simplify: and the rest of the dead did not live again till the thousand years may be finished; this <FI>is<Fi> the first rising again.

(The rest of the dead were not restored to life until the thousand years were ended.) This is the first resurrection.


simplify: Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said,

In the same way the chief priests, with the Teaches of the law and councillors, said in mockery:


simplify: And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth.

And I have been with you wherever you went, cutting off before you all those who were against you; and I will make your name great, like the name of the greatest ones of the earth.


simplify: To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

To take cover in the cracks of the rocks, and in the holes of the hills, for fear of the Lord, and before the glory of his power, when he comes out of his place, shaking the earth with his strength.


simplify: And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they knew them not.

And one went out into the field to get green plants and saw a vine of the field, and pulling off the fruit of it till the fold of his robe was full, he came back and put the fruit, cut up small, into the pot of soup, having no idea what it was.


simplify: and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the prophets.


rate difficulty: for Jehovah will plead their cause, and despoil the soul of those that despoil them.

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


rate difficulty: Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

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


simplify: But he passing through the midst of them went his way,

But he came through them and went on his way.


simplify: For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee:

for scripture says — ‘He will give his angels commands about you, to guard you safely,’


rate difficulty: And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

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


simplify: And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

And if there is division in a house, that house will come to destruction;


rate difficulty: And on the morrow Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders came there.

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


simplify: Besides those things that are without, there is that which presseth upon me daily, anxiety for all the churches.

In addition to all the other things, there is that which comes on me every day, the care of all the churches.


rate difficulty: Then Moses and Eleazar the priest and the chiefs of the people went out to them before they had come into the tent-circle.


rate difficulty: And Abimelech said, See, all my land is before you; take whatever place seems good to you.


rate difficulty: And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not in thy harvest entirely reap the corners of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest shalt thou not gather: thou shalt leave them unto the poor and to the stranger: I am Jehovah yourGod.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 14 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And Noah built an altar to Jehovah; and took of every clean animal, and of all clean fowl, and offered up burnt-offerings on the altar.


rate difficulty: For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for?

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


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


simplify: The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.

The hater of work puts his hand deep into the basin: lifting it again to his mouth is a weariness to him.


simplify: These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat.

These you may have for food of all things living in the water: anything living in the water, in the seas or rivers, which has special parts for swimming and skin formed of thin plates, may be used for food.


rate difficulty: `Thou dost not desire thy neighbour's wife; nor dost thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, and his man-servant, and his handmaid, his ox, and his ass, and anything which <FI>is<Fi> thy neighbour's.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: and they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men that came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.

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


rate difficulty: And Samson said unto them, Let me now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can declare it unto me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of raiment;

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


simplify: The grace of the Lord Jesus be with the saints. Amen.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with the saints. So be it.


simplify: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

You may not go down on your faces before them or give them worship: for I, the Lord your God, am a God who will not give his honour to another; and I will send punishment on the children for the wrongdoing of their fathers, to the third and fourth generation of my haters;


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

Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.


rate difficulty: But the people of the land smote all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead.

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


simplify: Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave-offering of Jehovah, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it.

From everything given to you, let the best of it, the holy part of it, be offered as a lifted offering to the Lord.


rate difficulty: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

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


simplify: And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.

Then Jesus stopped. “Call him,”he said. So they called the blind man. “Courage!” they exclaimed. “Get up; he is calling you.”


simplify: And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;

And the Gileadites took the crossing-places of Jordan against the Ephraimites; and when any of the men of Ephraim who had gone in flight said, let me go over; the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? And if he said, No;


rate difficulty: And now come, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: And she goeth out from the place where she hath been, and her two daughters-in-law with her, and they go in the way to turn back unto the land of Judah.

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


simplify: but what have ye gone forth to see? a man in soft garments clothed? lo, they in splendid apparellings, and living in luxury, are in the houses of kings!

“What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed waving in the wind? If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in rich clothing? Why, those who are accustomed to fine clothes and luxury live in royal palaces.


rate difficulty: I have smitten you with blasting and mildew; the palmer-worm hath devoured the multitude of your gardens, and your vineyards, and your fig-trees and your olive-trees: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith Jehovah.

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


simplify: And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.

And the evil-doers will be crushed under you, they will be dust under your feet, in the day when I do my work, says the Lord of armies.


rate difficulty: and Johanan begot Azariah (he is it that exercised the priesthood in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem);

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


simplify: One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

One male of the goats for a sin-offering;


simplify: Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it.

Now, today, we are servants, and as for the land which you gave to our fathers, so that the produce of it and the good might be theirs, see, we are servants in it:


simplify: shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?

So, as I have done to Samaria and her images, I will do to Jerusalem and her images.


simplify: Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years.


simplify: While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.

When he had not made the earth or the fields or the dust of the world.


simplify: This is he of whom it is written,  Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.

This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.


simplify: And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun.

And she said, God has given me a good bride-price; now at last will I have my husband living with me, for I have given him six sons: and she gave him the name Zebulun.


simplify: And they did so, and made them all sit down.

And they did so, and made them all be seated.


rate difficulty: Our heritage is given up to men of strange lands, our houses to those who are not our countrymen.

