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

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simplify: Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do.

Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the country of Laish, said to their brothers, Have you knowledge that in these houses there is an ephod and family gods and a pictured image and a metal image? So now you see what to do.


simplify: And the Lord answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words.

And the Lord gave an answer in good and comforting words to the angel who was talking to me.


rate difficulty: `And I have prepared a place for My people Israel, and planted it, and it hath dwelt in its place, and is not troubled any more, and the sons of perverseness add not to wear it out as at first,

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rate difficulty: How oft is the lamp of the wicked extinguished, And come on them doth their calamity? Pangs He apportioneth in His anger.

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rate difficulty: By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who among them considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people to whom the stroke was due?

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simplify: And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?

and, wherever he goes in, say to the owner of the house ‘The teacher says — Where is my room where I am to eat the Passover with my disciples?’


simplify: Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,

So putting away all wrongdoing, and all tricks and deceits and envies and evil talk,


rate difficulty: And the damsel was very fair; and she cherished the king, and ministered to him; but the king knew her not.

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rate difficulty: and this is the testimony, that life age-during did God give to us, and this--the life--is in His Son;

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simplify: And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel; because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

And she gave the child the name of Ichabod, saying, The glory has gone from Israel: because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband.


rate difficulty: Wherefore also let them who suffer according to the will ofGod commit their souls in well-doing to a faithful Creator.

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rate difficulty: Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

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rate difficulty: — And the Jordan borders it on the east side. — This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, according to its borders round about, according to their families.

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rate difficulty: Also--the power of their hands, why <FI>is it<Fi> to me? On them hath old age perished.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small.

And it came about that after they had taken all the grass of the land, I said, O Lord God, have mercy: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.


simplify: And Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord’s heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses.

And Moses gave the Lord's part, lifted up as an offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord had given orders to Moses.


rate difficulty: On all high places in the plain have spoilers come in, For the sword of Jehovah is consuming, From the end of the land even unto the end of the land, There is no peace to any flesh.

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

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simplify: There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.

A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.


simplify: Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.

No leaven is to be offered with the blood of my offering, and the offering of the Passover feast may not be kept till the morning.


simplify: And when it came to pass that we were parted from them and had set sail, we came with a straight course unto Cos, and the next day unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara:

And after parting from them, we put out to sea and came straight to Cos, and the day after to Rhodes, and from there to Patara:


rate difficulty: Much water may not put out love, or the deep waters overcome it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be judged a price not great enough.


rate difficulty: And the law is not of faith; but, He who does them will have life by them.

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rate difficulty: ‘Go to this nation and say — “You will hear with your ears without ever understanding, And, though you have eyes, you will see without ever perceiving.”

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rate difficulty: Eliphelet, the son of Ahasbai the Maacathite, Eliam, the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,

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rate difficulty: For [in Christ Jesus] neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision; but new creation.


simplify: But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.

But when he was in Rome, he went in search of me everywhere, and came to me


rate difficulty: 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.

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


simplify: Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean.

Then the priest is to see him: and if the mark is increased, the priest, without looking for the yellow hair, will say that he is unclean.


rate difficulty: The wind shall feed all thy shepherds, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness.

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


rate difficulty: And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou hast commanded us will we do, and whither thou shalt send us will we go.

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simplify: And the prince of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

Their chief is Elizaphan, the son of Uzziel.


simplify: And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, who had kept his bed eight years; for he was palsied.

And there was a certain man there, named Aeneas, who for eight years had been in bed, without power of moving.


rate difficulty: I am going the way of all the earth: so be strong and be a man;


simplify: As to the rest, then, brethren, we request you, and call upon you in the Lord Jesus, as ye did receive from us how it behoveth you to walk and to please God, that ye may abound the more,

Further, friends, we beg and urge you in the name of our Lord Jesus to carry out more fully than ever — as indeed you are already doing — all that you have heard from us as to what your daily life must be, if it is to please God.


rate difficulty: And Micah the son of Gemariah the son of Shaphan heard out of the book all the words of Jehovah;

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rate difficulty: And they encamped against them, and destroyed the produce of the land, until thou come to Gazah, and they left no sustenance in Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass.

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simplify: And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

And all the earth had one language and one tongue.


simplify: And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.

And Jacob did so; and when the week was ended, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel for his wife.


rate difficulty: Then do not be full of care, saying, What are we to have for food or drink? or, With what may we be clothed?


simplify: And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house,

And there was a day when his sons and daughters were feasting in the house of their oldest brother,


rate difficulty: Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

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


rate difficulty: Now the name of his first-born was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah: they were judges in Beer-sheba.


simplify: And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus’ feet; and he healed them:

And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well:


rate difficulty: He that loves his brother abides in light, and there is no occasion of stumbling in him.


rate difficulty: And Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

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rate difficulty: They die in youth, And their lifeperisheth among the unclean.

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rate difficulty: and the land is subdued before Jehovah, and afterwards ye return, ye shall be guiltless toward Jehovah and toward Israel, and this land shall be your possession before Jehovah.

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rate difficulty: And Jehovah said unto Abram, after Lot's being parted from him, `Lift up, I pray thee, thine eyes, and look from the place where thou <FI>art<Fi> , northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward;

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


simplify: And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

And the sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah: but Er and Onan had come to their death in the land of Canaan; and the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.


simplify: Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon?

