simplify: And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.

And looking up to heaven, he took a deep breath, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be open.


rate difficulty: Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, that they may get dishonest gain.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, cometh, and his sons, and his wife, unto Moses, unto the wilderness where he is encamping--the mount of God;

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


rate difficulty: and the Jerusalem above is the free-woman, which is mother of us all,

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


simplify: And if any man lie with her, and her impurity be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

And if any man has sex relations with her so that her blood comes on him, he will be unclean for seven days and every bed on which he has been resting will be unclean.


simplify: The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow.


simplify: (Now this man obtained a field with the reward of his iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.

(Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there.


simplify: And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

And to her baby newly come to birth, and to the children of her body; for having no other food, she will make a meal of them secretly, because of her bitter need and the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.


simplify: And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity;

There was also a Prophetess named Hannah, a daughter of Phanuel and of the tribe of Asher. She was far advanced in years, having lived with her husband for seven years after marriage,


rate difficulty: There is gold, and a multitude of rubies; but the lips of knowledge are a precious Jewel.


simplify: I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:


simplify: So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them.

Such will be the fate of all the men whose minds are fixed on going into Egypt and stopping there; they will come to their end by the sword, by being short of food, and by disease: not one of them will keep his life or get away from the evil which I will send on them.


simplify: Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

But the children of Manasseh were not able to make the people of those towns go out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land.


simplify: But ye that did cleave unto the Lord your God are alive every one of you this day.

But you who kept faith with the Lord are living, every one of you, today.


rate difficulty: But he who is in doubt is judged if he takes food, because he does it not in faith; and whatever is not of faith is sin.

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


simplify: `And woe to those with child, and to those giving suck, in those days;

And alas for pregnant women, and for those who are nursing infants in those days!


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


simplify: every one who hath been begotten of God, sin he doth not, because his seed in him doth remain, and he is not able to sin, because of God he hath been begotten.

No one who has received the new life from God lives sinfully, because the nature of God dwells within them; and they cannot live in sin, because they have received the new life from God.


simplify: The sons ofBenjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Jediael, three.


rate difficulty: And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,

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


rate difficulty: And king Solomon was king over all Israel.


rate difficulty: And death came to Elisha and they put his body into the earth. Now in the spring of the year, armed bands of Moabites frequently came, overrunning the land.


simplify: having a wall great and high; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

She had a wall great and high, with twelve doors, and at the doors twelve angels; and names on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel.


simplify: A needy man that oppresseth the poor Islikea sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

A man of wealth who is cruel to the poor is like a violent rain causing destruction of food.


simplify: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.


simplify: And it shall be, thatin the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, There shall they be called sons of the living God.

And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there they will be named the sons of the living God.


simplify: I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.

I myself will give food to my flock, and I will give them rest, says the Lord.


simplify: and Kibzaim with its suburbs, and Beth-horon with its suburbs; four cities.

And Kibzaim and Beth-horon with their grass-lands, four towns.


rate difficulty: Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of thy lord that are come with thee; and as soon as ye are up early in the morning, and have light, depart.

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


simplify: The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.

The old men are no longer seated in the doorway, and the music of the young men has come to an end.


simplify: Even as I sware unto thee by the Lord God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day.

As I took an oath to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Certainly Solomon your son will become king after me, seated on my seat in my place; so will I do this day.


simplify: For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.

Am I now using arguments to men, or God? or is it my desire to give men pleasure? if I was still pleasing men, I would not be a servant of Christ.


rate difficulty: Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have transgressed against me. And I would redeem them; but they speak lies against me.

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


simplify: And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?

And Barzillai said to the king, How much of my life is still before me, for me to go up to Jerusalem with the king?


simplify: Then thou shalt say before the Lord thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:

And say before the Lord your God, I have taken all the holy things out of my house and have given them to the Levite, and the man from a strange land, and him who has no father, and the widow, as you have given me orders: I have kept in mind all your orders, in nothing have I gone against them:


rate difficulty: And the second poured out his bowl into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living soul died, even the things that were in the sea.

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


rate difficulty: And the king said, You will certainly be put to death, Ahimelech, you and all your father's family.

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


simplify: And I will fill its mountains with its slain: in thy hills and in thy valleys and in all thy watercourses shall they fall that are slain with the sword.

I will make his mountains full of those who have been put to death; in your valleys and in all your water-streams men will be falling by the sword.


simplify: And now, O Lord Jehovah, thou art God, and thy words are truth, and thou hast promised this good thing unto thy servant:

And now, O Lord God, you are God and your words are true and you have said you will give your servant this good thing;


simplify: Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.

No one who maintains union with him lives in sin; no one who lives in sin has ever really seen him or learned to know him.


rate difficulty: their numbered ones, for the tribe of Naphtali, <FI>are<Fi> three and fifty thousand and four hundred.

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


simplify: And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.

But later there came two who said, This man said, I am able to give the Temple of God to destruction, and to put it up again in three days.


simplify: I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

By me the heavens are clothed with black, and I make haircloth their robe.


simplify: and then he shall send his messengers, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the end of the earth unto the end of heaven.

and then he will send the angels, and gather his people from the four winds, from one end of the world to the other.


simplify: We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.

