simplify: And the number of the burnt-offerings which the assembly brought was threescore and ten bullocks, a hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.

The number of burned offerings which the people took in was seventy oxen, a hundred male sheep, and two hundred lambs: all these were for burned offerings to the Lord.


simplify: And, behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich.

There was a man there, known by the name of Zacchaeus, who was a commissioner of taxes and a rich man.


rate difficulty: And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to enquire of the Lord.

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rate difficulty: and if any one may will to injure them, fire doth proceed out of their mouth, and doth devour their enemies, and if any one may will to injure them, thus it behoveth him to be killed.

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rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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


simplify: And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any more, save Jesus only with themselves.

And suddenly looking round about, they saw no one any longer, but Jesus only with themselves.


rate difficulty: And while they were crying out, and pulling off their clothing, and sending dust into the air,

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rate difficulty: For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vainglory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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rate difficulty: The ninth to Mattaniah; his sons and his brethren, twelve.

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


rate difficulty: and that he might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which he afore prepared unto glory,

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simplify: The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites;

The sons of Issachar by their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Puvah, the family of the Punites:


simplify: For there is no good tree that bringeth forth corrupt fruit; nor again a corrupt tree that bringeth forth good fruit.

For no good tree gives bad fruit, and no bad tree gives good fruit.


simplify: And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.

And God came to Balaam, and Balaam said to him, I have made ready seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.


rate difficulty: for since through man <FI>is<Fi> the death, also through man <FI>is<Fi> a rising again of the dead,

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


simplify: in your patience possess ye your souls.

By your endurance you will win yourselves life.


simplify: In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good 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.


rate difficulty: The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him:

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


simplify: And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.

And the rulers of the people were living in Jerusalem: the rest of the people made selection, by the decision of chance, of one out of every ten to be living in Jerusalem, the holy town; the other nine to go to the other towns.


rate difficulty: For to those who are dear to him the Lord says sharp words, and makes the son in whom he has delight undergo pain.

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


rate difficulty: And I will cast off the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies;


rate difficulty: And Joseph saith unto his brethren, `Come nigh unto me, I pray you,' and they come nigh; and he saith, `I <FI>am<Fi> Joseph, your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt;

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


simplify: For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife;

For this cause will a man go away from his father and mother, and be joined to his wife;


rate difficulty: And now he has put shame on her, saying that she is not a virgin; but here is the sign that she is a virgin. Then they are to put her clothing before the responsible men of the town.


simplify: And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.

And there was a doorway to the inner square opposite the doorway on the north, like the doorway on the east; and he took the measure from doorway to doorway, a hundred cubits.


rate difficulty: Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.


simplify: And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.

And a cloud came over them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, give ear to him.


simplify: The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two.

The children of Parosh, two thousand, one hundred and seventy-two.


simplify: Howbeit the people that dwell in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.

But the people living in the land are strong, and the towns are walled and very great; further, we saw the children of Anak there.


simplify: And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy on us.

As Jesus was passing on from there, he was followed by two blind men, who kept calling out: “Take pity on us, Son of David!”


simplify: And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,

Now, therefore, Lord, mark their threats, and enable your servants, with all fearlessness, to tell your message,


rate difficulty: And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

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simplify: It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him:

This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:


simplify: I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

I had knowledge of you in the waste land where no water was.


rate difficulty: And Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did with the people, and said, What is this thing which thou art doing with the people? why dost thou sit alone, and all the people are standing by thee from morning to evening?

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


simplify: So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Beth–el.

So he went another way, and not by the way he came to Beth-el.


rate difficulty: The sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith Jehovah, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men;

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


rate difficulty: Then they came back to Joshua and said to him, Do not send all the people up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and make an attack on Ai; there is no need for all the people to be tired with the journey there, for it is only a small town.

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Moses,

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


simplify: Let me go over, I pray thee, and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.

Let me go over, O Lord, and see the good land on the other side of Jordan, and that fair mountain country, even Lebanon.


simplify: And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and when I had eaten it, my belly was made bitter.

And I took the little book out of the angel's hand and did as he said; and it was sweet as honey in my mouth: and when I had taken it, my stomach was made bitter.


rate difficulty: And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

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


simplify: After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

Then, opening his mouth, and cursing the day of his birth,


simplify: Of the children of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

The generations of the sons of Gad were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;


rate difficulty: And these <FI>are<Fi> sons of Dishon: Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

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


simplify: And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the skirts of the robe round about, between the pomegranates;

And between the fruits all round the skirt they put gold bells, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.


rate difficulty: For ye died, and your life is hid with Christ in God.

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


rate difficulty: Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city.


rate difficulty: And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we make ready?

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

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rate difficulty: A copy of the writing, to be made public as an order in every division of the kingdom, was given out to all the peoples, so that the Jews might be ready when that day came to give punishment to their haters.

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


simplify: But Jesus said unto them, They have no need to go away; give ye them to eat.

But Jesus said to them, There is no need for them to go away; give them food yourselves.


simplify: But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.


simplify: But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

But now without the law there is a revelation of the righteousness of God, to which witness is given by the law and the prophets;


rate difficulty: Keep watch with prayer, so that you may not be put to the test; the spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is feeble.


rate difficulty: Now therefore, behold, Jehovah hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; and Jehovah hath spoken evil concerning thee.