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


simplify: How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

How much more if the people had freely taken their food from the goods of those who were fighting against them! would there not have been much greater destruction among the Philistines?


simplify: Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,

Therefore “Come out from among the nations, and separate yourselves from them,” says the Lord, “And touch nothing impure; And I will welcome you;


simplify: and Paul said to them, `Having beaten us publicly uncondemned--men, Romans being--they did cast <FI>us<Fi> to prison, and now privately do they cast us forth! why no! but having come themselves, let them bring us forth.'

But Paul’s answer to them was: “They have flogged us in public without trial, though we are Roman citizens, and they have put us in prison, and now they are for sending us out secretly! No, indeed! Let them come and take us out themselves.”


simplify: And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every unclean and hateful bird.

And he gave a loud cry, saying, Babylon the great has come down from her high place, she has come to destruction and has become a place of evil spirits, and of every unclean spirit, and a hole for every unclean and hated bird.


rate difficulty: and the cloud departed from off the tent. And behold, Miriam was leprous as snow; and Aaron turned toward Miriam, and behold, she was leprous.

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


simplify: For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.


rate difficulty: A spider with two hands taketh hold, And is in the palaces of a king.

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


simplify: our letter ye are, having been written in our hearts, known and read by all men,

You yourselves are our letter — a letter written on our hearts, and one which everybody can read and understand.


simplify: Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

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


rate difficulty: Why hast thou prophesied in the name of Jehovah, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.

And it came about, when he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to death with the sword, and they went in flight into the land of Ararat. And Esar-haddon, his son, became king in his place.


rate difficulty: And Moses and Aaron went from before the congregation to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and fell upon their faces; and the glory of Jehovah appeared to them.

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


rate difficulty: The fear of Jehovah is the instruction of wisdom; And before honorgoethhumility.


rate difficulty: `And the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my son--the beloved, perhaps having seen this one, they will do reverence;


rate difficulty: Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.

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


simplify: because of this also ye, become ye ready, because in what hour ye do not think, the Son of Man doth come.

Therefore, you must also prepare, since it is just when you are least expecting him that the Son of Man will come.


simplify: For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.

For even as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of man be to this generation.


simplify: And she laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.

And she kept his coat by her, till his master came back.


simplify: Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way,

And I saw that she had become unclean; the two of them went the same way.


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

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


simplify: To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Whom then are you like? for you will be sent down with the trees of Eden into the lowest parts of the earth: there you will be stretched out among those without circumcision, with those who were put to the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his people, says the Lord.


simplify: And their border was from Aroer, that is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain by Medeba;

Their limit was from Aroer, on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the town in the middle of the valley, and all the table-land by Medeba;


simplify: And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, who is lame of his feet.

And the king said, Is there anyone of Saul's family still living, to whom I may be a friend in God's name? And Ziba said, There is a son of Jonathan, whose feet are damaged.


simplify: having given also a direction to the centurion to keep Paul, to let <FI>him<Fi> also have liberty, and to forbid none of his own friends to minister or to come near to him.

So he gave orders to the captain in charge of Paul to keep him in custody, but to relax the regulations, and not to prevent any of his personal friends from attending to his wants.


simplify: And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

And before the king and the captains, Memucan gave his answer: Vashti the queen has done wrong, not only to the king, but to all the captains and to all the peoples in all the divisions of the kingdom of King Ahasuerus;


simplify: Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.

Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the Antichrist would come, so now a number of Antichrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour.


simplify: For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

Yes, he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and salvation as a head-dress; and he put on punishment as clothing, and wrath as a robe.


simplify: But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.


rate difficulty: And as he went forth into the way, a person ran up to [him], and kneeling to him asked him, Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?

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


simplify: And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

And I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a hard king will be their ruler, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.


simplify: And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

And now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,


simplify: And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

‘And, whenever you stand up to pray, forgive any grievance that you have against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven also may forgive you your offenses.”


rate difficulty: David therefore calleth him Lord, and how is he his son?

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


simplify: They say unto him, Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorcement, and to put her away?

They say to him, Why then did Moses give orders that a husband might give her a statement in writing and be free from her?


rate difficulty: And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.


rate difficulty: Not taking what is not theirs, but giving clear signs of their good faith, in all things doing credit to the teaching of God our Saviour.

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


rate difficulty: And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

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


rate difficulty: And the king riseth by night, and saith unto his servants, `Let me declare, I pray you, to you that which the Aramaeans have done to us; they have known that we are famished, and they are gone out from the camp to be hidden in the field, saying, When they come out from the city, then we catch them alive, and unto the city we enter.'

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: willing to be teachers of law, not understanding either the things they say, nor concerning what they asseverate,

They want to be teachers of the law, and yet do not understand either the words they use, or the subjects on which they speak so confidently.


rate difficulty: And they spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand; but we certainly shall not put thee to death. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the cliff.

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


rate difficulty: And he took away all the stored wealth of the Lord's house, and the goods from the king's store-house, cutting up all the gold vessels which Solomon, king of Israel, had made in the house of the Lord, as the Lord had said.

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


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

And he made the great water-vessel of metal, round in form, measuring ten cubits across from edge to edge; it was five cubits high and thirty cubits round.


simplify: All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Cesar’s household.

All Christ’s people here, and especially those who belong to the Emperor’s household, send theirs.


rate difficulty: May it come on the head of Joab and all his father's family: among the men of Joab's family may there ever be some who are diseased or lepers, or who do the work of women, or are put to the sword, or are wasted from need of food!

