the city of Samaria, and preached
Messiah to them.
6 The people with one accord gave heed to those things Philip
spoke, hearing and seeing the miracles he did.
7 Unclean spirits, crying with loud voices, came out of many
who were possessed by them. Many who were taken with
palsies and the lame were healed.
8 There was great joy in that city.
9 A certain man called Shimon was in the same city. He used
sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, telling everyone
that he was great.
10 They all listened to him, from the least to the greatest,
saying: This man has great power from Yahowah.
11 They followed him because for a long time he astonished
them with sorceries.
12 When they believed what Philip preached about the
kingdom of Yahowah, and the name of Yahoshua Messiah,
they were baptized, both men and women.
13 Shimon also believed. When he was baptized he continued
with Philip, amazed by the miracles and signs he saw.
14 When the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had
received the word of Yahowah, they sent Kepha and John to
them.
15 Kepha and John prayed for them, that they might receive
the Set-Apart Spirit.
16 They were baptized in the name of the Master Yahoshua
but had not yet received the Spirit.
17 So they laid their hands on them and they received the Set-
Apart Spirit.
18 When Shimon saw the Set-Apart Spirit was given through
the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
19 Shimon said: “Give me this power that on whomever I lay
hands, he may receive the Set-Apart Spirit.”
20 Shimon said to him: “Your money will perish with you,
because you think that the gift of Yahowah may be purchased
with money.
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21 “You have no part or share in this matter for your heart
is not right in the sight of Yahowah.
22 “Make teshuvah of this wickedness, and pray to Yahowah,
that the thought in your heart may be forgiven you.
23 “For I perceive that you are full of bitterness, and in the
bond of iniquity.”
24 Shimon answered: “Pray to Yahowah for me, that none of
these things that you have spoken will happen to me.”
25 When they had testified and preached the word of Yahowah
they returned to Jerusalem, and preached the good news in
many villages of the Samaritans.
26 Yahowah’s messenger said to Philip: “Arise, and go toward
the south the way that goes from Jerusalem unto Gaza
through the desert.”
27 He went and an Ethiopian eunuch (government official), a
man of great authority under Candace queen of the
Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had
come to Jerusalem to worship.
28 He was returning and sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah
the prophet.
29 The Spirit said to Philip: “Go near, and climb on this
chariot.”
30 Philip ran to him, heard him read the prophet Isaiah, and
said: “Do you understand what you are reading?”
31 “How can I”, the eunuch said: “unless someone explains it
to me?” He invited Philip to come and sit with him.
32 The Scripture he read was this: “He was led as a sheep to
the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer so he
did not open his mouth.
33 “In his humiliation his judgment was taken away. Who will
declare his generation? For his life is taken from the earth.”
34 The eunuch asked Philip: “Please tell me of whom is the
prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”
35 Then Philip began at the same Scripture and told him the
good news about Yahoshua.
36 On their way, they came to a body of water and the eunuch
said, “See here is water. What prevents me from getting
baptized?”
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37 Philip said: “If you believe with all your heart, you
may.” He answered: “I believe that Yahoshua Messiah is the
Son of Yahowah.”
38 He commanded the chariot to stop. They both went into
the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
39 After they came out of the water Yahowah’s Spirit took
Philip away. The eunuch did not see him again. He continued
his journey rejoicing.
40 Philip was seen passing through Azotus. He preached in all
the cities, until he came to Caesarea.

Acts 9
1 Saul was still breathing threats and murder against the
disciples of the Master. He went to the high priest.
2 He asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus,
that if he found any there who belonged to The Way, men or
women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
3 As he journeyed to Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven
shined around him.
4 He fell to the earth and heard a voice saying: “Saul, Saul!
Why do you persecute me?”
5 “Who are you Master?” He asked. The Master said: “I am
Yahoshua whom you persecute.
6 “Get up and go into the city, and it will be told to you what
you must do.”
7 The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing a
voice, but seeing no man.
8 Saul got up from the ground. Even though he opened his
eyes, he saw nothing. They led him by the hand into
Damascus.
9 He went for three days without sight. He did not eat or
drink.
10 The disciple Ananias was in Damascus. Yahowah spoke to
Ananias in a vision: “Ananias.” He replied: “Yes, I am here,
Master.”
11 Yahowah said to him, “Arise, and go to the street called
Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul
of Tarsus for he is praying.
12 “He has seen a man named Ananias in a vision. He came in
and laid his hand on him that he might receive his sight.”
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13 Ananias answered: “Master, I have heard from many
about this man, how much evil he has done to your set-apart
ones at Jerusalem.
14 “He has authority from the chief priests to arrest all who
call on your name.”
15 Yahowah said to him: “Be on your way. This man is a
chosen vessel to bear my name to the people of the nations,
and kings and the children of Israel.
16 “I will show him plainly how many things he must suffer for
my name.”
17 Ananias went his way. He entered the house and put his
hands on him and said, “Brother Saul, Yahowah, even
Yahoshua, that appeared to you along the road sent me that
you might receive your sight, and be filled with the Set-Apart
Spirit.”
18 Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes and he
received sight. He got up and was baptized.
19 He ate and was strengthened. Saul spent several days with
the disciples at Damascus.
20 He preached in the synagogues immediately. He preached
Messiah the Son of Yahowah.
21 All who heard him were amazed. They asked: “Is he the one
who raised havoc with those who called on this name in
Jerusalem? Did he come for that purpose to take them as
prisoners to the chief priests?”
22 Saul increased in power and confounded the Jews living in
Damascus, proving that this is the Messiah.
23 After many days the Jews took counsel to kill him.
24 Saul learned about their plot against him. They watched
the gates day and night to kill him.
25 During the night the disciples let him down by the wall in a
basket.
26 When Saul came to Jerusalem he attempted to join the
disciples. They were afraid of him and did not believe he was a
disciple.
27 Barnabas led him to the apostles. He declared to them how
he had seen the Master in The Way, and that he had spoken to
him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the
name of Yahoshua.
28 He was with them coming in and going out of Jerusalem.
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29 He spoke boldly in the name of the Master Yahoshua.
He had a dispute with the Greek speaking Jews and they made
attempts to kill him.
30 When the brothers detected this they brought him to
Caesarea and sent him to Tarsus.
31 The congregations throughout all Judea, Galilee and
Samaria, were built up. They walked in deep respect for
Yahowah and were comforted by the Set-Apart Spirit and
continued to grow.
32 Kepha traveled through all parts. He came to the set-apart
ones at Lydda.
33 He found a man named Aeneas who lay in his bed for eight
years. He was sick of the palsy.
34 Peter said to him: ”Aeneas, Yahoshua Messiah makes you
whole! Stand up and take your bed.” And he stood up
immediately.
35 All who lived at Lydda on the Plain of Sharon saw him and
turned to Yahowah.
36 A disciple named Tabitha was at Joppa. Her name, when
translated means Dorcas. This woman did many good works
and gave gifts of mercy.
37 She was sick, and died. They washed her body and laid her
in an upper chamber.
38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, and the disciples had heard
that Kepha was there, they sent two men to him requesting
that he come to them quickly.
39 Kepha went to them right a way. When he arrived they
brought him into the upper chamber. All the widows stood by
him weeping and showing the coats and garments that Dorcas
made while she was with them.
40 Kepha put them all outside, kneeled down, and prayed. He
turned to the body and said: “Tabitha, rise!” She opened her
eyes. When she saw Peter, she sat up.
41 He gave her his hand and lifted her up. Then he called the
set-apart ones and widows and presented her alive.
42 It became known throughout Joppa and many believed in
the Master.
43 He waited many days in Jappa with Simon a tanner.
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Acts 10
1 There was a man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of
the Italian Band.
2 He was a devout man who respected Yahowah with his
entire household. He gave many gifts of mercy to the people
and prayed to Yahowah always.
3 About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw a vision. A
messenger of Yahowah came to him and said, “Cornelius.”
4 He looked at him and was afraid. “What is it, Master?” He
replied. The messenger said: “Yahowah hears your prayers
and sees your gifts of mercy.
5 “Send men to Joppa to bring back Shimon, whose surname
is Peter:
6 “He is staying with a tanner named Shimon whose house is
by the sea.”
7 When the messenger who spoke to Cornelius left, he called
two of his household servants and a devout soldier who was
his attendant.
8 He told them what happened and sent them to Joppa.
9 The next day they journeyed to the city. As they drew near,
Peter went to the housetop to pray. It was about the sixth
hour.
10 He became very hungry. While the meal was being
prepared he fell into a trance.
11 He saw heaven opened, something like a great sheet
lowered by the four corners was descending to the earth.
12 In it were all kinds of animals, reptiles and birds.
13 Peter heard a voice say: “Kill and eat.”
14 But Peter said: “No Master for I have never eaten any thing
that is defiled or unclean.”
15 The voice spoke to him again the second time: “You stop
calling defiled that which Yahowah has cleansed.”
16 This happened a third time and immediately the sheet was
taken up to heaven.
17 While Shimon doubted in himself what this vision meant,
behold, the men who were sent from Cornelius inquired for
Shimon’s house, and stood at the gate.
18 They called out and asked if Shimon surnamed Kepha lived
there.
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19 While Shimon thought about the vision, the Spirit said
to him:” Behold, three men seek you.
20 “Stand up and go down to greet them. Do not doubt for I
have sent them.
21 Then Kepha went down to the men who were sent to him
from Cornelius. He said: “I am the one you are looking for.
Why did you come?”
22 They said: “We come from Cornelius the centurion, a
righteous man who respects Yahowah. He has a good
reputation among all the nation of the Jews. A set-apart
messenger told him to have you come to his house so he could
hear what you have to say.”
23 He invited them in to be his guests. The next day Kepha
went away with them. Brothers accompanied them from
Joppa.
24 The day after that they entered Caesarea. Cornelius
expected them so he called his relatives and close friends to
join him.
25 Cornelius met Kepha and fell down at his feet with
adoration for him.
26 “Stand up,” Kepha said, as he lifted him up, “I am also a
man.”
27 He talked with him and went in to find many people
gathered.
28 He said to them: “You know that it is an unlawful thing for
a man who is a Jew to keep company, or approach someone of
another nation. But Yahowah revealed to me that I should not
call any man defiled or unclean.
29 “Therefore I came to you without objection, as soon as I
was sent for. I ask therefore for what intent you sent for me?”
30 Cornelius replied, “Four days ago I was praying at this
hour. It was the ninth hour and I prayed in my house. A man
dressed in bright clothing stood before me.
31 “He said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer is heard and your gifts of
mercy are noticed in the sight of Yahowah.
32 ‘“Send to Joppa, and call Shimon, whose surname is
Kepha. He lives in the house of the tanner named Shimon by
the sea. When he comes he will speak with you.’
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33 “Immediately I sent for you. You have done well for you
have come. We are all present before Yahowah, to hear all
things that are commanded to you from Yahowah.”
34 Kepha opened his mouth, and said, “I truly perceive that
Yahowah shows no partiality.
35 “In every nation he accepts every person who respects him
and does what is right.
36 “You know the Word of Yahowah was sent to the children
of Israel. He (Yahowah the Almighty One) presented peace
through the anointed Master of all, Yahoshua Messiah. (Acts
2:36) (Yahoshua identified his father, Yahowah the Almighty
One, as Sovereign of all heaven and earth at Matthew 11:25)
37 “You know that message which began in Galilee and was
published throughout all Judea, after the baptism that John
preached.
38 Yahowah anointed Yahoshua of Nazareth with the Set-
Apart Spirit and with power. Yahoshua went about doing good
and healing all who were oppressed by the devil. Yahowah was
with him.
39 “We are witnesses of all things that he did both in the land
of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by
hanging him on a stake.
40 “Yahowah raised him up the third day and made him
visible.
41 “However, all the people did not see him. Witnesses who
were previously chosen by Yahowah saw him. We who ate and
drank with him after he rose from the dead saw him.
42 “He commanded us to preach to the people. We testify that
he was ordained by Yahowah to be the Judge of the living and
the dead.
43 “All the prophets testify that through his name whoever
believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins.”
44 Set-Apart Spirit descended on all who heard the message
Peter spoke.
45 Those circumcised believers who came with Peter were
amazed that the gift of Set-Apart Spirit was also poured out on
the people of the nations.
46 They heard them speak with tongues, and magnify
Yahowah. Then Kepha responded:
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47 “Can any man keep these people from being baptized
with water? They have received the Set-Apart Spirit as we
have.”
48 He ordered them to be baptized in the name of Yahoshua
Messiah. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

Acts 11
1 The apostles and brothers in Judea heard that the people of
the nations also received the word of Yahowah.
2 When Kepha went to Jerusalem, those who favored
circumcision argued with him.
3 They said: “You went to the uncircumcised and ate with
them.”
4 Kepha started at the beginning and explained what
happened.
5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying. In a trance I saw a vision.
A vessel descended like a great sheet. It let down from heaven
by four corners and it came to me.
6 “I looked in it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild
beasts, creeping things and birds of the air.
7 “I heard a voice say to me, ‘Get up Kepha slaughter and eat.’
8 “I said, ‘No Master, for nothing defiled or unclean has at any
time entered into my mouth.’
9 “The voice answered me again from heaven, ‘Do not call
defiled what Yahowah has cleansed!’
10 “This happened three times. Then everything was pulled up
again into heaven.
11 “At that moment there were three men who were sent from
Caesarea to me at the house where I was.
12 “The Spirit told me to go with them and not to doubt them.
These six brothers accompanied me when we entered the
man’s house.
13 “He showed us how he had seen a messenger in his house
that stood and said to him, ‘Send men to Joppa, and call for
Shimon, whose surname is Kepha.’
14 “He will bring you a message so that you and your
household shall be saved.
15 “When I spoke the Set-Apart Spirit fell upon them just as it
was in the beginning.
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16 “Then I remembered what the Master said,
‘Yahochanan indeed baptized with water. However you will be
baptized with the Set-Apart Spirit.’
17 “Since Yahowah gave them the same gift as he gave to us
who believed on the Master Yahoshua Messiah, who was I that
I could oppose Yahowah?”
18 When they heard this they objected no more and praised
Yahowah, saying: “Yahowah has granted the people of the
nations repentance to life.”
19 Those who were scattered abroad because of the
persecution of Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus,
and Antioch, preaching the word only to the Jews.
20 Some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene. When they
came to Antioch they spoke to the Greeks and preached the
Master Yahoshua.
21 The hand (Spirit) of Yahowah was with them. A great
number believed, and turned to Yahowah.
22 News of these things came to the ears of the congregation
in Jerusalem. They sent Barnabas that he should go as far as
Antioch.
23 When he arrived he saw the grace of Yahowah and was
glad. He exhorted them all to remain true to Yahowah as their
only purpose of heart.
24 For he was a good man full of Set-Apart Spirit and of faith.
Then many people were added to the Master.
25 Then Barnabas departed to Tarsus to seek Saul.
26 When he found him, he brought him to Antioch. They met
with the congregation for a whole year. They taught many
people. The disciples were first called Messiahians in Antioch.
27 Prophets came from Jerusalem to Antioch at that time.
28 One of them was named Agabus. He indicated through the
Spirit that a great famine was about to come on the entire
earth. He said it would come to pass in the days of Claudius
Caesar.
29 The disciples, every man according to his ability,
determined to send relief to the brothers in Judea.
30 They sent it to the elders through Barnabas and Saul.
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Acts 12
1 At that time Herod the king mistreated those of the
congregation.
2 He killed Jacob the brother of Yahochanan with a sword.
3 He saw that it pleased the Jews so he captured Kepha also.
This happened during the feast of unleavened bread.
4 When he apprehended him, he put him in prison. He turned
him over to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him.
After Passover he would be presented to the people.
5 Kepha was kept in prison. Prayer was made without ceasing
by the congregation to Yahowah for him.
6 It was the night before Herod was to bring him to trial.
Kepha was sleeping between two soldiers. He was bound with
two chains. Sentries stood guard at the prison door.
7 Suddenly Yahowah’s messenger came to him. A light shined
in the prison. He struck Kepha on the side, and woke him up
saying: “Get up quickly.” And his chains fell off of his hands.
8 The messenger said: “Dress yourself and put on sandals. Put
on your coat and follow me.” So Kepha did as he was told.
9 Kepha followed him out of the prison. He did not know what
the messenger was doing was really happening. He thought he
saw a vision.
10 They went past the first and second guard to the Iron Gate
that leads to the city. The gate opened and went out on the
street. The messenger then departed from him.
11 Kepha came to himself and he said: “Now I know for sure
that Yahowah sent his messenger and delivered me out of the
hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jews.”
12 After he thought about what happened he went to the house
of Miryam the mother of Yahochanan, surnamed Mark. Many
were gathered there to pray.
13 Kepha knocked on the door and a young woman named
Rhoda answered.
14 When she recognized Kepha’s voice she was so overjoyed
she ran back into the house to tell others he was there. She
forgot to open the door for him.
15 They said to her: “You are mad.” But she kept insisting that
it was so. Then they said: “It must be his messenger.”
16 But Kepha continued knocking. When they opened the
door, and saw him, they were astonished.
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17 Kepha motioned for them to be quiet. Then he told
them how Yahowah brought him out of the prison. He said:
“Tell Jacob and the brothers.” Then he went away to another
place.
18 When day came the soldiers were disturbed by what
happened to Kepha.
19 Herod had a thorough search made for him and could not
find him. He cross examined the guards and ordered that they
be executed. Herod went from Judea to Caesarea to stay for a
while.
20 Herod highly disagreed with them at Tyre and Sidon. But
they finally came to an agreement. They secured the support
of Blastus a trusted personal servant of the king. They desired
peace because their country was supported by the king’s
country.
21 Dressed in royal apparel, Herod delivered a public address
to the people on a special day.
22 The people shouted: “It is the voice of a god, and not of a
man.”
23 Immediately the messenger of Yahowah killed him,
because he did not give Yahowah the esteem. He was eaten by
worms and died.
24 The word of Yahowah increased and spread.
25 Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had
completed their mission. They took with them Yahochanan,
surnamed Mark.

Acts 13
1 There were prophets and teachers in the congregation at
Antioch. This included: Barnabas, and Simeon called Niger,
and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, who had been brought up
with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2 As they ministered to Yahowah, and fasted, the Set-Apart
Spirit said: “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for the work I have
called them.”
3 After they fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them
and sent them away.
4 Being sent by Set-Apart Spirit, they went to Seleucia. From
there they sailed to Cyprus.
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5 They preached the Word of Yahowah in the synagogues
of the Jews at Salamis. Yahochanan was also there as an
attendant.
6 They traveled the whole island until they came to Paphos.
There they found BarYahoshua. He was a sorcerer, a false
prophet and a Jew.
7 He was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a
prudent man, who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired
to hear the word of Yahowah.
8 But Elymas the sorcerer opposed them, seeking to turn away
the deputy from the faith.
9 Then Saul, who also is called Paul, filled with the Set-Apart
Spirit, set his eyes on him,
10 And said: “You child of the devil, full of all subtlety and
mischief, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to
pervert the right ways of Yahowah?
11 “Look Yahowah’s hand is on you. You will be blind and not
see the sun for a season.” Immediately there fell on him a mist
and darkness. He went about seeking some to lead him by the
hand.
12 When he saw what was done the deputy believed. He was
astonished at the teaching of Yahowah.
13 Paul and his company put out to sea from Paphos. They
went to Perga in Pamphylia. Yahochanan left them to return
to Jerusalem.
14 When they left Perga, they went to Antioch in Pisidia. They
went to the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.
15 After the public reading of the law and the prophets the
synagogue officials sent to them, saying: “You men and
brothers if you have a message of encouragement for the
people speak.”
16 Then Paul stood up gestured with his hand and said: “Men
of Israel, and you who reverence Yahowah, listen.”
17 “The Almighty One of this people of Israel chose our
fathers, and exalted the people when they lived as strangers in
the land of Egypt. He brought them out of Egypt with his great
strength.
18 “He cared for them and endured their bad conduct in the
wilderness for forty years.
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19 “He destroyed seven nations in Canaan and gave their
land to his people as their inheritance.
20 “Then he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. This
took about four hundred and fifty years.
21 “Afterward they desired a king. Yahowah gave Saul the son
of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, to them for forty
years.
22 “When he removed him, he made David their king. He
testified about him when he said: I found David the son of
Jesse is a man after my own heart. He will do my will.
23 “Yahowah brought the Savior Yahoshua to Israel from this
man’s descendants.
24 “Before Yahoshua came Yahochanan preached the baptism
of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25 “As Yahochanan accomplished his purpose he asked: Who
do you think I am? I am not that one. One comes after me
whose shoes I am not worthy to untie.
26 “Men and brothers, children of Abraham, and you of the
nations who respect Yahowah, the message of salvation is sent
to you.
27 “The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not know
Yahoshua. They fulfilled the words of the prophets that are
read every Sabbath when they condemned Yahoshua.
28 “They found no grounds for the death sentence for him. Yet
they asked Pilate to put him to death.
29 “When they had fulfilled all that was written about him,
they took him down from the stake, and laid him in a tomb.
30 “But Yahowah raised him from the dead:
31 “Those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem saw
him. They are his witnesses to the people.
32 “We tell you good news. It is Yahowah’s promise to the
fathers.
33 “Yahowah has fulfilled this promise to their children by
resurrecting Yahoshua. Just as it is written in the second
psalm: You are my Son, today I have become your father.
(Psalms 2:7)
34 “He raised him up from the dead, never to decay. It is
stated in these words: I will give you the sure blessings
promised David. (Isaiah 55:3)
35 “He said in another psalm: You will not allow your
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Set-Apart One to see decay. (Ps 16:10)
36 “After David served his own generation by doing the will of
Yahowah he died and was buried with his fathers. His body
decayed.
37 “But he (Yahoshua), whom Yahowah raised again, saw no
decay.
38 “You should know, men and brothers that it is through this
man Yahoshua the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
39 “Through him all who believe are justified from all things.
You could not be justified through the Law of Moses.
40 Beware that what the prophets said does not happen to
you.
41 “Look among the nations, watch, and be amazed. Though
you are told you will not believe the work I do today.”
(Habakkuk 1:5)
42 When the Jews left the synagogue the people asked for this
message to be preached to them the next Sabbath.
43 When the congregation dismissed, many followed Paul and
Barnabas. They urged them to continue in the grace of
Yahowah.
44 Nearly the entire city gathered the next Sabbath day to
hear the word of Yahowah.
45 When the Jews saw the crowds they were filled with envy.
They spoke against those things Paul spoke. They contradicted
and blasphemed him.
46 Paul and Barnabas became very bold, and said: “It was
necessary that the Word of Yahowah should first be spoken to
you. But seeing you reject it you judge yourselves unworthy of
everlasting life! Therefore we turn to the people of the nations.
47 “Yahowah commanded us with these words: I appoint you
as a light to the nations. My salvation will come to the ends of
the earth.” (Isaiah 49:6)
48 And when the people of the nations heard this, they were
glad, and esteemed the word of Yahowah. As many as were
receptive to eternal life believed.
49 The word of Yahowah was published throughout the entire
region.
50 The Jews incited the devout and honorable women and the
leading men of the city. They caused persecution against Paul
and Barnabas, and expelled them from their coasts.
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51 So they shook the dust from their feet against them, and
went to Iconium.
52 The disciples were filled with joy and with the Set-Apart
Spirit.

Acts 14
1 Paul and Barnabas entered the synagogue of the Jews at
Iconium. There they spoke to a great crowd of Jews and
Greeks who became believers.
2 The unbelieving Jews stirred up the people of the nations
and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
3 The apostles stayed there for a long time. They spoke boldly
by the authority of Yahowah who proved that their message
about his grace was true by giving them the power to perform
miracles and wonders.
4 The people of the city were divided. Some were for the Jews
and others for the apostles.
5 Then some of the people of the nations and Jews, together
with their leaders, decided to mistreat the apostles and stone
them.
6 They knew about it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of
Lycaonia, and to the country around them.
7 They preached the good news there, too.
8 A man with crippled feet sat in Lystra. He had never walked
for he was lame from birth.
9 He heard Paul speaking. Paul looked intently at him, and
seeing that he had faith to be healed,
10 said with a loud voice: “Stand up on your feet!” And he
leaped up and walked.
11 Seeing what Paul did, the crowd lifted up their voice, saying
in Lycaonian: “The gods have come down to us, becoming like
men.”
12 They called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius,
because he was the chief speaker.
13 Then the priest of Jupiter whose temple was there in the
city, brought cattle and garlands to the gates, and would have
done sacrifice with the people.
14 When the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they
ripped their clothes, and ran in among the people.
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15 They said: “Sirs, why do you do these things? We are
only men like you. We bring you good news. You should turn
from these worthless things to the living Yahowah. He is the
Almighty One who made heaven and earth, the sea and all
things.
16 “In the past he let all nations to walk in their own ways.
17 “He has not left himself without witness. For he did good
and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our
hearts with food and gladness.”
18 Even with these words they found it hard to keep the crowd
from sacrificing to them.
19 Jews from Antioch and Iconium took control of the crowd.
They persuaded the people to stone Paul. Then they threw him
out of the city, supposing him to be dead.
20 The disciples gathered around him and he stood up. They
went into the city and the next day he departed with Barnabas
to Derbe.
21 After they preached the good news to that city and taught
many, they returned again to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch.
22 They strengthened the disciples and encouraged them to
continue in the faith. They said, “We must enter the kingdom
of Yahowah through much tribulation.”
23 When they had ordained elders in every congregation they
prayed with fasting. They commended them to Yahowah, on
whom they believed.
24 After they passed through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
25 After they had preached the word in Perga they went down
into Attalia.
26 They sailed to Antioch, where they had been recommended
to the grace of Yahowah for the work they completed.
27 The congregation gathered and reported all Yahowah had
done with them how he had opened the door of faith to the
nations.
28 They stayed with the disciples for a long time.

Acts 15
1 Some men came down from Judea to teach the brothers.
They said: “You cannot be saved unless you become
circumcised according to the custom of Moses.”
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2 Paul and Barnabas had an intense (harsh) dispute and
debate with them. They concluded that Paul, Barnabas, and
others should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders to
settle this question.
3 The congregation sent them on their way. They passed
through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of
the nations. They brought great joy to all the brothers.
4 Then they went to Jerusalem where the apostles and elders
and congregation greeted them. They declared all the things
that Yahowah had done for them.
5 The believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees
stated: “It is needed to circumcise them and to command
them to keep the Law of Moses.”
6 The apostles and elders came together to consider this
matter.
7 After much discussion Peter got up and said: “Men and
brothers you know that Yahowah made a choice among us,
that I would preach the good news to the nations that they
may hear and believe.
8 “Yahowah knows their hearts and showed that he accepted
them by giving them Set-Apart Spirit just as he did to us.
9 “He made no distinction between them and us and purified
their hearts by faith.
10 “Why do you test Yahowah by placing a yoke upon the neck
of the disciples, one that our fathers were not able to bear?
11 “We believe we are saved through the grace of our Master
Yahoshua Messiah, as they also are.”
12 The crowd kept silent and listened to Barnabas and Paul.
They declared the miracles and wonders Yahowah performed
through them among the people of the nations.
13 When they finished talking Jacob said: “Brothers listen to
me:
14 “Simeon declared how Yahowah first visited the nations to
take out of them a people for his name.
15 “The words of the prophets agree to this for it is written:
16 “I will return and will build again the tabernacle of David,
which has fallen down. I will rebuild its ruins. I will restore it.
(Amos 9:11,12)
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17 “That the rest of mankind might seek after Yahowah,
and all the nations, upon whom my name is called, Yahowah
said, who is doing these things. (Amos 9:12)
18 “Known to Yahowah are all his works from the beginning of
the world.
19 “Therefore it is my decision not to trouble those of the
nations who have turned to Yahowah.
20 “We should write to them that they should abstain from
things polluted by idols, from fornication, from things
strangled and from blood.
21 “Moses has been preached in the synagogues from old
times until now every Sabbath day.”
22 The apostles and elders along with the whole congregation
desired to send chosen men to Antioch with Paul and
Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas,
leading men among the brothers.
23 They wrote letters as follows: “The apostles, elders and
brothers send greeting to the brothers who are of the nations
in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia.
24 “Since we have heard, that certain ones who went out from
us have troubled you with speeches, subverting you, saying:
You must be circumcised, and keep the law. We gave no such
commandment!
25 “It seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to
send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul.
26 “These men have endangered their lives for the name of
our Master Yahoshua Messiah.
27 “We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell
you the same things in person.
28 “For it seemed good to the Set-Apart Spirit, and to us, to
lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things.
29 “You should abstain from meats offered to idols, and from
blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication. If you
keep yourselves from these you will do well. Farwell (best
wishes).”
30 So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch and
when they had gathered the crowd together, they delivered the
letter.
31 When they read it they rejoiced over the encouragement.
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32 Judas and Silas, being prophets, said much to
encourage and strengthen the brothers.
33 After they stayed there a while in peace, the brothers sent
them back to the apostles.
34 It pleased Silas to stay there.
35 Paul and Barnabas stayed at Antioch, teaching and
preaching the word of Yahowah, with many others also.
36 After time passed Paul said to Barnabas: “Let us go again
and visit our brothers in every city where we have preached
the Word of Yahowah, and see how they are doing.”
37 Barnabas decided to take Yahochanan, whose surname was
Mark, with them.
38 Paul did not think it a good idea to take him with them. So
he left them at Pamphylia.
39 Their disagreement was so great between them that they
parted company. So Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to
Cyprus.
40 Paul chose Silas, and departed, being entrusted by the
brothers to the grace of Yahowah.
41 He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the
congregations.

Acts 16
1 Paul arrived at Derbe and Lystra where he saw a disciple
named Timothy. He was the son of a Jewish woman, and his
father was a Greek.
2 The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.
3 Paul wanted to have him travel with him. So he had him
circumcised because of the Jews who were in the area. For
they knew that his father was a Greek.
4 They went through the towns and delivered to the believers
the rules decided upon by the apostles and elders in
Jerusalem. They told them to obey those rules.
5 The congregations were made stronger in the faith and grew
in numbers every day.
6 The Set-Apart Spirit did not let them preach the message in
the province of Asia. So they traveled through the region of
Phrygia and Galatia.
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7 When they reached the border of Mysia, they tried to go
into the province of Bithynia, but the Spirit of Yahoshua did
not allow them.
8 They traveled through Mysia and went to Troas.
9 Paul had a vision that night. In it he saw a Macedonian
standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia
and help us!”
10 After Paul had this vision, we got ready to leave for
Macedonia. We decided that Yahowah had called us to preach
the good news to the people there.
11 We left by ship from Troas and sailed to Samothrace, and
the next day to Neapolis.
12 From there we went inland to Philippi, a city of the first
district of Macedonia. It is also a Roman colony. We spent
several days there.
13 On the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to the river
where we thought there was a place of prayer. We sat down
and spoke to the women who gathered there.
14 A woman named Lydia who was a seller of purple came
from Thyatira. She worshipped Yahowah because Yahowah
opened her heart to listen to the things spoken by Paul.
15 When she and her household were baptized she came to us
saying, “If you judge me to be faithful to Yahowah, come to my
house, and stay there.” She absolutely insisted that we come.
16 A young woman who had a spirit of divination met us as we
were going to the place of prayer. She brought her masters
much gain by soothsaying.
17 She followed Paul and cried out: “These men are servants of
the Most High Yahowah, who proclaim to you the way of
salvation.”
18 She did this for many days. This troubled Paul. So he
turned and said to the spirit, “I charge you in the name of
Yahoshua Messiah to come out of her!” And it came out that
very hour.
19 When her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone,
they grabbed Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the
marketplace before the rulers.
20 They took them to the magistrates and said: “These men,
being Jews, cause great trouble in our city.
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21 “They offer customs that it is not lawful for us to
receive, or to observe, being Romans.”
22 The crowd rose up against them. The magistrates ripped
their garments off them, and commanded to beat them with
rods.
23 After they were severely beaten, they threw them into
prison, charging the jailor to keep them safe.
24 Receiving this command he threw them into the inner
prison, and fastened their feet in the stocks.
25 Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to Yahowah
at midnight. The prisoners were listening to them.
26 Suddenly there was a massive earthquake. It was so great
the foundations of the prison-house were shaken. All the
doors were opened and everyone’s bands came off.
27 The jailor, who was roused out of sleep and saw the prison
doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself,
supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
28 Paul cried with a loud voice: “Do not harm yourself for we
are all here.”
29 The jailer called for lights. He rushed in and fell trembling
before Paul and Silas.
30 He brought them out and asked: “Sirs, what must I do to be
saved?”
31 They said: “Believe in the Master Yahoshua, and you will be
saved, you and your house.”
32 They spoke the Word of Yahowah to him and those in his
house.
33 That very hour of the night the jailer took them and washed
their wounds. Then he and all his family were baptized.
34 He took them to his house and fed them. They rejoiced
along with his entire house, having believed in Yahowah.
35 The next day the magistrates sent the officers saying: “Let
those men go.”
36 The jailor reported the words to Paul, saying: “The
magistrates have sent to let you go. Therefore go in peace.”
37 Paul said to them: “They have beaten us publicly
uncondemned, men who are Romans, and have thrown us
into prison. Do they now throw us out privately? No I say, but
let them come in person to bring us out.”
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38 The officers reported these words to the magistrates.
They feared when they heard that they were Romans.
39 They personally came to them and brought them out. They
asked them to go away from the city.
40 They left the prison and entered the house of Lydia. When
they saw the brothers they comforted them and then left.

Acts 17
1 They passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia and came to
Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.
2 Paul went in, for it was his custom. He reasoned with them
from the Scriptures for three Sabbath days.
3 He explained and proved that Messiah had to suffer and rise
from the dead. And that Yahoshua is the Messiah.
4 Some of them were convinced (believed) and joined with
Paul and Silas. A large crowd of the devout Greeks and of the
prominent women also joined.
5 The Jews were moved with jealousy so they gathered bad
people who organized a crowd for a riot. They assaulted the
house of Jason in order to bring them out to the crowd.
6 When they did not find them they dragged Jason and other
brothers before the rulers of the city. They said: “These men
who have turned the world upside down have come here also.”
7 Jason welcomed them. They all act contrary to the decrees of
Caesar, saying that there is another king, Yahoshua.
8 The crowd and the rulers of the city were troubled when
they heard these things.
9 They made Jason post bond and they let them go.
10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night
to Beroea. When they arrived there they went to the
synagogue of the Jews.
11 The Bereans were nobler than those in Thessalonica
because they received the word with all readiness of mind and
examined the Scriptures daily to see if what Paul told them
was true.
12 Many of them believed. So did the prominent Greek women
and prominent men.
13 When the Jews of Thessalonica learned that Paul was
preaching the word of Yahowah at Beroea, they went there
and stirred up the crowds and caused trouble.
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14 The brothers immediately sent Paul to the sea. Silas and
Timothy stayed at Beroea.
15 Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens.
He sent orders to Silas and Timothy that they should come to
him as soon as possible.
16 Paul waited for them at Athens. His spirit was irritated
within him when he saw the city full of idols.
17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with Jews and devout
persons. He went to the marketplace every day with those who
would meet with him.
18 The Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him.
Some said: What is this babbler saying? Others: He seems to
be advocating strange gods because he preached Yahoshua
and the resurrection.
19 They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus.
They said, “May we know what is this new teaching?
20 “You bring strange ideas to our ears. We want to know
what these things mean.”
21 The Athenians and the strangers who lived there spent
their time doing nothing else except talking about and
listening to new ideas.
22 Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said: “Men of
Athens, in all things, I perceive that you are very religious.
23”As I passed along, and observed the objects of your
worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: “To An
Unknown Mighty One.” What you worship as unknown, this I
will proclaim to you.
24 “Yahowah that made the world and all things in it is the
Sovereign of heaven and earth. He does not live in temples
made with hands.
25 “Men’s hands do not serve him as if he needed anything.
He gives life and breath to all.
26 “From one person he made every nation of men to dwell on
all the face of the earth. He determined their appointed
seasons, and the bounds of their habitation.
27 “Yahowah did this so man could seek him and might find
him. He is not far from each one of us.
28 “In him we live, and move, and have our existence. Your
own poets have said: For we are also his offspring.
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29 “Being then the offspring of Yahowah, we should not
think that the divine being is like gold, or silver, or stone, a
device made by man’s design or skill.
30 “Yahowah overlooked the times of ignorance; but now he
commands men everywhere to make teshuvah.
31 “He has established a day (time) in which he will judge the
world in righteousness by the man [Yahoshua] whom he has
ordained. Of that he gives proof of this to all men by raising
him from the dead.” (John 5:22) (Isaiah 2:4) (Acts 10:42)
32 Some mocked when they heard about the resurrection of
the dead. Yet others said: “We will hear you again concerning
this”.
33 Thus Paul went out from among them.
34 Some men joined themselves to him and believed. Included
among the believers were Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman
named Damaris, and others with them.

Acts 18
1 After this Paul left Athens to go to Corinth.
2 There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus who
is currently from Italy with his wife Priscilla. Claudius
commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. So he came to them.
3 He was of the same trade as Paul. So he stayed with them
and worked at their tentmaker trade.
4 He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded
Jews and Greeks.
5 Paul devoted himself exclusively to preaching when Silas
and Timothy came down from Macedonia. He witnessed to
the Jews that Yahoshua was the Messiah.
6 When they opposed Paul and treated him abusively he shook
out his garment and said to them: “Your blood is upon your
own heads. I am clean. From now on I will go to the people of
the nations.”
7 He left the synagogue and went next door to the house of a
man named Titus Justus, one who worshiped Yahowah.
8 Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in Yahowah
and so did his household. Many of the Corinthians who heard
and believed were baptized.
9 Yahowah said to Paul in the night by a vision: “Do not be
afraid, but speak. Do not keep silent!
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10 “I am with you and no man will harm you. I have many
people in this city.”
11 He lived there a year and six months teaching the word of
Yahowah to them.
12 When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one
accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the
judgment seat.
13 They said: “This man persuades men to worship Yahowah
contrary to the law.”
14 Paul was about to speak when Gallio said to the Jews: “If
you Jews were about to complain about some crime it would
be reasonable for me to listen to you.
15 “But it involves questions about words and names in your
own law so look to it yourselves. I will not be judge of these
matters.”
16 He drove them from the court.
17 They all grabbed Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and
beat him before the court. Gallio did not care about this.
18 Paul stayed many days. Then he left the brothers and sailed
for Syria. Also with Paul were Priscilla and Aquila. Paul
clipped this hair short in Cenchreae because of a vow.
19 They traveled to Ephesus where he left them. Paul entered
the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.
20 When they asked him to stay longer he declined.
21 “I will return again to you if it is Yahowah’s will,” Paul said.
Then he set sail from Ephesus.
22 When he landed at Caesarea, he greeted the congregation
and traveled to Antioch.
23 After spending some time there he departed through the
region of Galatia, and Phrygia strengthening all the disciples.
24 A Jew named Apollos came to Ephesus. He was an
Alexandrian who had a comprehensive knowledge of the
scriptures and spoke eloquently.
25 This man had been instructed in Yahowah’s way. Being
fervent in spirit he spoke and taught accurately the things
concerning Yahoshua, knowing only the baptism of
Yahochanan.
26 He spoke boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and
Aquila heard him, they invited him home and explained
Yahowah’s word more accurately.
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27 When he decided to travel to Achaia, the brothers
encouraged him. They wrote to the disciples to receive him.
When he arrived he was a great help to those who by grace
believed.
28 He powerfully refuted the Jews in public debate showing
by the scriptures that Yahoshua was the Messiah.

Acts 19
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper
country to Ephesus, and found some disciples.
2 He said to them: “Did you receive the Set-Apart Spirit when
you believed?” They said: “We have never even heard of a Set-
Apart Spirit.”
3 Paul asked: “What kind of baptism did you get?” They
replied: “It was the baptism Yahochanan taught.”
4 Paul said: “Yahochanan baptized with the baptism of
repentance. He told the people they should believe in
Yahoshua, the one who came after Yahochanan.”
5 When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the
Master Yahoshua.
6 Paul laid his hands on them and Set-Apart Spirit came upon
them. They spoke with tongues and prophesied.
7 There were twelve men in all.
8 He entered the synagogue and spoke boldly reasoning and
persuading about the kingdom of Yahowah. He did this for
three months.
9 Some were obstinate and publicly maligned The Way before
the crowds. He departed from them, and separated the
disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus.
10 This continued for two years so that all who lived in this
part of Asia heard the word of the Master, both Jews and
Greeks.
11 Yahowah did special miracles by the hands of Paul.
12 Handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched his body were
put on the sick and the evil spirits went away.
13 Some Jews went around driving out evil spirits saying: “In
the name of Yahoshua whom Paul preaches I command you to
come out!”
14 And there were seven sons of Sceva, a Jew, and a chief
priest, who did this.
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15 The evil spirit answered and said to them: “Yahoshua I
know, and Paul I know, but who are you?”
16 The man who had the evil spirit jumped on them, and
overpowered them. He gave them such a beating that they fled
out of that house naked and wounded.
17 This became known to all both Jews and Greeks, who lived
at Ephesus. They were all afraid. The name of the Master
Yahoshua was magnified.
18 Many of the believers confessed openly about the evil
things they had done.
19 Many of those who practiced magical arts brought their
books and burned them in the sight of everyone. When they
totaled the value of them it came to about fifty thousand
pieces of silver.
20 The word of Yahowah kept on growing and prevailed.
21 After this ended Paul was directed in the spirit to go to
Jerusalem after he passed through Macedonia and Achaia. He
said: “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.”
22 He sent two of his helpers Timothy and Erastus to
Macedonia. He stayed in Asia for a while.
23 A great disturbance occurred about The Way.
24 A man named Demetrius, a silversmith made silver shrines
of Diana. He brought a lot of business to the craftsmen.
25 They gathered together along with similar related
workmen, and said: “Sirs, You know we receive a good income
from this business.
26 “You see and hear that Paul, in Ephesus and throughout all
Asia, has persuaded and turned away many people. He says
that man-made gods are no gods at all.
27 “There is danger that our trade will lose its good name. The
temple of the great goddess Artemis (Diana) would then
become useless. The goddess who is worshiped in all Asia
would be robbed of her divine majesty.”
28 When they heard this they were filled with anger. They
shouted: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.”
29 The city was filled with the confusion. They rushed with
one accord into the theatre and seized Gaius and Aristarchus,
men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel.
30 Paul wanted to enter the theatre with the people but his
disciples would not permit it.
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31 Some of the officials and his friends sent him a message
begging him not to enter the theatre.
32 Some cried one thing and others another for the crowd was
in confusion. Most of them did not know why they assembled.
33 The crowd of Jews thrust Alexander forward. Alexander
motioned with his hand and wanted to make a defense to the
people.
34 They perceived that he was a Jew and all with one voice
shouted for two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians.”
35 The city recorder quieted the crowd. He said: “You men of
Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of
the Ephesians is temple-keeper of the great Artemis, and of
the image which fell down from Jupiter?
36 “Seeing that these things are indisputable it is fitting that
you keep calm and do nothing rash.
37 “You brought these men, who are neither robbers of
temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.
38 “If Demetrius and the craftsmen that are with him have a
grievance against any man, the courts are open, and there are
judges. Let them accuse one another.
39 “But if you seek anything about other matters, it shall be
settled in the regular assembly.
40 “For indeed we are in danger to be charged with rioting
(sedition) because of today’s events. We would not be able to
account for this ruckus for there is no reason for it.”
41 When he finished speaking he dismissed the assembly.

Acts 20
1 After the uproar ceased Paul sent for the disciples. He
encouraged them. Then he left for Macedonia.
2 He went to Greece after traveling through the area giving
encouragement.
3 After three months he set sail for Syria. He decided to return
through Macedonia. He left there because the Jews formed a
plot against him.
4 Those who accompanied him as far as Asia: Sopater of
Beroea, the son of Pyrrhus; and of the Thessalonians,
Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy;
and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus.
5 They left early and were waiting for us at Troas.
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6 We sailed away from Philippi after the days of
unleavened bread. Five days later we met them at Troas,
where we stayed seven days.
7 On the first day of the week, when we were gathered
together to break bread, Paul spoke to them. Intending to
depart the next morning he prolonged his speech until
midnight.
8 There were many lights in the upper chamber where we
gathered.
9 A young man named Eutychus sat in the window. He was
very sleepy. Paul’s talk was long and he fell asleep. He fell
down from the third story, and was taken up dead.
10 Paul went down and fell on him. He embraced him and
said: “Do not be troubled for he lives.”
11 He went up and they broke bread and ate. He talked with
them a long time until morning. Then he left.
12 The people took the young man home alive for they were
greatly comforted.
13 We went ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos. We
intended to take Paul on board for he had arranged to go there
on foot.
14 He met us at Assos and journeyed to Mitylene.
15 We sailed from there to Chios and then to Samos. One day
later we went to Miletus.
16 Paul decided to sail past Ephesus so he might not spend
time in Asia. He was in a hurry to be at Jerusalem the day of
Pentecost.
17 At Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the
congregation to him.
18 When they arrived he said: “You know from the first day
that I set foot in Asia, I was with you all the time,
19 serving Yahowah with all lowliness of mind, and with tears,
and with trials that came on me by the plots of the Jews.
20 “I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was
profitable, and teaching you publicly, and from house to
house.
21 “I witnessed to both Jews and to Greeks about repentance
toward Yahowah, and faith toward our Master Yahoshua
Messiah.
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22 “I am compelled by the spirit to go to Jerusalem, not
knowing the things that will happen to me there.
23 “Set-Apart Spirit warns me that in every city, prison and
hardships are facing me there.
24 “I do not consider my life of any account. It is not dear to
me so that I may finish the race, and I may accomplish the
ministry I received from the Master Yahoshua, to preach the
good news of the grace of Yahowah.
25 “I know all of you and have preached the kingdom with
you. But you will not see me again.
26 “I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of all
men.
27 “I did not shrink from telling you the entire will of
Yahowah.
28 “Be on guard for yourselves and the flock that the Set-
Apart Spirit has made you overseers. Feed the Congregation of
Yahowah that he purchased with the blood of his own [Son].
29 “I know that after my departing grievous wolves will enter
in among you, not sparing the flock.
30 “Such men will arise from among you speaking perverse
things to draw away the disciples after them.
31 “Be on guard! Remember I did not cease for three years to
admonish you day and night with tears.
32 “Now I commend you to Yahowah, and to the word of his
grace. This is able to build you up, and to give you the
inheritance among all them that are sanctified.
33 “I coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or clothes.
34 “You know that my own hands ministered to my
necessities, and to those who were with me.
35 “In all things I gave you an example. You by laboring
should help the weak. Remember the words of the Master
Yahoshua: It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
36 When he had spoken he kneeled down and prayed with
them all.
37 They all wept profusely, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed
him. (embraced him) (hugged him) (Genesis 45:14)
38 What grieved them most was his statement that they would
not see him again. They accompanied him to the ship.
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Acts 21
1 After we parted from them we set sail with a straight course
to Cos. The next day we went to Rhodes and then to Patara.
2 We went aboard a ship sailing to Phoenicia.
3 We passed to the south of Cyprus and sailed to Syria. We
landed at Tyre where the ship unloaded it’s cargo.
4 Having found the disciples, we stayed there seven days.
Guided by the Spirit the disciples urged Paul not to go to
Jerusalem.
5 When the time came we left there and went on our journey.
All the disciples, their wives and children, accompanied us out
of the city. We knelt down on the beach and prayed, and said
goodbye.
6 We went on board the ship as they returned home.
7 We traveled from Tyre to Ptolemais where the brothers
greeted us and we stayed with them one day.
8 The next morning we left for Caesarea where we entered the
house of Philip the evangelist and one of the seven.
9 Now this man had four virgin daughters, who prophesied.
10 As we stayed there several days, a prophet came from
Judea, named Agabus.
11 Coming to us he took Paul’s belt and bound his own feet
and hands. He said: “The Set-Apart Spirit says, So shall the
Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this belt, and shall
deliver him into the hands of the nations.”
12 When we heard this everyone pleaded with Paul not to go
to Jerusalem.
13 Why do you weep and break my heart? Paul answered: “For
I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem
for the name of the Master Yahoshua.”
14 He would not be dissuaded. So we ceased, saying: The will
of Yahowah be done!
15 We packed our baggage and went to Jerusalem.
16 The disciples from Caesarea brought us to the home of
Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we stayed.
17 The brothers in Jerusalem received us gladly.
18 The following day Paul went with us to Jacob and the
elders.
19 After Paul greeted them he reported in detail what
Yahowah had done among the nations through his ministry.
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20 Those who heard it esteemed Yahowah. They said to
him: “You see brother, how many thousands there are among
the Jews who have believed. They are all zealous for the law.
21 “They have been informed concerning you, that you teach
all the Jews who are among the nations to forsake Moses. You
tell them not to circumcise their children neither to walk after
the customs.
22 “What shall we do? They will certainly hear that you are
here.
23 Do what we tell you. We have four men who have taken a
vow.
24 Take these men and join in on their purification rites. Let
them shave their heads. All will know there is no truth in the
things they have heard about you, that you walk orderly and
keep the law.
25 Concerning those of the nations who have believed, we
write: they should keep themselves from things sacrificed to
idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from
fornication.
26 Then Paul took the men and became purified with them.
They went into the temple, declaring the fulfillment of the
days of purification, until the offering was offered for every
one of them.
27 When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia,
when they saw him in the temple stirred up the entire crowd
and laid hands on him.
28 They shouted: “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who
teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the law,
and this place; and moreover he brought Greeks also into the
temple, and defiled this set-apart place.”
29 They had previously been with him in the city Trophimus
the Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into
the Temple.
30 The entire city was aroused, and the people ran together
from all directions. They laid hold on Paul and dragged him
out of the Temple. Immediately the doors were shut.
31 They were seeking to kill him when tidings came to the
military commander of the band that all Jerusalem was in
confusion.
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32 At once he took soldiers and centurions and ran down
to the crowd. When they saw the military commander and the
soldiers they quit beating Paul.
33 Then the military commander came near and laid hold on
him. He commanded that he be bound with two chains. He
asked who he was and what he had done.
34 Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another.
The commander could not find out the facts because of the
uproar so he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.
35 Paul reached the steps. The violence of the mob was so
great he had to be carried by the soldiers.
36 The mob followed closely and shouted: “Away with him!”
37 And as Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he
said to the commander, “Might I say something to you?” He
replied: “Do you know Greek?
38 “Are you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four
thousand assassins into the desert?”
39 But Paul said, “I am a Jew, of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of
no ordinary city and I request that you allow me to speak to
the people.”
40 The commander gave permission so Paul stood on the
stairs, motioned to the people. When there was silence he
spoke to them in the Hebrew language, saying:

Acts 22
1 “Men, brothers and fathers, hear my defense to you now.”
2 They heard him speak in the Hebrew tongue and became
quiet.
3 “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up here in
Jerusalem as a student of Gamaliel. I received instruction in
the Law of our ancestors and was just as zealous for Yahowah
as are all of you.
4 “I persecuted the people who followed this Way to the point
of death. I arrested men and women and threw them into
prison.
5 “The High Priest and the whole Council can prove that I am
telling the truth. I received letters from them written to fellow
Jews in Damascus, so I went there to arrest these people and
bring them back in chains to Jerusalem to be punished.
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6 “While I was traveling I came near Damascus about
midday. Suddenly a bright light from the sky flashed around
me.
7 “I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me: ‘Saul, Saul!
Why do you persecute me?’
8 “Who are you, Master?” I asked. “I am Yahoshua of
Nazareth, whom you persecute,” he said to me.
9 “Everyone with me saw the light. They did not hear the voice
of the one speaking to me.
10 “I asked: What shall I do, Master? He said: ‘Go to
Damascus. There you will be told what things are appointed
for you to do.’
11 “I was blind because of the bright light. So my companions
took me by the hand and led me to Damascus.
12 “A man named Ananias was in that city. He is a religious
man who obeyed our Law and was highly respected by all the
Jews living there.
13 “He came and stood by me, and said: ‘Brother Saul, see
again!’ At that very moment I saw again and looked at him.
14 “He said: ‘The Almighty One of our ancestors has chosen
you to know his will. You are to see his righteous servant, and
to hear him speak with his own voice.
15 ‘You will be a witness for him to tell everyone what you
have seen and heard.
16 ‘Wait no longer! Get up and be baptized and have your sins
washed away by praying to him.’
17 “I went back to Jerusalem. Then I have a vision while I
prayed in the temple.
18 “I saw the Master. He said to me: ‘Hurry and leave
Jerusalem because the people here will not accept your
witness about me.’
19 “I answered, ‘Master they know very well that I went to the
synagogues and arrested and beat those who believe in you.
20 ‘“When your witness Stephen was put to death, I was there,
approving of his murder and taking care of the coats of his
murderers.’”
21 “The Master said: ‘Go! I will send you far away to the
people of the nations.’
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22 The people listened to Paul until he said this. Then they
shouted at the top of their voices: “Away with him! Kill him!
He is not fit to live!”
23 They were screaming, throwing off their clothes, and
throwing dust up in the air.
24 The Roman commander ordered his men to take Paul into
the barracks. He told them to whip him in order to find out
why the Jews were screaming like this against him.
25 When they tied him up to be whipped Paul said to the
officer standing there, “Is it lawful for you to whip a Roman
citizen who has not been tried for a crime?”
26 When the officer heard this, he went to the commander
and asked him: “What are you doing? That man is a Roman
citizen!”
27 The commander went to Paul and asked him: “Tell me, are
you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” answered Paul.
28 The commander said: “I became one by paying a large
amount of money.” “I am one by birth,” Paul answered.
29 At once the men who were going to question Paul drew
back from him. The commander was frightened when he
found out that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had put
him in chains.
30 The commander wanted to find out for sure what the Jews
were accusing Paul of. The next day he had Paul’s chains taken
off and ordered the chief priests and the whole Council to
meet. Then he took Paul and made him stand before them.