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all he did, and his wisdom, are they not recorded in the book of the acts of Solomon?


simplify: But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

But Paul said, I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, which is not an unimportant town: I make a request to you to let me say a word to the people.


rate difficulty: Seraiah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, leader of the house of God,

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


simplify: This was the first enrolment made when Quirinius was governor of Syria.

This was the first numbering, which was made when Quirinius was ruler of Syria.


simplify: But let none come into the house of the Lord, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the Lord.

But let no one come into the house of the Lord but only the priests and those of the Levites who have work to do there; they may go in for they are holy; but the rest of the people are to keep the orders of the Lord.


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

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simplify: For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

For we might have got much money for this and given it to the poor.


simplify: And if the prophet be deceived and speak a word, I, Jehovah, have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel.

And if the prophet, tricked by deceit, says anything, it is I the Lord by whom he has been tricked, and I will put out my hand against him, and he will be cut off from among my people Israel.


rate difficulty: And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the Lord, who is with you in the judgment.

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


simplify: And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword.

And they put everything in the town to the curse; men and women, young and old, ox and sheep and ass, they put to death without mercy.


simplify: And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity.

And the men of Zion will not say, I am ill: for its people will have forgiveness for their sin.


simplify: And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.


simplify: And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.

And it is by faith in the name of Jesus, that this man, whom you all see and know, has — by his name — been made strong. Yes, it is the faith inspired by Jesus that has made this complete cure of the man, before the eyes of you all.


simplify: So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.

So the chief captain let the young man go, saying to him, Do not say to anyone that you have given me word of these things.


simplify: And Jesus said to them, `Through your want of faith; for verily I say to you, if ye may have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mount, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove, and nothing shall be impossible to you,

“Because you have so little faith,” he answered; “for, I tell you, if your faith were only like a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain ‘Move from this place to that!’ and it would be moved; and nothing would be impossible to you.”


simplify: And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi;

Then Moses put up an altar and gave it the name of Yahweh-nissi:


simplify: and having found, he doth lay <FI>it<Fi> on his shoulders rejoicing,

And, when he has found it, he puts in on his shoulders rejoicing;


simplify: And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord God.

I will take payment from Edom because of my people Israel; and I will take Edom in hand in my wrath and in my passion: and they will have experience of my reward, says the Lord.


simplify: Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.

Thick clouds are covering him, so that he is unable to see; and he is walking on the arch of heaven.


rate difficulty: and Saul hath a concubine, and her name <FI>is<Fi> Rizpah daughter of Aiah, and <FI>Ish-Bosheth<Fi> saith unto Abner, `Wherefore hast thou gone in unto the concubine of my father?'

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


simplify: That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.

I want you, on your part, to show deference to such people as these, as well as to every fellow laborer and earnest worker.


rate difficulty: And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:

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simplify: And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him.

And straight away all the people, when they saw him, were full of wonder, and running to him, gave him worship.


rate difficulty: And when the time for the fruit came near, he sent his servants to the workmen, to get the fruit.

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


rate difficulty: Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,

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simplify: And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

And after the holy place and all its vessels have been covered up by Aaron and his sons, when the tents of the people go forward, the sons of Kohath are to come and take it up; but the holy things may not be touched by them for fear of death.


rate difficulty: Now while he was not yet gone back, Go back then, said he, to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wheresoever it seemeth right unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a present, and let him go.

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


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

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rate difficulty: this secret is great, and I speak in regard to Christ and to the assembly;


simplify: But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

But when the disciples saw it they were angry, saying, To what purpose is this waste?


simplify: And the Pharisees came near to him, tempting him, and saying to him, `Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?'

Presently some Pharisees came up to him, and, to test him, said: “Has a man the right to divorce his wife for every cause?”


simplify: And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred and slew them at one time.

This is the list of David's men of war: Ishbaal, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the three: he put to death three hundred at one time with his spear.


simplify: And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

I did not give attention to the voice of my teachers, my ear was not turned to those who were guiding me!


rate difficulty: The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three.


rate difficulty: Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.


simplify: Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia:

Ho! land of the sounding of wings, on the other side of the rivers of Ethiopia:


simplify: But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.

But of that day and hour no one has knowledge, not even the angels in heaven, or the Son, but the Father only.


simplify: Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.

Then Saul, turning back, went after the Philistines no longer: and the Philistines went back to their place.


simplify: Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.

The sons of Asher by their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites: of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.


rate difficulty: and they rejoiced, and covenanted to give him money,


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


rate difficulty: And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.


simplify: And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,

And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples on one side, and said to them,


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the commandment of Jehovah, these cities with their suburbs.

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rate difficulty: for He saith, `In an acceptable time I did hear thee, and in a day of salvation I did help thee, lo, now <FI>is<Fi> a well-accepted time; lo, now, a day of salvation,' --

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


simplify: Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Have we not all one father? has not one God made us? why are we, every one of us, acting falsely to his brother, putting shame on the agreement of our fathers?


simplify: And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother.

And his head was put on a plate and given to the girl; and she took it to her mother.


rate difficulty: And he took the dragon, the old snake, which is the Evil One and Satan, and put chains on him for a thousand years,

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rate difficulty: And I will have the judge cut off from among them, and all their captains I will put to death with him, says the Lord.

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


simplify: and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they repented not of their works.

And they said evil things against the God of heaven because of their pain and their wounds; and they were not turned from their evil works.


rate difficulty: Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night that said, There is a man child conceived.

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simplify: and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and Jehovah is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the assembly of Jehovah?

