simplify: If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

And which of you, being a father, will give a stone to his son, who makes request for bread? or for a fish, will give him a snake?


simplify: as we have said before, and now say again, If any one to you may proclaim good news different from what ye did receive--anathema let him be!

We have said it before, and I repeat it now — If anyone tells you a ‘good news’ other than that which you received, may he be accursed!


simplify: Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not.

Does he give praise to the servant because he did what was ordered?


simplify: And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled.

And for his sister, a virgin, for she is his near relation and has had no husband, he may make himself unclean.


rate difficulty: and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And Jacob called his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, and I will tell you what will befall you at the end of days.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: and he saith, `Lord Jehovah, whereby do I know that I possess it?'

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

And when David sent for him, he took meat and drink with him, and David made him the worse for drink: and when evening came, he went to rest on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.


simplify: And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I bear you? bring him to me hither;'

“Faithless and perverse generation!” Jesus exclaimed, “how long must I be among you? How long must I have patience with you? Bring the boy here to me.”


simplify: And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.

And he put up the hangings forming the open space round the House and the altar, and put the curtain over the doorway. So Moses made the work complete.


rate difficulty: I have loved you, saith Jehovah. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith Jehovah: yet I loved Jacob;

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: therefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast showed out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I shall judge thee.

For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, I will do to you as you have done in your wrath and in your envy, which you have made clear in your hate for them; and I will make clear to you who I am when you are judged by me.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;

This is what the Lord has said: See to yourselves, that you take up no weight on the Sabbath day, or take it in through the doors of Jerusalem;


rate difficulty: The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Thus saith the Lord against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them.

This is what the Lord has said against all my evil neighbours, who put their hands on the heritage which I gave my people Israel: See, I will have them uprooted from their land, uprooting the people of Judah from among them.


simplify: And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not say that he would not be a prophet of good but of evil?


rate difficulty: So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out with him on his undertakings.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace,

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.

In those times there was no peace for him who went out or for him who came in, but great trouble was on all the people of the lands.


simplify: And the word of the Lord came unto me the second time, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying,


simplify: For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

For the eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.


rate difficulty: For he doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: He built the high gate of the house of the Lord, and on the wall of Ophel he built much.

He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel.


simplify: And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.

And Hoshea, the son of Elah, made a secret design against Pekah, the son of Remaliah, and, attacking him, put him to death and became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham, the son of Uzziah.


rate difficulty: For thus hath Jehovah said unto me: Like as the lion and the young lion growling over his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, is not afraid of their voice, nor giveth way before the multitude of them; so will Jehovah of hosts come down to war upon mount Zion, and on the hill thereof.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And all the assembly of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.

All the people who had been prisoners and had come back, made tents and were living in them: for from the time of Jeshua, the son of Nun, till that day, the children of Israel had not done so. And there was very great joy.


rate difficulty: and they take them out of the midst of the tent, and bring them in unto Joshua, and unto all the sons of Israel, and pour them out before Jehovah.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken thou not, neither consent.

And all the responsible men and the people said to him, Do not give attention to him or do what he says.


simplify: Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.

Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil from among you.


simplify: And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be.

And God said, As for Sarai, your wife, from now her name will be not Sarai, but Sarah.


simplify: Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance:

Let your change of heart be seen in your works:


simplify: that we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

Getting the poor for silver, and him who is in need for the price of two shoes, and taking a price for the waste parts of the grain.


simplify: And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?

Have you any idea what these are saying? And Jesus said to them, Yes: have you not seen in the Writings, From the lips of children and babies at the breast you have made your praise complete?


rate difficulty: For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him;

And the punishment of their sin will be on them: the sin of the prophet will be the same as the sin of him who goes to him for directions;


simplify: Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

Then the word of Eliezer the prophet, the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah, came against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have let yourself be joined with Ahaziah, the Lord has sent destruction on your works. And the ships were broken and were not able to go to Tarshish.


simplify: Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and Emek-keziz,

And the towns of the children of Benjamin, given to them in the order of their families, are Jericho and Beth-hoglah and Emek-kezziz


rate difficulty: they glorifyingGod through the proof of this ministration, by reason of your subjection, by profession, to the glad tidings of the Christ, and your free-hearted liberality in communicating towards them and towards all;

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

Instead of grieving over it and taking steps for the expulsion of the man who has done this thing, is it possible that you are still puffed up?


simplify: Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.

Then Peter said to him, Make the story clear to us.


simplify: And Jehovah hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them, as Jehovah had spoken unto Moses.

And the Lord made Pharaoh's heart hard, and he would not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.


simplify: Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Let your mind be turned to your Maker in the days of your strength, while the evil days come not, and the years are far away when you will say, I have no pleasure in them;


simplify: Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.