Acts 23
1 Paul looked straight at the Council and said: “Fellow
Israelites! My conscience is perfectly clear about the way in
which I have lived before Yahowah to this very day.”
2 The high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by
him to strike him on the mouth.
3 Paul said to him: “Yahowah will strike you, white washed
wall! Do you sit judging me according to the Law, and against
law command me to be struck?”
4 Those who stood near him said, “Do you revile the high
priest of Yahowah?”
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5 Then Paul said, “I did not know, brothers, that he was
the high priest. It is written: You shall not speak evil of the
ruler of your people.”
6 When Paul saw that part of them were Sadducees and the
other part Pharisees, he cried out in the Sanhedrin: “Men!
Brothers! I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee! I am being
judged because of the hope and resurrection of the dead.”
7 When he said this dissension arose between the Pharisees
and the Sadducees. The crowd was divided.
8 The Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither
messenger, nor spirit. The Pharisees believe both.
9 There arose a great cry. The scribes who were on the
Pharisees’ side arose and spoke, “We find no evil in this man.
But if a spirit or a messenger has spoken to him, let us not
fight against Yahowah.”
10 The dispute became so violent the commander was afraid
they would pull Paul to pieces. He commanded the soldiers to
go down and to take him from among them by force, and to
bring him into the barracks.
11 The following night the Master stood by him and said: “Be
of good courage, Paul, for just as you testified about me in
Jerusalem, so you also must bear witness at Rome.”
12 When day arrived some of the Jews came together and
united with an oath saying that they would neither eat nor
drink until they had killed Paul.
13 There were more than forty involved in this conspiracy.
14 They went to the chief priests and elders and said: “We
have united with a great oath that we will eat nothing until we
have killed Paul.
15 “Now therefore you, with the Sanhedrin, inform the
commander that he bring him down to you tomorrow. You say
you would inquire some more regarding him. We are ready to
put him to death before he comes near.”
16 Hearing about the ambush, Paul’s sister’s son entered the
barracks and reported to Paul.
17 Paul called one of the centurions and said: “Take this young
man to the commander, for he has something to tell him.”
18 The officer took him to the commander, and said: “The
prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man
to you, because he has something to say to you.”
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19 The commander took him by the hand and led him off
by himself, and asked: “What do you have to tell me?”
20 He said: “The Jewish authorities have agreed to ask you
tomorrow to take Paul down to the Council. They want you to
pretend the Council wants to get more accurate information
about him.
21 “Do not give in to them. There are more than forty men
lying in wait for him. They are united with an oath that they
will neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. Now they
are ready and looking for a promise from you.”
22 So the commander sent the young man away commanding,
“Tell no one that you have told these things to me.”
23 He called two centurions, saying, “Make ready two hundred
soldiers to go to Caesarea. Also prepare seventy horsemen and
two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night.
24 Provide some horses for Paul to ride and get him safely
through to Governor Felix.
25 Then the commander wrote a letter that went like this:
26 “Claudius Lysias to His Excellency, Governor Felix:
Greetings.
27 “The Jews seized this man and were about to kill him. I
learned that he is a Roman citizen, so I went with my soldiers
and rescued him.
28 “I took him to their council to find out of what they accused
him.
29 “I found that he did not do a thing for which he deserved to
die or be put in prison. The accusation against him had to do
with questions about their own law.
30 “When I was informed that there was a plot against him, I
decided to send him to you. I told his accusers to make their
charges against him before you.”
31 The soldiers carried out their orders. That night they took
Paul as far as Antipatris.
32 The next day the foot soldiers returned to the fort and left
the horsemen to go on with him.
33 They took him to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the
governor. Then they turned Paul over to him.
34 The governor read the letter and asked Paul what province
he was from. When he found out that he was from Cilicia,
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35 he said, “I will hear you fully when your accusers
arrive.” He commanded him to be kept in the praetorian of
Herod.

Acts 24
1 After five days Ananias the high priest came down with the
elders. They brought an orator, Tertullus, who made a
statement to the governor against Paul.
2 Tertullus presented his case:
3 “We have seen peace under your rule. Excellent
accomplishments have come to this nation due to your
forethought. We acknowledge this with profound gratitude,
most excellent Felix.
4 “That I not hinder you more, I request that you to hear us
briefly in fairness.
5 “We have found this man to be a troublemaker who stirs up
sedition (resists lawful authority) among all the Jews
throughout the world. He is a ringleader of the sect of the
Nazarenes.
6 “He even tried to desecrate the temple. So we captured him
according to our law.
7 “But the Roman commander Lysias came to us with the use
of force and snatched him from our hands.
8 “He commanded his accusers to come to you. Examine him
yourself and you will learn the truth about these charges we
bring against him.”
9 The Jews also joined in accusing him, saying that these
things were true.
10 The governor motioned for Paul to speak. He said, “I know
that you have been a judge for this nation for many years. For
this reason I cheerfully make my defense.
11 You can easily verify that it was no more than twelve days
ago that I went to worship in Jerusalem.
12 “They did not find me in the Temple, in the synagogues nor
in the city disputing with any man. Neither did I cause a riot
with the people.
13 “Neither can they prove the things for which they now
accuse me.
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14 “This I confess to you that according to The Way, which
they call a sect, I serve the Almighty One of our fathers. I
believe all the things written in the law and the prophets.
15 “I have hope toward Yahowah, which they also accept, that
there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the righteous
and the unrighteous.
16 “I exercise myself always, to have a conscience void of
offense toward Yahowah and toward men.
17 “Now after many years I came to bring offerings and gifts of
mercy to my nation.
18 “Some Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple.
There was neither crowd nor disturbance!
19 “They should have been here before you to testify against
me.
20 “Or let the men here say what wrong they found in me
while I stood before the Sanhedrin.
21 “Except for one utterance I cried out while standing among
them. It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am
called in question by you this day.”
22 When Felix heard these things, having more perfect
knowledge of that way, he deferred them saying, “When Lysias
the commander comes here I will decide your case.”
23 He commanded a centurion to keep Paul. Allow him some
freedom of custody and that some of his people should come
and minister to him.
24 A few days later Felix arrived with Drusilla his wife, who
was a Jewess. He sent for Paul and listened to him concerning
faith in Messiah.
25 He reasoned about righteousness, temperance, and
judgment to come. Felix trembled, and answered: “Go your
way for now. When I have time I will send for you.”
26 He hoped that Paul would give him money to free him. He
sent for him frequently and conversed with him.
27 After two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix. Felix was
willing to show the Jews a favor. He left Paul in prison.

Acts 25
1 Three days after arriving in the province Festus ascended
from Caesarea to Jerusalem.
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2 The high priest and Jewish leaders brought charges
against Paul.
3 They desired favor against him that he would transfer him to
Jerusalem. Then they would ambush him along the way and
kill him.
4 But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea,
and that he would go there shortly.
5 He said: “Let those who have authority among you go there
with me to present your case against this man if there is
anything out of the way about the man.”
6 After he stayed there more than ten days, he went to
Caesarea. The next day he sat in judgment. He commanded
Paul be brought before him.
7 When he arrived the Jews who also came there from
Jerusalem presented many grievous complaints against Paul.
They could not prove them.
8 Paul defended himself: “Neither against the law of the Jews,
neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I
committed any sin.”
9 Festus was willing to do the Jews a favor, so he answered
Paul: “Will you go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of
these things before me?”
10 “I stand at Caesar’s court,” Paul replied, “where I ought to
be judged. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you are
finding out.
11 “If I am a wrongdoer, or have committed any thing worthy
of death, I do not refuse to die. But if charges brought against
me by the Jews are not true no man has the right to hand me
over to them. I appeal to Caesar.”
12 Then Festus conferred with his council and answered:
“Have you appealed to Caesar? To Caesar you shall go.”
13 A few days later king Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea
to greet Festus.
14 While they were there Festus declared Paul’s cause to the
king. He said, “There is a man that Felix left a prisoner.
15 “When I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders
of the Jews informed me about him. They desire to have
judgment against him.
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16 “I told them it is not the Roman practice to deliver any
man to die before his accusers face him. He should answer for
himself concerning the crime laid against him.
17 “When they came before me, without any delay I sat in
judgment, and commanded the man to be brought in.
18 “When the accusers took the stand they produced no
charge of the wicked things I supposed about him.
19 “They had questions against him about their own
superstition. They had one about Yahoshua, who is dead, but
Paul affirmed to be alive.
20 “Since I doubt such manner of questions, I asked him if he
would go to Jerusalem to be judged there of these matters.
21 “Paul appealed to be reserved to the hearing of Augustus.
So I commanded him to be kept until I might send him to
Caesar.”
22 Then Agrippa said to Festus: “I would also hear the man
myself.” Festus replied: “Tomorrow, you will hear him.”
23 The next day Agrippa and Bernice arrived with great
elegance. They entered the place of hearing with the
commanders and important men of the city. Festus gave the
order for Paul to be brought in.
24 Festus said, “King Agrippa and all men who are present
with us, you see this man, about whom all the crowds of the
Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here,
crying that he should not live any longer.
25 “I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death.
He has appealed to Augustus and I have determined to send
him.
26 “I have no certain thing to write to my lord. I have brought
him forth before you, and especially before you, O king
Agrippa, that, after examination I might have something to
write.
27 “It seems unreasonable to send a prisoner and not signify
the crimes charged against him.”

Acts 26
1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for
yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his arm and began his
defense,
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2 “I would be happy, King Agrippa, to answer for myself
before you concerning all the things of which the Jews accuse
me.
3 “I know you are an expert in all customs and controversy
among the Jews. Therefore I urge you to hear me patiently.
4 “All the Jews know the way I first lived as a youth among my
own nation at Jerusalem.
5 “They knew me from the beginning. They could testify that I
was from the strictest sect of our religion and I lived as a
Pharisee.
6 “Now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise
made by Yahowah to our fathers.
7 “Our twelve tribes served Yahowah day and night with the
promise and hope of what was to come. It is because of this
hope that the Jews accuse me, King Agrippa.
8 “Why should it be an incredible thought to you that
Yahowah should raise the dead?
9 “I was convinced that I should oppose the name of Yahoshua
of Nazareth.
10 “That I did in Jerusalem. I locked up many of the set-apart
ones in prison. I received authority from the chief priests and
gave the command to put them to death.
11 “I punished them in every synagogue and tried to force
them to recant their beliefs. I was exceedingly mad against
them. I persecuted them even in strange cities.
12 “I went to Damascus with authority and commission from
the chief priests.
13 “At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven. It
was brighter than the sun and shinned all around me. It also
shinned around those who journeyed with me.
14 “We all fell to the ground. I heard a voice speaking to me. It
said in the Hebrew tongue: ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute
me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ (You only
hurt yourself.)
15 “I said: ‘Who are you, Master?’ And he answered: ‘I am
Yahoshua whom you persecute.
16 “Stand up on your feet. I have appeared to you for this
purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of these
things that you have seen, and of those things I will show to
you.
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17 “I will rescue you from the people and the nations. I am
sending you to them.
18 “To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to
light, and from the power of Satan to Yahowah. They may
receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who
are sanctified by faith in me.’
19 “You see, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the
heavenly vision.
20 “I preached first to Damascus, and to Jerusalem, and
throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the people of
the nations, that they should make teshuvah and turn to
Yahowah, and prove their teshuvah by deeds.
21 “For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and
went about to kill me.
22” Having obtained help from Yahowah, I continue to this
day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things
than those that the prophets and Moses said should come.
23 “That Messiah should suffer, and that he should be the first
to rise from the dead, and should show light to the people, and
to the nations.”
24 While he was defending himself, Festus said with a loud
voice: “Paul, you are beside yourself. Much learning has made
you mad.”
25 But he answered back: “I am not mad, most noble Festus. I
speak the words of truth and soberness!
26 “For the king knows about these things. I speak freely to
him for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden
from him. For this was not done in a corner.
27 “King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that
you believe.”
28 Then Agrippa said to Paul: “In a short time you would
persuade (convince) me to become a Messiahian.”
29 Paul replied, “I pray to Yahowah, that you and also all that
hear me this day were altogether such as I am, except for these
bonds.”
30 When he finished speaking, the king rose up and the
governor and Bernice and all who sat with them.
31 As they left they talked between themselves, saying, “This
man does nothing worthy of death or of prison.”
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32 Then Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have
been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

Acts 27
1 When it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they
delivered Paul and other prisoners to a man named Julius, a
centurion of the band of Augustus.
2 We entered a ship at Adramyttium and set sail. We intended
to sail by the coasts of Asia. Aristarchus, a Macedonian from
Thessalonica was with us.
3 The next day we landed at Sidon. Julius treated Paul in a
kind way and gave him liberty to go to his friends to refresh
himself.
4 When we set sail from there we sailed under the shelter of
Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
5 When we sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we
came to Myra, a city of Lycia.
6 There the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing to
Italy. He put us on it.
7 We sailed slowly for many days and had problems arriving
off Cnidus. The wind did not allow us to hold our course. So
we sailed to the downwind part of Crete near Salmone.
8 It was difficult to move along the coast. We came to a place
called Fair Havens near the town of Lasea.
9 Much time had been lost and sailing was now dangerous.
Because the fast was over Paul admonished them,
10 “Men, I see that our voyage from here on will be dangerous.
There will be great damage to the cargo and to the ship, and
loss of life as well.”
11 But the army officer was convinced by what the captain and
the owner of the ship said, and not by what Paul said.
12 It was not a good harbor in which to spend the winter.
Nearly everyone was in favor of putting out to sea and trying
to reach Phoenix in order to spend the winter there. Phoenix is
a harbor in Crete that faces southwest and northwest.
13 A gentle wind from the south began to blow. The men
thought they could accomplish their plan. So they pulled up
the anchor and sailed as close as possible along the coast of
Crete.
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14 Soon a very strong northeast wind blew down from the
island.
15 It hit the ship and it was impossible to keep the ship headed
into the wind. We gave up trying and let it be carried along by
the wind.
16 We had shelter when we passed to the south of the little
island of Cauda. There, with some difficulty we managed to
make the ship’s boat secure.
17 They pulled it aboard and then fastened some ropes tight
around the ship. They were afraid that they might run into the
sandbanks (quicksand) off the coast of Libya, so they lowered
the sail and allowed the ship be carried by the wind.
18 The violent storm continued. The next day they began to
throw some of the ship’s cargo overboard.
19 The following day they threw part of the ship’s equipment
overboard.
20 The sun and stars did not appear for many days. No small
tempest pressed upon us. All hope of our being saved was
taken away.
21 After they spent a long time without eating Paul stood up
and said: “Sirs, you should listen to me. You should not have
put out to sea from Crete to sustain this damage and loss.
22 “I urge you to be of good cheer for none of you will lose
your life, only the ship.
23 “Last night a messenger of Yahowah of whom I serve stood
beside me.
24 “He said, “Paul, do not be afraid. You must stand before
Caessar and Yahowah has graciously given you the lives of you
and all who sail with you.
25 “Be of good cheer. I believe Yahowah. It will happen just as
he spoke to me.
26 “But we must run aground on some island.”
27 On the fourteenth night we were driven to and fro in the
sea of Adria. About midnight the sailors surmised that they
were drawing near to some land.
28 They sounded and found twenty fathoms. After a little
space they sounded again and found fifteen fathoms.
29 Fearing they would be cast ashore on rocky ground they
dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daylight.
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30 The sailors were seeking to flee from the ship. They
lowered the boat into the sea by pretending they were
lowering some anchors from the bow.
31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers: “Unless these
men remain in the ship, you cannot be saved.”
32 Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the boat, and let her
fall off.
33 At daybreak Paul encouraged all of them to eat some food,
saying, “This day is the fourteenth day that you wait and
continue without food.
34 “I encourage you to take some food for this is for your
safety. Not a hair will perish from the head of any of you.”
35 After he said this he took some bread, gave thanks to
Yahowah in the presence of all. He broke it and began to eat.
36 Then they were all cheerful and ate some food.
37 Together there were two hundred and seventy six persons
on board.
38 When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship by
throwing the wheat into the sea.
39 When daylight came they saw no land. But they thought
they saw a bay with a beach. They debated whether to drive
the ship upon it.
40 They threw the anchors overboard and left them in the sea.
At the same time they untied the ropes that held the rudders.
Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the
beach.
41 The ship stuck fast on a sandbar and ran aground. The bow
struck fast and would not move. Then the stern began to break
up by the violence of the waves.
42 The soldiers’ planned to kill the prisoners to prevent any
from swimming away and escaping.
43 The centurion desired to save Paul so he kept them from
doing what they planned. He commanded that those who
could swim should throw themselves overboard, and get to the
land first.
44 The rest were to use planks or something from the ship. So
they all escaped safe to the land.
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Acts 28
1 When we made it to shore safely we learned that the island
was called Malta.
2 The natives there were very friendly to us. It started to rain
and was cold, so they built a fire and made us all welcome.
3 Paul gathered an armful of sticks and put them on the fire. A
snake came out on account of the heat and fastened itself to
his hand.
4 The natives saw the snake hanging on Paul’s hand and said
to one another: “This man must be a murderer, but Fate will
not let him live, even though he escaped from the sea.”
5 But Paul shook the snake off into the fire without being
harmed at all.
6 The people were waiting for him to swell up or suddenly
drop dead. They waited a long time and saw nothing unusual
happen to him. They changed their minds and said he was a
god.
7 A man named Publius, who was the governor of the island,
had property around the area. He welcomed us and treated us
kindly. We were his guests for three days.
8 His father was sick in bed. He suffered from fever and
dysentery. Paul went to him, prayed, placed his hands on him,
and made him well.
9 After that happened, other sick people on the island went to
Paul and were made well.
10 They honored us with many gifts. When we were going to
set sail, they put whatever we needed on board.
11 After three months we sailed on an Alexandrian ship that
wintered at the island. The ship had the gods Castor and
Pollux carved on its front.
12 We stopped at the city of Syracuse and stayed there three
days.
13 We sailed from Syracuse and arrived at the city of Rhegium.
The next day a south wind began to blow, and two days later
we arrived at the city of Puteoli.
14 We came across some of the brothers, who kept us with
them for seven days; and so we arrived at Rome.
15 When the brothers had news for us they came out from
town as far as Appius Forum (Market place on the Appian
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Road) and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us.
Paul saw them and praised Yahowah. He was encouraged.
16 When we arrived at Rome they allowed Paul to have a
house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over
him.
17 Then after three days he sent for the chief men of the Jews.
When they assembled, he said to them: “My brothers, though I
had done nothing against the people or the ways of our
fathers, I was arrested in Jerusalem and handed over to the
Romans.
18 “They questioned me and were ready to set me free, for
they found me not guilty of any crime deserving death.
19 “When the Jews brought charges against me again I
presented my cause to Caesar for I said nothing against my
nation.
20 The reason I sent for you is to talk with you. I am in these
chains because of the hope of Israel.”
21 They said to him: “We have not had letters from Judea
about you, and none of the brothers have come to us to give an
account or say any evil about you.
22 “We desire to hear your opinion concerning this sect. We
have knowledge that it is attacked in all places.”
23 So they set a date with Paul. A large number of them came
that day to the place where Paul was staying. From morning
till night he explained his message about the Kingdom of
Yahowah to them. He tried to convince them about Yahoshua
by quoting from the Law of Moses and the writings of the
prophets.
24 Some of them were convinced by his words, but others did
not believe.
25 So they left, disagreeing among themselves, after Paul had
said this one thing: “How well the Set-Apart Spirit spoke
through the prophet Isaiah to your ancestors!”
26 He said, “Go and say to this people, ‘You will listen and
listen, but not understand. You will look and look, but not see.
27 ‘“These people have closed their mind and are hard of
hearing. They have shut their eyes so that their eyes never see.
Their ears never hear. Their minds never understand. They
never turn to me for healing.’
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28 “You need to know that Yahowah has sent his salvation
to people who are not Jews. They will listen.”
29 After he said this the Jews left arguing among themselves.
30 Paul rented a place to live for two full years and welcomed
everyone who came to him.
31 He spread the message about Yahowah’s Kingdom and
taught boldly about the Master Yahoshua Messiah. And no
one stopped him!

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ROMANS
(WRITER: PAUL) (56 C.E.) (CORINTH) (TETRAGRAMMATON: YHWH IS
SOMETIMES TRANSLATED YAHOWAH, YAHWEH, JEHOVAH, OR LORD
DEPENDING ON TRANSLATOR’S THEOLOGY)

Romans 1
1 Paul, a servant of Yahoshua Messiah, called to be an apostle,
appointed (set apart) for the good news of the Almighty One,
2 He promised this long ago through his prophets in the Set-
Apart Scriptures.
3 This is about his Son Yahoshua Messiah our Master, who
came from the seed of David according to the flesh.
4 He was declared to be the Son of the Almighty One (God)
with power through the Spirit of Set-Apartness, by the
resurrection from the dead, Yahoshua Messiah our Master.
5 Through whom we have received unmerited favor and
apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations,
respecting his name.
6 You are among those called to Yahoshua Messiah.
7 To all who are in Rome, beloved of the Almighty One and
called to be set-apart ones: Unmerited favor to you and peace
from the Almighty One our Father, and the Master Yahoshua
Messiah.
8 First, I thank my Almighty One for all of you through
Yahoshua Messiah, for your faith is reported throughout the
whole world.
9 Yahowah is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit (whole
heart and mind) in the good news of his Son. Without ceasing
I make mention of you always in my prayers.
10 I pray that I might by the will of the Almighty One
successfully come to you.
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11 I long to see you, that I may impart to you some
spiritual gift so that you may be strengthened,
12 that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s
faith.
13 I want you to know, brothers, that I was often determined
to come to you, but was hindered until now, that I might have
some fruit among you as well as the rest of the nations.
14 I am a debtor both to the Greeks, and to the barbarians,
both to the wise, and to the unwise.
15 I am ready to preach the good news to you in Rome also.
16 I am not ashamed of the good news; for it is the power of
the Almighty One for salvation to everyone who exerts active
faith (believes), to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
17 It reveals the righteousness of the Almighty One from faith-
to-faith for it is written: “The righteous shall live by faith.”
18 The wrath of the Almighty One is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who
suppress the truth in unrighteousness.
19 That which is known about the Almighty One [Yahowah] is
clear to them, for the Almighty One revealed it to them.
20 His invisible attributes are clearly seen since the creation of
the world. The things made prove His eternal power and
nature of the Almighty. Mankind has no excuse,
21 for when they knew the Almighty, they did not glorify him
as Yahowah. They did not thank him and were vain in their
reasoning, for their foolish hearts were darkened.
22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools.
23 They changed the esteem of the incorruptible Almighty
One into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds,
and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
24 The Almighty One gave them up to uncleanness because of
the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies
between themselves.
25 They changed the truth of the Almighty One into a lie, and
worshiped and served the creation more than the Creator, who
is blessed forever. Amein.
26 For this cause the Almighty gave them up to vile affections
for even their women changed the natural use into that which
is against nature.
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27 Also the men left the natural use of the woman and
burned in their lust, one toward another; men with men
working that which is obscene. They receive full recompense
due for their error.
28 They did not like to retain the Almighty One in their
knowledge, so the Almighty [Yahowah] gave them over to a
reprobate (depraved) mind, to do things that are not fitting.
29 They are filled with all unrighteousness, fornication,
wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder,
strife, deceit, evil mindedness; they are whisperers,
30 backbiters, haters of the Almighty One, despiteful, proud,
boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
31 without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural
affection, unforgiving, and unmerciful.
32 They know the judgment of the Almighty One, that those
who commit such things are worthy of death! And yet, they
not only do the same, but also approve of those who do them.

Romans 2
1 You who judge have no excuse. For when you judge another
you condemn yourself. After all you do the same things.
2 We are sure that the judgment of the Almighty One,
according to truth, is against those who commit such things.
3 What do you reason O man? When you judge these things,
and you also do them, do you think that you will escape the
judgment of the Almighty One?
4 Do you despise the riches of his goodness, forbearance, and
long-suffering? Do you not know that the goodness of
Yahowah leads you to repentance?
5 Thanks to your stubborn and unrepentant heart, you store
up wrath for yourself, in the day of wrath and revelation of the
righteous judgment of Yahowah.
6 He will render to each according to his works.
7 [He offers] everlasting life for those who search for
incorruptible esteem and honor by enduring in good works.
8 Those who are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but
obey unrighteousness, will receive wrath and indignation.
9 [There will be] tribulation and distress on every person who
works evil, for the Jew first and for the Greek.
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10 [There will be] esteem, honor and peace to everyone
who does good works, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.
11 The Almighty One is not partial! (The Almighty does not
play favorites!)
12 For all who have sinned without law will perish without
law. All who have sinned under law will be judged under law.
13 The hearers of the law are not righteous before Yahowah,
but the doers of the law will be righteous.
14 When those of the nations, who have no law, practice by
nature the things of the law they are a law to themselves even
though they do not have any law.
15 They show the work of the law written in their hearts. Their
conscience also bears witness, and their thoughts accuse or
excuse them.
16 This is in the day when the Almighty One will judge the
secrets of men, according to my good news, by Yahoshua
Messiah.
17 If you are a Jew in name and are resting on the law and
taking esteem in Yahowah,
18 you know his will. You approve the things that are more
excellent, being instructed out of the law.
19 And you have confidence that you are a leader of the blind,
a light to those in darkness.
20 You are an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes,
having the form of knowledge and of truth in the law.
21 You then who teach another, do you teach yourself? You
who preach not to steal, do you steal?
22 You who say man should not commit adultery do you
commit adultery? You who abhors idols do you rob temples?
23 You who boast in the law do you by transgression of the law
dishonor the Almighty One?
24 The name of the Almighty One is blasphemed on your
account among the nations, just as it is written. (Ezekiel
36:20, 21)
25 Circumcision is a benefit if you obey the law. But if you are
a transgressor of the law your circumcision becomes
uncircumcision.
26 If therefore someone not circumcised obeys the
requirements of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be
considered circumcision?
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27 The uncircumcised person is by nature, fulfilling the
law. He will judge you because you transgress the law with
your written code and circumcision.
28 He is not a Jew who is one on the outside. Neither is
circumcision that which is on the outside in the flesh.
29 But he is a Jew who is so on the inside with circumcision of
the heart, in spirit, not in letter; whose praise is not of men,
but of the Almighty One.

Romans 3
1 What then is the superiority of the Jew? What is the benefit
of circumcision?
2 Much in every way. First they were entrusted with the
oracles of the Almighty One.
3 For what? If some have not believed, will their unbelief
make the faith of the Almighty One of no effect?
4 Certainly not! But let the Almighty One be true, and every
man false. It is written: So that you should be proved
righteous in your words and should overcome when you are
judged.
5 If our unrighteousness defines the Almighty One’s
righteousness more clearly, what shall we say? The Almighty
One is not unrighteous when he vents his anger is he? I speak
in human terms.
6 Not at all! For how will the Almighty One judge the world?
7 But what if my untruth serves the Almighty One’s esteem by
making his truth stand out more clearly? Why should I be
condemned as a sinner?
8 Why not say, “Let us do evil so that good may come?” Some
people have insulted me by accusing me of saying this very
thing! They should be condemned and they will be.
9 Are we Jews in any better condition than the people of the
nations? Not at all! I have already shown that Jews and the
people of the nations are all under the power of sin.
10 The Scriptures say: “There is no one who is righteous,
11 “There is no one who has insight. No one seeks Yahowah!
12 “All have turned away from the Almighty One; they have all
done wrong. No one does what is right, not even one.” (Psalm
53:3)
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13 “Their throat is an open grave. They have practiced
deceit with their tongues. The poison of snakes is under their
lips.” (Psalm 5:9)
14 “Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.” (Psalm 10:7)
15 “Their feet are swift to shed blood.” (Proverbs 1:15)
16 “Destruction and misery are in their ways.” (Isaiah 59:7)
17 “They have not known the way of peace.” (Isaiah 59:7, 8)
18 There is no respect (reverence) for Yahowah before their
eyes. (Psalm 36:1)
19 We know that whatever the law says, it speaks to those
under the law. Every mouth may be stopped and the entire
world may become liable to the Almighty One for punishment.
20 No flesh will be justified before the Almighty One by works
of the law. Knowledge of sin comes from the law.
21 But now apart from the Law the righteousness of the
Almighty One has been revealed, being witnessed by the Law
and the Prophets.
22 The Almighty One makes people righteous through their
active faith in Yahoshua Messiah. The Almighty One does this
to all who believe in Messiah, because there is no difference at
all.
23 For all have sinned, and fall short of the esteem of the
Almighty One
24 being justified freely by his unmerited favor (as a gift)
through the redemption that is in Messiah Yahoshua.
25 The Almighty One displayed Messiah publicly as
propitiation (atonement) by his blood through faith. It
demonstrated his righteousness. It was through the
forbearance of the Almighty One that he passed by the sins
that had taken place before.
26 It showed his righteousness at this present season that he
might himself be righteous, and the justifier of he who has
faith in Yahoshua.
27 Where is the boasting? It is excluded. Is it by law? Is it by
works? No, it is by a principle of faith.
28 We reason therefore that a man is justified by faith apart
from the works of the law.
29 Or is Yahowah the Almighty One of the Jews only? Is he
not the Almighty One of the nations also? Yes, of the nations
also.
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30 If the Almighty One is one he will justify the
circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith.
31 Do we nullify the law through faith? No we do not! In fact,
we establish (continue) (stand by) (uphold) the law.

Romans 4
1 What shall we say about Avraham, our forefather according
to the flesh?
2 If Avraham was declared righteous by works, he could boast,
but not to the Almighty One.
3 For what does the scriptures say? “Avraham believed
Yahowah, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”
(Genesis 15:6)
4 The pay is counted to the man who works. It is not as
unmerited favor but as a debt.
5 He who does not work but believes in him who justifies
(absolves) the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
6 David also pronounces blessing on the man, to whom the
Almighty One counts righteousness apart from works,
7 saying: “Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and
whose sins are covered.
8 “Blessed is the man to whom, Yahowah will not impute sin.”
(Psalm 32:2)
9 Is this blessing then pronounced upon the circumcised only,
or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say: “To Avraham his
faith was counted for righteousness.”
10 How then was it counted? When he was in circumcision, or
in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in
uncircumcision:
11 He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the
righteousness of the faith that he had while he was not
circumcised. That way he could be the father of all those who
believe, though they are not circumcised, that righteousness
might be counted to them.
12 The father of circumcision to those who not only are
circumcised, but who also walk in the steps of faith of our
father Abraham that he had when he was not circumcised.
13 The promise to Avraham or to his seed that he should be
heir of the world was not through the law but through
righteousness by faith.
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14 If those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void,
and the promise is made of no effect.
15 The law produces wrath (violent passion) (indignation). But
where there is no law there is no sin.
16 For this reason it is by faith that it may be according to
unmerited favor (influence of the Almighty) (loving-
kindness). The promise may be sure to all descendants! This is
not only to that which is of the law, but to that also which is by
the faith of Avraham, who is the father of us all.
17 It is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.”
[This was] in the presence of the Almighty, the one in whom
he believed. He gives life to the dead, and calls into being that
which does not exist.
18 In hope against hope Avraham believed that he might
become a father of many nations, according to that which had
been spoken: “So your descendants will be.”
19 Not being weak in faith he considered his own body now as
good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the
deadness of Sarah’s womb.
20 Yet, he looked to the promise of the Almighty. He did not
waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith. He
gave the esteem to the Almighty!
21 He was fully assured that what he had promised, he was
able to perform.
22 “It was counted to him as righteousness.”
23 Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was
counted to him.
24 It is also for our sake, to whom it shall be counted, who
believe in him that raised Yahoshua our Master from the dead,
25 who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for
our justification (acquittal).

Romans 5
1 We are justified (acquitted) (made righteous) by faith. And
we have peace with the Almighty One through our Master
Yahoshua Messiah.
2 We have access to unmerited favor (Yahowah’s favor) by
faith through him. This is where we stand. We rejoice in the
hope of the esteem of the Almighty One.
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3 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our tribulations
knowing that tribulation produces endurance.
4 Tribulation produces an approved condition and an
approved condition produces hope.
5 Hope does not disappoint because the love of the Almighty
One has been shed abroad in our hearts. It comes through Set-
Apart Spirit, which is the Almighty One’s gift to us.
6 While we were yet weak, in due time Messiah died for the
ungodly.
7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die. Perhaps for the
good man someone would even dare to die.
8 But the Almighty One demonstrates (commends) his own
love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Messiah
died for us.
9 Much more, now justified by his blood, we will be saved
from the wrath of the Almighty One through him.
10 While we were enemies, we were reconciled to the Almighty
One through the death of his Son. Being reconciled, we will be
saved by his life.
11 We also rejoice in the Almighty One through our Master
Yahoshua Messiah, through whom we have now received the
reconciliation (restoration) (atonement) (favor of the
Almighty).
12 Therefore, through one-man sin entered into the world,
and death through sin. So death passed to all men, for all have
sinned.
13 Until the law sin was in the world. Sin is not imputed (put
on account) when there is no law.
14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even
for those who had not sinned after the likeness of Adam’s
transgression. Adam is in some ways like Messiah who came
later.
15 But the two are not the same, because the Almighty One’s
gift (spiritual endowment) is not like Adam’s sin. It is true that
many people died because of the sin of that one man. But the
Almighty One’s unmerited favor is much greater, and so is his
gift to so many people through the loving-kindness of the one
man, Yahoshua Messiah.
16 And there is a difference between the Almighty One’s gift
(spiritual endowment) and the sin of one man. After the one
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sin, came the guilty judgment; but after so many sins,
comes the undeserved gift of righteousness.
17 It was by the transgression of the one that death ruled as
king through that one. Even more so shall those who receive
the abundance of unmerited favor, and of the gift of
righteousness, rule as kings in life by the one, Yahoshua
Messiah.
18 The result of one trespass was condemnation for all men.
The result of righteousness was justification (acquittal), which
brings life for all men.
19 Through the disobedience of one man many have been
made sinners. Yet through the obedience of one man many
will be made righteous.
20 The law came that the trespass might increase. But where
sin increased the Almighty One’s loving kindness increased
even more.
21 And what for? Just as sin reigned in death, even so might
unmerited favor reign through righteousness to everlasting
life through Yahoshua Messiah our Master.

Romans 6
1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that
unmerited favor may abound?
2 The Almighty One forbids. We died to sin! How could we
any longer live in it?
3 Or are you ignorant to the fact that all we who were baptized
into Messiah Yahoshua were baptized into his death?
4 We were buried therefore with him through baptism into
death. Messiah was raised from the dead through the esteem
of the Father, that we might walk in the newness of life.
5 If we have become united with him in the likeness of his
death, we shall be in the likeness of his resurrection.
6 We know this that our old self was impaled with him that
the body of sin might be destroyed, that we should no longer
be in bondage to sin.
7 He who has died is freed from sin.
8 If we died with Messiah, we believe that we shall also live
with him.
9 We know that Messiah being raised from the dead died no
more; death no longer has dominion over him.
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10 For the death that he died, he died with reference to sin
once. But the life that he lives, he lives to the Almighty One.
11 Consider yourselves to be dead with reference to sin, but
alive with reference to the Almighty One through Messiah
Yahoshua.
12 Let no sin rule in your mortal body, that you should obey
the lustful desires.
13 Also do not present your members to sin as instruments of
unrighteousness. Present yourselves to the Almighty One, as
alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of
righteousness for the Almighty.
14 Sin will not have dominion over you. For you are not under
law, but under unmerited favor.
15 What then? Shall we sin, because we are not under law, but
under unmerited favor? The Almighty One forbids!
16 Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone
as obedient servants you are his (voluntary) servants because
you obey him? This could be obedience to sin with death in
view or obedience to righteousness with holiness in view?
17 But thanks to the Almighty One, that you were the servants
of sin yet you became obedient from the heart to the teachings
delivered to you.
18 After being made free from sin, you became servants of
righteousness.
19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your
flesh. You once presented your members as servants to
uncleanness and to sin. Now you present your members as
servants to righteousness and sanctification (purification)
(holiness).
20 When you were servants of sin, you were free in regard to
righteousness.
21 You are now ashamed of the fruit you had at that time. For
the results of these things is death.
22 Now you are free from sin and are servants to the Almighty
One. You have your fruit in holiness, and the end everlasting
(eternal) life.
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift from the Almighty
One is everlasting life through Yahoshua Messiah our Master.
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Romans 7
1 Do you not know, for I speak to men who know the law, that
the law has dominion (jurisdiction) over a man as long as he
lives?
2 Law binds the married woman to her husband while he
lives. But if the husband dies, she is discharged from the law
of the husband.
3 So then if, while the husband lives, she is joined to another
man, she will be called an adulteress. If the husband dies, she
is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress, though she is
joined to another man.
4 Brothers, you also died to the law through the body of
Messiah; that you should be joined to another, even to him
who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit
to the Almighty One.
5 When we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were
through the law, worked in our members to bring forth fruit to
death.
6 We have been discharged (released) from the law. We have
died to that by which we were held. So we serve in newness of
the Spirit, and not in oldness of the letter.
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? The Almighty One
forbids! I had not known sin except through the law. For I had
not known coveting except the law had said: You should not
covet.
8 But sin, finding occasion, worked out in me through the
commandment all manner of coveting. Apart from the law sin
is dead.
9 I was alive apart from the law once: but when the
commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
10 The commandment, which was to life, this I found to be to
death.
11 For sin, finding occasion, through the commandment
deceived me, and through it killed me.
12 The law is set-apart, and the commandment set-apart, and
righteous, and good.
13 Did that which is good become death to me? The Almighty
One forbids! It was sin, producing death in me through what
is good. This way sin might be shown to be sin. Through the
commandment sin could be recognized.
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14 For we know that the law is spiritual. But I am fleshly
and sold under sin.
15 I do not understand what I am doing. For what I want to do
I do not do. What I hate, I do.
16 But if what I do not want to do, I do, I consent to the law
that it is right.
17 Now then it is no longer I that do it, but the sin that dwells
in me.
18 I know that good does not live in my human nature. For
even though the desire to do good is in me, I am not able to do
it.
19 I do not do the good I want to do. Instead, I do the evil that
I do not want to do.
20 If I do what I do not want to do, this means that I am no
longer the one who does it. Instead, it is the sin that lives in
me.
21 I find that this law is at work. When I want to do what is
good, what is evil is the only choice I have.
22 My inner person delights in the law of the Almighty One.
23 However I see a different law at work in my body. This law
fights against the law that my mind approves of. It makes me a
prisoner to the law of sin that is at work in my body.
24 Miserable man that I am! Who will rescue me from the
body undergoing this death?
25 Thanks to the Almighty One, through our Master Yahoshua
Messiah! So then I can serve the Almighty One’s law only with
my mind, while my human nature serves the law of sin.