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


rate difficulty: Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up!

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


simplify: And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.

‘Never will any unhallowed thing enter it,’ nor they whose life is shameful and false, but only ‘those whose names have been written in the Lamb’s book of life.’


simplify: For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, And the profit thereof than fine gold.

For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold.


simplify: And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

And the curtain for the doorway of the open space was of the best linen, with designs of blue and purple and red in needlework; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, to go with the hangings round the sides.


rate difficulty: And lifted him up hath his loved one, even his burner, To bring forth the bones from the house, And he said to him who <FI>is<Fi> in the sides of the house, `Is there yet with thee?' And he said, `None,' then he said, `Hush! Save to make mention of the name of Jehovah.'

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


rate difficulty: And ye shall offer one he-goat for a sin-offering, and two he-lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace-offerings.

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


rate difficulty: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

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


simplify: And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

And I saw a sea which seemed like glass mixed with fire; and those who had overcome the beast and his image and the number of his name, were in their places by the sea of glass, with God's instruments of music in their hands.


rate difficulty: And another angel came out from the house of God which is in heaven, having a sharp curved blade.

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


rate difficulty: Then said Jesus to them, Have no fear: go and give word to my brothers to go into Galilee, and there they will see me.

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


rate difficulty: For I will defend this city to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

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


rate difficulty: Shall I be pure with the unjust balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights?


simplify: I will speak, that I may be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer.

Let me say what is in my mind, so that I may get comfort; let me give answer with open mouth.


simplify: and ye shall know that I am Jehovah: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither have ye executed mine ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.

And you will be certain that I am the Lord: for you have not been guided by my rules or given effect to my orders, but you have been living by the orders of the nations round about you.


simplify: and the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: if it spread abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy.

And the priest is to see him again on the seventh day; if it is increased in the skin, then the priest will say that he is unclean: it is the leper's disease.


simplify: And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

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


simplify: --thou mayest not touch, nor taste, nor handle--

to such ordinances as ‘Do not handle, or taste, or touch’?


rate difficulty: And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, made glad with grace and full of the blessing of the Lord: the sea and its fishes will be his.


simplify: Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their heart.

They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.


rate difficulty: And Samuel said to Saul, Jehovah sent me to anoint thee king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken to the voice of the words of Jehovah.


rate difficulty: Nevertheless do ye also severally love each one his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she fear her husband.

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


rate difficulty: and the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as it is written in the law; and to bring the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks to the house of ourGod, to the priests that minister in the house of ourGod;

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


simplify: The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one;

The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;


simplify: But the people refused to hearken unto the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay: but we will have a king over us,

But the people gave no attention to the voice of Samuel; and they said, No, but we will have a king over us,


rate difficulty: Yet let no man strive, and let no man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.


rate difficulty: This our bread we took warm for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; and now, behold, it is dry, and is become mouldy.


simplify: Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.

Then Jesus was sent by the Spirit into the waste land to be tested by the Evil One.


rate difficulty: And he gave orders to them, saying, Put me to rest with my people and with my fathers, in the hollow of the rock in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

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


simplify: For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

For I am the Lord, I am unchanged; and so you, O sons of Jacob, have not been cut off.


simplify: And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people: and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.

Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.


simplify: Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, Where are the men whom you put to death at Tabor? And they gave answer, As you are, so were they; every one of them was like a king's son.


rate difficulty: And all the men of Israel, when they saw him, went in flight, overcome with fear.


rate difficulty: And if what I do not will, this I do, I consent to the law that <FI>it is<Fi> good,


rate difficulty: And will not give to any of them the flesh of his children which will be his food because he has no other; in the cruel grip of your haters on all your towns.


rate difficulty: and to Abraham were the promises spoken, and to his seed; He doth not say, `And to seeds,' as of many, but as of one, `And to thy seed,' which is Christ;

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


simplify: Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.

Why do your disciples go against the teaching of the fathers? for they take food with unwashed hands.


simplify: And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thy house shall come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.

Then it will be that the rest of your family, anyone who has not been cut off, will go down on his knees to him for a bit of silver or a bit of bread, and say, Be pleased to put me into one of the priest's places so that I may have a little food.


rate difficulty: O Lord God, let him whom you have taken for yourself never be given up by you: keep in mind your mercies to David your servant.

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


simplify: The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

The sleep of a working man is sweet, if he has little food or much; but to him who is full, sleep will not come.


simplify: And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

As Ananias heard these words, he fell down and expired; and everyone who heard of it was appalled.


rate difficulty: And fallen hath the wounded in your midst, And ye have known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

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


simplify: So I went in and saw; and behold, every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed upon the wall round about.

So I went in and saw; and there every sort of living thing which goes flat on the earth, and unclean beasts, and all the images of the children of Israel, were pictured round about on the wall.


simplify: I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to hear from time to time that the lives of my children are guided by the truth.


rate difficulty: And the young men, rising up, swathed him up for burial, and having carried him out, buried him.

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


rate difficulty: And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.

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


simplify: And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males.