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


rate difficulty: and David feareth Jehovah on that day, and saith, `How doth the ark of Jehovah come in unto me?'

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


rate difficulty: And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, the oxen for the burnt-offering, and the threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for the wood:

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


rate difficulty: and I will bring back all the people to thee. The man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: all the people shall be in peace.

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


simplify: and he said to them, --`The Son of Man is lord also of the sabbath.'

Then Jesus added: “The Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”


simplify: And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.

Some people brought to him a man who was deaf and almost dumb, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him.


simplify: But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

But as for that nation which puts its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and becomes his servant, I will let that nation keep on in its land, farming it and living in it, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac’s servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

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


simplify: But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

But Jesus said to him, Come after me; and let the dead take care of their dead.


simplify: Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:

Then Jesus began to reproach the towns in which most of his miracles had been done, because they had not repented:


simplify: slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

Give up to destruction old men and young men and virgins, little children and women: but do not come near any man who has the mark on him: and make a start at my holy place. So they made a start with the old men who were before the house.


rate difficulty: I--I declared, and saved, and proclaimed, And there is no stranger with you, And ye <FI>are<Fi> My witnesses, an affirmation of Jehovah, And I <FI>am<Fi> God.


simplify: For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.

Because in the waste land of Zin, when the people were angry, you and he went against my word and did not keep my name holy before their eyes, at the waters. (These are the waters of Meribah in Kadesh in the waste land of Zin.)


simplify: and God, what things before He had declared through the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ should suffer, He did thus fulfil;

But it was in this way that God fulfilled all that he had long ago foretold, as to the sufferings of his Christ, by the lips of all the prophets.


simplify: For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.

For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.


rate difficulty: Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the store-houses of the gates.

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


simplify: The deeps cover them: They went down into the depths like a stone.

They were covered by the deep waters: like a stone they went down under the waves.


rate difficulty: He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy:

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


rate difficulty: And from the hand of a son of a stranger ye do not bring near the bread of your God, of any of these, for their corruption <FI>is<Fi> in them; blemish <FI>is<Fi> in them; they are not pleasing for you.'

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


rate difficulty: 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:

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


rate difficulty: Lo, it hath come, and it hath been done, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, It <FI>is<Fi> the day of which I spake.

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


simplify: I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;

I said I would send them wandering far away, I would make all memory of them go from the minds of men:


simplify: When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

When evil men are in power, wrongdoing is increased; but the upright will have pleasure when they see their downfall.


rate difficulty: Then they took to him one with an evil spirit, who was blind and had no power of talking: and he made him well so that he had the power of talking and seeing.


rate difficulty: For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.


rate difficulty: It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

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rate difficulty: And now the Lord, the God of Israel, has said of this town, about which you say, It is given into the hands of the king of Babylon by the sword and by need of food and by disease:

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rate difficulty: And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger.

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simplify: So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai.

So about three thousand of the people went up, and were sent in flight by the men of Ai.


rate difficulty: Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

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rate difficulty: And Saul knew David’s voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king.


rate difficulty: Night and day alike, he was continually shrieking in the tombs and among the hills, and cutting himself with stones.

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simplify: And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days.

And after he has been made clean, seven days are to be numbered for him.


rate difficulty: Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men?

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rate difficulty: Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.


simplify: And it was revealed in mine ears by the Lord of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord God of hosts.

And the Lord of armies said to me secretly, Truly, this sin will not be taken from you till your death, says the Lord, the Lord of armies.


simplify: Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.

I am glad now; not because of the sorrow it caused you, but because your sorrow brought you to repentance. For it was God’s will that you should feel sorrow, in order that you should not suffer loss in any way at our hands.


simplify: And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

And his brothers, heads of families, two hundred and forty-two; and Amashsai, the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,


simplify: And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

Again they cried — ‘Hallelujah!’ And the smoke from her ruins rises for ever and ever.


simplify: Only worthily of the good news of the Christ conduct ye yourselves, that, whether having come and seen you, whether being absent I may hear of the things concerning you, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul, striving together for the faith of the good news,

Under all circumstances let your lives be worthy of the good news of the Christ: so that, whether I come and see you, or whether I hear of your affairs at a distance, I may know that you are standing firm, animated by one spirit, and joining with one heart in a common struggle for the faith taught by the good news,


rate difficulty: and now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of life among you--but of the ship;

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rate difficulty: In those days again, when there was a great mass of people and they had no food, he made his disciples come to him and said to them,

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simplify: And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.

“Why, what harm has he done?” he asked. But they kept shouting furiously: “Let him be crucified!”


simplify: And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

And the people said to Joshua, We will be the servants of the Lord our God, and we will give ear to his voice.


rate difficulty: Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.


simplify: And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

And Elisha sent a servant to him, saying, Go to Jordan, and after washing seven times in its waters your flesh will be well again and you will be clean.


simplify: For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me.

For at the shaking of my hand over them, their goods will be taken by those who were their servants: and you will see that the Lord of armies has sent me.


simplify: And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee.

And let your name be made great for ever, and let men say, The Lord of armies is God over Israel: and let the family of David your servant be made strong before you!


simplify: The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn assembly; All her gates are desolate, her priests do sigh: Her virgins are afflicted, and she herself is in bitterness.