Romans 8
1 Those who live through (in union with) (because of)
Yahoshua Messiah have no condemnation. [They do not walk
according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.]
2 The law of the Spirit gives us life through (with) (because of)
Messiah Yahoshua. It has set me free from the law of sin and
death.
3 Yahowah did what the Law could not do, because human
nature was weak. He sent his own son in the likeness of sinful
man to be a sin offering and do away with sin. So he
condemned sin in sinful human nature.
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4 The Almighty One did this so that the righteous
requirements of the Law might be fully satisfied in us who live
according to the Spirit, and not according to human nature.
5 They who live according to flesh set their minds on the
things of the flesh. They who live according to the Spirit set
their minds on the things of the Spirit.
6 The mind of sinful flesh (fleshly thought) means death; but
the mind influenced by the Spirit gives life and peace.
7 This is because the mind of the flesh is hostile toward the
Almighty One. It is not subject to the law of the Almighty One
for it cannot be.
8 Those influenced by the sinful flesh cannot please Yahowah.
9 But you are not in flesh but in Spirit, if indeed the Almighty
One’s Spirit dwells in you. If any one does not have the Spirit
of Messiah he does not belong to him.
10 If Messiah is with you, the body is dead on account of sin,
but the Spirit is life on account of righteousness.
11 If the Spirit of him that raised up Yahoshua from among the
dead dwells with you, he who raised Messiah from among the
dead shall also make your mortal bodies alive. This is on
account of his Spirit that dwells with you.
12 So then, brothers we are under obligation, not to the flesh,
to live according to flesh (human nature),
13 for if you live according to flesh, you are about to die. If by
the Spirit, you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
14 All who are led by the Spirit of the Almighty One are sons of
the Almighty One.
15 For you have not received a spirit of bondage again causing
fear, but you have received a spirit of adoption, whereby we
cry, Father, Father! (Chaldee: Abba, meaning father).
16 The Spirit itself (Greek:autos ho pneuma) (itself the Spirit)
bears witness with our spirit (mind and heart), that we are
children of the Almighty One.
17 If children, then heirs of the Almighty One, and joint heirs
with Messiah. If indeed we suffer with him we may also be
esteemed with him.
18 I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not
worthy to be compared with the esteem that will be revealed
in us.
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19 For the earnest expectation of the creation is waiting for
the manifestation (revelation)(disclosure) of the sons of the
Almighty One.
20 For the creation was subject to corruption, not by its own
will but by reason of the one who subjected it on the basis of
hope.
21 The creation will also be delivered from the bondage of
corruption into the esteemed liberty of the children of the
Almighty.
22 For we know that the whole creation groans and is in pain
together until now.
23 We also, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we
groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption and the
release from our bodies by ransom.
24 We are saved by this hope. But hope that is seen is not
hope. For does a man hope for what he sees?
25 If we hope for what we do not see, do we have patience to
wait for it?
26 Likewise the Spirit also helps our weaknesses. We do not
know what we should pray for, as we should. The Spirit [of
Yahowah] makes intercession with groaning that cannot be
spoken.
27 So he who searches the hearts knows what is the
inclination (purpose)(mind-set) of the Spirit [of Yahowah],
because the Spirit makes intercession for the set-apart ones
according to the will of the Almighty One.
28 We know that all things work together for good to those
who love the Almighty One, to those who are called according
to his purpose.
29 Those he first recognized, he ordained in advance that they
be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the
firstborn among many brothers.
30 He ordained in advance the ones he called. He declared
righteous the ones he called. He also esteemed those he
declared righteous.
31 What shall we then say about these things? If the Almighty
One is for us, who can be against us?
32 He that did not spare his own Son, but delivered him up for
us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?
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33 Who will bring any charge against the ones the
Almighty One has chosen? It is the Almighty One who justifies
(makes righteous).
34 Who is he that condemns? It is Messiah that died, yes
rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of the
Almighty One, who also makes intercession for us.
35 Who will separate us from the love of Messiah? Will
tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or
nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 It is written: “For your sake we are put to death all day
long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter.” (Psalm
44:22)
37 In all these things we are more than conquerors through
him who loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor
messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able
to separate us from the love of the Almighty One, which is in
Messiah Yahoshua our Master. (Ephesians 6:12)

Romans 9
1 I tell the truth in Messiah. I do not lie! My conscience bears
witness with me in Set-Apart Spirit.
2 I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.
3 I could wish that I were accursed (separated) (banned)
(excommunicated) from Messiah for the good of (in behalf of)
my countrymen and brothers (the Jews).
4 They are Israelites and the adoption belongs to them. They
have the esteem of the covenants. The law was given to them
along with the service and promises.
5 The forefathers belong to them from whom came the
Messiah according to the flesh. The Almighty One who is over
all is blessed forever. Amein.
6 It is not as if the word of the Almighty One failed. Not all
who come from Israel are really Israel.
7 It is not because they are Avraham’s that they are all
children, but: “What will be called ‘your seed’ will be through
Isaac.” (Genesis 21:12)
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8 That is, the children of the flesh are not the children of
the Almighty; but the children of the promise are counted as
seed.
9 The word of promise: “According to this time I will come
and Sarah will have a son.”
10 Not only that, but Rebecca conceived by Isaac our father.
11 When they had not yet been born nor performed anything
good or vile, so the purpose of the Almighty One regarding the
choosing would continue without dependence on works but on
the One who calls.
12 She was told: “The older will serve the younger.”
13 It is written: “I loved Ya'akob, and I hated Esau.”
14 What shall we say then? Is there injustice with the Almighty
One? There is not!
15 He says to Moses, “I will show mercy to the one I choose to
show mercy, and I will feel compassion for the one I choose to
feel compassion.”
16 So then it does not depend on man’s will or effort, but on
Yahowah who shows mercy.
17 The scripture says to Pharaoh: “For this reason I have
raised you up, that I might through you, show my power and
declare my name in all the earth.”
18 He shows mercy to the one he chooses, and he allows
others to be stubborn.
19 You say to me: “Why does he yet find fault? Who resists his
purpose (will)?”
20 Yes, but you, O man, who are you to answer back to the
Almighty One? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed
it: “Why have you made me this way?” (Isaiah 45:9)
21 Or does the potter not have authority over the clay? Can he
make out of the same lump one vessel to honor, and another
for common use? (Jeremiah 18:6)
22 If the Almighty One decided to show his wrath and make
his power known, endured with much long-suffering vessels of
wrath fit for destruction.
23 In that way he could make known the riches of his esteem
upon vessels of mercy that he had prepared in advance for
esteem.
24 We are the ones he has also called, not only from among
the Jews, but also from among the nations.
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25 He says also in Hosea: “Those who are not my people I
will call my people. And she who is not loved I will call loved.”
26 In the place where it was said to them: “You are not my
people, they will be called Sons of the living Almighty One.”
(Hosea 2:23)
27 Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Should the number of
the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, the remnant
shall be saved.
28 “He is bringing the matter to an end, and cutting it short in
righteousness. Yahowah will make an accounting on the
earth.” (Isaiah 10:22)
29 Just as Isaiah said earlier: “Unless Yahowah of Hosts had
left a seed to us, we should have become like Sodom, and
Gomorrah.” (Isaiah 1:9)
30 What shall we say? The nations did not pursue
righteousness. Yet they have attained to righteousness, the
righteousness that is based on the principle of faith.
31 But Israel, pursuing after a law of righteousness, has not
attained to that law.
32 Why? It is because it was not based on the principle of
faith, but on that of works. They have stumbled at the
stumbling stone.
33 It is written: “Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling
and a rock of offence and he that believes on him will not be
ashamed.” (Isaiah 8:14)

Romans 10
1 Brothers, my hearts desire and my prayer to the Almighty
One for Israel is for their salvation.
2 I testify that they have zeal for the Almighty One, but not
according to [precise and correct] knowledge.
3 They are ignorant of the Almighty One’s righteousness. They
seek to establish their own righteousness and have not
submitted to the righteousness of Yahowah.
4 Messiah is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone
who exerts active faith.
5 Moses writes down the righteousness that is of the law. The
man who has practiced those things shall live by them.
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6 But the righteousness of faith speaks this way: “Do not
say in your heart: ‘who will ascend to heaven? That is, to bring
Messiah down;
7 or “‘who will descend into the abyss? That is, to bring up
Messiah from among the dead.’”
8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth
and in your heart.” It is the “word” of faith, which we preach.
(Deuteronomy 30:8-20)
9 If you confess with your mouth Yahoshua as Master, and
have active faith in your heart that the Almighty One raised
him from the dead, you will be saved.
10 For with the heart one believes for righteousness. And with
the mouth one declares for salvation.
11 The scripture says: “No one believing on him shall be
disappointed.” (Isaiah 28:16)
12 For there is no difference between Jew and Greek. The
same Sovereign (Almighty One) of all is abounding in riches
for all who call on him.
13 “Everyone who calls on the name of Yahowah will be
saved.” (Joel 2:32)
14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not
believed? And how will they believe in him of whom they have
not heard? And how will they hear without someone to
preach?
15 How will they preach unless they have been sent? Just as it
is written: “How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of
those who bring good news, who proclaim peace and who
bring good tidings of good things! For they proclaim salvation
and say to Zion: “Your Almighty One reigns as king!”
(Hebrew: Elohiym’ malak’: The Almighty rules!) (Isaiah 52:7)
16 But they have not all obeyed the good news. For Isaiah
says: “Yahowah, who has believed our message?” (Isaiah 53:1)
17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word
about Messiah.
18 I say: Have they not heard? Yes in fact their sound went
“into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the inhabited
earth.” (Psalm 19:4)
19 I say Israel did not know. First Moses said: “I will provoke
you people to rivalry through that which is not a nation, and I
will anger you with a foolish nation.” (Deuteronomy 32:21)
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20 Isaiah is very bold, and says: “Those who did not seek
me found me. I was made manifest to those who did not ask
for me.”
21 But to Israel he says: “All day long I have stretched out my
hands to a people who are disobedient and self-willed
(obstinate).” (Isaiah 65:1, 2)

Romans 11
1 I ask has the Almighty One rejected his people? Certainly
not! I also am an Israelite, a descendant of the seed of
Avraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
2 Yahowah has not rejected his people whom he first knew. Do
you remember what the Scripture says about Elijah? How he
made intercession to the Almighty One against Israel?
3 “Yahowah, they have killed your prophets, and torn down
your altars. I am left alone, and they seek my life.” (1 Kings
19:14, 18)
4 What does Yahowah say in answer to him? “I have reserved
to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee
to the image of Baal.”
5 Even so at this present time there is a remnant chosen
according to Almighty One’s unmerited favor.
6 If it is by unmerited favor then it is no longer on the basis of
works. Otherwise unmerited favor is not unmerited favor
(undeserved kindness). But if it is of works then it is not by
unmerited favor. Otherwise works are no longer works.
7 What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks. The
chosen ones have obtained it, and the rest were blinded
(rendered stupid) (hardened) (made insensitive).
8 It is written, “The Almighty One has given them the spirit of
slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they
should not hear to this very day.” (Deuteronomy 29:4)
9 David says, “Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and
a stumbling block, and recompense to them.
10 “Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow
down their back always.” (Psalm 69:23)
11 I ask: Did they stumble and fall? Certainly not! But rather
through their fall into sin salvation has come to the nations.
This will provoke them to jealousy.
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12 Now if their fall into sin means riches to the world, and
their decrease means riches of the nations how much more
will their full number mean?
13 I speak to you people of the nations. For I am the apostle to
the nations and I glorify (honor) (praise) (celebrate) my
ministry.
14 If by any means I may provoke those who are of my flesh
(fellow countrymen), and might save some of them.
15 If their rejection means reconciliation for the world, what
will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?
16 If the first piece is set-apart, the lump is also set-apart. If
the root is set-apart, so are the branches.
17 Some of the branches are broken off. You, being a wild olive
tree, were grafted in among them. Therefore you partake of
the root and fatness of the olive tree with them.
18 Do not boast against the branches. But if you boast, you do
not support the root, but the root supports you.
19 You will say, “The branches were broken off, that I might be
grafted in.”
20 They were broken off because of unbelief! You stand by
faith! Do not be conceited but be reverent.
21 The Almighty One did not spare the natural branches and
he will not spare you!
22 Observe both the Almighty’s kindness and severity.
Severity is for those who fail to continue. But kindness is for
you as long as you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you
will be cut off.
23 If they do not continue in unbelief they will be grafted in.
For the Almighty One is able to graft them in again.
24 If you were cut out of the olive tree that is wild by nature,
and were grafted contrary to nature into a garden olive tree:
how much more could these, which are the natural branches,
be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this secret, lest you
should be wise in your own conceits (estimation). Blindness
has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the nations comes
in.
26 In this way all Israel will be saved. As it is written: The
deliverer will come out of Zion and will remove ungodliness
from Ya'akob.
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27 For this is my covenant with them, when I shall take
away their sins.
28 Concerning the good news, they are enemies for your
sakes. With reference to the chosen ones, they are beloved for
the fathers’ sake.
29 The gifts and calling of the Almighty One are irrevocable
(regrettable).
30 In times past you have not believed (did not obey) the
Almighty One. Yet you have now obtained mercy through their
unbelief:
31 Even so these also do not believe now. Through the mercy
shown they also may obtain mercy.
32 For the Almighty One has stopped all disobedience so he
might show mercy to all.
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and
knowledge of the Almighty One! How unsearchable are his
judgments. His ways are beyond human understanding!
34 For who has known the mind of Yahowah? Or who has
been his counselor? (Isaiah 40:13)
35 Or who has first given to him, that it shall be repaid to him
again? (Job 41:11)
36 For from him, and through him, and to him are all things:
Esteem to him forever! Amein.

Romans 12
1 I request (urge) (implore) you brothers, by the mercies of the
Almighty One, that you present your bodies a living offering,
set-apart, acceptable to the Almighty One, which is your
reasonable service.
2 Do not be conformed to this world (religious, social,
political, and economic arrangement). But be transformed by
the renewing of your mind. Prove what is the good, acceptable,
and perfect will of the Almighty One.
3 I say through the unmerited favor given to me that every
man among you should not think more highly of himself than
he ought to think. But to think soberly, just as the Almighty
One has dealt to every man the measure of faith.
4 For we have many members in one body and all members do
not have the same function.
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5 These many members are one body in Messiah, and
every one, individually, is a member one of the other.
6 We have gifts that differ according to the unmerited favor
that is given to us. Whether prophecy, let us prophesy
according to the proportion of faith;
7 or ministry let us wait on our ministering; or he who teaches
on teaching;
8 or he who exhorts; on exhortation; he who gives let him do it
with liberality; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows
mercy, with cheerfulness.
9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor evil and cling to good.
10 Be devoted to one another with brotherly love, in honor
preferring one another.
11 Do not lag behind in diligence. Be fervent in spirit serving
Yahowah.
12 Rejoice in hope! Be patient in tribulation. Continue in
prayer.
13 Contribute to the needs of the set-apart ones and practice
hospitality.
14 Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.
15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who
weep.
16 Be of the same mind as others. Do not think lofty things but
be led along by lowly things. Do not be wise in your own
conceit (self-love) (vanity) (estimation).
17 Return evil for evil to no man. Provide honest things in the
sight of all men.
18 When it is possible, be peaceable with all men.
19 Dearly beloved, do not avenge yourselves, instead leave
room for punishment of the Almighty, for it is written:
Vengeance is mine; I will repay, says Yahowah. (Deuteronomy
32:35)
20 Therefore if your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he thirsts,
give him drink. For in so doing you will heap coals of fire on
his head.
21 Do not be evil, but overcome evil with good.
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Romans 13
1 Let every person be subject to superior authorities. For there
is no authority except by the Almighty One. The Almighty One
allows the authorities to serve in their positions.
2 Whoever opposes the authority resists the ordinance of the
Almighty One. Those who resist will receive judgment.
3 For rulers are objects of fear, not to good works, but to the
evil. Will you not have respect for the authority? Do what is
good, and you will have praise from it.
4 He is the minister of the Almighty One to you for good. But
if you do that which is evil, be afraid for he does not bear the
sword in vain. He is the minister of the Almighty One, an
avenger to execute wrath upon him that does evil.
5 You must be in subjection, not only because of that wrath,
but also for the sake of your conscience.
6 That is why you pay taxes. They are the Almighty One’s
ministers continually serving this very purpose.
7 Render therefore to all their due. Provide tribute to whom
tribute is due. Give custom to whom custom is owed. Render
fear to whom fear is owed and offer honor to whom honor is
deserved.
8 Owe no man any thing but to love one another. He that loves
another has fulfilled (obeyed) the law.
9 For the Law code says: You must not commit adultery, you
must not murder, you must not steal, you must not bear false
witness, and you must not covet. If there is any other
commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying;
namely, you must love your neighbor as yourself.
10 Love works no ill to his neighbor. Therefore love is the law’s
fulfillment.
11 You know the time. It is the hour for you to awake from
sleep. Now our salvation is nearer than when we became
believers.
12 The night is far along and the day is at hand. Let us
therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the
armor of light.
13 Let us walk honestly as in the daytime, not in rioting and
drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and loose conduct, not
in strife and jealousy.
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14 Put on (live like) (clothe yourself with) the Master
Yahoshua Messiah, and do not make provision for the desires
of the flesh.

Romans 14
1 Accept the man who has a weak faith, but not to entertain
doubtful thinking.
2 For one believes that he may eat all things. Another who is
weak eats only vegetables.
3 Let the one eating not look down on the one not eating. Let
the one who does not eat judge him that eats, for the Almighty
One has received him.
4 Who are you to judge another man’s servant? He stands or
falls before his own master. Yes, he will be made to stand for
the Almighty One can make him stand.
5 One person judges one day above another. Another person
judges every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his
own mind.
6 He who regards the day regards it to the Almighty One and
he who does not regard the day does not regard it to the
Almighty One. He, who eats, eats to the Almighty One, for he
gives the Almighty One thanks. He who does not eat does not
eat to the Almighty and he gives the Almighty One thanks.
7 For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself.
8 For if we live, we live to the Almighty One and if we die, we
die to the Almighty One. Therefore should we live or die, we
are the Almighty One’s.
9 To this end Messiah both died, and rose, and lived again,
that he might be Master both of the dead and the living.
10 Why do you judge your brother? Why do you look down on
your brother with contempt? We will all stand before the
judgment seat of the Almighty One (Theos).
11 It is written: As I live, says Yahowah, every knee will bow to
me, and every tongue will acknowledge (confess to) the
Almighty One. (Isaiah 45:23)
12 So then every one of us will give account of himself to the
Almighty One.
13 Let us not judge one another anymore. Let no man put a
stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother’s way.
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14 I know, and am persuaded by the Master Yahoshua,
that there is nothing unclean in itself. If someone thinks
something is unclean it is unclean to him.
15 If because of your food your brother is grieved, you do not
walk in love. Do not allow what you eat to destroy the one for
whom Messiah died.
16 Do not let the good you do be spoken of as evil.
17 For the kingdom of Yahowah is not food and drink; but
righteousness and peace and joy in the Set-Apart Spirit.
18 For he that serves Messiah is acceptable to the Almighty
One, and approved of by men.
19 Let us follow after the things that make for peace, and
things that are encouraging to one another.
20 Do not tear down the work of the Almighty One for the
sake of food. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that
man who eats with offense.
21 It is good neither to eat food, nor to drink wine, nor any
thing that causes your brother to stumble or be offended and
weakened.
22 Do you have faith? Have it for yourself before the Almighty
One. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in that thing
that he allows.
23 He that doubts is damned if he eats, because he eats not by
faith. Whatever is not by faith is sin!

Romans 15
1 We who are strong in the faith ought to help the weak to
carry their burdens. We should not just please ourselves.
2 Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to build
him up.
3 For even Messiah did not please himself. However it is
written, “The reproaches (insults) hurled at you have fallen on
me.” (Psalm 69:9)
4 The things written in earlier times were written for our
instruction, that we through endurance and the
encouragement from the Scriptures might have hope.
5 Now may the Almighty One of patience and consolation
grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to
Messiah Yahoshua.
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6 To this end you may glorify the Almighty One the Father
of our Master Yahoshua Messiah with one mind and one
accord (language) (united expression).
7 Receive one another, as Messiah also received us to the
esteem of Yahowah.
8 Now I say that Yahoshua Messiah was a minister of the
circumcised for the truth of the Almighty One, to confirm the
promises made to the fathers.
9 That the nations might glorify the Almighty One for his
mercy as it is written: “For this cause I will confess you to the
people of the nations, and sing to your name.”
10 And again he says: “Rejoice, you nations, with his people.”
(Deuteronomy 32:43)
11 And again: “Praise Yahowah, all you nations; and laud him,
all you people.” (Psalm 117:1)
12 And again, Isaiah says: “Then in that day the nations will
search for and turn to the root of Jesse. He will stand as a
signal for the peoples. His resting place will be esteemed.”
(Isaiah 11:10)
13 Now the Almighty One of hope fill you with all joy and
peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, through the
power of the Set-Apart Spirit.
14 I am also persuaded about you, my brothers, that you also
are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to
admonish one another.
15 Nevertheless, brothers, I have written more boldly to you
on some points, keeping you in mind, because of the
unmerited favor that is given to me from Yahowah,
16 That I should be the minister of Yahoshua Messiah to the
nations, ministering the good news of the Almighty One, that
the offering of these nations might be acceptable, being set-
apart by the Set-Apart Spirit.
17 I esteem in Yahoshua Messiah in my service to the
Almighty One.
18 I will not dare to speak of any of those things that Messiah
has not accomplished through me. I will lead the nations to
obey the Almighty One in word and deed.
19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the
Spirit of the Almighty One. From Jerusalem, and round about
Illyricum, I have fully preached the good news of Messiah.
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20 I have strived to preach the good news, not where
Messiah was named, lest I should build upon another man’s
foundation:
21 It is written, “To whom he was not announced, they shall
see: and those who have not heard shall understand.” (Isaiah
52:15)
22 For which cause also I have been much hindered from
coming to you.
23 I have no more places to go in these parts, and have a great
desire these many years to come to you.
24 When I take my journey to Spain, I will come to you. I trust
to see you in my journey, and to be escorted on my way by
you, after I have been satisfied with your company.
25 Now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the set-apart ones.
26 It pleased those of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain
contribution for the poor set-apart ones in Jerusalem.
27 It pleased them to do so and they are debtors for this. If the
nations have been made partakers of their spiritual things,
their duty is also to minister to them in physical things.
28 After I have performed this and have sealed to them this
fruit, I will come to you in Spain.
29 I am sure that, when I come to you, I will come in the
fullness of the blessing of the good news of Messiah.
30 Now I beg you, brothers, for the Master Yahoshua
Messiah’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive
together with me in your prayers to the Almighty One for me.
31 That I may be delivered from those who do not believe in
Judea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be
accepted by the set-apart ones.
32 That I may come to you with joy by the will of the Almighty
One, and may with you be refreshed.
33 The Almighty One of peace be with you all. Amein.

Romans 16
1 I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is a minister of the
congregation at Cenchrea.
2 Receive her in the Almighty One in a manner worthy of the
set-apart ones. Assist her in whatever business she has need of
from you. She has been a great help to many people including
me.
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3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Messiah
Yahoshua.
4 They have risked their own necks for my life. I not only
thank them but also the congregations of the nations give
thanks.
5 Likewise greet the congregation that is in their house. Salute
my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is of the first fruits (converts)
of Asia to Messiah.
6 Greet Miryam for she labored much to help us.
7 Greet Andronicus and Junia. They are my kinsmen and my
fellow prisoners who are well known among the apostles. They
were in Messiah before me.
8 Greet Ampliatus my beloved in Yahowah.
9 Greet Urbane for he is our helper in Messiah, and Stachys
my beloved.
10 Salute Apelles approved in Messiah. Salute them that are of
Aristobulus’ household.
11 Greet my relative Herodion. Greet those who are of the
household of Narcissus, for they are in Yahowah.
12 Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Almighty
One. Salute the beloved Persis, who labored much in the
Master.
13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Almighty One, and his mother
and mine.
14 Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and
the brothers that are with them.
15 Greet Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and
Olympas, and all the set-apart ones with them.
16 Greet one another with a set-apart (holy) kiss. The
congregations of Messiah greet you.
17 Now I beseech you, brothers, mark those who cause
divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine you have
learned and avoid them.
18 They do not serve our Master Yahoshua Messiah, but their
own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the
hearts of the unaware.
19 Your obedience has come to our attention abroad. I am glad
therefore on your behalf. Yet I would have you wise to that
which is good and simple concerning evil.
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20 Yahowah of peace will crush Satan under your feet
shortly. The unmerited favor of our Master Yahoshua Messiah
be with you. Amein.
21 Timothy my coworker and Lucius, and Jason, and
Sosipater, my relative, salute you.
22 I Tertius, who wrote this letter, salute you in Yahowah.
23 Gaius my host and the whole congregation, salutes you.
Erastus the chamberlain of the city salutes you, and Quartus a
brother.
24 The unmerited favor of our Master Yahoshua Messiah be
with you all. Amein.
25 Now to him that is of power to establish you according to
my good news, and the preaching of Yahoshua Messiah,
according to the revelation of the secret, which was kept secret
since the world began.
26 It is now made known by the Scriptures of the prophets
according to the commandment of the everlasting Almighty
One. It is made known to all nations for the obedience of faith.
27 To the Almighty One, wise alone, be esteem through
Yahoshua Messiah forever. Amein.
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1 Corinthians
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1 CORINTHIANS
(WRITER: PAUL) (55 C.E.) (EPHESUS)

1 Corinthians 1
1 This letter is from Paul, called to be an apostle of Yahoshua
Messiah through the will of the Almighty One, and Sosthenes
our brother.
2 To the congregation of the Almighty One at Corinth. To you,
who are set-apart in Messiah Yahoshua. You who are called to
be set-apart ones, with all whom in every place call upon the
name of Yahoshua Messiah our Master. He is both their
Master and ours.
3 Grace be to you, and peace, from the Almighty One our
Father, and from the Master Yahoshua Messiah.
4 I thank my Almighty One always on your behalf, for the
grace of the Almighty One that is given you by Yahoshua
Messiah.
5 He enriches you in every way, in all speaking, and in all
knowledge.
6 The testimony of Messiah was confirmed (verified)
(established) in you.
7 You do not lack spiritual gifts as you wait for the coming of
our Master Yahoshua Messiah.
8 He will also confirm (establish) you to the end, that you may
be blameless in the day of our Master Yahoshua Messiah.
9 The Almighty One is faithful, by whom you were called into
the fellowship of his Son Yahoshua Messiah our Master.
10 I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Master
Yahoshua Messiah, that you all speak the same thing and that
there are no divisions among you. You should be perfectly
joined together (united) in the same mind and thought.
11 The house of Chloe told me, my brothers, that there are
disputes among you.
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12 Concerning that I say, that each one of you said, “I
follow Paul;” and “I follow Apollos;” and “I follow Cephas;”
and “I follow Messiah.”
13 Is Messiah divided? Was Paul impaled for you? Or were you
baptized in the name of Paul?
14 I thank the Almighty One that I baptized none of you, but
Crispus and Gaius.
15 So no one should say that I baptized in my own name.
16 I also baptized the household of Stephanas. Besides that I
do not know whether I baptized any others.
17 Messiah did not send me to baptize, but to preach the good
news: not with wisdom of words, lest the stake of Messiah be
emptied of its effect.
18 For the preaching of the stake is foolishness to those who
perish. It is the power of Yahowah to us who are saved.
19 It is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will
bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” (Isaiah
29:14)
20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the
philosopher of this age? Has not the Almighty One made
foolish the wisdom of this world?
21 This is the wisdom of the Almighty One that the world
through its wisdom did not come to know [Yahowah].
[Yahowah] was well pleased through the foolishness of the
message preached to save those who believe.
22 Indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom.
23 We preach Messiah impaled. It is a stumbling block to the
Jews and foolishness to the nations!
24 To those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, it is
Messiah the power of the Almighty One, and the wisdom of
the Almighty One.
25 For the foolishness of the Almighty One is wiser than men
and the weakness of the Almighty One is stronger than men.
26 Consider your calling, brothers. Not many wise men after
the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.
27 Instead [Yahowah] chose the foolish things of the world to
confuse (shame) the wise. [Yahowah] chose the weak things of
the world to confuse (shame) the things that are mighty.
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28 [Yahowah] also chose the base things of the world, and
things which are despised, yes, and things which are not, to
bring to nothing things that are.
29 No human being should boast before the Almighty One.
30 It is because of him you are united with Messiah Yahoshua,
who became wisdom to us from the Almighty One, and
righteousness, and set-apartness, and redemption.
31 Let it be as it is written, “He that boasts, let him boast in
Yahowah!” (Jeremiah 9:24)

1 Corinthians 2
1 Brothers, I did not come to you with superiority of speech or
with human wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of the
Almighty One.
2 I decided not to know anything among you, except Yahoshua
Messiah and his death on the torture stake.
3 And I came to you in weakness, and in fear, and in much
trembling.
4 My speech and my preaching were not with enticing words
of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of
power,
5 that your faith should not exist in the wisdom of men, but in
the power of the Almighty One.
6 How is it we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet
not the wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who
come to nothing (are doomed to destruction)?
7 We speak the wisdom of the Almighty One in a secret, even
the hidden wisdom, which Yahowah ordained before the ages
(generations and human entities) for our esteem.
8 None of the rulers of this age knew (understood) for had
they known it they would not have impaled the esteemed
Master (esteemed Master).
9 It is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, and it has not
entered into the heart of man, the things the Almighty One
prepared for those who love him.” (Isaiah 64:4)
10 But the Almighty One revealed them to us by his Spirit. For
the Spirit investigates (searches) all things, yes even the deep
things of the Almighty One.
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11 For what man knows the things of a man, except the
mental disposition that is in man? Even so no one knows the
things of the Almighty One, but the Spirit of the Almighty
One.
12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the
Spirit that is from [Yahowah]. This is so we might know the
things that are freely given to us from [Yahowah].
13 We speak these things, not in the words that man's wisdom
teaches. But we speak them with the words the Set-Apart
Spirit teaches comparing spiritual things with spiritual things.
14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit
of the Almighty One. They are foolishness to him! He cannot
know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
15 He that is spiritual judges all things, yet no man judges
him.
16 “Who has understood the mind of Yahowah, or has
instructed him, as his counselor?” (Isaiah 40:13) But we do
have the mind (purpose) (feelings) (thoughts)
(understanding) of Messiah.

1 Corinthians 3
1 Brothers, I was not able to speak to you as to spiritual men,
but as fleshly men, as babes (infants) in Messiah.
2 I fed you milk and not solid food. You were not able to
receive it. You are not able now!
3 You are still fleshly! There is envy, strife, and divisions
among you. Do you not walk as ordinary men?
4 While one said, “I belong to Paul;” and another, “I belong to
Apollos;” are you not fleshly human beings?
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by
whom you believed, even as Yahowah gave to every man?
6 I have planted, Apollos watered; but the Almighty One
caused the growth.
7 Neither he that plants and neither he that waters is
anything; but the Almighty One gives the increase.
8 Now he who plants and he who waters are one [in purpose]
and every man will receive his own reward according to his
own labor.
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9 For we are fellow workers together with the Almighty
One. You are the Almighty One's field under cultivation. You
are the Almighty One's building.
10 According to the grace of the Almighty One that is given to
me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and
another builds on it. But let every man take heed how he
builds.
11 No other foundation can be laid than that which is laid,
which is Yahoshua Messiah.
12 Now if any man builds upon this foundation gold, silver,
precious stones, wood, hay, and stubble;
13 every man's work will be made known, for the day will
declare it, because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will
prove what sort every man's work is.
14 If a man's work that he built upon lasts, he will receive a
reward.
15 If a man's work will be burned, he will suffer loss: but he
will be saved by fire.
16 Do you not know that you are the temple of the Almighty
One, and that the Spirit of the Almighty One dwells in you?
17 The Almighty One will destroy any man who defiles the
temple of the Almighty One! For the temple of the Almighty
One is set-apart. You are that temple!
18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems
to be wise in this age, let him become a fool, that he may be
wise.
19 For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with the Almighty
One. It is written: “He catches the wise in their own craftiness
(deception).” (Job 5:13)
20 And again: “Yahowah knows the thoughts of the wise, that
they are vain (useless) (empty).” (Psalm 94:11)
21 Therefore let no man boast in men. For all things are yours.
22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life,
or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours!
23 And you belong to Messiah and Messiah belongs to
[Yahowah] the Almighty One.

1 Corinthians 4
1 People should regard us as servants of Messiah. The
Almighty One has trusted us with his secrets.
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2 It is required of stewards that a man is trustworthy.
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged
by you or by any human court. I do not even judge myself.
4 I know nothing against myself. Yet this does not acquit me,
but he that judges me is the Almighty One.
5 Do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the
Almighty One comes. He will bring to light the hidden things
of darkness and make apparent the counsels of the hearts.
Then each man’s praise will come from the Almighty One.
6 Brothers I have applied these things to myself and to Apollos
for your sakes. That way you might learn the value of the
saying: Do not go beyond the things written. None of you
should be arrogant (self-important) against one another.
7 For who made you superior to (different than) another?
What do you have that you did not receive? If you did receive
it, why do you brag, as if you did not receive it?
8 You are full and now you are rich, you have reigned as kings
without us. I would to Yahowah you did reign, that we also
might reign with you.
9 For I think that the Almighty One has placed us apostles last
as men appointed to death. We are made a spectacle to the
world, and to messengers, and to men.
10 We are fools for Messiah. But you are wise in Messiah. We
are weak, but you are strong. You are honorable, but we are
despised.
11 Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst. We are
naked. We are treated badly and we are homeless.
12 We labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we
bless; being persecuted, we suffer it;
13 being slandered, we answer kindly. We are made as the filth
of the world and are the refuse of all things to this day.
14 I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved
children I warn you.
15 Though you have ten thousand instructors in Messiah, yet
you do not have many fathers. For in Messiah Yahoshua I
have given birth to you through the good news.
16 For this reason I urge you to imitate me.
17 I send Timothy, my beloved son faithful in the Almighty
One, to you for this purpose. He will remind you of my way of
life in Messiah, just as I teach it in every congregation.
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18 Now some have become proud (arrogant), thinking that
I would not come to you.
19 But I will come to you shortly, if the Almighty One wills,
and I will get to know what the proud ones do and not what
they say, but their power.
20 For the kingdom of the Almighty One is not in word, but in
power.
21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with punishment or
with love, and in the mild spirit of meekness?

1 Corinthians 5
1 It is reported that there is sexual immorality among you.
This type of fornication is not even found among the people of
the nations (who do not know Yahowah). There is a man who
has his father’s wife.
2 And you are proud! You should have been filled with
sadness that he did this deed. And you should have ejected
(expelled) (excommunicated) (disfellowshiped) him from your
congregation.
3 I am not there with you in person. But I am with you in
spirit. I have already judged the man who did this.
4 When you assemble in the name and with the power of our
Master Yahoshua Messiah , I will be with you in spirit.
5 Deliver this one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that
the spirit may be saved in the day of the Master Yahoshua.
6 Your boasting is not good. Do you know that a little leaven
ferments the whole batch of dough?
7 Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new batch of
dough. For even Messiah our Passover has been sacrificed for
us.
8 Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven,
neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the
unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
9 I wrote in a letter to you not to keep company with
fornicators.
10 Yet you cannot completely avoid the fornicators of this
world, nor the greedy persons, nor cheaters and robbers, nor
those who worship idols. To do so you would have to leave this
world.
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11 I wrote you not to keep company with any man who is
called a brother who is a fornicator, or who is greedy, or who
worships idols, or constantly gets drunk, or cheats people. Do
not even eat with such a person.
12 What have I to do with judging those outside (in the
world)? Do we not judge those who are inside (the
congregation)?
13 The Almighty One judges those outside. Remove the wicked
man from among yourselves.

1 Corinthians 6
1 If you have a dispute with another [Messianic] do you dare
to go to a law court before judges who are ungodly? Why not
let the set-apart ones decide who is right?
2 Do you not know that the set-apart ones will judge the
world? And if you will judge the world, are you unworthy to
judge these small matters?
3 Do you not know that we will judge messengers? How much
more the matters that pertain to this life?
4 If you have judgments of things pertaining to this life, would
you appoint as judges those who mean nothing to the
congregation?
5 I speak to shame you. Is it so, that there is not a wise man
among you? Not one who would be able to judge between his
brothers?
6 But brother goes to court against brother, and this before
unbelievers.
7 It is already a defeat for you that you have lawsuits with one
another. Why not let yourself be wronged? Why not let your
selves be defrauded (cheated)?
8 Instead you do wrong and defraud, and you do this to your
brothers and sisters!
9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the
kingdom of the Almighty One? Do not be deceived: neither
fornicators, nor people who worship idols, nor adulterers, nor
male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
10 nor thieves, nor covetous (greedy), nor drunkards, nor
revilers, nor extortionists, will inherit the kingdom of the
Almighty One.
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11 That is what some of you were. You have been washed
clean and now you are set-apart. The Spirit of our Almighty
One declares you righteous in the name of the Master
Yahoshua.
12 All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient
(profitable) (good). All things are lawful for me, but I will not
be brought under the authority (power) (control) of anything.
13 Foods are for the belly, and the belly for foods, but the
Almighty One will destroy both of them. Now the body is not
for fornication but for the Almighty One, and the Almighty
One is for the body.
14 The Almighty One has resurrected the Master, and will also
resurrect us by his own power.
15 Do you not know that your bodies are the members of
Messiah? Shall I then take the members of Messiah, and unite
them with (turn them into) the members of a prostitute?
Yahowah forbid!
16 What? Do you not know that he who is joined to a
prostitute is one (united with her) body? For he said: “Two
will be one flesh.”
17 He who is joined to the Almighty One is one (united with
him in) spirit.
18 Flee from fornication! Every sin that a man does is outside
his body. But he who commits sexual immorality sins against
his own body.
19 What? Do you not know that your body is the temple of the
Set-Apart Spirit? That one (Greek: “hos he ho” which, that
one) is in you. You received it from the Almighty One. You are
not your own.
20 You are bought with a price! Therefore esteem the
Almighty One in your body.

1 Corinthians 7
1 Concerning the things that you wrote to me: It is good for a
man not to touch (have sex with) a woman.
2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his
own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.
3 Let the husband fulfill his marital duties to his wife and also
the wife to her husband.
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4 The wife has no authority over her own body, but her
husband does. Likewise also the husband has no authority
over his own body, but his wife does.
5 Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent for a
time. That way you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer.
Then come together again, that Satan may not tempt you
because of your lack of self-control.
6 But I speak this by concession and not by commandment.
7 I prefer that all men were as I am. But every man has his
proper gift from Yahowah, one after this manner, and another
after that.
8 I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, it is good for
them if they stay unmarried like me.
9 But if they cannot control themselves, let them marry. It is
better to marry than to be inflamed [with lust].
10 To the married I command, yet not I, but the Almighty One
commands do not let the wife depart from her husband.
11 If she leaves, let her remain unmarried or become
reconciled to her husband. A husband should not divorce his
wife.
12 To the others, I speak and not the Almighty One. If any
brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with
him he should not divorce her.
13 And the woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he is
willing to live with her, she should not divorce him.
14 For the wife sets-apart the unbelieving husband, and the
husband sets-apart the unbelieving wife. Otherwise your
children would be unclean. But now they are set-apart.
15 If the unbelieving leave, let him leave. A brother or a sister
is not under bondage in such cases for the Almighty One has
called us to peace.
16 Wife how do you know that you will save your husband?
Husband how do you know whether you will save your wife?
17 But as the Almighty One has distributed to every person so
let him walk. And so I ordain in all the congregations.
18 Is any man called being circumcised? He should not
become uncircumcised. Is any called who is not circumcised?
He should not be circumcised.
19 Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing.
Obey the commandments of the Almighty One.
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20 Each man should remain in the same condition in
which he was called.
21 Were you called being a slave? Do not let it worry you. But
if you can become free, do so.
22 He who is called in the Almighty One, being a slave, is the
Almighty One's freeman. Likewise also he who is called, being
free, is Messiah's slave.
23 You are bought with a price. Stop being slaves of men.
24 Brothers, let every man remain in the condition in which
he was called. Abide with the Almighty One.
25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment from the
Almighty One. Yet I give my opinion as one who has obtained
the mercy of the Almighty One to be faithful.
26 Because of the present distress I think it is good for you to
remain as you are.
27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek a release. Are you
released from a wife? Do not seek a wife.
28 If you marry you have not sinned. If a virgin marries she
has not sinned. Those who marry will face many problems in
this life and I want to spare you.
29 I will say this brothers the time remaining is short. So from
now on those who have wives should be like those who have
none.
30 Those who weep should be like those who do not weep.
And those who rejoice should be like those who do not rejoice,
and those who buy like those who do not possess.
31 Those who use this world should not abuse it, for the
fashion of this world is passing away.
32 I want you to be free from anxiety. He who is unmarried
cares for the things that belong to the Almighty One, how he
may please the Almighty One.
33 But he who is married cares for the things that are of the
world, how he may please his wife.
34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The
unmarried woman cares for the things of the Almighty One,
that she may be set-apart both in body and in spirit. She who
is married cares for the things of the world, how she may
please her husband.
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35 I say this for your benefit and not to restrict you. I show
you how to live a noble life of devotion to the Almighty One
without being distracted by other things.
36 If any man thinks he behaves improperly toward his virgin,
if she is past her youth, let him do what he will, he does not sin
if they get married.
37 Nevertheless he who stands steadfast in his heart, having
no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so
decreed in his heart that he will keep his virginity he does well.
38 So then he who gives his virginity in marriage does well;
but he who does not get married does even better.
39 The wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. If her
husband dies, she is free to marry whom she wishes, only in
the Almighty One.
40 But she is happier if she remains as she is. This is my
opinion and I think I also have the Spirit of the Almighty One.

1 Corinthians 8
1 Concerning things offered to idols, we know that we all have
knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.
2 If any man thinks he knows any thing, he really knows
nothing, according to what he ought to know.
3 But if any man loves the Almighty One, the Almighty One
[Yahowah] knows him.
4 Concerning the eating of food offered in sacrifice to idols, we
know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no
other Almighty One but one.
5 There are those called gods in heaven or on earth. There are
many gods and many lords.
6 But to us there is but one Almighty One, the Father. All
things come from him and we live for him. And there is one
Master Yahoshua Messiah. All things were made through him
and we were made through him.
7 Not all people know this. Some eat food offered to idols and
their conscience being weak is defiled.
8 But food will not recommend us to the Almighty One. If we
do not eat we are not worse. If we eat we are not better.
9 Be careful that this freedom does not become a stumbling
block to those who are weak.
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10 If any man with knowledge sees you having a meal from
an idol’s temple, will the conscience of the weak one be
emboldened (encouraged) to eat food offered to idols?
11 And because of your knowledge the weak brother will
perish. Messiah died for him!
12 When you sin against your brothers and wound their weak
conscience, you sin against Messiah.
13 If food makes my brother stumble I will eat no food at all so
I do not make my brother stumble.

1 Corinthians 9
1 Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen
Yahoshua Messiah our Master? Are you not my work in the
Almighty One?
2 If I am not an apostle to others, I most certainly am to you,
for you are the seal (stamp) (proof) of my apostleship in the
Almighty One.
3 My answer (defense) to those who examine me is as follows:
4 Do we have a right to eat and drink?
5 Do we have a right to lead a sister as a wife just like other
apostles, and as brothers of the Master, and Cephas?
6 Or is it only Barnabas and I who do not have the right to
refrain from secular work?
7 Does a soldier serve at his own expense? Does the one who
plants a vineyard not eat of the fruit it produces? Who
shepherds a flock and does not eat some of the milk from the
flock?
8 I say this from a human point of view. Does the law say the
same thing?
9 It is written in the Law of Moses: You should not muzzle the
mouth of the ox that treads (threshes) out the grain. Does
Yahowah care only about oxen?
10 Or did he say it for our benefit? This is written for our
benefit without a doubt! He who plows should plow in hope.
Likewise he who threshes in hope should be a partaker of his
hope.
11 If we sow spiritual seed in you, is it too much if we reap
material things?
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12 If others are partakers of the right over you, should we
also partake? Nevertheless we have not used this power! We
suffer all things, lest we should hinder the good news of
Messiah.
13 Do you not know that they who minister about set-apart
things live off the things of the temple? And they who wait at
the altar are partakers with the altar?
14 Even so, has the Almighty One ordained that they who
preach the good news should earn their living from the good
news?
15 But I have used none of these rights! Neither have I written
these things, that it should be done to me. It would be better
for me to die, than that any man should make my reason for
boasting void.
16 Though I preach the good news I do not brag about it.
Preaching the good news is my duty (obligation) and I must
do it! It would be terrible if I did not preach the good news!
17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward. But if I do it
against my will, I am just performing the trust of the good
news committed to me.
18 What is my reward then? When I preach the good news, I
may offer the good news of Messiah without charge. That is
way I do not abuse my power in the good news.
19 For, though I am free from all persons, yet I have made
myself a servant to all, that I might gain more.
20 To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews.
To those under the Law, as under the Law, that I might gain
those under the Law.
21 To those without Law I became like those without Law that
I might gain them. I am not without law to the Almighty One,
but under the law to (toward)(of) Messiah.
22 To the weak I became as the weak, that I might gain the
weak. I am made all things to all men, that I might by all
means save some.
23 And this I do for the sake of the good news that I might be a
partaker of it with others.
24 Do you not know that they who run in a race all run, but
one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain the prize.
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25 Every man taking part in the contest is temperate in all
things. They do it to obtain a corruptible crown but we do it to
receive an incorruptible crown.
26 I do not run without definite aim (purpose) and I do not
fight like a man beating the air.
27 But I discipline my body, and bring it into subjection, so
that after I have preached to others I will not be disqualified.

1 Corinthians 10
1 Brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant about how all our
fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea.
2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the
sea.
3 They all ate the same spiritual meal.
4 They all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank of
that spiritual Rock that followed them. That Rock was
(represented)(symbolic of) Messiah! (Exodus 7:6)(Numbers
20:11)
5 The Almighty One was not pleased with most of them. And
their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.
6 Now these things were examples for us. They teach us not to
lust after evil things like they did.
7 Do not be idolaters like some of them. It is written: The
people sat down to eat and drink, and stood up to play.
8 Do not commit fornication like some of them committed.
Twenty three thousand of them died in one day.
9 Do not test the Almighty One like some of them also did and
were destroyed by serpents.
10 Do not grumble like some of them grumbled. Venomous
snakes killed them.
11 These things happened for examples, and they are written
for our instruction, upon whom the end of the ages has come.
12 Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he
does not fall.
13 No temptation has overtaken you except what is common
to man. The Almighty One is faithful and he will not allow you
to be tempted beyond your limits. He will make a way out,
that you will be able to endure it.
14 My dearly beloved, flee (run away) from idolatry.
15 I speak as to wise men. You judge what I say.
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16 The cup of blessing we bless, is it not the sharing of the
blood of Messiah? The bread we break, is it not the sharing of
the body of Messiah?
17 For we being many are one-bread and one-body. We are all
partakers of that one bread.
18 Is physical Israel the ones who eat the sacrifices, the
partakers of the altar?
19 What do I mean? That the idol is anything, or that which is
offered in sacrifice to idols is anything?
20 But I say, that the things that the nations sacrifice, they
sacrifice to demons, and not to the Almighty One. I do not
want you to have fellowship with demons.
21 You cannot drink the cup of Yahowah and the cup of
demons. You cannot be partakers of the Yahowah's Table and
of the table of demons. (Malachi 1:12)
22 Do we provoke Yahowah to rivalry (indignation) (anger)?
Are we stronger than he?
23 All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient
(profitable). All things are lawful for me, but all things do not
build up (confirm) (strengthen).
24 Let no one seek his own advantage, but that of the other
[person].
25 Eat whatever is sold in the meat market without asking
questions for the sake of conscience.
26 For the earth and that which fills it is Yahowah’s. (Psalm
24:1)
27 If a nonbeliever invites you to a feast and you feel you must
go eat whatever is set before you, asking no question for
conscience sake.
28 But if any man says to you: “This is offered in sacrifice to
idols,” do not eat for the sake of the one who said it and for
conscience sake.
29 Conscience, I say, not your own, but of the other: Yet why
is my freedom judged by another man's conscience?
30 For if I by grace am a partaker, why is evil spoken about me
concerning that for which I give thanks?
31 Whether you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do
everything to the esteem of the Almighty One.
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32 Do not stumble or offend (do not lead into sin), neither
to the Jews, nor to the nations, nor to the congregation of the
Almighty One.
33 Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking my own
good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 11
1 Be followers (imitators) of me, even as I also am of Messiah.
2 Now I praise you, brothers, because you remember me in all
things, and carefully follow the teachings (precepts)(doctrine)
just as I delivered them to you.
3 I would have you know, that the head (authority) of every
man is Messiah; and the head of the woman is the man; and
the head of Messiah is the Almighty One.
4 Every man who prays or prophesies having his head covered
dishonors his head.
5 But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head
uncovered dishonors her head. She is the same as if she had
her head shaved.
6 For if the woman were not covered, let her also be shaved.
But if it is a shame for a woman to have her head shaved, let
her be covered.
7 For a man should not cover his head, for he is the image and
esteem of the Almighty One. But the woman is the esteem of
the man.
8 For the man is not from the woman; but the woman is from
the man.
9 Neither was man created for woman but woman for man.
10 That is why the woman should have a sign of authority on
her head because of the messengers.
11 However in the Almighty One, both men and women exist
together. Not one without the other.
12 For as woman is from man, even so is man also from
woman. But all things are from the Almighty One!
13 Judge in yourselves. Is it proper that women pray to the
Almighty One uncovered?
14 Does not even nature itself teach you, that, if men have long
hair, it is a shame?
15 But if a woman has long hair, it is a esteem to her for her
hair is given her for a covering.
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16 If anyone is contentious about this we have no other
practice, neither do the congregations of the Almighty One.
17 Now in this that I declare to you that I do not praise you.
For you come together not for the better but for the worse.
18 For first of all, when you come together in the
congregation, I hear that there are divisions among you and I
partly believe it.
19 For there must be also heresies among you that they that
are approved may be made manifest among you.
20 When you come together to one place, this is not to eat the
Master's Supper.
21 For in eating every one goes ahead with out waiting for
everybody else. One is hungry and another is drunk.
22 Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do
you despise the congregation of Yahowah, and shame them
that have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you
in this? I will not praise you!
23 For I received from the Master that which I delivered to
you, that the Master Yahoshua the same night in which he was
betrayed took bread.
24 And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “Take
and eat. This represents (is) my body, which is broken for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.”
25 In the same manner, after supper, he took the cup, saying,
“This cup represents (is) the new covenant of my blood. Drink
this as often as you do it in remembrance of me.”
26 For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you
proclaim the Master's death till he comes.
27 Whoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the
Master, unworthily, shall be guilty of [sinning against] (falsely
representing) the body and blood of the Master.
28 Let a man examine himself before he eats of that bread,
and drinks of that cup.
29 For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks
damnation to himself, not discerning (not judging rightly) the
Master's body.
30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and
many sleep.
31 For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
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32 But when we are judged, Yahowah disciplines us, that
we should not be destroyed (condemned) with the world.
(Proverbs 3:11)
33 When you come together to eat, wait for one another.
34 If any man is hungry let him eat at home. That way you
come together without condemnation. I will give direction to
care for other matters when I come.

1 Corinthians 12
1 Concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be
without knowledge.
2 You know that you were of the nations, carried away and led
by mute idols.
3 I want you to understand that no man speaking by the Spirit
of the Almighty One calls Yahoshua accursed. And no person
can say, “Yahoshua is the Master,” except by the Set-Apart
Spirit.
4 There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 There are differences of administrations, but the same
Master.
6 And there are different operations, but it is the same
Yahowah who works in all.
7 The manifestation (expression) of the Spirit is given to
everyone for a beneficial purpose.
8 For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit; to
another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of
healing by the one Spirit;
10 To another the workings of miracles and to another
prophesy. To another discerning of spirits; to another
different kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of
tongues.
11 But in all these the same Spirit works, making a distribution
to each one as he (Yahowah) wills.
12 For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the
members of that one body, being many and are one body, so
also is Messiah.
13 For by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, whether
we are Jews or people of the nations, whether we are bond or
free; we were all made to drink of one Spirit.
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14 For the body is not one member, but many.
15 If the foot should say: “Because I am not the hand, I am not
of the body;” is it therefore not of the body?
16 If the ear should say: “Because I am not the eye, I am not of
the body;” is it therefore not of the body?
17 If the whole body were an eye, where is the hearing? If the
whole were hearing, where is the smelling?
18 Has the Almighty One set the members of the body, every
one of them, just as it pleased him?
19 And if they were all one member, where would the body be?
20 But now they are many members, yet they are one body.
21 And the eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of
you:” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
22 Those members of the body, which seem to be weaker, are
necessary.
23 And those members of the body that we think to be less
honorable, we offer these more honors. Our less acceptable
parts have more abundant acceptability.
24 For our acceptable parts have no need. But the Almighty
One has assembled the body together, having given more
abundant honor to the part that was lacking.
25 There should be no division in the body. So the members
should have the same care for each other.
26 When one member suffers all the members suffer with it.
When one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
27 Now you are the body of Messiah, and members
individually.
28 Yahowah has appointed some in the congregation: first
apostles, second prophets, third teachers, after that miracles,
then gifts of healings, helpers, abilities to direct, different
tongues.
29 Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all
workers of miracles?
30 Do all have the gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues?
Do all interpret?
31 Zealously seek (earnestly desire) the best gifts. Yet I show
you a more excellent way.
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1 Corinthians 13
1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of messengers,
and do not have love, I have become like loud sounding brass,
or a clashing cymbal.
2 If I have the gift of prophesy, and know all secrets and all
knowledge, and though I have all faith so as to remove
mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
3 And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and
surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, I gain
nothing.
4 Love is patient. Love is kind. Love is not jealous. Love does
not brag and is not arrogant (proud).
5 Love does not act indecently. It is not selfish. It is not
provoked and does not take into account a wrong suffered.
6 Love does not rejoice with evil, but rejoices with the truth.
7 It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and
endures all things.
8 Love never fails. Where there are gifts of prophecy, they will
be done away. Where there are tongues, they will cease. Where
there is knowledge, it will be done away.
9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part.
10 When the perfect comes, the partial (imperfect)
(incomplete) will be done away.
11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a
child, and reason like a child. When I became an adult I did
away with childish things.
12 For now we see in a mirror dimly, and then we will see face
to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I
also have been fully known.
13 Faith, hope and love remain. These three! The greatest of
these is love!