And of the sons of Adonikam, the last, whose names were Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah; and with them sixty males.


simplify: And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?


rate difficulty: So the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and took you out of the power of those who were fighting against you on every side, and made you safe.

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


simplify: This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and is become mouldy:

This bread which we have with us for our food, we took warm and new from our houses when starting on our journey to you; but now see, it has become dry and broken up.


simplify: And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of the god Rephan, The figures which ye made to worship them: And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

And you took up the tent of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, images which you made to give worship to them: and I will take you away, farther than Babylon.


simplify: And there we saw the Nephilim, the sons of Anak, who come of the Nephilim: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

There we saw those great men, the sons of Anak, offspring of the Nephilim: and we seemed to ourselves no more than insects, and so we seemed to them.


rate difficulty: Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,


simplify: And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:

And give a burned offering, an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord, thirteen oxen, two male sheep, fourteen he-lambs of the first year, all without any mark on them;


rate difficulty: And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.


simplify: the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ <FI>is<Fi> with you all. Amen.

May the blessing of the Lord Jesus Christ rest on your souls.


simplify: The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare; she bare Machir the father of Gilead.

The sons of Manasseh by his servant-wife, the Aramaean woman: she gave birth to Machir, the father of Gilead;


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

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


rate difficulty: And they journeyed from Hor-haggidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah.

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


rate difficulty: But let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.


simplify: A continual dropping in a very rainy day And a contentious woman are alike:

Like an unending dropping on a day of rain is a bitter-tongued woman.


rate difficulty: What if God, desiring to let his wrath and his power be seen, for a long time put up with the vessels of wrath which were ready for destruction:

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rate difficulty: AndGod did so that night, and it was dry upon the fleece only, but on all the ground there was dew.


rate difficulty: therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

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


rate difficulty: and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,

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


simplify: Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall; at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith Jehovah.

Let them be put to shame because they have done disgusting things. They had no shame, they were not able to become red with shame: so they will come down with those who are falling: when my punishment comes on them, they will be made low, says the Lord.


simplify: For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

For ever since the creation of the universe God’s invisible attributes — his everlasting power and divinity — are to be seen and studied in his works, so that people have no excuse;


simplify: And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

You will go on feasting on the fat till you are full, and drinking the blood till you are overcome with it, of my offering which I have put to death for you.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lo–debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

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


simplify: They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.


simplify: Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?

Does it not seem natural to you that if a man has long hair, it is a cause of shame to him?


simplify: He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

The child will be great and will be called ‘Son of the Most High,’ and the Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David,


rate difficulty: Through your evil-doing these things have been turned away, and your sins have kept back good from you.


simplify: unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.

To the place where he had made his first altar, and there Abram gave worship to the name of the Lord.


rate difficulty: While they were still unable to believe it all, overcome with joy, and were wondering if it were true, Jesus said to them: “Have you anything here to eat?”

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rate difficulty: Receive him therefore in [the] Lord with all joy, and hold such in honour;

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rate difficulty: And Jehovah shall requite the blood which he shed upon his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, without my father David's knowledge: Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.

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rate difficulty: And at that time hath Hanani the seer come in unto Asa king of Judah, and saith unto him, `Because of thy leaning on the king of Aram, and thou hast not leaned on Jehovah thy God, therefore hath the force of the king of Aram escaped from thy hand.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

And at the head of the army of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.


simplify: And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And straightway he received his sight, and followed him in the way.

And Jesus said to him, Go on your way; your faith has made you well. And straight away he was able to see, and went after him in the way.


simplify: And if Satan hath risen up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end.

And if Satan is at war with himself, and there is division in him, he will not keep his place but will come to an end.


simplify: For Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in all the work of thy hand; he hath known thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years Jehovah thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

For the blessing of the Lord your God has been on you in all the work of your hands: he has knowledge of your wanderings through this great waste: these forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have been short of nothing.


simplify: Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.

Do not take it for food but let it be drained out on the earth like water.


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

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rate difficulty: Then let the meeting of the people be judge between the man responsible for the death and him who has the right of punishment for blood, acting by these rules:

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rate difficulty: Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few.


simplify: For we are a sweet savor of Christ unto God, in them that are saved, and in them that perish;

For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;


simplify: Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.


simplify: `And the first came near, saying, Sir, thy pound did gain ten pounds;

The first came up, and said ‘Sir, your ten pounds have made a hundred.’


rate difficulty: AndGod set them in the expanse of the heavens, to give light on the earth,


rate difficulty: until Jehovah removed Israel out of his sight, as he spake by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

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rate difficulty: And those bondmen went out into the highways, and brought together all as many as they found, both evil and good; and the wedding feast was furnished with guests.


rate difficulty: and certain men having cleaved to him, did believe, among whom <FI>is<Fi> also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman, by name Damaris, and others with them.


simplify: The Lord therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.

And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom of Israel, as the Lord gave his word; and I have made the house for the name of the Lord the God of Israel.


simplify: And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah.

And Baasha, king of Israel, went up against Judah, building Ramah, so that no one was able to go out or in to Asa, king of Judah.


simplify: I have raised up one from the north, and he is come; from the rising of the sun one that calleth upon my name: and he shall come upon rulers as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth clay.