The ways of Zion are sad, because no one comes to the holy meeting; all her doorways are made waste, her priests are breathing out sorrow: her virgins are troubled, and it is bitter for her.


simplify: In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.

In the twenty-third year of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, became king over Israel in Samaria, ruling for seventeen years.


rate difficulty: And the peaceable folds are brought to silence because of the fierce anger of Jehovah.

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simplify: And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you into our hands.

And all these people who are here today may see that the Lord does not give salvation by sword and spear: for the fight is the Lord's, and he will give you up into our hands.


rate difficulty: You will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.

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


simplify: Then said Jehovah unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I watch over my word to perform it.

Then the Lord said to me, You have seen well: for I keep watch over my word to give effect to it.


simplify: All that are with me salute thee. Salute them that love us in faith. Grace be with you all.

All who are with me send you their love. Give our love to our friends in the faith. Grace be with you all.


rate difficulty: And he asked them, But who say ye that I am? Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.

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


simplify: And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

And so I say to you — Ask, and your prayer will be granted: search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.


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


simplify: But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.

But Jesus said: “It is for you to give them something to eat.”   “We have not more than five loaves and two fishes,” they answered; “unless indeed we are to go and buy food for all these people.”


rate difficulty: The queen of the South will come up in the day of judging and give her decision against this generation: for she came from the ends of the earth to give ear to the wisdom of Solomon; and now a greater than Solomon is here.

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


simplify: `For whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, of this one shall the Son of Man be ashamed, when he may come in his glory, and the Father's, and the holy messengers';

Whoever is ashamed of me and of my teaching, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them, when he comes in his glory and the glory of the father and of the holy angels.


rate difficulty: And the rulers did not know whither I went or what I did, for I had not as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.

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simplify: For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.

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


rate difficulty: And I will turn again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them;

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simplify: And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

And he said to me, Who are you? And I said, I am an Amalekite.


rate difficulty: And Eber liveth after his begetting Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begetteth sons and daughters.

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rate difficulty: And there hath been, in that day, A root of Jesse that is standing for an ensign of peoples, Unto him do nations seek, And his rest hath been--honour!

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rate difficulty: And so the two daughters of Lot were with child by their father.


rate difficulty: but your eyes have seen all the great work of Jehovah which he did.


simplify: And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.

And he said to David, You are right and I am wrong: for you have given me back good, but I have given you evil.


rate difficulty: And at the death of Baal-hanan, Hadar became king in his place; his chief town was named Pau, and his wife's name was Mehetabel; she was the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab.


rate difficulty: And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. Jehovah make the woman that is come into thy house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Beth-lehem:

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rate difficulty: Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel onwards, and all their successors who had a message to deliver, told of these days.

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simplify: Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

But I will make them responsible for the care of the house and all its work and everything which is done in it.


rate difficulty: And the sun is about to go in, and deep sleep hath fallen upon Abram, and lo, a terror of great darkness is falling upon him;

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simplify: The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.

True, the Son of Man must go, as scripture says of him, yet alas for that man by whom the Son of Man is being betrayed! For that man ‘it would be better never to have been born!’”


rate difficulty: And the courses of the sons of Aaron were these. The sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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


simplify: Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.


rate difficulty: and bringeth in the ark unto the tabernacle, and placeth the vail of the covering, and covereth over the ark of the testimony, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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


simplify: And his head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

And his head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;


rate difficulty: Whenever I go to Spain (for it is my hope to see you on my way, and to be sent on there by you, if first I may in some measure have been comforted by your company)--

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simplify: But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

while the prudent ones, besides taking their lamps, took oil in their jars.


simplify: Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, that is, Dorcas: this woman was given to good works and acts of mercy at all times.


simplify: And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.

And Elisha went back to Gilgal, now there was very little food in the land; and the sons of the prophets were seated before him. And he said to his servant, Put the great pot on the fire, and make soup for the sons of the prophets.


simplify: Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.

Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: when his mother Mary was going to be married to Joseph, before they came together the discovery was made that she was with child by the Holy Spirit.


simplify: And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?

And a man of God came to Eli and said to him, The Lord says, Did I let myself be seen by your father's people when they were in Egypt, servants in Pharaoh's house?


simplify: And when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

And when the seven thunders had given out their voices, I was about to put their words down: and a voice from heaven came to my ears, saying, Keep secret the things which the seven thunders said, and do not put them in writing.


simplify: And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.

Jesus sent forward Peter and John, saying to them: “Go and make preparations for our eating the Passover.”


simplify: And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,

This oil is to be put on the Tent of meeting, and on the ark of the law,


simplify: Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours’ wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the Lord.

Because they have done shame in Israel, and have taken their neighbours' wives, and in my name have said false words, which I did not give them orders to say; and I myself am the witness, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the Lord; and six thousand were officers and judges:

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simplify: He whose spirit is without restraint Islikea city that is broken down and without walls.

He whose spirit is uncontrolled is like an unwalled town which has been broken into.


simplify: Then Joshua built an altar unto the Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal,

Then Joshua put up an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,


simplify: Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.

See, Hanamel, the son of Shallum, your father's brother, will come to you and say, Give the price and get for yourself my property in Anathoth: for you have the right of the nearest relation.


simplify: And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not.

And Hezekiah was glad at their coming, and let them see all his store of wealth, the silver and the gold and the spices and the oil, and all the house of his arms, and everything there was in his stores: there was nothing in all his house or his kingdom which he did not let them see.


simplify: These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.