1 Corinthians 14
1 Pursue love, yet zealously desire spiritual gifts, especially
prophesy (proclaiming the Almighty One’s Word).
2 For the person who speaks in an unknown tongue does not
speak to men, but to Yahowah. No man understands him. He
speaks secrets by the spirit.
3 But the person who prophesies speaks to men to build up,
encourage and comfort.
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4 The person who speaks in an unknown tongue
enlightens himself; but he who declares Yahowah’s Word
enlightens the entire congregation!
5 I would like it that you all speak with tongues, but I prefer
that you prophesy. The person who announces (teaches)
(preaches) the Almighty One’s Word is greater than the
person who speaks with tongues. The person who speaks with
tongues should have an interpreter so the congregation may
receive understanding and knowledge.
6 Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what
shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by
revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by
doctrine?
7 Inanimate objects that make a sound, whether pipe or harp,
except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be
known what is piped or harped?
8 If the trumpet gives an unclear sound, who will prepare
himself for the battle?
9 The same for you unless you utter by the tongue words easy
to understand, how will it be known what is spoken? For you
will speak into the air.
10 There are many kinds of languages in the world, and none
of them is without meaning.
11 Therefore if I do not know the meaning of what someone is
saying I will be a foreigner to him that speaks. And he that
speaks will be a foreigner to me too.
12 As much as you are zealous for spiritual gifts, strive to
build-up (increase) the enlightenment (understanding) of the
congregation.
13 Let the one who speaks in an unknown tongue pray that he
may interpret what he says.
14 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my
understanding (mind) is unfruitful.
15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray
with the understanding (Greek: nous: mind) also. I will sing
with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding (mind)
also.
16 When you bless with the spirit, how will the audience of the
unlearned say Amein at your giving of thanks, seeing he does
not understand what you said?
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17 For you give thanks well, but the other is not given
understanding.
18 I thank the Almighty One that I speak with tongues more
then all of you.
19 Yet in the congregation I would rather speak five words
with my understanding than ten thousand words in an
unknown tongue.
20 Brothers, do not be like children in understanding. When it
comes to evil be innocent children but in your thinking be
mature adults.
21 It is written in the law: “With men of other tongues and lips
of foreigners I will speak to this people. Even then they will
not listen to me,” said Yahowah.
22 Therefore speaking in tongues is a sign not for believers,
but for those who do not believe. Prophesying serves the
believer and not the unbeliever.
23 If therefore the whole congregation comes together in one
place, and all speak with tongues, and the unlearned, or
unbelievers, come there will they not say that you are out of
your mind?
24 But if all proclaim the Almighty One’s Word and an
unbeliever comes there he is convinced by all.
25 The secrets of his heart are made known. So falling down
on his face he will worship Yahowah, and report, “Yahowah is
truly among you.”
26 How is it then, brothers? When you come together, every
one of you has a psalm, has a doctrine, has a tongue, has a
revelation, and has an interpretation. Let all things be done to
clarify and offer understanding!
27 If anyone speaks in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or
at the most by three. It should be orderly by plan and someone
must interpret.
28 But if there is no interpreter, let the speaker keep silence in
the congregation and speak to himself and to the Almighty
One.
29 Let two or three prophets speak and let the others listen.
30 If there is a revelation to another while sitting there, let the
others keep quiet.
31 You may all prophesy one by one (in turn) that all may
learn, and all may be comforted.
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32 Let the prophets control the spirits (minds) (mental
disposition) of the prophets.
33 For the Almighty One is not the author of confusion, but of
peace, as in all the congregations of the set-apart ones.
34 Let women keep silent in the congregations. They are not
permitted to speak. They must be in submission as it says in
the law.
35 When they want to learn something, let them ask their
husbands at home. For it is improper for a woman to speak in
the congregation.
36 Did the word of the Almighty One originate with you? Or
are you the only people it has reached?
37 If any man thinks himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let
him acknowledge that the things that I write to you are the
commandments of the Almighty One.
38 But if any man does not recognize (understand) this he will
not be recognized.
39 Seek to prophesy brothers, and do not forbid speaking with
tongues.
40 Let all things be done decently and in order.

1 Corinthians 15
1 Brothers, I declared the good news to you. You have received
it and should continue strong in it.
2 You will be saved through the good news if you hold fast to
the word I preached to you. That way you will not believe in
vain.
3 First of all, I delivered to you what I also received, how
Messiah died for our sins according to the Scriptures.
4 He was buried, and he was raised on the third day according
to the Scriptures.
5 He was seen by Kepha and then by the twelve apostles.
6 More than five hundred brothers saw him at the same time
after that. Most of them remain to this day, but some have
fallen asleep [in death].
7 Then he was seen by Jacob, and then by all the apostles.
8 And last of all I also saw him, as of one with an untimely
birth.
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9 I am the least of the apostles and do not deserve to be
called an apostle, because I persecuted the people of the
Almighty One.
10 By the divine influence of the Almighty One I am what I
am. His grace was not given to me in vain for I labored more
than all of them. Yet it was not I. It was the divine influence
and favor of the Almighty One in me.
11 Therefore whether they preached or I preached, you
believed.
12 If we preached that Messiah was raised from the dead, how
can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Messiah has not
risen.
14 And if Messiah has not been raised, then our preaching is
worth nothing, and your faith is also without value.
15 We are found to be false witnesses of the Almighty One
because we have testified that the Almighty One raised
Messiah from the dead. If he did not raise him up from the
dead then the dead are not raised up.
16 For if the dead are not raised up then Messiah has not been
raised.
17 And if Messiah is not resurrected, your faith is worth
nothing, and you are still in your sins.
18 Then they also who have fallen asleep in Messiah have
perished.
19 If in this life only we have hope in Messiah, we are of all
men most miserable (pitiable).
20 Messiah has risen from the dead, and has become the first
fruits of those who slept [in death].
21 Death came because of what one man did. The resurrection
of the dead also comes because of what one man did.
22 In Adam all die, even so in Messiah all shall be made alive.
23 Everyone will be raised to life in the right order: Messiah
the first fruits and afterward those who belong to Messiah at
the time of his coming.
24 In the end Messiah will deliver the kingdom to the
Almighty One the Father. Messiah will destroy every ruler and
all authority and all power.
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25 For he (Messiah) must rule as king until he (Yahowah)
puts all enemies under his feet (his control). (Psalm 2; 110)
(Daniel 2:44) (Revelation 5:10; 20:6)
26 The last enemy to be destroyed will be death. (Revelation
20:14)
27 According to the Scriptures: The Almighty One has placed
all things under his control (subjection). (Ephesians 1:22) But
when he said all things are placed under him, it is with the
exception of [Yahowah]. For [Yahowah] is the one who placed
all things under him (Messiah). (1 Peter 3:22) (John 3:35)
28 When all things shall be subdued under the Son, then the
Son will also be subjected to Yahowah who put all things
under him, that the Almighty One may be all in all (ruler over
everything).
29 What will they do who are baptized for the dead, if the dead
do not rise at all? Why are they then baptized for the dead?
30 Why do we stand in jeopardy (in danger) every hour?
31 I face death daily even as I rejoice over you in Messiah
Yahoshua our Master.
32 If I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage
was it to me if the dead do not rise? Let us eat and drink for
tomorrow we die.
33 Do not be deceived: Bad company corrupts good morals.
34 Wake up to righteousness and do not sin. Some do not
have knowledge of the Almighty One: I speak this to your
shame.
35 But someone will say: How are the dead raised up? And
with what body do they come?
36 You fool, that which you sow is not alive unless it first dies.
37 That which you sow, you sow not that body that will
develop, but bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of some other
grain:
38 But [Yahowah] gives it a body as it pleased him, and to
every seed his own body.
39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh
of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another
of birds.
40 There are also celestial (heavenly) bodies and terrestrial
(earthly) bodies. The esteem of the celestial is one thing and
the esteem of the terrestrial is another.
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41 There is one esteem of the sun, and another esteem of
the moon, and another esteem of the stars. For one star differs
from another star in esteem.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in
corruption. It is raised in incorruption.
43 It is sown in dishonor. It is raised in esteem. It is sown in
weakness and it is raised in power.
44 It is sown a natural body and it is raised a spiritual body.
There is a natural body and there is a spiritual body.
45 Thus it is written: “The first man Adam was made a living
being.” The last Adam became a life giving spirit!
46 How is it the first is not spiritual, but that which is natural;
and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man is from the earth, earthy: the second man is
from heaven.
48 As is the earthy so are those who are of the earth. And as is
the heavenly, so are those who are of heaven.
49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also
bear the image of the heavenly.
50 Now this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot
inherit the kingdom of the Almighty One. Corruption may not
inherit incorruption.
51 Behold, I show you a secret. We shall not all sleep, but we
shall all be changed,
52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last
reverberation of the trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and
the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be
changed.
53 This corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal
must put on immortality.
54 When this corruptible shall be clothed with (Greek: enduo:
dressed, put on) incorruption, and this mortal shall be clothed
with immortality, then the saying will come true: “Death is
swallowed up in victory.”
55 “O death, where is your sting (power to hurt)? O grave,
where is your victory?”
56 The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
57 But thanks to Yahowah, because he gives us the victory
through our Master Yahoshua Messiah.
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58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and
unmovable. Always have plenty to do in the work of the
Almighty One, for you know that your labor is not in vain in
the Almighty One.

1 Corinthians 16
1 Now concerning the collection for the set-apart ones, you
should do the same as I told the congregations of Galatia.
2 On one day of the week let every one of you set something
aside, as Yahowah has prospered you, that there be no
contributions collected when I come. (Greek: heis, number
one)
3 When I come, whomever you approve by your letters, I will
send to bring your gift to Jerusalem.
4 If it is fitting that I also go they will go with me.
5 Now I will come to you when I pass through Macedonia, for
I do pass through Macedonia.
6 And it may be that I will stay there and winter with you, that
you may send me on my journey where ever I go.
7 I will not see you now by the way; but I plan to stay a while
with you, if the Yahowah permits.
8 I will stay at Ephesus until Pentecost.
9 For a great door that leads to activity is opened to me. Yet
there are many people working against me.
10 Now if Timothy comes, see that he may be with you without
fear, for he works the work of Yahowah, as I also do.
11 Let no one despise him. But conduct him in peace that he
may come to me, for I look for him with the brothers.
12 Concerning our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to
come to you with the brothers but his will was not at all to
come at this time. He will come when he has a convenient
time.
13 Be alert (be watchful) and stand fast (be vigilant)
(persevere) in the faith, carry on as men (be courageous), be
strong. (Ps 31:24)
14 Do everything with love.
15 I exhort you, brothers, you know the house of Stephanas,
that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted
themselves to the ministry of the set-apart ones.
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16 That you submit yourselves to such, and to every one
that helps with us, and labors.
17 I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and
Achaicus. For they have supplied what was lacking on your
part.
18 For they have refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore
acknowledge them.
19 The congregations of Asia greet you. Aquila and Priscilla
greet you in Yahowah, with the congregation that is in their
house.
20 All the brothers greet you. Greet one another with a set-
apart kiss.
21 The greeting from me Paul is with my own hand.
22 If any man does not love the Master Yahoshua Messiah, let
him be accursed. Come O Master!
23 The grace of our Master Yahoshua Messiah is with you.
24 My love be with you all in Messiah Yahoshua. Amein.
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2 Corinthians
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2 CORINTHIANS
(WRITER: PAUL) (55 C.E.) (MACEDONIA)

2 Corinthians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Messiah Yahoshua through the will of the
Almighty One, and Timothy our brother, to the congregation
of Yahowah at Corinth, with all the set-apart ones throughout
Achaia:
2 May you have favor and peace from the Almighty One
[Yahowah] our Father and the Master Yahoshua Messiah.
3 Blessed be the Almighty One [Yahowah] our Father of our
Master Yahoshua Messiah, the Father of mercies and the
Almighty One of all comfort.
4 He comforts us in all our trouble, that we may be able to
comfort those who also have trouble, through the comfort with
which we are comforted from the Almighty One.
5 For as the sufferings of Messiah abound in us, even so our
comfort also abounds through Messiah.
6 If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we
are comforted, it is for your comfort. It works through
patience and longsuffering and is the same sufferings that we
also suffer.
7 Our hope for you is steadfast; knowing that, as you are
partakers of the sufferings, so you also partake of the comfort.
8 We do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our
affliction that began in Asia. We were weighed down
exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired
even of life.
9 Yes, we have had the sentence of death within ourselves that
we should not trust in ourselves but in Yahowah who raises
the dead.
10 The Almighty One delivered us out of so great a death, and
will deliver us. We have set our hope on him. He will deliver
us!
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11 You also helped with your prayer on our behalf. Many
may give thanks for the gift granted to us.
12 This is our pride and testimony of conscience. In holiness
and Godly sincerity we behaved ourselves in the world, and
more abundantly toward you. It was not by fleshly wisdom but
by the favor of the Almighty One.
13 For we write no other things to you, than what you read or
even acknowledge, and I hope you will acknowledge to the
end:
14 as also you did acknowledge us in part, that we are your
reason to be proud, even as you also are ours, in the day of our
Master Yahoshua.
15 In this confidence I was willing to come to you first that you
might have a second benefit.
16 To pass by you to Macedonia, and again from Macedonia to
come to you, and to be helped by you on my journey to Judea.
17 When I planned this was I unfaithful? Or in other things do
I perform according to the flesh. With me should there be a
yes or a no?
18 But as Yahowah is faithful, our word toward you is not yes
and no.
19 For the Son of the Almighty One, Yahoshua Messiah, whom
we, preached among you even by me and Silvanus and
Timothy, was not yes and no, but in him is yes.
20 All the promises of the Almighty One in him are yes. Also
in his is the Amein, to the esteem of the Almighty One through
us.
21 He who establishes us with you in Messiah, and anointed
us, is the Almighty One.
22 He also sealed us, and gave us the guarantee of the Spirit in
our hearts.
23 But I call the Almighty One [Yahowah] for a witness
against me. To spare you I did not come to Corinth.
24 We do not control your faith. We are fellow workers for
your joy: for you stand fast in faith.

2 Corinthians 2
1 I decided this for myself that I would not come again to you
with sorrow.
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2 For if I make you sad, who then makes me glad? It is the
same one whom I made sad.
3 I wrote this very thing that when I came, I should have
sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice. I have
confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to
you with many tears. Not that you should be made sorry, but
that you might know the love that I have more abundantly for
you.
5 But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow, not to
me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all.
6 Sufficient to such a one is this punishment that was inflicted
by the many.
7 To the contrary you should rather forgive him and comfort
him, lest by any means such a one should be swallowed up
with his excess sorrow.
8 I urge you to confirm your love toward him.
9 I write for this purpose, that I might put you to the test,
whether you are obedient in all things.
10 Whoever you forgive, I also forgive. What I have forgiven, if
I have forgiven anything, for your sakes I have forgiven it in
the presence of Messiah,
11 that no advantage may be gained over us by Satan: for we
are not ignorant of his devices.
12 Now when I came to Troas for the good news of Messiah,
and when a door was opened to me in the Almighty One,
13 I had no relief for my spirit, because I did not find Titus my
brother: but leaving them, I went to Macedonia.
14 Thanks to Yahowah, who always leads us in triumph
(triumphal procession) in Messiah. He makes known through
us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
15 For we are a sweet aroma of Messiah to the Almighty One.
We are an aroma for those who are saved and those who
perish.
16 To the one an aroma of death leading to death and to the
other an aroma from life to life. And who is sufficient for these
things?
17 For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of the
Almighty One; but sincere and from the Almighty One. We
speak in Messiah in the sight of the Almighty One.
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2 Corinthians 3
1 Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we
need, as some do, letters of commendation to you or from
you?
2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by
all men.
3 It is known that you are a letter of Messiah, ministered by
us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living
Almighty One. It is not written on tablets of stone, but on
tablets of flesh that are of the heart.
4 We have such confidence through Messiah toward the
Almighty One [Yahowah].
5 We are not adequate by ourselves to account for anything.
Our adequacy is from the Almighty One.
6 He also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant.
This is a covenant not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the
letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
7 The ministry of death was written and engraved on stones.
Esteem came with it so that the children of Israel could not
look steadfastly upon the face of Moses. And this esteem was
passing away.
8 How shall the ministry of the Spirit not be with esteem
(honor)?
9 For if the ministry of condemnation has esteem then the
ministry of righteousness would exceed in esteem.
10 Even what was esteemed had no esteem in this respect, by
reason of the greater esteem.
11 If that which passes away was with esteem, that which
remains is even more esteemed.
12 Since we have such a hope we use great boldness of speech.
13 We are not like Moses, who put a veil upon his face, that the
children of Israel should not look steadily on the end of that
which was passing away:
14 Their minds were blinded. Until this day the same veil
remains at the reading of the old covenant. It is not revealed to
them that Messiah voided it.
15 But to this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies upon
their heart.
16 When one turns to Yahowah, the veil is taken away.
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17 Now the Almighty One is the Spirit and where the Spirit
of the Almighty One is, there is liberty (freedom).
18 We all, with unveiled face, behold as in a mirror the esteem
of the Almighty One and are transformed into the same image
from esteem (praise) to esteem (praise), exactly as from the
Almighty One’s Spirit.

2 Corinthians 4
1 We have this ministry to do, even as we obtained mercy, we
do not lose heart.
2 We have renounced the hidden things of shame. And we do
not walk in craftiness and deceit. We do not adulterate the
word of the Almighty One. But by the manifestation of the
truth we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the
sight of the Almighty One.
3 If our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who perish.
4 The god of this age (world) (religious, social, political, and
economic arrangement) has blinded the minds of unbelievers
that the light of the good news of the esteem (honor) of
Messiah, who is the image of Yahowah, should not shine on
them.
5 We do not preach about ourselves, but about Messiah
Yahoshua as Master. We are your servants for Yahoshua' sake.
6 The Almighty One said: Light will shine out of darkness. He
shined in our hearts. He gave the light of the knowledge of the
esteem of the Almighty One in the face (presence) ((person) of
Yahoshua Messiah.
7 We have this treasure in earthen vessels that the power
beyond what is normal may be from Yahowah, and not from
ourselves.
8 We are pressed (afflicted) (troubled) on every side, but not
crushed. We are perplexed yet not to despair.
9 We are persecuted, yet not forsaken. We are struck down,
yet not destroyed.
10 We always carry in the body the death of Yahoshua, that
the life of Yahoshua may also be manifested in our body.
11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Yahoshua'
sake, that the life of Yahoshua may also be manifested in our
mortal flesh.
12 So then death works in us, but life in you.
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13 But having the same spirit (attitude) of faith, according
to that which is written, I believe, and therefore I speak. We
also believe, and therefore we also speak.
14 We know that he who raised the Master Yahoshua will raise
us also with Yahoshua, and will present us with you.
15 All things are for your sakes, that the favor, being
multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to
abound to the praise of the Almighty One.
16 We do not give up! Though our outward man is decaying,
yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
17 Our light affliction is for the moment. It works more
exceedingly an eternal weight of esteem for us.
18 We do not look at the things that are seen, but at the things
that are not seen. For the things that are seen are temporal
(for a season). But the things that are not seen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 5
1 We know that if our earthly house (human body) (habitation
of life) is destroyed; we have a building from Yahowah. It is an
everlasting house in the heavens, not made with human
hands.
2 In this we sigh (in silent prayer), longing to be clothed with
our habitation that is from heaven.
3 Indeed being clothed we will not be found naked.
4 While in this tabernacle we groan and sigh with prayer. We
are concerned that we would be clothed with what is mortal
and be swallowed up (devoured) by this life.
5 He that prepared us for this very purpose is the Almighty
One. He gave the Spirit to us as a guarantee (pledge)
(security).
6 We are always confident for we know that while we are at
home in the body, we are absent from the Almighty One.
7 We walk by faith, not by sight.
8 We are of good courage, I say, and are willing to be absent
from the body, and to be at home with the Almighty One
[Yahowah].
9 We make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be
pleasing to him.
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10 We must all appear before the judgment-seat of
Messiah; that each one may receive the things done in the
body, according to what he has done, whether it is good or
bad.
11 We know what it means to respect the Almighty One so we
persuade others. The Almighty One knows us and I hope that
you know us in your hearts (consciences).
12 We are not again commending ourselves to you. But we are
giving you an occasion to be proud of us. That way you may
have an answer for those who boast in appearance, and not in
heart.
13 For if we are beside ourselves (crazy) (insane) it is to the
Almighty One. If we are of sound mind, it is to you.
14 For the love of Messiah compels us to judge, that one died
for all and therefore all died.
15 He died for all that those who live should no longer live for
themselves, but for him who died for their sakes and rose
again.
16 From now on we know no man according to the flesh: even
though we have known Messiah according to the flesh, yet
now we know him so no longer.
17 If any man is in Messiah, he is a new creature: the old
things have passed away. Behold, they have become new.
18 All things are from the Almighty One who reconciled us to
himself through Messiah. He gave the ministry of
reconciliation to us.
19 The Almighty One was reconciling the world to himself
through Messiah. He was not imputing their trespasses
against them, for he had committed the word of reconciliation
to us.
20 We are ambassadors for Messiah, as though the Almighty
One were making entreaty through us. We implore you on
behalf of Messiah that you be reconciled to the Almighty One.
21 He made the one who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf.
That way we might become the righteousness of the Almighty
One in him.
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2 Corinthians 6
1 Working together with him we plead with you not to receive
the favor of the Almighty One in vain (to no purpose) (in
emptiness).
2 For he said: At an acceptable time I listened to you. In a day
of salvation I helped you. Behold, now is the acceptable time;
behold, now is the day of salvation!
3 Give no occasion for stumbling (offence) in anything that
our ministry may not be blamed (discredited).
4 In everything we commend ourselves, as ministers of the
Almighty One, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities,
in distresses,
5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in
watching, in fasting;
6 in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in
the Set-Apart Spirit, in genuine love,
7 in the word of truth, in the power of the Almighty One; by
the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
8 by honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as
deceivers, and yet true;
9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we
live; as chastened, and not killed;
10 Also as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making
many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
11 O Corinthians, we have spoken openly to you, our
(figurative) heart is wide open (enlarged).
12 We do not restrict you, but you are restricted by your own
affections.
13 Now in return for the same in like kind (I speak as to my
children), you also be open (open your hearts wide)!
14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers: for what
fellowship does righteousness have with lawlessness? Or what
communion does light have with darkness?
15 And what accord has Messiah with Belial? Or what does a
believer have in common with an unbeliever?
16 And what agreement does a temple of Yahowah have with
idols? We are the temple of the living the Almighty One.
Yahowah said: I will dwell in them, and walk among them;
and I will be their Almighty One, and they will be my people.
(Leviticus 26:12) (Zechariah 8:8)
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17 Therefore come out from among them and be separate
(set off) (severed from them) (excluded from them), said
Yahowah. Do not touch the unclean thing and I will receive
you. (Isaiah 52:11) (Jeremiah 51:45)
18 I will be a Father to you, and you will be to me sons and
daughters, said Yahowah the Almighty One.
(Hosea 1:10)

2 Corinthians 7
1 Having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves
from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness with
deep reverence for the Almighty One.
2 Open your hearts to us. We wronged no person. We wronged
and corrupted no one. We took advantage of no person.
3 I say it not to condemn you: for I have said before, that you
are in our hearts to die together and live together.
4 Great is my confidence in you. Great is my boasting on your
behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in our
entire affliction.
5 When we came to Macedonia our flesh had no relief, but we
were afflicted on every side, fighting on the outside and fears
on the inside.
6 Nevertheless he who comforts the lowly (depressed), even
the Almighty One, comforted us by the coming of Titus.
7 This is not by his coming only, but also by the comfort he
brought from you. He told us about your longing, your
mourning, and your zeal for me so that I rejoiced yet more.
8 For though I made you sorry with my letter, I do not regret
it. Though I did regret it (for I see that that letter made you
sorry, though but for a season),
9 I now rejoice, not because you were made sorry, but that you
were made sorry to teshuvah; for you were made sorry after a
godly fashion, that you might not suffer loss by us.
10 For godly sorrow works repentance leading to salvation.
This is a make teshuvah that brings no regret: but the sorrow
of the world works death.
11 This very thing that you sorrowed in a godly manner: What
diligence it made in you, what clearing of yourselves, what
indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, yes what
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vindication! You demonstrated yourself to innocent in the
matter.
12 Although I wrote to you, I did not write for the sake of the
one who did wrong, nor for the one who suffered the wrong,
but that your earnest care for us might be made manifest to
you in the sight of the Almighty One.
13 Therefore we have been comforted in your comfort. We
enjoyed our comfort the more exceedingly for the joy of Titus,
because all of you have refreshed his mental disposition.
14 If in anything I have boasted about him to you, I was not
put to shame; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, so our
boasting also which I made before Titus was found to be truth.
15 His affection is even greater for you as he remembers your
obedience and how with reverence and trembling you received
him.
16 I rejoice that in everything I am encouraged because of you.

2 Corinthians 8
1 We make known to you brothers the favor of the Almighty
One that has been given to the congregations of Macedonia.
2 Out of severe affliction they have an abundance of joy and
their deep poverty abounds in the riches of their generosity.
3 For according to their ability, I bear witness, yes and beyond
their power, they gave of their own accord.
4 They were very urgent in their concern for this favor and the
fellowship in the ministering to the set-apart ones.
5 This is not as we hoped. First they gave their own selves to
the Almighty One, and to us by the will of the Almighty One.
6 We exhorted Titus, that as he made a beginning before, so
he would also complete in you this favor.
7 But as you have plenty of everything, in faith, and speech,
and knowledge, and in all earnestness, and in your love for us,
see that you have plenty of this undeserved kindness also.
8 I speak not by way of commandment, but as proving
through the earnestness of others the sincerity also of your
love.
9 For you know the favor of our Master Yahoshua Messiah.
Though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that
you through his poverty might become rich.
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10 I give my judgment: for this is expedient for you, who
were the first to make a beginning a year ago, not only to do,
but also to will.
11 But now complete the doing. There was the eager will, so
there may be the completion also out of your ability.
12 For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to
what a man has, not according to what he does not have.
13 I do not say this for the ease of others and for your affliction
14 but by equality: your abundance being a supply at this
present time for their want, that their abundance also may
become a supply for your want; that there may be equality:
15 as it is written, He that gathered much had nothing over;
and he that gathered little had no lack.
16 But thanks to the Almighty One, who puts the same earnest
care for you into the heart of Titus.
17 For he accepted indeed our exhortation; but being himself
very earnest, he went forth to you of his own accord.
18 And we have sent together with him the brother, whose
praise in the good news has spread through all the
congregations,
19 and not only so, but who was also appointed by the
congregations to travel with us in the matter of this favor,
which is ministered by us to the esteem of the Master, and to
show our readiness.
20 Avoid this, that any man should blame us in the matter of
this bounty that is ministered by us:
21 for we think of honorable things, not only in the sight of
Yahowah, but also in the sight of men.
22 We send our brother with them, whom we have many
times proved diligent in many things, but now much more
diligent, by reason of the great confidence which he has in
you.
23 Whether any inquire about Titus, he is my partner and my
fellow-worker to you or our brothers, they are the Malakim of
the congregations, and they are the esteem (honor) of
Messiah.
24 Show to them as representatives of the congregations the
quality of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf.
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2 Corinthians 9
1 I do not need to write you about the ministry to the set-apart
ones.
2 I know you are ready and I boast about to the Macedonians.
That Achaia has been prepared since last year. Your zeal
stirred up many of them.
3 But I have sent the brothers that our boasting about you may
not be made void in this respect. Even as I said, you may be
prepared:
4 Lest by any means, if any from Macedonia come with me
and find you unprepared, we, not to speak of you, should be
put to shame in this respect.
5 I thought it necessary therefore to request the brothers to go
before me to you, and prepare your generous gift before hand,
that the same might be ready as a gift and not extortion.
6 He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. He who sows
bountifully will reap bountifully.
7 Let each man do according as he has purposed in his heart:
not grudgingly, or of necessity: for the Almighty One loves a
cheerful giver.
8 Yahowah is able to make all favor abound toward you. You
have plenty of everything you need and should abound in
every good work.
9 As it is written: He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor.
His righteousness abides forever.
10 The one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food
will supply and multiply your seed for sowing, and increase
the fruits of your righteousness.
11 You will be made rich in everything. And you can be
generous on every occasion. This will cause thanksgiving to
the Almighty One through us.
12 This service not only takes care of the needs of the set-apart
ones, but also abounds with many expressions of thanksgiving
to the Almighty One.
13 The proof of this ministry is that they esteem (honor) the
Almighty One [Yahowah] for the obedience of your confession
to the good news of Messiah, and for your liberal sharing with
them and all men.
14 They pray for you because of the surpassing favor of the
Almighty One in you.
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15 Thanks be to the Almighty One for his indescribable
gift!

2 Corinthians 10
1 Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and
gentleness of Messiah, I who in your presence am lowly
among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.
2 I ask that when I am present I need not be bold with the
confidence with which I propose to be courageous against
some, who regard us as if we walked according to the flesh.
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to
the flesh.
4 The weapons we use in our fight are not of the flesh but the
Almighty One's powerful weapons, which we use to destroy
strongholds. We destroy false arguments.
5 We cast down imaginations, and every high thing that is
exalted against the knowledge of the Almighty One. We bring
every thought into captivity to the obedience of Messiah.
6 We are ready to punish all disobedience, when your
obedience is complete.
7 You look at the things that are before you. If any man trusts
in himself that he is Messiah's, let him consider this again
within himself that, even as he is Messiah's, so also are we.
8 I should boast a great deal concerning the authority
Yahowah gave us to build you up, and not to tear you down, I
would not be put to shame.
9 I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.
10 For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong. But his
bodily presence is weak and his speech of no account.
11 Let a person like this take this into account: what we are in
word by letters when we are absent, such we will also be in
deed when we are present.
12 For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with
certain of them that commend themselves. But they measure
themselves by themselves, and compare themselves with
themselves. They are without understanding.
13 But we will not boast beyond our measure, but according to
the measure of the province that Yahowah apportioned to us
as a measure, to reach even to you.
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14 For we are not overstretching ourselves though we did
not reach to you. We reached out to you with the good news of
Messiah.
15 We did not boast beyond our assignment in other men's
labors. Having hope that, as your faith grows, we shall be
made great among you according to our territory for further
abundance.
16 Let us preach the good news to the parts beyond you. Let us
not boast in someone else’s territory in concerning things
ready for our hand.
17 But he who boasts let him boast in Yahowah! (Jeremiah
9:24)
18 It is not he that commends himself that is approved. It is
the one whom Yahowah commends. (Proverbs 29:26)

2 Corinthians 11
1 I hope you can put up with me in a little foolishness: but
indeed you do put up with me.
2 For I am zealous over you with a godly fervor (ardor) (zeal)!
For I promised you to one husband, that I might present you
as a pure virgin to Messiah.
3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in
his craftiness, your minds will be lead away from the
simplicity and the purity (cleanness) that is toward Messiah.
4 If someone comes and preaches another Yahoshua, whom
we did not preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which
you did not receive, or a different good news, which you did
not accept, you do well to put up with him.
5 For I do not consider myself inferior to the super apostles.
6 Though I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not in knowledge.
We have in every way made this evident to you in all things.
7 Or did I commit a sin in abasing myself that you might be
exalted, because I preached to you the good news of the
Almighty One without charge?
8 I robbed other congregations, taking pay from them that I
might minister to you.
9 When I was present with you and was in want, I was not a
burden on any man. For the brothers, when they came from
Macedonia, supplied the measure of my want; and in
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everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you,
and so I will continue to do the same.
10 As the truth of Messiah is in me, no man shall stop me from
doing this boasting in the regions of Achaia.
11 Why? Is it because I do not love you? The Almighty One
knows I do!
12 But what I do, I will do, that I may cut off occasion from
them that desire an occasion; that in whatever matter they
boast, they may be found equal with me.
13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers,
fashioning themselves into apostles of Messiah.
14 And no wonder for even Satan fashions himself into a
messenger of light.
15 It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion
themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be
according to their works.
16 I say again, let no man think me foolish. If you do, yet
receive me as foolish that I also may boast a little.
17 That which I speak, I speak not after the Almighty One, but
in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.
18 Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I will boast
also.
19 You being wise tolerate the foolish.
20 You suffer, if a man brings you into bondage, if a man
devours you, if a man takes advantage of you, if a man exalts
himself, if a man strikes you on the face.
21 I speak concerning reproach, as though we had been weak.
If any are bold, I speak foolishly for I am also bold.
22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I.
Are they the seed of Avraham? So am I!
23 Are they ministers of Messiah? I speak as a fool. I am more
in labors more abundant, beaten beyond number, in prisons
more frequent, in deaths often.
24 Of the Jews five times I received forty stripes less one.
25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, I
suffered shipwreck three times, a night and a day I have spent
in the deep.
26 In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in
perils by my own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in
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perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the
sea, in perils among false brothers;
27 In weariness and painfulness, in watching often, in hunger
and thirst, in fasting often, in cold and nakedness.
28 Beside those things that are from the outside, that which
comes upon me daily, the care of all the congregations.
29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is offended, and I
do not burn with indignation?
30 If I need to boast, I will boast about the things that concern
my infirmities.
31 Yahowah our Father of our Master Yahoshua Messiah,
which is blessed forever knows I do not lie.
32 The governor under King Aretas put guards around the city
of Damascus to catch me.
33 So I was let down in a basket through an opening in the
wall and escaped from him.

2 Corinthians 12
1 I must brag, although it does not do any good. I will go on to
visions and revelations from the Almighty One.
2 I know a man in Messiah, fourteen years ago (whether in the
body, I do not know; or whether out of the body, I do not
know; the Almighty One knows), such a one caught up even to
the third heaven.
3 And I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart from
the body, I do not know; the Almighty One knows),
4 how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable
words, which it is not lawful for a man to speak.
5 I will brag about this person, but I will not brag about myself
unless it is about my weaknesses.
6 If I ever wanted to brag, I would not be a fool. Instead, I
would be telling the truth. But I am going to spare you so that
no one may think more of me than what he sees or hears
about me.
7 I was given a painful physical ailment that will keep me from
being puffed up with pride because of the many wonderful
things I saw. It acts as Satan's Malak to beat me and keep me
from being proud.
8 Three times I prayed to the Almighty One [Yahowah] about
this and asked him to take it away.
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9 He told me: “My favor is sufficient for you for my
strength is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore, I
would rather esteem in my infirmities (frailities), that the
power of Messiah may rest upon me (cover me like a tent)
(descend upon me) (abide with me). (Isaiah 40:29-31)
10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in
necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Messiah's sake:
for when I am weak, then I am strong.
11 I have become a fool in boasting. You have compelled me:
for I ought to have been commended about you: for in nothing
am I inferior to the most prominent apostles, though I am
nothing.
12 Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you
in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
13 What is it in which you were inferior to other
congregations, except that I was not burdensome to you?
Forgive me this wrong.
14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you. I will not
be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you. The
children should not provide for the parents, but the parents
for the children.
15 I will gladly spend and be spent for you. When I love you
more abundantly should I be loved less.
16 Just the same, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being
crafty, I caught you by cunning.
17 Did I gain you by any of them whom I sent to you?
18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus
gain you? Did we not conduct ourselves in the same mental
disposition? Did we not walk in the same steps?
19 Do you think that we excuse ourselves to you? We speak
before the Almighty One in Messiah: but we do all things,
dearly beloved, for you’re up building.
20 I am afraid that I may come and find you different from
what I want you to be, and that you may find me different
from what you want me to be. I fear that there may be rivalry,
jealousy, hot tempers, selfish ambition, slander, gossip,
arrogance, and disorderly conduct.
21 I am afraid that the next time I come my Almighty One will
humiliate me in your presence, and I shall weep over many
who sinned in the past and have not repented of the
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uncleanness, fornication and loose conduct that they have
practiced.

2 Corinthians 13
1 This is now the third time that I am coming to visit you. The
testimony of two or three witnesses must uphold an
accusation. (Deuteronomy 19:15)
2 I told you in advance as if I were present the second time.
Being absent now I write to those who have sinned and to all
others. If I come again I will not spare you.
3 Since you seek a proof of Messiah speaking in me, who is not
weak toward you but is mighty in you.
4 Though he was impaled through weakness, yet he lives by
the power of the Almighty One. We are weak through him
also, but we shall live with him by the power of the Almighty
One toward you.
5 Examine yourselves, whether you are in the faith. Prove your
own selves. Do you not know this about yourselves that
Yahoshua Messiah is with you, unless you are disqualified?
6 I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified.
7 Now I pray to the Almighty One that you do no evil; not that
we should appear approved, but that you should do that which
is honest, though we may seem disqualified.
8 We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
9 We are glad, when we are weak, and you are strong. We also
pray that you be readjusted.
10 Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being
present I should use sharpness, according to the power that
the Almighty One gave me to enlightenment and not to
destruction.
11 Finally brothers, farewell: Be perfect, be of good comfort, be
of one mind, live in peace; and Yahowah of love and peace will
be with you.
12 Greet one another with a set-apart kiss.
13 All the set-apart ones salute you.
14 The favor of the Master Yahoshua Messiah, and the love of
the Almighty One [Yahowah], and the intimate sharing of the
Set-Apart Spirit be with you all. Amein.
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Galatians
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GALATIANS
(WRITER: PAUL) (50-52 C.E.) (CORINTH OR SYRIAN ANTIOCH)

Galatians 1
1 From Paul, who is an apostle not from men nor through men
but through Yahoshua the Messiah, and the Almighty One the
Father, who raised him from the dead.
2 And from the brothers who are with me, to the
congregations of Galatia:
3 Grace to you and peace from the Almighty One our Father,
and our Master Yahoshua the Messiah.
4 He (Yahoshua) gave himself for our sins that he might
deliver us out of this present evil age. This is according to the
will of our Almighty One and Father.
5 To him is splendor forever and ever. Amein.
6 I am amazed that you so quickly turned away from the One
who called you by the grace of Yahoshua. You turned to
different good news.
7 Yet this is not another good news. But there are some who
trouble (agitate) you, and they would pervert the good news of
the Messiah.
8 If we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you any
message other than that which we preached to you, let him be
accursed (condemned) (expelled).
9 We said before and now I say again, if any man preaches to
you any message other than what you received, let him be
accursed!
10 Do I now seek the favor of men, or of the Almighty One?
Am I striving to please men? If I were still pleasing men, I
would not be a servant of the Messiah.
11 For I make known to you brothers that the good news that
was preached by me is not according to man.
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12 I did not receive it from man. I was not taught it! It
came to me through revelation from Yahoshua the Messiah.
13 You heard about the way I lived as a Jew. How I persecuted
the congregation of the Almighty One beyond measure. In fact
I tried to destroy it!
14 I advanced as a Jew beyond many of my own age among my
countrymen. I was more exceedingly zealous for the traditions
of my fathers.
15 It pleased the Almighty One to separate me even from my
mother’s womb and call me through his grace.
16 He revealed his Son to me that I might preach him among
the nations. I do not confer with flesh and blood (human
beings).
17 I did not go to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before
I was. I went away to Arabia and again I returned to
Damascus.
18 Then after three years I went to Jerusalem to visit Cephas,
and waited with him fifteen days.
19 But I saw none of the other apostles except Jacob the
Master's brother.
20 What I write is true. The Almighty One knows I do not lie.
21 Then I came to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
22 I was still unknown by face to the congregations of Judea
that are in the Messiah.
23 They heard it said: “He that once persecuted us now
preaches the faith he once tried to destroy.”
24 They praised the Almighty One because of me.

Galatians 2
1 Fourteen years later I went again to Jerusalem with
Barnabas. I took Titus with me also.
2 I went in response to a revelation. I demonstrated to them
the way I spread the good news among the people of the
nations. I did this privately before them for they have a
reputation. I am concerned that by any means I should be
running, or had run, in vain.
3 Titus was with me and he was not persuaded to be
circumcised. He is a Greek.
4 This occurred because of the false brothers brought in
secretly. They came to spy out our liberty that we have in the
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Messiah Yahoshua. This was so they might bring us into
bondage.
5 We did not yield to them for a moment or an hour! That way
the truth of the good news (the whole body of Christian
teachings) might continue with you.
6 Those who were recognized as important people did not add
a single thing to my message. What sort of people they were
makes no difference to me. The Almighty One does not play
favorites (show partiality).
7 On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the
good news to people who are not circumcised. Just as Kepha
had been entrusted with the good news to the people who are
circumcised.
8 The one who made Kepha an apostle to the Jewish people
(who are circumcised) also made me an apostle to the people
of the nations (who are not circumcised).
9 When they saw the grace that was given to me, Jacob,
Cephas (Kepha) and Yahochanan, they who were known to be
pillars, gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship.
We were to go to the nations and they were to go to the people
who are circumcised.
10 They wanted us to remember the poor. I was eager
(zealous) to do this very thing.
11 When Cephas came to Antioch, I openly resisted him
because he was completely wrong.
12 He ate with the people of the nations until some men Jacob
sent arrived. When they arrived, he drew back and separated
himself. He feared those who were of the circumcised people.
13 The rest of the Jews were hypocrites with him, so much
that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.
14 I saw that they did not walk uprightly according to the truth
of the good news. Therefore I said to Cephas, in front of them
all: “If you, being a Jew, live as the nations do and not as the
Jews, why do you compel the people of the nations to live like
the Jews?”
15 We are Jews by birth, and not sinners from the nations.
16 Yet we know that a man is not righteous by the works of the
law, but through faith in Yahoshua the Messiah. We believed
on the Messiah Yahoshua, that we might be righteous by faith
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in the Messsiah, and not by the works of the law. The
works of the law justify no one.
17 We sought to be righteous in the Messiah. And we were
found to be sinners. Is the Messiah a minister of sin? The
Almighty One forbid.
18 If I build up again the things that I destroyed, I prove
myself a transgressor.
19 I, through the law, died to the law that I might live to (for)
the Almighty One.
20 I have been impaled with the Messiah. It is no longer I that
live, but the Messiah lives in me. The life that I now live in the
flesh (physical body) I live by faith. This is the faith that is in
the Son of the Almighty One. He loved me and gave himself up
for me.
21 I do not reject the grace (totally undeserved gift) of the
Almighty One: for if righteousness is [gained] through the law,
then the Messiah died for nothing.

Galatians 3
1 O foolish Galatians, who fascinated (cast a spell over)
(beguiled) (influenced) you? It was before your eyes that
Yahoshua the Messiah was openly presented impaled.
2 I want to learn this from you. Did you receive the Spirit by
doing the works of the law, or by having faith in what you
heard?
3 Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now
made perfect (mature) in the flesh?
4 Did you suffer so many things in vain? Does it have no
purpose?
5 He that provides the Spirit, and works miracles among you,
does he do it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith?
6 Avraham believed the Almighty One and “Yahowah
considered his faith as his righteousness.” (Genesis 15:6)
7 You know that those who have faith are sons of Avraham.
8 The Scripture revealed ahead of time, that the Almighty One
justified the people of the nations by faith. He preached the
good news beforehand to Avraham. He said: “In you will all
the nations be blessed.”
9 So then those who have faith are blessed with the faithful
Avraham.
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10 Those who are of the works of the Law are under a
curse. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not
abide by all things written in the book of the Law, by obeying
them.”
11 The fact that the Law justifies no man before the Almighty
One is evident. The righteous will live by faith.
12 The Law is not based on faith. “He that does them will live
by them.”
13 The Messiah redeemed us from the curse of the law by
becoming a curse for us. It is written; “Cursed is everyone who
is hung on a stake.”
14 This way the blessing of Avraham might come upon the
nations through the Messiah Yahoshua and we might receive
the promise of the Spirit through faith.
15 Brothers, I speak like a man speaks: Though it is only a
man's covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one
makes it void, or adds to it.
16 The promises were spoken to Avraham and to his seed. He
did not say to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to your
seed, which is the Messiah.
17 Now this I say: the Law, which came four hundred and
thirty years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously
ratified by the Almighty One, so as to nullify the promise.
18 If the inheritance is based on the Law, it is no longer based
on a promise. However the Almighty One granted it to
Avraham by means of a promise.
19 What then is the law? It was added (to cause awareness of
sin) because of transgressions, till the seed should come to
whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through
angels by the hand of a mediator.
20 A mediator is not a mediator of one; but the Almighty One
is one.
21 Is the Law then against the promises of the Almighty One?
No! If a law had been given which could impart life,
righteousness would have been from the Law.
22 But the Scriptures shut up (imprisoned) (pictured) all
things (mankind) under sin, that the promise by faith in
Yahoshua the Messiah might be given to those who believe.
23 But before faith came the Law held us in custody. We were
locked up until faith was revealed.
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24 The Law was our schoolmaster (Greek: paedagogue: a
combination of schoolmaster, instructor, servant and
guardian in charge of us) to bring us to the Messiah, that we
might be justified by faith.
25 Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a
schoolmaster.
26 You are all sons of the Almighty One through faith in the
Messiah Yahoshua.
27 For as many of you who were baptized into the Messiah put
on (clothed yourselves with) the Messiah.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor
free man, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one
(united) in the Messiah Yahoshua. (John 17:21) (Ephesians
4:4-6)
29 If you are the Messiah's, then you are Avraham's seed,
heirs according to promise.

Galatians 4
1 But I say that so long as the heir is a child, he does not differ
from a bondservant, though he is owner of the estate.
2 He is under guardians and stewards until the day set by the
father.
3 When we were children, we too were held in bondage. We
were slaves to the arrangement of this world.
4 When the full time came, the Almighty One sent his Son,
born of a woman, born under the law,
5 that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we
might receive the adoption as sons.
6 Because you are sons, the Almighty One sent the spirit of his
Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7 So you are no longer slaves but a son. And as a son the
Almighty One has made you an heir.
8 However at that time, you did not know the Almighty One.
You were in bondage to things that are really not gods at all.
9 Now that you have come to know the Almighty One, or
rather to be known by the Almighty One, how is it that you
turn back again to the weak and poor fundamental things? Do
you want to slave for them all over again?
10 You observe days and months, seasons and years.
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11 I fear for you, that I have labored for you to no purpose
(and failed).
12 I beg you, brothers, become as I am, for I also used to be as
you are. You did me no wrong.
13 You know that because of an infirmity of the flesh I
preached the good news to you the first time.
14 That which was a temptation to you in my flesh, you did not
despise or reject. You received me like an angel (messenger) of
the Almighty One, even like the Messiah Yahoshua.
15 Where then is your positive attitude? I bear you witness,
that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and
given them to me.
16 So then have I become your enemy by telling you the truth?
17 They zealously (eagerly) seek you in no good way. They
desire to shut you out, that you may seek them.
18 It is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all
times, and not only when I am present with you.
19 My little children, of whom I am again in labor pains until
the Messiah is formed in you
20 I wish to be present with you now, and to speak in a
different way, for I am perplexed about you.
21 Tell me, you that desire to be under the Law; do you not
hear the Law?
22 It is written, that Avraham had two sons, one by the slave
woman, and one by the freewoman.
23 How is it that the son by the slave woman is born after the
flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born through promise?
24 This contains an allegory (symbolic drama). These women
symbolize two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai, bearing
children to bondage, which is Hagar.
25 Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia. She corresponds to the
Jerusalem that now is. She is in bondage with her children.
26 The Jerusalem above is free. She is our mother.
27 It is written, “Rejoice, barren woman who does not give
birth. Break forth and cry, you who do not labor; for there are
more children of the desolate than of the one who has the
husband.”
28 Brothers, we are children who belong to the promise, the
same as Isaac was.
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29 Just like then, the son who was conceived in a natural
way according to the flesh persecuted the son conceived in a
spiritual way. That is exactly what is happening now!
30 What do the scriptures say? “Throw out the slave woman
and her son. For the son of the slave woman must not share
the inheritance with the son of the free woman.” (Genesis
21:10)
31 Brothers, we are not children of a slave woman but of the
free woman.