I have sent for one from the north, and from the dawn he has come; in my name he will get rulers together and go against them; they will be like dust, even as the wet earth is stamped on by the feet of the potter.


simplify: Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.

So he said to the representatives of Ben-hadad, Say to my lord the king, All the orders you sent the first time I will do; but this thing I may not do. And the representatives went back with this answer.


rate difficulty: So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.

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


simplify: And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

And he said to them, Why are you full of fear, O you of little faith? Then he got up and gave orders to the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.


rate difficulty: The letter that ye sent unto us, explained, hath been read before me,

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simplify: And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

And when Noah was five hundred years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.


simplify: O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, putting to death the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her! Again and again would I have taken your children to myself as a bird takes her young ones under her wings, and you would not!


rate difficulty: But these men, like beasts without reason, whose natural use is to be taken and put to death, crying out against things of which they have no knowledge, will undergo that same destruction which they are designing for others;

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simplify: Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

Therefore, I say, let those who suffer, because God wills it so, commit their lives into the hands of a faithful Creator, and persevere in doing right.


simplify: And his brethren went to feed their father’s flock in Shechem.

Now his brothers went to keep watch over their father's flock in Shechem.


simplify: And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law;

To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win Jews. To those who are subject to law I became like a man subject to law — though I was not myself subject to law — to win those who are subject to law.


simplify: And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.

And Moses said, If you yourself are not going with us, do not send us on from here.


simplify: but we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.

But we have been living in tents, and have done everything which Jonadab our father gave us orders to do.


simplify: Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?

Is not that to make distinctions among yourselves, and show yourselves prejudiced judges?


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

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


simplify: And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon.

Hiram sent his servants, who were experienced seamen, in the sea-force with Solomon's men.


simplify: And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

And when they had come down from the high place into the town, where a bed was made ready for Saul, he went to rest.


simplify: And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

And he said to them, Take care to be on the watch against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.


rate difficulty: But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the damsel;

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simplify: and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine.

And Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet, nine.


simplify: And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh.

Now Saul came from the field, driving the oxen before him; and he said, Why are the people weeping? And they gave him word of what the men of Jabesh had said.


simplify: But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

But have a true weight and a true measure: so that your life may be long in the land which the Lord your God is giving you.


rate difficulty: Other seed fell on rock, and, as soon as it began to grow, because it had no moisture, it withered away.

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rate difficulty: And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

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


simplify: And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

The land by the sea will be for the rest of the children of Judah; by the sea they will give their flocks food: in the houses of Ashkelon they will take their rest in the evening; for the Lord their God will take them in hand and their fate will be changed.


rate difficulty: And the word of the Lord was spread abroad throughout all the region.

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


rate difficulty: And Paul, getting up and making a sign with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and you who have the fear of God, give ear.

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simplify: Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamber.

Now when he had gone, the king's servants came, and saw that the doors of the summer-house were locked; and they said, It may be that he is in his summer-house for a private purpose.


simplify: Of the children of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

The generations of the sons of Zebulun were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over who was able to go to war;


rate difficulty: and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and the censers, of gold refined, and the opening of the house, its innermost doors to the holy of holies, and the doors of the house to the temple, of gold.

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


simplify: And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?

And they said to one another, Were not our hearts burning in us while he was talking to us on the way, making clear to us the holy Writings?


simplify: And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.

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


rate difficulty: So she went and did as Elijah said; and she and he and her family had food for a long time.

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


rate difficulty: And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies.


simplify: And the all things <FI>are<Fi> of God, who reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and did give to us the ministration of the reconciliation,

But all this is the work of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave us the Ministry of Reconciliation —


simplify: Mark me, and be astonished, And lay your hand upon your mouth.

Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.


rate difficulty: O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation; for the destroyer shall suddenly come upon us.

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


rate difficulty: Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his life is long, I am certain that it will be well for those who go in fear of God and are in fear before him.

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


simplify: And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.

Then Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me. And they came near, And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sent into Egypt.


simplify: He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

The person who says ‘I know Jesus,’ but does not lay his commands to heart, is a liar, and the truth has no place in them;


rate difficulty: In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes.


rate difficulty: And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

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simplify: But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

“Ananias,” Peter exclaimed, “how is it that Satan has so taken possession of your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit, and kept back a part of the money paid for the land?


rate difficulty: And Jehovah went his way, as soon as he had left off communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

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


rate difficulty: He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.


rate difficulty: My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the desires of my heart.

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto me, Pray not for this people for their good.

And the Lord said to me, Make no prayer for this people for their good.


simplify: A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.

A man of great wrath will have to take his punishment: for if you get him out of trouble you will have to do it again.


simplify: See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men.

Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.


rate difficulty: `And every heave-offering of all the holy things of the sons of Israel, which they bring near to the priest, becometh his;

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


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man’s name upon his rod.

Say to the children of Israel that they are to give you rods, one for every family, for every chief, the head of his father's house, making twelve rods; let every man's name be placed on his rod.


rate difficulty: For thus saith Jehovah: There shall never fail to David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;


simplify: And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.

And her brother Absalom said to her, Has your brother Amnon been with you? but now, let there be an end to your crying, my sister: he is your brother, do not take this thing to heart. So Tamar went on living uncomforted in her brother's house.


simplify: Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name;


rate difficulty: And they were broken in pieces, nation against nation, and city against city; for God did vex them with all adversity.