These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty-two thousand, two hundred.


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

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


simplify: and he made us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it.


simplify: and in covetousness, with moulded words, of you they shall make merchandise, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction doth not slumber.

In their covetousness they will try to make you a source of profit by their fabrications; but for a long time past their sentence has not been standing idle, nor their ruin slumbering.


rate difficulty: it seemed good to us, having come together with one accord, chosen men to send unto you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul--

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rate difficulty: And David said to Abishai, Sheba, the son of Bichri, will do us more damage than Absalom did; so take some of your lord's servants and go after him, before he makes himself safe in the walled towns, and gets away before our eyes.

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rate difficulty: If his days are ordered, and you have knowledge of the number of his months, having given him a fixed limit past which he may not go;

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rate difficulty: And he said to them, This kind can go out by nothing but by prayer and fasting.

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


simplify: The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,

The number of all the people together was forty-two thousand, three hundred and sixty;


simplify: Damascus is waxed feeble, she turneth herself to flee, and trembling hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken hold of her, as of a woman in travail.

Damascus has become feeble, she is turned to flight, fear has taken her in its grip: pain and sorrows have come on her, as on a woman in birth-pains.


rate difficulty: with whom the kings of the earth did commit whoredom; and made drunk from the wine of her whoredom were those inhabiting the earth;'


simplify: And as he is going forth out of the temple, one of his disciples saith to him, `Teacher, see! what stones! and what buildings!'

As Jesus was walking out of the Temple Courts, one of his disciples said to him: “Teacher, look what fine stones and buildings these are!”


rate difficulty: And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him.

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


simplify: and said to them, `Whoever may receive this child in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth receive Him who sent me, for he who is least among you all--he shall be great.'

and then said to them: “Anyone who, for the sake of my name, welcomes even this little child is welcoming me; and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming him who sent me as his messenger. For whoever is least among you all — that person is great.”


rate difficulty: `For we have heard how Jehovah dried up the waters of the Red Sea at your presence, in your going out of Egypt, and that which ye have done to the two kings of the Amorite who <FI>are<Fi> beyond the Jordan; to Sihon and to Og whom ye devoted.

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


simplify: Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.

Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.


rate difficulty: 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.

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


rate difficulty: And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto Jehovah in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

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


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


simplify: together with the cities which were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages.

Together with the towns marked out for the children of Ephraim in the heritage of Manasseh, all the towns with their unwalled places.


simplify: and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah,


rate difficulty: And a field, a suburb of their cities, is not sold; for a possession age-during it <FI>is<Fi> to them.

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


simplify: I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.

My word came to you in the time of your well-being; but you said, I will not give ear. This has been your way from your earliest years, you did not give attention to my voice.


simplify: Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

Presently, however, some one came and told them, that the men whom they had put in prison were actually standing in the Temple Courts, teaching the people.


rate difficulty: O Lord, quickly be my saviour; so we will make my songs to corded instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.


simplify: And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not adjure thee by Jehovah, and protest unto thee, saying, Know for certain, that on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The saying that I have heard is good.

Then the king sent for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you take an oath by the Lord, protesting to you and saying, Be certain that on the day when you go out from here, wherever you go, death will overtake you? and you said to me, Very well!


simplify: Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

Yet God’s firm foundation still stands unmoved, and it bears this inscription —  ‘THE LORD KNOWS THOSE WHO ARE HIS’;  and this —  ‘LET ALL THOSE WHO USE THE NAME OF THE LORD TURN AWAY FROM WICKEDNESS.’


rate difficulty: And the company send there twelve thousand men of the sons of valour, and command them, saying, `Go--and ye have smitten the inhabitants of Jabesh-Gilead by the mouth of the sword, even the women and the infants.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;


simplify: Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood.

Their dead bodies will be thick on the face of the earth, and their smell will come up, and the mountains will be flowing with their blood, and all the hills will come to nothing.


rate difficulty: The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

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


rate difficulty: The voice of the Lord said Samuel's name; and he said, Here am I.

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


simplify: And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

They will turn a deaf ear to the truth, and give their attention to legends instead.


rate difficulty: And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.


simplify: And he brought back all the goods, and also brought back his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

And he got back all the goods, and Lot, his brother's son, with his goods and the women and the people.


simplify: And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had.

He took them and sent them over the stream with all he had.


rate difficulty: For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live thereby.

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simplify: the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.

The same field which Abraham got from the children of Heth: there Abraham was put to rest with Sarah, his wife.


rate difficulty: And the rest said, Let him be; let us see if Elijah will come to his help.


simplify: And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

Eight days after the birth of the child, when it was time to circumcise him, he received the name Jesus — the name given him by the angel before his conception.


simplify: Then the beasts go into coverts, And remain in their dens.

Then the beasts go into their holes, and take their rest.


rate difficulty: sons of Bezai, sons of Meunim, sons of Nephishesim,


simplify: Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.

For this reason the Lord has said of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, He will have no son to take his place on the seat of David: his dead body will be put out to undergo the heat of the day and the cold of the night.


simplify: And Judah and all the cities thereof shall dwell therein together, the husbandmen, and they that go about with flocks.

