simplify: and one of them, by name Agabus, having stood up, did signify through the Spirit a great dearth is about to be throughout all the world--which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar--

One of them, named Agabus, came forward and, under the influence of the Spirit, foretold a great famine that was to spread over all the world — a famine which occurred in the reign of Claudius.


rate difficulty: And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

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rate difficulty: And I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

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rate difficulty: Whenever they take you before the synagogue Courts or the magistrates or other authorities, do not be anxious as to how you will defend yourselves, or what your defense will be, or what you will say;

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rate difficulty: And Jael went out to Sisera, and said to him, Come in, my lord, come in to me without fear. So he went into her tent, and she put a cover over him.


simplify: And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day;

And the light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: wasting and burning up his thorns in one day.


simplify: For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

If we are in union with Christ Jesus, neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything, but faith, working through love, is everything.


rate difficulty: Why do you call me ‘Master! Master!’ and yet fail to do what I tell you?


simplify: And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.

And Jacob said, I am Esau, your oldest son; I have done as you said: come now, be seated and take of my meat, so that you may give me a blessing.


simplify: Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans that besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

The Lord God of Israel has said, See, I am turning back the instruments of war in your hands, with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and the Chaldaeans, who are outside the walls and shutting you in; and I will get them together inside this town.


simplify: And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again.

Some again said that Elijah had appeared, and others that one of the old prophets had risen again.


simplify: And ye were now turned, and had done that which is right in mine eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:

And now, turning away from evil, you had done what is right in my eyes, giving a public undertaking for every man to make his neighbour free; and you had made an agreement before me in the house which is named by my name:


rate difficulty: Nor do people put new wine into old wine-skins; for, if they do, the skins burst, and the wine runs out, and the skins are lost; but they put new wine into fresh skins, and so both are preserved.”


simplify: The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Beth–shemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there.

And the Philistines, forcing their way into the towns of the lowlands and the south of Judah, had taken Beth-shemesh and Aijalon and Gederoth and Soco, with their daughter-towns, as well as Timnah and Gimzo and their daughter-towns, and were living there.


rate difficulty: Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

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rate difficulty: pursue them in anger, and destroy them from under the heavens of Jehovah.


rate difficulty: Then he said to him, I am a prophet like you; and an angel said to me by the word of the Lord, Take him back with you and give him food and water. But he said false words to him.


simplify: And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,

But when Gallio was ruler of Achaia, all the Jews together made an attack on Paul, and took him to the judge's seat,


simplify: Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:

When the sin which he has done is made clear to him, let him give for his offering a goat, a male without any mark.


rate difficulty: And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

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Do not make little of the words of the prophets;


rate difficulty: and laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison.


simplify: Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.

Friends, let everyone remain in the condition in which they were when they were called, in close communion with God.


simplify: And Pilate again answered and said unto them, What then shall I do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?

And Pilate again said in answer to them, What then am I to do to him to whom you give the name of the King of the Jews?


rate difficulty: And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?

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


rate difficulty: Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.

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


rate difficulty: He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.

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


simplify: besides Solomon’s chief officers that were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, who bare rule over the people that wrought in the work.

In addition to the chiefs of the responsible men put by Solomon to oversee the work, three thousand and three hundred in authority over the workmen.


rate difficulty: And Moses was looking for the goat of the sin-offering, but it was burned; and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron, who were still living, saying,

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rate difficulty: And her sister Oholibah saw [this], and was more corrupt in her passion than she, and in her fornications more than the whoredoms of her sister.

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rate difficulty: And Chelub the brother of Shuah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

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


simplify: and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.

‘But, Father Abraham,’ he urged, ‘if some one from the dead were to go to them, they would repent.’


simplify: And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.

And the earth will give its answer to the grain and the wine and the oil, and they will give an answer to Jezreel;


rate difficulty: These are the men who gave orders to Pharaoh to let the children of Israel go out of Egypt: these are the same Moses and Aaron.

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simplify: And he brought Aaron’s sons; and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.

Then he took Aaron's sons, and Moses put some of the blood on the point of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet: and Moses put the blood on and round the altar.


simplify: But straightway a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having heard of him, came and fell down at his feet.

But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having had news of him, came straight away and went down at his feet.


simplify: ye no longer suffer him to do aught for his father or his mother;

You no longer let him do anything for his father or his mother;


simplify: And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.


simplify: Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?


simplify: for I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Be coming, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doth <FI>it<Fi> .'

For I myself am a man under the orders of others, with soldiers under me; and, if I say to one of them ‘Go,’ he goes, and to another ‘Come,’ he comes, and to my slave ‘Do this,’ he does it.”


simplify: Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

Let your love be sincere. Hate the wrong; cling to the right.


simplify: But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against Jehovah; and be sure your sin will find you out.

But if you do not do this, then you are sinners against the Lord; and you may be certain that your sin will have its reward.


rate difficulty: and also all the prophets from Samuel and those following in order, as many as spake, did also foretell of these days.

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rate difficulty: And were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh, the son of Joseph, and their property was kept in the tribe of their father's family


rate difficulty: The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

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rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all the peoples; all that burden themselves with it shall be sore wounded; and all the nations of the earth shall be gathered together against it.


rate difficulty: And He saith unto me, `Hast thou seen, son of man? hath it been a light thing to the house of Judah to do the abomination that they have done here, that they have filled the land with violence, and turn back to provoke Me to anger? and lo, they are putting forth the branch unto their nose!

