1:1Now it came to pass after the death of Moses the servant of Jehovah, that Jehovah spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, 1:2Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. 1:3Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it, as I spake unto Moses. 1:4From the wilderness, and this Lebanon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your border. 1:5There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life. as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 1:6Be strong and of good courage; for thou shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers to give them. 1:7Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest. 1:8This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth, but thou shalt meditate thereon day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. 1:9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
1:10Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, 1:11Pass through the midst of the camp, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye are to pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which Jehovah your God giveth you to possess it.
1:12And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 1:13Remember the word which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, saying, Jehovah your God giveth you rest, and will give you this land. 1:14Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall abide in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan; but ye shall pass over before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and shall help them; 1:15until Jehovah have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising. 1:16And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us we will go. 1:17According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only Jehovah thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. 1:18Whosoever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of good courage.
A Song of Ascents.
120:1In my distress I cried unto Jehovah,
And he answered me.
120:2Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips,
And from a deceitful tongue.
120:3What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee,
Thou deceitful tongue?
120:4 *Sharp arrows of the mighty,
With coals of *juniper.
120:5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech,
That I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
120:6My soul hath long had her dwelling
With him that hateth peace.
120:7I am for peace:
But when I speak, they are for war.
A Song of Ascents.
121:1I will lift up mine eyes unto the mountains:
From whence shall my help come?
121:2My help cometh from Jehovah,
Who made heaven and earth.
121:3 *He will not suffer thy foot to be moved:
He that keepeth thee will not slumber.
121:4Behold, he that keepeth Israel
Will neither slumber nor sleep.
121:5Jehovah is thy keeper:
Jehovah is thy shade upon thy right hand.
121:6The sun shall not smite thee by day,
Nor the moon by night.
121:7Jehovah will keep thee from all evil;
He will keep thy soul.
121:8Jehovah will keep thy going out and thy coming in
From this time forth and for evermore.
A Song of Ascents; of David.
122:1I was glad when they said unto me,
Let us go unto the house of Jehovah.
Within thy gates, O Jerusalem,
122:3Jerusalem, that art builded
As a city that is compact together;
122:4Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of *Jehovah,
For *an ordinance for Israel,
To give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.
122:5For there *are set thrones for judgment,
The thrones of the house of David.
122:6 *Pray for the peace of Jerusalem:
*They shall prosper that love thee.
122:7Peace be within thy walls,
And prosperity within thy palaces.
122:8For my brethren and companions' sakes,
I will now say, Peace be within thee.
122:9For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God
I will seek thy good.
61:1The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 61:2to proclaim the year of Jehovah's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 61:3to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he may be glorified. 61:4And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. 61:5And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vine-dressers. 61:6But ye shall be named the priests of Jehovah; men shall call you the ministers of our God: ye shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. 61:7Instead of your shame ye shall have double; and instead of dishonor they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess double; everlasting joy shall be unto them. 61:8For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. 61:9And their seed shall be known among the nations, and their offspring among the peoples; all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which Jehovah hath blessed. 61:10I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with a garland, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. 61:11For as the earth bringeth forth its bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord Jehovah will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
9:1And he entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city. 9:2And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven. 9:3And behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. 9:4And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? 9:5For which is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and walk? 9:6But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (then saith he to the sick of the palsy), Arise, and take up thy bed, and go up unto thy house. 9:7And he arose, and departed to his house. 9:8But when the multitudes saw it, they were afraid, and glorified God, who had given such authority unto men.
9:9And as Jesus passed by from thence, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.
9:10And it came to pass, as he sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. 9:11And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Teacher with the publicans and sinners? 9:12But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. 9:13But go ye and learn what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
9:14Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? 9:15And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast. 9:16And no man putteth a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; for that which should fill it up taketh from the garment, and a worse rent is made. 9:17Neither do men put new wine into old wine-skins: else the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins perish: but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins, and both are preserved.
9:18While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. 9:19And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. 9:20And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: 9:21for she said within herself, If I do but touch his garment, I shall be made whole. 9:22But Jesus turning and seeing her said, Daughter, be of good cheer; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. 9:23And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute-players, and the crowd making a tumult, 9:24he said, Give place: for the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. 9:25But when the crowd was put forth, he entered in, and took her by the hand; and the damsel arose. 9:26And the fame hereof went forth into all that land.
9:27And as Jesus passed by from thence, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy on us, thou son of David. 9:28And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 9:29Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it done unto you. 9:30And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. 9:31But they went forth, and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
9:32And as they went forth, behold, there was brought to him a dumb man possessed with a demon. 9:33And when the demon was cast out, the dumb man spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. 9:34But the Pharisees said, By the prince of the demons casteth he out demons.
9:35And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness. 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd. 9:37Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the laborers are few. 9:38Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.