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


rate difficulty: And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people.


rate difficulty: and they beckoned unto their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink.


simplify: And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the Lord shall be consumed.

But a common destruction will overtake sinners and evil-doers together, and those who have gone away from the Lord will be cut off.


simplify: holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.

Keeping to the true word of the teaching, so that he may be able to give comfort by right teaching and overcome the arguments of the doubters.


rate difficulty: and seven years of famine have arisen after them, and all the plenty is forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine hath finished the land,

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


rate difficulty: and every one who doth not seek for Jehovah, God of Israel, is put to death, from small unto great, from man unto woman.

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


rate difficulty: And those servants went out into the streets, and got together all those whom they came across, bad and good: and the feast was full of guests.


simplify: And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

And David said to the young man who had given him the news, Where do you come from? And he said, I am the son of a man from a strange land; I am an Amalekite.


rate difficulty: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

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


simplify: For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

For their mother has been untrue; she who gave them birth has done things of shame, for she said, I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my linen, my oil and my wine.


rate difficulty: But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days:

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


simplify: But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the Lord of hosts.

But now I will not be to the rest of this people as I was in the past, says the Lord of armies.


rate difficulty: and I will give grass in thy field for thy cattle; and thou shalt eat and be full.

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


rate difficulty: And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes.


simplify: And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

And the voice came to him a second time, What God has made clean, do not you make common.


simplify: Therefore thus said the Lord Jehovah: Because thou art exalted in stature, and he hath set his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height;

For this cause the Lord has said: Because he is tall, and has put his top among the clouds, and his heart is full of pride because he is so high,


simplify: Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

Never avenge yourselves, dear friends, but make way for the wrath of God; for scripture declares — ‘“It is for me to avenge, I will requite,” says the Lord.’


rate difficulty: And thou puttest my feet in the stocks, and markest all my paths; thou settest a bound about the soles of my feet; —

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


simplify: And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

Then the armed men took up their positions, every man with his instruments of war in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left, round about the altar and the house.


rate difficulty: But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him.

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


simplify: I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.

In order that hearts may become soft, and the number of those who are falling may be increased, I have sent death by the sword against all their doors: you are made like a flame, you are polished for death.


simplify: And it came to pass, in the multitude pressing on him to hear the word of God, that he was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret,

Once, when the people were pressing around Jesus as they listened to God’s message, he happened to be standing by the shore of the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two boats close to the shore.


simplify: And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house.

So the priests made an agreement to take no more money from the people, and not to make good what was damaged in the house.


rate difficulty: And the ark of God was taken; and Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, were put to the sword.


simplify: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

when I was naked, you clothed me; when I fell ill, you visited me; and when I was in prison, you came to me.’


simplify: Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.

My stomach is like wine which is unable to get out; like skins full of new wine, it is almost burst.


simplify: and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.

Waiting for his Son from heaven, who came back from the dead, even Jesus, our Saviour from the wrath to come.


simplify: `And the second came, saying, Sir, thy pound made five pounds;

When the second came, he said ‘Your ten pounds, Sir, have produced fifty.’


simplify: And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards,

And for the second side of the House, on the north, they made twenty boards,


simplify: Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, he shall be cut off from his people.

Whoever makes any like it, or puts it on one who is not a priest, will be cut off from his people.


simplify: These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

These have the power to keep the heaven shut, so that there may be no rain in the days when they are prophets: and they have power over the waters to make them into blood, and to send every sort of disease on the earth as their pleasure is.


simplify: These are the beasts which ye may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat,

These are the beasts which you may have for food: the ox, the sheep, and the goat;


rate difficulty: and he joineth him with himself to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they make ships in Ezion-Geber,

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


simplify: Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.

And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of Jesus and his coming back from the dead.


simplify: And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.

And now, be fertile and have increase; have offspring on the earth and become great in number.


simplify: Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.

I beg you, friends, to be on your guard against people who, by disregarding the teaching which you received, cause divisions and create difficulties; dissociate yourselves from them.


rate difficulty: But the fat of a dead carcase, and the fat of that which is torn, may be used in any other use; but ye shall in no wise eat it.

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


simplify: For in much wisdom is much grief; and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Because in much wisdom is much grief, and increase of knowledge is increase of sorrow.


rate difficulty: a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, until he bring forth judgment unto victory;

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


simplify: `Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness--for apart from law sin is dead.

But sin took advantage of the Commandment to arouse in me every form of covetousness, for where there is no consciousness of law sin shows no sign of life.


rate difficulty: Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;

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


rate difficulty: And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem; for he said, To-day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.

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


rate difficulty: And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory ofGod and from his power: and no one could enter into the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

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


rate difficulty: Now the hand of the Lord was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb.

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


simplify: In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.

In that day will this song be made in the land of Judah: We have a strong town; he will make salvation our walls and towers.


rate difficulty: But the Chaldaean army went after them and overtook Zedekiah in the lowlands of Jericho: and they made him a prisoner and took him up to Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, to be judged by him.

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


rate difficulty: and the wisdom of Solomon is greater than the wisdom of any of the sons of the east, and than all the wisdom of Egypt;


rate difficulty: The twentieth Eliathah, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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


rate difficulty: Stand your ground, then, ‘with truth for your belt,’ and ‘with righteousness for your breast-plate,’


simplify: And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.