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


rate difficulty: A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.


simplify: Nevertheless the men rowed hard to get them back to the land; but they could not: for the sea grew more and more tempestuous against them.

And the men were working hard to get back to the land, but they were not able to do so: for the sea got rougher and rougher against them.


simplify: Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

So then keep my rules and my decisions, and do not do any of these disgusting things, those of you who are Israelites by birth, or any others who are living with you:


simplify: These ye shall offer unto Jehovah in your set feasts, besides your vows, and your freewill-offerings, for your burnt-offerings, and for your meal-offerings, and for your drink-offerings, and for your peace-offerings.

These are the offerings which you are to give to the Lord at your regular feasts, in addition to the offerings for an oath, and the free offerings you give, for your burned offerings and your drink offerings and your peace-offerings.


rate difficulty: The salutation by the hand of me, Paul; remember my bonds; the grace <FI>is<Fi> with you. Amen.


simplify: Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traffickers of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad, were thy traffickers.

Haran and Canneh and Eden, the traders of Asshur and all the Medes:


rate difficulty: After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.


simplify: For the Lord God of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land.

For the Lord, the Lord of armies, is about to make destruction complete in all the land.


simplify: for what shall it profit a man, if he may gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?

What good is it to a person to gain the whole world and forfeit their life?


simplify: And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house.

Then the children of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were stronger than he, he went back to his house.


rate difficulty: Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive;

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


simplify: and now also, the axe unto the root of the trees is laid, every tree therefore not bearing good fruit is hewn down, and to fire is cast.

Already the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.


simplify: And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter.

“For saying that,”he answered, “you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”


simplify: And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

And the forms of the locusts were like horses made ready for war; and on their heads they had crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.


rate difficulty: 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.

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


rate difficulty: Again do the sons of thy bereavement say in thine ears: `The place is too strait for me, Come nigh to me--and I dwell.'

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


rate difficulty: for after other seven days I am sending rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and have wiped away all the substance that I have made from off the face of the ground.'

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rate difficulty: — And the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan.

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


simplify: And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maiden went and called the child’s mother.

And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the girl went and got the child's mother.


simplify: Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?

Judah is a young lion; like a lion full of meat you have become great, my son; now he takes his rest like a lion stretched out and like an old lion; by whom will his sleep be broken?


simplify: But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill-side behind him.

But Absalom went in flight. And the young man who kept the watch, lifting up his eyes, saw that a great band of people was coming down the slope by the way of the Horons; and the watchman came and gave word to the king, saying, I saw men coming down by the way of the Horons, from the hillside.


simplify: And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

And the Lord God gave the man orders, saying, You may freely take of the fruit of every tree of the garden:


rate difficulty: Now when they heardthis, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?

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


rate difficulty: And the dragon waxed wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, that keep the commandments of God, and hold the testimony of Jesus:

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus was going about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the reign, and healing every disease, and every malady among the people,

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


simplify: And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;

And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, put him to rest in the hollow rock of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, near Mamre;


simplify: And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

And have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they are ruling on the earth.


rate difficulty: until Jehovah had removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said through all his servants the prophets; and Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria, unto this day.

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


simplify: Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?

Who among you, when their child asks them for bread, will give them a stone,


simplify: And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it:

And Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron, and made an attack on it;


rate difficulty: And David and his men went up and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gerzites, and the Amalekites: for those were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: that we may be no longer children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, in craftiness, after the wiles of error;


simplify: I have known a man in Christ, fourteen years ago--whether in the body I have not known, whether out of the body I have not known, God hath known--such an one being caught away unto the third heaven;

I know a man in union with Christ, who, fourteen years ago — whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows — was caught up (this man of whom I am speaking) to the third heaven.


simplify: And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Jehovah fought against the enemies of Israel.

And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the lands, when they had news of how the Lord made war on those who came against Israel.


simplify: And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

Their dead bodies will lie in the streets of the great city, which is mystically spoken of as ‘Sodom’ and ‘Egypt,’ where their Master was crucified.


simplify: and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.

He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.


rate difficulty: Oh that there were one among you that would shut the doors, that ye might not kindle fire on mine altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.

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


simplify: who will render to every man according to his works:

Who will give to every man his right reward:


simplify: They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.

Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him.


rate difficulty: And the jailor reported these words to Paul: The praetors have sent that ye may be let go. Now therefore go out and depart in peace.

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


simplify: And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem.

And they went through Judah, getting together the Levites and the heads of families in Israel from all the towns of Judah, and they came to Jerusalem.


simplify: Her feet go down to death; Her steps take hold on Sheol;

Her feet go down to death, and her steps to the underworld;


simplify: Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved?  Under the apple-tree I awakened thee: There thy mother was in travail with thee, There was she in travail that brought thee forth.

Who is this, who comes up from the waste places, resting on her loved one? It was I who made you awake under the apple-tree, where your mother gave you birth; there she was in pain at your birth.


simplify: For by these he judgeth the peoples; He giveth food in abundance.

For by these he gives food to the peoples, and bread in full measure.


simplify: Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

As Jesus was going along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net in the Sea, for they were fishermen.


simplify: For yourselves, brethren, know our entering in unto you, that it hath not been found vain:

For you yourselves, brothers, are conscious that our coming among you was not without effect:


rate difficulty: Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the observances thereof.

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


rate difficulty: And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

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


simplify: and thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

And the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.


simplify: But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.

But, when Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face; for he stood self-condemned.


rate difficulty: You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and you will be glad in heart, as when they go with music of the pipe to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock of Israel.

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


simplify: And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good save one, even God.

And Jesus said to him, Why do you say I am good? no one is good but one, and that is God.


simplify: And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead.

Further, God charged us to proclaim to the people, and solemnly affirm, that it is Jesus who has been appointed by God judge of the living and the dead.


simplify: These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred.

These are the families of Naphtali by their families: and those who were numbered of them were forty-five thousand, four hundred.


simplify: And let us know, let us follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that watereth the earth.

And let us have knowledge, let us go after the knowledge of the Lord; his going out is certain as the dawn, his decisions go out like the light; he will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain watering the earth.


simplify: And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the Lord: therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which slew some of them.

Now when first they were living there they did not give worship to the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them, causing the death of some of them.


rate difficulty: And Joshua saith unto the people, `Sanctify yourselves, for to-morrow doth Jehovah do in your midst wonders.'

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


simplify: Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord will render to him according to his works:

Alexander the copper-worker did me much wrong: the Lord will give him the reward of his works:


rate difficulty: And on the west side, hangings fifty cubits long, on ten pillars in ten bases, with silver bands.

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


rate difficulty: And their limit was Helkath and Hali and Beten and Achshaph

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


rate difficulty: All these were of costly stones, even of hewn stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside unto the great court.

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


simplify: And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

And Balaam said to Balak, Make me here seven altars and get ready seven oxen and seven male sheep.


rate difficulty: And whosoever in the open field toucheth one that is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

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


simplify: Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

Son of man, make a song of grief for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and say to him, Young lion of the nations, destruction has come on you; and you were like a sea-beast in the seas, sending out bursts of water, troubling the waters with your feet, making their streams dirty.


rate difficulty: And he gave the king's part of his private property for the burned offerings, that is, for the morning and evening offerings, and the offerings for the Sabbath and the new moons and the regular feasts, as it is recorded in the law of the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore now, Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said.

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


rate difficulty: then shalt thou understand the fear of Jehovah, and find the knowledge ofGod.

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


rate difficulty: Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is brought upon me, Wherewith Jehovah hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger.

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


rate difficulty: For I will send punishment on those who are living in the land of Egypt, as I have sent punishment on Jerusalem, by the sword and by need of food and by disease:

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


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

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


rate difficulty: And the thing is very wrong in the eyes of Abraham, for his son's sake;


rate difficulty: Now Joab was fighting against Rabbah, in the land of the children of Ammon, and he took the water-town.

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


rate difficulty: or all that concerning which he sweareth falsely, he hath even repaid it in its principal, and its fifth he is adding to it; to him whose it <FI>is<Fi> he giveth it in the day of his guilt-offering.

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


simplify: and having heard these things, Jesus said to him, `Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things--as many as thou hast--sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;'

Hearing this, Jesus said to him: “There is one thing still lacking in you; sell everything that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; then come and follow me.”


simplify: For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.

For the good which I have a mind to do, I do not: but the evil which I have no mind to do, that I do.


simplify: and the rest, some indeed upon boards, and some upon certain things of the ship; and thus it came to pass that all came safe unto the land.

and that the rest should follow, some on planks, and others on different pieces of the ship. In these various ways everyone managed to get safely ashore.


rate difficulty: Behold, therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


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

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


simplify: And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.

And because of this, the flock gave birth to young which were marked with bands of colour.


rate difficulty: And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses; a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the men subject to taskwork.

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


rate difficulty: And if a priest’s daughter be married unto a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things.

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


simplify: She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.


simplify: Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,

Now Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, gave orders about Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, saying,


rate difficulty: And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power; thou shalt not have one lot only:

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


simplify: And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.

They went away with the goods they had taken, man and beast.


simplify: I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

I will go back to my place till they are made waste; in their trouble they will go after me early and will make search for me.


rate difficulty: And there were shepherds in the same region, lodging in the field, and keeping the night-watches over their flock,


simplify: and they again cried out, `Crucify him.'


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.

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


simplify: He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood.

He has made my life nothing but pain, he has given me the bitter root in full measure.


simplify: And he commanded them to make all recline in companies upon the green grass,

Jesus directed them to make all the people take their seats on the green grass, in parties;


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.

This is the word of the Lord: Where is the statement which I gave your mother when I put her away? or to which of my creditors have I given you for money? It was for your sins that you were given into the hands of others, and for your evil-doing was your mother put away.


simplify: That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him:

in view of that divine order which was to mark the completion of the ages, when he should make everything, both in heaven and on earth, centre in him.


rate difficulty: as sorrowful, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.


rate difficulty: And Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.


simplify: And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever.

(So that I may send trouble for this on the seed of David, but not for ever.)


rate difficulty: and the second took her and died, and neither did he leave seed; and the third likewise.


simplify: It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night.

It is no longer my pleasure for Saul to be king; for he is turned back from going in my ways, and has not done my orders. And Samuel was very sad, crying to the Lord in prayer all night.


simplify: For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the Lord, which run to and fro through the whole earth.

For who has had a poor opinion of the day of small things? for they will be glad when they see the weighted measuring-line in the hand of Zerubbabel. Then he said in answer to me, These seven lights are the eyes of the Lord which go quickly up and down through all the earth.


rate difficulty: And see and know of all the hiding-places where he hideth himself, and ye have turned back unto me prepared, and I have gone with you, and it hath been, if he is in the land, that I have searched him out through all the thousands of Judah.'

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


simplify: Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

Take away from me the noise of your songs; my ears are shut to the melody of your instruments.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

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


rate difficulty: Jesus says to him, I say not to thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven.

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


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, when all the people who <FI>are<Fi> with Ishmael see Johanan son of Kareah, and all the heads of the forces who <FI>are<Fi> with him, that they rejoice.

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


simplify: And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, seven baskets full.

And they all took food, and had enough; and they took up of the broken bits, seven baskets full.


simplify: and he said to them, `Give back, therefore, the things of Caesar to Caesar, and the things of God to God;'

“The Emperor’s,” they said; and Jesus replied: “Well then, pay to the Emperor what belongs to the Emperor, and to God what belongs to God.”


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.

And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron, Take in your hand a little dust from the fire and let Moses send it in a shower up to heaven before the eyes of Pharaoh.


rate difficulty: And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries.

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


simplify: And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

Let your hearts be broken, and not your clothing, and come back to the Lord your God: for he is full of grace and pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, ready to be turned from his purpose of punishment.


simplify: And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)

And I know that this man — whether in the body or separated from the body I do not know; God knows —


simplify: And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;

And he who is the chief priest among his brothers, on whose head the holy oil has been put, who is marked out to put on the holy robes, may not let his hair go loose or have his clothing out of order as a sign of sorrow.


simplify: And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also scoffed at him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen.

And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.


rate difficulty: For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.


simplify: The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death: when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.

He whose right it is to give punishment for blood, may himself put to death the taker of life when he comes face to face with him.


simplify: This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto Artaxerxes the king: Thy servants the men beyond the River, and so forth.

This is a copy of the letter which they sent to Artaxerxes the king: Your servants living across the river send these words:


rate difficulty: and he shall let the living bird loose out of the city into the open field; and he shall make atonement for the house, and it is clean.

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


simplify: And of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, and Binnui, and Manasseh.

And of the sons of Pahath-moab, Adna and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel and Binnui and Manasseh.


rate difficulty: And I will give you into the hands of those desiring your death, and into the hands of those whom you are fearing, even into the hands of Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, and into the hands of the Chaldaeans.

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


simplify: `Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake--

Blessed are you when people insult you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil lies about you because of me.


rate difficulty: for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me not to drink;

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


simplify: Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

let me tell you all and all the people of Israel, that it is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified and whom God raised from the dead — it is, I say, by his name that this man stands here before you lame no longer.


simplify: Thy doom is come unto thee, O inhabitant of the land: the time is come, the day is near, a day of tumult, and not of joyful shouting, upon the mountains.

The crowning time has come on you, O people of the land: the time has come, the day is near; the day will not be slow in coming, it will not keep back.


rate difficulty: A speckled fowl <FI>is<Fi> Mine inheritance to Me? Is the fowl round about against her? Come, assemble, every beast of the field, Come ye for food.

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


rate difficulty: He hath made everything beautiful in its time; also he hath set the world in their heart, so that man findeth not out from the beginning to the end the work thatGod doeth.

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


simplify: The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.

The mountains saw you and were moved with fear; the clouds were streaming with water: the voice of the deep was sounding; the sun did not come up, and the moon kept still in her place.


simplify: I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

I got together silver and gold and the wealth of kings and of countries. I got makers of song, male and female; and the delights of the sons of men--girls of all sorts to be my brides.


rate difficulty: Shimei, the son of Ela, in Benjamin;

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


simplify: and having seen a certain one suffering injustice, he did defend, and did justice to the oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian;

and, seeing an Israelite ill-treated, he defended him, and avenged the man, who was being wronged, by striking down the Egyptian.


rate difficulty: For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the Lord dwelleth in Zion.


simplify: Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

Truly I say to you, All these things will come on this generation.


rate difficulty: Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.

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


rate difficulty: Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

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


simplify: Because that for his name’s sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

For it was on behalf of the name that they left their homes, and refused to take anything from the Gentiles.


simplify: If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;

If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or your daughter or the wife of your heart, or the friend who is as dear to you as your life, working on you secretly says to you, Let us go and give worship to other gods, strange to you and to your fathers;


simplify: And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are in health have no need of a physician; but they that are sick.

And Jesus, answering, said to them, Those who are well have no need of a medical man, but those who are ill.


simplify: And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord.

He went in the ways of his father Asa, not turning away, but doing right in the eyes of the Lord.


rate difficulty: Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams’ horns passed on before the Lord, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them.

