rate difficulty: and we to prayer, and to the ministration of the word, will give ourselves continually.'

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


simplify: Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.

And at the sound of the people weeping, every man at his tent-door, the wrath of the Lord was great, and Moses was very angry.


rate difficulty: But if the watchman sees the sword coming, and does not give a note on the horn, and the people have no word of the danger, and the sword comes and takes any person from among them; he will be taken away in his sin, but I will make the watchman responsible for his blood.

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


rate difficulty: And Barnabas counselled to take with <FI>them<Fi> John called Mark,

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


simplify: For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

For the Holy Spirit will make clear to you in that very hour what to say.


simplify: And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

And when he had come into the Temple, the chief priests and those in authority over the people came to him while he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you do these things? and who gave you this authority?


rate difficulty: Further, there have been great kings in Jerusalem, ruling over all the country across the river, to whom they gave taxes and payments in goods and forced payments.

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


simplify: And Leah said, Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: and she called his name Asher.

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


simplify: And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone;

And when we had gone on slowly for a long time, and had had hard work getting across to Cnidus, for the wind was against us, we went under cover of Crete, in the direction of Salmone;


simplify: And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store-cities of Naphtali.

And Ben-hadad did as King Asa said, and sent the captains of his armies against the towns of Israel, attacking Ijon and Dan and Abel-maim, and all the store-towns of Naphtali.


simplify: And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.

And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry because I do not get up before you, for I am in the common condition of women. And with all his searching, he did not come across the images.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt go on forward from thence, and shalt come to the oak of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up toGod, to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three cakes of bread, and another carrying a flask of wine.

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


simplify: Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

So my wrath will be complete and my passion will come to rest on them; and they will be certain that I the Lord have given the word of decision, when my wrath against them is complete.


rate difficulty: and charge her with things for scandalous talk, and cause an evil name against her to be spread abroad, and say, This woman have I taken, and I came in unto her, and I did not find her a virgin;

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


rate difficulty: And fear came upon all who dwelt round about them; and in the whole hill-country of Judaea all these things were the subject of conversation.

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


rate difficulty: For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it.


simplify: And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him.

Many people saw them going, and recognized them, and from all the towns they flocked together to the place on foot, and got there before them.


rate difficulty: But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt-offering, and upon the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

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


simplify: And he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated; and house against house doth fall;

Jesus himself, however, was aware of what they were thinking, and said to them: “Any kingdom wholly divided against itself becomes a desolation; and a divided house falls.


simplify: not giving back evil for evil, or railing for railing, and on the contrary, blessing, having known that to this ye were called, that a blessing ye may inherit;

never returning evil for evil, or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, blessing. It was to this that you were called — to obtain a blessing!


simplify: Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

Then she let them down from the window by a cord, for the house where she was living was on the town wall.


rate difficulty: When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

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


rate difficulty: He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.


simplify: Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand;

Let the horn be sounded in Zion, and a war-cry in my holy mountain; let all the people of the land be troubled: for the day of the Lord is coming;


simplify: Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee.

Your ox will be put to death before your eyes, but its flesh will not be your food: your ass will be violently taken away before your face, and will not be given back to you: your sheep will be given to your haters, and there will be no saviour for you.


simplify: And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Everyone will make sport of his neighbour with deceit, not saying what is true: their tongues have been trained to say false words; they are twisted, hating to come back.


rate difficulty: I would take you by the hand into my mother's house, and she would be my teacher. I would give you drink of spiced wine, drink of the pomegranate.

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


rate difficulty: But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, remained alive of those men that went to spy out the land.

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


simplify: As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.


simplify: The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight.

The children of Ater, of Hezekiah, ninety-eight.


simplify: And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

And Shebaniah and Joshaphat and Nethanel and Amasai and Zechariah and Benaiah and Eliezer, the priests, made music on the horns before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door-keepers for the ark.


rate difficulty: Then they took the he-goats for the sin-offering, placing them before the king and the meeting of the people, and they put their hands on them:

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


simplify: Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

And truly, I will take pleasure in doing them good, and all my heart and soul will be given to planting them in this land in good faith.


simplify: And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.

So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.


rate difficulty: And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

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


rate difficulty: Sighing deeply, Jesus said: “Why does this generation ask for a sign? I tell you, no sign will be given it.”

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


rate difficulty: and Joseph saith unto his father, `Not so, my father, for this <FI>is<Fi> the first-born; set thy right hand on his head.'

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


simplify: Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.


simplify: And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

And the children of Israel did as he said; and Joseph gave them carts as had been ordered by Pharaoh, and food for their journey.


simplify: Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,

Then the chief priests and the councillors of the Nation met in the house of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,


simplify: Even things without life, giving a voice, whether pipe or harp, if they give not a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?

Even things without life, having a voice, such as a music-pipe or other instrument, if they do not give out different sounds, who may be certain what is being played?


simplify: The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

And the envy of Ephraim will be gone, and those who make trouble for Judah will come to an end: Ephraim will have no more envy of Judah, and there will be an end of Judah's hate for Ephraim.


rate difficulty: And Saul made an oath to her by the Lord, saying, By the living Lord, no punishment will come to you for this.

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


rate difficulty: And I gave Gilead to Machir.


simplify: For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.

for he was instructing his disciples, and telling them — “The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of his fellow men, and they will put him to death, but, when he has been put to death, he will rise again after three days.”


rate difficulty: For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, A yoke of iron I have put on the neck of all these nations to serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they have served him, and also the beast of the field I have given to him.'

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


rate difficulty: to open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God; so that they may receive pardon for their sins, and a place among those who have become God’s people, by faith in me.’

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


simplify: Naphtali drove not out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to taskwork.

Naphtali did not take the land of the people of Beth-shemesh or of Beth-anath, driving them out; but he was living among the Canaanites in the land; however, the people of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath were put to forced work.


simplify: And if the man like not to take his brother’s wife, then let his brother’s wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband’s brother.

But if the man says he will not take his brother's wife, then let the wife go to the responsible men of the town, and say, My husband's brother will not keep his brother's name living in Israel; he will not do what it is right for a husband's brother to do.


rate difficulty: And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, if one rise from the dead.

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


rate difficulty: For the children of Israel are servants unto me; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah yourGod.

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


simplify: But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcase fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you.

But if water is put on the seed, and any part of the dead body gets on to it, it will be unclean to you.


simplify: And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.

“What then was your baptism?” Paul asked.


simplify: Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,


rate difficulty: — The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zaavan, [and] Jaakan. — The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.

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


simplify: The word of Jehovah came again unto me, saying,

The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,


simplify: For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.

For through them your sons will be turned from me to the worship of other gods: and the Lord will be moved to wrath against you and send destruction on you quickly.


simplify: And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.

And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.


simplify: Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri,

Joel, the brother of Nathan, Mibhar, the son of Hagri,


rate difficulty: The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Temah,

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


rate difficulty: The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.

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


rate difficulty: And He hath judged between many peoples, And given a decision to mighty nations afar off, They have beaten their swords to ploughshares, And their spears to pruning-hooks, Nation lifteth not up sword unto nation, Nor do they learn war any more.

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


rate difficulty: So Ben-hadad did as King Asa said, and sent the captains of his armies against the towns of Israel, attacking Ijon and Dan and Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth as far as all the land of Naphtali.

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


rate difficulty: And the robes of needlework, the holy robes for Aaron and for his sons, for their use when acting as priests,

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


simplify: But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

And I will send a fire on Teman, burning up the great houses of Bozrah.


simplify: Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,

They next went through the Phrygian district of Galatia, but were restrained by the Holy Spirit from delivering the message in Roman Asia.


simplify: All this, said David, have I been made to understand in writing from the hand of Jehovah, even all the works of this pattern.

All this, said David, the design for all these things, has been made dear to me in writing by the hand of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And again he came and saw them sleeping, because their eyes were very tired; and they had nothing to say in answer.


simplify: He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

He who has the desire to keep his life will have it taken from him, and he who gives up his life because of me will have it given back to him.


simplify: And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the Lord had said.

And the wonder-workers of Egypt did the same with their secret arts: but Pharaoh's heart was made hard, and he would not give ear to them, as the Lord had said.


simplify: The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two.

The children of Shephatiah, three hundred and seventy-two.


simplify: and that which was a temptation to you in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but ye received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

And you did not have a poor opinion of me because of the trouble in my flesh, or put shame on it; but you took me to your hearts as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.


rate difficulty: But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.

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


simplify: And the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the first men of the city, and did raise persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and did put them out from their borders;

But the Jews incited the women of high social standing who worshiped with them, and the leading men of the town, and started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their neighborhood.


rate difficulty: So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.


simplify: And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,

And when they had come, he said to them, You yourselves have seen what my life has been like all the time from the day when I first came into Asia,


simplify: Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [but] he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

He who has no belief in the Son has not the Father: he who makes clear his belief in the Son has the Father.


simplify: I had no relief for my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went forth into Macedonia.

I had no rest in my spirit because Titus my brother was not there: so I went away from them, and came into Macedonia.


rate difficulty: Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.

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


simplify: And put a knife to thy throat, If thou be a man given to appetite.

And put a knife to your throat, if you have a strong desire for food.


rate difficulty: And one of the rulers made answer, saying to me, These who have on white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?

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


rate difficulty: And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.


rate difficulty: For Nature was made subject to imperfection — not by its own choice, but owing to him who made it so —

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


simplify: And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.

And Abraham said, Take care that you do not let my son go back to that land.


simplify: The children of Solomon’s servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,

The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Hassophereth, the children of Peruda,


simplify: But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, and he himself is judged of no man.

But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.


rate difficulty: even gold for <FI>things of<Fi> gold, and silver for <FI>those of<Fi> silver, and for all the work by the hand of artificers; and who <FI>is<Fi> he that is offering willingly to consecrate his hand to-day to Jehovah?'

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


rate difficulty: Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,


rate difficulty: And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.


simplify: And Mahalalel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared:

And Mahalalel was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Jared:


rate difficulty: then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that play the harlot after him, to play the harlot with Molech, from among their people.

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


simplify: And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

And the sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.


simplify: And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.


rate difficulty: And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

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


simplify: Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.

If you were a servant when you became a Christian, let it not be a grief to you; but if you have a chance to become free, make use of it.


rate difficulty: He hath filled me with bitter things, He hath filled me <FI>with<Fi> wormwood.

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


rate difficulty: Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Such is their building that if a fox goes up it, their stone wall will be broken down.

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


simplify: and Basemath Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebaioth.

And Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.


rate difficulty: Break forth, sing aloud together, waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah comforteth his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: After these things the word of Jehovah came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

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


simplify: But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,


simplify: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.

To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.


simplify: According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

Make the House and everything in it from the designs which I will give you.


rate difficulty: And the manna was as coriander seed, and its appearance as the appearance of bdellium.

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


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

And if he gives a part of his heritage to one of his servants, it will be his till the year of making free, and then it will go back to the ruler; for it is his sons' heritage, and is to be theirs.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.

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


simplify: And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle.

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will make a change in my clothing, so that I do not seem to be the king, and will go into the fight; but do you put on your robes. So the king of Israel made a change in his dress and went into the fight.


rate difficulty: Thus spake Jehovah of Hosts, saying: This people! --they have said, `The time hath not come, The time the house of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> to be built.'

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


simplify: But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.

But the chief bread-maker was put to death by hanging, as Joseph had said.


simplify: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

but you will receive power, when the Holy Spirit will have descended on you, and will be witnesses for me not only in Jerusalem, but throughout Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”


simplify: And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

And Heber was the father of Japhlet and Shomer and Hotham and Shua, their sister.


simplify: Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

Friends, I can speak to you the more confidently about the patriarch David, because he is dead and buried, and his tomb is here among us to this very day.


simplify: Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

“Anyone who, for the sake of my name, welcomes even a little child like this is welcoming me, and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming not me, but him who sent me as his messenger.”


simplify: And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?


rate difficulty: Then will the upright be shining as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him give ear.

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


simplify: And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war.

And the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, were four hundred thousand in number, all armed with swords; they were all men of war.


simplify: There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who in their might are laid with them that are slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.

There is Edom, her kings and all her princes, who have been given a resting-place with those who were put to the sword: they will be resting among those without circumcision, even with those who go down to the underworld.


simplify: And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses.

And they will come up like grass in a well-watered field, like water-plants by the streams.


simplify: And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over the Jordan unto the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster:

And on the day when you go over Jordan into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, put up great stones, coating them with building-paste,


rate difficulty: and David captureth from him a thousand and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen, and David destroyeth utterly the whole of the charioteers, only he leaveth of them a hundred charioteers.

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


simplify: And David answered and said, Behold the king’s spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it.

Then David said, Here is the king's spear! let one of the young men come over and get it.


simplify: And it came to pass, in his reclining (at meat) with them, having taken the bread, he blessed, and having broken, he was giving to them,

After he had taken his place at the table with them, he took the bread and said the blessing, and broke it, and gave it to them.


rate difficulty: There is none like unto thee, Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

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


simplify: The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.

The two tribes and the half-tribe have been given their heritage on the other side of Jordan at Jericho, on the east looking to the dawn.


rate difficulty: And the land shall not be sold in perpetuity; for the land is mine: for ye are strangers and sojourners with me.

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


simplify: which in other generations was not made known unto the sons of men, as it hath now been revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit;

Which in other generations was not given to the sons of men, but the revelation of it has now been made to his holy Apostles and prophets in the Spirit;


simplify: And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court,

And Jehoshaphat took his place in the meeting of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord in front of the new open space,


simplify: They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols.

All those who have gone against him will be put to shame; the makers of images will be made low.


simplify: And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.

And the town was shut in by their forces till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.


rate difficulty: How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth seized! How is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations!


rate difficulty: For thus said Jehovah: Even the captive of the mighty is taken, And the prey of the terrible is delivered, And with thy striver I strive, and thy sons I save.

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


rate difficulty: So then, keep my rules and my decisions and do them, so that the land which I am giving you as your resting-place may not violently send you out again.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

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


simplify: and it shall be, every one--whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, he shall be saved.

Then will everyone who invokes the name of the Lord be saved.’


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

Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah and it was broken by his hands.


simplify: And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.

Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes.


rate difficulty: And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them.

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


rate difficulty: And Isaiah the prophet cried to Jehovah, and he brought the shadow back on the degrees by which it had gone down on the dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward.

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


simplify: A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.


simplify: be exceeding afflicted, and mourn, and weep, let your laughter to mourning be turned, and the joy to heaviness;

Grieve, mourn, and lament! Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your happiness to gloom!


rate difficulty: always in my prayers beseeching, if by any means now at length I shall have a prosperous journey, by the will of God, to come unto you,

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


simplify: And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.


simplify: And after these things I saw another messenger coming down out of the heaven, having great authority, and the earth was lightened from his glory,

After this I saw another angel, descending from heaven, invested with great authority; and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.


rate difficulty: Say to the children of Israel, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month let the feast of tents be kept to the Lord for seven days.


simplify: The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.

The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the children of Hodevah, seventy-four.


simplify: Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth;

Who will say anything against the saints of God? It is God who makes us clear from evil;


rate difficulty: having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love that <FI>is<Fi> to all the saints,

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


simplify: Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.

Then his father and mother said to him, Is there no woman among the daughters of your relations or among all my people, that you have to go for your wife to the Philistines, who are without circumcision? But Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she is pleasing to me.


simplify: This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.


simplify: How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

How long will you be sleeping, O hater of work? when will you get up from your sleep?


simplify: This only would I learn from you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?

Give me an answer to this one question, Did the Spirit come to you through the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith?


simplify: To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;

Anyone you forgive, I forgive them, too. Indeed, for my part, whatever I have forgiven (if I have had to forgive anything), I have forgiven for your sakes, in the presence of Christ,


simplify: And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned.

All the people who had collected to see the sight watched what occurred, and then went home beating their breasts.


simplify: And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?


rate difficulty: Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.

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


rate difficulty: But those withoutGod judges. Remove the wicked person from amongst yourselves.

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


rate difficulty: Immediately after the distress of those days, ‘the sun will be darkened, the moon will not give her light, the stars will fall from the heavens,’ and ‘the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.’

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto me, Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, For Maher-shalal-hash-baz;

And the Lord said to me, Take a great writing-board, and on it put down in common letters, Maher-shalal-hash-baz;


simplify: Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the Lord be with thee.

In gold and silver and brass and iron more than may be numbered. Up! then, and to work; and may the Lord be with you.


simplify: And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into the chamber, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed.

And he said to her, Give your son to me. And lifting him out of her arms, he took him up to his room and put him down on his bed.


simplify: Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; Pour out thy heart like water before the face of the Lord: Lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger at the head of every street.

Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street.


rate difficulty: And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

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


simplify: But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where he ought not (let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in Judæa flee unto the mountains:

But when you see the unclean thing which makes destruction, in the place where it has no right to be (let this be clear to the reader), then let those who are in Judaea go quickly to the mountains:


simplify: Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

And he said to them, There is much grain ready to be cut, but not enough workers: so make prayer to the Lord of the grain-fields that he will send workers to get in the grain.


rate difficulty: And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin.

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


simplify: The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

The twenty-second Giddalti, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


simplify: Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked.

See, the storm-wind of the Lord, even the heat of his wrath, has gone out, a rolling storm, bursting on the heads of the evil-doers.


simplify: and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight.

And take him before Eleazar the priest and all the meeting of the people, and give him his orders before their eyes.


rate difficulty: See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.

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


simplify: Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.


simplify: For He who is mighty did to me great things, And holy <FI>is<Fi> His name,

Great things has the Almighty done for me; And holy is his name.


rate difficulty: And will put them into the fire; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.


rate difficulty: And they, if they give ear to you or if they do not give ear (for they are an uncontrolled people), will see that there has been a prophet among them.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren?

And he said in answer, Who are my mother and my brothers?


simplify: Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; fear not, nor be dismayed: to-morrow go out against them; for Jehovah is with you.

There will be no need for you to take up arms in this fight; put yourselves in position, and keep where you are, and you will see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: have no fear and do not be troubled: go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you.


rate difficulty: For all the things referred to in them cease to exist when used. You are following mere human directions and instructions.

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


simplify: and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.

And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.


simplify: Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I gave order to the churches of Galatia, so also do ye.

Now about the giving of money for the saints, as I gave orders to the churches of Galatia, so do you.


simplify: In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign.

In the second year of Pekah, the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham, the son of Uzziah, became king of Judah.


simplify: Thou shalt not take the name of Jehovah thy God in vain: for Jehovah will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

You are not to make use of the name of the Lord your God for an evil purpose; whoever takes the Lord's name on his lips for an evil purpose will be judged as a sinner by the Lord.


simplify: But let all things be done decently and in order.

Let all things be done in the right and ordered way.


rate difficulty: And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them; as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.


simplify: But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

But the servant who had received the one bag went and dug a hole in the ground, and hid his master’s money.


rate difficulty: Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

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


simplify: to take the place in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.

To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.


rate difficulty: and spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly;

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


rate difficulty: And the priest answered David and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

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


rate difficulty: Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.


rate difficulty: and Leah also draweth nigh, and her children, and they bow themselves; and afterwards Joseph hath drawn nigh with Rachel, and they bow themselves.

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


rate difficulty: And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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


simplify: And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it.

And let the grain be waved before the Lord, so that you may be pleasing to him; on the day after the Sabbath let it be waved by the priest.


simplify: And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.

And there was honey on the face of the field, and all the people came to the honey, the bees having gone from it;


simplify: And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.

And Abram said, You have given me no child, and a servant in my house will get the heritage.


simplify: The salutation by the hand of me, Paul, which is a sign in every letter; thus I write;

I, Paul, add this greeting in my own handwriting. It is my signature to every letter. This is how I write.


rate difficulty: ‘I tell you,’ he answered, ‘that, to him who has, more will be given, but, from him who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.

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


simplify: That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this.

So that the rest of Edom may be their heritage, and all the nations who have been named by my name, says the Lord, who is doing this.


simplify: This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:

This is the law of the leper on the day when he is made clean: he is to be taken to the priest;


rate difficulty: And there was a day when the sons ofGod came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them.


rate difficulty: And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed; in the land of Egypt shall they fall; they shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine; they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine; and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

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


rate difficulty: and their oblation and their drink-offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;

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


simplify: And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.

but he left the sheet in their hands, and fled naked.


simplify: And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

And Joshua said to the people, You are not able to be the servants of the Lord, for he is a holy God, a God who will not let his honour be given to another: he will have no mercy on your wrongdoing or your sins.


simplify: and the chief priests did move the multitude, that he might rather release Barabbas to them.

But the chief priests incited the crowd to get Barabbas released instead.


simplify: And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do.

And I said, What have I to do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Get up, and go into Damascus; and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.


simplify: To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure.

When he made a weight for the wind, measuring out the waters;


simplify: And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

The young men got up, and, winding the body in a sheet, carried it out and buried it.


rate difficulty: In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.

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


simplify: And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

And there was hard fighting that day; and Abner and the men of Israel gave way before the servants of David.


rate difficulty: not so My servant Moses; in all My house he <FI>is<Fi> stedfast;


rate difficulty: And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

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


simplify: Am I not free? am I not an apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

Am I not free? am I not an Apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord?


simplify: for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

For the kingdom of God does not consist of eating and drinking, but of righteousness and peace and gladness through the presence of the Holy Spirit.


simplify: no one, then, may despise him; and send ye him forward in peace, that he may come to me, for I expect him with the brethren;

No one, therefore, should slight him. See him safely on his way to me, for I am expecting him with some of our friends.


rate difficulty: But the tongue may not be controlled by man; it is an unresting evil, it is full of the poison of death.


simplify: Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus.

“Friends,” he said, “it was necessary who the prediction of scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit made by the lips of David about Judas, who acted as guide to the men that arrested Jesus,


simplify: So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

And I gave the word at his orders, and breath came into them, and they came to life and got up on their feet, a very great army.


rate difficulty: And the Egyptians shall know that I am Jehovah, when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.

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


simplify: Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

and who were chosen in accordance with the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the consecration of the Spirit, to learn obedience, and to be purified by the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ, from Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ. May blessing and peace be yours in ever increasing measure.


rate difficulty: May our God and Father himself, and Jesus, our Lord, make the way plain for us to come to you.


rate difficulty: But now ye glory in your vauntings: all such glorying is evil.

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


rate difficulty: And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.


rate difficulty: but if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, and all that they have, and they go down alive into Sheol, then ye shall know that these men have despised Jehovah.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.


simplify: For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.


simplify: And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar–jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.

“Blessed are you, Simon, Son of Jonah,” Jesus replied. “For no human being has revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.


rate difficulty: And Jesus said to him, `Why me dost thou call good? no one <FI>is<Fi> good except One--God;

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


simplify: through whom we did receive grace and apostleship, for obedience of faith among all the nations, in behalf of his name;

Through him we received the gift of the apostolic office, to win submission to the faith among all nations for the glory of his name.


rate difficulty: Now Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by stood still.

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


simplify: The sound thereof shall go like the serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood.

She makes a sound like the hiss of a snake when they come on with strength; they go against her with axes, like wood-cutters.


simplify: for if there may come into your synagogue a man with gold ring, in gay raiment, and there may come in also a poor man in vile raiment,

Suppose a visitor should enter your synagogue, with gold rings and in grand clothes, and suppose a poor man should come in also, in shabby clothes,


simplify: And he said to them, `Well do ye put away the command of God that your tradition ye may keep;

Wisely do you set aside God’s commandments,”he exclaimed, “to keep your own traditions!


simplify: And Pharaoh–nechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.

And Pharaoh-necoh put him in chains at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he might not be king in Jerusalem; and took from the land a tax of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.


rate difficulty: All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.


rate difficulty: And the captain answered the man ofGod and said, Behold, if Jehovah should make windows in the heavens, would such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

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


simplify: And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

And because, for joy and wonder, they were still in doubt, he said to them, Have you any food here?


rate difficulty: And Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king's house; he took away all; and he took away the shields of gold that Solomon had made.

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


simplify: He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength.

He gives power to the feeble, increasing the strength of him who has no force.


rate difficulty: And I have pushed for you against the consumer, And He doth not destroy to you the fruit of the ground, Nor miscarry to you doth the vine in the field, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

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


rate difficulty: From these came the nations of the sea-lands, with their different families and languages.


rate difficulty: And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of Jehovah.

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


simplify: And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of Jehovah, under the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite.

And those who had stones of great price gave them to the store of the house of the Lord, under the care of Jehiel the Gershonite.


rate difficulty: And the people cry unto Moses, and Moses prayeth unto Jehovah, and the fire is quenched;

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


rate difficulty: Because whom he has foreknown, he has also predestinated [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, so that he should be [the] firstborn among many brethren.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, The temple of the Lord, are these.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.


simplify: He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

He takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way.


rate difficulty: Thus then every one of you who forsakes not all that is his own cannot be my disciple.


rate difficulty: Even so, I say to you, There is joy among the angels of God, when one sinner is turned away from his wrongdoing.

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rate difficulty: Weep not for the dead, neither bemoan him; [but] weep sore for him that goeth away, for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.

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simplify: then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

Then the Lord your God will make your punishment, and the punishment of your seed, a thing to be wondered at; great punishments and cruel diseases stretching on through long years.


simplify: And he shall go out unto the altar that is before Jehovah, and make atonement for it, and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about.

And he is to go out to the altar which is before the Lord and make it free from sin; and he is to take some of the blood of the ox and the blood of the goat and put it on the horns of the altar and round it;


rate difficulty: And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married; for he had married a Cushite woman.


rate difficulty: But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

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simplify: But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yea and nay.

As God is true, our word to you is not Yes and No.


rate difficulty: And they offered unto the Lord the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

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rate difficulty: Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the Lord made me have dominion over the mighty.


simplify: Now when certain days were passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Cæsarea, and saluted Festus.

Now when some days had gone by, King Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea and went to see Festus.


simplify: And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

Now the rest of the acts of Shallum, and the secret design which he made, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.


simplify: And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion–geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom.

And King Solomon made a sea-force of ships in Ezion-geber, by Eloth, on the Red Sea, in the land of Edom.


simplify: And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.

And his rock will come to nothing because of fear, and his chiefs will go in flight from the flag, says the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his altar in Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: Lest Jehovah see, and <FI>it be<Fi> evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

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simplify: And Jehovah said unto me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, neither shall any man enter in by it; for Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it; therefore it shall be shut.

And the Lord said to me, This doorway is to be shut, it is not to be open, and no man is to go in by it, because the Lord, the God of Israel, has gone in by it; and it is to be shut.


simplify: The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

The waste land and the dry places will be glad; the lowland will have joy and be full of flowers.


rate difficulty: (<FI> with<Fi> brimstone and salt is the whole land burnt, it is not sown, nor doth it shoot up, nor doth there go up on it any herb, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overturned in His anger, and in His fury,) --

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simplify: And the son of Jonathan was Merib–baal: and Merib–baal begat Micah.

And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.


rate difficulty: And they went forth from thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it.

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rate difficulty: why, then you do not allow them to do anything further for their father or mother!

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simplify: Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names.

Let there be a division of the land among these, for their heritage, in relation to the number of names.


simplify: Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

Then he came to the disciples, and said: “Sleep on now, and rest yourselves. Look - my time is close at hand, and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of wicked people.


rate difficulty: And the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Jehovah had commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. And the people hasted and passed over.

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rate difficulty: Because the foolishness ofGod is wiser than men, and the weakness ofGod is stronger than men.

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simplify: And Gedaliah sware to them and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not because of the servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

Then Gedaliah gave his oath to them and their men, saying, Have no fear because of the servants of the Chaldaeans; go on living in the land under the rule of the king of Babylon, and all will be well.


rate difficulty: `And, that servant having come forth, found one of his fellow-servants who was owing him an hundred denaries, and having laid hold, he took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that which thou owest.

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simplify: And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity; but I will bring thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

My eye will not have mercy on you, and I will have no pity: but I will send the punishment of your ways on you, and your disgusting works will be among you: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: and the demons having gone forth from the man, did enter into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep to the lake, and were choked.

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simplify: And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;

I am thankful to Christ Jesus, our Lord, who has been my strength, for showing that he thought me worthy of trust by appointing me to his ministry,


rate difficulty: the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

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rate difficulty: But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: And the man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, and maid-servants and men-servants, and camels and asses.

So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.


simplify: Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

See, is it not the pleasure of the Lord of armies that the peoples are working for the fire and using themselves up for nothing?


simplify: And I spake to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

And I said all this to Zedekiah, king of Judah, saying, Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and become his servants and his people, so that you may keep your lives.


rate difficulty: Your wise sayings are only dust, and your strong places are only earth.


rate difficulty: And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

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simplify: and if also any one may strive, he is not crowned, except he may strive lawfully;

No athlete is ever awarded the wreath of victory unless they have kept the rules.


rate difficulty: and having taken them, in that hour of the night, he did bathe <FI>them<Fi> from the blows, and was baptized, himself and all his presently,


rate difficulty: Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.

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rate difficulty: the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.

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rate difficulty: Withdraw thy hand far from me; and let not thy terror make me afraid:


simplify: Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.

Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did in Massah.


rate difficulty: But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the Lord.

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rate difficulty: And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.


simplify: They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, every one set in array, as a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon.

Bows and spears are in their hands; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice is like the thunder of the sea, and they go on horses; everyone in his place like men going to the fight, against you, O daughter of Babylon.


simplify: We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen.

We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have given birth to wind; no salvation has come to the earth through us, and no children have come into the world.


simplify: Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel:

Keep before your mind Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David, as told in the good news entrusted to me;


simplify: And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came unto David, and fell on his face, and did obeisance. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold, thy servant!

And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, came to David, and falling down on his face, gave him honour. And David said, Mephibosheth. And answering he said, Your servant is here.


rate difficulty: Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.


rate difficulty: But Agrippa said to Paul: “You are soon trying to make a Christian of me!”


rate difficulty: And he took the honey in his hand, and went on, tasting it on the way; and when he came to his father and mother he gave some to them; but did not say that he had taken the honey from the body of the lion.

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simplify: Neither have I obeyed the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!


simplify: Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

See, now, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go through a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.


simplify: and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man’s wife: so will I also be toward thee.

And I said to her, You are to be mine for a long space of time; you are not to be false to me, and no other man is to have you for his wife; and so will I be to you.


rate difficulty: Also he made the molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass; and the height thereof was five cubits; and a line of thirty cubits compassed it round about.

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simplify: And he said unto his disciples, `Days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and ye shall not behold <FI>it<Fi> ;

The day will come,”he said to his disciples, “when you will long to see but one of the days of the Son of Man, and will not see it.


simplify: that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

That, as sin had power in death, so grace might have power through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.


simplify: And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before Jehovah, to be kept throughout your generations.

And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot and put one omer of manna in it, and put it away before the Lord, to be kept for future generations.


rate difficulty: And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

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rate difficulty: And Joash, king of Israel, sent to Amaziah, king of Judah, saying, The thorn-tree in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son for a wife: and a beast from the woodland in Lebanon went by, crushing the thorn under his feet.

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rate difficulty: She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple.

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simplify: And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the Lord should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof.

And that captain said to the man of God, Even if the Lord made windows in heaven, would such a thing be possible? And he said to him, Your eyes will see it, but you will not have a taste of the food.


simplify: Now, O Jehovah God, let thy promise unto David my father be established; for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

Now, O Lord God, let your word to David my father come true; for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in number.


rate difficulty: And the Lord hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.

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rate difficulty: Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of Jehovah? let it come now.

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rate difficulty: And straightway there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

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simplify: While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.

When they see your holy behaviour in the fear of God.


simplify: But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth.

Jesus himself, however, was aware of what they were thinking, and said to them: “Any kingdom wholly divided against itself becomes a desolation; and a divided house falls.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying,

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rate difficulty: Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man’s house where her lord was, till it was light.

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rate difficulty: and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and him that rideth therein; and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;

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rate difficulty: And the ark resteth, in the seventh month, in the seventeenth day of the month, on mountains of Ararat;

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simplify: And he did that which was evil, because he set not his heart to seek Jehovah.

And he did evil because his heart was not true to the Lord.


simplify: For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.

For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband while he is living; but, if her husband dies, she is set free from the law that bound her to him.


simplify: Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret.

For this reason, let the man who has the power of using tongues make request that he may, at the same time, be able to give the sense.


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

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rate difficulty: And Malchiram and Pedaiah and Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama and Nedabiah.

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simplify: And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.

And they made answer to us, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are building the house which was put up in times long past and was designed and made complete by a great king of Israel.


simplify: But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.

Only his flesh still has pain, and his soul is sad.


simplify: And it came to pass, while they communed and questioned together, that Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.

And while they were talking and questioning together, Jesus himself came near and went with them.


simplify: Is not thy fear of God thy confidence, Andthe integrity of thy ways thy hope?

Is not your fear of God your support, and your upright way of life your hope?


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,


simplify: but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

But because of his love for you, and in order to keep his oath to your fathers, the Lord took you out with the strength of his hand, making you free from the prison-house and from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt.


rate difficulty: as children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves according to your former lusts in the time of your ignorance:


simplify: And there came thither, from Antioch and Iconium, Jews, and they having persuaded the multitudes, and having stoned Paul, drew him outside of the city, having supposed him to be dead;

Presently, however, there came some Jews from Antioch, and Iconium who, after they had won over the people, stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the town, thinking him to be dead.


rate difficulty: Now after this, he was in love with a woman in the valley of Sorek, named Delilah.

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simplify: Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.

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


simplify: And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish.

And no man puts new wine into old wine-skins, for fear that the skins will be burst by the new wine, and the wine be let out, and the skins come to destruction.


simplify: And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

But if you say anything about our business here, then we will be free from the oath you have made us take.


simplify: And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Beth–el,

And the limit of the land marked out for the children of Joseph went out from Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, in the waste land, going up from Jericho through the hill-country to Beth-el;


rate difficulty: lo, the bits we put into the mouths of the horses for their obeying us, and their whole body we turn about;

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simplify: And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.

And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, The flesh is to be cooked in water at the door of the Tent of meeting, and there you are to take it as food, together with the bread in the basket, as I have given orders, saying, It is the food of Aaron and his sons.


simplify: And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim, on the north of the mountain of Gaash.

And they put his body in the earth in the land of his heritage in Timnath-heres, in the hill-country of Ephraim to the north of Mount Gaash.


simplify: Saith the Lord, who maketh these things known from of old.

Says the Lord, who has made these things clear from the earliest times.


simplify: And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,)

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


simplify: And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

So they went on their way; and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the land of Benjamin.


simplify: But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children.

But Jesus, turning to them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, let not your weeping be for me, but for yourselves and for your children.


rate difficulty: And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he had spoken in the name of Jehovah.


simplify: And when they go forth into the outer court, even into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they minister, and lay them in the holy chambers; and they shall put on other garments, that they sanctify not the people with their garments.

And when they go out into the outer square to the people, they are to take off the robes in which they do the work of priests, and put them away in the holy rooms, and put on other clothing, so that the people may not be made holy by their robes.


rate difficulty: and Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,

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simplify: Then took I the cup at Jehovah’s hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom Jehovah had sent me:

Then I took the cup from the Lord's hand, and gave a drink from it to all the nations to whom the Lord sent me;


rate difficulty: But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:

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rate difficulty: Who hath divided a channel for the rain-flood, and a way for the thunder's flash;

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simplify: `As, then, the darnel is gathered up, and is burned with fire, so shall it be in the full end of this age,

And, just as the weeds are gathered and burnt, so it will be at the close of the age.


rate difficulty: And the barley, and the straw for the horses and coursers, they brought to the place where [the superintendents] were, every man according to his charge.

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simplify: But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out by reason of the heat, and fastened on his hand.

But when Paul had got some sticks together and put them on the fire, a snake came out, because of the heat, and gave him a bite on the hand.


simplify: And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran.

And the children of Israel went on their journey out of the waste land of Sinai; and the cloud came to rest in the waste land of Paran.


simplify: And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for man shall not see me and live.

But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said, So shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations whither I will drive them.

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rate difficulty: I, the prisoner in [the] Lord, exhort you therefore to walk worthy of the calling wherewith ye have been called,

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simplify: Jehovah will make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust, sending it down on you from heaven till your destruction is complete.


simplify: Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem.

Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king; and he was ruling for two years in Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

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simplify: holding forth the word of life; that I may have whereof to glory in the day of Christ, that I did not run in vain neither labor in vain.

Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.


simplify: and them that were reckoned by genealogy of the priests by their fathers’ houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their courses;

And the families of the priests were listed by their fathers' names, but the Levites, of twenty years old and over, were listed in relation to their work in their divisions;


rate difficulty: Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

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simplify: And he shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before Jehovah, that is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.

And he is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the Lord in the Tent of meeting; and all the rest of the blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar of burned offering at the door of the Tent of meeting.


simplify: My son, if thou wilt receive my words, And lay up my commandments with thee;

My son, if you will take my words to your heart, storing up my laws in your mind;


simplify: And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead; for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he hearkened not unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead!

And then on the seventh day the child's death took place. And David's servants were in fear of giving him the news of the child's death: for they said, Truly, while the child was still living he gave no attention when we said anything to him: what will he do to himself if we give him word that the child is dead?


rate difficulty: See, I will make it healthy and well again, I will even make them well; I will let them see peace and good faith in full measure.

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simplify: 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.

And the night after, the Lord came to his side and said, Be of good heart, for as you have been witnessing for me in Jerusalem, so will you be my witness in Rome.


simplify: And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

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.


simplify: And, behold, the word of Jehovah came unto him, saying, This man shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.


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

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon offered there upon the brazen altar before Jehovah which was at the tent of meeting; and he offered up a thousand burnt-offerings upon it.

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simplify: And the custom of the priests with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest’s servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;

And the priests' way with the people was this: when any man made an offering, the priest's servant came while the flesh was being cooked, having in his hand a meat-hook with three teeth;


rate difficulty: saying--`Unto men uncircumcised thou didst go in, and didst eat with them!'

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rate difficulty: All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.

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simplify: in the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him;

In the third year of his rule he gave a feast to all his captains and his servants; and the captains of the army of Persia and Media, the great men and the rulers of the divisions of his kingdom, were present before him;


rate difficulty: but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and even made molten images for the Baals;

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simplify: Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book.

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Put down in a book all the words which I have said to you.


rate difficulty: Perhaps there may want five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city on account of the five? And he said, If I shall find forty-five there, I will not destroy [it].

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simplify: For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

For, when I was hungry, you gave me no food; when I was thirsty, you gave me no drink;


rate difficulty: and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Jehovah I was not known to them.

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rate difficulty: and he said to them, `Having gone, say to this fox, Lo, I cast forth demons, and perfect cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third <FI>day<Fi> I am being perfected;

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rate difficulty: And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding,

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rate difficulty: And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

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


simplify: He saith, who heareth the words of God, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:

He says, whose ears are open to the words of God, who has seen the vision of the Ruler of all, falling down, but having his eyes open:


simplify: This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.

This is your fate, the part measured out to you by me, says the Lord, because you have put me out of your memory and put your faith in what is false.


rate difficulty: But if I give praise to God for the food which I take, let no man say evil of me for that reason.

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rate difficulty: So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.

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rate difficulty: But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel.


simplify: When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel, according to those that are numbered of them, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto Jehovah, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them.

When you are taking the number of the children of Israel, let every man who is numbered give to the Lord a price for his life, so that no disease may come on them when they are numbered.


rate difficulty: Who <FI>is<Fi> he that doth strive with me? For now I keep silent and gasp.

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