They came together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take overmuch on yourselves, seeing that all the people are holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them; why then have you put yourselves in authority over the people of the Lord?


simplify: Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;


simplify: and having come away to her house, she found the demon gone forth, and the daughter laid upon the couch.

The woman went home, and found the child lying on her bed, and the demon gone.


rate difficulty: And Jesus, answering, said to them, Have God's faith.

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


simplify: The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

To the older women as to mothers, to the younger as to sisters, with a clean heart.


simplify: And the jailor reported the words to Paul, saying, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore come forth, and go in peace.

And the keeper said to Paul, The authorities have given orders to let you go: come out now, and go in peace.


simplify: and he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to the king thereof.

And he took it, with its king and all its towns: and he put them to the sword, giving every person in it to the curse; all were put to death: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king.


simplify: the king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one.

The king of Tirzah, one; all the kings together were thirty-one.


simplify: Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him.

Israel has given up what is good; his haters will go after him.


simplify: And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.

And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?


simplify: `And he answering said to one of them, Comrade, I do no unrighteousness to thee; for a denary didst not thou agree with me?

‘My friend,’ was his reply to one of them, ‘I am not treating you unfairly. Did not you agree with me for two silver coins?


rate difficulty: Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand.

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rate difficulty: And they abode at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-Shual,

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


rate difficulty: And a second time they say, Hallelujah. And her smoke goeth up for ever and ever.

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


rate difficulty: And the Avvites who dwelt in the hamlets as far as Gazah — the Caphtorim, who came out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.)

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rate difficulty: For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 13 | difficulty: hard


simplify: For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it be received with thanksgiving:

Because everything which God has made is good, and nothing is evil, if it is taken with praise:


rate difficulty: And in my dream the angel of the Lord said to me, Jacob: and I said, Here am I.

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


simplify: And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;

And Ahaz was the father of Jarah; and Jarah was the father of Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza.


rate difficulty: And Isaac answering said, But I have made him your master, and have given him all his brothers for servants; I have made him strong with grain and wine: what then am I to do for you, my son?


rate difficulty: His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sin and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up the Asherim and the graven images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the history of Hozai.

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


simplify: And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels.

And the gold which the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds gave, as an offering to be lifted up before the Lord, came to sixteen thousand, seven hundred and fifty shekels.


rate difficulty: Pouring contempt upon princes, And the girdle of the mighty He made feeble.


simplify: For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,

For the grace of God has come, giving salvation to all men,


simplify: That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day:

With the purpose of taking part in the agreement of the Lord your God, and his oath which he makes with you today:


rate difficulty: And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?

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


simplify: Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

And more than this, I will take from them the sound of laughing voices, the voice of joy, the voice of the newly-married man, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the stones crushing the grain, and the shining of lights.


simplify: And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?


simplify: Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you:

Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:


rate difficulty: And as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out: but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day.

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


rate difficulty: In all labour there is advantage, And a thing of the lips <FI>is<Fi> only to want.

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


rate difficulty: And Simon answering said, Supplicate ye for me to the Lord, so that nothing may come upon me of the things of which ye have spoken.

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rate difficulty: And when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.


simplify: And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:

And he is to take away its stomach, with its feathers, and put it down by the east side of the altar, where the burned waste is put:


rate difficulty: but I--I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.

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


simplify: he having gone near to Pilate, asked for himself the body of Jesus; then Pilate commanded the body to be given back.

He went to see Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Pilate ordered it to be given him.


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.

Many signs and wonders continued to occur among the people, through the instrumentality of the apostles, whose custom it was to meet all together in the Colonnade of Solomon;


rate difficulty: And the keeper, coming out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, took his sword and was about to put himself to death, fearing that the prisoners had got away.

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


rate difficulty: and you must also rejoice and share my joy.


simplify: And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.

And when he had been there three months, because the Jews had made a secret design against him when he was about to take ship for Syria, he made a decision to go back through Macedonia.


simplify: And if any was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.

And if anyone's name was not in the book of life, he went down into the sea of fire.


simplify: Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.


rate difficulty: And God cometh in unto Laban the Aramaean in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Take heed to thyself lest thou speak with Jacob from good unto evil.'

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


rate difficulty: when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee--a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.'

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


simplify: And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.

And very early after dawn on the first day of the week, they came at the time of the coming up of the sun to the place where the body had been put.


simplify: and every one who is having this hope on him, doth purify himself, even as he is pure.

And everyone who has this hope with regard to Christ tries to make themselves pure — as Christ is pure.


rate difficulty: The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him:

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


simplify: And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.

And David again and again made attacks on the land till not a man or a woman was still living; and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing; and he came back to Achish.


simplify: and Johanan begat Azariah (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem),

And Johanan was the father of Azariah, (he was priest in the house which Solomon put up in Jerusalem:)


simplify: for I know your readiness, of which I glory on your behalf to them of Macedonia, that Achaia hath been prepared for a year past; and your zeal hath stirred up very many of them.

For I have before made clear to those of Macedonia my pride in your ready mind, saying to them that Achaia has been ready for a year back; and a great number have been moved to do the same by your example.


simplify: And, behold, a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man’s hand a measuring reed six cubits long, of a cubit and a handbreadth each: so he measured the thickness of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed.

And there was a wall on the outside of the house all round, and in the man's hand there was a measuring rod six cubits long by a cubit and a hand's measure: so he took the measure of the building from side to side, one rod; and from base to top, one rod.


rate difficulty: And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord Jehovah: These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer up burnt-offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.

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


simplify: And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him.

And how the chief priests and our rulers gave him up to be put to death on the cross.


rate difficulty: And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.

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


simplify: And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by Urim and Thummim.


simplify: And they sacrificed unto Jehovah in that day, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.

And that day they made offerings to the Lord of the things they had taken in war, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.


simplify: and Seth lived after he begat Enosh eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters:

And he went on living after the birth of Enosh for eight hundred and seven years, and had sons and daughters:


rate difficulty: If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

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


rate difficulty: For my part, I will most gladly spend, and be spent, for your welfare. Can it be that the more intensely I love you the less I am to be loved?


rate difficulty: and the queen Vashti refuseth to come in at the word of the king that <FI>is<Fi> by the hand of the eunuchs, and the king is very wroth, and his fury hath burned in him.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Make clear to them that they are to put themselves under rulers and authorities, to do what they are ordered, to be ready for every good work,


rate difficulty: And if ye do good to those that do good to you, what thank is it to you? for even sinners do the same.

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


rate difficulty: Then you are to take the two of them to the doorway of the town, and have them stoned to death; the young virgin, because she gave no cry for help, though it was in the town, and the man, because he has put shame on his neighbour's wife: so you are to put away evil from among you.

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


simplify: And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.

And Moses sent for Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, the brother of Aaron's father, and said to them, Come near and take your brothers away from before the holy place, outside the tent-circle.


rate difficulty: and he casteth four rings for the four ends of the brazen grate--places for bars;

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


simplify: And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord,

And he gave the priests their places, making them strong for the work of the house of God.


rate difficulty: Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know:

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


simplify: Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night.

So Joshua, having come up from Gilgal all night, made a sudden attack on them.


simplify: Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

See, I have given you power to put your feet on snakes and evil beasts, and over all the strength of him who is against you: and nothing will do you damage.


rate difficulty: There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.

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


rate difficulty: Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.


rate difficulty: where my prosecutors never found me holding discussions with anyone, or causing a crowd to collect — either in the Temple, or in the Synagogues, or about the city;

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


rate difficulty: That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the Lord.


simplify: `Two men went up to the temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a tax-gatherer;

“Two men went up into the Temple Courts to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax-gatherer.


simplify: And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.

Then Saul said, Come here and give me the burned offering and the peace-offerings. And he made a burned offering to the Lord.


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

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


rate difficulty: then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, that it may bring forth produce for three years;

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rate difficulty: but, if you do not forgive others their offenses, not even your Father will forgive your offenses.


rate difficulty: The next morning, in returning to the city, Jesus became hungry;

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rate difficulty: It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit.


rate difficulty: Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.

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


rate difficulty: But the prudent answered saying, [We cannot,] lest it might not suffice for us and for you. Go rather to those that sell, and buy for yourselves.


rate difficulty: They also went down into Sheol with him unto them that were slain with the sword, and [that were] his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the nations.

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


simplify: So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the Lord: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.

So Manoah took the young goat with its meal offering, offering it on the rock to the Lord, who did strange things.


rate difficulty: For this reason I say unto you, Every sin and injurious speaking shall be forgiven to men, but speaking injuriously of the Spirit shall not be forgiven to men.


simplify: So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were.

So they came in, and, crying out to the door-keepers of the town, they gave them the news, saying, We came to the tents of the Aramaeans, and there was no one there and no voice of man, only the horses and the asses in their places, and the tents as they were.


rate difficulty: And they are not all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, In Isaac will your seed be named.

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


rate difficulty: These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them; for he is Lord of lords and King of kings: and they [that are] with him called, and chosen, and faithful.


simplify: those having entered into Caesarea, and delivered the letter to the governor, did present also Paul to him.

On arriving at Caesarea, the troopers delivered the letter to the Governor, and brought Paul before him.


simplify: So then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye were taught, whether by word, or by epistle of ours.

So then, brothers, be strong in purpose, and keep the teaching which has been given to you by word or by letter from us.


rate difficulty: Against Jehovah they dealt treacherously, For strange sons they have begotten, Now consume them doth a month <FI>with<Fi> their portions.

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


rate difficulty: And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.


rate difficulty: And Hushai saith unto Absalom, `Nay, for he whom Jehovah hath chosen, and this people, even all the men of Israel, his I am, and with him I abide;

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


rate difficulty: Beloved, no new commandment write I unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning: the old commandment is the word which ye heard.

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


simplify: The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?

In the cup of blessing which we bless, is not there a sharing in the blood of the Christ? And in the bread which we break, is not there a sharing in the body of the Christ?


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


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel did secretly against the Lord their God things which were not right, building high places for themselves in all their towns, from the tower of the watchmen to the walled town.

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


rate difficulty: And there arose no prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom Jehovah had known face to face;

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


rate difficulty: And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, and the elders, and the guardians sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any one king; do what is good in thy sight.

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


simplify: For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.

For your people Israel you made yours for ever; and you, Lord, became their God.


simplify: Go not forth hastily to strive, Lestthou know notwhat to do in the end thereof, When thy neighbor hath put thee to shame.

Do not be quick to go to law about what you have seen, for what will you do in the end, when your neighbour has put you to shame?


rate difficulty: And they journeyed from Abronah, and encamped in Ezion-geber.

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


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass, at Jezebel's hearing that Naboth hath been stoned, and is dead, that Jezebel saith unto Ahab, `Rise, possess the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, that he refused to give to thee for money, for Naboth is not alive but dead.'

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


rate difficulty: And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.

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


simplify: For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.


rate difficulty: By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth.

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


rate difficulty: Cut off thy hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights; for Jehovah hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath.

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


rate difficulty: But I would have you know, brethren, that the circumstances in which I am have turned out rather to the furtherance of the glad tidings,

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


simplify: For he that doeth wrong shall receive again for the wrong that he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

For the wrongdoer will have punishment for the wrong he has done, without respect for any man's position.


simplify: The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses:

Horsemen driving forward, and the shining sword and the bright spear: and a great number of wounded, and masses of dead bodies; they are falling over the bodies of the dead:


simplify: (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)

And, hearing him talking in the Hebrew language, they became the more quiet, and he said,


rate difficulty: and the younger of them said to his father ‘Father, give me my share of the inheritance.’ So the father divided the property between them.

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


simplify: And Pilate said unto the chief priests and the multitudes, I find no fault in this man.

And Pilate said to the chief priests and the people, In my opinion this man has done no wrong.


simplify: Wherefore, putting away falsehood, speak ye truth each one with his neighbor: for we are members one of another.

And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.


rate difficulty: And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar-wood, and scarlet, and hyssop:

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


rate difficulty: and having passed by Mysia, they came down to Troas.


simplify: For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

For anyone who keeps all the law, but makes a slip in one point, is judged to have gone against it all.


rate difficulty: At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem; and they shall no more walk after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

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


rate difficulty: Now I am certain that the Lord is greater than all gods, for he has overcome them in their pride.


simplify: And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.

And the men, turning from that place, went on to Sodom: but Abraham was still waiting before the Lord.


simplify: and in the same manner do ye also joy, and rejoice with me.

And in the same way do you be glad and have a part in my joy.


simplify: And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.

and a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, was gradually overcome with great drowsiness, as Paul continued his address. At last, quite overpowered by his drowsiness, he fell from the third story to the ground, and was picked up for dead.


simplify: Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children.

And all the people made answer and said, Let his blood be on us, and on our children.


simplify: Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

Being full of all wrongdoing, evil, desire for the goods of others, hate, envy, putting to death, fighting, deceit, cruel ways, evil talk, and false statements about others;


simplify: Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.

Then I made protests to the chiefs, and said, Why has the house of God been given up? And I got them together and put them in their places.


simplify: Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

Then again lifting up my eyes I saw a roll in flight through the air.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: Come, eat ye of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled.

Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed.


rate difficulty: but there is nothing covered up which shall not be revealed, nor secret that shall not be known;


simplify: One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

One basket had very good figs, like the figs which first come to growth: and the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they were of no use for food.


rate difficulty: Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker.


simplify: And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.

“And, when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; such things must occur; but the end is not yet.


simplify: I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.

I will not put into effect the heat of my wrath; I will not again send destruction on Ephraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One among you; I will not put an end to you.


simplify: The children of Nebo, fifty and two.


simplify: Then said David, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, thy servant hath surely heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.


simplify: Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?


simplify: For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust;

For her blood is in her; she has put it on the open rock not draining it on to the earth so that it might be covered with dust;


simplify: For he saith to the snow, Fall thou on the earth; Likewise to the shower of rain, And to the showers of his mighty rain.

For he says to the snow, Make the earth wet; and to the rain-storm, Come down.


simplify: But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak.

But take care that this power of yours does not give cause for trouble to the feeble.


simplify: And he was teaching daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the principal men of the people sought to destroy him:

And every day he was teaching in the Temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people were attempting to put him to death;


rate difficulty: While they were still gazing up into the heavens, as he went, suddenly two men, clothed in white, stood beside them,

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rate difficulty: Then from the waste land of Kedemoth I sent representatives to Sihon, king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,


simplify: And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof.

And he said, This is Sin; and pushing her down into the ephah, he put the weight of lead on the mouth of it.


simplify: So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself.

That is how husbands ought to love their wives — as if they were their own bodies. A man who loves his wife is really loving himself;


rate difficulty: Looking for and truly desiring the coming of the day of God, when the heavens will come to an end through fire, and the substance of the earth will be changed by the great heat?

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


simplify: when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which goes with a change of heart.


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

And I will send punishment for their blood, for which punishment has not been sent, for the Lord is living in Zion.


simplify: I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.


simplify: Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David,


simplify: Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house.

See, the days are coming when your arm and the arm of your father's people will be cut off;


rate difficulty: and the carcase of Jezebel hath been as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, that they say not, This <FI>is<Fi> Jezebel.'

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


simplify: And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.

And they have pointed tails like scorpions; and in their tails is their power to give men wounds for five months.


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

The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are glad to have it so: and what will you do in the end?


rate difficulty: And again he entered into Capernaum, after <FI>some<Fi> days, and it was heard that he is in the house,

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rate difficulty: And say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,

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rate difficulty: And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of embalming: and the Egyptians wept for him threescore and ten days.

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


rate difficulty: That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood.

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


rate difficulty: Why are you crying for help because of your wound? for your pain may never be taken away: because your evil-doing was so great and because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you.

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


rate difficulty: Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.

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


rate difficulty: Show honor to everyone, love the Lord's followers, ‘revere God, honor the emperor.’

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


rate difficulty: They <FI>are<Fi> thy merchants for perfect things, For wrappings of blue, and embroidery, And for treasuries of rich apparel, With cords bound and girded, for thy merchandise,

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


rate difficulty: The thirteenth Shubael, with his sons and his brothers, twelve;

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


rate difficulty: And you will be full of grief at the end of your life, when your flesh and your body are wasted;

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


simplify: and they turned and went up into the hill-country, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and spied it out.

And they went up into the hill-country and came to the valley of Eshcol, and saw what was there.


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

And David put up an altar there to the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings with prayers to the Lord; and he gave him an answer from heaven, sending fire on the altar of burned offering.


simplify: And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the Lord.

And they are not to let any of it go for a price, or give it in exchange; and the part of the land given to the Lord is not to go into other hands: for it is holy to the Lord.


rate difficulty: Whoso is despising the Word is destroyed for it, And whoso is fearing the Command is repayed.


simplify: If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

Suppose some brother or sister should be in need of clothes and of daily bread,


simplify: Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.

Gods of silver and gods of gold you are not to make for yourselves.


rate difficulty: Then the Lord your God will make your punishment, and the punishment of your seed, a thing to be wondered at; great punishments and cruel diseases stretching on through long years.

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


simplify: And the Lord said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.

And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had put a mark of shame on her, would she not be shamed for seven days? Let her be shut up outside the tent-circle for seven days, and after that she may come in again.


simplify: Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat.

and the men all felt cheered and had something to eat themselves.


simplify: And Jehu said, Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it.

And Jehu said, Let there be a special holy meeting for the worship of Baal. So a public statement was made.


simplify: And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood at the door of the tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.

So every man took his vessel and they put fire in them, with spices, and came to the door of the Tent of meeting with Moses and Aaron.


rate difficulty: and one of the four living creatures did give to the seven messengers seven golden vials, full of the wrath of God, who is living to the ages of the ages;

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


rate difficulty: But he said to them, I have to give the good news of the kingdom of God in other towns, because that is why I was sent.

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


rate difficulty: But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.

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


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

And when Jesus went on from there, two blind men came after him, crying out, Have mercy on us, you Son of David.


simplify: And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

And Saul said, Truly, I have done the orders of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me; I have taken Agag, the king of Amalek, and have given the Amalekites up to destruction.


simplify: Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

Listen, then, yourselves to the parable of the sower.


rate difficulty: You may not have sex relations with the wife of your father's brother, for she is of your family;

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


simplify: Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.

And the Spirit is a pledge of our future heritage, foreshadowing the full redemption of God’s own people — to enhance his glory.


rate difficulty: And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:


rate difficulty: Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Amend your ways, and your doings, And I cause you to dwell in this place.

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


simplify: And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

And it was in my mind to give you the chance of taking it, with the approval of those seated here and of the responsible men of my people. If you are ready to do what it is right for a relation to do, then do it: but if you will not do it, say so to me now; for there is no one who has the right to do it but you, and after you myself. And he said, I will do it.


simplify: Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.


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

At this the high priest tore his vestments. “Why do we want any more witnesses?” he exclaimed.


rate difficulty: “Repent,” answered Peter, “and be baptized every one of you in the faith of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.


simplify: And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord.

Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent for the priests and said to them, Take up the ark of the agreement, and let seven priests take seven horns in their hands and go before the ark of the Lord.


simplify: and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth.

and there she went into Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth.


rate difficulty: But since ye say, The burden of the Lord; therefore thus saith the Lord; Because ye say this word, The burden of the Lord, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the Lord;

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


simplify: Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you.

But you are nothing, and your work is of no value: foolish is he who takes you for his gods.


simplify: As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying, So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.


rate difficulty: Near <FI>is<Fi> He who is justifying me, Who doth contend with me? We stand together, who <FI>is<Fi> mine opponent? Let him come nigh unto me.

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


rate difficulty: And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, according to thy estimation, for a trespass-offering, unto the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning the thing wherein he erred unwittingly and knew it not, and he shall be forgiven.

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


simplify: And the Egyptians dealt ill with us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage:

And the Egyptians were cruel to us, crushing us under a hard yoke:


simplify: And Jehovah said unto me, Fear him not; for I have delivered him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.

And the Lord said to me, Have no fear of him: for I have given him and all his people and his land into your hands; do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who was ruling in Heshbon.


rate difficulty: And let the gold and silver vessels from the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple at Jerusalem to Babylon, be given back and taken again to the Temple at Jerusalem, every one in its place, and put them in the house of God.

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


simplify: Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of Jehovah, how I hid a hundred men of Jehovah’s prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water?

Has my lord not had word of what I did when Jezebel was putting the Lord's prophets to death? how I kept a hundred of them in a secret hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water?


simplify: Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work.

To them he has given knowledge of all the arts of the handworker, of the designer, and the expert workman; of the maker of needlework in blue and purple and red and the best linen, and of the maker of cloth; in all the arts of the designer and the trained workman they are expert.


rate difficulty: and a sign he did receive of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith in the uncircumcision, for his being father of all those believing through uncircumcision, for the righteousness also being reckoned to them,

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


simplify: Then said he to them, `Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom,

Then he said to them: “‘Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom,’


rate difficulty: and the priest hath made them, one a sin-offering, and the one a burnt-offering; and the priest hath made atonement for him before Jehovah, because of his issue.

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


rate difficulty: Let it not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for double the worth of a hired servant hath he been to thee, [in] serving thee six years; and Jehovah thyGod will bless thee in all that thou doest.

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


rate difficulty: and the king commandeth Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam son of Shaphan, and Achbor son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah servant of the king, saying,

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


rate difficulty: And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah commanded that ye should do: and the glory of Jehovah shall appear unto you.


rate difficulty: And if it will not make peace with thee, but will make war with thee, then thou shalt besiege it;

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


rate difficulty: And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:

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


simplify: Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

They will send up to me a cry for help: We, Israel, have knowledge of you, O God of Israel.


simplify: But all their works they do to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

But all their works they do so as to be seen by men: for they make wide their phylacteries, and the edges of their robes,


simplify: When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

When I go to my bed, I say, When will it be time to get up? but the night is long, and I am turning from side to side till morning light.


simplify: There is no assuaging of thy hurt; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the report of thee clap their hands over thee; for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?

Your pain may not be made better; you are wounded to death: all those hearing the news about you will be waving their hands in joy over you: for who has not undergone the weight of your evil-doing again and again?


rate difficulty: and with them the Levites: Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it.

Now in the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab went out at the head of the armed forces and made waste all the land of the Ammonites and put his men in position before Rabbah, shutting it in. But David was still at Jerusalem. And Joab took Rabbah and made it waste.


simplify: And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.

And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give glory and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel; give me word now of what you have done, and keep nothing back from me.


simplify: Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

And one of the teachers of the law, answering, said to him, Master, in saying this, you give a bad name to us as to them.


rate difficulty: And when the thousand years are ended, Satan will be let loose out of his prison,

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


rate difficulty: and every teeming thing which is flying, which hath four feet--an abomination it <FI>is<Fi> to you.

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


rate difficulty: the Jews ordained and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail, that they would observe these two days according to their writing and according to their fixed time, every year;

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


simplify: whom I did wish to retain to myself, that in thy behalf he might minister to me in the bonds of the good news,

For my own sake I should like to keep him with me, so that, while I am in prison for the good news, he might attend to my wants on your behalf.


rate difficulty: for [he] is bringing the matter to an end, and [cutting [it] short in righteousness; because] a cutting short of the matter will [the] Lord accomplish upon the earth.


simplify: So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man.

So if, while the husband is living, she is joined to another man, she will get the name of one who is untrue to her husband: but if the husband is dead, she is free from the law, so that she is not untrue, even if she takes another man.


simplify: And she opened it, and saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.

And opening it, she saw the child, and he was crying. And she had pity on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.


simplify: And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a cloud out of the sea, as small as a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Make ready thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.

And the seventh time he said, I see a cloud coming up out of the sea, as small as a man's hand. Then he said, Go up and say to Ahab, Get your carriage ready and go down or the rain will keep you back.


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

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


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto Jehovah.

Say to the children of Israel, On the fifteenth day of this seventh month let the feast of tents be kept to the Lord for seven days.


simplify: But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

But do not take the measure of the space outside the house; because it has been given to the nations: and the holy town will be under their feet for forty-two months.


simplify: Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.

As for you, let what you were told at the first be always in your thoughts. If, then, what you were told at the first is always in your thoughts, you yourselves will maintain your union both with the Son and with the Father.


rate difficulty: And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying,

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


simplify: if any one the sanctuary of God doth waste, him shall God waste; for the sanctuary of God is holy, the which ye are.

If any one destroys the Temple of God, God will destroy them; for the Temple of God is sacred, and so also are you.


simplify: Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised.

All the people who came out had undergone circumcision; but all the people whose birth had taken place in the waste land on their journey from Egypt had not.


simplify: And I prayed unto Jehovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, that thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, that thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

And I made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord God, do not send destruction on your people and your heritage, to whom, by your great power, you have given salvation, whom you have taken out of Egypt by the strength of your hand.


simplify: And Noah did according unto all that the Lord commanded him.

And Noah did everything which the Lord said he was to do.


simplify: And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith Jehovah.

And I will give to Babylon, and to all the people of Chaldaea, their reward for all the evil they have done in Zion before your eyes, says the Lord.


simplify: Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.

You are cut off from Christ, you who would have righteousness by the law; you are turned away from grace.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: And the disciples, hearing this, were greatly surprised, saying, Who then may have salvation?

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


simplify: And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire.

And the rest of the meal offering will be for Aaron and his sons; it is most holy among the Lord's fire offerings.


simplify: and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.

and they transformed the glory of the immortal God into the likeness of mortal humans, and of birds, and beasts, and reptiles.


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

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


simplify: And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it.

And Pilate said to him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he said in answer, You say so.


simplify: for he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is a minister of God, an avenger for wrath to him that doeth evil.

For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.


simplify: He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about.

In his burning wrath every horn of Israel has been cut off; his right hand has been turned back before the attacker: he has put a fire in Jacob, causing destruction round about.


simplify: Woe unto you! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

A curse is on you! for you make resting-places for the bodies of the prophets, but your fathers put them to death.


simplify: For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.


simplify: But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled;


rate difficulty: and Hazar-shual, and Beer-sheba, and Biziothiah,

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


rate difficulty: For he was giving his disciples teaching, and saying to them, The Son of man is given up into the hands of men, and they will put him to death; and when he is dead, after three days he will come back from the dead.

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


rate difficulty: let Thine ear be, I pray Thee, attentive, and Thine eyes open, to hearken unto the prayer of Thy servant, that I am praying before Thee to-day, by day and by night, concerning the sons of Israel Thy servants, and confessing concerning the sins of the sons of Israel, that we have sinned against Thee; yea, I and the house of my father have sinned;

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: For the Lord will give effect to his word on the earth, putting an end to it and cutting it short.


rate difficulty: We have lain down in our shame, and cover us doth our confusion, For against Jehovah our God we have sinned, We, and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, Nor have we hearkened to the voice of Jehovah our God!

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


simplify: He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.

He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.


rate difficulty: Then Ahimaaz, the son of Zadok, said, Let me go and give the king news of how the Lord has done right in his cause against those who took up arms against him.

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


rate difficulty: And Isaac answereth and saith to Esau, `Lo, a mighty one have I set him over thee, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants, and <FI>with<Fi> corn and wine have I sustained him; and for thee now, what shall I do, my son?'

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


simplify: And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the place of the wagons, as the host which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle.

And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.


simplify: for neither are they able to die any more--for they are like messengers--and they are sons of God, being sons of the rising again.

nor indeed can they die again, for they are like angels and, having shared in the resurrection, they are God’s children.


simplify: And behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.

And see, you will give birth to a son, and his name will be Jesus.


simplify: For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

For after his punishment he gives comfort, and after wounding, his hands make you well.


rate difficulty: (for he said to him, `Come forth, spirit unclean, out of the man,')

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


rate difficulty: And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.

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


rate difficulty: Is his punishment like the punishment of those who overcame him? or are his dead as great in number as those he put to the sword?


simplify: Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at them, lest I dismay thee before them.

So make yourself ready, and go and say to them everything I give you orders to say: do not be overcome by fear of them, or I will send fear on you before them.


simplify: in his humiliation his judgment was taken away, and his generation--who shall declare? because taken from the earth is his life.'

He was humiliated and justice was denied him. Who will tell the story of his generation? For his life is cut off from earth.’


rate difficulty: Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession is unclean, come over into the land of the possession of Jehovah, where Jehovah's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession amongst us; but rebel not against Jehovah, and rebel not against us, in building for yourselves an altar besides the altar of Jehovah ourGod.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf;


rate difficulty: And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.

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


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

And take his sons with him and put coats on them;


simplify: And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh:

And they came face to face with Moses and Aaron, who were in their way when they came out from Pharaoh:


simplify: for Jehovah thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy, that he may not see an unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.

For the Lord your God is walking among your tents, to keep you safe and to give up into your hands those who are fighting against you; then let your tents be holy, so that he may see no unclean thing among you, and be turned away from you.


rate difficulty: Say kind words to the heart of Jerusalem, crying out to her that her time of trouble is ended, that her punishment is complete; that she has been rewarded by the Lord's hand twice over for all her sins.


rate difficulty: Son of man, [it is] thy brethren, thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel, the whole of it, unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem say, Get you far from Jehovah: unto us is this land given for a possession.

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


simplify: Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered, and spake unto the heads of the thousands of Israel,

Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh said in answer to the heads of the families of Israel,


simplify: Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising, from the valley of the Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward:

Now these are the kings of the land whom the children of Israel overcame, taking as their heritage their land on the east side of Jordan, from the valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah to the east:


simplify: Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

Give no sleep to your eyes, or rest to them;


rate difficulty: Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan.

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


rate difficulty: For the waves of death encompassed me, Torrents of Belial made me afraid.

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


rate difficulty: And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys;


rate difficulty: And he hath come in, and doth stand by his lord, and Elisha saith unto him, `Whence--Gehazi?' and he saith, `Thy servant went not hither or thither.'

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


rate difficulty: and he, he hath spoken for thee unto the people, and it hath come to pass, he--he is to thee for a mouth, and thou--thou art to him for God;

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.

But Jesus did not answer her a word; and his disciples came up and begged him to send her away. “She keeps calling out after us,” they said.


rate difficulty: But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

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


rate difficulty: and setteth before him to eat; but he saith, `I do not eat till I have spoken my word;' and he saith, `Speak.'

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


simplify: And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent.

Jesus, however, said to them: “I must take the good news of the kingdom of God to the other town also, for that was why I was sent.”


simplify: And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace.

And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace.


simplify: Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth:

Baana, the son of Hushai, in Asher and Aloth;


rate difficulty: The west side five hundred, and four thousand, their gates three: the gate of Gad one, the gate of Asher one, the gate of Naphtali one.

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


simplify: And other fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it had no deepness of earth:

And some went on the stones, where it had not much earth; and it came up straight away, because the earth was not deep:


simplify: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.

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


simplify: Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not; And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity: Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

Do not give up your friend and your father's friend; and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your trouble: better is a neighbour who is near than a brother far off.


simplify: He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.

The person who welcomes a prophet, because they are a prophet, will receive a prophet’s reward; and anyone who welcomes a good person, because they are a good person, will receive a good person’s reward.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses in the lowlands of Moab by Jordan at Jericho,


simplify: And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so.

The Jewish crowd also joined in the attack and bore out his statements.


rate difficulty: For you say, Where is the house of the ruler, and where is the tent of the evil-doer?

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


simplify: And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the Lord to me, Call his name Maher–shalal–hash–baz.

And I went in to my wife, and she became with child, and gave birth to a son. Then the Lord said to me, Give him the name Maher-shalal-hash-baz,


rate difficulty: I shew you by the hand of God, That which <FI>is<Fi> with the Mighty I hide not.


rate difficulty: and Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters:

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


rate difficulty: He will put to the sword your daughters in the open country: he will make strong walls against you and put up an earthwork against you, arming himself for war against you.

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


rate difficulty: Let me not, I pray you, respect any man’s person; Neither will I give flattering titles unto any man.

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