simplify: Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against Jehovah, and have not obeyed the voice of Jehovah, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as it is this day.

Because you have been burning perfumes, and sinning against the Lord, and have not given ear to the voice of the Lord, or gone in the way of his law or his rules or his orders; for this reason this evil has come on you, as it is today.


rate difficulty: And the young men that had grown up with him spoke to him saying, Thus shalt thou say to this people that have spoken to thee saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, and lighten thou it for us, — thus shalt thou say to them: My little [finger] is thicker than my father's loins;

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth.

He it is whose coming was by water and blood — Jesus Christ himself; not by water only, but by water and by blood. And there is the Spirit also to bear testimony, and the Spirit is truth itself.


rate difficulty: And Barnabas and Saul came back from Jerusalem, when their work was ended, taking with them John named Mark.

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


rate difficulty: For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

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


rate difficulty: and ye have sown the eighth year, and have eaten of the old increase; until the ninth year, until the coming in of its increase, ye do eat the old.

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


simplify: Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:

and I am sending him back to you with this letter — though it is like tearing out of my heart.


simplify: To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:


rate difficulty: The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families.

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


rate difficulty: and its windows, and its arches, and its palm-trees <FI>are<Fi> according to the measure of the gate whose face <FI>is<Fi> eastward, and by seven steps they go up on it, and its arches <FI>are<Fi> before them.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Cesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.


simplify: The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

The strong among the great ones will say to him from the underworld, Are you more beautiful than any? go down, you and your helpers, and take your rest among those without circumcision, and those who have been put to the sword.


simplify: So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

So his servants took him out of the line of war-carriages, and put him in his second carriage and took him to Jerusalem, where he came to his end, and they put his body in the resting-place of his fathers. And in all Judah and Jerusalem there was great weeping for Josiah.


rate difficulty: And Ahab made the Asherah; and Ahab did yet more to provoke Jehovah, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him.


rate difficulty: And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, by which they were turned from the true way who had the mark of the beast, and who gave worship to his image: these two were put living into the sea of ever-burning fire.

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


simplify: And Jesus did rebuke him, saying, `Be silenced, and come forth out of him;' and the demon having cast him into the midst, came forth from him, having hurt him nought;

But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent! Come out from him,”he said. The demon flung the man down in the middle of the people, and then came out from him, without causing him further harm.


simplify: But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.


rate difficulty: one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;


simplify: Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;


rate difficulty: because, although they learned to know God, yet they did not offer him as God either praise or thanksgiving. Their speculations about him proved futile, and their undiscerning minds were darkened.

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


simplify: Thou, therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus,

You must, then, my child, find strength in the help which comes from the union with Christ Jesus;


simplify: And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself.

Judas flung down the pieces of silver in the Temple, and left; and went away and hanged himself.


simplify: And the border passed along from thence to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Beth-el), southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain that lieth on the south of Beth-horon the nether.

And from there the line goes south to Luz, to the side of Luz (which is Beth-el), then down to Ataroth-addar, by the mountain to the south of Beth-horon the lower.


simplify: `And concerning that day and the hour no one hath known--not even the messengers who are in the heaven, not even the Son--except the Father.

“But about ‘that day,’ or ‘the hour,’ no one knows — not even the angels in heaven, not even the Son — but only the Father.


simplify: And amazement came upon all, and they spake together, one with another, saying, What is this word? for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out.

And wonder came on them all and they said to one another, What are these words? for with authority and power he gives orders to the evil spirits and they come out.


simplify: Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

So keep watch on yourselves with care; for you saw no form of any sort on the day when the voice of the Lord came to you in Horeb out of the heart of the fire:


rate difficulty: And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before Jehovah, be nigh unto Jehovah our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every day shall require;

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


simplify: And Pilate questioned him, saying, `Thou art the king of the Jews?' and he answering him, said, `Thou dost say <FI>it<Fi> .'

“Are you the king of the Jews?” Pilate asked him. “It is true,”replied Jesus.


rate difficulty: A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

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


simplify: And the children of Israel said unto Jehovah, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; only deliver us, we pray thee, this day.

And the children of Israel said to the Lord, We are sinners; do to us whatever seems good to you: only give us salvation this day.


simplify: And the Lord did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields.

And the Lord did as Moses said; and there was an end of all the frogs in the houses and in the open spaces and in the fields.


simplify: And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?

And he said, You have taken my gods which I made, and my priest, and have gone away; what is there for me now? Why then do you say to me, What is your trouble?


rate difficulty: Then Rebekah, hearing what Esau had said, sent for Jacob, her younger son, and said to him, It seems that your brother Esau is purposing to put you to death.

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


simplify: And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.

And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who was married to one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and took their name.


rate difficulty: The people standing near said to Paul: “Do you know that you are insulting God’s high priest?”

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


simplify: But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the Lord; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness.

But those who have got in the grain will have it for their food, and will give praise to the Lord; and those who have got in the grapes will take the wine of them in the open places of my holy house.


simplify: knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance,

knowing, as you do, that the testing of your faith develops endurance.


rate difficulty: Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And he answered and said unto them, I also will ask you a question; and tell me:

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


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses, in the waste land of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt,


simplify: Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

From Judah, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab;


simplify: And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of Jehovah.

And David went up, as Gad had said in the name of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Elam bare the quiver, with chariots of men and horsemen; and Kir uncovered the shield.

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

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


simplify: And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

Then the servant said, Peace be with you: have no fear: your God, even the God of your father, has put wealth in your bags for you: I had your money. Then he let Simeon come out to them.


simplify: Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

When Elizabeth’s time came, she gave birth to a son;


simplify: The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

The stones are crushed small by the force of the waters; the dust of the earth is washed away by their overflowing: and so you put an end to the hope of man.


rate difficulty: Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, And bow thou down their back always.

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


rate difficulty: Your new moons and your regular feasts are a grief to my soul: they are a weight in my spirit; I am crushed under them.


simplify: And when the fourteenth night came--we being borne up and down in the Adria--toward the middle of the night the sailors were supposing that some country drew nigh to them;

It was now the fourteenth night of the storm, and we were drifting about in the Adriatic Sea, when, about midnight, the sailors began to suspect that they were drawing near land.


rate difficulty: But the fruit produced by the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindliness, generosity, trustfulness, gentleness, self-control.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.

And he said to the man clothed in linen, Go in between the wheels, under the winged ones, and get your two hands full of burning coals from between the winged ones and send them in a shower over the town. And he went in before my eyes.


simplify: And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring.

And he sent destruction on their widows and made waste their towns; and the land and everything in it became waste because of the loud sound of his voice.


rate difficulty: and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

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


rate difficulty: O give thanks unto Jehovah, call upon his name; Make known his doings among the peoples.

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


rate difficulty: And the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister.

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


simplify: Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

And your little ones, your wives, and the men of other lands who are with you in your tents, down to the wood-cutter and the servant who gets water for you:


rate difficulty: Jesus made his way up the hill, and called those whom he wished; and they went to him.


simplify: And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

And early in the morning Joshua got up, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore:

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: and Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have what they asked. And they despoiled the Egyptians.


rate difficulty: And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: and all the assembly of Israel stood.


rate difficulty: And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the Spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.


simplify: And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

And you did signs and wonders on Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land; for you saw how cruel they were to them. So you got yourself a name as it is today.


simplify: Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.


simplify: Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.

Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord, as in days gone by, and as in past years.


rate difficulty: Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.


simplify: Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.

Wives should submit to their husbands as submitting to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And the cart hath come in unto the field of Joshua the Beth-Shemeshite, and standeth there, and there <FI>is<Fi> a great stone, and they cleave the wood of the cart, and the kine they have caused to ascend--a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.

For he has had pity on his servant, though she is poor and lowly placed: and from this hour will all generations give witness to the blessing which has come to me.


rate difficulty: And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said; will the shade go forward ten degrees or back?

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


simplify: And he caused all that were found in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers.

And he made all the people in Jerusalem and Benjamin give their word to keep it. And the people of Jerusalem kept the agreement of God, the God of their fathers.


simplify: because the husband is head of the wife, as also the Christ <FI>is<Fi> head of the assembly, and he is saviour of the body,

For a man is the head of his wife, as the Christ is the head of the church — being indeed himself the Savior of his body.


simplify: And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes.

And they will come, covering all the waste valleys, and the holes of the rocks, and the thorns, and all the watering-places.


simplify: And the seventh messenger did pour out his vial to the air, and there came forth a great voice from the sanctuary of the heaven, from the throne, saying, `It hath come!'

Then the seventh angel emptied his bowl on the air. (A loud voice came from the throne in the Temple; it said ‘All is over.’)


rate difficulty: but that by law no one is justified withGod [is] evident, because The just shall live on the principle of faith;

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


simplify: Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

Then give ear to this, you heads of the children of Jacob, you rulers of the children of Israel, hating what is right, twisting what is straight.


rate difficulty: And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

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


rate difficulty: The children of Dedan were thy traffickers; many isles were the mart of thy hand: they rendered in payment horns of ivory, and ebony.

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


simplify: And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.

And if he puts out his hands, like a man stretching out his hands in swimming, the Lord will make low his pride, however expert his designs.


simplify: Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins;

Because I took you up out of the dust, and made you ruler over my people Israel; and you have gone in the ways of Jeroboam, and made my people Israel do evil, moving me to wrath by their sins;


rate difficulty: These Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took with him to the king of Babylon at Riblah.


rate difficulty: In the evening of the same day, Jesus said to them: “Let us go across.”


rate difficulty: And the Lord said unto Satan, The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; even the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.

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


simplify: And Absalom chanced to meet the servants of David. And Absalom was riding upon his mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between heaven and earth; and the mule that was under him went on.

And Absalom came across some of David's men. And Absalom was seated on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great tree, and his head became fixed in the tree and he was lifted up between earth and heaven, and the beast under him went on.


rate difficulty: Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem went back, with Jehoshaphat at their head, coming back to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them glad over their haters.

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


simplify: But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things.

I will send the one from the north far away from you, driving him into a dry and waste land, with his front to the sea of the east and his back to the sea of the west, and the smell of him will go up, even his evil smell will go up.


simplify: Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

Or the seven cakes of bread of the four thousand, and the number of baskets you took up?


rate difficulty: Then Joshua let the people go away, every man to his heritage.


simplify: And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.

And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.


rate difficulty: For evil does not come out of the dust, or trouble out of the earth;

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


simplify: And the Levites purified themselves from sin, and they washed their clothes: and Aaron offered them for a wave-offering before Jehovah; and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them.

And the Levites were made clean from sin, and their clothing was washed, and Aaron gave them for a wave offering before the Lord; and Aaron took away their sin and made them clean.


rate difficulty: Then, when the chief shepherd appears, you will win the crown of glory that never fades.

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


simplify: And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely Jehovah is in this place; and I knew it not.

And Jacob, awaking from his sleep, said, Truly, the Lord is in this place and I was not conscious of it.


rate difficulty: But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.

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


simplify: No man can enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house.

But no one is able to go into the house of the strong man and take his goods, without first putting cords round the strong man, and then he will take his goods.


simplify: And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.

And Jehoshaphat his son became king in his place, and made himself strong against Israel.


rate difficulty: Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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


rate difficulty: And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well:

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


rate difficulty: For riches <FI>are<Fi> not to the age, Nor a crown to generation and generation.


rate difficulty: And she went out, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptizer.

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


rate difficulty: And he said to them, How do ye not yet understand?


simplify: Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:

And Jesus, answering, said to them, Go and give news to John of the things which you are seeing and hearing:


simplify: So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire.

So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar-wood and cypress-wood he had need of;


simplify: I say to you, that He will execute the justice to them quickly; but the Son of Man having come, shall he find the faith upon the earth?'

He will, I tell you, give them justice soon enough! Yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”


simplify: And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves: two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other.

And the holy place had two doors, and the doors had two turning leaves, two for one and two for the other.


simplify: Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising.

And crushing Benjamin down, they went after them, driving them from Nohah as far as the east side of Gibeah.


rate difficulty: Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;

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


simplify: to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory for ever. Amen.

To the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory for ever. So be it.


rate difficulty: Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, who came into Egypt (every man and his household came with Jacob):


simplify: These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

These were the potters, and the people living among planted fields with walls round them; they were there to do the king's work.


rate difficulty: Then Moses sent for Joshua, and before the eyes of all Israel said to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go with this people into the land which the Lord, by his oath to their fathers, has given them; by your help they will take it for their heritage.

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


rate difficulty: By thy wisdom and by thine understanding Thou hast made for thee wealth, And makest gold and silver in thy treasuries.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remaineth under curtains.

Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent.


simplify: And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how that he said unto him, Before the cock crow this day thou shalt deny me thrice.

And the Lord, turning, gave Peter a look. And the words of the Lord came to Peter's mind, how he had said, This night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will be false to me three times.


rate difficulty: Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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


simplify: And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

And all his helpers round about him and all his armies I will send in flight to every wind; and I will let loose a sword after them.


rate difficulty: Then if the priest sees that the growth of the disease has become red and white on his head or on his brow where there is no hair, like the mark in the skin of a leper;

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


rate difficulty: But I say unto you, I shall not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.

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


simplify: And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy.

And he took the letter to the king of Israel, in which the king of Aram had said, See, I have sent my servant Naaman to you to be made well, for he is a leper.


simplify: Thou shalt not see thy brother’s ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother.

If you see your brother's ox or his sheep wandering, do not go by without helping, but take them back to your brother.


simplify: And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?

And the king of Israel, when he saw them, said to Elisha, My father, am I to put them to the sword?


simplify: And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: I heard the number of them.

And the number of the armies of the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: the number of them came to my ears.


simplify: saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been wrought through them, is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

Saying, What are we to do with these men? for certainly it is clear to all who are living in Jerusalem that a most important sign has been done by them, and it is not possible to say that it is not so.


simplify: But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying,

But the word of God came to Shemaiah, the man of God, saying,


rate difficulty: And Jeshua hath begotten Joiakim, and Joiakim hath begotten Eliashib, and Eliashib hath begotten Joiada,

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And Abimelech, and the companies that were with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entrance of the gate of the city: and the two companies rushed upon all that were in the field, and smote them.

And Abimelech with his band made a rush, and took up their position at the doorway into the town; and the other two bands made a rush on all those who were in the fields, and overcame them.


rate difficulty: Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

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


simplify: But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

But God has given us the revelation of these things through his Spirit, for the Spirit makes search into all things, even the deep things of God.


rate difficulty: And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, who is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

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


rate difficulty: Thus said Jehovah: What--have your fathers found in Me perversity, That they have gone far off from Me, And go after the vanity, and become vain,

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


simplify: And Jesus advanced in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men.

And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.


simplify: And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor a hurting thorn of any that are round about them, that did despite unto them; and they shall know that I am the Lord Jehovah.

And there will no longer be a plant with sharp points wounding the children of Israel, or a thorn troubling them among any who are round about them, who put shame on them; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.


simplify: When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.

When you have come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, do not take as your example the disgusting ways of those nations.


simplify: Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the children of the east.

Then Jacob went on his journey till he came to the land of the children of the East.


simplify: I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?

I came to send a fire on the earth, and it may even now have been lighted.


simplify: and there went forth another horse--red, and to him who is sitting upon it, there was given to him to take the peace from the land, and that one another they may slay, and there was given to him a great sword.

Then there went out another horse, ‘a red horse,’ and to its rider was given the power to deprive the earth of peace, so that people should kill one another; and he was given a great sword.


simplify: And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword.

And David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Come, let us go in flight, or not one of us will be safe from Absalom: let us go without loss of time, or he will overtake us quickly and send evil on us, and put the town to the sword.


simplify: And it shall come to pass, when they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Jehovah: Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity.

And it will be, when they say to you, Where are we to go? then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are to be in need of food, to need of food; and such as are to be taken away prisoners, to be taken away.


rate difficulty: And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day; but David sware, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or aught else, till the sun be down.

And the people came to make David take food, while it was still day, but David with an oath said, May God's punishment be on me if I take a taste of bread or any other thing till the sun has gone down!


simplify: So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner.

So it was clear to Israel and to all the people on that day that the king was not responsible for the death of Abner, the son of Ner.


rate difficulty: And the Spirit said to Philip, `Go near, and be joined to this chariot;'

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


rate difficulty: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: And it hath come to pass in that day, Come up do things on thy heart, And thou hast thought an evil thought,

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


rate difficulty: And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.


simplify: to Titus, my true child after a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.

To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Saviour.


simplify: Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.

Then the spirit came into me and put me on my feet; and he had talk with me and said to me, Go and keep yourself shut up inside your house.


rate difficulty: And his own house hath Solomon built thirteen years, and he finisheth all his house.

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


rate difficulty: And it shall be in the last days, saithGod, [that] I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your elders shall dream with dreams;

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


rate difficulty: And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

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


simplify: The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.

The fear of the Lord gives life: and he who has it will have need of nothing; no evil will come his way.


simplify: Non his son, Jehoshua his son.


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came unto me the second time, saying,

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


rate difficulty: and when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended with him,

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


simplify: And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.

And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.


simplify: And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill it for a sin-offering in the place where they kill the burnt-offering.

And he is to put his hand on the head of the offering and put it to death for a sin-offering in the place where they put to death the burned offering.


simplify: He measured also the porch of the gate toward the house, one reed.

And he took the measure of the covered way of the doorway inside,


rate difficulty: And he made houses of high places, and made priests from among all the people, that were not of the sons of Levi.

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


simplify: How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! She is become as a widow, that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!

See her seated by herself, the town which was full of people! She who was great among the nations has become like a widow! She who was a princess among the countries has come under the yoke of forced work!


rate difficulty: And the fear of Jehovah fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

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


rate difficulty: Festus therefore, being come into the eparchy, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.


simplify: Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the Lord our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:

Then Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the men of pride, said to Jeremiah, You have said what is false: the Lord our God has not sent you to say, You are not to go into the land of Egypt and make your living-place there:


rate difficulty: And Jesus perceiving it said, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have no bread?

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


simplify: So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten; for the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted unto the liers-in-wait whom they had set against Gibeah.

So the children of Benjamin saw that they were overcome: and the men of Israel had given way before Benjamin, putting their faith in the watchers who were to make the surprise attack on Gibeah.


rate difficulty: Jehovah, thy hand is lifted up, but they do not see: [yet] they shall see [thy] jealousy [for] the people, and be ashamed; yea, the fire which is for thine adversaries shall devour them.

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


rate difficulty: And taking hold of the hand of the blind man he led him forth out of the village, and having spit upon his eyes, he laid his hands upon him, and asked him if he beheld anything.

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


rate difficulty: and Zadok, a valiant young man, and his father's house two and twenty chief men.

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


simplify: And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

And he went through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.


simplify: to the saints in Colossae, and to the faithful brethren in Christ: Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

To Christ’s people at Colossae — the followers who are faithful to him: May God, our Father, bless you and give you peace.


rate difficulty: And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur.

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


simplify: And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

And he himself, going before them, went down on his face to the earth seven times till he came near his brother.


simplify: Thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that are of the seed of Zadok, who are near unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord Jehovah, a young bullock for a sin-offering.

You are to give to the priests, the Levites of the seed of Zadok, who come near to me, says the Lord God, to do my work, a young ox for a sin-offering.


rate difficulty: And if there be yet a tenth in it, it also shall in turn be eaten up: as a terebinth, and as an oak, whose stock remaineth, when they are felled; so the holy seed is the stock thereof.

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


rate difficulty: Who among all the gods of these countries have kept their country from falling into my hands, to give cause for the thought that the Lord will keep Jerusalem from falling into my hands?


simplify: The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good manshall be satisfiedfrom himself.

He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.


rate difficulty: but prove all things, hold fast the right;

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


rate difficulty: Rule and power are his; he makes peace in his high places.


simplify: And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

And put the gold altar for burning perfumes in front of the ark of the law, hanging the curtain over the doorway of the House.


rate difficulty: Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out.

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


simplify: And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

And he had them numbered in Bezek: the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.


simplify: Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.

Then I came to the rulers of the lands across the river and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen.


rate difficulty: Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.


rate difficulty: The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.


simplify: And the mother of the child said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her.

But the mother of the child said, As the Lord is living and as your soul is living, I will not go back without you. So he got up and went with her.


rate difficulty: In those days Jehovah began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah.

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


simplify: And they removed from Bene–jaakan, and encamped at Hor–hagidgad.

And they went on from Bene-jaakan, and put up their tents in Hor-haggidgad.


rate difficulty: Then the angel of the Lord took up his position in a narrow road through the vine-gardens, with a wall on this side and on that.

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


simplify: Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

By the fruit of their lives you will know them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?


rate difficulty: If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.

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


simplify: In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.

In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were not used, and travellers went by side roads.


simplify: then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Jehovah’s, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.

Then whoever comes out from the door of my house, meeting me when I come back in peace from the children of Ammon, will be the Lord's and I will give him as a burned offering.


rate difficulty: And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.

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


rate difficulty: And Manasseh did not drive outthe inhabitants ofBeth-shean and its towns, norofTaanach and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and its towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

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


simplify: And Herodias set herself against him, and desired to kill him; and she could not;

And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able;


rate difficulty: and the demon having been cast out, the dumb spake, and the multitude did wonder, saying that `It was never so seen in Israel:'

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


simplify: and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is a full end of the age, and the reapers are messengers.

and the enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest time is the close of the age, and the reapers are angels.


simplify: For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth–el, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass.

For the outcry he made by the word of the Lord against the altar in Beth-el and against all the houses of the high places in the towns of Samaria, will certainly come about.


simplify: What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

What are we to say, then? That law and sin are the same thing? Heaven forbid! On the contrary, I should not have learned what sin is, had not it been for law. If the law did not say ‘You must not covet,’ I should not know what it is to covet.


simplify: Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, every male, by their polls;

Take the full number of the children of Israel, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, every male by name;


simplify: Now when Jesus came into the parts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Who do men say that the Son of man is?

Now when Jesus had come into the parts of Caesarea Philippi, he said, questioning his disciples, Who do men say that the Son of man is?


rate difficulty: If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under its burden, beware of leaving [it] to him: thou shalt certainly loosen [it] with him.

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


rate difficulty: I testify beforeGod and Christ Jesus, who is about to judge living and dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom,

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


rate difficulty: And these are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.

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


simplify: From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the righteous. But I said, I pine away, I pine away, woe is me! the treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.

From the farthest part of the earth comes the sound of songs, glory to the upright. But I said, I am wasting away, wasting away, the curse is on me! The false ones go on in their false way, yes, they go on acting falsely.


rate difficulty: Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Jehovah; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chiefest of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul.

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


simplify: Thy substance and thy treasures will I give for a spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders.

I will give your wealth and your stores to your attackers, without a price, because of all your sins, even in every part of your land.


simplify: And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

And to this people you are to say, The Lord has said, See, I put before you the way of life and the way of death.


simplify: and Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.

And after the birth of Peleg, Eber went on living for four hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:


rate difficulty: Then drew near the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah.

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


simplify: I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have done wrong, against heaven and in your eyes:


rate difficulty: The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen.  Written from Rome to the Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus.

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


simplify: And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah.

And they took his body on horseback and put it into the earth with his fathers in the town of David.


rate difficulty: The Lord therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat at the right hand ofGod.

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


simplify: And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was upon him.

And there was then in Jerusalem a man whose name was Simeon; and he was an upright man, fearing God and waiting for the comfort of Israel: and the Holy Spirit was on him.


simplify: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

Or with your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, and you may not take her.


simplify: preach the word; be urgent in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

Be preaching the word at all times, in every place; make protests, say sharp words, give comfort, with long waiting and teaching;


simplify: Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

Then by the order of Zedekiah the king, Jeremiah was put into the place of the armed watchmen, and they gave him every day a cake of bread from the street of the bread-makers, till all the bread in the town was used up. So Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen.


rate difficulty: And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.

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


simplify: Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.

The men and the women and the children and the king's daughters, and every person whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had put under the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch, the son of Neriah;


simplify: And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

And they took their children to him, so that he might put his hands on them: but when the disciples saw it, they said sharp words to them


simplify: And if certain of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wast graffed in among them, and a fellow-partaker of the root and of the fatness of the olive tree didst become--

Some, however, of the branches were broken off, and you, who were only a wild olive, were grafted in among them, and came to share with them the root which is the source of the richness of the cultivated olive.


rate difficulty: Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep.


simplify: Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

but people who hold the deep truths of the faith and have a clear conscience.


rate difficulty: Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

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


simplify: and they came forth to see what was come to pass, and they came unto Jesus, and found the man sitting, out of whom the demons had gone forth, clothed, and right-minded, at the feet of Jesus, and they were afraid;

The people went out to see what had happened, and, when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at Jesus’ feet; and they were awe-struck.


rate difficulty: The form of the wheels and their work was like a beryl; the four of them had the same form and design, and they were like a wheel inside a wheel.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah saith unto him, `Go turn back on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus, and thou hast gone in, and anointed Hazael for king over Aram,

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Seeing that these things are thus all to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy living and godliness,

Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness,


rate difficulty: and ye have known, even ye Philippians, that in the beginning of the good news when I went forth from Macedonia, no assembly did communicate with me in regard to giving and receiving except ye only;

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

The resting-place of the sinner will come to destruction, but the root of upright men is for ever.


rate difficulty: And when money came to an end in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread! for why should we die before thee? for [our] money is all gone.

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


rate difficulty: And Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tents; one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

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


rate difficulty: And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain [of Jordan].

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rate difficulty: For John came, taking no food or drink, and they say, He has an evil spirit.

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simplify: And the pots, and the shovels, and the basons: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the Lord, were of bright brass.

And the pots and the spades and the basins; all the vessels which Hiram made for King Solomon, for the house of the Lord, were of polished brass.


simplify: Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

Even the beasts of the waste land have full breasts, they give milk to their young ones: the daughter of my people has become cruel like the ostriches in the waste land.


simplify: Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

Is there evil in my tongue? is not the cause of my trouble clear to me?


rate difficulty: And Abraham said, My son,God will provide himself with the sheep for a burnt-offering. And they went both of them together.


simplify: Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

And Saul and his men went in search of him. And David had word of it, so he came down to the rock in the waste land of Maon. And Saul, hearing of this, went after David into the waste land of Maon.


simplify: He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God.

He has trusted in God; if God wants him, let him deliver him now; for he said ‘I am God’s Son.’”


rate difficulty: It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also transform themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

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simplify: And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.

And let not him who is in the field go back to take his coat.


simplify: And it came to pass, in his acting as priest, in the order of his course before God,

One day, when Zechariah was officiating as priest before God, during the turn of his division,


rate difficulty: And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my father's family in Israel, that I am to be son-in-law to the king?


rate difficulty: And he had no connection with her till she had given birth to a son; and he gave him the name Jesus.


simplify: And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and he overtook him in the mountain of Gilead.

And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.


simplify: Moreover he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.

And more than this, he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and had him put in chains to take him away to Babylon.


simplify: I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies.

Your feasts are disgusting to me, I will have nothing to do with them; I will take no delight in your holy meetings.


simplify: And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh’s daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the Lord, and the wall of Jerusalem round about.

Solomon became the son-in-law of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter as his wife, keeping her in the town of David, till the house he was building for himself, and the house of the Lord and the wall round Jerusalem, were complete.


simplify: And Jephthah came to Mizpah unto his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.

Then Jephthah came back to his house in Mizpah, and his daughter came out, meeting him on his way with music and with dances; she was his only child; he had no other sons or daughters.


rate difficulty: for it is from within, out of the hearts of people, that there come evil thoughts — sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

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rate difficulty: But if he give of his inheritance a gift to one of his servants, it shall be his to the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince; but as for his inheritance, it shall be for his sons.


simplify: And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

But the king of Israel, after reading the letter, was greatly troubled and said, Am I God, to give death and life? why does this man send a leper to me to be made well? is it not clear that he is looking for a cause of war?


rate difficulty: and the haft also went in after the blade, and the fat closed upon the blade; for he did not draw the sword out of his belly, and it came out between the legs.

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


rate difficulty: And when they had fulfilled all things written concerning him, they took him down from the cross and put him in a sepulchre;

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simplify: Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.

So, then, even though I did write to you, it was not for the sake of the wrong-doer, or of the man who was wronged, but to make you conscious, in the sight of God, of your own earnest care for us. And it is this that has encouraged us.


rate difficulty: And I have taken the Levites instead of all the first-born among the children of Israel.

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simplify: and they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in the staves thereof.

And over them they are to put a red cloth, covering it with a leather cover, and putting its rods in their places.


simplify: Thou shalt appoint a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.

Put a pillar at the top of the road for the sword to come to Rabbah in the land of the children of Ammon, and to Judah and to Jerusalem in the middle of her.


simplify: And he put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.

And he put up the curtain at the doorway of the House.


rate difficulty: Cursed <FI>is<Fi> their anger, for <FI>it is<Fi> fierce, And their wrath, for <FI>it is<Fi> sharp; I divide them in Jacob, And I scatter them in Israel.

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


rate difficulty: A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of the undressed vines.

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


rate difficulty: And Beth–arabah, and Zemaraim, and Beth–el,

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rate difficulty: And yet again — ‘Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all Peoples sing his praises.’


simplify: The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling hath seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burnings?

The sinners in Zion are full of fear; the haters of God are shaking with wonder. Who among us may keep his place before the burning fire? who among us may see the eternal burnings?


rate difficulty: Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him.

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


rate difficulty: wherefore, I call upon you to confirm love to him,

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


simplify: And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.

And Paul said, It is my prayer to God that, in little or great measure, not only you, but all those hearing me today might be even as I am, but for these chains.


rate difficulty: Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.


rate difficulty: Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down?

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


simplify: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

But first seek his kingdom and the righteousness that he requires, and then all these things will be added for you.


rate difficulty: and lo, I send the youth: Go, find the arrows. If I at all say to the youth, Lo, the arrows <FI>are<Fi> on this side of thee--take them, --then come thou, for peace <FI>is<Fi> for thee, and there is nothing; Jehovah liveth.

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


rate difficulty: For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

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simplify: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,

So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,


rate difficulty: `And the Levites have answered and said unto every man of Israel--a loud voice:

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rate difficulty: The Spirit himself unites with our spirits in bearing witness to our being God’s children,

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


rate difficulty: for the Holy Spirit will show you at the moment what you ought to say.”

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


simplify: And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

So Jesus gave them this warning. “Take care,”he said, “beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.”


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: Then brought he me into the outer court; and, lo, there were chambers and a pavement, made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.

Then he took me into the outer square, and there were rooms and a stone floor made for the open square all round: there were thirty rooms on the stone floor.


rate difficulty: You who give teaching to others, do you give it to yourself? you who say that a man may not take what is not his, do you take what is not yours?


simplify: And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.


simplify: I the Lord have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die.

I the Lord have said it, and this I will certainly do to all this evil people who have come together against me: in this waste land destruction will come on them, and death will be their fate.


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they went up from Jerusalem.

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simplify: When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

So Jeremiah came into the hole of the prison, under the arches, and was there for a long time.


simplify: Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

And having different qualities by reason of the grace given to us, such as the quality of a prophet, let it be made use of in relation to the measure of our faith;


rate difficulty: Even now Elisabeth, who is of your family, is to be a mother, though she is old: and this is the sixth month with her who was without children.

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


simplify: And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago.

I am only making suggestions on this matter; for this is the best course for you, since you were a year before others, not only in taking action, but also in showing your readiness to do so.


simplify: But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.


rate difficulty: And David went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had taken them away secretly from the public place of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had put them, hanging up the bodies there on the day when they put Saul to death in Gilboa:

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rate difficulty: And Isaiah son of Amoz sendeth unto Hezekiah, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed unto Me concerning Sennacherib king of Asshur I have heard:

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


simplify: and ye see and hear, that not only at Ephesus, but almost in all Asia, this Paul, having persuaded, did turn away a great multitude, saying, that they are not gods who are made by hands;

and you see and hear that not only at Ephesus, but in almost the whole of Roman Asia, this Paul has convinced and won over great numbers of people, by his assertion that those Gods which are made by hands are not Gods at all.


simplify: Again the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And the flesh and the skin he burnt with fire without the camp.

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rate difficulty: For, behold, Jehovah will come with fire, and his chariots shall be like the whirlwind; to render his anger with fierceness, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

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rate difficulty: And let patience have its perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

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simplify: Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two.

In addition the door-keepers, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers who kept watch at the doors, were a hundred and seventy-two.


rate difficulty: And whatever place will not take you in and will not give ear to you, when you go away, put off the dust from your feet as a witness against them.

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rate difficulty: And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:


rate difficulty: and Aaron hath laid his two hands on the head of the living goat, and hath confessed over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, and hath put them on the head of the goat, and hath sent <FI>it<Fi> away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness;

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simplify: And he took off their chariot wheels, and they drove them heavily; so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for Jehovah fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

And made the wheels of their war-carriages stiff, so that they had hard work driving them: so the Egyptians said, Let us go in flight from before the face of Israel, for the Lord is fighting for them against the Egyptians.


simplify: On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin:

On the ninth day Abidan, the son of Gideoni, chief of the children of Benjamin:


simplify: Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.

After this, Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and went to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them and returned to Jerusalem.


simplify: Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.

Even young children have no respect for me; when I get up their backs are turned on me.


simplify: The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.

The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near.


simplify: yet when it is sown, groweth up, and becometh greater than all the herbs, and putteth out great branches; so that the birds of the heaven can lodge under the shadow thereof.

But when it is planted, it comes up, and becomes taller than all the plants, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of heaven are able to take rest in its shade.


rate difficulty: And Jehoshaphat lieth with his fathers, and is buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Jehoram his son reigneth in his stead.

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simplify: There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them.

Reading to all the meeting of Israel, with the women and the children and the men from other lands who were living among them, every word of the orders which Moses had given.


simplify: All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full; unto the place whither the rivers go, thither they go again.

All the rivers go down to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the rivers go, there they go again.


rate difficulty: And death and Hell were put into the sea of fire. This is the second death, even the sea of fire.

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


simplify: I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service.

I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant;


rate difficulty: Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

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simplify: He that refuseth correction despiseth his own soul; But he that hearkeneth to reproof getteth understanding.

He who will not be controlled by training has no respect for his soul, but he who gives ear to teaching will get wisdom.


simplify: and the border went down to the uttermost part of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is in the vale of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel;

And the line goes down to the farthest part of the mountain facing the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is on the north of the valley of Rephaim: from there it goes down to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of the Jebusite on the south as far as En-rogel;


simplify: As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

All the days while it is waste will the land have rest, such rest as it never had in your Sabbaths, when you were living in it.


simplify: But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream brake, and straightway it fell in; and the ruin of that house was great.

But he who gives hearing, without doing, is like a man building a house on the earth without a base for it; and when the force of the river came against it, straight away it came down; and the destruction of that house was great.


rate difficulty: But omit the court outside the Temple, and do not measure that, for it has been given up to the nations; and the holy City will be under their heel for forty-two months.

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simplify: But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him:

But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, and went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him:


rate difficulty: And when Joab had come out from David, he sent men after Abner, and they overtook him at the water-spring of Sirah, and made him come back with them: but David had no knowledge of it.

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


rate difficulty: They walked to Capernaum. On the next Sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.


simplify: Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession;

Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo in the land of Moab opposite Jericho; there you may see the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel for their heritage:


simplify: Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

In the first month all the children of Israel came into the waste land of Zin, and put up their tents in Kadesh; there death came to Miriam, and they put her body to rest in the earth.


simplify: Nevertheless the cities of the Levites, the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time.

But the houses in the towns of the Levites may be got back by the Levites at any time.


simplify: And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?

After they had reached Capernaum, the collectors of the Temple-rate came up to Peter, and said: “Does not your Master pay the Temple-rate?”


rate difficulty: And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron.


simplify: For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.

For all the peoples will be walking, every one in the name of his god, and we will be walking in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.


rate difficulty: And as for you, son of man, your mouth will be shut in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that on which their hearts are fixed, and their sons and daughters.

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simplify: for which also I labour, striving according to his working that is working in me in power.

It is for that I toil, struggling with all the energy which he inspires and which works powerfully within me.


simplify: And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the Lord have spoken it.

And I will make the Nile streams dry, and will give the land into the hands of evil men, causing the land and everything in it to be wasted by the hands of men from a strange country: I the Lord have said it.


simplify: And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver’s beam.

And again there was war with the Philistines; and Elhanan, the son of Jair, put to death Lahmi, the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the stem of whose spear was like a cloth-worker's rod.


simplify: These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.

I have put these things in writing for you who have faith in the name of the Son of God, so that you may be certain that you have eternal life.


simplify: But into whatsoever city ye shall enter, and they receive you not, go out into the streets thereof and say,

But if you go into a town where they will not have you, go out into the streets of it and say,


rate difficulty: if so be the house of Israel do hear all the evil that I am thinking of doing to them, so that they turn back each from is evil way, and I have been propitious to their iniquity, and to their sin.'

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: And he said to them, Men of Israel, take care what you do about these men.


simplify: And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, making his name great and to be feared, driving out the nations from before your people whom you made free and took out of Egypt?


simplify: And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.

But while your servant was turning this way and that, he was gone. Then the king of Israel said to him, You are responsible; you have given the decision against yourself.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

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


simplify: To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.

To those families who are more in number, give a greater heritage; to those who are less in number, a smaller part: to every one let the heritage be given in relation to the number in his family.


simplify: I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.

I will give the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him who is near and to him who is far off, says the Lord; and I will make him well.


rate difficulty: I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord God.

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


simplify: sufficient to the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord; if the master of the house they did call Beelzeboul, how much more those of his household?

It is enough for a scholar to be treated like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!


simplify: And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

And he did great things, and overcame the Amalekites, and made Israel safe from the hands of their attackers.


simplify: 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.

And fire came out from before the Lord, burning up the offering on the altar and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they gave a loud cry, falling down on their faces.


simplify: Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?

Am I to let the stores of the evil-doer go out of my memory, and the short measure, which is cursed?


rate difficulty: For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

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


simplify: And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.

And by chance a certain priest was going down that way: and when he saw him, he went by on the other side.


rate difficulty: That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the grapes which the children of Israel had cut down there.

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


rate difficulty: Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?

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


simplify: And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.

And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether came to his end without sons.


simplify: Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,

The son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,


rate difficulty: Or if any one touch any unclean thing, whether it be the carcass of an unclean beast, or the carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and it be hidden from him, and he be unclean, then he shall be guilty.

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


simplify: when they now shoot forth, ye see it and know of your own selves that the summer is now nigh.

When they put out their young leaves, you take note of it, and it is clear to you that summer is coming.


rate difficulty: Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to perform the statutes and ordinances which Jehovah commanded Moses for Israel: be strong and courageous; fear not, neither be dismayed.

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: For this, moreover, will I be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.

This is what the Lord has said: The children of Israel will again make prayer to me for this, that I may do it for them; I will make them increased with men like a flock.


simplify: And they sent a message unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying,

So they sent word to Joseph, saying, Your father, before his death, gave us orders, saying,


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first <FI>month<Fi> , in the first of the month, the waters have been dried from off the earth; and Noah turneth aside the covering of the ark, and looketh, and lo, the face of the ground hath been dried.

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


simplify: And he put them all together into ward three days.

So he put them in prison for three days.


simplify: Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.

Their wine is the poison of dragons, the cruel poison of snakes.


simplify: And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood thereof, and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

And he put it to death; and Moses took some of the blood and put it on the point of Aaron's right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot.


simplify: And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.

And they, too, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in; for God has it in his power to graft them in again.


simplify: For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;


rate difficulty: For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's shall save it.

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


rate difficulty: And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains thou shalt put on the two settings, and put them on the shoulder-pieces of the ephod in the forepart thereof.

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


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the Lord of hosts the holy mountain.


rate difficulty: And I have made floods a dry place, And I have sold the land into the hand of evil doers, And I have made desolate the land, And its fulness, by the hand of strangers, I, Jehovah, have spoken.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

And whenever the evil spirit from God came on Saul, David took his instrument and made music: so new life came to Saul, and he got well, and the evil spirit went away from him.


simplify: But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh.


rate difficulty: Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.

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


rate difficulty: Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

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


simplify: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.


rate difficulty: Be thou ashamed, O Sidon; for the sea hath spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, I have not travailed, nor brought forth, neither have I nourished young men, nor brought up virgins.

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


rate difficulty: and being come to the house, calls together the friends and the neighbours, saying to them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep.


simplify: for this to you we say in the word of the Lord, that we who are living--who do remain over to the presence of the Lord--may not precede those asleep,

This we tell you on the authority of the Lord — that those of us who are still living at the coming of the Lord will not anticipate those who have passed to their rest.


simplify: and having heard, the apostles Barnabas and Paul, having rent their garments, did spring into the multitude, crying

But, when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd.   “Friends, why are you doing this?” they shouted.


simplify: Thus saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, who is over the house, and say,

The Lord, the Lord of armies, says, Go to this person in authority, this Shebna, who is over the house; who has made himself a resting-place on high, cutting out a place for himself in the rock, and say,


simplify: Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Why do these people of Jerusalem go back, for ever turning away? they will not give up their deceit, they will not come back.