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


simplify: So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

And he sent his brothers on their way, and said to them, See that you have no argument on the road.


rate difficulty: For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.


rate difficulty: Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and was distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the sheep and the cattle and the camels, into two troops.


rate difficulty: I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.


rate difficulty: And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.


simplify: And they fetched up and brought out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means.

A war-carriage might be got from Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse for a hundred and fifty: they got them at the same rate for all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram.


rate difficulty: I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.

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


rate difficulty: You must, therefore, dear friends, now that you know this beforehand, be on your guard against being led away by the errors of reckless people, and so lapsing from your present steadfastness;

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


rate difficulty: `From the heavens He hath caused thee to hear His voice, to instruct thee, and on earth He hath shewed thee His great fire, and His words thou hast heard out of the midst of the fire.

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


simplify: And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

And from the tribe of Benjamin they gave Gibeon and Geba with their grass-lands;


rate difficulty: In form the four of them were all the same, they seemed like a wheel inside a wheel.


rate difficulty: And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me.


rate difficulty: Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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


simplify: But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

But there were false prophets also in the nation, just as there will be false teachers among you, people who will secretly introduce ruinous divisions, disowning even the Lord who bought them, and bringing speedy ruin on themselves.


rate difficulty: The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved.

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


simplify: but by equality, at the present time your abundance--for their want, that also their abundance may be for your want, that there may be equality,

On this occasion what you can spare will supply what they need, at another time what they can spare may supply your need, and so things will be equal.


simplify: And as they are coming forth, lo, they brought to him a man dumb, a demoniac,

Just as they were going out, some people brought up to Jesus a dumb man who was possessed by a demon;


rate difficulty: And that he may send the Christ who was marked out for you from the first, even Jesus:

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


simplify: Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.


rate difficulty: For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

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


simplify: Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

Remember, I am sending you out as my messengers like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as snakes, and as blameless as doves.


simplify: And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified unto them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the nations that were round about them, concerning whom Jehovah had charged them that they should not do like them.

And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws which he gave them; they gave themselves up to things without sense or value, and became foolish like the nations round them, of whom the Lord had said, Do not as they do.


rate difficulty: For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.


rate difficulty: Lo, the day, lo, it hath come, Gone forth hath the morning, Blossomed hath the rod, flourished the pride.

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


rate difficulty: `And for the sons of Aaron thou dost make coats, and thou hast made for them girdles, yea, bonnets thou dost make for them, for honour and for beauty;

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God unto you by mighty works and wonders and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, even as ye yourselves know;

Men of Israel, give ear to these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man who had the approval of God, as was made clear to you by the great works and signs and wonders which God did by him among you, as you yourselves have knowledge,


simplify: Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.


rate difficulty: Sing unto Jehovah, all the earth; Show forth his salvation from day to day.

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


simplify: And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angelsgoing forthto war with the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels;

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going out to the fight with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels made war,


rate difficulty: He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

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


rate difficulty: Lest the hearer put thee to shame, And thine evil report turn not back.

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


simplify: and Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;

And Sheva was the scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;


rate difficulty: These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families.

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


rate difficulty: And there shall be no man in the tent of meeting when he goeth in to make atonement in the sanctuary until he come out; and he shall make atonement for himself, and for his house, and for the whole congregation of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And behold, the word of Jehovah [came] to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir, but he that will come forth out of thy body shall be thine heir.

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


rate difficulty: And Sarai was barren: she had no child.

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


rate difficulty: And last of all the woman also died.

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


simplify: Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself.

You may be sure that such a person has forsaken the truth and is in the wrong; they stand self-condemned.


rate difficulty: Therefore, my dear friends, stand firm, unshaken, always diligent in the Lord’s work, for you know that, in union with him, your toil is not in vain.

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


rate difficulty: beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

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


rate difficulty: but to him who does not work, but believes on him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is reckoned as righteousness.

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


simplify: and the anxieties of this age, and the deceitfulness of the riches, and the desires concerning the other things, entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

but the cares of life, and the glamour of wealth, and cravings for many other things come in and completely choke the message, so that it gives no return.


rate difficulty: Seraphim were standing above him: each had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he flew.


simplify: And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.

And the Evil One said to him, If you are the Son of God, give orders to this stone to become bread.


simplify: Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, the border of the children of Ammon;

Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was living in Heshbon, ruling from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and the town in the middle of the valley, and half Gilead, as far as the river Jabbok, the limits of the children of Ammon;


rate difficulty: For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

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


simplify: To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,

In his turning away the right of a man before the face of the Most High.


simplify: whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. What is your life? For ye are a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

When you are not certain what will take place tomorrow. What is your life? It is a mist, which is seen for a little time and then is gone.


rate difficulty: And behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even; and the man was of mount Ephraim, and he sojourned in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjaminites.

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


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

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


simplify: For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

Wherever a dead body lies, there will the vultures flock.’


simplify: (Now all the Athenians and the strangers sojourning there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.)

(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)


rate difficulty: And Ham the father of Canaan saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren outside.

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


rate difficulty: your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith Jehovah, who have burned incense upon the mountains, and outraged me upon the hills; and I will measure their former work into their bosom.

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


simplify: The poor useth entreaties; But the rich answereth roughly.

The poor man makes requests for grace, but the man of wealth gives a rough answer.