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rate difficulty: And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God.

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


rate difficulty: For in what is it that ye have been inferior to the other assemblies, unless that I myself have not been in laziness a charge upon you? Forgive me this injury.

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


simplify: And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.

In the morning her master got up, and opening the door of the house went out to go on his way; and he saw his servant-wife stretched on the earth at the door of the house with her hands on the step.


rate difficulty: My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.


simplify: and fulfilled was the Writing that is saying, `And Abraham did believe God, and it was reckoned to him--to righteousness;' and, `Friend of God' he was called.

and that in this way the words of scripture came true — “Abraham believed God, and that was regarded by God as righteousness,” and “He was called the friend of God.”


simplify: And in the most holy house he made two cherubims of image work, and overlaid them with gold.

And in the most holy place he made images of two winged beings, covering them with gold.


simplify: And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

And Saul said to him, Why have you made designs against me with the son of Jesse, giving him food and a sword and getting directions from the Lord for him, and helping him to take up arms against me, and to be on the watch to make a secret attack on me as he is doing now?


rate difficulty: And their border was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;

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rate difficulty: And Abraham went on living in the land of the Philistines as in a strange country.

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simplify: And the prophet took up the carcase of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him.

Then the prophet took up the body of the man of God and put it on the ass and took it back; and he came to the town to put the body to rest with weeping.


rate difficulty: And the son of Jacob was Joseph the husband of Mary, who gave birth to Jesus, whose name is Christ.

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rate difficulty: Do not neglect the divine gift within you, which was given you, amid many a prediction, when the hands of the officers of the church were laid on your head.

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simplify: Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Do not be false to the married relation.


simplify: In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

In the future life, when they come back from the dead, whose wife will she be? for the seven had her for a wife.


rate difficulty: And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them.

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simplify: he that doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.


simplify: and no more do ye suffer him to do anything for his father or for his mother,

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


simplify: and now, having known God--and rather being known by God--how turn ye again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew ye desire to be in servitude?

But now that you have found God — or, rather, have been found by him — how is it that you are turning back to that poor and feeble puerile teaching, to which yet once again you are wanting to become slaves?


rate difficulty: But have no fear, O Jacob, my servant, and do not be troubled, O Israel: for see, I will make you come back from far away, and your seed from the land where they are prisoners; and Jacob will come back, and will be quiet and in peace, and no one will give him cause for fear.

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon made all these vessels in great number; for the weight of the brass was not ascertained.


simplify: and of this being persuaded, I have known that I shall remain and continue with you all, to your advancement and joy of the faith,

Yes, I am confident that this is so, and therefore I am sure that I will stay, and stay near you all, to promote your progress and joy in the faith;


simplify: Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard.

Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.


simplify: Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.

Even Simon believed, and after his baptism attached himself to Philip, and was in his turn mystified at seeing signs and great miracles constantly occurring.


rate difficulty: who are Israelites; whose [is] the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the law-giving, and the service, and the promises;


simplify: And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:

And Moses and Aaron took these men, marked out by name;


simplify: But the men would not hearken to him: so the man laid hold on his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go.

But the men would not give ear to him: so the man took his woman and sent her out to them; and they took her by force, using her for their pleasure all night till the morning; and when dawn came they let her go.


simplify: And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, it is for thee a covering of the eyes to all that are with thee; and in respect of all thou art righted.

And he said to Sarah, See, I have given to your brother a thousand bits of silver so that your wrong may be put right; now your honour is clear in the eyes of all.


simplify: Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!

Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;


simplify: Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

A blessing will be on your coming in and on your going out.


rate difficulty: As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here?

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simplify: Yea, moreover, wine is treacherous, a haughty man, that keepeth not at home; who enlargeth his desire as Sheol, and he is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all peoples.

A curse on the cruel and false one! the man full of pride, who never has enough; who makes his desires wide as the underworld! he is like death; he is never full, but he makes all nations come to him, getting all peoples together to himself.


simplify: for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve:

The fourteenth Mattithiah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;


simplify: Huram said moreover, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.

And Huram said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, maker of heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, full of wisdom and good sense, to be the builder of a house for the Lord and a house for himself as king.


rate difficulty: And Saul said, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have acted foolishly, and have erred exceedingly.

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simplify: And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born.

He called together all the chief priests and teachers of the law in the nation, and questioned them as to where the Christ was to be born.


rate difficulty: But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

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simplify: For, behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; upon one stone are seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith Jehovah of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.

For see, the stone which I have put before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes: see, the design cut on it will be my work, says the Lord of armies, and I will take away the sin of that land in one day.


rate difficulty: The heart knoweth its own bitterness; And a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy.

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


simplify: Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

relieving the wants of Christ’s people; devoted to hospitality.


simplify: And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.

It is to be your food, for you and your families in every place: it is your reward for your work in the Tent of meeting.


rate difficulty: And when it was morning all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus so that they might put him to death.

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


simplify: In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

in the middle of the street of the city. On each side of the river was a Tree of life which bore twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.


simplify: that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.

You are to take a part of the first-fruits of the earth, which you get from the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and put it in a basket, and go to the place marked out by the Lord your God, as the resting-place of his name.


simplify: Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.

My loved ones, now we are children of God, and at present it is not clear what we are to be. We are certain that at his revelation we will be like him; for we will see him as he is.


simplify: And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of Jehovah in the hand of the sons of David; and ye are a great multitude, and there are with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made you for gods.

And now it is your purpose to put yourselves against the authority which the Lord has put into the hands of the sons of David, and you are a very great number, and you have with you the gold oxen which Jeroboam made to be your gods.


rate difficulty: The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

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rate difficulty: And he found a fresh jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand and took it, and slew with it a thousand men.

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


simplify: And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in ambush against the city, behind the city; go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready:

And he gave them their orders, saying, Go and take up your position secretly at the back of the town: do not go very far away, and let all of you be ready:


simplify: And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, Lord, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria.

And when they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, Lord, let the eyes of these men be open so that they may see. And the Lord made their eyes open, and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria.


rate difficulty: and it hath been forgiven to all the company of the sons of Israel, and to the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst; for to all the company <FI>it is done<Fi> in ignorance.

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


simplify: And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

And for forty days the waters were over all the earth; and the waters were increased so that the ark was lifted up high over the earth.


rate difficulty: And so, O men, be of good heart, for I have faith in God that it will be as he said to me.

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


simplify: And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall Jehovah do unto all the kingdoms whither thou goest over.

And I gave orders to Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen what the Lord your God has done to these two kings: so will the Lord do to all the kingdoms into which you come.


simplify: Therefore I say unto you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven.

So I say to you, Every sin and every evil word against God will have forgiveness; but for evil words against the Spirit there will be no forgiveness.


simplify: How he entered into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the showbread, which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests, and gave also to them that were with him?

How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and took for food the holy bread, which only the priests may take, and gave it to those who were with him?


simplify: And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead; but when I had looked at it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, whom I did bear.

And when I got up to give my child the breast, I saw that it was dead; but in the morning, looking at it with care, I saw that it was not my son.


simplify: And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.

And even with these words, it was hard for them to keep the people from making an offering to them.


simplify: And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trod down the thistle.

And Jehoash, 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.


rate difficulty: Do to others as you wish them to do to you.


simplify: his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

they should provide for own household well, and their children should kept under control and be well-behaved.


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

Joining the other ends of the chains to the gold frames and putting them on the front of the ephod, at the top of the arms.


simplify: Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.


rate difficulty: So by their fruits you will get knowledge of them.


simplify: And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.

Then all the expert workmen among them made the House with its ten curtains; of the best linen, blue and purple and red, they made them, with winged ones worked by expert designers.


rate difficulty: so that death works in us, but life in you.


simplify: Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.

Make melody, O daughter of Zion; give a loud cry, O Israel; be glad and let your heart be full of joy, O daughter of Jerusalem.


simplify: for all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

These are the things for which all the nations of the world are seeking, and your Father knows that you need them.


simplify: Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.

It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.


simplify: for he powerfully confuted the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

For he overcame the Jews in public discussion, making clear from the holy Writings that the Christ was Jesus.


simplify: And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.

And he said to them, This is what Micah did for me, and he gave me payment and I became his priest.


rate difficulty: There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.

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


simplify: And after him arose Jair, the Gileadite; and he judged Israel twenty and two years.

And after him came Jair the Gileadite, who was judge over Israel for twenty-two years.


simplify: He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.

He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches.


rate difficulty: And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he said, By way of the wilderness of Edom.

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


simplify: but having food and raiment--with these we shall suffice ourselves;

So, with food and shelter, we will be content.


simplify: from the Shihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the border of Ekron northward, which is reckoned to the Canaanites; the five lords of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avvim,

From the Shihor, which is before Egypt, to the edge of Ekron to the north, which is taken to be Canaanite property: the five chiefs of the Philistines; the Gazites, and the Ashdodites, the Ashkelonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites, as well as the Avvim;


simplify: What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come.

Well now, as they are certain to hear of your arrival, do what we are going to suggest.


rate difficulty: and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God is bringing thee out thence by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm; therefore hath Jehovah thy God commanded thee to keep the day of the sabbath.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


simplify: But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

But the Jerusalem above is free, and she it is who is our mother.


rate difficulty: Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain.


rate difficulty: Hurai of Nahale-gaash, Abiel the Arbathite,

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


rate difficulty: Or let him put himself under my power, and make peace with me.


simplify: But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.

But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead.


rate difficulty: And the king gave orders to Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Because of me, be gentle to the young man Absalom. And this order about Absalom was given in the hearing of all the people.

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


simplify: Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

By this you may have knowledge of the Spirit of God: every spirit which says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:


simplify: And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled mine inheritance with their abominations.

And I will give them the reward of their evil-doing and their sin twice over; because they have made my land unclean, and have made my heritage full of the bodies of their unholy and disgusting things.


rate difficulty: For I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.

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


simplify: because if anything to him in your behalf I have boasted, I was not put to shame; but as all things in truth we did speak to you, so also our boasting before Titus became truth,

Although I have been boasting a little to him about you, you did not put me to shame; but, just as every thing we had said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus about you has also proved to be the truth.


simplify: And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

And let the overseers say to the people, If there is any man who has made for himself a new house and has not gone into it, let him go back to his house, so that in the event of his death in the fight, another may not take his house for himself.


rate difficulty: He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

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


simplify: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;

Then we will no longer be like infants, tossed backward and forward, blown about by every breath of human teaching and by people's trickery and craftiness;


simplify: But he saveth from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

But he keeps safe from their sword those who have no father, and the poor from the power of the strong.


simplify: So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:

Then the two men came down from the hill-country and went over and came back to Joshua, the son of Nun; and they gave him a complete account of what had taken place.


simplify: And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah;

And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the children of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Zidon, by their servants who come to Jerusalem, to Zedekiah, king of Judah;


rate difficulty: But thine eyes and thy heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

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


simplify: And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meeting.

And let Aaron and his sons make a meal of it, with the bread in the basket, at the door of the Tent of meeting.


rate difficulty: And Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

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


simplify: And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.

And from there to Philippi, which is the most important town of Macedonia and a Roman colony: and we were there for some days.


rate difficulty: The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them.


simplify: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,


rate difficulty: If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.


simplify: Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?

So the Pharisees and the teachers of the law asked Jesus this question — “How is it that your disciples do not follow the traditions of our ancestors, but eat their food with defiled hands?”


simplify: For John said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.

For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife.


simplify: And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son?

And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I: who are you, my son?


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

But from this hour ‘the Son of Man will be seated on the right hand of God Almighty.’”


rate difficulty: Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me.

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


rate difficulty: And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

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


rate difficulty: And there was no passover like to that holden in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel hold such a passover as Josiah held, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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


simplify: Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee.

Let your servant now go back again, so that when death comes to me, it may be in my town and by the resting-place of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham: let him go with my lord the king, and do for him what seems good to you.


simplify: and the beast that I saw was like to a leopard, and its feet as of a bear, and its mouth as the mouth of a lion, and the dragon did give to it his power, and his throne, and great authority.

The Beast that I saw was like a leopard; but its feet were like a bear’s, and its mouth like the mouth of a lion. The Dragon gave it his power and his throne, and wide dominion.


rate difficulty: I gave you milk and not meat, because you were, then, unable to take it, and even now you are not able;

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


rate difficulty: and the people spoke againstGod, and against Moses, Why have ye brought us up out of Egypt that we should die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and no water, and our soul loathes this light bread.

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


simplify: And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zaccheus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house.

And when Jesus came to the place, looking up, he said to him, Zacchaeus, be quick and come down, for I am coming to your house today.


rate difficulty: And Herod having sought him and not found him, having examined the guards, commanded [them] to be executed. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea and stayed [there].


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

Take this from their part and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to be lifted up to the Lord.


simplify: The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

To an eminent Christian Lady, and to her children, from the officer of the church. I sincerely love you all, and not I only, but also all those who have learned to know the truth.


rate difficulty: Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,

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


simplify: And they were bringing unto him little children, that he should touch them: and the disciples rebuked them.

And they took to him little children, so that he might put his hands on them: and the disciples said sharp words to them.


simplify: And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet. Now David and his men were abiding in the innermost parts of the cave.

And on the way he came to a place where sheep were kept, where there was a hollow in the rock; and Saul went in for a private purpose. Now David and his men were in the deepest part of the hollow.


simplify: So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the Lord God of his fathers.

So Edom made themselves free from the rule of Judah, to this day: and at the same time Libnah made itself free from his rule; because he was turned away from the Lord, the God of his fathers.


rate difficulty: And all the kings--servants of Hadadezer--see that they have been smitten before Israel, and make peace with Israel, and serve them; and Aram is afraid to help any more the Bene-Ammon.

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


rate difficulty: And he arose and took to [him] the little child and its mother, and came into the land of Israel;


rate difficulty: and put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

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


rate difficulty: and the people of the land smite all those conspiring against king Amon, and the people of the land cause Josiah his son to reign in his stead.

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


simplify: Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.

It may seem to you that all this time we have been attempting to put ourselves in the right; but we are saying these things before God in Christ. For all things, dear brothers, are for your profit.


rate difficulty: `And this <FI>is<Fi> the charge of their burden, of all their service in the tent of meeting; the boards of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets,

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


rate difficulty: to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

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


simplify: And the priest shall look on the raw flesh, and pronounce him unclean: the raw flesh is unclean: it is leprosy.

And when the priest sees the diseased flesh he will say that he is unclean; the diseased flesh is unclean, he is a leper.


rate difficulty: And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.

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


rate difficulty: how he entered into the house ofGod and took the shewbread and ate, and gave to those also who were with him, which it is not lawful that [any] eat, unless the priests alone?

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


rate difficulty: and other fell in the midst of the thorns, and the thorns having sprung up with [it] choked it;

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


simplify: Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.

Then Amaziah, the priest of Beth-el, sent to Jeroboam, king of Israel, saying, Amos has made designs against you among the people of Israel: the land is troubled by his words.


rate difficulty: For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.

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


rate difficulty: In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge:

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


simplify: For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;

For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,


rate difficulty: and out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Aner with its suburbs, and Bileam with its suburbs, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath.

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


simplify: And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

And he sent for writing materials and put down: His name is John; and they were all surprised.


simplify: But if any man thinketh that he behaveth himself unseemly toward his virgin daughter, if she be past the flower of her age, and if need so requireth, let him do what he will; he sinneth not; let them marry.

But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.


simplify: Haste ye, and come, all ye nations round about, and gather yourselves together: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O Jehovah.

Come quickly, all you nations round about, and get yourselves together there: make your strong ones come down, O Lord.


simplify: And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

And at these words about the ark of God, Eli, falling back off his seat by the side of the doorway into the town, came down on the earth so that his neck was broken and death overtook him, for he was an old man and of great weight. He had been judging Israel for forty years.


simplify: And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.


simplify: Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.

And some of them were responsible for the holy things and for the vessels of the holy place, and the meal and the wine and the oil and the perfume and the spices.


rate difficulty: for with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you.

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


simplify: Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?


simplify: And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband:

To those who are married my direction is — yet it is not mine, but the Master’s — that a woman is not to leave her husband


rate difficulty: and Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan,

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


simplify: And they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

And their answer will be, Because they were turned away from the Lord, the God of their fathers, who took them out of the land of Egypt, and took for themselves other gods and gave them worship and became their servants: that is why he has sent all this evil on them.


rate difficulty: and Peter remembered the saying of Jesus, he having said to him--`Before cock-crowing, thrice thou wilt deny me;' and having gone without, he did weep bitterly.

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


rate difficulty: And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

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


simplify: And he bought the parcel of ground, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of money.

And for a hundred bits of money he got from the children of Hamor, the builder of Shechem, the field in which he had put up his tents.


simplify: And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, that appertained to the throne of the governor beyond the River.

By their side were working Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah from the seat of the ruler across the river.


rate difficulty: Have you come into the springs of the sea, walking in the secret places of the deep?


simplify: What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows?

What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?


rate difficulty: So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God.


simplify: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

And if any man takes away from the words of this book, God will take away from him his part in the tree of life and the holy town, even the things which are in this book.


rate difficulty: And the king of Israel said, Take ye Micah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;

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


simplify: So Jehovah our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.

So the Lord our God gave up Og, king of Bashan, and all his people into our hands; and we overcame him so completely that all his people came to their end in the fight.


simplify: I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

My ears have been open to what the prophets have said, who say false words in my name, saying, I have had a dream, I have had a dream, I have had a dream,


simplify: And this shall be the sign unto thee: ye shall eat this year that which groweth of itself, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

And this will be the sign to you: you will get your food this year from what comes up of itself; and in the second year from the produce of the same; and in the third year you will put in your seed and get in the grain and make vine-gardens and take of their fruit.


rate difficulty: and he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and lodge, and wash your feet; and ye shall rise up early, and go on your way. And they said, No; but we will pass the night in the open place.

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


simplify: And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying,

And they sent for him; and Jeroboam and all Israel came to Rehoboam and said,


simplify: Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.


simplify: And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not.

So they went through the hill-country of Ephraim and through the land of Shalishah, but they saw no sign of them: then they went through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there: and they went through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not come across them.


rate difficulty: And ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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


simplify: unto a hundred talents of silver, and to a hundred measures of wheat, and to a hundred baths of wine, and to a hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much.

Up to a hundred talents of silver, a hundred measures of grain, a hundred measures of wine, and a hundred measures of oil, and salt without measure.


simplify: Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.

Therefore, I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and slander; but slander against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.


simplify: And he cried against the altar by the word of Jehovah, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith Jehovah: Behold, a son shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he sacrifice the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men’s bones shall they burn upon thee.

And by the order of the Lord he made an outcry against the altar, saying, O altar, altar, the Lord has said, From the seed of David will come a child, named Josiah, and on you he will put to death the priests of the high places, who are burning offerings on you, and men's bones will be burned on you.


simplify: Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

Do not let the family of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites;


simplify: Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

You are not to make an image or picture of anything in heaven or on the earth or in the waters under the earth:


simplify: And he said unto him, Lord, with thee I am ready to go both to prison and to death.

And he said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death.


rate difficulty: My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

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


simplify: But it is good to be zealously sought in a good matter at all times, and not only when I am present with you.

But it is good to have an interest in a good cause at all times, and not only when I am present with you.


simplify: Now these are the nations which the Lord left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan;

Now these are the nations which the Lord kept in the land for the purpose of testing Israel by them, all those who had had no experience of all the wars of Canaan;


simplify: And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him:

And seeing great masses of people he went up into the mountain; and when he was seated his disciples came to him.


rate difficulty: But there arose false prophets also among the people, as among you also there shall be false teachers, who shall privily bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.

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


simplify: Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him,

Adina, the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him;


rate difficulty: And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

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


rate difficulty: Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

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


rate difficulty: And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee.


simplify: and lo, a leper having come, was bowing to him, saying, `Sir, if thou art willing, thou art able to cleanse me;'

He saw a leper who came up, and bowed to the ground before him, and said: “Master, if only you are willing, you are able to make me clean.”


simplify: So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

There is no gift in which you are deficient, while waiting for the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.


simplify: Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

Now David had said, What was the use of my taking care of this man's goods in the waste land, so that there was no loss of anything which was his? he has only given me back evil for good.


rate difficulty: And the hand of Jehovah hath been unto me in the evening, before the coming in of the escaped one, and He openeth my mouth till the coming in unto me in the morning, and opened is my mouth, and I have not been silent again.

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


simplify: that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

So that the land may not put you out from it, when you make it unclean, as it put out the nations which were there before you.


simplify: And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles.

But fear came on every soul: and all sorts of wonders and signs were done by the Apostles.


rate difficulty: `And it came to pass when I returned to Jerusalem, and while I was praying in the temple, I came into a trance,

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


rate difficulty: `And Sihon king of Heshbon hath not been willing to let us pass over by him, for Jehovah thy God hath hardened his spirit, and strengthened his heart, so as to give him into thy hand as at this day.


simplify: They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.

The dead will not come back to life: their spirits will not come back to earth; for this cause you have sent destruction on them, so that the memory of them is dead.


simplify: Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash.

Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the valleys of Gaash,


simplify: Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your generations.

From generation to generation you are to give to the Lord a lifted offering from the first of your rough meal.


simplify: Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites.

So Israel put up their tents in the land of the Amorites.


simplify: Receive my instruction, and not silver; And knowledge rather than choice gold.

Take my teaching, and not silver; get knowledge in place of the best gold.


simplify: Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?


simplify: Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Making good use of the time, because the days are evil.


rate difficulty: And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord.

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


simplify: And he stayed yet other seven days, and sent forth the dove; and she returned not again unto him any more.

And after seven days more, he sent the dove out again, but she did not come back to him.


simplify: The heart of her husband trusteth in her, And he shall have no lack of gain.

The heart of her husband has faith in her, and he will have profit in full measure.


rate difficulty: For the Lord says, Though you see no wind or rain, the valley will be full of water, and you and your armies and your beasts will have drink.

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


simplify: And the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid.

And the king said to me, Why is your face sad, seeing that you are not ill? this is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was full of fear;


rate difficulty: For all his days are sorrows, and his travail vexation: even in the night his heart taketh no rest. This also is vanity.

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


rate difficulty: And then will many be offended, and will deliver one another up, and hate one another;

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


simplify: I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee.

I have put your evil doings out of my mind like a thick cloud, and your sins like a mist: come back to me; for I have taken up your cause.


simplify: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.

For fear that, coming suddenly, he sees you sleeping.


rate difficulty: These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin:

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


simplify: And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.

Among the children of Israel I will make my living-place, and I will be their God.


simplify: The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

The fate of Moab is near, and trouble is coming on him very quickly.


rate difficulty: Remember well, and bow down doth my soul in me.


simplify: And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill, much people met him.

And on the day after, when they came down from the mountain, a great band of people came to him.


rate difficulty: And these were they which went up also from Tel–melah, Tel–haresha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father’s house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel.

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


simplify: And even as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also withstand the truth; men corrupted in mind, reprobate concerning the faith.

And as James and Jambres went against Moses, so do these go against what is true: men of evil minds, who, tested by faith, are seen to be false.


rate difficulty: They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.

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


simplify: And he dwelt there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

And he was there for a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.


simplify: And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.

Then having taken off his linen robes and put on other clothing, he is to take it away into a clean place, outside the tent-circle.


rate difficulty: And I will send destruction on the winter house with the summer house; the ivory houses will be falling down and the great houses will come to an end, says the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And every bad and worthless man, of the men who have gone with David, answereth, yea, they say, `Because that they have not gone with us we do not give to them of the spoil which we have delivered, except each his wife and his children, and they lead away and go.

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


rate difficulty: And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

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


simplify: He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

He took me out into a wide place; he was my saviour because he had delight in me.


rate difficulty: Will the goods of war be taken from the strong man, or the prisoners of the cruel one be let go?

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


simplify: For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.

for I have not shrunk from announcing the whole purpose of God regarding you.


simplify: But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me; forbid them not: for to such belongeth the kingdom of God.

And when Jesus saw it, he was angry, and said to them, Let the little children come to me, and do not keep them away; for of such is the kingdom of God.


simplify: And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

Now Laban had two daughters: the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.


simplify: And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.

Then Judah said openly that they were his, and said, She is more upright than I am, for I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he had no more connection with her.


simplify: And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites did, whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.)

He did a very disgusting thing in going after false gods, doing all the things the Amorites did, whom the Lord sent out before the children of Israel.)


simplify: if any one doth think to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge the things that I write to you--that of the Lord they are commands;

If anyone thinks that he has the gift of preaching or any other spiritual gift, let him recognize that what I am now saying to you is a command from the Lord.


rate difficulty: from which certain, having swerved, did turn aside to vain discourse,

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


rate difficulty: And the second took her, and at his death there were no offspring; and the third the same:


simplify: And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.

And Judah and all its towns will be living there together; the farmers and those who go about with flocks.


rate difficulty: And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

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


simplify: And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

And the high places of Isaac will be unpeopled, and the holy places of Israel will be made waste; and I will come up against the family of Jeroboam with the sword.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered together their armies for warfare to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, Know thou assuredly that thou shalt go out with me to the camp, thou and thy men.

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


simplify: And the children are impudent and stiffhearted: I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah.

And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.


simplify: But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:

But if you have fear of going down, take your servant Purah with you and go down to the tents;


simplify: I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.

And I will make them come back out of the land of Egypt, and will get them together out of Assyria; and I will take them into the land of Gilead, and it will not be wide enough for them.


simplify: Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal andone ofthe chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah.

Now it came about in the seventh month that Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king's seed, having with him ten men, came to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, in Mizpah; and they had a meal together in Mizpah.


simplify: And this is the case of the manslayer, that shall flee thither and live: whoso killeth his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in time past;

This is to be the rule for anyone who goes in flight there, after causing the death of his neighbour in error and not through hate;


rate difficulty: Now the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners against Jehovah exceedingly.


simplify: While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house;

And this one was still talking when another came, and said, Your sons and your daughters were feasting together in their oldest brother's house,


rate difficulty: Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.

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


simplify: And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover.


rate difficulty: For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

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


rate difficulty: but new wine is to be put into new skins, and both are preserved.

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


rate difficulty: Then Solomon made Pharaoh's daughter come up from the town of David to the house which he had made for her; for he said, I will not have my wife living in the house of David, king of Israel, because those places where the ark of the Lord has come are holy.

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


rate difficulty: Thou didst march through the land in indignation; Thou didst thresh the nations in anger.

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


rate difficulty: And they come in, and call unto the gatekeeper of the city, and declare for themselves, saying, `We have come in unto the camp of Aram, and lo, there is not there a man, or sound of man, but the bound horse, and the bound ass, and tents as they <FI>are<Fi> .'

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


simplify: Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

Till I come, give attention to the reading of the holy Writings, to comforting the saints, and to teaching.


rate difficulty: When therefore ye assemble yourselves together, it is not possible to eat the Lord’s supper:

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


simplify: Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.


rate difficulty: and Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah,

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


rate difficulty: and other of the apostles I did not see, except James, the brother of the Lord.


simplify: and he carried away all his cattle, and all his substance which he had gathered, the cattle of his getting, which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to Isaac his father unto the land of Canaan.

And sending on before him all his cattle and his property which he had got together in Paddan-aram, he made ready to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.


rate difficulty: And if, bound in fetters, they be held in cords of affliction,


rate difficulty: To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the Lord.

For this reason the Lord has said, See, I will send you away from off the face of the earth: this year death will overtake you, because you have said words against the Lord.


simplify: the circumcision is nothing, and the uncircumcision is nothing--but a keeping of the commands of God.

Circumcision is nothing; the want of it is nothing; but to keep the commands of God is everything.


rate difficulty: `And lo, I <FI>am<Fi> with thee, and have kept thee whithersoever thou goest, and have caused thee to turn back unto this ground; for I leave thee not till that I have surely done that which I have spoken to thee.'

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

So Ahab, hearing that Naboth was dead, went down to the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite to take it as his heritage.


simplify: Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of Jehovah from his place.

Then I was lifted up by the wind, and at my back the sound of a great rushing came to my ears when the glory of the Lord was lifted up from his place.


rate difficulty: Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

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


simplify: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and the sea, and everything in them, and he took his rest on the seventh day: for this reason the Lord has given his blessing to the seventh day and made it holy.


rate difficulty: saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:

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


rate difficulty: What God himself, then, has yoked together no one must separate.”


simplify: And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

And not long after, the younger son got together everything which was his and took a journey into a far-away country, and there all his money went in foolish living.


simplify: And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.

Its gates will never be shut by day,’ and there will be no night there.


rate difficulty: at the eighteenth <FI>to<Fi> Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve;

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


simplify: And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

On the following Sabbath, almost all the city gathered to hear God’s message.


simplify: Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

Blessed is the person who remains firm under temptation, for, when they have stood the test, they will receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to those who love him.


simplify: Behold, the enemy shall come up like a lion from the pride of the Jordan against the strong habitation: for I will suddenly make them run away from it; and whoso is chosen, him will I appoint over it: for who is like me? and who will appoint me a time? and who is the shepherd that can stand before me?

See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make them go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will keep his place before me?


rate difficulty: By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty.


rate difficulty: and the children struggle together within her, and she saith, `If <FI>it is<Fi> right--why <FI>am<Fi> I thus?' and she goeth to seek Jehovah.

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


simplify: And thou shalt come unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto Jehovah thy God, that I am come unto the land which Jehovah sware unto our fathers to give us.

And you are to come to him who is priest at that time, and say to him, I give witness today before the Lord your God, that I have come into the land which the Lord made an oath to our fathers to give us.


simplify: And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom.

And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end.


simplify: And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them households.

And because the women who took care of the Hebrew mothers had the fear of God, he gave them families.


rate difficulty: Therefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth melt.

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


simplify: Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father.

Because they are turned away from me to the worship of Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Zidonians, and Chemosh, the god of Moab, and Milcom, the god of the Ammonites; they have not been walking in my ways or doing what is right in my eyes or keeping my laws and my decisions as his father David did.


simplify: Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

Their young children will be broken up before their eyes; their goods will be taken away, and their wives made the property of others.


simplify: `And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? and he said unto me, I am Jesus the Nazarene whom thou dost persecute--

‘Who are you, Lord?’ I replied. Then the voice said ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth whom you are persecuting.’


simplify: And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.

And he sent destruction on those towns, with all the lowland and all the people of those towns and every green thing in the land.


simplify: And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul:

God did miracles of no ordinary kind by Paul’s hands;


rate difficulty: When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

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


rate difficulty: Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

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


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


rate difficulty: and through a window in a rope basket I was let down, through the wall, and fled out of his hands.

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


simplify: Now I would have you know, brethren, that the thingswhich happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the progress of the gospel;

Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;


rate difficulty: Ye are the children of the Lord your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.

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


simplify: and out of the multitude they put forward Alexander--the Jews thrusting him forward--and Alexander having beckoned with the hand, wished to make defence to the populace,

But some of the crowd prompted Alexander, whom several of the Jewish leaders had pushed to the front, and he waved his hand to show that he wanted to speak in their defense to the people.


rate difficulty: And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them.


simplify: And they began to reason among themselves, who then of them it may be, who is about to do this thing.

Then they began questioning one another which of them it could be who was going to do this.


simplify: And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the Lord our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Go on crying to the Lord our God for us to make us safe from the hands of the Philistines.


rate difficulty: And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

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


simplify: Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, so that not a man shall be left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!

Even though their children have come to growth I will take them away, so that not a man will be there; for their evil-doing will be complete and they will be put to shame because of it.


simplify: out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

From the very same mouth come blessings and curses! My friends, it is not right that this should be so.


simplify: Give us this day our daily bread.

Give us today  the bread that we will need;


rate difficulty: And he shewed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, going out of the throne ofGod and of the Lamb.

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


simplify: the night did advance, and the day came nigh; let us lay aside, therefore, the works of the darkness, and let us put on the armour of the light;

The night is almost gone; the day is near. Therefore let us have done with the deeds of darkness, and arm ourselves with the weapons of light.


rate difficulty: and they having heard, with one accord did lift up the voice unto God, and said, `Lord, thou <FI>art<Fi> God, who didst make the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all that <FI>are<Fi> in them,

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: and by means of which you are being saved. I would like to remind you of the words that I used in telling it to you, since you are still holding fast to it, and since it was not in vain that you became believers in Christ.


simplify: And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.

And they were overcome with wonder, saying, He has done all things well: he even gives back the power of hearing and the power of talking to those who have been without them.


rate difficulty: And Gad cometh in unto David on that day, and saith to him, `Go up, raise to Jehovah an altar in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite;'

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


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing.

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


simplify: the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, its staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;

The altar of burned offerings, with its network of brass, its rods, and all its vessels, the washing-vessel and its base;


simplify: And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered.

And when Uriah came to him, David put questions to him about how Joab and the people were, and how the war was going.


simplify: And he made unto it a border of a handbreadth round about, and made a golden crown to the border thereof round about.

And he made a frame all round it about as wide as a man's hand, edged with gold all round.


simplify: And Jesus looking upon them said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.

And Jesus, looking at them, said, With men this is not possible; but with God all things are possible.


simplify: And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

And for six years she kept him safe in the house of the Lord, while Athaliah was ruling over the land.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,

And at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom, the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,


rate difficulty: And the likenesses of the locusts [were] like to horses prepared for war; and upon their heads as crowns like gold, and their faces as faces of men;

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


simplify: He hired also a hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for a hundred talents of silver.

And for a hundred talents of silver, he got a hundred thousand fighting-men from Israel.


rate difficulty: In that day I raise the tabernacle of David, that is fallen, And I have repaired their breaches, And its ruins I do raise up, And I have built it up as in days of old.

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


rate difficulty: Then shalt thou send abroad the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month; in the day of atonement shall ye send abroad the trumpet throughout all your land.

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


simplify: And the same time there arose no small stir about that way.

Just about that time a great disturbance arose about the cause.


rate difficulty: and he said, No, father Abraham, but if any one from the dead may go unto them, they will reform.

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


rate difficulty: So they went up to the town, and when they came inside the town, Samuel came face to face with them on his way to the high place.

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


simplify: Did I take advantage of you by any one of them whom I have sent unto you?

Did I make a profit out of you by any of those whom I sent to you?


simplify: Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:

But you kept these things in the secret of your heart; I am certain this was in your thoughts:


simplify: And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

And they will be named, The holy people, Those whose cause has been taken up by the Lord: and you will be named, Desired, A town not given up.


simplify: And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.

And the chief priests said a number of things against him.


rate difficulty: The entrance to the side-chambers of the middle [floor] was in the right side of the house; and they went up by winding stairs into the middle [floor], and out of the middle into the third.

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


simplify: And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,

And one of the rulers of the Synagogue, Jairus by name, came, and seeing him, went down at his feet,


rate difficulty: And he asked him: “What is your name?”“My name,” he said, “is Legion, for there are many of us;”

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


simplify: and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs:

The Nile will be full of frogs, and they will come up into your house and into your bedrooms and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and into your bread-basins.


rate difficulty: Not like the covenant that I made with their fathers, In the day of My laying hold on their hand, To bring them out of the land of Egypt, In that they made void My covenant, And I ruled over them--an affirmation of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: Jesus at once became aware of the power that had gone out from him, and, turning around in the crowd, he said: “Who touched my clothes?”


rate difficulty: and having eaten sufficient nourishment, they were lightening the ship, casting forth the wheat into the sea.

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


simplify: Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.

Now, go. Remember, I am sending you out as my messengers like lambs among wolves.


rate difficulty: and hast taken of the blood of the bullock, and hast put <FI>it<Fi> on the horns of the altar with thy finger, and all the blood thou dost pour out at the foundation of the altar;

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


simplify: For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.

For you had faith in your evil-doing; you said, No one sees me; by your wisdom and knowledge you have been turned out of the way: and you have said in your heart, I am, and there is no other.


simplify: that the man of God may be fitted--for every good work having been completed.

so that God’s people may be capable and equipped for good work of every kind.


simplify: Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord.

Get up from your seats before the white-haired, and give honour to the old, and let the fear of your God be before you: I am the Lord.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt stand outside, and the man to whom thou hast made a loan shall bring out the pledge to thee without.

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


rate difficulty: It is not good to eat much honey; and to search into weighty matters is [itself] a weight.

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


simplify: Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts;

“Be on your guard against the teachers of the law, who delight to walk about in long robes, and like to be greeted in the streets with respect, and to have the best seats in the Synagogues, and places of honor at dinner.


simplify: But if any man love God, the same is known of him.

On the other hand, if a person loves God, they are known by God.


simplify: But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

But he said, More happy are they who give hearing to the word of God and keep it.


rate difficulty: The children of Bani, six hundred and forty-two.


simplify: The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.

The ephah and the bath are to be of the same measure, so that the bath is equal to a tenth of a homer, and the ephah to a tenth of a homer: the unit of measure is to be a homer.


simplify: And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:

He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey — not even bread, or a bag, or coins in their purse;


simplify: But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt.

The wet places and the pools will not be made sweet; they will be given up to salt.


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

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