This is what I have seen: it is good and fair for a man to take meat and drink and to have joy in all his work under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; that is his reward.


simplify: For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God.

For in addition to his sin, he is uncontrolled in heart; before our eyes he makes sport of God, increasing his words against him.


rate difficulty: And there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.


rate difficulty: And Leah said, Happy am I! and all women will give witness to my joy: and she gave him the name Asher.


simplify: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt-offering unto Jehovah: two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be unto you without blemish;

And you are to give an offering made by fire, a burned offering to the Lord; two oxen, one male sheep, and seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark:


simplify: Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.

But you may get servants as property from among the nations round about; from them you may take men-servants and women-servants.


simplify: And the Sadducees come unto him, who say there is not a rising again, and they questioned him, saying,

Next came some Sadducees — the men who maintain that there is no resurrection. Their question was this —


simplify: And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.

And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, and this is not the town: come after me so that I may take you to the man you are searching for. And he took them to Samaria.


simplify: Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

See that you give praise to his work, about which men make songs.


rate difficulty: Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name.

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rate difficulty: And the sons of Merari according to their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' houses.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: and doth put on him the breastplate, and doth put unto the breastplate the Lights and the Perfections,

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: The pride of thy heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye doubleminded.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: A wicked [man] taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of judgment.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: if to boast it behoveth <FI>me<Fi> , of the things of my infirmity I will boast;

If I must boast, I will boast of things which show my weakness!


simplify: Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.

But in the future the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.


simplify: Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

For you are all sons of light and of the day: we are not of the night or of the dark.


rate difficulty: After my words they spoke not again, and my speech dropped upon them;

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And ten young men that bore Joab's armour surrounded and smote Absalom, and killed him.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And whosoever toucheth anything that she sitteth upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Pass 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.

Go through the tents and give orders to the people, saying, Get ready a store of food; for in three days you are to go over this river Jordan and take for your heritage the land which the Lord your God is giving you.


simplify: And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.

And its growth went on and it became a vine, low and widely stretching, whose branches were turned to him and its roots were under him: so it became a vine, putting out branches and young leaves.


rate difficulty: For not in haste do ye go out, Yea, with flight ye go not on, For going before you <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah, And gathering you <FI>is<Fi> the God of Israel!

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And I will give them over to be driven hither and thither unto all the kingdoms of the earth for evil, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them;

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Before their eyes dig for thee through the wall, and thou hast brought forth by it.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Who knoweth the spirit of man, whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goeth downward to the earth?

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: That the Lord may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel.

So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.


simplify: And he returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him.

And he went back, and took the oxen and put them to death, and cooking their flesh with the yokes of the oxen, he gave the people a feast. Then he got up and went after Elijah and became his servant.


rate difficulty: And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: medium


simplify: for it pleased well, and their debtors they are, for if in their spiritual things the nations did participate, they ought also, in the fleshly things, to minister to them.

Yes, they were glad to do so; and indeed it is a duty which they owe to them. For the Gentile converts who have shared their spiritual blessings are in duty bound to minister to them in the things of this world.


simplify: And I took the little scroll out of the hand of the messenger, and did eat it up, and it was in my mouth as honey--sweet, and when I did eat it--my belly was made bitter;

I took the little book out of the angel’s hand ‘and ate it, and, while in my mouth, it was like the sweetest honey’; but, when I had eaten it, it was bitter to my stomach.


simplify: Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses:

Say to the children of Israel, Let certain towns be marked out as safe places, as I said to you by the mouth of Moses,


simplify: fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.


simplify: And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

The altar of burned offerings he made of hard wood; a square altar, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high,


rate difficulty: The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.


rate difficulty: And they were not able to answer him to these things.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And thou saidst to thy servants, Unless your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together:

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.

Give ear and let your ears be open; be not lifted up: for these are the words of the Lord.


simplify: And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead.

And to the east his limits went as far as the starting point of the waste land, ending at the river Euphrates, because their cattle were increased in number in the land of Gilead.


rate difficulty: And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

in order the blood on your heads may fall every drop of innocent ‘blood split on earth,’ from the blood of innocent Abel down to that of Zechariah, Barachiah’s son, whom you murdered between the Temple and the altar.


simplify: As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

Like acid drink to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the hater of work to those who send him.


rate difficulty: And each the evil of his neighbour ye do not devise in your heart, And a false oath ye do not love, For all these <FI>are<Fi> things that I have hated, An affirmation of Jehovah.'

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says:


rate difficulty: Solomon hath a vineyard in Baal-Hamon, He hath given the vineyard to keepers, Each bringeth for its fruit a thousand silverlings;

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,

And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,


rate difficulty: Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And they said unto her, Nay, but we will return with thee unto thy people.