We made an attack on the south part of the country of the Cherethites, and on the land which is Judah's, and on the south of Caleb; and we put Ziklag on fire.


rate difficulty: and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

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


simplify: Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take the spoil? hast thou assembled thy company to take the prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take great spoil?

Sheba, and Dedan and her traders, Tarshish with all her traders, will say to you, Have you come to take our goods? have you got your armies together to take away our property by force? to take away silver and gold, cattle and goods, to go off with great wealth?


simplify: Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord.

Take from your houses two cakes of bread, made of a fifth part of an ephah of the best meal, cooked with leaven, to be waved for first-fruits to the Lord.


simplify: And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,

And their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan,


rate difficulty: Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!

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


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


rate difficulty: And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Give me to drink, I pray thee, a little water from thy pitcher.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.

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


simplify: And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.

And twelve lions were placed on one side and on the other side on the six steps: there was nothing like it in any kingdom.


simplify: and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

Let them quickly make cries of sorrow for us, so that drops may be flowing from our eyes till they are streaming with water.


rate difficulty: Sanctify against it the nations with the kings of Media, Its governors and all its prefects, And all the land of its dominion.

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


simplify: Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,


simplify: The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;

The locusts have no king, but they all go out in bands;


rate difficulty: and the border turned to Ramah, and as far as the fortified city of Tyre; and the border turned to Hosah; and ended at the sea by the tract of country of Achzib;

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before Jehovah. And behold, Jehovah passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before Jehovah: Jehovah was not in the wind. And after the wind, an earthquake: Jehovah was not in the earthquake.


rate difficulty: And Samson said to them, Let me now propound a riddle to you; if ye clearly explain it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty shirts, and thirty changes of garments.

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


simplify: And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.

So he went back to Judah, and said, I have not seen her, and the men of the place say that there is no such woman there.


simplify: And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the Lord God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see.

Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were sinners against the Lord, the God of their fathers, so that he made them a cause of fear, as you see.


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

... So give thought to your spirit, and let no one be false to the wife of his early years.


rate difficulty: And he was teaching in one of the Synagogues on the Sabbath.


simplify: As I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you:

By my life, says the Lord, truly, with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with burning wrath let loose, I will be King over you:


simplify: And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Jehovah in Gilgal; and there they offered sacrifices of peace-offerings before Jehovah; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

So all the people went to Gilgal; and there in Gilgal they made Saul king before the Lord; and peace-offerings were offered before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel were glad with great joy.


rate difficulty: — And the sons of the wife of Hodijah, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.


rate difficulty: And the feast of the grain-cutting, the first-fruits of your planted fields: and the feast at the start of the year, when you have got in all the fruit from your fields.


simplify: And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not.

And when Paul was about to go in to the people, the disciples did not let him.


rate difficulty: Or in your house different measures, a great and a small.

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


rate difficulty: As it says in the Writings, He who had taken up much had nothing over and he who had little had enough.

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


rate difficulty: And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house which he had made,


rate difficulty: But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thy face.

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


simplify: Or know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with men,

Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,


simplify: and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,

And Zebadiah and Meshullam and Hizki and Heber


rate difficulty: And Enoch went on in God's ways: and he was not seen again, for God took him.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt-offering unto Jehovah; it is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

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


simplify: And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned.

And the people of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabians to the army had put all the older sons to death. So Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram, became king.


simplify: When all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.

When all Israel has come before the Lord your God in the place named by him, let a reading be given of this law in the hearing of all Israel.


simplify: Ah Lord God! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee:

Ah Lord God! see, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and by your outstretched arm, and there is nothing you are not able to do:


rate difficulty: And they watched Jesus closely, to see if he would cure the man on the Sabbath, so that they might have a charge to bring against him.

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


simplify: And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.

And they saw that the stone had been rolled away.


simplify: Jehovah recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of Jehovah, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.

The Lord give you a reward for what you have done, and may a full reward be given to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take cover.


rate difficulty: Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord said, How? And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.


simplify: And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

and that every tongue should acknowledge JESUS CHRIST as LORD — to the glory of God the Father.


simplify: And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thy hand.

And when she was going to get it, he said to her, And get me with it a small bit of bread.


simplify: He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

‘Yes, sir,’ he answered; but he did not go.


rate difficulty: But that ye may know that the Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins (then saith he to the sick of the palsy), Arise, and take up thy bed, and go unto thy house.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa.

And there was no more war till the thirty-fifth year of the rule of Asa.


simplify: And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces: and the glory of Jehovah appeared unto them.

Then Moses and Aaron went away from the people to the door of the Tent of meeting; and, falling on their faces there, they saw the glory of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Joshua the son of Nun sent from Shittim two spies secretly, saying, Go, see the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into a harlot's house, named Rahab, and they lay down there.

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


rate difficulty: Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

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


rate difficulty: And Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.


rate difficulty: Wherefore I exhort you to assure him of [your] love.

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


rate difficulty: Let your blessing, O Lord, be on his substance, may the work of his hands be pleasing to you: may those who take up arms against him and all who have hate for him, be wounded through the heart, never to be lifted up again.

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


simplify: And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.