Jaffa was near Lydda, and the disciples, having heard that Peter was at Lydda, sent two men with the request that he come to them without delay.


rate difficulty: And this went on for two years, so that all those who were living in Asia had knowledge of the word of the Lord, Greeks as well as Jews.

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


simplify: not at all meaning with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous and extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world:

But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely:


simplify: And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe did leap in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the child moved within her, and Elizabeth herself was filled with the Holy Spirit,


rate difficulty: All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, another of beasts, another of birds, and another of fishes.

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


simplify: and those harassed by unclean spirits, and they were healed,

who had come to hear him and to be restored to health. Those, too, who were troubled with foul spirits were cured;


simplify: Doth any one suffer evil among you? let him pray; is any of good cheer? let him sing psalms;

If any of you is in trouble, let them pray; if anyone is happy, let them sing hymns.


simplify: for this <FI>is<Fi> right and acceptable before God our Saviour,

This will be good and acceptable in the eyes of God, our Savior,


simplify: And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.

And when the captains of the war-carriages saw that he was not the king of Israel, they went back from going after him.


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

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


simplify: And at Hazar–shual, and at Beer–sheba, and in the villages thereof,

And in Hazar-shual, and in Beer-sheba and its daughter-towns,


rate difficulty: that the fellowship of thy faith may become working in the full knowledge of every good thing that <FI>is<Fi> in you toward Christ Jesus;

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


simplify: And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?

And, if you only welcome your brothers and sisters, what are you doing more than others? Even the Gentiles do this!


simplify: Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.

And he said, These are the two sons of oil, whose place is by the Lord of all the earth.


simplify: And they brought the head of Ish–bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish–bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the Lord hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.

And they took the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, and said to the king, Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul your hater, who would have taken your life; the Lord has taken payment for the wrongs of my lord the king from Saul and his seed today.


simplify: Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.

For this cause, all those who take you for their food will themselves become your food; and all your attackers, every one of them, will be taken prisoners; and those who send destruction on you will come to destruction; and all those who take away your goods by force will undergo the same themselves.


rate difficulty: These <FI>are<Fi> those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who have numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab, by Jordan, <FI>near<Fi> Jericho;

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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


rate difficulty: Is my strength the strength of stones? Is my flesh brazen?

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


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary.

Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, will be head over all the Levites and overseer of those responsible for the care of the holy place.


rate difficulty: The end of a thing is better than its start, and a gentle spirit is better than pride.

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


rate difficulty: And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Beth–lehem–judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place.

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


simplify: And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favourable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty.

And when their fathers or their brothers come and make trouble, you are to say to them, Give them to us as an act of grace; for we did not take them as wives for ourselves in war; and if you yourselves had given them to us you would have been responsible for the broken oath.


simplify: Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed: neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.

Keep my laws. Do not let your cattle have offspring by those of a different sort; do not put mixed seed into your field; do not put on a robe made of two sorts of cloth.


simplify: And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.

And he said in answer to me, Have you no knowledge what these are? And I said, No, my lord.


simplify: then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;

Then give ear to their prayer and to their cry in heaven your living-place, and see right done to them;


simplify: And her spirit returned, and she rose up immediately: and he commanded that something be given her to eat.

And her spirit came back to her and she got up straight away: and he gave orders that food was to be given to her.


rate difficulty: Having therefore such hope, we use much boldness:


simplify: In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah,

In the lowland, Eshtaol, and Zorah, and Ashnah;


simplify: Hath not my hand made all these things?

Was it not my hand that made all these things?’


rate difficulty: And they did so, and made them all sit down.


simplify: And by the fountain gate, and straight before them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the ascent of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward.

And by the doorway of the fountain and straight in front of them, they went up by the steps of the town of David, at the slope up of the wall, over the house of David, as far as the water-doorway to the east.


rate difficulty: Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass at that time that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, and the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field.


simplify: For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

For evil was burning like a fire; the blackberries and thorns were burned up; the thick woods took fire, rolling up in dark clouds of smoke.


rate difficulty: Let each man do according as he hath purposed in his heart: not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

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


simplify: Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

From Dan, Ahiezer, the son of Ammi-shaddai;


rate difficulty: And Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, and let us fight against the Canaanites, and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot; and Simeon went with him.

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


rate difficulty: Be pained before Him, all the earth:


simplify: Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people.

Then we will give our daughters to you and take your daughters to us and go on living with you as one people.


rate difficulty: Olive-trees shalt thou have throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; for thine olive-tree shall cast its fruit.

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


rate difficulty: And Shecaniah, the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answering, said to Ezra, We have done evil against our God, and have taken as our wives strange women of the peoples of the land: but still there is hope for Israel in this question.

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


simplify: Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.

Now, then, say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am forming an evil thing against you, and designing a design against you: let every man come back now from his evil way, and let your ways and your doings be changed for the better.


simplify: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

For the person who asks receives, everyone who searches finds, and to the person who knocks the door will be opened.


simplify: So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof.

Then they gave the men soup from the pot. And while they were drinking the soup, they gave a cry, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot; and they were not able to take any more food.


rate difficulty: And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.

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


rate difficulty: And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanath–shiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah;

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


simplify: Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

idolatry, sorcery, quarrels, strife, jealousy, outbursts of passion, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,


simplify: But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof:

And I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, burning up its great houses:


rate difficulty: Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.

