rate difficulty: And David built there an altar unto Jehovah, and offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and called upon Jehovah; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt-offering.

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


rate difficulty: Now the Lord, seeing that Leah was not loved, gave her a child; while Rachel had no children.

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


simplify: And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

And Othniel, the son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, took it: so he gave him his daughter Achsah for his wife.


simplify: For the man was more than forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was wrought.

For the man on whom this act of power was done was more than forty years old.


simplify: And if any man’s seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even.

And if a man's seed goes out from him, then all his body will have to be bathed in water and he will be unclean till evening.


rate difficulty: And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Lest thou shouldest take thy daughters from me by force.

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rate difficulty: And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:

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


simplify: Honour widows that are widows indeed.

Give honour to widows who are truly widows.


simplify: And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

And the Lord gave ear to Hezekiah, and made the people well.


rate difficulty: And the building that was before the separate place at the side toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.


simplify: But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.

When, however, Jesus saw this, he was indignant. “Let the little children come to me,”he said, “do not hinder them; for it is to the childlike that the kingdom of God belongs.


rate difficulty: Gird up now thy loins like a man; and I will demand of thee, and inform thou me.

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


rate difficulty: But still, you have been in the right in everything which has come on us; you have been true to us, but we have done evil:


rate difficulty: And he said to him, I am Jehovah who brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give thee this land to possess it.

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


simplify: Then they said to Jeremiah, The Lord be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the Lord thy God shall send thee to us.

Then they said to Jeremiah, May the Lord be a true witness against us in good faith, if we do not do everything which the Lord your God sends you to say to us.


simplify: A disciple is not above his teacher, but every one perfected shall be as his teacher.

A scholar is not above their teacher; yet every finished scholar will be like their teacher.


simplify: And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not:

And now, see, Adonijah has made himself king without my lord's knowledge;


simplify: The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

The secret things are the Lord our God's: but the things which have been made clear are ours and our children's for ever, so that we may do all the words of this law.


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

“See that you are on the watch; for you do not know when the time will be.


simplify: Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.


rate difficulty: The hater of work says, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.

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


simplify: And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not.

I entreated your disciples to drive the spirit out, but they could not.”


simplify: Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness;

Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:


simplify: Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou shalt be ashamed of Egypt also, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria.

Why do you go about so much for the purpose of changing your way? you will be shamed on account of Egypt, as you were shamed on account of Assyria.


simplify: If he offer a lamb for his oblation, then shall he offer it before Jehovah;

If his offering is a lamb, then let it be placed before the Lord:


simplify: And he will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge;

And he will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they put their faith?


rate difficulty: and they say to him, `Keep silent, lay thy hand on thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us for a father and for a priest: is it better thy being a priest to the house of one man, or thy being priest to a tribe and to a family in Israel?'

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


simplify: I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

I can but speak as people do because of the weakness of your earthly nature. Once you offered every part of your bodies to the service of impurity, and of wickedness, which leads to further wickedness. Now, in the same way, offer them to the service of righteousness, which leads to holiness.


rate difficulty: And any leather seat on a horse on which the unclean man has been seated will be unclean.

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


rate difficulty: for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

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


simplify: For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

For while all sorts of beasts and birds, and of reptiles and creatures in the sea, are tameable, and actually have been tamed by man,


simplify: If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them;

If you are guided by my rules, and keep my laws and do them,


rate difficulty: saying, Return ye now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that Jehovah hath given unto you and to your fathers, from of old and even for evermore;

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


simplify: What doth it profit, my brethren, if a man say he hath faith, but have not works? can that faith save him?

What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?


simplify: and they began to call upon him to go away from their borders.

so they began to beg Jesus to leave their neighborhood.


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

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


simplify: Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.

And the man was not made for the woman, but the woman for the man.


rate difficulty: And all the assembly of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and dwelt in the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.

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


rate difficulty: In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.

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


rate difficulty: Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.

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


rate difficulty: the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;


simplify: And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

And the Lord made up to Job for all his losses, after he had made prayer for his friends: and all Job had before was increased by the Lord twice as much.


simplify: When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him.

And when he had come down from the mountain, great numbers of people came after him.


rate difficulty: But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; and desiring to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul in bonds.

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


simplify: Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith.

If God is one; and he will give righteousness because of faith to those who have circumcision, and through faith to those who have not circumcision.


rate difficulty: `My sabbaths ye do keep, and My sanctuary ye do reverence; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.


simplify: Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?

And Mary said to the angel, How may this be, because I have had no knowledge of a man?


rate difficulty: Then Jehoram went over with his captains and all his war-carriages ... made an attack by night on the Edomites, whose forces were all round him ... on the captains of the war-carriages.


rate difficulty: for the four chief porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God.

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


rate difficulty: we have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas, and they by word are telling the same things.


simplify: He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou?

“What is said in the law?”answered Jesus. “What do you read there?”


simplify: I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not.

I wrote a few lines to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, declines to recognize us.


simplify: for they said, Not during the feast, lest haply there shall be a tumult of the people.

But they said, Not while the feast is going on, for fear there may be trouble among the people.


simplify: These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward.

These are the heritages of which Moses made distribution in the lowlands of Moab, on the other side of Jordan in Jericho, to the east.


rate difficulty: For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

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


simplify: Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.

So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, in Mizpah, and was living with him among the people who were still in the land.


rate difficulty: And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man.

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


rate difficulty: and Saul saith, `I give her to him, and she is to him for a snare, and the hand of the Philistines is on him;' and Saul saith unto David, `By the second--thou dost become my son-in-law to-day.'

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


rate difficulty: So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa.


simplify: And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host: for the host was secure.

And Gideon went up by the way used by the people living in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and made an attack on the army when they had no thought of danger.


simplify: Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression, The same is the companion of a destroyer.

He who takes from his father or his mother what is theirs by right, and says, It is no sin; is the same as a taker of life.


simplify: Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:

And Amaziah said to Amos, O seer, go in flight into the land of Judah, and there get your living by working as a prophet:


simplify: And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

In order that they may be responsible to him and to all Israel for the care of the Tent of meeting, and to do the work of the House;


simplify: Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you.

Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus make a way for us to come to you;


rate difficulty: For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one who continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law, to do them.

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


simplify: but (which becometh women professing godliness) through good works.

But clothed with good works, as is right for women who are living in the fear of God.


simplify: But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:

But do this to them, so that life and not death may be theirs when they come near the most holy things; let Aaron and his sons go in and give to every one his work and that which he is to take up;


rate difficulty: and David hath smitten the land, and doth not keep alive man and woman, and hath taken sheep, and oxen, and asses, and camels, and garments, and turneth back, and cometh in unto Achish.

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


simplify: And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:

And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell,


simplify: And they go into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.

And they came to Capernaum; and on the Sabbath he went into the Synagogue and gave teaching.


rate difficulty: But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to appearance, [when present] [am] mean among you, but absent am bold towards you;

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


simplify: And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died with him.

And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and was united with him in death.


rate difficulty: And you will go out through the broken places, every one going straight before her, and you will be sent into Harmon, says the Lord.

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


simplify: Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.

Who has made open the doors of his face? Fear is round about his teeth.


rate difficulty: surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that despised me see it:

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


simplify: Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.

On the north side it was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide,


rate difficulty: And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: For among them are to be found those who creep into homes and captivate weak women — women who, loaded with sins, and slaves to all kinds of passions,

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


rate difficulty: And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.

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


rate difficulty: `And when men contend, and a man hath smitten his neighbour with a stone, or with the fist, and he die not, but hath fallen on the bed;

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


simplify: Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might.

Give ear, you who are far off, to what I have done: see my power, you who are near.


simplify: Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.

Then Adonijah, the son of Haggith, lifting himself up in pride, said, I will become king; and he made ready his carriages of war and his horsemen, with fifty runners to go before him.


rate difficulty: He will not be looking to the altars, the work of his hands, or to the wood pillars or to the sun-images which his fingers have made.


simplify: Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thy helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.

Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours, David, we are on your side, O son of Jesse: may peace be with you and peace be with your helpers; for God is your helper. Then David took them into his army and made them captains of the band.


simplify: Thinkest thou this to be thy right, Or sayest thou, My righteousness is more than God’s,

Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,


rate difficulty: And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor.


rate difficulty: The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays.

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


rate difficulty: And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.


simplify: And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

Then, raising his eyes and looking at his disciples, Jesus said:  “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.


simplify: Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days.

For this reason I am full of the wrath of the Lord, I am tired of keeping it in: may it be let loose on the children in the street, and on the band of the young men together: for even the husband with his wife will be taken, the old man with him who is full of days.


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land.

So this is what the Lord of armies has said about the prophets: See, I will give them a bitter plant for their food, and bitter water for their drink: for from the prophets of Jerusalem unclean behaviour has gone out into all the land.


simplify: 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 Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.

However, Josiah would not go back; but keeping to his purpose of fighting against him, and giving no attention to the words of Neco, which came from God, he went forward to the fight in the valley of Megiddo.


rate difficulty: Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

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


simplify: My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:

My son, give ear to the training of your father, and do not give up the teaching of your mother:


simplify: And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.

And Solomon said, Great was your mercy to David my father, as his life before you was true and upright and his heart was true to you; and you have kept for him this greatest mercy, a son to take his place this day.


simplify: I rejoice greatly that I have foundcertainof thy children walking in truth, even as we received commandment from the Father.

It gave me great joy to see some of your children walking in the true way, even as we were ordered to do by the Father.


rate difficulty: And there is for the sons of Manasseh who are left, for their families; for the sons of Abiezer, and for the sons of Helek, and for the sons of Asriel, and for the sons of Shechem, and for the sons of Hepher, and for the sons of Shemida; these <FI>are<Fi> the children of Manasseh son of Joseph--the males--by their families.

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


rate difficulty: And no one was able in the heaven, or upon the earth, or underneath the earth, to open the book, or to regard it.

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


simplify: and I say to you, truly, there are certain of those here standing, who shall not taste of death till they may see the reign of God.'

Indeed, I tell you, some who are standing before me will not know death, until they have seen the kingdom of God.”


rate difficulty: And he called unto him two of the centurions, and said, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go as far as Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night:

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


rate difficulty: So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.

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


simplify: Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

Truly, I will see that Baasha and all his family are completely brushed away; I will make your family like the family of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat.


rate difficulty: But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And he saith, `Fear not, for more <FI>are<Fi> they who <FI>are<Fi> with us than they who <FI>are<Fi> with them.'

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


rate difficulty: and his host, and their numbered ones, <FI>are<Fi> three and fifty thousand and four hundred.


simplify: In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it;

In the year when the Tartan came to Ashdod, sent by Sargon, king of Assyria, and made war against it and took it;


simplify: Hath the Christ been divided? was Paul crucified for you? or to the name of Paul were ye baptized;

You have torn the Christ in pieces! Was it Paul who was crucified for you? Or were you baptized into the faith of Paul?


simplify: On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered:

On the tenth day Ahiezer; the son of Ammishaddai, chief of the children of Dan:


simplify: But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

But I have knowledge of your getting up and your resting, of your going out and your coming in.


simplify: And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

They are singing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb —  ‘Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord, our God, the Almighty. Righteous and true are your ways, eternal King.


simplify: And he shall kill the bullock before Jehovah: and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting.

And the ox is to be put to death before the Lord: then Aaron's sons, the priests, are to take the blood and put some of it on and round the altar which is at the door of the Tent of meeting.


simplify: And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.

Then he began to teach. “Does not scripture say,”he asked, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.’”


rate difficulty: And for the entrance of the oracle he made doors of olive-wood: the lintel [and] side posts were the fifth part [of the breadth of the house].

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


simplify: For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord.

For there were still a number of the people there who had not made themselves holy: so the Levites had to put Passover lambs to death for those who were not clean, to make them holy to the Lord.


rate difficulty: Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also himself shall cry, and shall not be heard.

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


rate difficulty: One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:

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


simplify: I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?

I gave orders to Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus make any profit out of you? were we not guided by the same Spirit, in the same ways?


simplify: and while they are eating, he said, `Verily I say to you, that one of you shall deliver me up.'

and, while they were eating, he said: “I tell you that one of you will betray me.”


simplify: And he answering said, `Thou shalt love the Lord thy God out of all thy heart, and out of all thy soul, and out of all thy strength, and out of all thy understanding, and thy neighbour as thyself.'

His reply was —  “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as you love yourself.’”


rate difficulty: And after these days Elisabeth his wife conceived; and she hid herself five months, saying,

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


simplify: And I will put forth my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.

But I will put out my hand and overcome Egypt with all the wonders which I will do among them: and after that he will let you go.


rate difficulty: But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king’s word was abominable to Joab.


rate difficulty: And it shall be as the people so the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and recompense to them their doings;


simplify: A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

With the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach will be full; the produce of his lips will be his in full measure.


rate difficulty: No, go in, write it on a tablet with them, And on a book engrave it, And it is for a latter day, for a witness unto the age,

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


rate difficulty: Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned away from Jehovah, the God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice,

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simplify: but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?

But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?


simplify: Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal.

But the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: when it is they whose way is not equal.


simplify: and lo, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves, but he was sleeping,

Suddenly so great a storm came up on the Sea, that the waves broke right over the boat. But Jesus was asleep;


simplify: And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.

And Isaac said, Come near so that I may put my hand on you, my son, and see if you are truly my son Esau or not.


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

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


simplify: And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot.

And he said, Take her and put her out of the window. So they sent her down with force, and her blood went in a shower on the wall and on the horses; and she was crushed under their feet.


rate difficulty: But he answering said to one of them, [My] friend, I do not wrong thee. Didst thou not agree with me for a denarius?

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


rate difficulty: And in many waters <FI>is<Fi> the seed of Sihor, The harvest of the brook <FI>is<Fi> her increase, And she is a mart of nations.

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


simplify: For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the Lord had smitten among them: upon their gods also the Lord executed judgments.

While the Egyptians were placing in the earth the bodies of their sons on whom the Lord had sent destruction: and their gods had been judged by him.


simplify: But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey unto ourselves.

But we took for ourselves all the cattle and the stored wealth of the towns.


rate difficulty: For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to hell, and committed them to pits of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

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simplify: Because of this, among you many <FI>are<Fi> weak and sickly, and sleep do many;

That is why so many among you are weak and ill, and why some are sleeping.


rate difficulty: When Joab and his men came, news was given them that Abner, the son of Ner, had come to the king, who had let him go away again in peace.

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


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


simplify: But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

But some of the teachers of the law who were sitting there were debating in their minds:


rate difficulty: And keep in mind that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord your God took you out of that land by his strong hand and his stretched-out arm: for this reason the Lord has given you orders to keep the Sabbath day.

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


simplify: Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

And King Solomon and all the men of Israel who had come together there with him, were before the ark, making offerings of sheep and oxen more than might be numbered.


simplify: `Now Thou dost send away Thy servant, Lord, according to Thy word, in peace,

“Now, Lord, you will let your servant go, According to your word, in peace,


rate difficulty: And the king said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:


simplify: For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.


simplify: and you, the anointing that ye did receive from him, in you it doth remain, and ye have no need that any one may teach you, but as the same anointing doth teach you concerning all, and is true, and is not a lie, and even as was taught you, ye shall remain in him.

But you — you still retain in your hearts that consecration which you received from the Christ, and are not in need of anyone to teach you; but, since his consecration of you teaches you about everything, and since it is a real consecration, and no lie, then, as it has taught you, maintain your union with him.


rate difficulty: As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

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


rate difficulty: And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

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


rate difficulty: And I will set my glory among the nations; and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them.

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


simplify: of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel:

Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah, the son of Obadiah; of Naphtali, Jerimoth, the son of Azriel;


simplify: And the king of Israel answered and said, It is according to thy saying, my lord, O king; I am thine, and all that I have.

And the king of Israel sent him an answer saying, As you say, my lord king, I am yours with all I have.


rate difficulty: Let none of you suffer indeed as murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or as overseer of other people's matters;

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


rate difficulty: Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white;

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

if it is to minister to others, let us devote ourselves to our ministry; the teacher to their teaching,


rate difficulty: And to my ears came the voice of everything in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and of all things which are in them, saying, To him who is seated on the high seat, and to the Lamb, may blessing and honour and glory and power be given for ever and ever.

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


rate difficulty: The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,

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


simplify: Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate beforehand how to answer:

So take care not to be troubled before the time comes, about what answers you will give:


simplify: Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.

Nor must you allow yourselves to be called ‘leaders,’ for you have only one leader, the Christ.


simplify: Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.

To you, Judah, will your brothers give praise: your hand will be on the neck of your haters; your father's sons will go down to the earth before you.


rate difficulty: of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam;

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


rate difficulty: And if the Lord thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers;

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And they took Lot, Abram’s brother’s son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.


rate difficulty: The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools.

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


rate difficulty: Then he came across another man, and said, Give me a wound. And the man gave him a blow wounding him.


rate difficulty: Then they put their hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came on them.


simplify: yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway he stumbleth.

But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.


rate difficulty: So that neither the planter is anything, nor the waterer; butGod the giver of the increase.


rate difficulty: Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king’s son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house?

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


simplify: And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.

And David, hearing that Nabal was dead, said, May the Lord be praised, who has taken up my cause against Nabal for the shame which he put on me, and has kept back his servant from evil, and has sent on Nabal's head the reward of his evil-doing. And David sent word to Abigail, desiring to take her as his wife.


simplify: And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

And Naomi took the child and put her arms round it, and she took care of it.


rate difficulty: And Saul, having come to Jerusalem, did try to join himself to the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he is a disciple,

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


rate difficulty: For thus saith the Lord; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and, behold, an earthquake; and the bones came together, bone to its bone.

So I gave the word as I was ordered: and at my words there was a shaking of the earth, and the bones came together, bone to bone.


simplify: Of all clean birds ye shall eat.


rate difficulty: Salute ye every saint in Christ Jesus; there salute you the brethren with me;

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


rate difficulty: and he said, `I say to thee, Peter, a cock shall not crow to-day, before thrice thou mayest disown knowing me.'

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


simplify: and say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

And say, By the king's order this man is to be put in prison, and given prison food till I come back in peace.


rate difficulty: And Moses laid up the rods before Jehovah in the tent of the testimony.


rate difficulty: The hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets; and the covering for the gate of the court, its cords, and its pins; and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting;

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


rate difficulty: serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;

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


simplify: But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:

You were not controlled by my guiding, and would have nothing to do with my sharp words:


simplify: And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them.


simplify: Grace is deceitful, and beauty is vain; Buta woman that feareth Jehovah, she shall be praised.

Fair looks are a deceit, and a beautiful form is of no value; but a woman who has the fear of the Lord is to be praised.


simplify: Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Male and female he made them, naming them Man, and giving them his blessing on the day when they were made.


rate difficulty: And the punishment of their sin will be on them: the sin of the prophet will be the same as the sin of him who goes to him for directions;

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


rate difficulty: Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

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


simplify: Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.

May the Lord, from whom all peace comes, himself give you his peace at all times and in all ways. May he be with you all.


simplify: And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.

And while he was doing so, he went from them and was taken up into heaven.


simplify: And as he is going, they were spreading their garments in the way,

As he went along, the people kept spreading their cloaks in the road.


simplify: according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:

Which is seen in his eternal purpose in Christ Jesus our Lord:


rate difficulty: So that all may be well for you, and your life may be long on the earth.


simplify: And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Beth–el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

And taking about five thousand men, he put them in position for a surprise attack on the west side of Ai, between Beth-el and Ai.


rate difficulty: But in fact, although it has many parts, there is only one body.


simplify: For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

What law could not do, in so far as our earthly nature weakened its action, God did, by sending his own Son, with a nature resembling our sinful nature, to atone for sin. He condemned sin in that earthly nature,


simplify: That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

So that he might make it holy, having made it clean with the washing of water by the word,


rate difficulty: And Jehovah sheweth Himself angry with Solomon, for his heart hath turned aside from Jehovah, God of Israel, who had appeared unto him twice,

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


simplify: that the nations be fellow-heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in the Christ, through the good news,

That, by union with Christ Jesus and through the good news, the Gentiles are coheirs with us and members of one body, and that they share with us in God’s Promise.


rate difficulty: And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.

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


simplify: He draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.

He is pulling it out, and it comes out of his back; and its shining point comes out of his side; he is overcome by fears.


rate difficulty: but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away.

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


simplify: And his father in law, the damsel’s father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there for three days; and they had food and drink and took their rest there.


simplify: and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Eliab the son of Helon.

And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab, the son of Helon.


simplify: And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

And some of their brothers, sons of the Kohathites, were responsible for the holy bread which was put in order before the Lord, to get it ready every Sabbath.


simplify: Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence.

This is what you are to say to them: The Lord has said, By my life, truly, those who are in the waste places will be put to the sword, and him who is in the open field I will give to the beasts for their food, and those who are in the strong places and in holes in the rocks will come to their death by disease.


simplify: And Ahithophel was the king’s counsellor: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion:

And Ahithophel was the king's expert in discussion and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend.


rate difficulty: `And the cherubs have been spreading out wings on high, covering the mercy-seat over with their wings, and their faces <FI>are<Fi> one towards another--towards the mercy-seat are the faces of the cherubs.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: then I have set My face against that man, and against his family, and have cut him off, and all who are going a-whoring after him, even going a-whoring after the Molech, from the midst of their people.

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


rate difficulty: And thou hast said unto them this word, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, `Every bottle is full of wine,' And they have said unto thee: `Do we not certainly know that every bottle is full of wine?'

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


simplify: And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge.

Six of the towns which you give will be such safe places;


simplify: And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:

After him was Eleazar, the son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three great fighters, who was with David in Pas-dammim when the Philistines came together there for the fight; and when the men of Israel had gone in flight,


rate difficulty: the son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth,

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


rate difficulty: hear thou in the heavens thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; in order that all peoples of the earth may know thy name, [and] that they may fear thee as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.

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


rate difficulty: They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the Lord.

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


simplify: Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

But even now, says the Lord, come back to me with all your heart, keeping from food, with weeping and with sorrow:


rate difficulty: A journey of three days we go into the wilderness, and have sacrificed to Jehovah our God, as He saith unto us.'

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


simplify: But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judæa in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither; and being warned of God in a dream, he withdrew into the parts of Galilee,

But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee.


simplify: Having confidence in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say.

Being certain that you will do my desire, I am writing to you, in the knowledge that you will do even more than I say.


simplify: And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled.

And hearing his wife's account of what his servant had done, he became very angry.


rate difficulty: And the Egyptians evil-entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage;

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


rate difficulty: In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,

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


simplify: Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them.

Give back to them this very day their fields, their vine-gardens, their olive-gardens, and their houses, as well as a hundredth part of the money and the grain and the wine and the oil which you have taken from them.


rate difficulty: And when they had completed all things according to the law of [the] Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own city Nazareth.

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


rate difficulty: Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there.

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


simplify: Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase.

Do not take interest on the money which you let him have or on the food which you give him.


rate difficulty: These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee more quickly;

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


simplify: So Lot chose him all the Plain of the Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.

So Lot took for himself all the valley of Jordan, and went to the east, and they were parted from one another.


simplify: Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

because to be earthly-minded is to be an enemy to God, for such a mind does not submit to the law of God, nor indeed can it do so.


simplify: because all those men that have seen my glory, and my signs, which I wrought in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tempted me these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;

Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;


rate difficulty: Reuben, the first-born of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

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


simplify: And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

And Rechab and his brother Baanah got in without being seen.


simplify: The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.


rate difficulty: So also the Lord has ordained to those that announce the glad tidings to live of the glad tidings.

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


simplify: If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

Knowing him to be righteous, you realize that everyone who lives righteously has received the new life from him.


simplify: For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call unto him.

For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.


rate difficulty: whom having brought together, and those who wrought in such things, he said, Men, ye know that our well-living arises from this work,

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


simplify: And he came forth and saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.

And he got out, and saw a great mass of people, and he had pity on them, because they were like sheep without a keeper: and he gave them teaching about a number of things.


rate difficulty: For this is what the Lord has said: Do not go into the house of sorrow, do not go to make weeping or songs of grief for them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, says the Lord, even mercy and pity.

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


simplify: And the cities which ye shall give shall be for you six cities of refuge.

Six of the towns which you give will be such safe places;


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation.

Say to the children of Israel, In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, let there be a special day of rest for you, a day of memory, marked by the blowing of horns, a meeting for worship.


simplify: I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

I have long been quiet, I have kept myself in and done nothing: now I will make sounds of pain like a woman in childbirth, breathing hard and quickly.


simplify: `And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.

They all with one accord began to ask to be excused. The first said to the servant ‘I have bought a field and am obliged to go and look at it. I must ask you to consider me excused.’


simplify: And Ezra blessed Jehovah, the great God; and all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with the lifting up of their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped Jehovah with their faces to the ground.

And Ezra gave praise to the Lord, the great God. And all the people in answer said, So be it, so be it; lifting up their hands; and with bent heads they gave worship to the Lord, going down on their faces to the earth.


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak with thee.

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


simplify: A high look, and a proud heart, Eventhe lamp of the wicked, is sin.

A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.


simplify: Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

Are not two sparrows sold for a one copper coin? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father’s knowledge.


rate difficulty: Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

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


simplify: For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches.

For before the time of getting in the grapes, after the opening of the bud, when the flower has become a grape ready for crushing, he will take away the small branches with knives, cutting down and taking away the wide-stretching branches.


simplify: O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?

O death, where is your power? O death, where are your pains?


simplify: And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land.

And they said, Up! and let us go against Laish; for we have seen the land, and it is very good: why are you doing nothing? Do not be slow to go in and take the land for your heritage.


simplify: Be not overcome by the evil, but overcome, in the good, the evil.

Never be conquered by evil, but conquer evil with good.


rate difficulty: Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter’s clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?


rate difficulty: This is thine of the most holy things, from the fire: all their offering, to all their present, and to all their sin-offering, and to all their guilt-offering, which they give back to Me, is most holy to thee, and to thy sons;

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


simplify: And they shall go in to no dead person to defile themselves; but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves.

They are not to come near any dead person so as to become unclean: but for a father or mother or son or daughter or brother or for a sister who has no husband, they may make themselves unclean.


simplify: and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him of the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.

And for his food, the king gave him a regular amount every day for the rest of his life.


simplify: and if the first-fruit <FI>is<Fi> holy, the lump also; and if the root <FI>is<Fi> holy, the branches also.

If the first handful of dough in holy, so is the whole mass; and if the root is holy, so are the branches.


rate difficulty: `And they are disobedient, and rebel against Thee, and cast Thy law behind their back, and Thy prophets they have slain, who testified against them, to bring them back unto Thee, and they do great despisings,

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rate difficulty: So the children of Israel did as the Lord had said to Moses, and put them outside the tent-circle.

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simplify: Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

And the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and get on his carriage.


rate difficulty: Nevertheless the darkness shall not be as when the distress was in the [land], at the time he at first lightly, and afterwards heavily, visited the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, — the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations:

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rate difficulty: And the word of Abner was with the elders of Israel, saying, `Heretofore ye have been seeking David for king over you,

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rate difficulty: Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.


simplify: Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

Keep in mind the days of the past, give thought to the years of generations gone by: go to your father and he will make it clear to you, to the old men and they will give you the story.


rate difficulty: And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him.

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


simplify: And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

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


rate difficulty: And he saith, `Now, also, according to your words, so it <FI>is<Fi> ; he with whom it is found becometh my servant, and ye are acquitted;'

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


simplify: For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me.


simplify: That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;

Teach them to show kindness, to exhibit a wealth of good actions, to be open-handed and generous,


rate difficulty: This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.


rate difficulty: And give to Solomon my son a true heart, to keep your orders, your rules, and your laws, and to do all these things, and to put up this great house for which I have made ready.

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rate difficulty: Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?


simplify: and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon;

And all the towns of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was ruling in Heshbon, to the limits of the children of Ammon;


simplify: And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.

We made music for you and you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow and you made no signs of grief.


rate difficulty: All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.


simplify: and he said to her, `Take courage, daughter, thy faith hath saved thee, be going on to peace.'

“Daughter,”he said, “your faith has delivered you. Go, and peace be with you.”


rate difficulty: This is the last word. All has been said. Have fear of God and keep his laws; because this is right for every man.

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


simplify: When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy cometh reproach.

When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.


simplify: Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,

You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;


rate difficulty: They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,


simplify: `And if thy foot may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into the life lame, than having the two feet to be cast to the gehenna, to the fire--the unquenchable--

If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter the life lame, than to have both your feet and be thrown into Gehenna.


simplify: Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.

And you must be patient also, and not be discouraged; for the Lord’s coming is near.


simplify: Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few.

Then he said, Go out to all your neighbours and get vessels, a very great number of them.


simplify: And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.

However, the son of Paul’s sister, hearing of the plot, went to the Fort, and on being admitted, told Paul about it.


simplify: And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of Jehovah.

And he made altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.


rate difficulty: And I established also my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, in which they were sojourners.

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


simplify: But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.

But Paul said in a loud voice, Do yourself no damage, for we are all here.


simplify: Is not the Lord your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the Lord, and before his people.

Is not the Lord your God with you? and has he not given you rest on every side? for the Lord has given the people of the land into my hands, and the land is overcome before the Lord and before his people.


simplify: Furthermore the Lord was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance:

And the Lord was angry with me because of you, and made an oath that I was not to go over Jordan into the good land which the Lord is giving you for your heritage:


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.

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


rate difficulty: And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them;

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


rate difficulty: And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight.

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


rate difficulty: Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah, saying,

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


rate difficulty: Shall it be told him if I would speak? if a man [so] say, surely he shall be swallowed up.


simplify: These all with one accord continued stedfastly in prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.

And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.


simplify: And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

And your sons will be building again the old waste places: you will make strong the bases of old generations: and you will be named, He who puts up the broken walls, and, He who makes ready the ways for use.


rate difficulty: Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.


simplify: then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.

Then give ear from heaven, and let the sin of your people Israel have forgiveness, and take them back again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.


simplify: Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

From whom all ‘fatherhood’ in heaven and on earth derives its name —


rate difficulty: And the priest shall look on the scall on the seventh day, and behold, the scall hath not spread in the skin, nor is in sight deeper than the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his garments, and be clean.

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


rate difficulty: And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father.

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


simplify: And Moses said unto Jehovah, Oh, Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.

And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not a man of words; I have never been so, and am not now, even after what you have said to your servant: for talking is hard for me, and I am slow of tongue.


rate difficulty: So then, give ear, you nations, and ...


rate difficulty: The apostles and the followers throughout Judea heard that even the Gentiles had welcomed God’s message.

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simplify: Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

And they took grain and dry grass for the horses and the carriage-horses, to the right place, every man as he was ordered.


rate difficulty: And the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon in connection with the name of Jehovah, and came to prove him with enigmas.

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


rate difficulty: For, lo, they have gone because of destruction, Egypt gathereth them, Moph burieth them, The desirable things of their silver, Nettles possess them--a thorn <FI>is<Fi> in their tents.

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rate difficulty: For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of Christ:

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


rate difficulty: O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion, get thee up on a high mountain; O thou that tellest good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold, your God!

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

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


simplify: When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.

When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.


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


rate difficulty: Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.


rate difficulty: and his sons have not walked in his ways, and turn aside after the dishonest gain, and take a bribe, and turn aside judgment.

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rate difficulty: And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.


simplify: For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

You tolerate a person even when they enslave you, when they plunder you, when they get you into their power, when they put on airs of superiority, when they strike you in the face!


simplify: Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?

Can everyone have power to cure diseases? Can everyone speak in ‘tongues’? Can everyone interpret them?


rate difficulty: And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city that Jehovah had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put his name there; and his mother's name was Naamah, an Ammonitess.

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


simplify: And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and mine ordinances;

And as for you, if you will go on your way before me as David your father did, doing whatever I have given you orders to do and keeping my laws and my decisions:


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed.

So this is what the Lord has said about the prophets who make use of my name, though I sent them not, and say, The sword and need of food will not be in this land: the sword and need of food will put an end to those prophets.


simplify: Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

Sorrow is mine, my mother, because you have given birth to me, a cause of fighting and argument in all the earth! I have not made men my creditors and I am not in debt to any, but every one of them is cursing me.


simplify: He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.


rate difficulty: As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and they four had their rims full of eyes round about.

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


simplify: In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place.


rate difficulty: Who are forsaking paths of uprightness, To walk in ways of darkness,


simplify: And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

And he said to them, Why are you doing such things? for from all this people I get accounts of your evil ways.


rate difficulty: Do you not see that you are God's holy house, and that the Spirit of God has his place in you?

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


rate difficulty: `And the father said unto his servants, Bring forth the first robe, and clothe him, and give a ring for his hand, and sandals for the feet;

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


simplify: The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three.

The sons of Mushi: Mahli and Eder and Jeremoth, three.


rate difficulty: But no such payment may be made for the first birth of an ox or a sheep or a goat; these are holy: their blood is to be dropped on the altar, and their fat burned for an offering made by fire, a sweet smell to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him.

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


rate difficulty: He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.


rate difficulty: And they departed quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word.

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rate difficulty: These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat:

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


rate difficulty: And he put an end to the false priests, who had been put in their positions by the kings of Judah to see to the burning of offerings in the high places in the towns of Judah and the outskirts of Jerusalem, and all those who made offerings to Baal and to the sun and the moon and the twelve signs and all the stars of heaven.


simplify: and Jesus answering said to it, `No more from thee--to the age--may any eat fruit;' and his disciples were hearing.

So, addressing the tree, he exclaimed: “May no one ever again eat of your fruit!”And his disciples heard what he said.


rate difficulty: And I will put a sign among them, and I will send those who are still living to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, Meshech and Rosh, Tubal and Javan, to the sea-lands far away, who have not had word of me, or seen my glory; and they will give the knowledge of my glory to the nations.

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


simplify: That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you.

That he will give me the hollow in the rock named Machpelah, which is his property at the end of his field; let him give it to me for its full price as a resting-place for my dead among you.


simplify: Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:

“Now, Lord, you will let your servant go, According to your word, in peace,


rate difficulty: And he maketh the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and their doors he hath overlaid with brass.

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simplify: And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

Now after Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not take them through the land of the Philistines, though that was near: for God said, If the people see war, they may have a change of heart and go back to Egypt.


simplify: Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them.

Now when Amaziah came back from the destruction of the Edomites, he took the gods of the children of Seir and made them his gods, worshipping them and burning offerings before them.


rate difficulty: And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Come in, thou blessed of Jehovah; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels.

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


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: `He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on it;

Therefore a person, swearing by the altar, swears by it and by all that is on it,


rate difficulty: And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron.

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


simplify: And Moses cried unto Jehovah, saying, Heal her, O God, I beseech thee.

And Moses, crying to the Lord, said, Let my prayer come before you, O God, and make her well.


simplify: In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and understanding, and didst reveal them unto babes: yea, Father; for so it was well-pleasing in thy sight.

In that same hour he was full of joy in the Holy Spirit and said, I give praise to you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have kept these things secret from the wise and the men of learning, and have made them clear to little children: for so, O Father, it was pleasing in your eyes.


simplify: Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

For I, friends, do not regard myself as having yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do — forgetting what lies behind, and straining every nerve for that which lies in front,


rate difficulty: And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the Lord hath bidden him.

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


simplify: And the disciples of John told him about all these things,

All these events were reported to John by his disciples.


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

Then the king said to the servants, Put cords round his hands and feet and put him out into the dark; there will be weeping and cries of sorrow.


simplify: Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;

And Ishmerai and Izliah and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;


simplify: Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.

‘These last,’ they said, ‘have done only one hour’s work, and yet you have put them on the same footing with us, who have borne the brunt of the day’s work, and the heat.’


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

But Aaron and his sons made offerings on the altar of burned offering, and on the altar of perfume, for all the work of the most holy place, and to take away the sin of Israel, doing everything ordered by Moses, the servant of God.


simplify: And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

And to the sons of Gershom, by their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen towns.


rate difficulty: Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

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rate difficulty: And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!

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


simplify: and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill-offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock:

And there you are to take your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up to the Lord, and the offerings of your oaths, and those which you give freely from the impulse of your hearts, and the first births among your herds and your flocks;


rate difficulty: one male of the goats for a sin-offering;

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


simplify: So they came up to Baal–perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baal–perazim.

So they went up to Baal-perazim, and David overcame them there, and David said, God has let the forces fighting against me be broken by my hand, as a wall is broken down by rushing water; so they gave that place the name of Baal-perazim.


simplify: And we bring you good tidings of the promise made unto the fathers,

And we are giving you the good news of the undertaking made to the fathers,


rate difficulty: When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: for they understood not through the loaves: for their heart was hardened.

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


rate difficulty: That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father’s servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child.


rate difficulty: But these had gone before, and were waiting for us at Troas.

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


simplify: And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

I prostrated myself at the feet of him who spoke to worship him, but he said to me — ‘Forbear; I am your fellow servant, and the fellow servant of your brothers and sisters who bear their testimony to Jesus. Worship God. For to bear testimony to Jesus needs the inspiration of the prophets.’


rate difficulty: and it cometh to pass, when Israel hath been strong, that he setteth the Canaanite to tribute, and hath not utterly dispossessed it.

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And Naomi had a relation of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, and his name was Boaz.

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


rate difficulty: For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land.


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

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


simplify: And God spake all these words, saying,


simplify: Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.

So this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: See, I will send punishment on the king of Babylon and on his land, as I have given punishment to the king of Assyria.


rate difficulty: By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.


rate difficulty: But into whatsoever city or village ye enter, inquire who in it is worthy, and there remain till ye go forth.

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


rate difficulty: And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean.

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rate difficulty: And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish–tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

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


simplify: Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

Then the king will say to those on his right ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, enter into possession of the kingdom prepared for you ever since the beginning of the world.


simplify: This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall,

This is the law for all signs of the leper's disease and for skin diseases;


simplify: And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body is, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.

And they, answering him, said, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Where the body is, there will the eagles come together.


simplify: But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief.

I might give you strength with my mouth, and not keep back the comfort of my lips.


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

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


rate difficulty: and all the vessels that king Ahaz cast away in his reign--in his trespass--we have prepared and sanctified, and lo, they <FI>are<Fi> before the altar of Jehovah.'

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness.

When I was in the Temple with you every day, your hands were not stretched out against me: but this is your hour, and the authority of the dark power.


simplify: Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

And I said to the priests and to all the people, This is what the Lord has said: Give no attention to the words of your prophets who say to you, See, in a very little time now the vessels of the Lord's house will come back again from Babylon: for what they say to you is false.


simplify: Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:


simplify: And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;

And when he came near the foot of the Mountain of Olives, all the disciples with loud voices gave praise to God with joy, because of all the great works which they had seen;


rate difficulty: And after the birth of Jared, Mahalalel went on living for eight hundred and thirty years, and had sons and daughters:


simplify: And when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of Jehovah, and journeyed not.

When the cloud was resting on the House for a long time the children of Israel, waiting for the order of the Lord, did not go on.


rate difficulty: And Jephthah cometh into Mizpeh, unto his house, and lo, his daughter is coming out to meet him with timbrels, and with choruses, and save her alone, he hath none, son or daughter.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and if any one doth love God, this one hath been known by Him.

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


rate difficulty: And the stone floor was by the side of the doorways, and was as wide as the doorways were long, even the lower floor.

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


rate difficulty: and of cassia five hundred, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin;

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


simplify: When ye were but a few men in number, Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;

When you were still small in number, and strange in the land;