And they said to her, No, but we will go back with you to your people.


rate difficulty: And he entered into Jerusalem and into the temple; and having looked round on all things, the hour being already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;

But if you are turned away from me, and do not keep my orders and my laws which I have put before you, but go and make yourselves servants to other gods, giving them worship:


simplify: And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

And while they were taking food, he said, Truly I say to you that one of you will be false to me.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: An evil, an only evil! behold, it is come.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And Samuel died; and all Israel were gathered together, and lamented him; and they buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.


rate difficulty: After all this, when Josiah had arranged the house, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Karkemish at the Euphrates; and Josiah went out against him.


simplify: So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

So when the other servants saw what was done they were very sad, and came and gave word to their lord of what had been done.


rate difficulty: For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.


simplify: Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.

Every male among the priests may have it as food in a holy place: it is most holy.


rate difficulty: Then the armed men were for putting the prisoners to death, so that no one would get away by swimming.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: Jehovah will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him.

At that time King Ahaz sent for help to the king of Assyria.


simplify: And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,

Then, after hearing these words, for some days I gave myself up to weeping and sorrow, seated on the earth; and taking no food I made prayer to the God of heaven,


rate difficulty: Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord God.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,


simplify: and having seen, they made known abroad concerning the saying spoken to them concerning the child.

and, when they saw it, they told of all that had been said to them about this child.


simplify: By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

By mercy and good faith evil-doing is taken away: and by the fear of the Lord men are turned away from evil.


simplify: Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.

Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure.


rate difficulty: Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

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rate difficulty: Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east, banding themselves together, went over and put up their tents in the valley of Jezreel.

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simplify: And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it.

And Shaphan took the book to the king; and he gave him an account of what had been done, saying, Your servants are doing all they have been given to do;


rate difficulty: Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.


rate difficulty: That no flesh should glory in his presence.

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simplify: And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

And there was given to him a mouth to say words of pride against God; and there was given to him authority to go on for forty-two months.


rate difficulty: Then I got up and went out into the valley; and I saw the glory of the Lord resting there as I had seen it by the river Chebar; and I went down on my face.

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rate difficulty: The burden of Damascus. Lo, Damascus is taken away from <FI>being<Fi> a city, And it hath been a heap--a ruin.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee.

His fame spread at once in all directions, through the whole neighborhood of Galilee.


rate difficulty: Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.


rate difficulty: And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.

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simplify: Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to give to them that did the work; for they dealt faithfully.

And they did not get any statement of accounts from the men to whom the money was given for the workmen, for they made use of it with good faith.


simplify: If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

If there is a fire and the flames get to the thorns at the edge of the field, causing destruction of the cut grain or of the living grain, or of the field, he who made the fire will have to make up for the damage.


rate difficulty: Remove not a border of olden times, That thy fathers have made.

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rate difficulty: And Abijah lieth with his fathers, and they bury him in the city of David, and reign doth Asa his son in his stead: in his days was the land quiet ten years.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: and there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two months.


rate difficulty: `This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the messenger who is speaking to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers who did receive the living oracles to give to us;

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And see thou and do <FI>them<Fi> by their pattern which thou art shewn in the mount.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: In His causing His lamp to shine on my head, By His light I walk <FI>through<Fi> darkness.


rate difficulty: For thus hath the Lord said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling, all the glory of Kedar shall fail;

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simplify: And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou didst not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.

And you will become a very small band, though your numbers were like the stars of heaven; because you did not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God.


simplify: I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.

I am certain that whatever God does will be for ever. No addition may be made to it, nothing may be taken from it; and God has done it so that man may be in fear before him.


rate difficulty: But some of the Jews who went from place to place driving out evil spirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whom Paul is preaching.

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rate difficulty: and the food of his table, and the deportment of his servants, and the order of service of his attendants and their apparel, and his cupbearers and their apparel, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of Jehovah, there was no more spirit in her.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?

From the days of your fathers you have been turned away from my rules and have not kept them. Come back to me, and I will come back to you, says the Lord of armies. But you say, How are we to come back?


simplify: She layeth her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle.

She puts her hands to the cloth-working rod, and her fingers take the wheel.


rate difficulty: What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water,


simplify: It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.

It is like a mustard seed which a man took and put in his garden. The seed grew and became a tree, and ‘the wild birds roosted in its branches.’”


simplify: The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven.

The children of Pashhur, a thousand, two hundred and forty-seven.


rate difficulty: from the tribe of Zebulon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.

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simplify: And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.

And Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, By the living Lord, the God of Israel, whose servant I am, there will be no dew or rain in these years, but only at my word.


rate difficulty: And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Wherefore it is necessary to be subject, not only on account of wrath, but also on account of conscience.

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simplify: Therefore they asked of Jehovah further, Is there yet a man to come hither? And Jehovah answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage.

So they put another question to the Lord, Is the man present here? And the answer of the Lord was, He is keeping himself from view among the goods.


simplify: And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.

And the king said to her, What is troubling you? And she said in answer, This woman said to me, Give your son to be our food today, and we will have my son tomorrow.


simplify: Rise up, ye women that are at ease, andhear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.

Give ear to my voice, you women who are living in comfort; give attention to my words, you daughters who have no fear of danger.


rate difficulty: and Zelah, Eleph, and the Jebusite (the same is Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for Jehovah’s heave-offering.

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rate difficulty: Then Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, which bit the people; and much people of Israel died.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And I purified them from all foreigners, and appointed the charges of the priests and the Levites, every one in his service;

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rate difficulty: Cursed is he who has an argument with his Maker, the pot which has an argument with the Potter! Will the wet earth say to him who is working with it, What are you doing, that your work has nothing by which it may be gripped?

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of Jehovah is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes hath wrought falsely.

How is it that you say, We are wise and the law of the Lord is with us? But see, the false pen of the scribes has made it false.


simplify: For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.


simplify: And it came to pass, on the morrow, he was going on to a city called Nain, and there were going with him many of his disciples, and a great multitude,

Shortly after, Jesus went to a town called Nain, his disciples and a great crowd going with him.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Dan: Hushim.

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rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass when he finisheth speaking, that he casteth away the jaw-bone out of his hand, and calleth that place Ramath-Lehi;

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or are we like some who need letters of commendation to you, or from you?


rate difficulty: the great trials which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great wonders;

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

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simplify: And his disciples asked him what this parable might be.

And his disciples put questions to him about the point of the story.


rate difficulty: For each shall bear his own burden.


rate difficulty: Salute Herodion my kinsman. Salute them of the household of Narcissus, that are in the Lord.


simplify: and he having come forth out of the boat, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,

and, as soon as Jesus had got out of the boat, he met a man coming out of the tombs, who was under the power of a foul spirit,


rate difficulty: And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,


rate difficulty: And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones?

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rate difficulty: and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon:

And Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who was living in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon;


rate difficulty: And having called them, they charged [them] not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.


simplify: And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

His reply was —  “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as you love yourself.’”


rate difficulty: You are taken as in a net by the words of your mouth, the sayings of your lips have overcome you.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

And it will be that, when the Lord takes you into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, the land which he made an oath to your fathers that he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you will do this act of worship in this month.


simplify: And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.

And take his sons and put their robes on them;


simplify: Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

Then the king gave a great feast for all his captains and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he gave orders through all the divisions of his kingdom for a day of rest from work, and gave wealth from his store.


simplify: And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.

And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,


simplify: And many other things blasphemously spake they against him.

And they heaped many other insults on him.


rate difficulty: and an opinion in this do I give: for this to you <FI>is<Fi> expedient, who not only to do, but also to will, did begin before--a year ago,

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simplify: And 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?

And I said, Give ear, now, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the people of Israel: is it not for you to have knowledge of what is right?


simplify: therefore also I have granted him to Jehovah; as long as he liveth he is granted to Jehovah. And he worshipped Jehovah there.

So I have given him to the Lord; for all his life he is the Lord's. Then he gave the Lord worship there.


rate difficulty: Behold, the Lord Jehovah will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? behold, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: I tell you, some of those who are standing here will not know death until they have seen the Son of Man coming into his kingdom.”

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simplify: Moreover Elihu answered and said,


simplify: And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits;

He called the Twelve to him, and began to send them out as his messengers, two and two, and gave them authority over foul spirits.


simplify: Now these are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who showed themselves strong with him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of Jehovah concerning Israel.

Now these are the chief of David's men of war who were his strong supporters in the kingdom, and, with all Israel, made him king, as the Lord had said about Israel.


simplify: And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

The children of Gershon by their families were given thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar and Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh which was in Bashan.


rate difficulty: and Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, `Say unto thy brethren, This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, enter ye the land of Canaan,

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simplify: Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us.

Then will not their cattle and their goods and all their beasts be ours? so let us come to an agreement with them so that they may go on living with us.


rate difficulty: And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, Until he please.

I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, do not let love be moved till it is ready.


simplify: And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred.

And they were recorded by their generations, heads of their families, great men of war, twenty thousand, two hundred.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked at the house of Jehovah of hosts, theirGod,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived.

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simplify: Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

Brothers, it is clear to me that I have not come to that knowledge; but one thing I do, letting go those things which are past, and stretching out to the things which are before,


simplify: And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes.

Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people, and made the people holy; and their clothing was washed.


rate difficulty: And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.

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simplify: My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I cannot hold my peace; because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

My soul, my soul! I am pained to my inmost heart; my heart is troubled in me; I am not able to be quiet, because the sound of the horn, the note of war, has come to my ears.


rate difficulty: Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am Jehovah.

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simplify: Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.


rate difficulty: And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,


rate difficulty: And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.


simplify: Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:

Then the Levites took their places; Mahath, the son of Amasai, and Joel, the son of Azariah, among the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish, the son of Abdi, and Azariah, the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah, the son of Zimmah, and Eden, the son of Joah;


simplify: And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him.

Presently there appeared to him an angel from heaven, who strengthened him.


simplify: Drink no wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, that ye die not: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

Take no wine, or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of meeting, that it may not be the cause of death to you; this is an order for ever through all your generations.


simplify: And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he knew not when she lay down, nor when she arose.

And that night again they made their father take much wine; and the younger daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.


rate difficulty: But the birthday of Herod being kept, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and did please Herod,

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rate difficulty: Owe no one anything, unless to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses on Mount Sinai,


simplify: Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,


rate difficulty: Lo, every one using a simile, Doth use a simile concerning thee, saying: As the mother--her daughter!

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years.

So Moab was broken that day under the hand of Israel. And for eighty years the land had peace.


simplify: And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:

And he will make the house clean with the blood of the bird and the flowing water and with the living bird and with the cedar-wood and the hyssop and the red thread.


simplify: Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’housesof the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.

Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, and all the chiefs of the tribes, and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to him in Jerusalem to take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion.


rate difficulty: And let the prophets speak by two or three, and let the others discern.

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rate difficulty: And moving on from there, they put up their tents in the valley of Zered.


rate difficulty: and the man and his wife will become one;’ so that they are no longer two, but one.


simplify: and the border passed along to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the goings out of the border were at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan: this was the south border.

And on to the north side of Beth-hoglah, ending at the north inlet of the Salt Sea at the south end of Jordan; this is their limit on the south.


simplify: And he charged us to preach unto the people, and to testify that this is he who is ordained of God to be the Judge of the living and the dead.

And he gave us orders to give news of this to the people, and to give public witness that this is he whom God has made judge of the living and the dead.


simplify: I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.

I will send them in flight, as from an east wind, before the attacker; I will let them see my back and not my face on the day of their downfall.


simplify: from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to wait upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.

All those from thirty to fifty years old who are able to do the work of the Tent of meeting.


simplify: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;


simplify: And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the Lord, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.

And Solomon went up there to the brass altar before the Lord at the Tent of meeting, offering on it a thousand burned offerings.


simplify: When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house:

When your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers to you and requesting your grace in this house:


simplify: Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.

Then Amnon was full of hate for her, hating her with a hate greater than his earlier love for her. And he said to her, Get up and be gone.


simplify: for their authorities are in their mouth, and in their tails, for their tails <FI>are<Fi> like serpents, having heads, and with them they do injure;

for the power of the horses lies in their mouths and in their tails. For their tails are like snakes, with heads, and it is with them that they do harm.


simplify: Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.


simplify: For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

The light burden of our momentary trouble is preparing for us, in measure transcending thought, a weight of imperishable glory;


simplify: And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight Jehovah’s battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

And Saul said to David, Here is my oldest daughter Merab, whom I will give you for your wife: only be strong for me, fighting in the Lord's wars. For Saul said, Let it not be through me that his fate comes to him, but through the Philistines.


simplify: For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end;

For in our letters we say no other things to you, but those which you are reading, and to which you give agreement, and, it is my hope, will go on doing so to the end:


simplify: And he measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at the back thereof, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, a hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court;

And he took the measure of the building in front of the separate place which was at the back of it, and the pillared walks on one side and on the other side; they were a hundred cubits long; and the Temple and the inner part and its outer covered way were covered in;


simplify: And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and grisled.

And at the time when the flock were with young, I saw in a dream that all the he-goats which were joined with the she-goats were banded and marked and coloured.


simplify: but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men;

But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;


rate difficulty: Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And all these your servants will come to me, going down on their faces before me and saying, Go out, and all your people with you: and after that I will go out. And he went away from Pharaoh burning with wrath.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things:

But so that you may have knowledge of my business, and how I am, Tychicus, the well-loved brother and tested servant in the Lord, will give you news of all things:


simplify: And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

And if they have no faith even in these two signs and will not give ear to your voice, then you are to take the water of the Nile and put it on the dry land: and the water you take out of the river will become blood on the dry land.


rate difficulty: I said of laughter, Madness! and of mirth, What availeth it?

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers.

Take the crushing-stones and get the meal crushed: take off your veil, put away your robe, let your legs be uncovered, go through the rivers.


simplify: And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the ark had rest.

And these are those whom David made responsible for the music in the house of the Lord, after the ark had rest.


rate difficulty: If I sinned, thou wouldest mark me, and thou wouldest not acquit me of mine iniquity.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Let not thy heart envy sinners; Butbe thouin the fear of Jehovah all the day long:

Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;


simplify: And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.

There were twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel; on every one the name of one of the tribes of Israel was cut, like the cutting of a stamp.


rate difficulty: And Jeremiah saith unto all the people, and unto all the women, `Hear ye a word of Jehovah, all Judah who <FI>are<Fi> in the land of Egypt,

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,

Dear friends, do not be astonished at the trial of fire that you are passing through, to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.


simplify: And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.

and, bringing his head on a dish, gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.


rate difficulty: the eighth <FI>to<Fi> Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: `This <FI>is<Fi> the land that is left; all the circuits of the Philistines, and all Geshuri,

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.

and would not allow anyone to carry anything across the Temple Courts.


simplify: And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Sithri.

And the sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri.


rate difficulty: I made for me pools of water, to water from them a forest shooting forth trees.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

And Ibhar and Elishua and Nepheg and Japhia


simplify: for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us--

The light burden of our momentary trouble is preparing for us, in measure transcending thought, a weight of imperishable glory;


simplify: Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.

Now a certain woman, the wife of one of the sons of the prophets, came crying to Elisha and said, Your servant my husband is dead; and to your knowledge he was a worshipper of the Lord; but now, the creditor has come to take my two children as servants in payment of his debt.


rate difficulty: `For, if ye may forgive men their trespasses He also will forgive you--your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens;

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the ascent of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.

So Hezekiah went to rest with his fathers, and they put his body into the higher part of the resting-places of the sons of David: and all Judah and the people of Jerusalem gave him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son became king in his place.


simplify: Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath.

Josiah was eight years old when he became king; and he was ruling in Jerusalem for thirty-one years; his mother's name was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his power, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel?


simplify: But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt.

And I will make the arms of the king of Babylon strong, and the arms of Pharaoh will be hanging down; and they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and it is stretched out against the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: And the doors had two leaves, two turning-leaves: two for the one door, and two leaves for the other.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai,

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And the men of Kirjath-Jearim come and bring up the ark of Jehovah, and bring it in unto the house of Abinadab, in the height, and Eleazar his son they have sanctified to keep the ark of Jehovah.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Then answered Peter, `The water is any one able to forbid, that these may not be baptized, who the Holy Spirit did receive--even as also we?'

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

You yourselves are the heirs of the prophets, and heirs, too, of the covenant which God made with your ancestors, when he said to Abraham —  ‘In your descendants will all the nations of the earth be blessed.’


rate difficulty: But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have communion with demons.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Can any man forbid the water, that these should not be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?

Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?


rate difficulty: Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.


rate difficulty: And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.


simplify: for what, hast thou known, O wife, whether the husband thou shalt save? or what, hast thou known, O husband, whether the wife thou shalt save?

How can you tell, wife, whether you may not save your husband? And how can you tell, husband, whether you may not save your wife?


simplify: They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it slay us not, and our people. For there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

So they sent and got together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its place, so that it may not be the cause of death to us and to our people: for there was a great fear of death through all the town; the hand of God was very hard on them there.


simplify: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men’s bones, and of all uncleanness.

Alas for you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You are like whitewashed tombs, which indeed look fair outside, while inside they are filled with dead people’s bones and all kinds of filth.


simplify: And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed; for Jehovah God, even my God, is with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah be finished.

And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of a good heart and do your work; have no fear and do not be troubled, for the Lord God, my God, is with you; he will not give you up, and his face will not be turned away from you, till all the work necessary for the house of the Lord is complete.


rate difficulty: but, if you worship rank, you commit a sin, and stand convicted by that same law of being offenders against it.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: At that time Jehovah said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

At that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make yourself stone knives and give the children of Israel circumcision a second time.


rate difficulty: Then the heads of families of Judah and Benjamin, with the priests and the Levites, got ready, even all those whose spirits were moved by God to go up and take in hand the building of the Lord's house in Jerusalem.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Behold, we put the bits in the mouths of the horses, that they may obey us, and we turn round their whole bodies.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Having made himself free from the rule of authorities and powers, he put them openly to shame, glorying over them in it.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Looking at the mountains, I saw them shaking, and all the hills were moved about.


simplify: I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.

I have come, not to get the upright, but sinners, so that they may be turned from their sins.


rate difficulty: By Myself I have sworn, Gone out from my mouth in righteousness hath a word, And it turneth not back, That to Me, bow doth every knee, every tongue swear.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: before thy wickedness was uncovered, as at the time of the reproach of the daughters of Syria, and of all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, that do despite unto thee round about.

Before your shame was uncovered? Now you have become like her a word of shame to the daughters of Edom and all who are round about you, the daughters of the Philistines who put shame on you round about.


simplify: Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri.

And of the music-makers, Eliashib; and of the door-keepers, Shallum and Telem and Uri.


simplify: Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be removed, the stakes whereof shall never be plucked up, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken.

Let your eyes be resting on Zion, the town of our holy feasts: you will see Jerusalem, a quiet resting-place, a tent which will not be moved, whose tent-pins will never be pulled up, and whose cords will never be broken.


rate difficulty: Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men.

And their brothers, men of war, a hundred and twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.


rate difficulty: and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your voluntary-offerings, and the firstlings of your kine and of your sheep;

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: In all that you do, avoid murmuring and dissension,

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: This happened three times, and then suddenly it was all taken up into the heavens.


rate difficulty: Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar,

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And the food at his table, and all his servants seated there, and those who were waiting on him in their places, and their robes, and his wine-servants and their robes, and the burned offerings which he made in the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord God; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them;

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves?

Then Abimelech said, What are these seven lambs which you have put on one side?


rate difficulty: Out of his mouth go forth flames; sparks of fire leap out:

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: and walked in the statutes of the nations, whom Jehovah cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they made.

Living by the rules of the nations whom the Lord had sent out from before the children of Israel.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saveth Israel on that day, and the battle hath passed over to Beth-Aven.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And, hearing him talking in the Hebrew language, they became the more quiet, and he said,

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And the multitude rebuked them, that they should hold their peace: but they cried out the more, saying, Lord, have mercy on us, thou son of David.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: and cometh up and declareth to his father, and to his mother, and saith, `A woman I have seen in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines; and now, take her for me for a wife.'

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And Abijah pursueth after Jeroboam, and captureth from him cities, Beth-El and its small towns, and Jeshanah and its small towns, and Ephraim and its small towns.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: for ye were once darkness, but are now light in the Lord: walk as children of light

For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light


simplify: But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.

And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.


simplify: Now we that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.


rate difficulty: And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men; and they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them at the descent: and the hearts of the people melted, and became as water.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And Simon, having beheld that through the laying on of the hands of the apostles, the Holy Spirit is given, brought before them money,

When Simon saw that it was through the placing of the apostles’ hands on them that the Spirit was given, he brought them a sum of money and said:


rate difficulty: Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their work.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And they give the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and full of wonder are your works, O Lord God, Ruler of all; true and full of righteousness are your ways, eternal King.


simplify: But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts.

But even as the good news was given to us by the approval of God, so we give it out; not as pleasing men, but God by whom our hearts are tested.


rate difficulty: If he was pronounced righteous as the result of obedience, then he has something to boast of. Yes, but not before God.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: If there be with thee a poor man, one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy poor brother;

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 13 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the Lord, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the Lord for the priest.

And these will be waved by the priest, with the bread of the first-fruits, for a wave offering to the Lord, with the two lambs: they will be holy to the Lord for the priest.


rate difficulty: And David, clothed in a linen ephod, was dancing before the Lord with all his strength.


rate difficulty: The Elder to the choice Kyria, and to her children, whom I love in truth, and not I only, but also all those having known the truth,

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: I will make thee a perpetual desolation, and thy cities shall not be inhabited; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

I will make you waste for ever, and your towns will be unpeopled: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.


simplify: and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

And in the top basket were all sorts of cooked meats for Pharaoh; and the birds were taking them out of the baskets on my head.


rate difficulty: and sent his bondmen to call the persons invited to the wedding feast, and they would not come.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: asking a favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem; laying a plot to kill him on the way.


simplify: and weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering for the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his princes, and all Israel there present, had offered:

And gave to them by weight the silver and the gold and the vessels, all the offering for the house of our God which the king and his wise men and his captains and all Israel there present had given:


rate difficulty: And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that the land was polluted, and she committed adultery with stones and with stocks.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: AndGod made the two great lights, the great light to rule the day, and the small light to rule the night, — and the stars.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: Should thy springs be dispersed abroad, And streams of water in the streets?

Let not your springs be flowing in the streets, or your streams of water in the open places.


simplify: All that found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Jehovah, the habitation of righteousness, even Jehovah, the hope of their fathers.

They have been attacked by all those who came across them: and their attackers said, We are doing no wrong, because they have done evil against the Lord in whom is righteousness, against the Lord, the hope of their fathers.


simplify: That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

So that, as it is said in the holy Writings, Whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.


rate difficulty: And king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon; and Solomon said to him, Go to thy house.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Make ye now a decree to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until a decree shall be made by me.

Give an order now, that these men are to do nothing more, and that the building of the town is to be stopped, till I give an order.


simplify: And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

and, with her connivance, kept back some of the proceeds. He brought only a part and laid it at the apostles’ feet.


simplify: The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and valorous men were in thy towers; they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have perfected thy beauty.

The men of Arvad in your army were on your walls, and were watchmen in your towers, hanging up their arms on your walls round about; they made you completely beautiful.


rate difficulty: And Hilkijah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of Jehovah. And Hilkijah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water-plants will come to nothing.


rate difficulty: when thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep all his commands which I am commanding thee to-day, to do that which <FI>is<Fi> right in the eyes of Jehovah thy God.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And Esther speaketh to send back unto Mordecai:

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: `I, indeed, am a man, a Jew, having been born in Tarsus of Cilicia, and brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, having been taught according to the exactitude of a law of the fathers, being zealous of God, as all ye are to-day.

“I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, but I was brought up in this city under the teaching of Gamaliel, and educated in accordance with the strict system of our ancestral law. I was as zealous in God’s service as any of you who are here today.


simplify: And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.

And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.


rate difficulty: Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: Thou shalt take no interest of thy brother, interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of anything that can be lent upon interest:

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, that dwelt in the land.

And all the towns of the table-land, and all the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was ruling in Heshbon, whom Moses overcame, together with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the chiefs of Sihon, who were living in the land.


simplify: And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so hath been his manner all the while he hath dwelt in the country of the Philistines.

Not one living man or woman did David ever take back with him to Gath, fearing that they might give an account of what had taken place, and say, This is what David did, and so has he been doing all the time while he has been living in the land of the Philistines.


rate difficulty: And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king’s son;

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.


rate difficulty: Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing in the Lord.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother,

To the church of God in Corinth, to those who have been consecrated by union with Christ Jesus and called to become his people, and also to all, wherever they may be, who invoke the name of our Lord Jesus Christ — their Master and ours,


simplify: And I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth did pass away, and the sea is not any more;

Then I saw new heavens and a new earth. The former heavens and the former earth had passed away; and the sea has ceased to be.


rate difficulty: that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves from the midst of the stall;

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb: I am Jehovah, that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth (who is with me?);

The Lord, who has taken up your cause, and who gave you life in your mother's body, says, I am the Lord who makes all things; stretching out the heavens by myself, and giving the earth its limits; who was with me?


rate difficulty: And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: Take you wise men, and understanding, and known, according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.

Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.


simplify: For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.

For a man's ways are before the eyes of the Lord, and he puts all his goings in the scales.


simplify: And with him they crucify two robbers, one on the right hand, and one on his left,

And with him they crucified two robbers, one on the right, and the other on the left.


rate difficulty: For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring upon Tyre Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and a company, and much people.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

And destruction came on a third part of the living things which were in the sea, and on a third part of the ships.


rate difficulty: And the man did as Joseph had said; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Jehovah said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.

Then he said, I saw all Israel wandering on the mountains like sheep without a keeper; and the Lord said, These have no master: let them go back, every man to his house in peace.


rate difficulty: Do to others as you would have them do to you.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And David sent forth the people, a third part under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: His roots are wrapped about the stone-heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:

Then Joshua and all Israel with him went on from Libnah to Lachish, and took up their position against it and made an attack on it,


simplify: And he said unto them, Therefore every scribe who hath been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, who bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

And he said to them, For this reason every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house, who gives out from his store things new and old.


rate difficulty: And David saith, `Jehovah, who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, He doth deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.' And Saul saith unto David, `Go, and Jehovah is with thee.'

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And say, Thus saith the Lord God unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite.

And say, This is what the Lord has said to Jerusalem: Your start and your birth was from the land of the Canaanite; an Amorite was your father and your mother was a Hittite.


rate difficulty: And all the king's servants that were in the king's gate bowed and did Haman reverence, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did [him] reverence.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the Lord: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken.

reading_level: 1 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans’ pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beautiful town which is the pride of the Chaldaeans, will be like God's destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.


rate difficulty: and having learned that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, remitted him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem in those days.


simplify: And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts.

The people meant by the seed that falls along the path are these — where the message is sown, but, as soon as they have heard it, Satan immediately comes and carries away the message that has been sown in them.


simplify: And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

And the silver given by those who were numbered of the people was a hundred talents, and a thousand, seven hundred and seventy-five shekels in weight, by the scale of the holy place.


rate difficulty: And he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: lo, I have gained other five talents.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;