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


rate difficulty: Then he said to me, Come here to my side, and put me to death, for the pain of death has me in its grip but my life is still strong in me.

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


rate difficulty: These <FI>are<Fi> their appointments for their service, to come in to the house of Jehovah, according to their ordinance by the hand of Aaron their father, as Jehovah God of Israel, commanded them.

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


simplify: for she said within herself, If I do but touch his garment, I shall be made whole.

Because, she said to herself, if I may but put my hand on his robe, I will be made well.


simplify: And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes.

And the ruler who is among them will take his goods on his back in the dark and go out: he will make a hole in the wall through which to go out: he will have his face covered so that he may not be seen.


simplify: And that servant, who knew his lord’s will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;


simplify: And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleannesses of the children of Israel.

Shaking drops of the blood from his finger on it seven times to make it holy and clean from whatever is unclean among the children of Israel.


simplify: Declare the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together.

Give us word of what will be after this, so that we may be certain that you are gods: yes, do good or do evil, so that we may all see it and be surprised.


simplify: They profess that they know God; but by their works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

They say that they have knowledge of God, while by their acts they are turning their backs on him; they are hated by all, hard-hearted, and judged to be without value for any good work.


simplify: And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men.

Then King Solomon got together men for the forced work through all Israel, thirty thousand men in number;


simplify: And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:


simplify: And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

And his tail was pulling a third part of the stars of heaven down to the earth, and the dragon took his place before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when the birth had taken place he might put an end to her child.


simplify: But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel.

But his quality is clear to you; how, as a child is to its father, so he was a help to me in the work of the good news.


rate difficulty: What they said seemed to the apostles mere nonsense, and they did not believe them.

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people; if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

And the Lord said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff-necked people: if I come among you, even for a minute, I will send destruction on you; so take off all your ornaments, so that I may see what to do with you.


simplify: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.

Act as free people, yet not using your freedom as those do who make it a cloak for wickedness, but as Servants of God.


rate difficulty: It is not set in the balance with gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, and the sapphire.


rate difficulty: And the angel of Jehovah said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto Jehovah. For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of Jehovah.

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


simplify: And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

But he made answer and said to his father, See, all these years I have been your servant, doing your orders in everything: and you never gave me even a young goat so that I might have a feast with my friends:


simplify: And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made an attack on the South and on Ziklag, and had overcome Ziklag and put it on fire;


simplify: And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.

And God went on to say to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my sign to all generations.


simplify: Who shall offer it before the Lord, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female.

And the priest is to make an offering of it before the Lord and take away her sin, and she will be made clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for a woman who gives birth to a male or a female.


rate difficulty: Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy; and hold such in honor:

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


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

But those who have listened and not acted on what they have heard may be compared to a person who built a house on the ground without any foundation. The river swept down on it, and the house immediately collapsed; and great was the crash that followed.”


rate difficulty: And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

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


rate difficulty: Now there was in their synagogue at the time a man under the power of a foul spirit, who called out:

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


rate difficulty: And this woman’s child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

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


rate difficulty: And by the doorway of the fountain and straight in front of them, they went up by the steps of the town of David, at the slope up of the wall, over the house of David, as far as the water-doorway to the east.

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


simplify: saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must stand before Cæsar: and lo, God hath granted thee all them that sail with thee.

Saying, Have no fear, Paul, for you will come before Caesar, and God has given to you all those who are sailing with you.


simplify: Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good.

Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.


rate difficulty: And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.


simplify: Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.

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


simplify: Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.

And on that day they made great offerings and were glad; for God had made them glad with great joy; and the women and the children were glad with them: so that the joy of Jerusalem came to the ears of those who were far off.


simplify: Then come unto Jesus do they from Jerusalem--scribes and Pharisees--saying,

Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus, and said:


rate difficulty: But David saw that his servants whispered, and David perceived that the child was dead; and David said to his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead.


simplify: and the third took her; and likewise the seven also left no children, and died.

And the third took her; and in the same way, all the seven, without having any children, came to their end.


rate difficulty: Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin, nor say before the messenger, that `it <FI>is<Fi> an error,' why is God wroth because of thy voice, and hath destroyed the work of thy hands?

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


rate difficulty: a holy linen coat he putteth on, and linen trousers are on his flesh, and with a linen girdle he girdeth himself, and with a linen mitre he wrappeth himself up; they <FI>are<Fi> holy garments; and he hath bathed with water his flesh, and hath put them on.

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


simplify: And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel: therefore will I play before the Lord.

And David said to Michal, I was dancing before the Lord, who put me over your father and all his sons, to make me a ruler over the people of the Lord, over his people Israel: and I will go on playing before the Lord;


rate difficulty: And who will hearken to you in this matter? For as his share is that goes down to the battle, so shall his share be that abides by the baggage: they shall share alike.


rate difficulty: And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness that Jehovah had done to Israel; that he had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians.


simplify: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.


simplify: Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.

But you will have a son who will be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from wars on every side. His name will be Solomon, and in his time I will give Israel peace and quiet;


simplify: And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,

We also have good news to tell you, about the promise made to our ancestors —


rate difficulty: And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.

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


simplify: And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be priest in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments:

And the man on whose head the holy oil has been put, and who has been marked out to be a priest in his father's place, will do what is necessary to take away sin, and will put on the linen clothing, even the holy robes: