24:1And the courses of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 24:2But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. 24:3And David with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their ordering in their service. 24:4And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar; and thus were they divided: of the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen, heads of fathers' houses; and of the sons of Ithamar, according to their fathers' houses, eight. 24:5Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for there were princes of the sanctuary, and princes of God, both of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. 24:6And Shemaiah the son of Nethanel the scribe, who was of the Levites, wrote them in the presence of the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites; one fathers' house being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
24:7Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, 24:8the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, 24:9the fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, 24:10the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, 24:11the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, 24:12the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, 24:13the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 24:14the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, 24:15the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez, 24:16the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel, 24:17the one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul, 24:18the three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. 24:19This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of Jehovah according to the ordinance given unto them by Aaron their father, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
24:20And of the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. 24:21Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the chief. 24:22Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. 24:23And the sons of Hebron: Jeriah the chief, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 24:24The sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir. 24:25The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. 24:26The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah: Beno. 24:27The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. 24:28Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. 24:29Of Kish; the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel. 24:30And the sons of Mushi: Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after their fathers' houses. 24:31These likewise cast lots even as their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and of the Levites; the fathers' houses of the chief even as those of his younger brother.
25:1Moreover David and the captains of the host set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of them that did the work according to their service was: 25:2of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph, under the hand of Asaph, who prophesied after the order of the king. 25:3Of Jeduthun; the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising Jehovah. 25:4Of Heman; the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. 25:5All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. 25:6All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king. 25:7And the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in singing unto Jehovah, even all that were skilful, was two hundred fourscore and eight. 25:8And they cast lots for their offices, all alike, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
25:9Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah; he and his brethren and sons were twelve: 25:10the third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:11the fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:12the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:13the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:14the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:15the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:16the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:17the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:18the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:19the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:20for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:21for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:22for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:23for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:24for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:25for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:26for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:27for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:28for the one and twentieth to Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:29for the two and twentieth to Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:30for the three and twentieth to Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve: 25:31for the four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve.
5:1The elders among you I exhort, who am a fellow-elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 5:2Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according to the will of God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 5:3neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock. 5:4And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away. 5:5Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. 5:6Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time; 5:7casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you. 5:8Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour, 5:9whom withstand stedfast in your faith, knowing that the same sufferings are accomplished in your brethren who are in the world. 5:10And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you. 5:11To him be the dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 5:12By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I account him, I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand ye fast therein. 5:13She that is in Babylon, elect together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Mark my son. 5:14Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace be unto you all that are in Christ.
3:1And I said, Hear, I pray you, ye heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not for you to know justice? 3:2ye who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; 3:3who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 3:4Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings. 3:5Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that make my people to err; that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and whoso putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him: 3:6Therefore it shall be night unto you, that ye shall have no vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down upon the prophets, and the day shall be black over them. 3:7And the seers shall be put to shame, and the diviners confounded; yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. 3:8But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. 3:9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity. 3:10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. 3:11The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. 3:12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
12:1In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 12:2But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. 12:3Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. 12:4And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. 12:5But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. 12:6Are not five sparrows sold for two pence? and not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God. 12:7But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows. 12:8And I say unto you, Every one who shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: 12:9but he that denieth me in the presence of men shall be denied in the presence of the angels of God. 12:10And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven. 12:11And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: 12:12for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say. 12:13And one out of the multitude said unto him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me. 12:14But he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? 12:15And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. 12:16And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 12:17and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits? 12:18And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods. 12:19And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry. 12:20But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be? 12:21So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. 12:22And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. 12:23For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment. 12:24Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds! 12:25And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his life? 12:26If then ye are not able to do even that which is least, why are ye anxious concerning the rest? 12:27Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 12:28But if God doth so clothe the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more shall he clothe you, O ye of little faith? 12:29And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. 12:30For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. 12:31Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you. 12:32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. 12:33Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth. 12:34For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 12:35Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning; 12:36and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him. 12:37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them. 12:38And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them so blessed are those servants. 12:39But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through. 12:40Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh. 12:41And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even unto all? 12:42And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season? 12:43Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 12:44Of a truth I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath. 12:45But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; 12:46the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful. 12:47And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes; 12:48but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more. 12:49I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled? 12:50But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! 12:51Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: 12:52for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. 12:53They shall 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. 12:54And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass. 12:55And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a scorching heat; and it cometh to pass. 12:56Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time? 12:57And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? 12:58For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison. 12:59I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.