Galatians 5
1 The Messiah liberated us for freedom (moral liberty). Stand
fast therefore, and do not become entangled again in a yoke of
bondage.
2 Behold, I Paul say to you, that, if you receive circumcision,
the Messiah will be of no benefit to you.
3 Yes, I testify again to every man who receives circumcision.
He is under obligation to obey the whole Law.
4 You who seek to be righteous by Law are separated from the
Messiah. You have fallen away from grace.
5 For we through the Spirit by faith wait for the hope of
righteousness.
6 For in the Messiah Yahoshua neither circumcision means
anything, nor uncircumcision, but faith working through love.
7 You were running well! Who hindered you that you should
not obey the truth?
8 This persuasion did not come from him who calls you.
9 A little leaven, leavens (ferments) the whole lump.
10 I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt no
other view. And he that troubles you will bear his judgment,
who ever he is.
11 But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still
persecuted? Then has the stumbling block of the stake been
done away?
12 I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond
circumcision.
13 For you brothers, were called for freedom; only do not use
your freedom for an occasion to the flesh. Serve one another
through love!
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14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: You shall love
your neighbor as yourself.
15 But if you continue to bite and devour one another, take
care that you do not consume one another.
16 I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of
the flesh.
17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against
the flesh. These are in opposition to one another that you may
not do the things that you would.
18 But if the Spirit leads you, you are not under the Law.
19 Now the works of the flesh (sinful human nature) are
apparent. They are: fornication, uncleanness, loose conduct,
20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, wrath,
contentions, divisions, sects,
21 envies, drunkenness, revelries, and things like these. I
forewarn you, even as I did forewarn you, that those who
practice such things would not inherit the kingdom of the
Almighty One.
22 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering,
kindness, goodness, faith,
23 meekness (mildness), self-control; against such there is no
law.
24 Those who belong to the Messiah Yahoshua have impaled
the flesh with its passions and lusts.
25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.
26 Let us not become egotistical, stirring up competition with
one another, envying one another.

Galatians 6
1 Brothers, if someone is caught in any kind of wrongdoing,
those of you who are spiritual should set him right. But you
must do it in a gentle way. And keep an eye on yourselves, so
that you will not be tempted, too.
2 Bear one another's burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of the
Messiah.
3 So if any one of you thinks you are important when you
really are not, you are only fooling yourself.
4 Each of you must examine your own actions. Then you can
be proud of your own accomplishments without comparing
yourself to others.
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5 For each person should carry his own load.
6 But let him that is orally taught in the word share all good
things.
7 Do not be deceived. The Almighty One is not mocked! A man
will harvest what he sows.
8 He that sows to his own flesh will harvest corruption of the
flesh. But he that sows to the Spirit will harvest everlasting life
from the Spirit.
9 Let us not grow tired of doing good things for in due season
we shall harvest, if we do not faint.
10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is
good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of
the household of the faith.
11 See with what large letters I write to you with my own hand.
12 Those who desire to make a showing in the flesh try to
compel you to be circumcised. This is done so they may not be
persecuted for the stake of the Messiah.
13 For not even those who receive circumcision obey the Law.
They desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in
your flesh.
14 Never should I boast except in the stake (symbolic: self-
denial and atonement) of our Master Yahoshua the Messiah. It
is through this stake that the world has been impaled to me,
and I to the world.
15 For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision
anything, but a new creature is.
16 The Israel of the Almighty One will have peace and mercy.
All who walk by this rule will also.
17 Let no one trouble me. I bear the marks of Yahoshua
branded on my body.
18 The grace (Greek: charis, divine favor, loving-kindness) of
our Master Yahoshua the Messiah be with your spirit (Greek:
pneuma, mental outlook, attitude), brothers. Amein.
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Ephesians
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EPHESIANS
(WRITER: PAUL) (60-61 C.E.) (ROME)

Ephesians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Yahoshua through the will of
the Almighty One, to the set-apart ones who are at Ephesus
and the faithful in the Messiah Yahoshua:
2 Grace to you and peace from the Almighty One our Father
and the Master Yahoshua the Messiah.
3 Blessed be the Almighty One and Father of our Master
Yahoshua the Messiah. He has blessed us with every spiritual
blessing in the heavenly places through the Messiah.
4 He chose us through him before the foundation of the world,
that we should be set-apart (holy) and without blemish before
him in love.
5 He predetermined (ordained) us to adoption, as sons to
himself through Yahoshua the Messiah, according to the kind
intention of his will.
6 This is to the praise of the splendor of his kindness, with
which he freely honored us, the loved ones.
7 In him we have our redemption through his blood, the
forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his
grace.
8 He made this undeserved kindness abound toward us in all
wisdom and prudence (insight).
9 He made known to us the secret of his will, according to his
good pleasure and purpose.
10 It was for an administration at the appointed time. This
administration is to gather up all things in the Messiah, the
things in heaven, and the things upon the earth. Yes in him!
11 We were assigned as heirs predetermined according to his
purpose. He works all things according to his direction and
will.
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12 We who were first to hope in the Messiah should serve
to the praise of his glory.
13 You have heard the word of the truth in Messiah. It is the
good news about your salvation. You also believed and were
sealed with the promised Set-Apart Spirit.
14 The Set-Apart Spirit is a guarantee that we will receive our
inheritance. This assures us that the Almighty One will set us
free to the praise of his esteem.
15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Master
Yahoshua that is among you, and the love you show all the set-
apart ones.
16 I continually give thanks for you in my prayers.
17 May the Almighty One of our Master Yahoshua the
Messiah, the Father of glory, give you a spirit (mental
disposition) of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of
him.
18 Have the eyes of your heart enlightened, that you may
know the hope of his calling, the riches of his glorious
inheritance in the set-apart ones,
19 and what the exceeding greatness of his power is toward us
who believe, according to the operation of his mighty strength.
20 He operated in the Messiah, when he raised him from the
dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly
places.
21 It is far above all governments and authority, power and
dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age
but also in that which is to come.
22 He (the Almighty) put all things in subjection under his
feet, and made him head over all things to the congregation,
23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills
(accomplishes) (completes) all in all.

Ephesians 2
1 You were once dead because of your trespasses and sins.
2 You once walked according to the course (age) of this world,
according to the ruler of the power (authority and jurisdiction)
of the air, the spirit that is now active in the sons of
disobedience.
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3 We all once lived in the lust of our flesh, indulging the
desires (lusts) of the flesh and of the mind. We were by nature
children of anger and violent passion, like everyone else.
4 But the Almighty One, being rich in mercy, because of his
great love with which he loved us,
5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive
together with the Messiah. For by grace (loving-kindness) you
have been saved.
6 The Almighty One raised us up with him and made us to sit
with him in the heavenly places, with Christ Jesus.
7 So in the ages to come he, with the Messiah Yahoshua, might
show the exceeding (surpassing) (exceptional) riches of his
grace with kindness toward us.
8 By grace (Greek: charis, divine favor, loving-kindness) you
have been saved through faith. It is not from you. It is the gift
from the Almighty One!
9 It is not the result of works. So no man should boast.
10 For we are his workmanship created with the Messiah
Yahoshua for good works. The Almighty One prepared these
works in advance that we should walk in them.
11 Remember that you were once people of the nations in the
flesh. You are called uncircumcision by that which is called
circumcision, in the flesh, made by human hands.
12 You were separate from the Messiah at that time, alienated
from the commonwealth of Israel. You were strangers from
the covenants of the promise. You had no hope and were
without the Almighty One in the world.
13 You were once far off but now with the Messiah Yahoshua,
the blood of the Messiah has brought you near.
14 For he is our peace, who made both (Jews and Gentiles)
one, and broke down the middle barrier of partition.
15 The Messiah abolished in his flesh the enmity (ill will),
which the law of commandments contained in ordinances.
That [way] he might create one new man, out of the two, with
himself establishing peace.
16 So he reconciled them both in one body to the Almighty
One through the stake. He put to death the enmity
(antagonism) (hostility).
17 He came and preached peace to you who were far off, and
peace to those who were near.
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18 We both have access to the Father by one Spirit through
him.
19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens. You are
fellow citizens with the holy ones and of the household of the
Almighty One.
20 You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and
prophets. The Messiah Yahoshua is the chief corner stone.
21 In him each building fits together and grows into a “set-
apart Temple for Yahowah.” (Zechariah 6:12)
22 In the Messiah you are assembled together as a place for
the Almighty One’s Spirit to dwell.

Ephesians 3
1 For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of the Messiah
Yahoshua on behalf of you people of the nations.
2 You have heard of the stewardship of the Almighty One’s
loving kindness that was given to me with you in view.
3 The secret was made known to me by revelation, just as I
wrote before in few words.
4 When you read this you can understand my insight into the
secret of the Messiah.
5 It was not made known to other generations of the sons of
men. It has now been revealed by the Spirit to his set-apart
apostles and prophets.
6 The Gentiles are fellow-heirs, and fellow-members of the
body, and fellow-partakers of the promise in the Messiah
Yahoshua through the good news.
7 I was made a minister, according to the gift of the Almighty
One’s grace that was given me according to the working of his
power.
8 To me, the very least of all the set-apart ones, was given
grace (loving divine influence) to preach to the people of the
nations the untraceable riches of the Messiah.
9 To make all men see what is the administration of the secret
which for ages has been hidden in the Almighty One who
created all things.
10 It is the intent that now the manifold wisdom of the
Almighty One might be made known through the
congregation and the rules and authorities in the heavenly
places.
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11 This is according to the eternal purpose (determination)
(design) (arrangement) that He carried out in the Messiah
Yahoshua our Master.
12 We have boldness and access in confidence through our
faith in him.
13 So I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations for you, for
they are your glory.
14 For this cause I bow my knees to the Father.
15 Every family in heaven and on earth obtains its name from
him.
16 That he would grant you, according to the riches of his
glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his
Spirit in the inward man.
17 May the Messiah dwell in your hearts through faith to the
end that you will be rooted and grounded in love.
18 May you be able to comprehend with all the set-apart ones
the breadth and length and height and depth.
19 And may you know the love of the Messiah that surpasses
knowledge. May you be filled with all the fullness of the
Almighty One.
20 Now to him that is able to do far more abundantly above all
that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.
21 Praise (splendor) be to him in the congregation and in the
Messiah Yahoshua to all generations, forever and ever. Amein.

Ephesians 4
1 I therefore, the prisoner in the Master, invite you to walk
worthily of the calling with which you were called.
2 Walk with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering,
putting up with one another in love.
3 Diligently try to keep the unity (oneness) of the Spirit in the
bond of peace.
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were
called in one hope of your calling.
5 There is one Master, one faith, and one baptism.
6 There is one Almighty One and Father of all, who is over all,
and through all, and in all.
7 But unto each one of us grace was given according to the
measure of the gift of the Messiah.
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8 Therefore it says: “When he ascended on high, he led
captives, and gave gifts to men (anthropos: human beings).”
9 (Now this, He ascended, what is it but that he also
descended into the lower parts of the earth?
10 He that descended is the same also that ascended far above
all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
11 He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and
some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers.
12 This is for the perfecting (equipping) (preparing) of the set-
apart ones, for the work of ministering, for the building up of
the body of the Messiah:
13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the
knowledge of the Son of the Almighty One, to a full-grown
(mature) man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of
the Messiah.
14 We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and
carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of
men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error.
15 By speaking the truth in love, we must grow up in all things
to him. For he, the Messiah, is the head.
16 The entire body is properly framed and fitted together
through that which every joint supplies, according to the
working in due measure of each individual part. It makes the
body increase by building itself in love.
17 This I say therefore, and testify (affirm) in the Master, that
you no longer walk as the nations also walk, in the vanity
(futility) (depravity) of their mind (thinking).
18 They are darkened (blinded) (obscured) in their
understanding, alienated from the life of the Almighty One,
because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the
hardening of their heart.
19 They are past feeling. They have given themselves over to
loose conduct, to work all uncleanness with greediness (a lust
for more).
20 But you did not learn the Messiah that way.
21 You learned him and were taught by him just as truth is in
Yahoshua.
22 You put away your former way (course) (behavior)
(conversation) of life, the old self that was corrupt with the
lusts of deceit.
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23 You are renewed in the spirit (vital principles)
(attitude) of your mind (understanding).
24 Put on the new man, that in the likeness of the Almighty
One has been created in righteousness and holiness of the
truth.
25 Put away falsehood. Speak truth each one of you with his
neighbor: for we are members (belonging to) (together with)
of one another.
26 Be angry and do not sin. Do not let the sun go down upon
your anger (rage).
27 Do not give the devil an opportunity.
28 He that steals must steal no more. Let him labor, working
with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have
something to give to someone in need.
29 Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth. Speak
what is good for understanding as the need may be, that it
may give grace (divine favor) to those who hear.
30 Do not grieve the Set-Apart Spirit of God, in which (Greek:
en hos) (in which) (Greek: hos, he ho) (whereby) (which) you
were sealed to the day of release by ransom.
31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and screaming,
and abusive speech, be put away (removed) (expiated) from
you, along with all malice.
32 You should be kind to one another, tenderhearted,
forgiving each other, even as the Almighty One also forgave
you through (by means of) the Messiah.

Ephesians 5
1 Therefore imitate the Almighty One like beloved children.
2 Walk in love, even as the Messiah also loved you, and gave
himself up for us. He was an offering and a sacrifice to the
Almighty One for a sweet smelling odor.
3 Fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, must not
even be mentioned among you, as is proper among set-apart
ones.
4 Nor should there be filthiness, nor foolish talking, or jesting,
which are not befitting but rather giving of thanks.
5 For you know this with certainty, that no fornicator, no
unclean person, no covetous man, who is an idolater, has any
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inheritance in the kingdom of the Messiah and of the
Almighty One.
6 Let no one deceive you with empty words. It is because of
these things the wrath of the Almighty One comes upon the
sons of disobedience.
7 Do not be partakers with them.
8 You were once darkness, but now you are light in the
Master. Walk (live) (be occupied) as children of light
9 for the fruit of the light (life) (spirit) consist of all goodness
and righteousness and truth.
10 Learn what is well pleasing to the Master.
11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness,
but instead reprove (expose) (convict) them.
12 For the things that are done by them in secret is a shame
even to speak about.
13 But all things become visible when the light exposes them,
for everything that becomes visible is light.
14 For this reason it says: “Awake, sleeper, and arise from the
dead, and the Messiah will shine on you.”
15 Be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise.
16 Make the most of your time (redeem or ransom back time),
because the days are evil.
17 Do not be foolish, but understand (perceive) what the will
of the Almighty One is.
18 Do not get drunk with wine, for that is a public act of
violence, but be filled with the Spirit.
19 Speak to one another in psalms and praise and spiritual
songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the
Almighty One.
20 Always give thanks for all things in the name of our Master
Yahoshua the Messiah to the Almighty One, even the Father.
21 Be subject (obedient) (subordinate) to one another in
reverence of the Messiah.
22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Master.
23 For the husband is the head of the wife, and the Messiah
also is the head of the congregation, he being the savior of the
body.
24 The congregation is subject to the Messiah. Likewise let the
wives also be to their husbands in everything.
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25 Husbands love your wives, even as the Messiah also
loved the congregation and gave himself up for it.
26 This is so he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the
washing of water with the word.
27 So he will be able to present the congregation to himself as
a glorious congregation, not having spot or wrinkle or any
such thing. It should be set-apart and without blemish.
28 In this way husbands should love their wives as their own
bodies. He that loves his own wife loves himself.
29 No man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and
cherishes it, even as the Messiah also does the congregation.
30 And we are members of his body!
31 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, and
will stick (adhere) (cleave) (be joined) to his wife. The two will
become one flesh.
32 This secret is great! I speak with regard to the Messiah and
of the congregation.
33 Each one of you should love his own wife even as himself.
The wife should respect her husband.

Ephesians 6
1 Children, obey your parents in the Master for this is right.
2 Honor your father and mother, which is the first
commandment with promise.
3 Then it will go well with you, and you may live long on the
earth.
4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger but nurture
them in the discipline and instruction of the Almighty One.
5 Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are
your masters, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of your
heart, as to the Messiah.
6 This should not be in the way of eye service, as men-
pleasers; but as servants of the Messiah, doing the will of the
Almighty One from a complete heart;
7 with goodwill doing service to the Almighty One and not to
men.
8 You know that whatever good thing each person does, the
same shall he receive again from the Almighty One, whether
he be slave or free.
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9 You masters, do the same things to them. Do not
threaten! You know that he who is both their Master and
yours is in heaven. There is no favoritism with him.
10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in his mighty strength.
11 Put on the full armor (every implement) of the Almighty
One, that you may be able to stand against the cunning
(inventive) (clever) methods of the devil.
12 Our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the
rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this
darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in
heavenly places.
13 For that reason, take up the full armor of the Almighty One,
so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, having done
everything, to stand firm.
14 Stand firm therefore and gird your loins with truth. Put on
the breastplate of righteousness.
15 Shod your feet with the preparation of the good news of
peace.
16 Above all (most of all) lift up the large shield of faith, with
which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil
one.
17 Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of the Almighty One.
18 With prayer and supplication pray at all times in the Spirit.
Watch with all perseverance and supplication for all the set-
apart ones.
19 Pray on my behalf, that ability to speak may be given to me,
to make known with boldness the secret of the good news.
20 I am an ambassador in chains who should speak boldly.
21 That you also may know my affairs, how I do, Tychicus, the
beloved brother and faithful minister of the Master, will make
known to you all things.
22 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may
know our state, and that he may comfort your hearts.
23 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from the
Almighty One the Father and the Master Yahoshua the
Messiah.
24 Grace be with all who love our Master Yahoshua the
Messiah with an incorruptible (sincere) (principled)
(unending) love.
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Philipians
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PHILIPPIANS
WRITER: PAUL) (60-61 C.E.) (ROME)

Philippians 1
1 Paul and Timothy, servants of the Messiah Yahoshua, to all
the set-apart ones in union with the Messiah Yahoshua who
are at Philippi, with the overseers and ministerial servants:
2 Grace to you and peace from the Almighty One our Father
and the Master Yahoshua the Messiah.
3 I thank my Almighty One for all my memories of you.
4 I always offer prayer filled with joy for you,
5 and for your fellowship in participation of the good news
from the first day until now.
6 I am confident of this very thing, that he who began a good
work in you will perfect it until the day of Yahoshua the
Messiah.
7 It is right for me to feel this way on behalf of you all, because
I have you in my heart. Both in my imprisonment and in the
defense and confirmation of the good news you are all
partakers with me of grace.
8 The Almighty One is my witness, how I long for you all in
the tender mercies of the Messiah Yahoshua.
9 I pray that your love may abound yet more and more in
knowledge and all discernment.
10 This way you may approve (test) the things that are
excellent (of more value). May you be sincere and without
offense (blameless) to others till the day of the Almighty One.
11 Be filled with the fruits of righteousness through Yahoshua
the Messiah to the esteem and praise of the Almighty One.
(John 15:5) (Galatians 5:22, 23)
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12 I would have you know, brothers that the things that
happened to me turned out for the greater progress of the
good news.
13 My imprisonment in the Messiah became known
throughout the whole Praetorian Guard, and to all brothers.
14 Most of the brothers trust in the Lord and boldly speak the
word of the Almighty One without fear because of my bonds.
15 Some preach Christ from envy and strife and some from
good will.
16 The latter ones do it out of love, knowing that I am set
(appointed) (placed here) for the defense of the good news.
17 But the others proclaim the Messiah out of selfish ambition
without pure motives, thinking to cause me great suffering
and distress in my imprisonment.
18 What then? That in every way, whether in pretence or in
truth, the Messiah is proclaimed! For that I rejoice. Yes, and I
will rejoice!
19 For I know that this will turn out to my redemption
through your prayer and the provision of the spirit (vital
principles) (mind) of Yahoshua the Messiah.
20 I will not be put to shame according to my earnest
expectation and hope. With all boldness, as always, so now
also the Messiah shall be magnified in me, whether by life or
by death.
21 For to me to live is the Messiah, and to die is gain.
22 If I live in the flesh this will bring fruit from my labor. I do
not know what to choose.
23 I am hard pressed between the two. I have the desire to
depart and be with the Messiah for it is far better.
24 Yet to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake.
25 Having this confidence, I know that I will remain. Yes, I
will remain with you all for your progress and joy in the faith.
26 Let your rejoicing abound in the Messiah Yahoshua
through my presence with you again.
27 Let your manner of life be worthy of the good news about
the Messiah. Whether I come and see you or am absent, I may
hear of your conduct, that you stand fast in one spirit
(common purpose) (mental disposition) (vital principle), with
one mind striving together for the faith of the good news.
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28 Do not be frightened by opponents. This is evidence of
destruction for them and salvation for you from the Almighty
One.
29 It has been granted to you in behalf of the Messiah. Not
only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf.
30 You have the same conflict that you saw in me, and now
hear to be in me.

Philippians 2
1 If there is any consolation in the Messiah, if any comfort of
love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any tender affection
(tender mercy) and compassions,
2 make my joy full by being of the same mind, having the
same love, being of one accord, and of one purpose.
3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility
consider others more important than you.
4 Look out for the interest of others and not only for your own
personal interest.
5 Have this attitude (mind-set) (understanding) (mental state)
in you that was also in the Messiah Yahoshua.
6 He existed in the form (shape and nature) of the Almighty
One but did not try to be equal with the Almighty One. He did
not even consider it!
7 He emptied (humbled) himself by taking the form of a
servant. He was made in the likeness of men.
8 He obtained the appearance as a man, humbled himself, and
became obedient even to death, yes, death on the stake.
9 For this reason the Almighty One highly exalted him, and
gave to him the name that is above every name, (Relative
authority given by the Almighty One, the Father to His Son)
(Philippians 2:11)
10 that in the name of Yahoshua every knee should bow, of
things in heaven and things on earth and things under the
earth,
11 and every tongue should confess that Yahoshua the Messiah
is Master, to the esteem of the Almighty One the Father.
12 My beloved, you have always obeyed, not just in my
presence, but now much more in my absence. Work out your
own salvation with fear and trembling.
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13 It is the Almighty One who works in you both to will
and to work, for his good pleasure.
14 Do all things without complaining (grumbling)
(murmuring) and questioning (disputing).
15 That way you may become blameless and harmless,
children of the Almighty One without blemish in the midst of a
crooked and perverse generation. You are seen as lights in the
world.
16 Hold fast to the word of life so I may rejoice in the day of
the Messiah. That way I will not have labored in vain.
17 If I am offered for the sacrifice and service of your faith, I
rejoice with you all.
18 You should also rejoice in the same manner.
19 I hope in the Master Yahoshua to send Timothy to you
shortly that I may be encouraged when I know your
circumstances.
20 For I have no man likeminded, who will truly care for you.
21 They all seek their own interest and not the things of
Yahoshua the Messiah.
22 But you know of his proven worth. It was like a son with his
father that he served with me to further the good news.
23 I hope to send him as soon as I see how it goes with me.
24 I trust in the Master that I also will come shortly.
25 I find it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. He is my
brother and fellow-worker and fellow-soldier, and your Malak
and minister to my need.
26 He longed to see you and was worried because you had
heard that he was sick.
27 Indeed he was sick and near to death. But the Almighty
One had mercy on him; and not on him only, but also on me,
that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.
28 I have sent him quickly, that, when you see him again, you
may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful.
29 Receive him therefore in the Master with all joy. Hold such
in honor
30 because for the work of the Messiah he came near to death,
risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service
toward me.
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Philippians 3
1 Finally my brothers, rejoice in the Master. To write the same
things to you, to me indeed is not a bother, but for you it is a
safeguard.
2 Beware of the dogs (impure men) (false teachers)! Beware of
the evil workers! Beware of the mutilation of the body.
3 We are those with true circumcision who worship by the
Spirit of the Almighty One. We esteem the Messiah Yahoshua,
and put no confidence in the flesh.
4 I might have confidence even in the flesh. If any other man
thinks to have confidence in the flesh, I have more!
5 I was circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the
tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as touching the law,
a Pharisee;
6 as touching zeal, persecuting the congregation; as touching
the righteousness which is in the law, found blameless.
7 Things that offered gain to me I count a loss for the Messiah.
8 I count all things to be loss for the excellence of the
knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. I suffered the loss of all
things. Yet I count them as refuse (garbage) (dung) that I may
gain Christ.
9 I want to be united with him. I no longer want a
righteousness of my own that is gained by obeying the law.
The righteousness from the Almighty One is by faith in the
Messiah.
10 I want to know him and the power of his resurrection. I
want to know the fellowship of his sufferings and become
conformed to his death.
11 I wish to attain to the resurrection from the dead.
12 Not that I have already obtained, or am already made
perfect. But I press on, that I may obtain that for which the
Messiah Yahoshua also obtained.
13 Brothers, I could not yet have obtained it. But one thing I
do, I forget the things that are behind, and stretch forward to
the things that are ahead.
14 I press on toward the goal to the prize of the high calling of
the Almighty One in the Messiah Yahoshua.
15 Let those of us who are mature have this attitude. If you
have a different attitude the Almighty One will show you how
to think.
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16 However, we should be guided by what we have learned
so far.
17 Brothers, be imitators of me. Pay attention to those who
live by the example we have given you.
18 Many live as enemies of the stake of the Messiah. I often
wept as I told you about them.
19 Their end is destruction. Their god is their belly. Their glory
is in their shame. They set their mind on earthly things.
20 However, our citizenship is in heaven. We also eagerly wait
for the Savior, the Master Yahoshua the Messiah.
21 The Messiah will, through his power, bring everything
under his authority. He will change our humble bodies and
make them like his glorified (glorious) body (literally and
figuratively: body of his splendor). He is able to subject all
things to himself.

Philippians 4
1 Therefore, my beloved brothers I long to see you. You are my
joy and crown. In this way stand firm in the Master, my
beloved.
2 I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to live in harmony in the
Master.
3 Indeed, true companion, I ask you also to help these women
who have shared my struggle in the cause of the good news,
together with Clement also and the rest of my fellow workers,
whose names are in the Book of Life.
4 Rejoice in the Master always; again I say, rejoice!
5 Let your gentleness (mildness) (moderation) be known to all
men for the Master is near.
6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made
known to the Almighty One.
7 The peace of the Almighty One, which surpasses all
understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in the
Messiah Yahoshua.
8 Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things
are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are
pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good
report; if there is any virtue, and if there is any praise, think
about these things.
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9 The things that you have learned, received, heard and
saw in me; do these things and the Almighty One of peace will
be with you.
10 I rejoice in the Master greatly, that now at length you have
revived your thought for me. You did indeed take thought, but
you lacked opportunity.
11 I am not saying this because I am in need; for I have
learned to be content in whatever state I am.
12 I know how to be poor. I also know how to live with
abundance. In everything and in all things I have learned the
secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to have
abundance and to suffer need.
13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
14 You did well that you share with me in my affliction.
15 You also know, you Philippians, that in the beginning of the
good news, when I departed from Macedonia, no other
congregation shared their money with me. Only you shared
with me.
16 While I was in Thessalonica you provided for my needs
twice.
17 Not that I seek the gift but I seek the fruit that adds to your
account.
18 I have all things, and prosper: I am filled, having received
from Epaphroditus the things that came from you. It is an
odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to
the Almighty One.
19 My Almighty One will supply every need of yours according
to his riches in glory in the Messiah Yahoshua.
20 Now to our Almighty One and Father be the glory forever
and ever. Amein.
21 Greet every set-apart one in the Messiah Yahoshua. The
brothers who are with me greet you.
22 All the set-apart ones greet you, especially they who are of
Caesar's household.
23 The grace (Greek: charis: divine influence) of the Master
Yahoshua the Messiah be with your spirit (Greek: pneuma:
mental disposition).
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Colossians
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COLOSSIANS
(WRITER: PAUL) (60-61 C.E.) (ROME)

Colossians 1
1 Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Yahoshua through the will of
the Almighty One, and Timothy our brother,
2 to the set-apart ones and faithful brothers in the Messiah
that live in Colossae: Grace to you and peace from the
Almighty One our Father.
3 We always pray for you, and thank the Almighty One the
Father of our Master Yahoshua the Messiah for you.
4 We have heard about your faith in the Messiah Yahoshua,
and of the love you have for all the set-apart ones.
5 This is because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You
heard about this hope from the word of truth, the good news.
6 It came to you even as it did. Everywhere in the entire world
it bears fruit and it increases in you also, since the day you
heard and knew the grace (loving-kindness) of the Almighty
One in truth.
7 You learned about Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant,
who is a faithful minister of the Messiah on our behalf.
8 He also declared your love to us in the Spirit.
9 Since the day we heard about you, we have not ceased to
pray and make request for you. We pray for you to be filled
with the [intimate] [accurate] knowledge (discernment)
(recognition) of his will in all spiritual wisdom and
understanding. (Philippians 1:9) (John 17:3)
10 Walk worthily of the Almighty One, fully pleasing him. Bear
fruit in every good work, and increase in the knowledge
(Greek: epignosis: full discernment, recognition) of the
Almighty One.
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11 The Almighty One will strengthen you with all power,
according to the might of his splendor, to all patience and
longsuffering with joy.
12 Give thanks to the Father, who made us partakers of the
inheritance of the set-apart ones in the light.
13 He rescued us from the power of darkness, and transferred
us into the kingdom of the Son of his love (the Son he dearly
loves).
14 We have in him our redemption and the forgiveness of our
sins.
15 He is the image (likeness) (representation) of the invisible
Almighty One. He is the firstborn (Greek: prototokos:
childbirth, offspring) of all creation.
16 All things in the heavens and upon the earth where created
through him. The things visible and invisible were created
through him. Whether thrones or dominions or principalities
or powers; all things have been created through him, and for
him.
17 He is before all things, and through him all things originate.
18 He is the head of the body, the congregation. He is the
beginning (commencement), the firstborn from the dead; that
in all things he might have the preeminence (first place).
19 It was the good pleasure of the Father that in him all the
fullness should dwell.
20 And all things are reconciled through him. He made peace
through the blood of his atonement (of the stake). He
reconciles all things, whether things upon the earth, or things
in heaven.
21 You were in the past alienated and enemies because your
minds were on your evil works.
22 But he (the Messiah) reconciled you in the body of his flesh
through death, to present you set-apart and without blemish
and without accusation before Him (the Almighty One).
23 Provided that you continue in the faith, grounded (on the
foundation) and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope
of the good news you heard, which was preached in all
creation under heaven. For this I, Paul, was made a minister.
24 I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake. I do my share in
behalf of his body, the congregation, to provide what is lacking
of the afflictions of the Messiah.
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25 The Almighty One gave me this stewardship to perform
for your good. He has made me a servant of the congregation.
It is for the task of fully proclaiming the word of the Almighty
One.
26 It is the secret he hid through all past ages from all human
beings but has now revealed to his set-apart ones.
27 It was the Almighty One’s will to make known his secret to
the people of the nations, this rich and glorious secret that he
has for people. The secret is that the Messiah is in union with
you, which means that you will share in his glory.
28 We preach the Messiah to everyone. With all possible
wisdom we warn and teach them in order to bring each one to
the Almighty One as a mature individual in union with the
Messiah.
29 I work hard to get this done. I use the mighty strength the
Messiah supplies. It is at work in me.

Colossians 2
1 Let me tell you how hard I worked for you, for the people in
Laodicea, and for all others who do not personally know me.
2 I do this that they may be filled with courage and be united
(knit) together in love. I have the full assurance that only true
understanding brings. In this way they will accurately know
the Almighty One’s secret, which is the Messiah himself.
3 In him is concealed all the hidden treasures of the Almighty
One’s wisdom and knowledge.
4 I tell you this: Do not let anyone deceive you with false
arguments, no matter how good they seem to be.
5 Even though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit
(mental disposition). I am glad when I see the resolute
firmness with which you stand together in your faith in the
Messiah.
6 You have accepted the Messiah Yahoshua as Master. Now
walk (live) in union with him.
7 Keep your roots deep in him! Build your lives on him.
Become stronger in your faith, as you were taught, and be
filled with thanksgiving.
8 See to it that no one enslaves you by means of philosophy
and worthless deceit of human wisdom according to tradition
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of men. It is according to the elementary principles of the
world, and not from Christ.
9 The fullness of divine nature lives in the Messiah’s bodily
form. (Greek: theotes: essence and nature of the Almighty
One) (Only the Son of the Almighty One could have divine
attributes, the inherited qualities from the Father)
10 You are made full (complete) (perfect) (mature) in him. He
is the head over all government and authority.
11 You were also circumcised in him with a circumcision not
made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in
the circumcision of the Messiah.
12 You have been buried with him in baptism. You were also
raised with him through faith in the working of the Almighty
One, who raised him from the dead.
13 You were dead through your trespasses and the
uncircumcision of your flesh. He made you alive together with
him, having forgiven us all our trespasses.
14 He blotted out the bond written in ordinances. It was
against us and was contrary to us. He has taken it out of the
way. He nailed it to the stake.
15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities! He made a public
display of them triumphing over them.
16 Let no man judge you in food or in drink or in respect of a
feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day.
17 They are a shadow of the things to come; but the substance
belongs to the Messiah.
18 Let no man rob you of your prize by a self-abasement and
worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things that he has
seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
19 not holding fast to the head, from whom all the body, being
supplied and knit together through the joints and bands,
grows with the growth from the Almighty One.
20 If you died with the Messiah from the rudiments of the
world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject
yourselves to ordinances:
21 “Do not handle. Do not taste. Do not touch.”
22 These are the precepts and doctrines of men.
23 These have, indeed, the appearance of wisdom in self-made
religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body.
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But these are not of any value against the indulgence of the
flesh.

Colossians 3
1 If you have been raised together with the Messiah, seek the
things above, where the Messiah is, seated at the right hand of
the Almighty One.
2 Think about the things that are above, not on the things that
are upon the earth.
3 For you died and your life is hidden with the Messiah in the
Almighty One.
4 When the Messiah, who is our life, will be made known, then
you will also be made known with him in esteem.
5 Make your members that are upon the earth dead with
regard to fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and
covetousness (greed), which is idolatry.
6 Because of such things the wrath of the Almighty One comes
upon the sons of disobedience.
7 You once walked in these when you lived in them.
8 Now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice,
slander, and abusive speech out of your mouth.
9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you got rid of the old
self with its evil practices.
10 You put on the new self that is being renewed to a true
knowledge (full discernment) according to the image of the
one who created him.
11 There is no distinction between Greek and Jew,
circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian,
bondman, freeman; but the Messiah is all and in all.
12 As the Almighty One’s chosen, set-apart and beloved, put
on a heart of compassion, kindness, lowliness (humility),
meekness (mildness), and long-suffering (patience).
13 Tolerate (endure) (suffer) (put up with) one another, and
forgive each other. If any man has a complaint against anyone,
forgive him or her, even as the Almighty One forgave you.
14 Above all these things put on love, which is the bond of
perfection and unity.
15 Let the peace of the Messiah rule in your hearts. You were
called in one body for this purpose. You be thankful.
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16 Let the word of the Messiah richly dwell within you with
all wisdom. Teach and admonish one another with psalms,
praises to God, and spiritual songs. Sing with gratitude in your
hearts to the Almighty One.
17 Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the
Master Yahoshua. Give thanks to the Almighty One the Father
through him.
18 Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the
Lord.
19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them.
20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well
pleasing in the Master.
21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, that they not be
discouraged.
22 Servants, obey your masters according to the flesh in all
things, not with eye-service, as men-pleasers, but in singleness
of heart, respecting the Almighty One.
23 Whatever you do, work at it without reservation, as to the
Almighty One, and not to men.
24 You know that the Almighty One will give you the reward of
the inheritance when you serve the Master, the Messiah.
25 For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the
wrong that he has done. There is no partiality.

Colossians 4
1 Masters, give your servants that which is just and equal. You
know that you also have a Master in heaven.
2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being vigilant with
thanksgiving.
3 Pray also for us that the Almighty One may open to us a door
for the word, to speak the secret of the Messiah, for which I
have also been imprisoned.
4 Let me make it known, as I ought to speak.
5 Behave with wisdom toward those who are outside, making
the most of the time.
6 Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt,
that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
7 Tychicus will make known all my affairs to you, the beloved
brother and faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord.
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8 I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you
may know our situation, and that he may comfort your hearts.
9 He will be with Onesimus, the faithful and beloved brother,
who is one of you. They will make known to you all things that
are done here.
10 Aristarchus my fellow-prisoner greets you, and Mark, the
cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if
he comes to you, receive him),
11 and Yahoshua that is called Justus, who are of the
circumcision: these only are my fellow-workers for the
kingdom of God, men that have been comfort
(encouragement) (consolation) to me.
12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of the Messiah
Yahoshua, greets you, always striving for you in his prayers,
that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of
the Almighty One.
13 I testify for him, that he has worked hard for you, and for
them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.
14 Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas greet you.
15 Greet the brothers who are in Laodicea, and Nympha, and
the congregation that is in her house.
16 When this letter has been read among you, make sure it is
read also in the congregation of the Laodiceans; and that you
also read the letter from Laodicea.
17 Say to Archippus, “Take heed (pay attention) to the
ministry you received in the Master, that you fulfill (finish)
(complete) it.”
18 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember
my imprisonment. Grace be with you.
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New Simplified Bible Yahowah Version

1 Thessalonians
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1 THESSALONIANS
(WRITER: PAUL) (50 C.E.) (CORINTH)

1 Thessalonians 1
1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the congregation of the
Thessalonians united with the Almighty One the Father and
the Master Yahoshua the Messiah: Grace to you and peace.
2 We give thanks to the Almighty One always for you all,
making mention of you in our prayers.
3 We continually remember your work of faith, labor of love,
and patience, and your hope in our Master Yahoshua the
Messiah, before our Almighty One and Father.
4 We know your calling brothers, beloved of the Almighty.
5 We preached the good news to you, not in words only but
with power from Set-Apart Spirit and with conviction of its
truth. You know how we lived when we were with you. It was
for your own good.
6 You imitated the Master and us, even though you suffered
much affliction. Yet you received the word with the joy that
comes from the Set-Apart Spirit.
7 So you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia
and Achaia.
8 For not only did the message about the Almighty One go out
from you throughout Macedonia and Achaia, but the news
about your faith in the Almighty One has gone everywhere.
There is nothing that we need to say.
9 All those people speak about how you received us when we
visited you, and how you turned away from idols to the
Almighty One, to serve the true and living Almighty One,
10 and to wait for his Son to come from heaven, his Son
Yahoshua, whom he raised from death and who rescues us
from the Almighty One’s anger (indignation) that is to come.
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1 Thessalonians 2
1 For you know brothers that our coming to you was not in
vein.
2 After we suffered and were mistreated in Philippi, we had
the boldness (confidence) in our Almighty One to speak the
good news of the Almighty One to you amid much opposition.
3 For our presentation (exhortation) is not based on error, or
of uncleanness, or in deceit.
4 We always speak, as the Almighty One wants us to. He has
judged us worthy to be entrusted with the Good News. We do
not try to please people, but to please the Almighty One, who
tests our motives (examines our hearts).
5 You know very well that we did not come to you with
flattering talk (praise for selfish gain). We did not use words to
cover up greed (insatiable desire for wealth). The Almighty
One is our witness!
6 We did not try to get praise from anyone, either from you or
from others, even though as apostles of the Messiah we could
have made demands on you.
7 But we were gentle when we were with you, like a mother
taking care of her children.
8 Having much affection for you, we were well pleased to
impart the good news of the Almighty One to you and also to
share our lives with you. You have become very dear to us.
9 You may remember, brothers, our labor and hardship. We
worked day and night that we would not burden any of you
when we preached the good news of the Almighty One to you.
10 You and the Almighty One are witnesses, how devoutly and
righteously, without blame, we behaved toward you who
believe!
11 You know how we dealt with each one of you. It was like a
father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging
and showing you.
12 You should walk worthily of the Almighty One, who called
you into his own kingdom and glory.
13 For this purpose we also thank the Almighty One without
ceasing, that, when you received from us the word of the
message, even the word of the Almighty One, you accepted it,
not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of the
Almighty One, which also works in you who believe.
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14 You brothers became imitators of the congregations of
the Almighty One that are in Judea in the Messiah Yahoshua.
You also suffered the same things from your own countrymen
as they did from the Jews.
15 They killed the Master Yahoshua and the prophets, and
drove us out. They did not please the Almighty One and are
contrary to all men.
16 They hindered us from speaking to the nations so that they
may be saved. The result was that they always fill up the
measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the
utmost.
17 But we have been taken away from you for a short while.
We have been taken away in person, not in spirit. We are all
the more eager with great desire to see you.
18 We wanted to come to you. I, Paul, wanted to more than
once and yet Satan hindered us.
19 Who is our hope, or joy, or crown of exultation? Is it not
you, in the presence of our Master Yahoshua, at his coming?
20 For you are our esteem and joy!

1 Thessalonians 3
1 When we could endure it no longer, we thought it best to be
left behind at Athens.
2 So we sent Timothy, our brother and the Almighty One’s
fellow worker in the good news of Messiah. He came to
strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith.
3 We do not want anyone to be discouraged by these troubles.
You know we were bound to suffer persecution.
4 When we were with you, we told you that we would suffer
tribulation and affliction. It happened, as you know.
5 For this cause, when I could no longer bear it, I inquired
about your faith. I feared that the tempter might have tempted
you, and our labor would be in vain.
6 Timothy came from you to us, and brought us good news
about your faith and love. We want you to have good
memories of us always, and that you desire to see us just as we
also desire to see you.
7 Brothers, your faith has comforted us. In all our trouble and
suffering we are encouraged.
8 Now we live, if you (persevere) stand fast in the Master.
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9 What thanks can we render to the Almighty One for you
and for all the joy we have for your sakes before our Almighty
One?
10 Night and day we pray exceedingly that we might see you in
person, and might perfect (restore) (repair) that which is
lacking in your faith.
11 May the Almighty One our Father, and our Master
Yahoshua the Messiah, direct our way to you.
12 And may the Master make you increase and abound in love
one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do
toward you.
13 May he resolutely strengthen your hearts without blame in
righteousness before the Almighty One, our Father, at the
coming of our Master Yahoshua the Messiah with all his set-
apart ones.

1 Thessalonians 4
1 Furthermore, we encourage you, brothers, and exhort you by
the Master Yahoshua, that as you have received from us how
you ought to walk, and to please the Almighty One, so you
would abound more and more.
2 You know the commandments we gave you through the
Master Yahoshua.
3 This is the will of the Almighty One, for your sanctification
(purification), that you should abstain from fornication.
4 Every one of you should know how to possess his own vessel
in righteousness and honor,
5 not in the lust of sexual desire like the nations who do not
know the Almighty One.
6 Let no man defraud his brother in any matter. The Almighty
One is the avenger of this. We also have warned you and
testified.
7 For the Almighty One has not called us to uncleanness, but
to righteousness.
8 He therefore that rejects this, rejects not man, but the
Almighty One, who has also given his Set-Apart Spirit to us.
9 I do not need to write you about brotherly love. For the
Almighty One taught you to love one another.
10 Indeed, you do it toward all the brothers in all Macedonia:
but we encourage you to increase more and more.
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11 Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and mind
your own business, and work with your hands, as we
command you.
12 That way you may walk honestly in the eyes of those on the
outside and lack nothing.
13 I do not want you to be ignorant brothers, concerning those
who are asleep (in death). You do not need to sorrow like
others who have no hope.
14 If we believe that Yahoshua died and rose again, the
Almighty One will bring with him those who sleep in
Yahoshua.
15 We tell you this by the Almighty One’s Word, that we who
are alive and remain unto the coming of the Master shall not
precede those who are asleep.
16 For the Master will descend from heaven with a shout, with
the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of the
Almighty One: and the dead in the Messiah will rise first.
17 We that are alive and remain will be caught up together
with them in the clouds to meet the Master in the air; and so
will we ever be with the Master.
18 Comfort one another with these words.

1 Thessalonians 5
1 You have no need that I write to you about the times and
dates, brothers.
2 For you know perfectly that the “Day of Yahowah” will come
like a thief in the night. (Zephaniah 1:14)
3 When they say, “Peace and security!” then sudden
destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come to a
pregnant woman. They will not escape.
4 You do not live in the dark. That day should not overtake
you by surprise as a thief would.
5 You are all the children (sons) of light, and the children of
the day. We are not of the night, not of darkness.
6 Therefore, let us not sleep like others do. But let us watch
and be sober.
7 They that sleep do so in the night. They that get drunk are
drunk in the night.
8 Let us be sober and put on the breastplate of faith and love;
and the hope of salvation as a helmet.
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9 For the Almighty One has not appointed us to experience
his wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Master Yahoshua the
Messiah.
10 He died for us, that, whether we are awake in this life or
sleep in death, we should live together with him.
11 Comfort each other and strengthen one another as you are
doing.
12 We ask you, brothers, to appreciate those who labor among
you, and are over you in the Master, and admonish you.
13 To esteem them very highly in love because of the work
they do. And be at peace among yourselves.
14 We ask you brothers to warn the unruly and comfort the
fainthearted, support the weak, be patient with all men.
15 See that no one renders evil for evil to anyone. But follow
that which is good, both among you, and to all men.
16 Rejoice always.
17 Pray without ceasing.
18 In everything give thanks for this is the will of the Almighty
One in the Messiah Yahoshua concerning you.
19 Do not quench the Spirit.
20 Do not despise prophesying.
21 Prove all things; hold fast to what is good.
22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
23 May the very Almighty One of peace completely sanctify
you (make you set-apart). I pray to the Almighty One that your
entire spiritual being, your mind and body, is preserved
blameless until the coming of our Master Yahoshua the
Messiah.
24 Faithful is he who calls you. He will also make it happen.
25 Brothers, pray for us.
26 Greet all the brothers with a set-apart kiss.
27 I charge you by the Master that this letter is to be read to all
the brothers.
28 The grace of our Master Yahoshua the Messiah be with
you. Amein.
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2 THESSALONIANS
(WRITER: PAUL) (51 C.E.) (CORINTH)

2 Thessalonians 1
1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy to the people of the
congregation in Thessalonica, who belong to the Almighty One
our Father and the Master Yahoshua the Messiah:
2 May the Almighty One our Father and the Master Yahoshua
the Messiah give you loving kindness and peace.
3 Our friends, we should thank the Almighty One at all times
for you. It is right for us to do so, because your faith is growing
so much and the love each of you has for the other abounds
toward each other.
4. That is why we boast (rejoice) (have glory) about you in the
congregations of the Almighty One. We boast (rejoice) (have
glory) about the way you continue to endure and believe
through all the persecutions and sufferings you experience.
5 All of this proves that the Almighty One’s judgment is just,
and as a result, you will become worthy of his Kingdom, for
which you are suffering.
6 It is a righteous thing for the Almighty One to repay with
affliction (great suffering and distress) those who afflict you.
7 You who are afflicted rest with us at the revelation of the
Master Yahoshua from heaven with the angels of his power in
flaming fire.
8 They will render vengeance to those who do not know the
Almighty One, and to those who do not obey the good news of
our Master Yahoshua.
9 They will suffer punishment, even eternal destruction from
the Master and from the glory of his might.
10 He will then come to be glorified in his set-apart ones, and
to be marveled at by all those who believed, because our
testimony to you was believed.
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11 We pray always for you, that our Almighty One may
count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire of
goodness and every work of faith with power.
12 May the name of our Master Yahoshua be glorified in you,
and you in him, according to the grace of our Almighty One
and the Master Yahoshua the Messiah.

2 Thessalonians 2
1 Now we ask you, brothers, concerning the coming of our
Master Yahoshua the Messiah, and our gathering together to
him,
2 do not get upset right away or alarmed when someone
claims that we said through some spirit, conversation, or letter
that the “Day of Yahowah” has already come. (Isaiah 13:6)
(Zephaniah 1:14) (2 Peter 3:10)
3 Do not let anyone deceive you about this in any way. That
day will not come unless apostasy (a falling away from truth)
takes place first, and the man of lawlessness (sin), the man of
destruction, is revealed. (2 Timothy 4:3)
4 He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god and
object of worship. As a result, he seats himself in the sanctuary
of the Almighty One and declares (promotes) himself to be
like the Almighty One. (Ezekiel 28:2)
5 Do you remember that I repeatedly told you about these
things when I was still with you?
6 There is something that keeps this from happening now, and
you know what it is. At the proper time, then, the wicked one
will appear.
7 The secret of evil (lawlessness) is even now at work. But
there is one who restrains the evil till he is taken out of the
way.
8 Then the evil (lawless) one will be revealed. The Master
Yahoshua will put him to death with the breath of his mouth,
and destroy him by the manifestation (brightness) (advent)
(revelation) of his coming. (Greek: parousia: presence, return,
being near)
9 The evil (lawless) one will come with the power of Satan and
perform all kinds of false signs and wonders.
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10 He will use every kind of wicked deceit on those who
will perish. They will perish because they did not welcome and
love the truth so as to be saved.
11 So the Almighty One dispatches the power of deceit (error)
to work in them so that they are allowed to believe what is
false.
12 Then everyone who did not believe the truth, but was
delighted with wickedness, will be condemned.
13 We always have to thank the Almighty One for you,
brothers. The Almighty One loves you! We thank the Almighty
One that in the beginning he chose you to be saved through
sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
14 It was for this he called you through our good news. This is
so you may obtain the esteem of our Master Yahoshua the
Messiah.
15 So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the precepts
(Greek: paradosis: traditions of doctrines, teachings handed
down) you were taught by word of mouth or by letter from us.
16 Now may our Master Yahoshua the Messiah and the
Almighty One our Father, who has loved us and given us
everlasting comfort and good hope by grace,
17 comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good word and
work.

2 Thessalonians 3
1 Finally, brothers, pray for us that the word of the Almighty
One will spread rapidly and be glorified, just as it did also with
you.
2 Pray that we may be delivered (rescued) from perverse and
evil men, for not all have faith.
3 But the Master is faithful, and He will strengthen and
protect you from the evil one.
4 We have confidence in the Master about you, that you are
doing and will continue to do what we command.
5 May the Master direct your hearts into the love of the
Almighty One and into the patience (steadfastness) of the
Messiah.
6 Our friends, we command you in the name of our Master
Yahoshua the Messiah to keep away from all believers who
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walk disorderly and who do not follow the instructions
that we gave them.
7 You know what you must do to imitate us. We lived a
disciplined life among you.
8 We did not eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead,
we worked hard and struggled night and day in order not to be
a burden to any of you.
9 It is not because we do not have the right, but to make
ourselves an example for you to imitate us.
10 While we were with you, we used to tell you: “Whoever
refuses to work is not allowed to eat.”
11 We say this because we hear that there are people among
you who are lazy and who do nothing except meddle in other
people’s business.
12 In the name of the Master Yahoshua the Messiah, we
command and warn them to lead orderly lives and work to
earn their own living.
13 Brothers, do not grow weary of doing good.
14 If anyone does not obey our word in this letter, take special
note of that person and do not associate with him, so that he
will be put to shame.
15 Do not regard him as an enemy. Admonish him as a
brother.
16 Now may the Master of peace always grant you peace in
every circumstance. The Master be with you all!
17 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, and this is a
mark in every letter; this is the way I write.
18 The grace of our Master Yahoshua the Messiah be with you
all.
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1 TIMOTHY
(WRITER: PAUL) (61-64 C.E.) (MACEDONIA)

1 Timothy 1
1 Paul, an apostle of the Messiah Yahoshua according to the
commandment of the Almighty One our Savior, and the
Messiah Yahoshua our hope,
2 to Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, peace,
from the Almighty One the Father and Messiah Yahoshua our
Master.
3 As I urged you to stay at Ephesus, when I was going into
Macedonia, that you might command certain men not to teach
strange doctrines.
4 They should not pay attention to myths and endless
genealogies. These myths (false stories) (fabrications) and
genealogies stimulate questions and speculation. They do not
enhance the administration of the Almighty One that is by
faith.
5 But the objective is love out of a pure heart and a good
conscience and faith without hypocrisy.
6 Some have turned aside to vain talk by deviating from these
things.
7 They want to be teachers of the Law even though they do not
know what they are talking about. They do not understand
what they say or what they confidently affirm.
8 But we know that the Law is good, if a man uses it
legitimately.
9 Knowing this, that Law is not made for a righteous person. It
is for the lawless and unruly, the ungodly and sinners, for the
unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers
of mothers, and for manslayers.
10 It is for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for
kidnappers, for liars, for perjurers, and everything else that is
contrary to the sound teaching.
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11 Sound teaching (doctrine) is according to the good news
of the glory of the blessed (happy) Almighty One. This was
committed to my trust.
12 I thank him that enabled me and counted me faithful,
appointing me to his service, Messiah Yahoshua our Master.
13 I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a violent
aggressor. I was shown mercy, because I did it ignorantly in
unbelief.
14 The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and
love in the Messiah Yahoshua.
15 Faithful is the saying, and worthy of acceptance, that the
Messiah Yahoshua came into the world to save sinners, of
whom I am foremost.
16 For this I obtained mercy, which in me as the foremost
sinner Yahoshua the Messiah might show his long-suffering.
This is for an example to those who should later believe in him
for eternal life.
17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only
Almighty One, be honor and splendor forever and ever.
Amein.
18 I entrust this command to you, Timothy, my son. It is in
accordance with the prophecies that were previously made.
They do apply to you, and with them you may fight the good
fight.
19 Keep the faith and maintain a good conscience! Some have
rejected these things and have suffered shipwreck to their
faith.
20 Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander. I handed
them over to Satan, so that they will be taught not to
blaspheme.

1 Timothy 2
1 I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and
thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men,
2 They should be made for kings and all who are in authority,
so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness
and dignity.
3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of the Almighty One
our Savior.
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4 It is God’s desire that all men have salvation and come to
the full (precise) (accurate) (correct) knowledge (Greek:
epignosis: recognition, discernment) of the truth.
5 There is one Almighty One, and one mediator between the
Almighty One and men, the man the Messiah Yahoshua.
6 He gave himself as a ransom for all. A witness was to be
given at the right time.
7 Because of this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle.
What I say is true, not false, and I am a teacher of the nations
in the true faith.
8 I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands,
without anger or argument.
9 Likewise I want women to be adorned in modest clothing,
with modesty and soundness of mind; not with braided hair,
and gold or pearls or costly clothes;
10 but that which becomes a woman professing godliness
through good works.
11 Let a woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12 I do not permit a woman to teach or have dominion over a
man, but to remain quiet.
13 Adam was first formed and then Eve.
14 Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived fell
into transgression.
15 She will be saved through her childbearing, if they continue
in faith, love, and sanctification with sobriety.

1 Timothy 3
1 Faithful is the saying: If a man seeks the office of overseer,
he desires a good work.
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the
husband of one wife, temperate in habits, sound in mind,
orderly, hospitable, qualified to teach;
3 not addicted to wine, not quarrelsome; but gentle, not
contentious, no lover of money;
4 one who manages well his own house, having his children in
subjection with all seriousness;
5 if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will
he take care of the congregation of the Almighty One?
6 He should not be a new believer, so that he will not become
conceited and fall into the condemnation of the Devil.
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7 He must have a good reputation with those outside the
congregation, so that he will not fall into reproach and the
snare of the Devil.
8 Ministerial servants should likewise be men of dignity, not
double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid
gain.
9 They should maintain the secret of the faith with a clear
conscience.
10 Let these be tested first. Then let them serve as servants, if
they are blameless.
11 Women in like manner must be serious, not slanderers,
temperate, faithful in all things.
12 Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children
and their own houses well.
13 For they that have served well as servants gain to
themselves a good standing and great confidence (boldness of
speech) in the faith which is in the Messiah Yahoshua.
14 I write these things to you, hoping to come to you shortly,
15 though if I am delayed, so that you may know how men
ought to behave themselves in the household of the Almighty
One, which is the congregation of the living Almighty One, the
pillar and support of the truth.
16 The secret of righteousness is great and it is without
controversy. ‘He (Yahoshua the Messiah) was manifested
(revealed) in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, and seen by
angels. He preached among the nations, was believed on in
the world, and received up in glory.’

1 Timothy 4
1 The Spirit explicitly says that some will fall away from the
faith (truth) in later times. Spirits and doctrines of demons
will seduce them,
2 through the hypocrisy of men that speak lies, branded in
their own conscience as with a hot iron.
3 They will forbid marrying, [and command] to abstain from
food, which the Almighty One created to be received with
thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
4 For every creature of the Almighty One is good, and nothing
is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.
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5 This is because it is sanctified through the word of the
Almighty One and prayer.
6 If you tell the brothers about these things, you will be a good
minister of the Messiah Yahoshua, nourished in the words of
the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed
until now.
7 Refuse false stories and old wives' fables. Train yourself with
godliness in mind.
8 Bodily exercise is profitable for a little. However, godliness
is profitable for all things, having promise of the life that now
is and of the life that is to come.
9 Faithful and worthy of full acceptance is the statement.
10 This is why we labor and strive, because we have our hope
set on the living Almighty One, who is the Savior of all men,
especially of those who believe.
11 Command and teach these things.
12 Let no man look down on your youth. Be an example to the
believers in speech and conduct, in love, in faith and
chasteness.
13 Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to
teaching.
14 Do not neglect the spiritual gift in you. It was given to you
by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.
15 Be diligent and think about these things. Give yourself
wholly to them. That way your progress may be apparent to
all.
16 Pay attention to yourself and to your teaching. Continue in
these things. When you do this you will save both yourself and
those who listen to you.

1 Timothy 5
1 Do not rebuke (censure) (criticize) an elder, but appeal to
him as a father, the younger men as brothers.
2 Treat the elder women as mothers, the younger as sisters,
with much honor.
3 Honor widows that are truly widows.
4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them
learn first to show righteousness towards their own family,
and to repay their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of
the Almighty One.
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5 Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, has her
hope set on the Almighty One, and continues in supplications
and prayers day and night.
6 But she that gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
7 Command these things that they may be without reproach.
8 If any do not provide for his own, and specially his own
household, he denies the faith, and is worse than an
unbeliever.
9 Let a widow be put on the list if she is under sixty years old,
having been the wife of one man,
10 having a good reputation for good works, if she has brought
up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has
washed the feet of the holy ones, if she has relieved the
afflicted, if she has diligently followed every good work.
11 Refuse younger widows: for when their sexual impulses
come between them and the Messiah, they desire to marry.
12 They have judgment, because they have rejected their first
pledge.
13 They also learn to be idle, going about from house to house;
and not only idle, but gossipers and busybodies, speaking
things that they should not.
14 I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear
children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the
adversary for reviling.
15 Some have already turned aside after Satan.
16 If any woman that believes has dependant widows, she
must assist them and not let the congregation be burdened.
Then it can assist those who are actually widows.
17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double
honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
18 For the scripture said: “You must not muzzle the bull while
he is threshing. The workman is worthy of his wages.”
19 Do not offer an accusation against an elder, except at the
mouth of two or three witnesses.
20 Reprove the sinner in the sight of all that the rest also may
be in fear.
21 I charge you in the sight of the Almighty One, and the
Messiah Yahoshua, and the chosen angels, that you observe
these [principles] without prejudice, doing nothing by
partiality.
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22 Do not lay your hands hastily on any man, neither be a
partaker of other men's sins: keep yourself pure.
23 Do not drink water any longer, but use a little wine for your
stomach's sake and your many infirmities.
24 Some men's sins are known publicly, leading to judgment;
and some men’s sin becomes known later.
25 In like manner some good works are known publicly, and
other works will be known, for they cannot be kept hidden.

1 Timothy 6
1 Let as many as are servants under the yoke count their own
masters worthy of all honor, that the name of the Almighty
One and the teachings will not be blasphemed.
2 Do not despise your believing masters, because they are
brothers. Serve them, because they who partake of the benefit
are believing and beloved. Teach and exhort these things.
3 If any man teaches a different doctrine, and does not
consent to sound words, even the words of our Master
Yahoshua the Messiah, and to the doctrine that is according to
righteousness,
4 he is proud, knows nothing, has a morbid interest in
questions and disputes about words, which leads to envy,
strife, abusive language, evil suspicions,
5 frictions between men corrupted in mind and lacking in
truth, supposing that righteousness is a way of gain.
6 Righteousness with contentment is great gain.
7 We brought nothing into the world and we can carry nothing
out.
8 We should be content with having food and covering.
9 Those who are determined to be rich fall into a temptation
and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts. These draw
men into ruin and destruction.
10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some by
longing for it have been led away from the faith. They have
pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
11 But you, O man of the Almighty One, run from these things.
Pursue (set your heart on) righteousness, godliness, faith,
love, patience and meekness.
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12 Fight the good fight of the faith! Lay hold on everlasting
life! You were called and confessed the good confession in the
sight of many witnesses.
13 I charge you in the sight of the Almighty One, who gives life
to all things, and of the Messiah Yahoshua, who before
Pontius Pilate witnessed the good confession:
14 Keep the commandment without spot and without
reproach until the appearing of our Master Yahoshua the
Messiah.
15 The blessed and only Potentate (Sovereign) (Authority) will
make him appear in his own appointed time. For he is the
King of kings and Master of Masters.
16 Only the he has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable
light. No man has seen him, nor can see him. To him be honor
and power forever. Amein.
17 Command those who are rich in this present system not to
be high-minded (arrogant), not to have their hope set on the
uncertainty of riches, but on the Almighty One, who gives us
richly all things to enjoy.
18 They should do good works and be rich in good works, that
they are ready to distribute, willing to communicate.
19 They store up for them a good foundation for the time to
come, that they may lay hold on the life that is life indeed.
20 O Timothy, guard that which is committed to you. Turn
away from the empty speeches that violate what is set-apart
and from opposition and from false “knowledge.”
21 Some have professed this knowledge and erred concerning
the faith. Grace be with you.
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2 TIMOTHY
(WRITER: PAUL) (65 C.E.) (ROME)

2 Timothy 1
1 Paul, an apostle of Yahoshua the Messiah by the will of the
Almighty One, according to the promise of life that is in the
Messiah Yahoshua,
2 to Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace,
from the Almighty One the Father and the Messiah Yahoshua
our Master.
3 I thank the Almighty One, whom I serve with a clear
conscience as my forefathers did, that without ceasing, I
remember you in my prayers, day and night.
4 I greatly desire to see you, being mindful of your tears, for
this will fill me with joy.
5 I am mindful of your sincere faith, which first dwelt in your
grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that
it is in you as well.
6 For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of the
Almighty One that is in you because of the laying on of my
hands.
7 The Almighty One has not given us a spirit of timidity (fear),
but of power and love and discipline.
8 Do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Master or of me
his prisoner. Join me in suffering for the good news according
to the power of the Almighty One.
9 The Almighty One has saved us and called us with a set-
apart calling. This is not according to our works, but according
to his purpose and grace that was granted us in the Messiah
Yahoshua, from all eternity.
10 The appearance of our Savior the Messiah Yahoshua
revealed this. Yahoshua abolished death and brought life and
immortality to light through the good news.
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11 I was appointed to be a Malak of this good news, an
apostle, and a teacher.
12 It is for this reason that I suffer these things. But I am still
full of confidence, because I know whom I have believed, and I
am convinced that he is able to keep safe until that day what
he has entrusted to me.
13 Hold firmly to the true words that I taught you, as the
example for you to follow. Remain in the faith and love that
are ours in union with the Messiah Yahoshua.
14 Through the power of the Set-Apart Spirit, who lives in us.
Keep (guard) (obey) (preserve) the good things that have been
entrusted to you.
15 You know that all that are in Asia turned away from me.
This includes Phygelus and Hermogenes.
16 The Master grants mercy to the house of Onesiphorus: for
he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chains.
17 When he was in Rome, he sought me diligently, and found
me.
18 May the Lord grant him to find the mercy of the Almighty
One in that day, and in how many things he ministered at
Ephesus, you know very well.

2 Timothy 2
1 You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace
(loving-kindness) that is in the Messiah Yahoshua.
2 What you have heard from me through many witnesses
entrust to faithful people who will be able to teach others as
well.
3 You must endure hardship as a good soldier of Yahoshua the
Messiah.
4 No soldier entangles himself in the affairs of this life. That
way, he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.
5 If anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize
unless he competes according to the rules.
6 The hard-working farmer should be first to receive his share
of the crops.
7 Consider what I say, for the Master will give you
understanding in all things.
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8 Remember that Yahoshua the Messiah was raised from
the dead. He is a descendant of David, according to my good
news.
9 I suffer hardship even to imprisonment as a criminal. But
the word of the Almighty One is not imprisoned.
10 For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the
chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in
the Messiah Yahoshua and with it eternal glory.
11 This is a faithful saying: If we died with him, we will also
live with him.
12 If we endure, we will also reign with Him. If we deny him,
He will deny us!
13 If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny
himself.
14 Remind them of these things, and charge them before the
Almighty One not to argue about words. This is useless and
leads to the ruin of the hearers.
15 Be diligent to be presented approved to the Almighty One
as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately
handling the word of truth.
16 But avoid worldly and empty discussion, for it will lead to
further ungodliness.
17 This kind of talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are
Hymenaeus and Philetus.
18 These men have gone astray from the truth. They say that
the resurrection has already taken place, and they upset the
faith of some.
19 The foundation of the Almighty One stands firm having this
seal: “The Almighty One knows those who belong to him,”
and: “Everyone who names the name of Yahowah is to abstain
from wickedness.” (Numbers 16:5)
20 Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver
vessels, but also vessels of wood and of earthenware, and
some to honor and some to dishonor.
21 If anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a
vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for
every good work.
22 Flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith,
love, and peace, with those who call on the Lord with a clean
heart.
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23 But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing
they produce quarrels (controversy) (fighting).
24 The Master’s servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind
(gentle) to all, able to teach, and patient when wronged.
25 He should instruct those who oppose using meekness.
Perhaps the Almighty One will give them repentance that they
may know the truth.
26 They should come to their senses out of the snare of the
Devil. He has taken them captive and they do his will.

2 Timothy 3
1 Know this also that in the last days perilous (dangerous)
times will come.
2 For men will be lovers of their own selves, covetous (lovers
of money), arrogant, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to
parents, unthankful (ungrateful), unholy,
3 unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control,
fierce, despisers of those who are good,
4 traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasures more than
lovers of the Almighty One;
5 having a form of piety, but denying its power. Stay away
from people like this!
6 Among them are those who creep into houses and lead
captive gullible women loaded down with sins, led away with
various lusts.
7 They are constantly learning, and never able to grasp the
knowledge of the truth.
8 And even as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do
these also withstand the truth. Men corrupted in mind,
rejected concerning the faith,
9 they will make no progress; for their foolishness will be
evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.
10 You carefully follow my teaching in conduct, purpose, faith,
longsuffering, love, and patience,
11 and also persecutions and sufferings. The things that
happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what
persecutions I endured. Out of them the Master delivered me.
12 Yes, and all who would live piously in the Messiah
Yahoshua will suffer persecution.
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13 But evil men and impostors will become worse and
worse, deceiving and being deceived.
14 Continue in the things you have learned and have been
assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
15 From childhood you have known the sacred writings that
are able to make you wise to salvation through faith that is in
the Messiah Yahoshua.
16 The Almighty One inspired all Scripture! It is profitable for
teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in
righteousness. (Greek: theopneustos: Almighty One-breathed)
17 Thus the man of the Almighty One may be completely
equipped for every good work.

2 Timothy 4
1 I solemnly charge you in the sight (presence) of the Almighty
One, and of the Messiah Yahoshua, who will judge the living
and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom:
2 preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season;
reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and teaching.
3 For the time will come when they will not endure the sound
doctrine. Having their ears tickled, they will accumulate
teachers who follow after their own lusts.
4 They will turn their ears away from the truth, and turn aside
to myths (fiction).
5 Be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an
evangelist (preacher of the good news), and fulfill your
ministry.
6 I am already being offered (poured out as an offering), and
the time of my departure has come.
7 I have fought the good fight! I have finished the course! I
have kept the faith!
8 The crown of righteousness is laid up for me. The Master,
the righteous judge, will give it to me at that day; and not to
me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing
(manifestation).
9 Do your best to come to me shortly.
10 For Demas forsook me, having loved this present world,
and went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia, Titus to
Dalmatia.
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11 Only Luke is with me. Take Mark with you, for he is
useful to me for ministering.
12 I sent Tychicus to Ephesus.
13 When you come, bring the books, parchments, and the
cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus.
14 Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Almighty
One will render to him according to his works.
15 You should also beware of him, for he intensely opposed
our words.
16 At first no one defended me. They all abandoned me. May it
not be counted against them.
17 But the Master stood by me, and strengthened me; that
through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that
all the people of the nations might hear. I was delivered out of
the mouth of the lion (Satan the Devil) (great danger) (1 Peter
5:8) (Psalm 22:21) (1 Thessalonians 2:18).
18 The Master will deliver me from every evil work. He will
save me to his heavenly kingdom. To him is the glory forever
and ever. Amein.
19 Greet Prisca and Aquila and the house of Onesiphorus.
20 Erastus remained at Corinth, but I left Trophimus at
Miletus sick.
21 Do your utmost to come before winter. Eubulus greets you,
and Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers.
22 The Master be with your spirit (mental disposition)
(attitude). Grace be with you.
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Titus
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TITUS
(WRITER: PAUL) (61-64 C.E.) (MACEDONIA)

Chapter 1
1 Paul, a servant of the Almighty One, and an apostle of
Yahoshua Messiah, according to the faith of the chosen ones
of the Almighty, and the knowledge of the truth, which is
according to righteousness.
2 It is in hope of eternal life, which the Almighty One, who
cannot lie, promised before times eternal.
3 In his own time he made his word known through the
message that was entrusted to me according to the
commandment of the Almighty One our Savior.
4 To Titus, my true child sharing a common faith: Grace and
peace from the Almighty One the Father and Messiah
Yahoshua our Savior.
5 I left you in Crete for this purpose, that you should correct
the things that were defective, and appoint elders in every city,
as I gave you orders.
6 A blameless man will be the husband of one wife. He will
have children that believe and who are not accused of violence
and disobedience.
7 The overseer must be blameless as the Almighty One's
steward. He must not be self-willed, not prone to anger, not a
brawler, and not violent (quarrelsome) (pugnacious), not
greedy of dishonest gain.
8 but given to hospitality, as a lover of good, sober-minded,
just, set-apart, self-controlled;
9 holding to the faithful word which is according to the
teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine,
and to reprove (refute) (rebuke) those who contradict.
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10 There are many unruly (rebellious) men, vain talkers,
and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision.
11 They must be stopped. Their mouths must be shut up, for
they subvert entire households. They teach things that should
not be taught, for the sake of dishonest gain.
12 One of them, a prophet of their own, said: “Cretans are
always liars, evil beasts, and idle gluttons.”
13 This testimony is true. For this cause reprove them sharply,
that they may be sound in the faith,
14 not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of
men who turn away from the truth.
15 To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled
and unbelieving nothing is pure. Both their mind and their
conscience are defiled.
16 They profess that they know the Almighty One; but deny
him by their works! They are detestable, disobedient, and not
approved for any good work.

Chapter 2
1 Teach sound doctrine.
2 Aged men should be temperate, serious, sound in mind,
sound in faith, in love, and in endurance.
3 Aged women likewise should be reverent in behavior and
teachers of that which is good. They should not be slanderers
nor enslaved to too much wine.
4 They may train the young women to love their husbands, to
love their children,
5 to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in
subjection to their own husbands, that the word of the
Almighty One will not be (defamed) dishonored.
6 Urge the younger men to be sound in mind.
7 Be an example of good works in all things, showing no
corruption in your doctrine.
8 Have sound speech that cannot be condemned so the man
opposing us may be ashamed and have nothing bad to say
about us.
9 Servants should to be in subjection to their masters
(overseers) (employers). They should please them in all things
and not talk back.
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10 They should not steal from them, but should show good
fidelity that they may adorn the doctrine of the Almighty One
our Savior in all things.
11 For the grace (divine influence) of the Almighty One has
been revealed, bringing salvation to all men,
12 instructing us, to the intent that, denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly and righteously and godly
in this present age (world) (period of time).
13 Look for the blessed hope and appearance of the splendor
of the Almighty One. And look for our Savior, Yahoshua
Messiah.
14 He (Yahoshua Messiah) gave himself for us, that he might
redeem us from all iniquity, and purify a people for himself,
who are special people, zealous for good works.
15 Speak and exhort and reprove these things with all
authority. Let no man despise you.

Chapter 3
1 Remind them to be in subjection to rulers and to authorities,
to be obedient, and to be ready to do every good work,
2 to speak evil of no man, not to be contentious, to be gentle,
showing all meekness toward all men.
3 For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving
various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful,
hating one another.
4 When the kindness of the Almighty One our Savior, and his
love toward man, appeared,
5 not by works done in righteousness, which we did, but
according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of
regeneration (restoration) (spiritual rebirth) and renewing
(renovation) of the Holy Spirit.
6 He poured Spirit out upon us richly, through Yahoshua
Messiah our Savior.
7 Being justified by his grace (loving kindness), we might be
made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
8 Faithful is the saying, and concerning these things I desire
that you affirm confidently, to the end that they who have
believed the Almighty may be careful to maintain good works.
These things are good and profitable to men.
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9 You should avoid foolish arguing and dissentions,
questioning; and genealogies, and arguing about law, for they
are unprofitable and vain.
10 A divisive and dissentious man should be admonished, and
after two times have nothing to do with that man.
11 You know that man sins and is perverted. He is self-
condemned.
12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, give diligence to
come to me at Nicopolis where I will winter.
13 Send Zenas, the lawyer, and Apollos on their journey
quickly and see that they lack nothing.
14 Help our people learn to maintain good works for necessary
uses, that they are not unfruitful.
15 All that are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in
the faith. Grace be with you all.
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Philemon
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PHILEMON
(WRITER: PAUL) (60-61 C.E.) (ROME)

1 Paul, a prisoner of Messiah Yahoshua, and Timothy, our

brother, to Philemon, our beloved fellow worker,
2 and to Apphia, our sister, and to Archippus, our fellow
soldier, and to the congregation in your house:
3 Grace to you and peace from the Almighty One our Father
and the Master Yahoshua Messiah.
4 I thank my Almighty One always, making mention of you in
my prayers.
5 I hear about your love, and about the faith you have toward
the Master Yahoshua, and toward all the set-apart (holy) ones.
6 May the fellowship of your faith operate in the knowledge of
every good thing that is in you for Yahoshua Messiah.
7 For I have much joy and comfort in your love, because the
hearts of the holy ones have been refreshed through you,
brother.
8 I have all boldness in Messiah to tell you what is
appropriate.
9 Because of love I appeal to you, since I am Paul, the aged. I
am also a prisoner of Messiah Yahoshua.
10 I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus, whom I have
begotten in my imprisonment.
11 He was once worthless to you, but now is useful to you and
me.
12 I send him back to you, like sending my heart.
13 I would have kept him with me, that in your behalf he
might minister to me in my imprisonment for the good news.
14 Without your agreement I would do nothing. Your
goodness should not be out of necessity, but of free will.
15 Perhaps he was separated from you for a season, that you
should have him forever.
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16 He is no longer a servant. He is more than a servant. He
is a beloved brother, especially to me, but also to you, both in
the flesh and in the Master.
17 If you count me as a partner, receive him as you would me.
18 But if he has wronged you and owes you anything at all,
charge this to me.
19 I Paul write with my own hand. I will repay. I do not say
that you owe your own self (life) to me.
20 Yes, brother, let me have joy in you in the Master. Refresh
my heart in Messiah.
21 I have confidence in your obedience. I write you, knowing
that you will do beyond what I say.
22 Prepare a lodging for me. I hope that through your prayers
I shall be given to you.
23 Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Messiah Yahoshua, greets
you.
24 So do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow
workers.
25 The grace of our Master Yahoshua Messiahis with your
spirit (mental disposition) (attitude). Amein.
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HEBREWS

Hebrews 1
1 Long ago on many occasions and in many ways the Almighty
One spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
2 He has in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he
has appointed heir of all things, through whom he made the
ages (Greek: aion: ages of time, perpetuity, worlds,
generations, human entities).
3 The Almighty One’s Son is the brightness of his glory, and
the express image of his being. He sustains all things by his
powerful word. After Yahoshua purged our sins, he sat down
on the right hand of the Majesty on high.
4 He has become better than the angels and has inherited a
more excellent name than theirs.
5 To which of the angels did God ever say at any time: “You
are my son; this day I have begotten you”? And again: “I will
be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”?
6 And again: when he brings the firstborn into the world, he
says: “Let all the angels of the Almighty One pay him
homage.”
7 Of the angels he says: “He makes his angels spirits, and his
ministers a flame of fire.” (Psalm 104:4)
8 But he says to the Son: “The Almighty One is your throne
forever and ever. (Your throne, Oh Son of the Almighty, is
forever.) A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your
kingdom. (Psalm 45:6, 7)
9 “You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of
gladness more than your companions.”
10 And, You, Master, in the beginning have laid the
foundation
of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands.
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11 “They will perish but you remain. They will all grow old like
a garment.
12 “Just as a coat you fold them up, and they will be changed:
but you are the same, and your years will never run out.”
13 To which of the angels did he say at any time: “Sit on my
right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool”? (Psalm
110:1)
14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent to minister for
those who will be heirs of salvation?

Hebrews 2
1 Pay close attention to the things heard so we do not drift
away.
2 If the word spoken through angels was steadfast, and every
transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of
reward (penalty).
3 How shall we escape, if we neglect such a great salvation? It
was first presented by the Master and was confirmed to us by
those who heard him.
4 The Almighty One also testified about it with signs, wonders,
and various miracles, and gifts of the Set-Apart Spirit given
according to his will.
5 He did not subject the world to come that we speak about to
the angels.
6 But a certain witness has given proof, saying: “What is man,
that you are mindful of him? Or what is the son of man that
you take care of him?
7 “You made him a little lower than the angels for a little
while. (Greek: brachus, short time) (Psalm 8:4, 5) You
crowned him with glory and honor, and set him over the
works of your hands.
8 “You put all things in subjection under his feet.” You
subjected all things to him and left nothing that is not subject
to him. Now we do not see yet all things in subjection to him.
9 We see Yahoshua, who was made a little lower than the
angels and crowned with glory and honor for suffering death.
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10 It was appropriate that he, for whom and by whom all
things exist, should bring many sons to glory, to make the
Chief Agent of their salvation perfect through suffering.
11 Both he who sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all
from one. For this reason Jesus is not ashamed to call them
“brothers”.
12 He says: “I will declare your name to my brothers; in the
middle of the congregation I will sing praises to you.”
13 And again: “I will put my trust in him.” And again: “Behold,
the children that Yahowah has given me.” (Isaiah 8:18)
14 Since the “children” are partakers of flesh and blood, he
also took part of the same things, that through death he might
destroy him that had the power to cause death, [Satan] the
Devil.
15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their
lifetime subject to bondage.
16 He does not help the angels, but he helps the seed of
Avraham.
17 This means that he had to become like his “brothers” in
every way, in order to be their faithful and merciful High
Priest in his service to the Almighty One, in order to offer a
propitiatory sacrifice (pay atonement) (to make
reconciliation) for the sins of the people.
18 Since he has suffered and was tested in every way; he is
able to help those who are being tested.

Hebrews 3
1 Set-Apart brothers, partakers of the heavenly calling,
consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession,
Yahoshua.
2 He was faithful to Him who appointed him, just as Moses
was in His entire house.
3 He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses. This
is because the builder of the house has more honor than the
house.
4 Every house has a builder. The Almighty One is the builder
of all things.
5 Indeed Moses was faithful in His house, as a ministering
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6 The Messiah was faithful as a Son over the Almighty One’s
house. We are His house if we hold on to our courage
(confidence) and rejoice (speak boldly) about our hope until
the end.
7 The Set-Apart Spirit says: “Today if you will hear his voice,
8 “do not harden your hearts and be stubborn like those who
tested me in the day of temptation in the wilderness.
9 “Your forefathers examined (inspected) (scrutinized) me by
proving (testing) me. And they saw my works for forty years.
10 “I was disgusted (angry) with this generation, and said:
‘They always go astray in their hearts, and they have not
known my ways.’
11 “So I swore in my anger: ‘They will not enter into my rest.’”
12 Be careful, brothers and sisters, that none of you develop a
wicked heart lacking faith and turning away (departing) from
the living Almighty One.
13 Encourage yourselves each day, as long as it is called
“Today,” that none of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of
sin.
14 For we have become companions (partners) with the
Messiah if indeed we hold the beginning of our firm trust to
the end.
15 Scripture says: “Today if you will hear his voice, do not
harden your hearts. Do not be stubborn like those who
rebelled.”
16 Who were they who heard the Almighty One and rebelled?
All who came out of Egypt with Moses rebelled.
17 With whom was he disgusted for forty years? He was
disgusted and angry with those who sinned and died in the
desert.
18 Who did the Almighty One swear would never enter his
rest? He was talking about those who did not obey him.
19 We see that they could not enter in on account of a lack of
faith (unbelief) (disobedience).

Hebrews 4
1 While the promise of entering his rest remains, let us fear
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2 Indeed, we have had good news presented to us. They also
had it. But the word that was heard did not benefit them
because they were not united in faith by what was heard.
3 We who believe enter into the rest. As the Almighty One
said: “I swore in my anger: ‘They shall not enter into my rest.’”
Yet the Almighty One’s works were completed from the
foundation of the world.
4 Somewhere the Almighty One said this about the seventh
day: “the Almighty One rested on the seventh day from all his
works.”
5 Again: “They shall not enter into my rest.”
6 It remains for some to enter into it. Those who first received
the good news did not enter in because they did not obey and
lacked faith.
7 He determines a certain day by saying through David:
“Today,” after so long a time; just as it was said before,
“Today, if you will listen to his voice, do not harden your
hearts.” (Psalm 95:7)
8 If Joshua had given them rest, he [the Almighty One] would
not have spoken afterwards about another day.
9 There remains then a Sabbath rest for the people of the
Almighty One.
10 He who enters into his rest also rests from his own works,
just as the Almighty One did from his.
11 Let us do our utmost to enter into that rest. Let no one fall
into the same pattern of disobedience by not obeying the
word.
12 The Word of the Almighty One is alive and active and
sharper than any two-edged sword. (Ephesians 6:17) It
separates the physical person from the spiritual person, of
both joints and marrow. And it can discern (judge) the
thoughts and intentions of the heart. (John 12:48)
13 Nothing in all creation is hidden from the Almighty One.
All things are uncovered and laid bare before him. We must
account to him. (Romans 2:16; 14:12)
14 We have a great high priest who has passed through the
heavens, Yahoshua the Son of the Almighty One, so let us hold
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15 We do not have a high priest who is not able to sympathize
with our infirmities (weaknesses). He was tested in all things
like ourselves. Yet he was without sin!
16 Let us approach the throne of grace (loving-kindness) with
confidence, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for help
in time of need.

Hebrews 5
1 Every high priest taken from among men is appointed in
behalf of men in things relating to the Almighty One. He may
offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
2 He is able to exercise compassion towards the ignorant and
those going astray, since he is also subject to weakness.
3 That is why he must offer sacrifices, for his own and for the
people’s sins.
4 No one takes this honor upon himself. He is called by the
Almighty One, even as Aaron was.
5 Also the Messiah did not glorify himself to be made a high
priest. It was the Almighty One who said to him: “You are my
Son; I today have become your father.”
6 As he said in another place:” You are a priest forever after
the order of Melchizedek.”
7 In the days of his life on earth, when he [the Messiah]
offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and
tears to the one who was able to save him out of death, and
was heard because of his godly reverence. (Galatians 1:1)
(Psalm 69:13)
8 Although he was a Son, he learned obedience from the
things he suffered.
9 Being made perfect, he became the source (cause) (channel)
(conduit) (pathway) (facilitator) of eternal salvation to all who
obey him. (Psalm 3:8)
10 He was called by the Almighty One to be a high priest
according to the order of Melchizedek.
11 We have many things to say about him and it is hard to
explain it to you, for you are dull of hearing (slow to learn).
12 At this time you should be teachers. But you need someone
to teach you again from the beginning the elementary truths
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13 Everyone who drinks milk is unacquainted with the word of
righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But solid food belongs to mature people. It belongs to those
who by reason of use have their senses trained to know the
difference between good and evil.

Hebrews 6
1 Therefore leaving the elementary truths of the doctrine of
the Messiah let us move on to maturity. Let us not lay again
the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith
toward the Almighty One.
2 We should not repeat the basic teachings about baptisms,
and of the laying on of hands (setting apart for righteous
tasks), and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal
judgment.
3 We will do this if the Almighty One permits.
4 Those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the
heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Set-Apart Spirit,
5 and have tasted the good Word of the Almighty One, and the
powers of the age to come,
6 if they shall fall away, it is impossible to renew them again to
repentance. This is because they personally impale the Son of
the Almighty One again, and expose him to public shame.
7 The earth that drinks in the rain that comes upon it, and
brings forth vegetation for those by whom it was cultivated,
receives blessing from the Almighty One.
8 That which bears thorns and briars is rejected, and is near to
being cursed. It ends up being burned.
9 Even though we speak this way, beloved, we are convinced
that you will have better things, things that belong to
salvation.
10 For the Almighty One is not unrighteous (unjust) to forget
your work and the love you showed for his name. You
ministered to the set-apart ones and continue to minister.
11 We desire that every one of you show the same diligence to
the full assurance of hope down to the end.
12 We desire that you are not lazy, but follow those who
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13 When the Almighty One made a promise to Avraham, he
could swear by no one greater then himself, so he swore by
himself.
14 He said: “I will surely bless you and give you many
descendants.”
15 After waiting patiently, Avraham received the promise.
16 Men swear by someone greater then themselves: and an
oath for confirmation to them puts an end to the problem.
17 When the Almighty One desired to show more convincingly
to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his
purpose, he confirmed it with an oath.
18 God did this to offer encouragement so we may rely on the
hope offered to us. We have taken refuge in that hope and it is
impossible for the Almighty One to lie. These two things can
never be changed.
19 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of life. It is a
hope that enters into the inner shrine behind the curtain.
20 That is where Yahoshua has gone as a forerunner on our
behalf. He has become a high priest forever after the order of
Melchizedek.

Hebrews 7
1 Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High
Almighty One, met Avraham returning from the slaughter of
the kings and blessed him.
2 Avraham apportioned a tenth part of everything to him. He
was first of all, by translation of his name, “King of
Righteousness,” and then he was also ruler of Salem, which
means, “King of Peace.”
3 He was without father or mother or genealogy, and neither
had beginning of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son
of the Almighty One, he continues as a priest forever.
4 See how great he was! Avraham the patriarch gave him a
tenth of the spoils.
5 The descendants of Levi who receive the priestly office have
a commandment in the Law to take tithes from the people.
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6 But this man does not have their genealogy. He received
tithes from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.
7 It is beyond dispute that the superior blesses the inferior.
8 In this instance mortal men receive tithes, in the other by
the one of whom it is testified that he lives.
9 One might even say that Levi, the priest who takes the tenth
from the people, gave his tenth through Avraham.
10 He was still in the loins of his ancestor (not yet born) when
Melchizedek met him.
11 If perfection had been attainable through the Levitical
priesthood, for under it the people received the Law, what
further need would there have been for another priest to arise
after the order of Melchizedek, instead of one named after the
order of Aaron?
12 The priesthood was changed, and therefore it is necessary
to also change the Law.
13 The one about whom these things are spoken belongs to
another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.
14 It is evident that our Master was descended from Judah, a
tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning
priests.
15 This is clear if another priest arises according to the
likeness of Melchizedek,
16 He would become such, not on the basis of a law of physical
requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible
life.
17 For it is announced: “You are a priest forever according to
the order of Melchizedek.”
18 The former commandment was set aside because it was
weak and useless.
19 The Law could not make anything perfect. A better hope
has been provided through which we can draw near to the
Almighty One.
20 It was not without an oath. Others were made priest
without any oath.
21 He became a priest with an oath when the Almighty One
said to him: “Yahowah has sworn and he will feel no regret,
you are a priest forever.” (Psalm 110:4)
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23 There have been many priests. This is because they have
been prevented from continuing by death.
24 He continues forever and therefore has his priesthood
without change.
25 He is able to save completely those who approach the
Almighty One through him, because he is always alive to
intercede for them.
26 Such a high priest as this was suitable for us. He is set-
apart, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and higher
than the heavens.
27 He does not have a day-by-day need as the high priests do,
first to offer up sacrifices for his own sins, then for those of the
people. He sacrificed for sin once for all when he offered up
himself.
28 The Law appoints men as high priests who have weakness.
But the oath that came after the Law appointed the Son who is
perfect forever.

Hebrews 8
1 Here is a summary of the things we are discussing: We have
this kind of high priest. He sat down at the right hand of the
throne of the majesty in heaven.
2 He is a minister of the Set-Apart Place and of the true
Tabernacle, built by the Almighty One and not man.
3 Every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices. It
is necessary to have something to offer.
4 If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are
those who offer the gifts according to the Law.
5 The work they do as priests is only a copy and a shadow of
what is in heaven. It is the same as it was with Moses. When
he was about to build the sacred (set-apart) tent, the Almighty
One told him: “Be sure to make everything according to the
pattern you were shown on the mountain.”
6 Yahoshua has obtained a more excellent ministry. The
covenant that he arranged between the Almighty One and his
people is a better one, because it is based on promises of
better things.
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8 The Almighty One finds fault with his people and said to
them: “‘The time is coming,’ says Yahowah, ‘when I will draw
up a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.
(Jeremiah 31:31)
9 “‘It will not be like the covenant that I made with their
ancestors on the day I took them by the hand and led them out
of Egypt. They were not faithful to the covenant I made with
them, and so I paid no attention to them.
10 “‘This is the covenant that I will make with the house of
Israel after those days,’ said Yahowah: ‘I will put my teachings
(laws) in their mind, I will write them upon their hearts (deep
thought) (understanding). I will be their Almighty One, and
they will be my people. (Jeremiah 31:32)
11 “‘They will not teach a neighbor or brother saying: “Know
Yahowah.” All will know me from the little one among them to
the great among them. (Hosea 2:20)
12 “‘I will forgive their wickedness and I will remember their
sins no more.’”
13 By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one
old (obsolete). That which grows old and aged will soon
disappear.

Hebrews 9
1 The first covenant had ordinances for divine service, and an
earthly sanctuary.
2 A tabernacle was set up. The first room was called “the Set-
Apart Place.” It contained the lamp stand and table and the
consecrated bread.
3 Beyond the second curtain was a room called “the Most Set-
Apart Place.”
4 It had a golden incense burner. The Ark of the Covenant was
completely covered with gold. It contained the golden pot that
had the manna, and the rod of Aaron that had sprouted, and
the tables of the covenant.
5 The cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy seat were above
the Ark. Now is not the time to speak in detail.
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7 Only the high priest enters the inner room. Once a year he
entered with blood, which he offers for himself and for the
sins of the people.
8 The Set-Apart Spirit revealed that the way into the Most Set-
Apart Place was not open while the tent was still in use.
9 This is a symbol that points to the present time. It means
that the offerings and animal sacrifices presented to the
Almighty One cannot make the worshiper’s heart perfect,
10 since they have to do only with food, drink, and various
purification ceremonies. These are all outward rules, which
apply only until the time comes to change them for something
better.
11 Christ came as the high priest of the good things that are
now here. He also went into a much better tent that is not
made by humans and does not belong to this creation.
12 He went once and forever into the Most Set-Apart Place
having eternal salvation. It is not with the blood of goats and
young bulls, but with his blood.
13 The blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes from the
burning of a young cow, sprinkled on the unclean made them
outwardly clean.
14 The blood of the Messiah did even more. Through the
eternal Spirit he offered himself without blemish to the
Almighty One and cleansed your conscience from dead works.
Now we can serve (worship) the living Almighty One.
15 For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant. A
death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions
that were under the first covenant. Those called may receive
the promise of everlasting inheritance.
16 A will is used for a person who is dead. It becomes effective
only when the person dies.
17 A will is in force after a person dies. Otherwise it is not in
effect at all while the one who provided it lives.
18 The first covenant was dedicated with blood.
19 When Moses had spoken every precept to all the people
according to the Law, he took the blood of calves and of goats,
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20 He said: “This is the blood of the covenant that the
Almighty One has presented to you.”
21 He sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the
vessels of service.
22 Almost all things are by the Law purified with blood. There
is no forgiveness unless blood is poured out.
23 It was necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens
should be purified with these. But the heavenly things should
be cleansed with better sacrifices than these.
24 The Messiah has not entered into the Set-Apart Place made
with human hands. This is a copy of the true one. He has
entered into heaven to appear before the presence of the
Almighty One for us.
25 Neither should he offer himself as the high priest enters
into the Set-Apart Place every year with blood of others.
26 Otherwise he would have to suffer often from the founding
of the world. He has presented himself once at the end of the
age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27 It is appointed to men once to die, but after this the
judgment:
28 So the Messiah was offered once to bear the sins of many.
He will appear the second time without sin to those who look
to him for their salvation.

Hebrews 10
1 The Law is a shadow of the good things to come. It is not the
actual things. The continual yearly sacrifices can never make
those who worship perfect.
2 If it could, it would cease to be offered. Once the worshipers
were cleansed they would have no awareness of sin anymore.
3 These sacrifices are an annual reminder of sin.
4 It is not possible for the blood of bulls and of goats to take
away sins.
5 When the Messiah came into the world he said: “‘Sacrifice
and offering you did not desire, but you have prepared a body
for me.
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7 “Then I said: ‘I have come in the scroll of the book. It is
written about me, to do your will, O Almighty One.’”
8 Then he said: “You did not want nor did you approve of
sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin;”
which are offered by the Law.
9 He also said: “I come to do your will, O Almighty One.” He
takes away the first in order to establish the second.
10 We are sanctified by his “will” through the offering of the
body of Yahoshua the Messiah once for all.
11 Every priest stands daily, serving and offering time after
time the same sacrifices. Yet they can never take away sins.
12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins
forever, sat down at the right hand of the Almighty One,
13 waiting until his enemies are placed as a stool for his feet.
14 With one offering he has perfected those who are sanctified
forever.
15 The Set-Apart Spirit also bears witness to us; for after that
he said:
16 “‘This is the covenant that I will make with them after those
days,’ says Yahowah; ‘I will put my laws in their hearts, and in
their minds will I write them.’ (Jeremiah 31:33)
17 “I will not remember their sins and unrighteousness.”
18 Where there is forgiveness for these, there is no more
offering for sin.
19 Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the Set-
Apart Place by the blood of Yahoshua,
20 by a new and living way, which he consecrated for us,
through the veil, that is to say, his flesh,
21 having a high priest over the house of the Almighty One,
22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,
having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our
bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without
wavering, for he is faithful that promised.
24 Let us consider one another to encourage love and good
works:
25 Not forsaking the gathering of ourselves together, as the
manner of some is, but exhorting one another, and even more,
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26 If we continue to (practice) (deliberately persist in) sin
willfully after we have received the (full) (precise) (correct)
knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for
sins.
27 But there remains a certain fearful expectation of judgment
and a fiery indignation, which will devour the Almighty One’s
enemies.
28 He that despised Moses’ Law died without mercy under
two or three witnesses.
29 What about those who despise the Son of the Almighty
One? Those who treat as a cheap thing the blood of the
Almighty One’s covenant that purified them from sin? Those
who insult the Spirit of grace? Think how much worse the
punishment they deserve will be!
30 We know who said: “Vengeance is mine; I will repay”; and
who also said, “Yahowah will judge his people.” (Deuteronomy
32:35)
31 It is a dreadful (terrible) thing to fall into the hands of the
living Almighty One.
32 Remember the former days in which, after being
enlightened, you endured great struggle with afflictions.
33 You were at times publicly insulted and mistreated. Other
times you were ready to join those who were being treated in
this way.
34 You shared the sufferings of prisoners. When all your
belongings were seized, you endured your loss gladly. This is
because you knew that you possessed something much better,
which would last forever.
35 Do not lose your courage (confidence) (boldness). It brings
a great reward with it.
36 You need to persevere in order to do the will of the
Almighty One and receive what he promises.
37 “In just a little while, he who is coming will come. He will
not delay!”
38 “My righteous people will live by faith. If any of them turn
back, I will not be pleased with them.”
39 We are not people who turn back and are destroyed.
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Hebrews 11
1 Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, and evidence of
things not seen.
2 The Almighty One approved of the men of old because of
their faith.
3 By faith we understand that the worlds (ages) were prepared
by the Word of the Almighty One. The visible has been made
out of things that were not visible
4 By faith Abel offered to the Almighty One a more excellent
sacrifice than Cain. Through this he was commended as
righteous. The Almighty One testified about his gifts. Thus
through faith he still speaks even though he is dead.
5 By faith Enoch was moved (transferred) (removed) so that
he would not see death. He was not found, because the
Almighty One had moved him away. Before he was moved
away he saw that he had pleased the Almighty One well.
(Genesis 5:24)
6 Without faith it is impossible to please the Almighty One. He
who comes to the Almighty One must believe that he is and
that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
7 By faith Noah, being warned by the Almighty One about
things not seen as yet, moved with godly respect. He prepared
an ark to save his house. By his faith he condemned the world
and became an heir of the righteousness that is according to
faith.
8 By faith, when Avraham was called, he obeyed. He went to a
place that he was to receive for an inheritance. He went even
though he did not know where he was going.
9 By faith he became an alien in the Promised Land. It was not
his land. He lived in tents with Isaac and Ya'akob. They were
heirs with him of the same promise.
10 He looked for the city having real foundations, whose
builder and maker is the Almighty One.
11 By faith Sarah received strength to conceive seed when she
was past age, since she counted him faithful who promised.
12 This was to come from one man and him as good as dead.
There were born children, as many as the stars of heaven in
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13 These all died in faith, not having received the promises,
but having seen them and greeted them from afar. They
confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
14 Those who say such things declare that they are seeking a
country of their own.
15 If indeed they had been thinking of that country from which
they came, they would have had opportunity to return.
16 They desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one.
Because of this, the Almighty One is not ashamed to be called
their Almighty One. He has prepared a city for them!
17 By faith Avraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. He that
had gladly received the promises was offering up his only
brought forth son!
18 It was said: “In Isaac your descendants will be called.”
19 Avraham reasoned that the Almighty One is able to raise
him from the dead. So he figured he would receive him back.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Ya'akob and Esau, even concerning
things to come.
21 By faith Ya'akob, when he was dying, blessed each of the
sons of Yahseph. He worshipped while leaning upon the top of
his staff.
22 By faith Yahseph, when his end was near, mentioned the
departure of the children of Israel. Then he gave orders
concerning his bones.
23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three
months by his parents. They saw he was a beautiful child and
they were not afraid of the king’s edict.
24 By faith Moses, when he grew up, refused to be called the
son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
25 He chose to share the bad treatment with the people of the
Almighty One, rather than enjoy the pleasures of sin for a
season.
26 He considered the reproach of the Messiah greater riches
than the treasures of Egypt. He looked intently (respectfully)
for the payment of the reward.
27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king. He
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28 By faith he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the
blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch
them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they
were on dry land. The Egyptians tried and were drowned.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been
encircled for seven days.
31 By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with the
disobedient, after she welcomed the spies in peace.
32 What more shall I say? For the time will fail me if I tell of
Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and
the prophets,
33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, affected
righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of
lions,
34 quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword,
from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, and
turned to flight foreign armies.
35 Women received their dead by a resurrection, and others
were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might
obtain a better resurrection:
36 And others had trial of cruel mocking and scourging and
bonds and imprisonment.
37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, were tempted,
were slain with the sword; they wandered about in sheepskins
and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented.
38 The world was not worthy of them! They wandered in
deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith,
did not receive the promise.
40 The Almighty One provided something better for us that
they might not be made perfect without us.

Hebrews 12
1 A great cloud of witnesses surround us. Therefore let us lay
aside every weight, and the sin that easily entangles us. Let us
run with endurance the race that is set before us.
2 Look to (consider without distractions) Yahoshua, the
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despised the shame. He endured the stake for the joy that was
set before him. Then he sat down at the right hand of the
throne of the Almighty One.
3 Consider him who endured such contrary talk by sinners
against him. You should not get tired and give up in your mind
(heart).
4 You have not yet resisted by shedding blood in your striving
against sin.
5 You have forgotten the exhortation that reasons with you as
to sons: “My son, do not despise (regard lightly) discipline
from Jehovah and do not lose heart when he corrects you.
(Proverbs 3:11, 12)
6 “Yahowah disciplines those he loves. In fact he scourges
every son (child) he receives.”
7 The Almighty One deals with you like children. Endure
discipline (instruction) (training). Who is the child whom a
father does not discipline?
8 If you are without discipline, you are illegitimate children,
and not sons.
9 Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh that corrected
us, and we gave them respect. Shall we not much more be in
subjection to the Father of spirits and live?
10 They disciplined us for a few days for their own pleasure.
He disciplines for our profit, that we might be partakers of his
holiness.
11 Now no discipline for the present seems to be joyous. In fact
it seems grievous! Nevertheless, afterward it yields the
peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been
trained.
12 Lift up the hands that hang down, and the feeble knees.
13 Make straight paths for your feet. Let that which is lame be
turned out of the way, but rather let it be healed.
14 Pursue peace and holiness with all people, for no man will
see the Lord without it.
15 See that no one misses the grace of the Almighty One; that
no bitter root spring up to cause trouble and defile many.
16 Let no one become immoral or unspiritual like Esau. He
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17 Afterward, you know, he wanted to receive (inherit) his
father’s blessing. He was turned back, because he could not
find any way to change what he had done. He was in tears
when he looked for it.
18 You have not come to a mountain that can be touched, to
Mount Sinai with its blazing fire, the darkness and the gloom,
the storm.
19 You have not come to the blast of a trumpet, and the sound
of a voice. When the people heard the voice, they begged not
to hear another word.
20 They could not bear the order: “If even a beast touches the
mountain, it will be stoned.”
21 The sight was so terrible (formidable) (fearful) that Moses
said: “I am full of fear and trembling.”
22 You have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the living
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads (thousands of
thousands) of angels,
23 to the general assembly and congregation of the firstborn
who are enrolled in heaven, and to the Almighty One the
Judge of all, and to the spirits of just (righteous) (set-apart)
men made perfect (mature) (having all needed qualities).
24 You have come to Yahoshua, the mediator of a new
covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks in a better
way than the blood of Abel.
25 Be careful, then, and do not refuse to hear him who speaks.
Those who refused to hear the one who gave the divine
message on earth did not escape. How much less shall we
escape then, if we turn away from the one who speaks from
heaven!
26 His voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised:
“I will once more shake not only the earth but also heaven.”
27 The words “once more” plainly show that the created things
will be shaken and removed, so that the things that cannot be
shaken will remain.
28 Let us be thankful, because we will receive a kingdom that
cannot be shaken. Let us be grateful and worship (serve)
(intensely adore) the Almighty One in a way that will please
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Hebrews 13
1 You should continue to love one another as brothers.
2 Show hospitality to strangers, for some have entertained
angels without knowing it.
3 Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in
prison with them. Remember those who are suffering, as
though you were suffering as they are.
4 Let marriage be honorable among all, and let the marriage
bed be undefiled: for the Almighty One will judge fornicators
and adulterers.
5 You should be free from the love of money. Be content with
what you have, for he has said: “I will not leave you. I will not
forsake you.”
6 So that with good confidence (courage) we say: “Yahowah is
my helper; I will not fear: What shall man do to me?” (Psalm
56:11)
7 Remember those who are taking the lead among you, men
that spoke the Word of the Almighty One to you. Consider
their behavior and imitate their faith.
8 Yahoshua the Messiah is the same yesterday and today and
forever.
9 Do not be carried away by varied (different) and strange
teachings. It is good that the heart is established by grace and
not by food. Those who are occupied by them are not
benefited.
10 We have an altar from which those who serve the
tabernacle have no right to eat.
11 For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into
the Set-Apart Place by the high priest as an offering for sin,
are burned outside the camp.
12 Yahoshua suffered outside the gate that he might sanctify
the people through his own blood.
13 Let us therefore go forth to him outside the camp, bearing
his reproach.
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15 Let us continually offer a sacrifice of praise to the Almighty
One through him [Yahoshua], that is, the fruit of lips that
make confession (give thanks and offer praise) to his name.
16 Do not forget (neglect) to do good and to communicate
(fellowship) (share), for with such sacrifices the Almighty One
is well pleased.
17 Obey those who lead you. Submit to them: for they watch in
behalf of your lives and must account for this. Obey them that
their work may be a joy and not a burden; that would be
without gain for you.
18 Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good
conscience. And we wish to live honorably in all things.
19 I exhort you the more exceedingly to do this, that I may be
restored to you the sooner.
20 Now the Almighty One of peace, who brought again from
the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an
eternal covenant, even our Master Yahoshua,
21 make you perfect (mature) in every good thing. May you do
his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight,
through Yahoshua the Messiah; to whom be the glory for ever
and ever. Amein.
22 I urge you, brothers, bear with the word of exhortation. I
have written to you in few words.
23 Do you know that brother Timothy has been released? If he
comes shortly, I will see you.
24 Greet all those who rule over you, and all the set-apart
ones. They in Italy greet you.
25 Grace be with you all. Amein.

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JAMES
(WRITER: JAMES/JACOB, OVERSEER IN JERUSALEM, AND BROTHER
OF THE LORD)
(62 C.E.) (JERUSALEM)

James 1
1 This letter is from Jacob, a servant of the Almighty One and
of the Master Yahoshua the Messiah. Greetings to the twelve
tribes that are scattered.
2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various
trials.
3 Know that the testing of your faith produces patience
(endurance).
4 Let patience have its perfect work, that you may be mature,
complete, and lacking in nothing.
5 If any of you lacks wisdom let him ask of the Almighty One.
He gives to all generously and without reproach and it will be
given to him.
6 However he must ask in faith, not doubting: for he who
doubts is like a surging wave of the sea driven by the wind and
tossed.
7 Do not let that man think that he will receive anything from
the Almighty One.
8 A double-minded man is unstable (inconsistent) in all his
ways.
9 Let the brother of humble circumstances glory in his high
position (exaltation).
10 But the rich must be glad when the Almighty One humbles
them. This is because they will wither like wildflowers and
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11 The sun rises with scorching heat and withers the grass. The
flower falls off and its beauty perishes. So also the rich man
will fade away in his pursuits.
12 The man who endures under trial is blessed. For when he
has been approved, he will receive the crown of life that the
Almighty One promised to those who love him.
13 Let no man say when he is tempted: "the Almighty One
tempts me." The Almighty One cannot be tempted with evil,
and he tempts (entices) (tests) (trys) no one.
14 Each man is tempted when he is drawn away by his evil
desire (lust). He is enticed (allured).
15 Then evil desires, when conceived, give birth to sin: and the
sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.
16 Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.
17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above. It
comes down from the Father of lights (truth and spiritual
purity), with whom there is no variation. He does not change
like shifting shadows.
18 Using his own will, he gave us birth through the word of
truth. This way we would be a kind of first fruits of his
creatures.
19 You know this, my beloved brothers. But let every man be
swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger.
20 The anger of man does not promote the righteousness of
the Almighty One.
21 Therefore get rid of all filthiness and wickedness. Receive
with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save you.
22 Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, who deceive
themselves.
23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is
like a man looking at his natural face in a mirror.
24 He sees himself, and goes away, and immediately forgets
what manner of man he was.
25 But he who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty,
and so continues, being not a hearer who forgets but a doer
who works, this man will be blessed in what he does.
26 If any man thinks he is religious, while he does not control
his tongue but deceives his heart, this man's religion is vain
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27 Pure and undefiled religion before our Almighty One and
Father is this: to care for the fatherless persons and widows in
their affliction, and to keep oneself without spot from the
world.

James 2
1 My brothers, keep the faith of our Master Yahoshua the
Messiah, the master of splendor. Do not favor one person over
the other.
2 A man wearing a gold ring and fine clothes and a poor man
in shabby clothes comes into your synagogue.
3 You pay special attention to the one wearing the fine clothes,
and say: "Sit here in a good place." Then you say to the poor
man: "Stand there," or "Sit under my footstool."
4 Do not make distinctions among yourselves, and become
judges with evil thoughts.
5 Listen, my dearly beloved brothers! Did the Almighty One
choose poor people in the world to be rich in faith and to
receive the kingdom he promised to those who love him?
6 You have dishonored the poor man. Do the rich oppress you,
and personally drag you into court?
7 Do they blaspheme the honorable name by which you are
called?
8 When you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture:
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you do well.
9 But when you show partiality you commit sin. The law then
convicts you as transgressors.
10 Whoever obeys the whole law and yet stumbles in one point
is guilty of breaking all of it.
11 For he who said: "Do not commit adultery," also said: "Do
not murder" (Greek: phoneuo: kill, slay, murder). Now if you
do not commit adultery, but you commit murder, you have
become a transgressor of the law.
12 You should speak and act as men who are to be judged by a
law of liberty.
13 For judgment is without mercy to him who shows no
mercy. And mercy triumphs over judgment.
14 What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith but
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15 If a brother or sister is without clothes and in lack of daily
food,
16 and one of you says to them: "Go in peace, be warmed and
filled;" and yet you do not give them food and clothing, what
good is it?
17 Even so, faith without works is dead. It is alone and by
itself!
18 A man will say: "You have faith and I have works. Show me
your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by
my works."
19 You believe that there is one Almighty One. You do well:
the demons also believe, and shudder.
20 Are you willing to know, O foolish man, that faith without
works is useless (barren) (lifeless)?
21 Was Avraham our father justified by works when he offered
up Isaac his son on the altar?
22 You see that faith acted with his works, and works made
faith perfect (complete).
23 The scripture was fulfilled which says: " Avraham believed
Yahowah and it was reckoned (imputed) (considered)
(credited) to him for righteousness." He was called
“Yahowah’s friend" (Genesis 15:6) ( Isaiah 41:8).
24 You see that a man is justified (declared and pronounced
righteous) by works, and not by faith alone.
25 Rahab the harlot was justified by her works. When she
received the Malakim she sent them out another way.
26 Just as the body without the spirit is dead; even so faith
without works is dead.

James 3
1 Many of you should not be teachers, my brothers. You know
that we will receive a heavier (stricter) judgment.
2 We all stumble in many things. If any do not stumble in
word, he is a perfect man, able to restrain (control) the whole
body.
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4 Look at ships. They are large and are driven by rough winds.
Yet a very small rudder can control them, wherever the
captain wills.
5 The tongue also is a little member. It boasts great things.
Consider how great a forest fire a small fire kindles!
6 The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our
members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course
of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the
Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total
destruction).
7 Every kind of beast and bird, of creeping things and things
in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind.
8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil. It is full
of deadly poison.
9 We bless Yahowah, the Father, with it. (Psalm 34:1) Then we
curse men, who are made after the likeness of the Almighty
One.
10 Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth! My
brothers, these things should not be.
11 Does the fountain send forth from the same opening sweet
water and bitter?
12 Can a fig tree, my brothers, yield olives, or a vine produce
figs? Neither can salt water yield sweet.
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show
by his good conduct that his works are from meekness because
of wisdom.
14 If you have bitter jealousy (envy) and greedy ambition in
your heart, do not be arrogant and lie against the truth.
15 This wisdom is not a wisdom that comes down from above,
but is earthly, sensual, and devilish.
16 For where jealousy and selfishness are, there is confusion
and every evil deed.
17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then
peaceable, gentle, reasonable (yielding), full of mercy and
good fruits, without discord (partiality), without hypocrisy.
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James 4
1 What causes wars and fighting among you? Is the cause of
fighting your sensual lusts for pleasure that battle within you?
2 You lust, and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot
obtain! You fight and war. You do not have because you do not
ask.
3 You ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly (with
bad motives) that you may spend it on your pleasures.
4 Adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the
world is enmity (hatred) (hostility) toward the Almighty One?
Whoever would be a friend of the world makes himself an
enemy of the Almighty One.
5 Or do you think the scripture speaks to no purpose? Does
the attitude of the heart (mental disposition) that he induced
to live in us cause us to envy?
6 But he gives more grace. The scripture said, "The Almighty
One resists the proud, but gives grace (loving-kindness) to the
humble."
7 Be subject to the Almighty One! Resist [Satan] the Devil and
he will flee from you.
8 Draw close to the Almighty One, and he will draw close to
you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts,
you double-minded (uncertain) (doubter) (skeptic).
9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be
turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10 Humble yourselves in the presence of the Almighty One,
and he will exalt you.
11 Brothers, do not speak against each other. He who speaks
against a brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the
law, and judges the law. If you judge the law, you are not a
doer of the law, but a judge.
12 Only one is the lawgiver and judge, even he who is able to
save and to destroy. Who are you that you judge your
neighbor?
13 Come now, you that say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to
this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and make profit."
14 You do not know what will happen tomorrow. What is your
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15 You should say, "If the Almighty One wills, we should both
live, and do this or that."
16 You glory in your conceit. Such glory is evil.
17 He that knows to do good, and does not do it, to him it is
sin.

James 5
1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries that
are coming upon you.
2 Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-
eaten.
3 Your gold and your silver are rusted. Their corrosion will be
for a testimony against you, and will eat your flesh like fire.
You stored up your treasure in the last days.
4 Behold, the wages of the laborers who harvested your fields,
which are held back by you, cry out: and the cries of them that
reaped have entered into the ears of Yahowah of Hosts.
(Deuteronomy 24:15)
5 You lived in luxury on the earth, and take your pleasure; you
nourished your hearts in a day of slaughter.
6 You have condemned, and you have killed the righteous one.
He does not resist you.
7 Be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold,
the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being
patient over it, until it receive the early and late rains.
8 You also be patient. Make your hearts firm, for the coming
of the Lord is near.
9 Do not complain (utter a deep sigh) against one another,
that you not be judged. Behold, the judge is standing at the
door.
10 Brothers, accept the example of suffering and patience by
the prophets who spoke in the name of the Almighty One.
11 As you know, those who have endured are called blessed.
You have heard of the patience (perseverance) (endurance) of
Job, and have seen the outcome Yahowah provided, how he
was very tender with his affection and mercy. (Psalm 103:8)
12 Above all things, my brothers do not swear by heaven, or by
earth, or by any other oath. Let your Yes be Yes and your No
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13 Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful?
Let him sing praise.
14 Is any among you sick? Let him call the elders of the
congregation. Let them pray over him, anointing him with oil
in the name of the Almighty One.
15 The prayer of faith will save the sick person. The Almighty
One will raise him up; and if he committed sins, it will be
forgiven him.
16 Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one
for another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous
man helps much.
17 Elijah was a man of like passions with us. He prayed
fervently that it might not rain; and it did not rain on the earth
for three years and six months.
18 He prayed again; and the sky gave rain, and the earth
brought forth her fruit.
19 My brothers, if any among you strays from the truth, and
one brings him back,
20 let him know, that he who turns a sinner back from the
error of his way will save a person from death, and cover a
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1 PETER
(Writer: Peter/Kepha) (62-64 C.E.) (Babylon)

1 Peter 1
1 Kepha, an apostle of Yahoshua Messiah, to the chosen ones
who are temporary residents scattered in Pontus, Galatia,
Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia.
2 You who are chosen and foreknown by the Almighty One the
Father. You have been sanctified by the Spirit to obey
Yahoshua Messiah and be sprinkled with his blood. Grace and
peace be greatly increased to you.
3 Blessed be the Almighty One and Father of our Master
Yahoshua Messiah! According to his great mercy he gave us a
new birth to a living hope by the resurrection of Yahoshua
Messiah from the dead.
4 You are born to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance
that does not fade away and is reserved in heaven for you.
5 You are protected by the Almighty One’s power through
faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
6 You greatly rejoice in this, though you have been grieved
with various trials for a little while.
7 The proof of your faith is more precious than gold that
perishes. Though it is tested by fire, it may be found in praise
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8 You love him without seeing him. Though you do not see
him, you believe in him. Full of esteem, you rejoice greatly
with indescribable joy.
9 You receive your salvation as the outcome of your faith.
10 Concerning this salvation the prophets inquired and
searched diligently! They prophesied about the grace that
should come to you:
11 searching what time or what manner of time the spirit of
the Messiah that was in them did point to, when it testified
beforehand the sufferings of the Messiah, and the splendor
that should follow them.
12 The Almighty One revealed to the prophets that the things
they spoke were not for their own benefit but for yours. The
Set-Apart Spirit was sent from heaven to make known to you
what the prophets spoke. Those who spread the good news to
you did this. These are things even the angels want to look
into.
13 Brace up your minds. Remain sober, and set your hope
perfectly on the grace that is to be brought to you at the
revelation of Jesus Christ.
14 Live as children of obedience. Do not fashion yourself
according to your former lusts, for you were ignorant at that
time.
15 Be set-apart in all your conduct, just as the one who called
you is set-apart.
16 Because it is written: “You shall be set-apart for I am set-
apart.”
17 If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons
judges according to each man’s work, pass the time you spend
here in reverence.
18 Know that you were redeemed from your futile way of life
inherited from your fathers. [The redemption] was not with
corruptible things like silver or gold,
19 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without spot, even the
blood of the Messiah.
20 Yahoshua was known before the foundation of the world.
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21 Through him you believe in the Almighty One. The
Almighty One raised him from the dead, and gave him esteem
so that your faith and hope are in the Almighty One.
22 You have purified your hearts by obeying the truth. You
have genuine affection for the brothers and sisters. So always
love one another intensely (extremely) (deeply) from the
heart.
23 You have been given a new birth, not of corruptible seed,
but of incorruptible, through the word of the Almighty One,
which lives and endures.
24 All people are like grass. All their glory is like the blossom
of a flower. The grass withers and the flower drops off.
25 But the word of our Almighty One abides forever. This is
the word of good tidings that was preached to you.

1 Peter 2
1 Put away all badness and all deception, hypocrisy, envy, and
all evil talk.
2 Like newborn infants, long for the spiritual milk that is
without deception to help you grow to salvation.
3 You have tasted that the Master is kind.
4 You came to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but
chosen and precious with the Almighty One.
5 You also as living stones are built up as a spiritual house, to
be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable
to the Almighty One through Yahoshua Messiah.
6 The scriptures say: “I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, chosen
and precious (Isaiah 28:16). He who believes in him will not
be disappointed (shamed).”
7 This precious value is for those who believe. But for the
unbeliever: “The stone that the builders rejected became the
cornerstone.”
8 It is a stone that people stumble over, and a large rock that
people find offensive. They stumble because they are
disobedient to the word. To this end they were appointed.
9 You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and
a people for the Almighty One’s own possession, that you may
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10 In time past you were no people, but now you are the
people of God. You had not then received, but now have
received mercy (compassion) (divine kindness).
11 Beloved, I request that you as aliens and strangers abstain
from fleshly lust (desires), which causes conflict in you.
12 Maintain fine behavior among the nations. That way when
they speak badly about you, they may see your good works and
glorify the Almighty One in the day of visitation (inspection).
13 Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Master’s sake:
whether it is to the king,
14 or to governors, as sent by him for vengeance on evildoers
and for praise to those who do good.
15 It is the Almighty One’s will that you do the right things and
that this will silence the ignorance of foolish men.
16 Be free, and yet do not use your freedom for a covering for
evil, but as servants of the Almighty One.
17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Reverence and
respect the Almighty One. Honor the king.
18 Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all respect,
not only to the good and gentle master but also to the hard to
please.
19 For this is to your credit to suffer wrongfully and endure
grief because of your conscience toward the Almighty One.
20 What value is there when you sin, and are buffeted for it,
you take it patiently? But if, when you do well and suffer for it,
you take it patiently, this is acceptable with the Almighty One.
21 For this you were called because
the Messiah also suffered for you. He left you an example (a
copy for imitation) (a model) that you should follow in his
steps.
22 He committed no sin and deception was not found in him.
23 When he was reviled (insulted), he did not revile in return.
When he suffered he did not threaten, but committed himself
to him that judges righteously.
24 He bore our sins in his body upon the stake, that we,
having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were
healed because of his wounds (stripes).
25 For you were straying like sheep. But now you have
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1 Peter 3
1 In like manner, you wives, be in subjection to your own
husbands. Even if your husband does not obey the Almighty
One’s word, he may be won without a word by observing the
way you live.
2 Your husband could see your chaste behavior coupled with
respect (reverence).
3 Your appearance should not come from the outward
adornment, things like braiding the hair, and wearing jewels
of gold, or wearing fine apparel.
4 Let your appearance be the hidden person of the heart, with
the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit. This is of
great value in the sight of the Almighty One.
5 The holy women of old, who hoped in the Almighty One,
adorned themselves this way, being submissive to their own
husbands.
6 Sarah obeyed Avraham and called him lord. You are her
children now, if you do what is right and are not fearful.
7 In the same way, you husbands live with your wives in an
understanding way. Honor the woman as the weaker vessel.
For you are joint-heirs of the grace of life. May your prayers
not be hindered (cut-off) (blocked).
8 Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, brotherly,
tenderhearted, and humble.
9 Do not repay evil for evil, or insult for insult. Do just the
opposite. For you were called to inherit a blessing.
10 Whoever would love life and see good days should keep his
tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
11 Let him turn away from evil, and do good. Let him seek
peace, and pursue it.
12 The eyes of Yahowah (the Almighty One) are upon the
righteous. His ears hear their prayers. But the face (person) of
Yahowah is against those who do evil. (Psalm 34:15-17)
13 Who will harm you if you are eager to do good?
14 Even if you suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed.
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15 Sanctify the Messiah as Master in your hearts. Always be
ready to answer every man who asks you a reason for your
hope, yet with meekness (mildness) and respect!
16 Keep a good conscience. When you are spoken against,
those who revile your good manner of life in the Messiah may
be put to shame.
17 It is better to suffer for doing what is right, if suffering is
the Almighty One’s will, than to suffer for doing evil (wrong)
(sin).
18 Because the Messiah also suffered for sins once for all, the
righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to the
Almighty One. He was put to death in the flesh, but made alive
in the spirit.
19 He preached to the people in prison.
20 They were disobedient while the ark was being built. Yet
the Almighty One waited patiently in the days of Noah. But
few, that is, eight persons, were saved through water.
21 This was a symbol pointing to baptism, which now saves
you. It is not the washing off of bodily dirt, but the promise
made to the Almighty One for a good conscience. It saves you
through the resurrection of Yahoshua Messiah.
22 He is in heaven at the right hand of the Almighty One,
ruling over all angels and heavenly authorities and powers.

1 Peter 4
1 Since the Messiah suffered physically for us, you too must
strengthen yourselves with the same way of thinking that he
had. Whoever suffers physically has ceased from sin.
2 From now on you must live the rest of your earthly lives
controlled by the Almighty One’s will and not by human
desires (lusts).
3 You have spent enough time in the past doing what
unbelievers like to do. Your lives were spent in indecency,
lusts, drunkenness, orgies, drinking parties, and the
disgusting worship of idols (false gods).
4 They think it strange that you do not run with them in wild
and reckless living and they speak evil about you.
5 They will give account to him that is ready to judge the living
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6 The good news was preached for this purpose even to the
dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh,
but may live according to the Almighty One in the spirit.
7 The end of all things is near. Be of sound mind and
judgment. Also be sober for the purpose of prayer.
8 Above all things have intense love for one another, for love
covers a multitude of sins.
9 Be hospitable to one another without complaining.
10 According to the gift you have received, minister among
yourselves, as good stewards of the increased grace (divine
influence) (love) of the Almighty One.
11 If any man speaks, speak as it were utterances of the
Almighty One. If any man ministers, minister with the
strength that the Almighty One supplies! May the Almighty
One be glorified in all things through Yahoshua Messiah. The
glory and dominion belong to the Almighty One forever and
ever. Amein.
12 Beloved ones do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among
you, for it comes upon you like a test, as though some strange
thing were happening to you.
13 As much as you are partakers of the Messiah’s sufferings,
rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice
with exceeding joy.
14 If you are reproached for the name of the Messiah, you are
blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of the Almighty One
rests upon you.
15 Let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an
evildoer, or as a meddler in other people’s business.
16 If a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but
let him glorify the Almighty One in this name.
17 For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of
the Almighty One. If it begins with us first what will it be like
in the end for those who do not obey the good news of the
Almighty One?
18 If the righteous is scarcely saved, where shall the ungodly
and sinners appear?
19 Let them also that suffer according to the will of the
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1 Peter 5
1 I exhort the elders among you. I too am an older man and a
witness of the sufferings of the Messiah. I am also a partaker
of the glory that will be revealed.
2 Shepherd the flock of the Almighty One in your care.
Exercise the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly,
according to the will of the Almighty One. Do not do it for
dishonest gain, but eagerly.
3 Do not lord it over your charge, but make yourselves
examples to the flock.
4 When the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the
crown of glory that does not fade away.
5 Likewise, you younger men, be subject to the older men. Yes,
all of you clothe yourselves with humility and serve one
another. The Almighty One resists the proud, but gives loving
kindness to the humble.
6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of the
Almighty One, that he may exalt you at the proper time.
7 Throw all your anxiety upon him, because he cares for you.
8 Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring
lion walks about, seeking whom he may devour (consume).
9 Stand firm in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings
are accomplished in your brothers in the world.
10 After you have suffered a little while, the Almighty One of
all grace who called you to his eternal glory in the Messiah,
will perfect, establish, and strengthen you.
11 To him is the dominion forever and ever. Amein.
12 By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I account him, I have
written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the
true grace of the Almighty One. Stand fast.
13 She that is in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets
you; and so does Mark my son.
14 Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all
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2 Peter
(WRITER: PETER/KEPHA) (64 C.E.) (POSSIBLY BABYLON)

2 Peter 1
1 Shimon Kepha, a servant and apostle of Yahoshua Messiah,
to those who have obtained a precious faith with us in the
righteousness of our Almighty One, and of our Savior
Yahoshua Messiah:
2 Grace to you and peace be multiplied to you in the
knowledge of the Almighty One and of Yahoshua our Master!
3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to
life and godliness. This is through the knowledge of him that
called us by his own glory and virtue (excellence).
4 He offered us his precious and exceedingly great promises.
Through these you may become partakers of the divine nature.
You will escape from the corruption that is in the lust-filled
world.
5 Yes, for this very reason you do your part with all diligence.
Supply virtue to your faith. Add knowledge to your virtue.
6 Include self-control with your knowledge. Supply patience to
your self-control. Your patience should be helped by
godliness.
7 Add brotherly kindness to your holiness. And to your
brotherly kindness add love.
8 For if these things are yours and abound in you they will
keep you from being inactive or unfruitful regarding the
knowledge of our Master Yahoshua Messiah.
9 For he who lacks these qualities is blind, seeing only what is
near, having forgotten the cleansing from his old sins.
10 Brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and
election (choosing) sure. If you do (practice) (exercise) (apply)
these things, you will never stumble!
11 For in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our
Master and Savior Yahoshua Messiah will be richly
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12 I will always be ready to remind you of these things. Even
though you know them, and are established in the truth that is
present with you.
13 I think it right, as long as I am in this body, to stir you up by
reminding you.
14 I know that putting off my earthly dwelling is imminent,
even as our Lord Jesus Christ indicated to me.
15 I will be diligent so that every time after my departure you
will remember these things.
16 We did not follow cunningly devised fables when we made
known to you the power and coming of our Master Yahoshua
Messiah. We were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
17 He received honor and esteem from the Almighty One the
Father when he heard the voice from the Majestic Splendor:
“This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
18 We heard this voice from out of heaven when we were with
him on the set-apart (holy) mountain.
19 We have the word of prophecy made sure (steadfast) (firm)!
You do well that you pay attention [to the Almighty One’s
Word] as you would to a lamp shining in a dark place, until
the day dawns, and the daystar rises, in your hearts.
20 Know this first that no prophecy of scripture is for private
interpretation.
21 For no prophecy ever came by the will of man! Men spoke
from the Almighty One, being moved by the Set-Apart Spirit.

2 Peter 2
1 There arose false prophets among the people. There will be
false teachers among you! They will privately bring in
destructive heresies (contrary doctrines), denying even the
Master who bought them. They bring swift destruction on
themselves.
2 Many will follow their lascivious (filthy sensual) deeds. The
way of the truth will be maligned.
3 They speak evil words about you because of their extreme
greed. They will exploit you with false evil words. Their
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4 The Almighty One did not spare angels when they sinned,
but cast them down to captivity in pits of darkness reserved
for judgment!
5 He did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a
preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought
a flood upon the world of the wicked!
6 He turned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes,
condemned them with an overthrow, and made them an
example to those who are ungodly.
7 He delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the
lustful life of the wicked.
8 That righteous man that dwelled among them was
tormented by the lawless deeds he saw and heard.
9 Yahowah knows how to deliver the righteous out of
temptation, and to preserve the unrighteous for the Day of
Judgment. (Psalm 34:19) (Matthew 25:46)
10 This is primarily for those who indulge the flesh in its
corrupt desires and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they
do not tremble at glorious ones but speak abusively.
11 Angels, though greater in might and power, do not bring an
accusation of abusive judgment against them before the
Almighty One.
12 But these are creatures without reason. They were born
mere animals to be taken and destroyed! They speak abusively
in matters of which they are ignorant. They suffer destruction
in their own course of destruction.
13 They suffer wrong as their reward for wrongdoing. They are
men that count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are
spots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions while they
feast with you.
14 They have eyes full of adultery that cannot cease from sin!
They entice unsteady persons. Their hearts are full of
covetousness. They are children of cursing.
15 They went astray, forsaking the right way. They followed
the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of
wrongdoing.
16 He was rebuked for his own transgression. A beast of
burden spoke with a man's voice and restrained (hindered)
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17 These are springs without water, and mists driven by a
storm, for whom the gloom of darkness has been reserved.
18 For, uttering arrogant words of vanity, they entice in the
desires (lusts) of the flesh, by sensuality (lasciviousness),
those who are just escaping from the ones who live in error.
19 They promise them freedom, while they are bondservants
of corruption. A man is brought into bondage by one and
enslaved by another.
20 After they have escaped the defilements of the world
through the knowledge of the Master and Savior Yahoshua
Messiah, they are again entangled and overcome; the last state
is worse with them than the first.
21 For it were better for them not to have known the way of
righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the
holy commandment delivered to them.
22 It happened to them according to the true proverb: “The
dog returns to his own vomit, and the sow that had washed to
wallowing in the mire.”

2 Peter 3
1 This is the second letter I write to you, beloved. I stimulate
your memory in each letter.
2 You should remember the words that were spoken before by
the holy prophets, and the commandments of the Master and
Savior through your apostles.
3 Know this first, that in the last days, mockers will come with
mockery, walking after their own lusts,
4 Saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the
day that the fathers fell asleep [in death], all things continue
as they were from the beginning of the creation.”
5 For this they willfully forget, that there were heavens from of
old, and an earth compacted out of water and amidst water, by
the word of the Almighty One,
6 by which means the world that then was, being overflowed
with water, perished.
7 According to the same word, the heavens that now are, and
the earth, are reserved for fire, being kept for the Day of
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8 Do not forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with
Yahowah as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one
day. (Psalm 90:1, 4)
9 Yahowah is not slow concerning his promise, as some count
slowness. He is longsuffering (patient) toward you. He does
not wish that any should perish, but that all should come to
repentance.
10 The day of Yahowah will come as a thief. The heavens will
pass away with a great noise. The elements shall be dissolved
with intense heat. And the earth and the works in it will be
burned up (destroyed). (Joel 2:31) (Zephaniah 1:14)
11 Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved
(destroyed), what manner of persons should you be in all holy
living and godliness?
12 Look for and earnestly desire the coming presence of the
“Day of Yahowah.” (Zephaniah 1:14) The heavens being on fire
will be dissolved (destroyed), and the elements will melt with
intense heat!
13 We look for new heavens and a new earth, where
righteousness dwells. This is according to his promise.
14 Seeing that you anticipate these things, be diligent that you
may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his
sight.
15 Consider the patience of our Almighty One as salvation.
Just as our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom
given to him, wrote to you.
16 He spoke about these things in his letters. Some things are
hard to understand. The untaught and unstable distort them
as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction.
17 You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, avoid
being carried away with the error of the wicked and falling
from your own steadfastness.
18 Grow in the unmerited favor and knowledge of our Master
and Savior Yahoshua Messiah. To him be the splendor both
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1 JOHN
(WRITER: JOHN) (98 C.E.) (EPHESUS)

1 John 1
1 We have heard that which was from the beginning. We have
also seen it with our own eyes. We looked at it and touched it
with our hands. It is the Word of life.
2 The life was made known and we have seen and testify about
it. We declare the life to you. It is the eternal life, which was
with the Abba and was shown to us.
3 We declare to you what we have seen and heard. This way
you may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is
with the Abba, and with his Son Yahoshua the Messiah!
4 We write these things that our joy may be made full
(complete).
5 This is the message we heard from him and announce to
you, that the Almighty One is light, and in him is no darkness
at all.
6 If we say we have fellowship with him and walk in the
darkness, we lie, and do not live (practice) the truth.
7 If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have
fellowship with one another, and the blood of Yahoshua his
Son cleanses us from all sin.
8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the
truth is not in us.
9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive
us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
10 If we say we have not sinned we make him a liar, and his
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1 John 2
1 My little children, I write you these things that you may not
sin. If any man sin, we have an Advocate (intercessor)
(comforter) (helper) with the Abba, Yahoshua the Messiah the
righteous!
2 He is the propitiation (Greek: hilasmos: atonement,
compensation) for our sins. Not for ours only, but also for the
whole world.
3 We know that we know him, when we obey his
commandments.
4 He who says: I know him, and does not obey his
commandments is a liar! The truth is not in him.
5 Whoever obeys his Word; the ahava of the Almighty One is
made perfect (complete) (mature) in him. By this we know
that we are in union with him.
6 He that says he lives in union with him should walk as he
walked.
7 Beloved, I write no new commandment to you, but an old
commandment you had from the beginning. This old
commandment is the word that you heard.
8 Then again, I do write a new commandment to you. This is
true in him and in you. The darkness is passing away, and the
true light already shines.
9 He who says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in
the darkness!
10 He who loves his brother lives in the light, and there is no
cause for stumbling (offence) in him.
11 But he who hates his brother is in the darkness, and walks
in the darkness. He does not know where he goes because the
darkness has blinded his eyes.
12 I write to you, my little children, because your sins are
forgiven on account of his name.
13 I write to you, abbas, because you know him who is from
the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have
overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because
you know the Father.
14 I write to you, abbas, because you have known him who is
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are strong, and the word of the Almighty One lives in you, and
you have overcome the evil one.
15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If any one
ahavas the world, the ahavah of the Abba is not in him.
16 The entire world, the desire of the flesh and the lust of the
eyes and the boastful pride of material wealth, is not from the
Abba, but is from the world.
17 The world and its desires (lusts) are passing away; but he
who does the will of the Almighty One lives forever.
18 Little children, it is the last hour! You heard that the
antichrist is coming. Even now many anti-messiahs have
come. That is how we know that it is the last hour.
19 They went out from us, but they were not of us. If they had
belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they
went out that it made it plain that they all are not of us.
20 You have an anointing from the Set-Apart One, and you all
know.
21 I have not written to you because you do not know the
truth, but because you know it, and because no lie is of the
truth.
22 Who is the liar but he who denies that Yahoshua is the
Messiah? This is the anti-messiah, even he who denies the
Abba and the Son.
23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Abba. He who
confesses the Son has the Abba also.
24 As for you, let that live in you, which you heard from the
beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning lives in
you, you will also live in the Son, and in the Abba.
25 This is the promise he promised us, life eternal.
26 I write you these things concerning those who would lead
you astray.
27 The anointing (special endowment of Set-Apart Spirit) you
received from Him is a part of you (is with you) and you do
not need anyone (any human) to teach you. His anointing
taught you concerning all things. It is no lie. It is truth, just as
you were taught you live through him.
28 Now, my little children dwell (Greek: meno: stay, dwell, be
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boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming
(presence) (being near).
29 If you know that he is righteous you know that every one
who practices righteousness is born of him.

1 John 3
1 Observe the ahava the Abba gave to us that we should be
called the children of the Almighty One. That is what we are!
For this reason the world does not know us. This is because it
did not know him.
2 Beloved, now we are children of the Almighty One. It is not
yet revealed what we will be. We know that when he is
revealed we will be like him. We will see him just as he is.
3 Everyone who has this hope in him is purified. He is pure.
4 Everyone who practices (exercises) sin also commits
lawlessness, because sin is lawlessness.
5 You know that he appeared to take away sins. There is no sin
in him!
6 Whoever abides in him does not sin. Whoever sins has not
seen him and does not know him.
7 My little children let no man deceive you! He who practices
righteousness is righteous, even as he [Messiah] is righteous.
8 He who sins is of the devil. For the devil sinned from the
beginning. To this end the Son of the Almighty One was made
known (manifested), that he might destroy the works of the
devil.
9 Whoever is born of the Almighty One does not practice sin!
His seed abides in him and he cannot sin because he has been
born of the Almighty One.
10 In this the children of the Almighty One and the children of
the devil are revealed. Whoever does not practice
righteousness is not from the Almighty One. He who does not
ahava his brother is not from the Almighty One.
11 This is the message you heard from the beginning, that we
should ahava one another!
12 We should not be like Cain who was of the evil one, and
killed his brother. Why did he murder him? It was because his
works were evil, and his brother's were righteous.
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14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because
we ahava the brothers. He who does not love abides in death.
15 Whoever hates his brother is a murderer! You know that no
murderer has everlasting life remaining in him.
16 By this we know love, because he (Yahoshua) gave his life
for us. We ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
17 Whoever has this world's goods and sees his brother in
need, and shuts up his compassion from him, how does the
ahava of the Almighty One dwell in him?
18 My Little children, let us not ahava in word, neither with
the tongue; but in deed and truth.
19 By this we shall know we are of the truth, and will assure
our heart before him.
20 If our heart condemns us, the Almighty One is greater than
our heart, and knows all things.
21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us we have
confidence toward the Almighty One.
22 Whatever we ask we receive from Him because we obey His
commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His
sight.
23 This is his commandment, that we should believe in the
name of His Son Yahoshua the Messiah, and ahava one
another. He gave us this commandment!
24 The one who obeys the Almighty One's commandments
lives in the Almighty One, and the Almighty One lives in
(with) Him. We know that He lives in (with) us by the Spirit
He gave us.

1 John 4
1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit. Test the spirits to see
whether they are from the Almighty One. This is because
many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 Here is how you know the Spirit of the Almighty One, every
spirit that confesses that Yahoshua Messiah came in the flesh
is from the Almighty One.
3 Every spirit that does not confess Yahoshua is not from the
Almighty One. This is the spirit of the anti-messiah that you
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4 You are of the Almighty One, my little children. You have
overcome them because he that is in you is greater than he
that is in the world.
5 They are from the world. They speak that which is from the
world and the world listens to them.
6 We are from the Almighty One. He who knows the Almighty
One listens to us. He who is not from the Almighty One does
not listen to us. By this we know the vital principle (spirit) of
truth, and the principle (spirit) of deception (error).
7 Beloved let us ahava one another, for ahava is from the
Almighty One. Everyone who ahavas is born of the Almighty
One and knows the Almighty One.
8 He who does not ahova does not know the Almighty One for
the Almighty One is ahova.
9 The love of the Almighty One was made known through us.
The Almighty One sent his only-brought forth Son into the
world that we might live through him.
10 In this is love, not that we loved the Almighty One, but that
he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation
(atonement) (sacrificial payment) for our sins.
11 Beloved, if the Almighty One so loved us, we also ought to
ahava one another.
12 No one has seen the Almighty One at any time! If we love
one another, the Almighty One lives with us, and his ahava is
perfected (accomplished) (matured) through us.
13 We know that we live with him and he with us, because he
has given us of his Spirit.
14 We see and testify that the Abba sent the Son to be the
Savior of the world.
15 Whoever confesses that Yahoshua is the Son of the
Almighty One, the Almighty One lives with him, and he with
the Almighty One.
16 We know and believe the love that the Almighty One has for
us. The Almighty One is ahava! He who continues with love
lives with the Almighty One and the Almighty One lives with
him.
17 This is love made perfect through us, that we may have
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18 There is no fear in ahava. Perfect (mature) ahava throws
out (expels) fear because fear involves restraint (punishment).
He who fears is not made perfect (mature) (complete) through
ahava.
19 We ahava, because he first ahavaed us.
20 If a man says, I hava the Almighty One, yet he hates his
brother, he is a liar! He who does not ahava his brother, whom
he has seen, cannot ahava the Almighty One whom he has not
seen.
21 We have this commandment from him, that he who ahavas
the Almighty One should ahava his brother also.

1 John 5
1 Whoever believes that Yahoshua is the Messiah is born of the
Almighty One. Whoever ahavas him that causes the birth also
ahavas him that is born.
2 This is how we know that we ahava the children of the
Almighty One, when we ahava the Almighty One and do his
commandments.
3 For this is the ahava of the Almighty One, that we obey
(keep) (observe) his commandments. And his commandments
are not burdensome.
4 Everything born from the Almighty One conquers the world.
This is the victory that has conquered the world, even our
faith.
5 Who is the one who conquers (overcomes) (prevails over)
the world, but he who believes that Yahoshua is the Son of the
Almighty One?
6 This is he who came by water and blood, Yahoshua the
Messiah. He did not come with the water only, but with the
water and with the blood. The Spirit gives witness because it is
the truth.
7 There are three that testify: (Latin Vulgate: tres
testimonium: three that testify.)
8 The Spirit, the water, and the blood, and the three are in
agreement (accord) (concurrence) (harmony). (Latin Vulgate:
Spiritus et aqua et sanguis et tres unum: Spirit, water, and
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9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of the Almighty
One is greater. The witness of the Almighty One is this, that he
gave witness concerning his Son.
10 He who believes in the Son of the Almighty One has the
witness in him. He who does not believe the Almighty One
made him a liar because he does not believe the testimony the
Almighty One gives concerning his Son.
11 The testimony is this that the Almighty One gave us
everlasting life and this life is in his Son.
12 He who has the Son has the life. He who does not have the
Son of the Almighty One does not have the life.
13 I wrote these things so you who believe in the name of the
Son of the Almighty One may know you have everlasting life.
14 This is the confidence that we have toward him, that, if we
ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
15 If we know that he hears us, whatever we ask, we know that
we have the petitions (requests) that we have asked of him.
16 If any man see his brother committing a sin not leading to
death, he will ask, and the Almighty One will give him life for
them that sin not leading to death. There is a sin that leads to
death. I do not say that he should make request concerning
this.
17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not leading to
death.
18 We know that no one who is born of the Almighty One
practices sin. He who was born from the Almighty One
watches over himself, and the evil one does not touch him.
19 We know that we are from the Almighty One, and the whole
world lies in the (power of the) (under control of the) evil one.
20 We know that the Son of the Almighty One has come and
has given us binah. We know him that is true for we are in him
who is true, [and] in his Son Yahoshua Messiah. This is the
true Almighty One and everlasting life.
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2 JOHN
(WRITER: JOHN) (98 C.E.) (EPHESUS)

1 The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I ahava
in truth; and not I only, but also all who know the truth.
2 The truth lives in our hearts forever.
3 In truth and ahava, the Almighty One the Abba and
Yahoshua Messiah, the Son of the Abba send you grace, mercy
and shalom.
4 I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children
walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the
Abba.
5 Now I ask you, lady, not as though I wrote a new
commandment to you, but that which we had from the
beginning, that we ahava one another.
6 This is ahava that we walk according to his commandments.
This is the commandment that you heard from the beginning.
You should walk in it.
7 For many deceivers have gone into the world. They do not
confess that Yahoshua the Messiah came in the flesh. This is
the deceiver and the anti-messiah.
8 Watch yourselves that you do not lose the things that we
worked to produce. You may receive a full reward.
9 Whoever pushes ahead and does not remain in the teaching
of the Messiah, does not have the Almighty One! He who
dwells in the teaching has both the Abba and the Son.
10 Do not receive anyone into your house who comes to you
and does not bring this teaching. Give him no greeting!
11 He who greets him partakes of his evil works.
12 I have many things to write you. I would not write them
with paper and ink: but I hope to come to you, and to speak
face to face, that your joy may be made full.
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(WRITER: JOHN) (98 C.E.) (EPHESUS)

1 The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love. That righteous

man that dwelled among them was tormented by the lawless
deeds he saw and heard.
2 Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in
good health. May you prosper.
3 For I rejoiced greatly when brothers came and witnessed
about the truth that is in you and that you walk in truth.
4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in
the truth.
5 Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you do for the
brothers and strangers.
6 They testify about your love seen by the congregation. You
do well to send them forward on their journey worthily of the
Almighty One.
7 For the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from
the people of the nations.
8 We ought to receive and welcome such ones, that we may be
fellow-workers for the truth.
9 I wrote something to the congregation. But Diotrephes, who
loves to have the preeminence among them, did not receive
us.
10 If I come, I will remind you of what he does. He unjustly
accuses us with wicked words and is never satisfied. He does
not allow the brothers to greet one another and he throws
them out of the congregation.
11 Beloved, do not imitate that which is evil, but that which is
good. He who does good is from the Almighty One. He who
does evil has not seen the Almighty One.
12 Demetrius has the witness of all men, and of the truth itself.
Yes, we also testify and you know our witness is true.
13 I had many things to write to you, but I am unwilling to
write them to you with ink and pen.
14 I hope to see you shortly. We shall speak face to face. Peace
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(WRITER: JUDE) (65 C.E.) (POSSIBLY PALESTINE)

1 Jude, a servant of Yahoshua Messiah, and brother of Jacob,

to those who are called, beloved in the Almighty One and
Abba, and kept for Yahoshua Messiah:
2 Mercy, shalom and ahava be multiplied to you.
3 Beloved, I diligently wrote you about our common salvation.
I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend
earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the
holy ones.
4 Certain men crept in unnoticed. They were appointed long
ago for this condemnation. These wicked (irreverent) men
turned the grace of our Almighty One into loose conduct. They
deny our only Master and Leader, Yahoshua Messiah.
5 I want to remind you though you once knew this, that the
Almighty One, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt,
afterward destroyed those who did not believe.
6 Angels who did not keep their position left their proper
habitation. He has kept them in everlasting bonds under
darkness for the judgment of the great day.
7 Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them are an
example for they, in like manner with these surrendered to
fornication and went after flesh for unnatural use. They
received justice by ever burning fire.
8 In like manner these men also in their dreams defile the
flesh, reject authority and speak evil of glorious ones.
9 Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil
disputed about the body of Moses. He did not speak evil
judgment against him in abusive terms, but said: “Yahowah
rebukes you.” (Zechariah 3:2)
10 These men speak abusively about things they do not know.
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11 Woe to them! They went in the way of Cain, and ran
riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the
rebellious talk of Korah.
12 These men are hidden rocks in your ahava feasts when they
feast (entertain) with you. They are shepherds that without
fear feed themselves. They are clouds without water, carried
along by winds. They are autumn leaves without fruit, twice
dead, plucked up by the roots.
13 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own
shame. They are wandering stars, for which the black
darkness has been reserved for an age.
14 Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these,
saying: “Behold, Jehovah came with many thousands of his
set-apart ones.
15 “They execute judgment upon all. They convict all the
irreverent of all their wicked behavior, deeds that they have
committed in an irreverent way, and of all the hard things
those detestable sinners have spoken against him.”
16 These murmur, complain, and walk after their lusts, they
speak arrogantly, flattering people to gain advantage.
17 But you, beloved, remember the words spoken before by the
apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.
18 They said to you: In the last time there will be mockers
(scoffers), walking after their own wicked lusts.
19 These cause divisions; they are sensual (worldly-minded)
persons not having the Spirit.
20 You, beloved, build yourself up on your most set-apart
faith, praying in the Set-Apart Spirit.
21 Stay in the ahava of the Almighty One! Look (wait) for the
mercy of our Master Yahoshua Messiah for everlasting life.
22 Show mercy to some who have doubt.
23 Save some, snatch them out of the fire. Have mercy on
some with alarm. Hate even the garment defiled (polluted) by
the flesh.
24 Now to him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and
to set you before the presence of his brilliance without blemish
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25 To the only Almighty One our Savior, through Yahoshua
Messiah our Master. There is splendor, majesty, dominion,
and power, before all time, now, and for evermore, amein.

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REVELATION
(WRITER: APOSTLE JOHN) (96 C.E.) (ISLAND OF PATMOS)
(TETRAGRAMMATON: YHWH IS SOMETIMES TRANSLATED YAHOWAH,
YAHWEH, JEHOVAH, OR LORD DEPENDING ON TRANSLATOR’S THEOLOGY)

Revelation 1
1 THE REVELATION THE ALMIGHTY ONE GAVE TO
YAHOSHUA MESSIAH, so that he could tell his servants the
things that must soon take place. Messiah then sent his angel
to communicate the symbolic message to his servant
Yahochanan.
2 Yahochanan testified to the word of the Almighty One, the
testimony of Yahoshua Messiah, and of all that he saw.
3 Happy is he who reads, and those who hear the words of the
prophecy, and obey the things written in it: for the time is
near.
4 Yahochanan, to the seven congregations in Asia: May you
have grace and shalom from him who is, and who was, and
who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his
throne;
5 And from Yahoshua Messiah, who is the Faithful Witness,
and the firstborn from the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of
the eretz. To the one who loves us and released us from our
sins by his blood.
6 He made us to be a kingdom of kings and priests to his
Almighty One and Abba. To him be glory and power forever
and ever. Amein.
7 Behold, he comes with the clouds. Every eye will see him,
and those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the eretz
will mourn over him. So it will be, Amein.
8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end,"
says Yahowah (YHWH) the Almighty One, "the one who is,
and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty (all ruling)
(universal sovereign).” (Isaiah 48:12)

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9 I, Yahochanan, your brother and companion in tribulation
and kingdom and perseverance (patience) of Yahoshua
Messiah, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the
word of the Almighty One, and for the testimony of Yahoshua
Messiah.
10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day when I heard a strong
voice behind me. It sounded like a trumpet.
11 It said: "Write what you see in a book and send it to the
seven congregations in Asia: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum,
Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."
12 I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. When I
turned, I saw seven golden lamp stands.
13 There was someone like the Son of man in the midst of the
seven lamp stands. He was clothed with a garment that
reached down to the feet, and girded at the chest with a golden
girdle.
14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as
snow; and his eyes were like a flame of fire.
15 His feet were like fine brass glowing in a furnace. His voice
sounded like many rushing waters.
16 In his right hand he held seven stars. A sharp two-edged
sword came out of his mouth. His appearance was like the
shinning sun in full strength.
17 When I saw him, I fell as dead at his feet. He laid his right
hand on me and said: "Do not fear. I am the first and the last:
18 "I am alive! I was dead and, behold, I am alive forever,
Amein. I have the keys of death and the grave.
19 "Write the things that you have seen and the things that are
and the things that will be.
20 "This is the secret of the seven stars that you saw in my
right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands. The seven stars
are the angels of the seven congregations. The seven lamp
stands that you saw are the seven congregations."

Revelation 2
1 "To the angel of the congregation of Ephesus write: The one
who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among
the seven golden lamp stands, says:

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2 "'I know your works, and your labor, and your patience. I
also know how you cannot tolerate those who are evil. You
tested those who say they are apostles. They are not apostles.
You found them to be liars.
3 "'You have endured and are patient. You suffer for my
name's sake and have not grown weary.
4 "'However I have this against you: you do not ahava (love)
me now as you did at first.
5 "'Think how far you have fallen! Turn from your sins (make
teshuvah) and do what you did at first. If you do not turn from
your sins, I will come to you and remove your lamp stand from
its place.
6 "'Yet you have this in your favor: you hate the deeds of the
sect of Nicolaus just as I hate their deeds.
7 "'He who can hear should listen to what the Spirit says to the
congregations! To him who overcomes I will give the right to
eat the fruit of the tree of life that grows in the (Paradise)
Garden of the Almighty One.'
8 "To the angel of the congregation in Smyrna write: This is
the message from the one who is the 'First and the Last', who
died and came to life again.
9 "'I know your troubles. I know that you are poor, but you are
rich! I know the evil things said against you by those who
claim to be Jews but are not. Their synagogue belongs to
Satan!
10 "'Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil
(false accuser) (Devil) is about to throw you into prison, that
you may be tested. You will have tribulation ten days. Be
faithful even if you must die, and I will give you the crown of
life.
11 "'He who can hear should listen to what the Spirit says to
the congregations. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the
second death.'
12 "To the angel of the congregation in Pergamum write:
These are the words of him who has the sharp two-edged
sword:
13 "'I know where you live and where the throne of Satan is.
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the days of Antipas my faithful witness. He was killed among
you, where Satan dwells.
14 "'I have a few things against you: you have people there
who hold to the teachings of Balaam, who taught Balak to
present a snare to the sons of Israel, to eat of idol sacrifices
and commit fornication.
15 "'You also have those who hold the doctrine (teaching) of
the sect of Nicolaus in like manner.
16 "'Turn away from your sins! If you do not make teshuvah I
will come to you soon. And I will fight against those people
with the sword that comes out of my mouth.
17 "'He who can hear should listen to what the Spirit says to
the congregations! To those who overcome in victory I will
give some of the hidden manna. I will also give each of them a
white stone on which is written a new name that no one knows
except the one who receives it.'
18 "To the angel of the congregation in Thyatira write: This is
the message from the Son of the Almighty One, whose eyes
blaze like fire, whose feet shine like polished brass.
19 "'I know your works. I know your ahava, your faithfulness,
your service, and your patience. I know that you are doing
more now than you did at first.
20 "'But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman
Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and
leads my servants astray so that they commit immorality and
eat things sacrificed to idols.
21 "'I gave her time to make teshuvah, and she does not want
to repent of her immorality.
22 "'Watch this! I am going to throw her into a sickbed. Those
who commit sexual sins with her will also suffer much trouble,
unless they make teshuvah and turn away from what she is
doing.
23 "'I will kill her children with deadly plague. Then all the
congregations will know that I am the one who searches hearts
and minds. I will reward each of you for what you have done.
24 "'But to the rest of you in Thyatira, all who do not hold on
to Jezebel's teaching, who have not learned what are called the
"deep things of Satan," I will not burden you with anything
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25 "'Just hold on to what you have until I come.
26 "'To the person who conquers and continues to do my
works to the end, I will give power (authority) over the goyim.
27 "'He will rule them with a rod of iron and break them to
pieces like clay vessels: even as I received from my Abba.
28 "'I will give him the morning star.
29 "'He who can hear let him hear what the Spirit says to the
congregations.'"

Revelation 3
1 "To the angel of the congregation in Sardis write: He who
has the seven Spirits of the Almighty One and the seven stars
says these things: 'I know your works, that you have a name
that you are alive, and you are [really] dead.
2 "'Be watchful, and strengthen the things that remain that are
at the point of death: for I have not found your works perfect
(completed) before the Almighty One.
3 "'Remember what you received and heard, and hold fast,
and make teshuvah. If you do not stay awake, I will come to
you like a thief. You will not know the hour when I will come
to you.
4 "'You have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled
(defiled) their garments. They will walk with me in white: for
they are worthy.
5 "'He who overcomes will be clothed in white garments. I will
not blot out his name from the book of life. In fact I will
confess his name before my Abba, and before his angels.
6 "'He who can hear let him hear what the Spirit says to the
congregations.'
7 "To the angel of the congregation in Philadelphia write: He
says these things. He who is set-apart (holy), he who is true,
he who has the key of David, he who opens and no man shuts,
and shuts and no man opens.
8 "'I know your works (deeds) (acts). Pay attention, I set
before you an open door, and no man can shut it: for you have
a little strength, and have kept my word, and have not denied
my name.
9 "'I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they
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bow down before your feet. They will know that I have loved
you.
10 "'Because you have kept the word of my patience
(endurance), I also will keep you from the hour of testing. This
will come upon the whole world to test (scrutinize) (discipline)
(examine) those who dwell on the eretz.
11 "'I come quickly: hold fast what you have so that no one will
take your crown.
12 "'I will make the one who overcomes, a pillar in the temple
of my Almighty One, and he will not go out from it anymore. I
will write on him the name of my Almighty One, and the name
of the city of my Almighty One, which is the New Jerusalem.
This city comes down out of shamayim from my Almighty
One. I will write my new name on him.
13 "'He who can hear let him hear what the Spirit says to the
congregations.'
14 "'To the angel of the congregation in Laodicea write: The
Amein, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of
Almighty One’s creation says this:
15 "'I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I
wish that you were cold or hot.
16 "'Because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will
spit you out of my mouth.
17 "'You say, "I am rich and have become wealthy and have
need of nothing." You do not know that you are wretched and
miserable and poor and blind and naked.
18 "'I counsel you to buy gold from me, gold purified by fire, so
that you may be rich; and white clothing, so that you may be
clothed. In this way the shame of your nakedness will not
appear. And anoint your eyes with eye salve, so that you may
see.
19 "'I reprove and discipline those whom I love: be zealous
therefore, and make teshuvah.
20 "'Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hears
my voice, and opens the door, I will come in to him, and dine
with him, and he with me.
21 "'To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me on my
throne, even as I also overcame, and sat down with my Abba
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22 "'He who can hear let him hear what the Spirit says to the
congregations.'"

Revelation 4
1 After this I saw a door opened in shamayim: and the first
voice that I heard was talking to me like a trumpet. It said:
"Come up here and I will show you things from the future."
2 Immediately I was in the spirit. In front of me was a throne
in shamayim and someone sat on the throne.
3 He who sat there had the appearance of jasper and sardius
stones. A rainbow that looked like an emerald surrounded the
throne.
4 Around the throne were twenty-four elders sitting on
thrones. They were dressed in white with crowns of gold on
their heads.
5 Lightnings and thunders and voices came from the throne.
There were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne.
These are the seven Spirits of the Almighty One.
6 A sea of crystal like glass was in front of the throne. In the
center around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes
in front and behind.
7 The first living creature was like a lion. The second living
creature was like a young bull. The third living creature had a
face like a man. And the fourth living creature was like a flying
eagle.
8 Each of the four living creatures has six wings. They are full
of eyes around and within. "Never resting day or night, they
say: Set-Apart, Set-Apart, Set-Apart, is Yahowah the Almighty
One, who was, and who is, and who is to come."
9 When these living creatures give glory and honor and thanks
to him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
10 The twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on
the throne. They worship him who lives forever and ever. They
lay their crowns before the throne and say:
11 "You are worthy, Yahowah our Almighty One, to receive
glory and honor and power: for you have created all things,
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Revelation 5
1 I saw a book in the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
It had writing on the inside and on the back and was sealed
with seven seals.
2 And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming with a loud voice:
"Who is worthy to open the book, and to remove the seals?"
3 No one in shamayim, on eretz or under the eretz was able to
open the book and look inside.
4 I wept much because no one was found worthy to open, look
inside, and read the book.
5 One of the elders said to me: "Do not weep; the Lion of the
tribe of Judah of the Root of David has succeeded in opening
the book and removing the seven seals."
6 I saw a Lamb that looked as though it had been slain, in the
midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the
midst of the elders. The lamb had seven horns and seven eyes.
These are the seven Spirits of the Almighty One sent into all
the eretz.
7 He came to the one who sat on the throne and received the
book from his right hand.
8 When he took the book the four living creatures and twenty-
four elders fell down before the Lamb. Every one of them had
harps, and golden bowls full of incense. These are the prayers
of the set-apart ones.
9 They sing a new song, saying: "You are worthy to take the
book, and to open the seals, for you were slaughtered and by
your blood you bought persons for the Almighty One out of
every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
10 "You made them kings and priests to our Almighty One.
They will reign as kings over the eretz."
11 I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the
living creatures and the elders. The number of them was ten
thousand (myriads) times ten thousand, and thousands of
thousands.
12 They said with a loud voice: "The Lamb that was
slaughtered is worthy to receive power, and riches, and
chochmah, and strength, and honor, and glory, and brocha."
13 I heard every creature in shamayim and on eretz. I also
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them. They said: "Bracha, and honor, and glory, and power, be
to him who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb forever and
ever."
14 The four living creatures said: "Amein" (so be it) and the
twenty-four elders fell down and worshipped.

Revelation 6
1 I saw the Lamb open one of the seven seals. And I heard one
of the living creatures speak with a voice like thunder. He said:
"Come!"
2 I saw a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow. A crown
was given to him and he conquered.
3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living
creature say: "Come!"
4 Another horse that was red went out: and power was given
to him who sat on it to take shalom from the eretz. He was
given a great sword so that men could kill one another.
5 When he opened the third seal I heard the third beast say:
"Come!" I saw a black horse; and he who sat on him had a pair
of scales in his hand.
6 I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures say:
"A measure (quart: U.S. dry). of wheat for a penny, and three
measures of barley for a penny; and see that you do not hurt
the oil and the wine."
7 When the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of
the fourth living creature say: "Come!"
8 I looked, and there was a pale horse. The name of the one
who sat on him was Death. The grave followed him. Power
was given to them over a fourth part of the eretz, to kill with
sword, and with hunger, and with pestilence, and with the
beasts of the eretz.
9 When the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar
the persons who were slaughtered because of the word of the
Almighty One, and for the witness they gave.
10 They cried with a loud voice, saying: "How long, O Lord,
set-apart and true, before you judge and avenge our blood on
those who dwell on the eretz?"
11 Each of them was given a white robe. They were told that
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[number] of their fellow servants and their brothers, who
would be killed, as they were, should be fulfilled.
12 When he opened the sixth seal I saw a great earthquake.
The sun became black as sackcloth of hair and the moon
became like blood.
13 The stars of the sky fell to the earth, even as a fig tree drops
her unripe figs when she is shaken by a mighty wind.
14 The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled
together. Every mountain and island was moved from their
places.
15 The kings of the eretz, and the great men, and the rich men,
and the military commanders, and the mighty men, and every
slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in
the rocks of the mountains.
16 They said to the mountains and rocks: "Fall on us, and hide
us from the presence of him who sits on the throne, and from
the wrath of the Lamb:
17 "For the great day of his wrath has come; and who will be
able to stand?"

Revelation 7
1 After these things I saw four angels standing at the four
corners of the earth. They were holding back the four winds of
the eretz so the wind would not blow on the eretz, or on the
sea, or on any tree.
2 I saw another angel ascending from the east. He had the seal
of the living Almighty One. He cried out with a loud voice to
the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and
the sea.
3 He said: "Do not harm the eretz or the sea or the trees, until
we have sealed the servants of our Almighty One in their
foreheads."
4 I heard the number of those who were sealed. There were
sealed a hundred and forty-four thousand from all the tribes
of the children of Israel.
5 Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the
tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
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tribe of Naphtali were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Manasseh were sealed twelve thousand.
7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the
tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
8 Of the tribe of Zebulun were sealed twelve thousand. Of the
tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of
Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
9 After this I saw a great crowd that no man could number. It
was from all goyim (nations), and tribes, and people, and
tongues. It stood before the throne, and before the Lamb,
clothed with white robes. They had palm branches in their
hands.
10 They cried with a loud voice, saying: "Salvation belongs to
our Almighty One who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb."
11 All the angels stood around the throne, and the elders and
the four living creatures. They fell before the throne on their
faces, and worshiped the Almighty One.
12 They said: "Amein! Bracha, and glory, and chochmah, and
thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be to our
Almighty One forever and ever. Amein."
13 One of the elders asked me: "Who are these dressed in
white robes? And where are they from?"
14 I said to him: "Sir, you know." He said to me: "These are
the ones who came out of the great tribulation. They washed
their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 "Because of this they are before the throne of the Almighty
One. They serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits
on the throne will spread his tent over (dwell among) them.
16 "They will hunger no more, nor thirst any more; neither
shall the sunlight beat down on them, nor any heat.
17 "The Lamb who is in the middle of the throne will feed
them and lead them to living fountains of water. The Almighty
One will wipe away all tears from their eyes."

Revelation 8
1 When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in
shamayim for about a half an hour.
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Seven trumpets were given to them.
3 Another angel, with a golden incense vessel, came and stood
at the altar. He was given much incense so he could offer it
with the prayers of all the set-apart ones upon the golden altar
before the throne.
4 The smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the set-apart
ones, ascended up, out of the angel's hand, before the
Almighty One.
5 The angel took the incense vessel, and filled it with fire from
the altar, and hurled it to the eretz. There were voices, and
thundering and lightning, and an earthquake.
6 The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared
themselves to sound them.
7 The first angel blew his trumpet. Hail and fire mixed with
blood came down upon the eretz. A third of the trees were
burned up, and all green grass was burned up.
8 The second angel blew his trumpet. Something like a great
mountain burning with fire was hurled into the sea. A third of
the sea became blood.
9 A third of the living creatures in the sea died. And a third of
the ships were destroyed.
10 The third angel blew his trumpet. A great star burning like
a lamp fell from shamayim. It fell upon a third of the rivers,
and upon the fountains of waters.
11 The star is called Wormwood (Calamity) (Bitterness): and a
third of the waters became wormwood; and many men died
from the waters, because they were made bitter.
12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet. A third of the sun was
struck. A third of the moon, and a third of the stars were
darkened. The illumination of both day and night was cut by
one third.
13 Then I saw and heard an angel flying in midheaven. He said
with a loud voice: "Woe, woe, woe to those dwelling on eretz,
because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three
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Revelation 9
1 The fifth angel blew his trumpet. I saw a star fall from
shamayim to the eretz. The key of the bottomless pit was given
to him.
2 He opened the bottomless pit. Smoke came out of the pit,
like the smoke of a great furnace. The smoke from the pit
darkened the sun and the air.
3 Out of the smoke came locusts upon the eretz. Power was
given to them like the scorpions of the eretz have power.
4 They were commanded not to hurt the grass of the eretz, nor
any tree, but only those men who do not have the seal of the
Almighty One in their foreheads.
5 The locusts were not to kill them, but should torment them
for five months: and their torment was the torment of a
scorpion, when it strikes a man.
6 Men will seek death in those days and will not find it. They
will desire to die and death will elude them.
7 The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for
battle. They wore gold crowns on their heads and their faces
were like the faces of men.
8 Their hair was like the hair of women. Their teeth were like
the teeth of lions.
9 They had breastplates like iron. The sound of their wings
was as the sound of chariots with many horses running to
battle.
10 Their tails were like scorpions' tails, for there were stings in
their tails. They had power to hurt men five months.
11 The angel of the bottomless pit was their king. His name in
the Hebrew language is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.
12 The first woe is past. There are two more woes to come.
13 The sixth angel blew his trumpet. I heard a voice from the
golden altar that is before the Almighty One.
14 It said to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, release the
four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were released. They were prepared for
this very hour, and day, and month, and year, to kill a third of
mankind.
16 The army of the horsemen numbered two hundred million.
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17 I saw the horses and riders in the vision. Their breastplates
were bright red, dark blue, and yellow as sulfur. The heads of
the horses were like the heads of lions. Their mouths issued
fire, smoke, and brimstone.
18 A third of mankind was killed by these plagues of fire and
smoke and sulfur that came out of their mouths.
19 The power of the horses was in their mouths and in their
tails: for their tails were like serpents that had heads, and with
them they inflict harm.
20 The rest of the men who were not killed by these plagues
did not make tshuvah (repent) of the works of their hands.
They did not stop worshipping demons, and idols of gold, and
silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can
see, nor hear, nor walk.
21 Neither did they repent of their murders, nor of their
sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

Revelation 10
1 I saw another mighty angel come down from shamayim. He
was clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was upon his head.
His face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
2 He held a little book that lay open in his hand. He placed his
right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the eretz.
3 And he cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars: and
when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4 When the seven thunders spoke, I was about to write: and I
heard a voice from shamayim say to me: "Seal up those things
that the seven thunders spoke. Do not write them."
5 The angel I saw standing upon the sea and upon the eretz
raised his hand to shamayim.
6 And he swore by him who lives forever and ever, who
created heaven, and the things that are in it, and the eretz, and
the things that are in it, and the sea, and the things there, that
there would be no more delay.
7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he
will sound his trumpet, the secret of the Almighty One is
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8 The voice I heard from shamayim spoke to me again, and
said: "Go take the little book that is open in the hand of the
angel who stands upon the sea and upon the eretz."
9 I went to the angel, and said to him: "Give me the little
book." He said to me: "Take it, and eat it up! It will be sweet as
honey in your mouth, but it will make your belly bitter."
10 So I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it.
It was in my mouth sweet as honey and as soon as I had eaten
it, my belly was bitter.
11 He said: "You must prophesy again about many peoples and
goyim, tongues and kings."

Revelation 11
1 There was given me a reed like a measuring rod: and the
angel stood, saying: "Rise, and measure the temple of the
Almighty One, and the altar, and those who worship there.
2 "Do not measure the court outside the temple for it is given
to the goyim. They will tread the set-apart (holy) city under
foot for forty-two months.
3 "I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will
prophesy a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in
sackcloth."
4 These (witnesses) are the two olive trees, and the two lamp
stands standing before the Almighty One of the eretz.
5 If any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth,
and devours their enemies. If any man will hurt them, he must
in this manner be killed.
6 These (two witnesses) have power to shut the sky so that it
will not rain in the days of their prophecy. They have power
over waters to turn them to blood, and to strike the eretz with
all plagues, as often as they will.
7 When they finished their testimony, the beast that ascends
out of the bottomless pit will make war against them and
conquer them, and kill them.
8 Their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city,
which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our
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9 The people and tribes and tongues and goyim will see their
dead bodies three and a half days, and will look at them and
refuse to bury them.
10 The inhabitants of the earth will celebrate and rejoice over
them. They will rejoice and send gifts to one another. This is
because these two prophets tormented those who lived on the
earth.
11 After three and a half days the breath of life from the
Almighty One entered into them, and they stood upon their
feet. Great fear fell upon all who saw them.
12 They heard a great voice from shamayim say: "Come up
here." So they ascended up to heaven in a cloud as their
enemies beheld them.
13 In that same hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth
of the city fell. Seven thousand men were slain in the
earthquake, and the survivors were afraid and gave glory to
the Almighty One of shamayim.
14 The second woe has past. The third woe will come quickly.
15 The seventh angel blew his trumpet. There were great
voices in shamayim, saying: "The Malchut (kingdom) of the
world has become our Almighty One’s, and his Messiah will
rule as king forever and ever."
16 The twenty-four elders, who sat before the Almighty One
on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshiped God,
17 Saying: "We give you thanks, Yahowah the Almighty, the
one who is and who was, because you have taken your great
power, and begun to rule as king. (Exodus 6:3) (Amos 4:13)
18 "The goyim were angry. Your wrath (indignation) has
come! It is time to judge the dead, to reward your servants the
prophets, the set-apart ones, and those who reverence your
name the small and the great. Time to destroy (exterminate)
(eradicate) those who destroy the eretz."
19 The temple of the Almighty One was opened in shamayim.
There was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant. And
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Revelation 12
1 A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the
sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head was a
crown with twelve stars.
2 She, being with child, cried out in labor pains, ready to
deliver.
3 Another sign appeared in shamayim. It was a great red
dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns
upon his heads.
4 His tail swept a third of the stars of shamayim, and flung
them to the eretz. The dragon stood before the woman who
was ready to be delivered. He was ready to devour her child as
soon as it was born.
5 She gave birth to a male-child, who was to rule all goyim
with a rod (scepter) of iron. Her child was caught up to the
Almighty One and to his throne.
6 The woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place
prepared by the Almighty One. There they feed her a thousand
two hundred and sixty days.
7 War broke out in shamayim. Michael and his angels fought
against the dragon and his angels.
8 The dragon lost and no place in shamayim was found for
him any longer.
9 The great dragon was thrown down, that old serpent, called
the Devil, and Satan, who deceives the whole world. He was
hurled down to the eretz, and his angels with him.
10 I heard a loud voice saying in shamayim, "Now has come
the salvation, and strength, and the Shamayim of our
Almighty One, and the power (authority) of his Messiah: for
the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who
accused them before our Almighty One day and night.
11 They conquered (overcame) him by the blood of the Lamb,
and by the word of their testimony; and they did not ahava
their lives when faced with death.
12 Therefore rejoice (be glad), you shamayim, and you that
dwell in them. But woe to the eretz and the sea! For the devil
has come down to you, having fierce anger, because he knows
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13 When the dragon saw that he was thrown to the earth, he
persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male-child.
14 Two wings of a great eagle were given to the woman, that
she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is
nourished for a time, and times, and half a time (one thousand
two hundred and sixty days), out of the serpent's reach.
15 The serpent spewed water out of his mouth like a flood after
the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away by the
flood.
16 But the earth rescued the woman, and the eretz opened its
mouth, and swallowed up the flood that the dragon spewed
out of his mouth.
17 The dragon was furious with the woman and waged war
with the remnant of her seed. These are the ones who obey the
commandments of the Almighty One and have the testimony
of Yahoshua Messiah (Jesus Christ).

Revelation 13
1 The dragon stood on the shore by the sea. I saw a beast rise
up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns. His horns
had ten crowns on them. Blasphemous names were on his
heads.
2 The beast I saw looked like a leopard. His feet were like the
feet of a bear. His mouth was like the mouth of a lion. The
dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great
authority.
3 One of his heads appeared to have had a fatal wound. His
fatal wound had healed, and the entire world followed the
beast with admiration.
4 Men worshiped the dragon that gave power to the beast.
They worshiped the beast, saying: "Who is like the beast? Who
is able to make war with him?"
5 A mouth speaking great things and blasphemies was given to
the beast. And authority to act was given to him to continue
forty-two months.
6 He opened his mouth to blaspheme the Almighty One, to
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7 It was granted to him to wage war with the set-apart ones,
and to overcome them: and power was given him over all
tribes, and tongues, and nations.
8 All the citizens of eretz will worship him, all whose names
have not been written in the Lamb's book of life who was slain
from the foundation of the world.
9 If any man can listen, let him hear.
10 He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity. He who
kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. This
requires the patience and the faith of the set-apart ones.
11 Then I saw another wild beast coming up out of the eretz.
He had two horns like a lamb and he spoke like a dragon.
12 He exercises all the authority of the first beast that came
ahead of him. The second beast causes the eretz and those
who live there to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound
was healed.
13 He performed great signs, so that he made fire come down
from shamayim on the eretz in the sight of men.
14 And he deceives those who dwell on the eretz by the means
of those miracles he had power to do in the sight of the beast.
He says to those who dwell on the eretz, that they should make
an image to the beast that had the wound by a sword and yet
lives.
15 He had power to give breath to the image of the beast and
to make that image of the beast speak. He caused many to be
killed, those who would not worship the image of the beast.
16 And he forces all persons, the great and the small, rich and
poor, free and slave, to receive a mark in their right hand, or
in their foreheads.
17 No one could buy or sell without the mark, the name of the
beast, or the number of its name.
18 This requires chochmah. Let him that has binah calculate
the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his
number is six hundred and sixty-six.

Revelation 14
1 A Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with him one hundred
forty-four thousand, having his Abba's name written in their
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2 I heard a sound from shamayim, as the sound of many
waters. It was as the sound of a great thunder: and I heard the
sound of harpists playing their harps.
3 They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four
beasts, and the elders. No man can learn that song but the
hundred and forty-four thousand, who were redeemed from
the eretz.
4 These are they who were not defiled with women. They are
virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever he goes.
These were redeemed (bought) from among mankind. They
are the first fruits to God and to the Lamb.
5 No falsehood (lie) (deceit) was found in their mouth, for they
are without fault.
6 Then I saw another angel fly in the midst of shamayim. He
had everlasting good news to preach to those who dwell on the
eretz, to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people.
7 He spoke in a loud voice: "Respect the Almighty One, and
give him esteem (dignity) (honor)! The hour of his judgment
has come. Worship him who made shamayim and eretz, and
the sea, and the fountains of waters."
8 Another angel followed, saying: "Babylon the great has
fallen. She has fallen, that great city, because she made all
nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication."
9 The third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice: "If
anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his
mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 "the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of the
Almighty One, which is poured out full strength into the cup of
his indignation. He will be tormented with fire and brimstone
in the presence of the set-apart angels, and in the presence of
the Lamb.
11 "The smoke of their torment will ascend forever and ever.
They who worship the beast and his image and receive the
mark of his name have no rest day or night.
12 "This requires patience and endurance for the set-apart
ones, those who obey the commandments of the Almighty
One, and the faith of Yahoshua."
13 Then I heard a voice from shamayim say: "Write: Blessed
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forward: Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their
labors; and their works follow them."
14 I saw a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like the Son
of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a
sharp sickle.
15 Another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud
voice to him who sat on the cloud: "Thrust in your sickle, and
reap! The time has come for you to reap; for the harvest of the
eretz is ripe."
16 He who sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the eretz;
and the eretz was reaped.
17 Another angel came out of the temple in shamayim, he also
having a sharp sickle.
18 And yet another angel came out from the altar. He had
power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the
sharp sickle. He said: "Thrust in your sharp sickle, and gather
the clusters of the vine of the eretz; for her grapes are fully
ripe."
19 The angel thrust his sickle into the eretz, and gathered the
vine of the eretz, and cast it into the great winepress of the
anger of the Almighty One.
20 The winepress was trampled outside the city. Blood came
out of the winepress as high up as the horse bridles for a
distance of one hundred and eighty miles.

Revelation 15
1 I saw another sign in shamayim, great and marvelous, seven
angels having the seven last plagues. The Almighty One uses
them to finish expressing his anger.
2 I saw what looked like a sea of glass mingled with fire. Those
who were victorious over the beast, and over his image, and
over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the
sea of glass, having harps (written Word) of the Almighty One.
3 They sing the song of Moses, the servant of the Almighty
One, and the song of the Lamb, saying: "Great and marvelous
are your works, Yahowah the Almighty One; just and true are
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nations) (King of the set-apart ones). (Deuteronomy 31:30;
32:4) (Exodus 6:3)
4 "Who will not reverence you, Yahowah, and honor your
name, for only you are set-apart. All nations will come and
worship you. Your righteous judgments are clearly apparent."
5 After that I noticed the temple of the sanctuary of the tent of
witness was opened in shamayim.
6 The seven angels with the seven plagues came out of the
temple. They were clothed in pure white linen, with their
chests girded with golden girdles.
7 One of the four beasts gave the seven angels bowls full of the
anger of the Almighty One who lives forever and ever.
8 The temple was filled with smoke from the glory and power
of the Almighty One. No man was able to enter into the temple
till the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished.

Revelation 16
1 I heard a loud voice from the temple say to the seven angels:
Go your way, and pour out the bowls of the anger of the
Almighty One on the eretz.
2 The first poured out his bowl on the eretz. A painful and
grievous sore appeared on the men who had the mark of the
beast, and upon those who worshiped his image.
3 Then the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea. It
became like the blood of a dead man, and every living being
died in the sea.
4 Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and
fountains of waters and they became blood.
5 I heard the angel of the waters say: "You are righteous,
Yahowah, who are, and was, the Set-Apart One, because you
have judged these things. (Exodus 3:14)
6 "They have shed the blood of the set-apart ones and
prophets. You give them blood to drink for they deserve it."
7 I heard another say: "Even so, Yahowah the Almighty One,
true and righteous are your judgments." (Deuteronomy 32:4)
(Psalm 145:17) (Exodus 6:3)
8 The fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun. Authority
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9 Men were scorched with great heat. They blasphemed the
name of the Almighty One, who has power over these plagues.
They did not make tshuvah and give him esteem (honor).
10 Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of
the beast; and his kingdom became full of darkness. And they
gnawed their tongues because of the pain.
11 They blasphemed the Almighty One of shamayim because
of their pains, but they did not repent.
12 The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river
Euphrates. Its water was dried up so that the way might be
prepared for the kings from the east.
13 I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth
of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of
the mouth of the false prophet.
14 They are demonic spirits, working signs, which go to the
kings of the eretz, of the whole world. They gather them to the
battle of that great day of the Almighty One.
15 "Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he who stays awake
and keeps his outer garment, that he does not walk naked and
they see his shame."
16 He gathered them together to a place called in the Hebrew
tongue Har-Magedon.
17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air. A
loud voice came out of the temple of shamayim. It said: "It is
done!"
18 There were voices, and thunders, and lightnings. There was
a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the
eretz, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 The great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of
the nations fell. The Almighty One remembered Babylon the
Great. He gave her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his
anger (wrath).
20 Every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
21 There fell upon men a great hail out of shamayim, every
stone about the weight of a talent (45 to 100 pounds). Men
blasphemed the Almighty One because of the plague of the
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Revelation 17
1 One of the seven angels who had one of the seven bowls
spoke to me. He said: "Come, I will show you the judgment of
the great harlot who sits on many waters,
2 "with whom the kings of the eretz have committed
fornication, and the inhabitants of the eretz have been made
drunk with the wine of her fornication."
3 So he carried me away in spirit to the wilderness. I saw a
woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast. The beast was full
of names of blasphemy. It had seven heads and ten horns.
4 The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet. She was
adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls. She had a
golden cup in her hand. It was full of abominations and the
filthiness of her fornication.
5 A name was written on her forehead, a mystery, "Babylon
the Great, the fema of the harlots and of the abominations of
the eretz."
6 I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the set-apart ones,
and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw
her I wondered greatly.
7 The angel said: "Why do you wonder? I will tell you the
mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which
has the seven heads and ten horns.
8 "The beast that you saw was, and is not. It will ascend out of
the pit and go into destruction. They who dwell on the eretz
will wonder, those whose names were not written in the book
of life from the foundation of the world, when they see the
beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 "Here is where the mind that has chochmah comes in. The
seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits.
10 "There are seven kings: five have fallen, and one is, and the
other has not yet come. When he comes he must remain a
short while.
11 "The beast that was, and is not, he is the eighth king, and is
from the seven, and goes into destruction.
12 "The ten horns that you saw are ten kings. They have not
yet received a kingdom. But they receive power (authority)
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13 "They are united in one purpose (single-minded), and they
will give their power and authority to the beast.
14 "They will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will
overcome (conquer) them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of
kings. Those who are with him are called, and chosen, and
faithful."
15 He says to me: "The waters that you saw, where the harlot
sits, are peoples, and crowds, and nations, and languages.
16 "The ten horns that you saw on the beast will hate the
harlot, and will make her desolate and naked. They will eat her
flesh and burn her with fire.
17 "For the Almighty One put in their hearts the desire to carry
out his purpose, and to agree, and to give their kingdom to the
beast, until the words of the Almighty One shall be fulfilled.
18 "The woman you saw is that great city that reigns over the
kings of the earth."

Revelation 18
1 After these things I saw another angel come down from
shamayim. He had great authority. The eretz was illuminated
with his splendor.
2 He cried out with a strong voice: "Babylon the Great has
fallen, she has fallen! She has become the habitation of
demons, and a haunt for every unclean spirit. She is a prison
for every unclean and hateful bird.
3 "All nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication (immorality). The kings of the earth have
committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the
eretz are very rich through the abundance of her luxury."
4 I heard another voice from shamayim, say: "Come out of
her, my people, that you do not partake of her sins, and that
you do not receive her plagues!
5 "For her sins have reached up to shamayim, and the
Almighty One has remembered her iniquities.
6 "Render to her even as she rendered to you. Pay back double
to her, double according to her works: in the cup that she has
filled, fill double for her!
7 "To the extent she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to
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heart: 'I sit a queen, and am no widow, and I shall see no
sorrow.'
8 "Therefore her plagues (literal and figurative) will overtake
her in one day, death and mourning and famine; and she will
be utterly burned with fire, for mighty is Yahowah the
Almighty One who judges her. (Jeremiah 50:34; 51:58)
9 "The kings of the eretz, who have committed fornication and
lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her,
when they see the smoke of her burning.
10 "They will stand at a distance for fear of her torment, and
say: 'Woe, woe to the great city Babylon, that mighty city! For
in one hour your judgment has come.'
11 "The merchants of the eretz will weep and mourn over her.
For no man buys their merchandise any more.
12 "The merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones,
and of pearls, fine linen, purple and silk, scarlet, and
everything in scented wood, all manner of ivory and all
manner of most precious wood, of brass and iron and marble,
13 "cinnamon, odors and ointments, frankincense, wine and
oil, fine flour, wheat, beasts, and sheep and horses, chariots
and slaves and humans
14 "The fruits that you desired have departed from you. All
things that were dainty and wonderful have departed from
you. You will find them no more at all.
15 "The merchants of these things, who were made rich by her,
will stand far off for the fear of her torment, weeping and
wailing.
16 "They will say: 'Woe, woe to the great city, that was clothed
in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold,
and precious stones, and pearls!
17 "'In one hour these great riches came to nothing.' Every
shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as
many as trade by sea, stood far off,
18 "and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying:
'What city is like this great city!'
19 "They threw dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and
wailing, saying: 'Woe, woe to the great city. All that had ships
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20 "Rejoice over her, you shamayim, and you set-apart
apostles and prophets, for the Almighty One pronounced
judgment for you against her."
21 A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and
hurled it into the sea. He said: "With violence the great city
Babylon will be thrown down, and it will not be found any
longer.
22 "The sound of harp players, and musicians, and of pipers,
and trumpeters, will not be heard anymore in you. No
craftsman will be found in you. The sound of a millstone will
not be heard in you anymore.
23 "There will no longer be the light of a candle in you. The
voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will be heard no more
at all in you. Your merchants were the great men of the eretz;
for by your spiritistic practice all nations were deceived.
24 "The blood of prophets, and of the set-apart ones, and of all
who were slain upon the eretz was found in her."

Revelation 19
1 After these things I heard a great voice of many people in
shamayim, saying: "Hallelu Yahowah! Salvation, and dignity,
and honor, and power belong to our Almighty One. (Psalm
150:6)
2 "True and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the
great harlot, who corrupted the eretz with her fornication. And
has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand."
3 Again they said: "Hallelu Yahowah. Her smoke rose up
forever and ever."
4 The twenty-four elders and the four beasts fell down and
worshiped the Almighty One, who sat on the throne, saying:
"Amein! Hallelu Yahowah!" (Psalm 117:1)
5 Then a voice came from the throne. It said: "Hallel our
Almighty One, all you his servants, and you who reverence
him, both small and great."
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a large number of people,
and as the sound of many waters, and as the sound of mighty
thunder, saying: "Hallelu Yahowah! For Yahowah our
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7 "Let us be glad, rejoice, and give honor to him: for the
marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife made herself
ready.
8 "It was granted to her that she dress in fine linen, clean and
white: for the fine linen represents the righteous acts of the
set-apart ones."
9 He said to me: "Write: Blessed are they who are called to the
marriage supper of the Lamb." He said to me: "These are the
true sayings of the Almighty One."
10 I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me: “Do not
do that. I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers. You
have the witness from Yahoshua: worship the Almighty One!
For the witness from Yahoshua is the spirit (mind-set) of
prophecy.”
11 I saw shamayim opened, and behold, a white horse; and he
who sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in
righteousness he judges and makes war.
12 His eyes were like a flame of fire, and on his head were
many crowns (diadems). He had a name written that no man
knew, but himself.
13 He was clothed with a garment dipped in blood: and his
name is called The Word of the Almighty One.
14 The armies in shamayim followed him upon white horses,
clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword, that with it he
should strike the nations. He will rule them with a rod of iron.
He treads the winepress of the fierceness and anger of the
Almighty One.
16 He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written,
"King of Kings" and "Lord of Lords"!
17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun. He cried with a
loud voice to all the fowls that fly in midheaven: "Come and
gather yourselves together to the supper of the great Almighty
One;
18 "that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of
military commanders, and the flesh of mighty men, and the
flesh of horses, and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of
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19 I saw the beast, and the kings of the eretz, and their armies,
gathered together to make war against him who sat on the
horse, and against his army.
20 The beast was captured, and with him the false prophet
that performed signs before him, with which he deceived those
who had received the mark of the beast, and those who
worshiped his image. These both were cast alive into the lake
of fire burning with sulfur.
21 The rest were killed with the sword that came from the
mouth of the one who sat on the horse. All the birds were
filled with their flesh.

Revelation 20
1 I saw an angel come down from shamayim. He had the key
to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
2 He seized the dragon, the old serpent that is the Devil, and
Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
3 He hurled him into the bottomless pit, and shut it and sealed
it over him. He could not deceive the nations anymore till the
thousand years ended. After that he must be let loose for a
little while.
4 I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was
given to them. I also saw the people who were beheaded for
the witness of Yahoshua, and for the word of the Almighty
One. They had not worshiped the beast or his image. They had
not received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands.
They lived and reigned with the Messiah a thousand years.
5 [The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand
years were finished.] (Not found in older manuscripts.) This is
the first resurrection.
6 Blessed and set-apart is he who has part in the first
resurrection. The second death has no power over them. They
shall be priests of the Almighty One and of the Messiah, and
shall rule as kings with him for the thousand years.
7 When the thousand years end, Satan will be let loose out of
his prison.
8 Satan will go out to deceive the nations that are in the four
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to battle. The number of these is as the sand of the sea (too
great to count).
9 They advanced over the broad plain of the eretz, and
encircled the camp of the set-apart ones, and the beloved city.
Fire came down out of shamayim and devoured (consumed)
them.
10 The devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire
and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are, and will
be tormented day and night forever.
11 I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it. From
before him the eretz and shamayim fled away. There was
found no place for them.
12 I saw the dead, small and great, stand before the Almighty
One. The books were opened: and another book was opened,
which is the book of life: and the dead were judged according
to the things written in the books, according to their works.
13 The sea gave up the dead in it. Death and the grave
delivered up the dead in them. Every man was judged
according to his works.
14 Death and the grave were hurled into the lake of fire. This is
the second death.
15 Whoever was not found written in the book of life was
hurled (thrust) (thrown) into the lake of fire.

Revelation 21
1 I saw a new shamayim and a new eretz: for the first
shamayim and the first eretz had passed away. There was no
more sea.
2 Then I, Yahochanan, saw the set-apart city, New Jerusalem,
coming down from the Almighty One out of shamayim,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 Then I heard a loud voice out of shamayim saying: "Behold,
the tabernacle of the Almighty One is with men. He will dwell
with them and they will be his people! The Almighty One will
be with them, and be their Almighty One.
4 "The Almighty One will wipe away all tears from their eyes.
There will be no more death. There will be no more sorrow or
crying. There will be no more pain! The former things have
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5 He who sat on the throne said: "Behold, I make all things
new. Then he told me to write: for these words are faithful and
true."
6 And he said to me: "It is done! I am Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the end. I will give to him who thirsts from the
fountain of the water of life freely.
7 "He who overcomes will inherit all things. I will be his
Almighty One, and he will be my son.
8 "But the fearful and unbelieving, abominable and
murderers, fornicators and those practicing spiritism,
idolaters and all liars shall have their part in the lake that
burns with fire and sulfur: which is the second death."
9 One of the seven angels came to me. He had the seven bowls
full of the seven last plagues. He said: "Come here, I will show
you the bride, the Lamb's wife."
10 He carried me away in spirit to a great and high mountain,
and showed me that great city, the set-apart city Jerusalem,
descending out of shamayim from the Almighty One.
11 She had the glory of the Almighty One. Her light was like a
very precious stone, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.
12 The city had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates,
and at the gates twelve angels, and names written on each
gate, the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the
south three gates; and on the west three gates.
14 The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the
names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 He who talked with me had a golden reed to measure the
city and the gates and the wall.
16 And the city lies foursquare. The length is as large as the
width. He measured the city with the reed, fourteen hundred
miles. The length and the width and the height of it are equal.
17 He measured the wall, two hundred feet, according to the
measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18 The structure of the wall was jasper: and the city was pure
gold, like clear glass.
19 The foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with
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the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, an
emerald;
20 the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth,
chrysoprase; the eleventh, hyacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
21 The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Each individual gate
was one pearl. The street of the city was pure gold, as
transparent glass.
22 I saw no temple there: for the Yahowah the Almighty One
and the Lamb are the temple.
23 The city did not need the sun or the moon to shine on it.
For the splendor (brilliance) of the Almighty One and of the
Lamb was its light.
24 The nations will walk by means of its light. The kings of the
eretz bring their glory into it.
25 Its gates will not close in the daytime and there will be no
night there.
26 They will bring the splendor of the nations into it.
27 Nothing impure will ever enter it. The shameful and
deceitful will not enter. Only those who are written in the
Lamb's book of life will enter.

Revelation 22
1 He showed me a pure river of water of life. It was clear as
crystal and flowed out of the throne of Almighty One and of
the Lamb.
2 This was in the middle of the street of the city. The tree of
life was on each side of the river. It produced twelve kinds of
fruit and yielded the fruit every month. The leaves of the tree
were for the healing of the nations.
3 There will be no curse. The throne of the Almighty One and
of the Lamb will be in the city. His servants will serve him.
4 They will see his face and his name will be in their
foreheads.
5 There will be no night there. They need no lamp, neither
light of the sun, for Yahowah the Almighty One gives them
light. And they shall reign forever and ever.
6 Then he said to me: "These sayings are faithful and true.
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angel to show his servants the things that must shortly be
done.
7 "Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who obeys the words
of the prophecy of this book."
8 I Yahochanan saw these things and heard them. When I
heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the
angel who showed me these things.
9 He said to me: “Do not do that, for I am a fellow servant
with you and your brothers the prophets, and of those who
obey the words of this book: worship the Almighty One.”
10 And he says to me: "Do not seal up the words of the
prophecy of this book, for the time is near at hand.
11 "He who is unjust, let him be unjust still. And he who is
filthy, let him be filthy still. And he who is righteous, let him
be righteous still. And he who is set-apart, let him be set-apart
still.
12 "'Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give
to every man according as his work.
13 "'I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the
first and the last.
14 "'Blessed are those who obey his commandments. They
have the right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the
gates of the city.
15 "'Outside are the dogs (impure men) and those who
practice spiritism, and fornicators, and murderers, and
idolaters, and everyone who tells lies.'
16 "'I Yahoshua have sent my angel to tell you about these
things in the congregations. I am the root and the offspring of
David, and the bright and morning star.'"
17 The Spirit and the bride say: "Come" And let him who hears
say: "Come." And let him who is thirsty come. And whoever
will, let him drink the water of life freely.
18 I testify to every man who hears the words of the prophecy
of this book, if any man shall add to these things, the Almighty
One shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book.
19 If any man shall take away from the words of the book of
this prophecy, the Almighty One shall take away his part out
of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things
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20 He who testifies to these things says: "I come quickly."
Amein. Come, King Yahoshua!
21 The grace of our Master, Yahoshua Messiah be with you all.
Amein.

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