Then the first male child she has will take the rights of the brother who is dead, so that his name may not come to an end in Israel.


rate difficulty: And he went on waiting there for seven days, the time fixed by Samuel: but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were starting to go away from him.

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


rate difficulty: Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the Lord put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the Lord had commanded.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.

Then the king of Israel went back to his house, bitter and angry, and came to Samaria.


rate difficulty: And all the people whom Ishmael hath taken captive from Mizpah turn round, yea, they turn back, and go unto Johanan son of Kareah.

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


simplify: And thou shalt make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skilful workman; like the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shalt thou make it.

And make a priest's bag for giving decisions, designed like the ephod, made of gold and blue and purple and red and the best linen.


simplify: I have known both to be abased, and I have known to abound; in everything and in all things I have been initiated, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

I know how to face humble circumstances, and I know how to face prosperity. Into all and every human experience I have been initiated — into plenty and hunger, into prosperity and want.


simplify: Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.

You will have sons and daughters, but they will not be yours; for they will go away prisoners into a strange land.


rate difficulty: Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

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


rate difficulty: Afterwards Jesus called his disciples to him, and said: “My heart is moved at the sight of all these people, for they have already been with me three days and they have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away hungry; they might faint on the way home.”


simplify: It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household!

It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!


rate difficulty: I entreat you therefore, be my imitators.


simplify: My skin is black, and fallethfrom me, And my bones are burned with heat.

My skin is black and dropping off me; and my bones are burning with the heat of my disease.


rate difficulty: And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.


simplify: and he said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his eyes, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon thee, which I have put upon the Egyptians: for I am Jehovah that healeth thee.

And he said, If with all your heart you will give attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in his eyes, giving ear to his orders and keeping his laws, I will not put on you any of the diseases which I put on the Egyptians: for I am the Lord your life-giver.


simplify: Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the Lord’s vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.

Go in flight out of Babylon, so that every man may keep his life; do not be cut off in her evil-doing: for it is the time of the Lord's punishment; he will give her her reward.


rate difficulty: Wherefore I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which [is] in you, and the love which [ye have] towards all the saints,

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

And the people, crying out against Moses, said, What are we to have for drink?


simplify: O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.

O Israel, come back to the Lord your God; for your evil-doing has been the cause of your fall.


simplify: And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:

And he said to them, So it is in the Writings that the Christ would undergo death, and come back to life again on the third day;


rate difficulty: `And anyone against whom he cometh who hath the issue (and his hands hath not rinsed with water) hath even washed his garments, and bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: `And thou hast made a table of shittim wood, two cubits its length, and a cubit its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height,

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished.

The farmers are shamed, the workers in the vine-gardens give cries of grief, for the wheat and the barley; for the produce of the fields has come to destruction.


simplify: And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not.

And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.


rate difficulty: And unto Zedekiah king of Judah I have spoken according to all these words, saying, `Cause your necks to enter into the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

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


rate difficulty: And Mary remained with her about three months, and turned back to her house.

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


rate difficulty: And Noah found grace in the eyes of Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: And God openeth her eyes, and she seeth a well of water, and she goeth and filleth the bottle <FI>with<Fi> water, and causeth the youth to drink;

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he said, I will go forth, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt entice him, and shalt prevail also: go forth, and do so.

And he said, I will go out and be a spirit of deceit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Your trick will have its effect on him: go out and do so.


simplify: He shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself.

But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame on himself.


rate difficulty: And the king took his place by the pillar, and made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in the book; and all the people gave their word to keep the agreement.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: but if a man live many years, [and] rejoice in them all, yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many: all that cometh is vanity.

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


simplify: I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?

I have seen your disgusting acts, even your false behaviour and your cries of desire and your loose ways on the hills in the field. Unhappy are you, O Jerusalem, you have no desire to be made clean; how long will you be in turning back to me?


simplify: because in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

For in Christ the Godhead in all its fulness dwells incarnate;


simplify: For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, saying,


simplify: He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off.

The daughter of Dibon has gone up to the high places, weeping: Moab is sounding her cry of sorrow over Nebo, and over Medeba: everywhere the hair of the head and of the face is cut off.


simplify: And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

And their meal offering and drink offerings for the oxen, for the male sheep, and for the lambs, in relation to their number, as it is ordered:


simplify: And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

And he said, Hearing your voice in the garden I was full of fear, because I was without clothing: and I kept myself from your eyes.


rate difficulty: Sons of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.


rate difficulty: Why do you all hold it incredible that God should raise the dead?


rate difficulty: 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,

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simplify: For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

For this reason God gave them up to evil passions, and their women were changing the natural use into one which is unnatural:


rate difficulty: Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief.

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


rate difficulty: Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none.


rate difficulty: But if thou have gone aside, being under thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee besides thy husband:

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simplify: Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.

Go up to the hills and get wood and put up the house; and I will take pleasure in it and be honoured, says the Lord.


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

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


rate difficulty: Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

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


simplify: And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron’s heart, when he goeth in before Jehovah: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before Jehovah continually.

And in the bag you are to put the Urim and Thummim, so that they may be on Aaron's heart whenever he goes in before the Lord; and Aaron may have the power of making decisions for the children of Israel before the Lord at all times.


rate difficulty: Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

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


simplify: therefore thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed; he shall not have a man to dwell among this people, neither shall he behold the good that I will do unto my people, saith Jehovah, because he hath spoken rebellion against Jehovah.

For this cause the Lord has said, Truly I will send punishment on Shemaiah and on his seed; not a man of his family will have a place among this people, and he will not see the good which I am going to do to my people, says the Lord: because he has said words against the Lord.


rate difficulty: But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.

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


simplify: For not even they who receive circumcision do themselves keep the law; but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.

Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.


simplify: and Paul having known that the one part are Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, cried out in the sanhedrim, `Men, brethren, I am a Pharisee--son of a Pharisee--concerning hope and rising again of dead men I am judged.'

Noticing that some of those present were Sadducees and others Pharisees, Paul called out in the Council: “Brothers, I am a Pharisee and a son of Pharisees. It is on the question of hope for the dead and of their resurrection that I am on my trial.”


rate difficulty: My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.

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


rate difficulty: and he shall take the cedar-wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:

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simplify: and, behold, here cometh a troop of men, horsemen in pairs. And he answered and said, Fallen, fallen is Babylon; and all the graven images of her gods are broken unto the ground.

See, here come war-carriages with men, horsemen by twos: and in answer he said, Babylon is made low, is made low, and all her images are broken on the earth.


simplify: And after the space of about one hour another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this man also was with him; for he is a Galilæan.

And after about an hour, another man said, with decision, Certainly this man was with him, for he is a Galilaean.


rate difficulty: For the wave-breast and the heave-thigh have I taken of the children of Israel out of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons as their portion for ever from the children of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: I saw all the living that walk under the sun, with the child, the second, that should stand up in his stead.

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


rate difficulty: Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice!

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


simplify: and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

But gave them the answer put forward by the young men, saying, My father made your yoke hard, but I will make it harder; my father gave you punishment with whips, but I will give it with snakes.


rate difficulty: Then Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him. And Ahab went to meet Elijah.


rate difficulty: because I hear of the love and the faith which you show, not only to the Lord Jesus, but also to all his people;


rate difficulty: And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministration, taking with them John whose surname was Mark.

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


rate difficulty: But, lest we cause them to stumble, go thou to the sea, and cast a hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a shekel: that take, and give unto them for me and thee.

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


simplify: And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh.

And the shekel is to be twenty gerahs: five shekels are five, and ten shekels are ten, and your maneh is to be fifty shekels


rate difficulty: And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, who were his enemies; While Israel doeth valiantly.

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


simplify: And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,

John wore clothes made of camels’ hair, with a leather strap around his waist, and lived on locusts and wild honey;


rate difficulty: And when Jesus was come to the house of the ruler, and saw the flute-players and the crowd making a tumult,

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


simplify: And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.

Now they have heard it said about you, that you teach all of our people in foreign countries to forsake Moses, for you tell them not to circumcise their children or even to observe Jewish customs.


rate difficulty: And they removed from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped at Kibroth-hattaavah.

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


rate difficulty: and saith to him, `All these to thee I will give, if falling down thou mayest bow to me.'

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


simplify: Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come unto them,

So these days were named Purim, after the name of Pur. And so, because of the words of this letter, and of what they had seen in connection with this business, and what had come to them,


simplify: and I sent the brethren, that our boasting on your behalf may not be made vain in this respect; that, according as I said, ye may be ready,

So my reason for sending our friends is to prevent what we said about you from proving, in this particular matter, an empty boast, and to enable you to be as well prepared as I have been saying that you are.


simplify: And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham.

And they came to some good fertile grass-land, in a wide quiet country of peace-loving people; for the people who were living there before were of the offspring of Ham.


rate difficulty: And if, after all this, you do not give ear to me, but go against me still,

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


rate difficulty: for there are eunuchs who from the mother's womb were so born; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs who kept themselves eunuchs because of the reign of the heavens: he who is able to receive <FI> it<Fi> --let him receive.'

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


simplify: And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.

Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all he did, are recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Israel.


simplify: And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;

And they made a curtain for the door of the tent, of the best linen with needlework of blue and purple and red;


rate difficulty: And Urijah the priest did according to all that king Ahaz had commanded.


simplify: And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the Lord hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

But Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? go to the prophets of your father and your mother. And the king of Israel said, No; for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them up into the hands of Moab.


rate difficulty: And I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life; and I will bring evil upon them, my fierce anger, saith Jehovah; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.

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


rate difficulty: And to the priests--the Levites, Not cut off from before Me is one, Causing a burnt-offering to ascend, And perfuming a present, and making sacrifice--all the days.'

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simplify: Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand:

This is what the king says: Do not be tricked by Hezekiah, for there is no salvation for you in him.


simplify: Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved.

Give my love to Urbanus, a worker in Christ with us, and to my dear Stachys.


rate difficulty: He that soweth iniquity shall reap calamity; And the rod of his wrath shall fail.

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


simplify: Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent by his disciples

Now when John had news in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples


rate difficulty: Who is this who makes dark the purpose of God by words without knowledge? For I have been talking without knowledge about wonders not to be searched out.


simplify: Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.


simplify: Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold thou art fair; Thine eyes are as doves.

See, you are fair, my love, you are fair; you have the eyes of a dove.


simplify: And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.

And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.


simplify: Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

Then Philip began, and, taking this passage as his text, told him the good news about Jesus.


rate difficulty: The hands of kind-hearted women have been boiling their children; they were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.


rate difficulty: And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone;

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


simplify: And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.

And to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord, of two doves or other young birds.


simplify: Now after some years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings:

Now after a number of years I came to give help and offerings to my nation:


simplify: And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.

So the children of Israel went from Rameses and put up their tents in Succoth.


rate difficulty: And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister:

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.

The Lord has said, Let this man be recorded as having no children, a man who will not do well in all his life: for no man of his seed will do well, seated on the seat of the kingdom of David and ruling again in Judah.


simplify: They shall bewasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.

They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.


simplify: And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

If she made an oath while she was under the authority of her husband,


simplify: Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Cæsarea.

So Festus, having come into that part of the country which was under his rule, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.


rate difficulty: In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months.

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simplify: I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.

My advice, then, to those who are not married, and to widows, is this: It would be good for them to remain as I am myself.


simplify: And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

and who longed to satisfy his hunger with what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.


rate difficulty: And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.

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


simplify: And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

Then their eyes were opened. Jesus sternly cautioned them. “See that no one knows of it,” he said.


simplify: But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.

But Nadab and Abihu came to their end before their father, and had no children; so Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests.


rate difficulty: To me they have hearkened, Yea, they wait, and are silent for my counsel.


simplify: And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.

And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.


simplify: For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ.

for he vigorously confuted the Jews, publicly proving by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.


simplify: And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.

And brass was used for all the vessels of the altar, the baskets and the spades, the basins and the meat-hooks and the fire-trays; all the vessels he made of brass


rate difficulty: to the many thou dost increase their inheritance, and to the few thou dost diminish their inheritance; <FI>to<Fi> each according to his numbered ones is given his inheritance.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.

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


rate difficulty: And she saith unto him, `I <FI>am<Fi> daughter of Bethuel, son of Milcah, whom she hath borne to Nahor.'

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


simplify: But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.


simplify: But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord:

But it is my desire for you to be free from cares. The unmarried man gives his mind to the things of the Lord, how he may give pleasure to the Lord:


rate difficulty: For all my father’s house were but dead men before my lord the king; yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet that I should cry any more unto the king?

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


rate difficulty: In your mercy you went before the people whom you have made yours; guiding them in your strength to your holy place.

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


simplify: Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion; for I will make thy horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass; and thou shalt beat in pieces many peoples: and I will devote their gain unto Jehovah, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth.

Up! and let the grain be crushed, O daughter of Zion, for I will make your horn iron and your feet brass, and a number of peoples will be broken by you, and you will give up their increase to the Lord and their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.


simplify: For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

for he was one of our number and had his part allotted him in this work of ours.”


simplify: And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and moreover he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.

When the servants came back they said, We have seen your brother Esau and he is coming out to you, and four hundred men with him.


simplify: and the Spirit of Jehovah will come mightily upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

And the spirit of the Lord will come on you with power, and you will be acting like a prophet with them, and will be changed into another man.


rate difficulty: Then Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab, went up to war against Israel; and he sent for Balaam, the son of Beor, to put a curse on you:

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


simplify: And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them, `Every kingdom having been divided against itself is desolated, and no city or house having been divided against itself, doth stand,

Jesus, however, was aware of what was passing in their minds, and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself becomes a desolation, and any town or household divided against itself will not last.


rate difficulty: And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying, Behold, are not all these that speak Galilæans?

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


simplify: And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them that practise such things.

And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.


rate difficulty: It was God who saved us, and from him we received our solemn call — not as a reward for anything that we had done, but in fulfillment of his own loving purpose. For that love was extended to us, through Christ Jesus, before time began,

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


simplify: And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.

And say to the children of Israel, This is to be the Lord's holy oil, from generation to generation.


rate difficulty: And ye shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish a year old, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be a burnt-offering unto Jehovah, with their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

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


simplify: and having brought the fatted calf, kill <FI>it<Fi> , and having eaten, we may be merry,

and bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and make merry;


simplify: While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; wherefore did ye not recover them within that time?

While Israel was living in Heshbon and its daughter-towns and in Aroer and its daughter-towns and in all the towns which are by the side of the Arnon, for three hundred years, why did you not get them back at that time?


rate difficulty: And on the bag they put gold chains, twisted like cords.

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


simplify: I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.

And I will send them wandering among the nations, among people strange to them and to their fathers: and I will send the sword after them till I have put an end to them.


rate difficulty: For this is a word of promise, According to this season will I come, and Sarah shall have a son.

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rate difficulty: and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;


rate difficulty: We have given our hands to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians so that we might have enough bread.


simplify: And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a lamp alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there.

And one tribe I will give to his son, so that David my servant may have a light for ever burning before me in Jerusalem, the town which I have made mine to put my name there.


simplify: Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

Come back, O children who are turned away, says the Lord; for I am a husband to you, and I will take you, one from a town and two from a family, and will make you come to Zion;


rate difficulty: Lord Jehovah, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy powerful hand; for whatGod is in the heavens or in the earth that can do like to thy works, and like to thy might?

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


rate difficulty: Immediately I became in [the] Spirit; and behold, a throne stood in the heaven, and upon the throne one sitting,

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


rate difficulty: These were heads of families in their generations; chief men: these were living in Jerusalem.


simplify: Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,

Then Judas, who was false to him, seeing that he was to be put to death, in his regret took back the thirty bits of silver to the chief priests and those in authority,


rate difficulty: And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a cloak, and a checkered vest, a turban, and a girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may serve me as priest.

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


simplify: And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all that were before him.

And Ahab, the son of Omri, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all who went before him.


rate difficulty: But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord.

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


simplify: Whoso causeth the upright to go astray in an evil way, He shall fall himself into his own pit; But the perfect shall inherit good.

Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.


rate difficulty: Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

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


rate difficulty: And Jacob went near his father Isaac: and he put his hands on him; and he said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

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


simplify: And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

And King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, I am troubled on account of the Jews who have gone over to the Chaldaeans, for fear that they may give me up to them and they will put me to shame.


rate difficulty: It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.


rate difficulty: But he was angry, and would not go in: and his father came out, and entreated him.


rate difficulty: The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

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


simplify: Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all mine ordinances, and do them; that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out.

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


rate difficulty: Teaching my hands for battle, And brought down was a bow of brass by mine arms,


rate difficulty: Yea, also I applied myself to this work of the wall, and we bought no fields; and all my servants were gathered thither for the work.

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


rate difficulty: But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name.

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


simplify: And they stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood which they received of the hand of the Levites.

And they took their places in their right order, as it was ordered in the law of Moses, the man of God: the priests draining out on the altar the blood given them by the Levites.


simplify: David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.

So David made prayer to God for the child; and he took no food day after day, and went in and, stretching himself out on the earth, was there all night.


simplify: In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

In giving you orders today to have love for the Lord your God, to go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions, so that you may have life and be increased, and that the blessing of the Lord your God may be with you in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage.


simplify: he on the house-top--let him not come down to take up any thing out of his house;

and a man on the housetop must not go down to get the things that are in his house;


rate difficulty: a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and he who did receive the five talents having come, brought other five talents, saying, `Sir, five talents thou didst deliver to me; lo, other five talents did I gain besides them.

The servant who had received the five bags of gold came up and brought five bags more. ‘Sir,’ he said, ‘you entrusted me with five bags of gold; look, I have made another five bags!’


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


rate difficulty: And upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, upon him came the Spirit of Jehovah, in the midst of the congregation;

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


rate difficulty: he lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side.

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


simplify: and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon,

And he said kind words to him and put his seat higher than the seats of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.


rate difficulty: And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.


rate difficulty: As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.

Ephraim is joined to false gods; let him be.


simplify: And of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza.

And of the sons of Zattu, Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth and Zabad and Aziza.


simplify: Envy thou not the man of violence, And choose none of his ways.

Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example.


rate difficulty: Little children, let no one lead you astray; he who is doing the righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous,

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


simplify: Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.

I tell you, you will not come out until you have paid the last cent.


simplify: For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee; and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.

For as a young man takes a virgin for his wife, so will your maker be married to you: and as a husband has joy in his bride, so will the Lord your God be glad over you.


rate difficulty: And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,

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


simplify: And if any man die very suddenly beside him, and he defile the head of his separation; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.

If death comes suddenly to a man at his side, so that he becomes unclean, let his hair be cut off on the day when he is made clean, on the seventh day.


simplify: Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah;

Then all the responsible men of Israel got together and went to Samuel at Ramah,


simplify: If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;

If a man has a son who is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, who gives no attention to the voice of his father and mother, and will not be ruled by them, though they give him punishment:


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

And I will make this town a thing of wonder and a cause of surprise; everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder and make sounds of surprise, because of all its troubles.


simplify: But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

Shun foolish and ignorant discussions, for you know that they only breed quarrels;


simplify: Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according unto this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

Then Esther said, If it is the king's pleasure, let authority be given to the Jews in Shushan to do tomorrow as has been done today, and let orders be given for the hanging of Haman's ten sons.


simplify: Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree; and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to Jehovah for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

In place of the thorn will come up the fir-tree, and in place of the blackberry the myrtle: and it will be to the Lord for a name, for an eternal sign which will not be cut off.


rate difficulty: I have seen your disgusting acts, even your false behaviour and your cries of desire and your loose ways on the hills in the field. Unhappy are you, O Jerusalem, you have no desire to be made clean; how long will you be in turning back to me?

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


rate difficulty: And Jehoshaphat went to rest with his fathers, and his body was put into the earth in the town of David. And Jehoram his son became king in his place.


simplify: And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.

And by his side was working Ezer, the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, making good another part opposite the way up to the store of arms at the turning of the wall.


rate difficulty: That with an iron style and lead they were graven in the rock for ever!


simplify: A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

A little leaven makes a change in all the mass.


simplify: And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men give a test of their strength before us. And Joab said, Let them do so.


rate difficulty: Sons of Zaccai: seven hundred and sixty.

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


simplify: How can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods. When I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots’ houses;

How is it possible for you to have my forgiveness for this? your children have given me up, taking their oaths by those who are no gods: when I had given them food in full measure, they were false to their wives, taking their pleasure in the houses of loose women.


rate difficulty: Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

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


simplify: And when we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais; and we saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.

And journeying by ship from Tyre we came to Ptolemais; and there we had talk with the brothers and were with them for one day.


rate difficulty: As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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


simplify: And if aught of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean.

If any part of the dead body of one of these gets on to any seed for planting, it is clean;


rate difficulty: Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way! And all the people shall say, Amen.

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


rate difficulty: Go after good and not evil, so that life may be yours: and so the Lord, the God of armies, will be with you, as you say.

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


rate difficulty: For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.

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


simplify: and this voice we ourselves heard borne out of heaven, when we were with him in the holy mount.

And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.


simplify: For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

For Joshua did not take back his hand with the outstretched spear till the destruction of the people of Ai was complete.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah hath delighted to bruise him, He hath made him sick, If his soul doth make an offering for guilt, He seeth seed--he prolongeth days, And the pleasure of Jehovah in his hand doth prosper.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead:

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


rate difficulty: And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.


simplify: Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,

In precisely the same way David speaks of the blessing pronounced on the person who is regarded by God as righteous apart from actions —


simplify: And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel; and they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out.

So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, Truly, this is the king of Israel; and turning against him, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry.


simplify: Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains do they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

Like the sound of war-carriages they go jumping on the tops of the mountains; like the noise of a flame of fire burning up the grain-stems, like a strong people lined up for the fight.


rate difficulty: And Jephthah voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, `If Thou dost at all give the Bene-Ammon into my hand--

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever; from generation to generation shall they dwell therein.

And he has given them their heritage, and by his hand it has been measured out to them: it will be theirs for ever, their resting-place from generation to generation.


simplify: And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing;

But he gave them special orders, not to say this to any man;


rate difficulty: And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?

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


simplify: And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

And I say to you, Whoever puts away his wife for any other cause than the loss of her virtue, and takes another, is a false husband: and he who takes her as his wife when she is put away, is no true husband to her.


simplify: Thou shalt not have in thy bag diverse weights, a great and a small.

Do not have in your bag different weights, a great and a small;


simplify: Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.

A blessing will be on you in the town, and a blessing in the field.


simplify: But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

But this is the agreement which I will make with the people of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my law in their inner parts, writing it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be my people.


simplify: He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain:

Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;


rate difficulty: The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh rich; And he addeth no sorrow therewith.

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


rate difficulty: thou shalt bring forth that man or that woman, who committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, the man or the woman, and shalt stone them with stones, that they die.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.

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


rate difficulty: Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,

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


rate difficulty: When they had almost reached Jerusalem, having come as far as Bethphage, on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent on two disciples.


simplify: and he said,  Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;

And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;


rate difficulty: To what purpose should there come to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices pleasing unto me.

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


simplify: And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren.

And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.


simplify: And Jehovah said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mountain of God, and kissed him.

And the Lord said to Aaron, Go into the waste land and you will see Moses. So he went and came across Moses at the mountain of God, and gave him a kiss.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year.

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


rate difficulty: Be ashamed, O Zidon; for the sea spake, The strength of the sea, saying: `I have not been pained, nor have I brought forth, Nor have I nourished young men, <FI>nor<Fi> brought up virgins.'

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


rate difficulty: And Moses appeaseth the face of Jehovah his God, and saith, `Why, O Jehovah, doth Thine anger burn against Thy people, whom Thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a strong hand?

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Then the king called Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, I have given to thy master's son all that belonged to Saul and to all his house.

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


simplify: And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

“The Holy Spirit will descend on you,” answered the angel, “and the Power of the Most High will overshadow you; and therefore the child will be called ‘holy,’ and ‘Son of God.’


rate difficulty: And when it came to pass that we had accomplished the days, we departed and went on our journey; and they all, with wives and children, brought us on our way till we were out of the city: and kneeling down on the beach, we prayed, and bade each other farewell;

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


simplify: And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a shilling, and three measures of barley for a shilling; and the oil and the wine hurt thou not.

And a voice came to my ears, from the middle of the four beasts, saying, A measure of grain for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny: and see that you do no damage to the oil and the wine.


simplify: Have this mind in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus,


rate difficulty: and Basmath Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.

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


rate difficulty: And when Jesus had come to the end of these stories he went away from there.

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


rate difficulty: And they go into Capernaum. And straightway on the sabbath he entered into the synagogue and taught.


simplify: His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;


rate difficulty: Then all the assembly answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said concerning us, so must we do.

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


simplify: Behold, the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, will lop the boughs with terror: and the high of stature shall be hewn down, and the lofty shall be brought low.

See, the Lord, the Lord of armies, is cutting off his branches with a great noise, and his strong ones are falling and his high ones are coming down.


simplify: And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell before thee is too strait for us.

Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, There is not room enough for us in the place where we are living under your care;


simplify: And they of Beth–shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

And the people of Beth-shemesh were cutting their grain in the valley, and lifting up their eyes they saw the ark and were full of joy when they saw it.


rate difficulty: And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you.

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


simplify: It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.

It is better not to take meat or wine or to do anything which might be a cause of trouble to your brother.


rate difficulty: For thus said the Lord Jehovah: A sword of the king of Babylon entereth thee,

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


rate difficulty: And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Give diligence to come before winter. Eubulus saluteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren.

Do your best to come before the winter. Eubulus sends you his love, and Pudens and Linus and Claudia, and all the brothers.


rate difficulty: Hear ye the word, O house of Israel, That Jehovah hath spoken for you.

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


rate difficulty: and it was said to them that they may not injure the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but--the men only who have not the seal of God upon their foreheads,

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


rate difficulty: The sons of Zion, so precious, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!

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


rate difficulty: while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.


rate difficulty: And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people.


rate difficulty: But desire earnestly the greater gifts. And moreover a most excellent way show I unto you.

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


simplify: I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.

The curtains of Cushan were troubled, and the tents of Midian were shaking.


rate difficulty: Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; rather be afraid of him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

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


simplify: Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect who are sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, to the saints who are living in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,


simplify: Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

With it we give praise to our Lord and Father; and with it we put a curse on men who are made in God's image.


rate difficulty: I have overthrown cities among you, as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a brand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: And when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints.


rate difficulty: And having gone forth thence, they were passing through Galilee, and he did not wish that any may know,

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


simplify: And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

Then, while the people were in suspense, and were all debating with themselves whether John could be the Christ,


rate difficulty: And this is no small thing for you, but it is your life, and through this you may make your days long in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.

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


rate difficulty: And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?


simplify: And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

And after a song of praise to God, they went out to the Mountain of Olives.


simplify: his sons, and his sons’ sons with him, his daughters, and his sons’ daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.

His sons and his sons' sons, his daughters and his daughters' sons and all his family he took with him into Egypt.


rate difficulty: according as it is written, Behold, I place in Zion a stone of stumbling and rock of offence: and he that believes on him shall not be ashamed.

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


simplify: Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:—

For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil:


simplify: These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.

They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen; so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

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


simplify: `Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

Be watchful over yourselves, and over the whole flock, of which the Holy Spirit has placed you in charge, to shepherd the church of God, which he won for himself at the cost of his life.


rate difficulty: For which is greater, the guest who is seated at a meal or the servant who is waiting on him? is it not the guest? but I am among you as a servant.

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


rate difficulty: And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.

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


simplify: The well-leading elders of double honour let them be counted worthy, especially those labouring in word and teaching,

Those officers of the church who fill their office well should be held deserving of especial consideration, particularly those whose work lies in preaching and teaching.


rate difficulty: And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand.


simplify: So shalt thou put away the innocent blood from the midst of thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Jehovah.

So you will take away the crime of a death without cause from among you, when you do what is right in the eyes of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And if he have no daughter, ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren.

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


simplify: for the tribe of the children of Reuben according to their fathers’ houses, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to their fathers’ houses, have received, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received, their inheritance:

For the tribe of the children of Reuben, by their fathers' families, and the tribe of the children of Gad, by their fathers' families, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, have been given their heritage:


rate difficulty: A sectarian man, after a first and second admonition be rejecting,

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


simplify: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

May the blessing of the Lord Jesus be with you.


rate difficulty: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest be long-lived on the earth.

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


rate difficulty: that it might be fulfilled that was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

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


simplify: Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai,

Uriah the Hittite, Zabad, the son of Ahlai,


simplify: And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.


rate difficulty: Then Joseph yoked his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and he presented himself to him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.

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


simplify: And Joshua did unto them as Jehovah bade him: he hocked their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.

And Joshua did to them as the Lord had said to him; he had the leg-muscles of their horses cut and their war-carriages burned with fire.


simplify: And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

Afterwards they sent to Jesus some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to set a trap for him in the course of conversation.


simplify: And another messenger did follow, saying, `Fall, fall, did Babylon, the great city, because of the wine of the wrath of her whoredom she hath given to all nations to drink.'

Then a second angel followed, crying — ‘She has fallen! She has fallen — Babylon the Great, who has made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her licentiousness!’


rate difficulty: For the hill-country of Gilead will be yours ... the woodland and cut down ... its outskirts will be yours ... get the Canaanites out, for they have iron war-carriages ... strong.


rate difficulty: and the dragon was angry against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commands of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ.

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


simplify: Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses?

And the high priest, violently parting his robes, said, What more need have we of witnesses?


simplify: But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God.

But in the first year of Cyrus, king of Babylon, Cyrus the king gave an order for the building of this house of God;


simplify: And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.

And I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and like the family of Baasha, the son of Ahijah, because you have made me angry, and have made Israel do evil.


simplify: And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:

And David said to Abigail, May the Lord, the God of Israel, be praised, who sent you to me today:


rate difficulty: Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.


rate difficulty: and Jair dieth, and is buried in Kamon.

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


simplify: Aaron shall be gathered unto his people; for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah.

Aaron will be put to rest with his people; he will not go into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you went against my word at the waters of Meribah.


rate difficulty: So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins.

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


rate difficulty: And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.


simplify: in which also ye--ye did walk once, when ye lived in them;

and to which you, like others, once devoted your lives, when you lived for them.


rate difficulty: Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai.

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