simplify: But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)

But so you may know that the Son of Man has power to forgive sins on earth”— here he said to the paralyzed man —


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

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


rate difficulty: and he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged.

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


simplify: And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.

He put an end to the rest of those who were used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods, all those who were still in the land in the time of his father Asa.


simplify: and the border turned about from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim on the north (the same is Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;

Then turning west, the line goes from Baalah to Mount Seir, and on to the side of Mount Jearim (which is Chesalon) on the north, then down to Beth-shemesh, and on past Timnah:


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

And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the evil spirit has gone out of your daughter.


rate difficulty: In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

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


simplify: And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been as a child, and he went, as his way was, into the Synagogue on the Sabbath, and got up to give a reading.


simplify: And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.

Then Samuel went up from Gilgal and the rest of the people went up after Saul against the men of war, and they came from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin: and Saul took the number of the people who were with him, about six hundred men.


simplify: My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:


rate difficulty: For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

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


rate difficulty: regarding not each his own [qualities], but each those of others also.


rate difficulty: and they may awake out of the devil's snare, having been caught by him at his will.


rate difficulty: Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, from before the terror of Jehovah, and from the glory of his majesty.

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


simplify: Many also of them that had believed came, confessing, and declaring their deeds.

And a number of those who had faith came and made a public statement of their sins and all their acts.


simplify: And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.

And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens.


simplify: A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

You are a fountain of gardens, a spring of living waters, and flowing waters from Lebanon.


rate difficulty: And this <FI>is<Fi> a copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, a scribe of the words of the commands of Jehovah, and of His statutes on Israel:

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


simplify: These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.

These are the men who never defiled themselves in their intercourse with women; they are as pure as virgins. These are the men who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed as the first-fruits of mankind for God and for the Lamb.


rate difficulty: Sons of Shephatiah, sons of Hattil, sons of Pochereth of Zebaim, sons of Ami.

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


rate difficulty: And he brought me to the entry of the court, and I looked, and behold, a hole in the wall.

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


rate difficulty: I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.


simplify: But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and Moses, departed not out of the camp.

But they gave no attention to his words and went to the top of the mountain, though Moses and the ark of the Lord's agreement did not go out of the tent-circle.


rate difficulty: The Son of man came feasting, and you say, Here is a lover of food and wine, a friend of tax-farmers and sinners.

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


simplify: Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:

Last of all, see that you are all in agreement; feeling for one another, loving one another like brothers, full of pity, without pride:


simplify: Then released he unto them Barabbas; but Jesus he scourged and delivered to be crucified.

Then he let Barabbas go free: but after having Jesus whipped, he gave him up to be put to death on the cross.


simplify: Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no room, and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land!

Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more living-space for any but themselves in all the land!


simplify: Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

Paul, an Apostle (not from men, and not through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who made him come back from the dead),


simplify: The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

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


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is reckoned for righteousness.

But to him who without working has faith in him who gives righteousness to the evil-doer, his faith is put to his account as righteousness.


rate difficulty: Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the Lord your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the Lord shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you.

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


simplify: And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.

Then, after saying these words to the people, let the overseers put captains over the army.


rate difficulty: Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] to the same sink of corruption, speaking injuriously [of you];

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


simplify: and he saith to them, `Go.' And having come forth, they went to the herd of the swine, and lo, the whole herd of the swine rushed down the steep, to the sea, and died in the waters,

“Go,” he said. The spirits came out, and entered the pigs; and the whole drove rushed down the steep slope into the Sea, and died in the water.


rate difficulty: And the fat is to be burned by the priest on the altar, but the breast is for Aaron and his sons.

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


simplify: And Jehovah was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto the Baalim,

And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,


simplify: They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

They go rushing on like reed-boats, like an eagle dropping suddenly on its food.


rate difficulty: Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.

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


rate difficulty: And another dieth in bitterness of soul, and hath not tasted good:

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


rate difficulty: And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: `When Thy people doth go out to battle against its enemy, in the way that Thou dost send them, and they have prayed unto Jehovah the way of the city which thou hast fixed on, and of the house which I have builded for Thy name;

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


simplify: One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.

One man has faith to take all things as food: another who is feeble in faith takes only green food.


rate difficulty: And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: yet they have not returned unto Jehovah their God, nor sought him, for all this.

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


simplify: And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the Lord, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the Lord, and shewed them the king’s son.

Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the captains of hundreds of the Carians, and the armed men, and taking them into the house of the Lord, made an agreement with them, and made them take an oath in the house of the Lord, and let them see the king's son.


simplify: How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?

How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?


rate difficulty: And he saveth the needy from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

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


rate difficulty: and I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse: and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.


simplify: These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Jehovah God made earth and heaven.

These are the generations of the heaven and the earth when they were made.


simplify: And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.

And when he saw them he said, Go, and let the priests see you. And, while they were going, they were made clean.


rate difficulty: Therefore, thus said Jehovah, God of Hosts, Because of your speaking this word, Lo, I am making My words in thy mouth become fire, And this people wood, and it hath devoured them.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: `Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And thou dost hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth!

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


simplify: Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

Further, David and the chiefs of the servants of the holy place made selection of certain of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun for the work of prophets, to make melody with corded instruments and brass; and the number of the men for the work they had to do was:


simplify: Thy gates also shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the wealth of the nations, and their kings led captive.

Your doors will be open at all times; they will not be shut day or night; so that men may come into you with the wealth of the nations, with their kings at their head.


simplify: These twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she-goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flocks have I not eaten.

These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.


simplify: but Paul chose Silas, and went forth, being commended by the brethren to the grace of the Lord.

But Paul took Silas and went away with the blessing of the brothers.


simplify: And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim a prince, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.

And of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, a chief, Kemuel, the son of Shiphtan.


simplify: And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

And he said to him, Let me go now, for the dawn is near. But Jacob said, I will not let you go till you have given me your blessing.


rate difficulty: On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

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


simplify: No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light.

No one sets light to a lamp, and then puts it in the cellar or under a basket, but he puts it on the lamp-stand, so that anyone who comes in may see the light.


simplify: Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him.

“I should like to hear this man myself,” Agrippa said to Festus.   “You will hear him tomorrow,” Festus answered.


rate difficulty: After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, a voiceas of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass hereafter.

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


simplify: Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning:

So you are to keep watch: because you are not certain when the master of the house is coming, in the evening, or in the middle of the night, or at the cock's cry, or in the morning;


simplify: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;

each of you learning to gain control over your own body, in a way that is holy and honorable,


simplify: But if, while we sought to be justified in Christ, we ourselves also were found sinners, is Christ a minister of sin? God forbid.

But if, while we were desiring to get righteousness through Christ, we ourselves were seen to be sinners, is Christ a servant of sin? In no way!


rate difficulty: For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: unto whom the Lord sware that he would not shew them the land, which the Lord sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey.


simplify: verily I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.

I tell you, the doom of the land of Sodom and Gomorrah will be more bearable in the ‘day of judgment’ than the doom of that town.


rate difficulty: And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that Jehovah hath brought you out from the land of Egypt;

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


simplify: And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

And Jonah first of all went a day's journey into the town, and crying out said, In forty days destruction will overtake Nineveh.


simplify: Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears without the power of hearing:


rate difficulty: wherefore, also, God did highly exalt him, and gave to him a name that <FI>is<Fi> above every name,

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


rate difficulty: And when the evening was come, they brought to him many possessed by demons, and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were ill;

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


rate difficulty: She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; Yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

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


rate difficulty: and their brethren that did the work of the house, eight hundred twenty and two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: love is never self-seeking, never provoked, never reckons up her wrongs;

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


rate difficulty: And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

This is what the Lord has said: The children of Israel will again make prayer to me for this, that I may do it for them; I will make them increased with men like a flock.


simplify: And Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; shall we bring you forth water out of this rock?

Then Moses and Aaron made the people come together in front of the rock, and he said to them, Give ear now, you people whose hearts are turned from the Lord; are we to get water for you out of the rock?


simplify: Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet,  Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way;

Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;


rate difficulty: And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

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


rate difficulty: for the all things <FI>are<Fi> because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;


simplify: And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.

And the flesh of the praise-offering is to be taken as food on the day when it is offered; no part of it may be kept till the morning.


simplify: And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.

And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take whatever seems right to him, and make an offering of it: see, here are the oxen for the burned offering, and the grain-cleaning instruments and the ox-yokes for wood:


rate difficulty: Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and some of them they shall kill and persecute;

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


rate difficulty: And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:

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


simplify: Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

Take no wine, or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of meeting, that it may not be the cause of death to you; this is an order for ever through all your generations.


simplify: Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.


simplify: And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as their borders.

And they were living in Gilead in Bashan, in its small towns and in all the grass-land of Sirion as far as its limits.


simplify: And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.

And he said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he has come back from the dead, and so these powers are working in him.


simplify: If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for gentleness allayeth great offences.

If the wrath of the ruler is against you, keep in your place; in him who keeps quiet even great sins may be overlooked.


rate difficulty: And the Angel of Jehovah put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. And the Angel of Jehovah departed out of his sight.

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


simplify: He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

He who is violent to his father, driving away his mother, is a son causing shame and a bad name.


rate difficulty: Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.


rate difficulty: Now there were among the people of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had never had sex relations with a man; these they took to their tents in Shiloh in the land of Canaan.


rate difficulty: The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.


simplify: And certain of the scribes answering said, Teacher, thou hast well said.

And some of the scribes, in answer to this, said, Master, you have said well.


rate difficulty: Therefore behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will send unto him pourers that shall pour him off, and shall empty his vessels, and break in pieces his flagons.

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: his body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day (for he that is hanged is a curse ofGod); and thou shalt not defile thy land, which Jehovah thyGod giveth thee for an inheritance.

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


simplify: And if ye call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to each man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning in fear:

And if you give the name of Father to him who, judging every man by his acts, has no respect for a man's position, then go in fear while you are on this earth:


rate difficulty: God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof.

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


rate difficulty: For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

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


simplify: But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king. And he said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

But he himself, turning back from the stone images at Gilgal, said, I have something to say to you in secret, O king. And he said, Let there be quiet. Then all those who were waiting before him went out.


rate difficulty: And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa,


rate difficulty: And Adoraim and Lachish and Azekah


simplify: And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

And death and Hell were put into the sea of fire. This is the second death, even the sea of fire.


simplify: And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

Then the men of Ai, looking back, saw the smoke of the town going up to heaven, and were unable to go this way or that: and the people who had gone in flight to the waste land were turned back on those who were coming after them.


rate difficulty: Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

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


rate difficulty: and he doth go and serve other gods, and doth bow himself to them, and to the sun, or to the moon, or to any of the host of the heavens, which I have not commanded--

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


simplify: what therefore God did join together, let not man put asunder.'

What God himself, then, has yoked together no one must separate.”


rate difficulty: Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

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


simplify: And there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men from every nation of those under the heaven,

Now there were then staying in Jerusalem religious Jews from every country in the world;


simplify: Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the men subject to taskwork; and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

Then King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.


simplify: But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

Yet for us there is only one God, the Father, from whom all things come (and for him we live), and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things come (and through him we live).


rate difficulty: And I encamped, O babbler, against thee, And I laid siege against thee--a camp. And I raised up against thee bulwarks.

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


simplify: I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

Those who have given me their love are loved by me, and those who make search for me with care will get me.


simplify: Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him.

‘What should I do?’ said the owner of the vineyard. ‘I will send my son, who is very dear to me. Perhaps they will respect him.’


rate difficulty: And I have put my words in thy mouth, and covered thee with the shadow of my hand, to plant the heavens, and to lay the foundations of the earth, and to say unto Zion, Thou art my people.

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


simplify: Give heed to me, O Jehovah, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.

Give thought to me, O Lord, and give ear to the voice of those who put forward a cause against me.


rate difficulty: And there is another great eagle, Great-winged, and abounding with feathers, And lo, this vine hath bent its roots toward him, And its thin shoots it hath sent out toward him, To water it from the furrows of its planting,

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


rate difficulty: Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

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


rate difficulty: But you hath Jehovah taken, and hath brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, that ye might be to him a people of inheritance, as it is this day.

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


simplify: Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.


simplify: Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession:

Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo in the land of Moab opposite Jericho; there you may see the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the children of Israel for their heritage:


simplify: But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity:


rate difficulty: We know, of course, that the law is excellent, when used legitimately,

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


rate difficulty: And a great voice from heaven came to their ears, saying to them, Come up here. And they went up into heaven in the cloud, and were seen by those desiring their death.

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


simplify: And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

while the next said ‘I am just married, and for that reason I am unable to come.’


simplify: 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.

But I say to you that anyone who is angry at their brother or sister will be brought to trial; and whoever insults their brother or sister will be brought before the High Council, while whoever calls them a fool will be in danger of the fires of Gehenna.


simplify: For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first-fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.

For in my holy mountain, in the high mountain of Israel, says the Lord, there all the children of Israel, all of them, will be my servants in the land; there I will take pleasure in them, and there I will be worshipped with your offerings and the first-fruits of the things you give, and with all your holy things.


simplify: And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, continually.

So the wrath of the Lord was burning against Israel, and he gave them up into the power of Hazael, king of Aram, and into the power of Ben-hadad, the son of Hazael, again and again.


rate difficulty: And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him.

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


rate difficulty: Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains:


rate difficulty: that Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, I am Jehovah: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee.

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


simplify: And the strong went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth.

And the red ones go to the east; and they made request that they might go up and down through the earth: and he said, Go up and down through the earth. So they went up and down through the earth.


simplify: And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron.

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave what was needed by the music-makers and the door-keepers day by day: and they made the offerings holy for the Levites; and the Levites did the same for the sons of Aaron.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: and they sat down in squares, by hundreds, and by fifties.

and they sat down in groups — in hundreds, and in fifties.


rate difficulty: Where there are no wise suggestions, purposes come to nothing; but by a number of wise guides they are made certain.


simplify: So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem; for he did eat continually at the king’s table. And he was lame in both his feet.

So Mephibosheth went on living in Jerusalem; for he took all his meals at the king's table; and he had not the use of his feet.


rate difficulty: And when thou hast accomplished them, thou shalt lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

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


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

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


simplify: And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.

And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation.


rate difficulty: House of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith Jehovah. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are ye in my hand, house of Israel.

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


simplify: `And at last he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son;

As a last resource he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.


rate difficulty: A day of trumpet and shouting against the fenced cities, And against the high corners.

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


simplify: And thou shalt eat before Jehovah thy God, in the place which he shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, the tithe of thy grain, of thy new wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herd and of thy flock; that thou mayest learn to fear Jehovah thy God always.

And make a feast before the Lord your God, in the place which is to be marked out, where his name will be for ever, of the tenth part of your grain and your wine and your oil, and the first births of your herds and your flocks; so that you may have the fear of the Lord your God in your hearts at all times.


rate difficulty: And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.

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


rate difficulty: And men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah theGod of their fathers, which he had made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt;

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


rate difficulty: The man was all attention, expecting to get something from them;

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


rate difficulty: And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.


simplify: tribulation and distress, upon every soul of man that is working the evil, both of Jew first, and of Greek;

will fall on every human being who persists in wrong-doing — on the Jew first, but also on the Greek.


rate difficulty: Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants; for I swear by Jehovah, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry a man with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that hath befallen thee from thy youth until now.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 9 | difficulty: hard


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

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


simplify: And the land of Judah shall become a terror unto Egypt; every one to whom mention is made thereof shall be afraid, because of the purpose of Jehovah of hosts, which he purposeth against it.

And the land of Judah will become a cause of great fear to Egypt; whenever its name comes to mind, Egypt will be in fear before the Lord of armies because of his purpose against it.


simplify: And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall reckon with him; according unto his years shall he give back the price of his redemption.

And if there is only a short time, he will take account of it with his master, and in relation to the number of years he will give back the price of making him free.


simplify: Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

And John said to the crowds that went to be baptized by him: “You children of snakes! Who has prompted you to seek refuge from the coming judgment?


simplify: Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,

Then all the men who had knowledge that their wives were burning perfumes to other gods, and all the women who were present, a great meeting, answering Jeremiah, said,


rate difficulty: And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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


simplify: And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.

And Adah gave birth to Jabal: he was the father of such as are living in tents and keep cattle.


simplify: And opened was the sanctuary of God in the heaven, and there was seen the ark of His covenant in His sanctuary, and there did come lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.

Then the Temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark containing his covenant was seen in his Temple; and there followed ‘flashes of lightning, cries, peals of thunder,’ an earthquake, and ‘a great storm of hail.’


simplify: Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.

Then Solomon sent for all the responsible men of Israel, all the chiefs of the tribes and the heads of families of the children of Israel, to come to Jerusalem and take the ark of the Lord's agreement up out of the town of David, which is Zion.


simplify: And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

And the priests and the Levites made themselves clean; and they made the people clean, and the doorways and the wall.


simplify: A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the Lord destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead:

They were a great people, tall as the Anakim, and equal to them in number; but the Lord sent destruction on them and the children of Ammon took their place, living in their land;


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes.


simplify: And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses’ anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

And when he came near the tents he saw the image of the ox, and the people dancing; and in his wrath Moses let the stones go from his hands, and they were broken at the foot of the mountain.


simplify: Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, Who clothed you in scarlet delicately, Who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel.

O daughters of Israel, have sorrow for Saul, by whom you were delicately clothed in robes of red, with ornaments of gold on your dresses.


rate difficulty: for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war,


simplify: Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

Then all the rulers came to Jeremiah, questioning him: and he gave them an answer in the words the king had given him orders to say. So they said nothing more to him; for the thing was not made public.


simplify: because come did the great day of His anger, and who is able to stand?

for the great day of their wrath is come, and who can stand to meet it?’


simplify: And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left.

And he sent stones at David and at all the king's servants and at all the people and at all the men of war by his side, on the right hand and on the left.


simplify: When a man voweth a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.


simplify: `And the bridegroom tarrying, they all nodded and were sleeping,

As the groom was late in coming, they all became drowsy, and slept.


rate difficulty: And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

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


rate difficulty: for all the house of my father have been nothing except men of death before my lord the king, and thou dost set thy servant among those eating at thy table, and what right have I any more--even to cry any more unto the king?'

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


rate difficulty: How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

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


rate difficulty: Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

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


rate difficulty: For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem,

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


rate difficulty: And while she was in the act of giving birth, one of them put out his hand; and the woman who was with her put a red thread round his hand, saying, This one came out first.

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


rate difficulty: And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

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


rate difficulty: Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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


rate difficulty: And, when you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified, for these things must occur first; but the end will not be at once.”


rate difficulty: Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest’s house. And Peter followed afar off.


rate difficulty: And I see--I--I do set my heart, I have seen--I have received instruction,


simplify: And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

And before the high seat there was, as it seemed, a clear sea of glass; and in the middle of the high seat, and round about it, four beasts full of eyes round about.


simplify: But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

Some, however, fell on good soil, and yielded a return, sometimes one hundred, sometimes sixty, sometimes thirty fold.


simplify: Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

Much has been planted, but little got in; you take food, but have not enough; you take drink, but are not full; you are clothed, but no one is warm; and he who gets payment for his work, gets it to put it into a bag full of holes.


rate difficulty: and if I thankfully do partake, why am I evil spoken of, for that for which I give thanks?


rate difficulty: Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

reading_level: 3 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets, and all the men of war be cut off in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts.


simplify: Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.

Let us take care for fear that their numbers may become even greater, and if there is a war, they may be joined with those who are against us, and make an attack on us, and go up out of the land.


rate difficulty: And certain of the Jewish exorcists also, who went about, took in hand to call upon those who had wicked spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches.

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


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

May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ, bless you and give you peace. For Christ, to rescue us from this present wicked age,


simplify: Sorrow is better than laughter; for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made glad.

Sorrow is better than joy; when the face is sad the mind gets better.


simplify: Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses’ father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Jehovah had brought Israel out of Egypt.

Now news came to Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, of all God had done for Moses and for Israel his people, and how the Lord had taken Israel out of Egypt.


simplify: There shall no man be able to stand before you: Jehovah 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 spoken unto you.

All people will give way before you: for the Lord your God will put the fear of you on all the land through which you go, as he has said.


simplify: The children of Gibbar, ninety and five.


simplify: Incline thine ear, O Jehovah, and hear; open thine eyes, O Jehovah, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to defy the living God.

Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord; let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see: take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.


simplify: But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him.

But crying out they said, To the cross with him!


rate difficulty: and they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It pertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto Jehovah, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honor from Jehovah God.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: and basins of gold twenty, of a thousand drams, and two vessels of good shining brass, desirable as gold.

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


simplify: and the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who from among the sons of Levi come near to Jehovah to minister unto him.

And the room facing north is for the priests who have the care of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok, who, from among the sons of Levi, come near to the Lord to do the work of his house.


rate difficulty: Your father put a hard yoke on us: if you will make the conditions under which your father kept us down less cruel, and the weight of the yoke he put on us less hard, then we will be your servants.

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


simplify: thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back mine own with interest.

Why, then, did you not put my money in the bank, and at my coming I would have got back what is mine with interest?


simplify: He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter.

Let him not see the rivers of oil, the streams of honey and milk.


simplify: And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah.

And Abraham said of Sarah, his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent and took Sarah.


simplify: And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s stead.

And his servants took his body in a carriage from Megiddo to Jerusalem, and put him into the earth there. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, and put the holy oil on him and made him king in place of his father.


rate difficulty: Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain.

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


simplify: When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain.

So when I have done this, and have given them this fruit of love, I will go on by you into Spain.


simplify: But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.

But they gave no attention, and their ears were not open so that they might be turned from their evil-doing and from burning perfume to other gods.


simplify: And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

And put the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the gold images which you are sending as a sin-offering in a chest by its side; and send it away so that it may go.


simplify: They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.

Certain people are seeking your favor, but with no honorable object. No, indeed, they want to isolate you, so that you will have to seek their favor.


rate difficulty: The more eagerly, therefore, I did send him, that having seen him again ye may rejoice, and I may be the less sorrowful;

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


simplify: And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.

Then Boaz said to the responsible men and to all the people, You are witnesses today that I have taken at a price from Naomi all the property which was Elimelech's, and everything which was Chilion's and Mahlon's.


simplify: But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.

As for you, it was in your mind to do me evil, but God has given a happy outcome, the salvation of numbers of people, as you see today.


rate difficulty: Thy chosen men are as the locusts, and thy captains as swarms of grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day: when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are.


rate difficulty: every one who is denying the Son, neither hath he the Father, <FI>he who is confessing the Son hath the Father also.<Fi>

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


simplify: Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in a holy place: it is most holy.

Every male among the priests may have it as food in a holy place: it is most holy.


simplify: Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.

Let your ears be open to my voice; give attention to what I say.


rate difficulty: Only, the women, and the infants, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, all its spoil, thou dost seize for thyself, and thou hast eaten the spoil of thine enemies which Jehovah thy God hath given to thee.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And the two will become one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.

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


simplify: And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.

And Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are wandering without direction, they are shut in by the waste land.


simplify: And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead.

Now on the day after, Hazael took the bed-cover, and making it wet with water, put it over Ben-hadad's face, causing his death: and Hazael became king in his place.


rate difficulty: And to the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites that remained of the children of Kohath, [they gave cities]. And the cities of their lot were out of the tribe of Ephraim,

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


rate difficulty: And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules.

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


rate difficulty: having commanded his accusers to come to thee;] of whom thou canst thyself, in examining [him], know the certainty of all these things of which we accuse him.

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


simplify: Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat.

Anyone of the family of Baasha who comes to death in the town, will become food for the dogs; and he to whom death comes in the open country, will be food for the birds of the air.


rate difficulty: Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

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


simplify: They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.


rate difficulty: And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

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


simplify: What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?

What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?


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?


rate difficulty: And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.

And the Lord said to me, Give your love again to a woman who has a lover and is false to her husband, even as the Lord has love for the children of Israel, though they are turned to other gods and are lovers of grape-cakes.


simplify: Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.


rate difficulty: But let your hearts be turned to the place which will be marked out by the Lord your God, among your tribes, to put his name there;

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


simplify: And Hapharaim, and Shion, and Anaharath,


rate difficulty: And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.

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


rate difficulty: These four were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

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


simplify: Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me.

And if I had falsely put him to death (and nothing may be kept secret from the king), you would have had nothing to do with me.


simplify: And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.

And you are to take this money from the children of Israel to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting, to keep the memory of the children of Israel before the Lord and to be the price of your lives.


rate difficulty: And its prophets have daubed for them with chalk, Seeing a vain thing, and divining for them a lie, Saying, `Thus said the Lord Jehovah:' And Jehovah hath not spoken.

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simplify: Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years; his mother's name was Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.


simplify: And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to complain unto us, that we will say unto them, Grant them graciously unto us, because we took not for each man of them his wife in battle, neither did ye give them unto them, else would ye now be guilty.

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


rate difficulty: And they departed, and dwelt in Geruth Chimham, which is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into Egypt,


simplify: in like manner also the women, in becoming apparel, with modesty and sobriety to adorn themselves, not in braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or garments of great price,

I also desire that women should adorn themselves with appropriate dress, worn quietly and modestly, and not with wreaths or gold ornaments for the hair, or pearls, or costly clothing,


simplify: And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark:

And he took the law and put it inside the ark, and put the rods at its side and the cover over it;


simplify: and the rest of men, who were not killed in these plagues, neither did reform from the works of their hands, that they may not bow before the demons, and idols, those of gold, and those of silver, and those of brass, and those of stone, and those of wood, that are neither able to see, nor to hear, nor to walk,

But those who were left of humanity, who had not perished through these curses, did not repent and turn away from what their own hands had made; they would not abandon the worship of ‘demons, and of idols made of gold or silver or brass or stone or wood, which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk’;


simplify: And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders,

On one of these days, when Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple Courts and telling the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, joined by the councillors, confronted him,


simplify: And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.

Then the father went to the second son, and said the same. ‘I will not,’ he answered; but afterwards he was sorry and went.


simplify: And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about.

And in all the towns of Manasseh and Ephraim and Simeon as far as Naphtali, he made waste their houses round about.


simplify: Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and some of them they shall kill and persecute;

For this reason the wisdom of God has said, I will send them prophets and teachers, and to some of them they will give death and cruel pains;


rate difficulty: Far over all rule and authority and power and every name which is named, not only in the present order, but in that which is to come:

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rate difficulty: And in the seven years of plenty the land brought forth by handfuls.


rate difficulty: He also smote the Egyptian, a man of stature, five cubits high: and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear.

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rate difficulty: And Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beer-sheba. And Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba.


simplify: And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.


rate difficulty: For this cause the kingdom of the heavens has become like a king who would reckon with his bondmen.

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rate difficulty: For the king had on the sea a Tarshish-fleet, with the fleet of Hiram: once in three years came the Tarshish-fleet, bringing gold and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

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simplify: This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:

This is to be the work of the Gershonites, the things they are to do and take up.


simplify: And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

People of all nations, and tribes, and languages, and races look at their dead bodies for three days and a half, and do not allow them to be laid in a grave.


simplify: But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.

The sons of Hassenaah were the builders of the fish doorway; they put its boards in place and put up its doors, with their locks and rods.


simplify: And Bilhah Rachel’s handmaid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.

And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.


simplify: which having taken up, they were using helps, undergirding the ship, and fearing lest they may fall on the quicksand, having let down the mast--so were borne on.

and, after hoisting it on board, the men frapped the ship. But, afraid of being driven on to the Syrtis Sands, they lowered the yard, and then drifted.


rate difficulty: As the tower of David <FI>is<Fi> thy neck, built for an armoury, The chief of the shields are hung on it, All shields of the mighty.

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simplify: <FI> Is<Fi> this happiness, then, upon the circumcision, or also upon the uncircumcision--for we say that the faith was reckoned to Abraham--to righteousness?

Is this blessing, then, pronounced on the circumcised only or on the uncircumcised as well? We say that — ‘Abraham’s faith was regarded by God as righteousness.’


rate difficulty: So this is what the Lord of armies has said: Because you have not given ear to my words,

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rate difficulty: I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.

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rate difficulty: For if that which passeth away was with glory, much more that which remaineth is in glory.

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rate difficulty: And by his measure it was twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide in front of the Temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place.


simplify: And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the Lord hath wrought salvation in Israel.

And Saul said, Not a man is to be put to death today: for today the Lord has made Israel safe.


rate difficulty: And Joshua saith unto the people, `Ye are not able to serve Jehovah, for a God most holy He <FI>is<Fi> ; a zealous God He <FI>is<Fi> ; He doth not bear with your transgression and with your sins.

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simplify: That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the children of Israel cut down from thence.

That place was named the valley of Eshcol because of the grapes which the children of Israel took from there.


rate difficulty: And David riseth in the morning, and the word of Jehovah hath been unto Gad the prophet, seer of David, saying,

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rate difficulty: For the king of Babylon standeth at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shaketh [his] arrows, he inquireth of the teraphim, he looketh in the liver.

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simplify: Now after these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

Now after these things were ended, Paul came to a decision that when he had gone through Macedonia and Achaia he would go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I have a desire to see Rome.


simplify: In the womb he took his brother by the heel; and in his manhood he had power with God:

In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;


rate difficulty: And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments:

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simplify: Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.

The keepers of sheep have been the destruction of my vine-garden, crushing my heritage under their feet; they have made my fair heritage an unplanted waste;


rate difficulty: By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:

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simplify: And when ye come into an house, salute it.


simplify: Ye know that after two days the passover cometh, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.

After two days is the Passover, and the Son of man will be given up to the death of the cross.


simplify: and not according as we expected, but themselves they did give first to the Lord, and to us, through the will of God,

And that, not only in the way we had expected; but first they gave themselves to the Lord, and to us also, in accordance with God’s will.


simplify: And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

And Mordecai gave him an account of what had taken place, and of the amount of money which Haman had said he would put into the king's store for the destruction of the Jews.


simplify: They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come.

They go after our steps so that we may not go in our streets: our end is near, our days are numbered; for our end has come.


simplify: Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the men subject to taskwork; and the children of Israel stoned him to death with stones. And king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem.

Then Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the overseer of the forced work; and he was stoned to death by all Israel. And King Rehoboam went quickly and got into his carriage to go in flight to Jerusalem.


simplify: And he released him that for insurrection and murder had been cast into prison, whom they asked for; but Jesus he delivered up to their will.

And in answer to their request, he let that man go free who had been in prison for acting against the government and causing death, and Jesus he gave up to their pleasure.


rate difficulty: Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

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rate difficulty: Because every man is responsible for his part of the work.

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simplify: When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

When I was a child, I made use of a child's language, I had a child's feelings and a child's thoughts: now that I am a man, I have put away the things of a child.


rate difficulty: The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand.

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simplify: And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.

Then let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting; and after washing them with water,


rate difficulty: And the thing is right in the eyes of Absalom, and in the eyes of all the elders of Israel.


rate difficulty: And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

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simplify: Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh–barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice.

And when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and take the land which I have given you; you went against the orders of the Lord your God, and had no faith in him, and would not give ear to his voice.


rate difficulty: And Esau saith, `Lo, I am going to die, and what is this to me--birthright?'

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rate difficulty: Those who see you will be looking on you with care, they will be in deep thought, saying, Is this the troubler of the earth, the shaker of kingdoms?

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rate difficulty: And astonishment seized all, and they glorifiedGod, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day.

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simplify: Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

And, in addition, the dead in Christ have gone to destruction.


rate difficulty: But I was unknown personally to the assemblies of Judaea which [are] in Christ;

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simplify: lie not one to another; seeing that ye have put off the old man with his doings,

Do not make false statements to one another; because you have put away the old man with all his doings,


simplify: Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

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


rate difficulty: And he said, Who are you? And she answering said, I am your servant Ruth: take your servant as wife, for you are a near relation.

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rate difficulty: Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.


rate difficulty: And I took you into a fertile land, where you were living on its fruit and its wealth; but when you came in, you made my land unclean, and made my heritage a disgusting thing.


simplify: The hay is carried, and the tender grass showeth itself, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in.

The grass comes up and the young grass is seen, and the mountain plants are got in.


simplify: And these were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;

And these were the sons of Hur, the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;


simplify: But if thou say to me, We trust in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God; is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar?


rate difficulty: The word that hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:

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simplify: And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the Lord, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears.

And if you give a meal offering of first-fruits to the Lord, give, as your offering of first-fruits, new grain, made dry with fire, crushed new grain.


simplify: So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth–lehem in the beginning of barley harvest.

So Naomi came back out of the country of Moab, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her; and they came to Beth-lehem in the first days of the grain-cutting.


simplify: and I will make thee swear by Jehovah, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that thou wilt not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell:

And take an oath by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you will not get a wife for my son Isaac from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am living;


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

And Saul put up his tents on the hill of Hachilah, which is in front of the waste land on the road. But David was in the waste land, and he saw that Saul was coming after him.


simplify: And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam.

And all Israel will put his body to rest, weeping over him, because he only of the family of Jeroboam will be put into his resting-place in the earth; for of all the family of Jeroboam, in him only has the Lord, the God of Israel, seen some good.


simplify: And let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

And let them get together all the food in those good years and make a store of grain under Pharaoh's control for the use of the towns, and let them keep it.


simplify: With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.


rate difficulty: They are all grievous revolters, going about with slanders; they are brass and iron: they all of them deal corruptly.


simplify: But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country;

It was now the fourteenth night of the storm, and we were drifting about in the Adriatic Sea, when, about midnight, the sailors began to suspect that they were drawing near land.


rate difficulty: The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

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simplify: And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them.

Seven times he put oil on the altar and on all its vessels, and on the washing-basin and its base, to make them holy.


rate difficulty: All these were under the direction of their fathers Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman, for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, lutes and harps, for the service of the house ofGod, under the direction of the king.

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simplify: All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon’s servants, were three hundred ninety and two.

All the Nethinim, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred and ninety-two.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.

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simplify: And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

And they took him, and gave him blows, and sent him away with nothing.


simplify: Also I shook out my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performeth not this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised Jehovah. And the people did according to this promise.

And shaking out the folds of my robe, I said, So may God send out from his house and his work every man who does not keep this agreement; even so let him be sent out and made as nothing. And all the meeting of the people said, So be it, and gave praise to the Lord. And the people did as they had said.


rate difficulty: It may be the house of Judah will hear all the evil that I purpose to do unto them, that they may return every man from his evil way, and that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

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simplify: And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

Then I saw an angel standing on the sun. He cried in a loud voice to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven — ‘Gather and come to the great feast of God,


simplify: And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,


simplify: When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

When they go without food, I will not give ear to their cry; when they give burned offerings and meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: but I will put an end to them by the sword and by need of food and by disease.


rate difficulty: And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

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simplify: And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

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


simplify: And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them.

Now while she was going down under cover of the mountain on her ass, David and his men came down against her, and suddenly she came face to face with them.


rate difficulty: The hands of pitiful women have boiled their own children: they were their meat in the ruin of the daughter of my people.

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rate difficulty: And ye have said: The way of the Lord is not pondered, Each according to his ways do I judge you, O house of Israel.'

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rate difficulty: Now when he came back from the dead early on the first day of the week, he went first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had sent out seven evil spirits.

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simplify: And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

And God made great sea-beasts, and every sort of living and moving thing with which the waters were full, and every sort of winged bird: and God saw that it was good.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so doth a little folly outweigh wisdom and honor.

Dead flies make the oil of the perfumer give out an evil smell; more valued is a little wisdom than the great glory of the foolish.


simplify: And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. And he awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm.

Then they came to him and, awaking him out of his sleep, said, Master, Master, destruction is near. And he, when he was awake, gave orders to the wind and the rolling waves, and the storm came to an end, and all was calm.


rate difficulty: But I make known to you, brethren, the glad tidings which I announced to you, which also ye received, in which also ye stand,

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simplify: And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest’s that offereth it.

And every meal offering which is cooked in the oven and everything made in a cooking pot or on a flat plate, is for the priest by whom it is offered.


simplify: But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.

But the free giving of God is not like the wrongdoing of man. For if, by the wrongdoing of one man death came to numbers of men, much more did the grace of God, and the free giving by the grace of one man, Jesus Christ, come to men.


simplify: But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

But, my loved ones, keep in mind this one thing, that with the Lord one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years are no more than one day.


simplify: But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people.

But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.


rate difficulty: the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,


simplify: And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.

And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.


simplify: Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.

Now the town was wide and great: but the people in it were only a small number, and the houses had not been put up.


simplify: Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.

And you Ethiopians will be put to death by my sword.


simplify: For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

Because this is the word which was given to you from the first, that we are to have love for one another;


simplify: I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.


simplify: And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

And Moses took half the blood and put it in basins; draining out half of the blood over the altar.


simplify: And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

And David was the youngest: and the three oldest were with Saul's army.


rate difficulty: Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities.

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simplify: Now set your heart and your soul to seek the Lord your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the Lord God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the Lord.

Now give your heart and soul to the worship of the Lord your God; and get to work on the building of the holy place of the Lord God, so that you may put the ark of the Lord's agreement and the holy vessels of God in the house which is to be made for the name of the Lord.


rate difficulty: if so be that it is a righteous thing with God to recompense affliction to them that afflict you,

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simplify: Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.

Your purposes will come about, and light will be shining on your ways.


rate difficulty: the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.


rate difficulty: because John, indeed, baptized with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit--after not many days.'

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rate difficulty: And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the Lord.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

And the hangings for the open space round the House and the altar, and the curtain for its doorway, and all the cords needed for its use.


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

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


rate difficulty: Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages.


simplify: and I will come upon him while he is weary and weak-handed, and will make him afraid; and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only;

And I will come up with him when he is tired and feeble, and make him full of fear: and all the people with him will go in flight; and I will make an attack on the king only:


rate difficulty: As you enter the house, greet it.

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


simplify: And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses, and said, Because I drew him out of the water.

And when the child was older, she took him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son, and she gave him the name Moses, Because, she said, I took him out of the water.


rate difficulty: and cinnamon, and amomum, and incense, and unguent, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies, and souls of men.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And I--I have brought you up from the land of Egypt, And cause you to go in a wilderness forty years, To possess the land of the Amorite.

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


simplify: and he taketh Peter, and James, and John with him, and began to be amazed, and to be very heavy,

He took with him Peter, James, and John; and began to show signs of great dismay and deep distress of mind.


simplify: Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Is it for nothing that Job is a god-fearing man?


rate difficulty: Then did they spit in his face and buffet him, and others did slap,

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


rate difficulty: And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall kindle fire, and burn weapons, and shields, and targets, bows, and arrows, and hand-staves, and spears: and they shall make fires with them seven years.

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


simplify: Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites;

Then I took Jaazaniah, the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons and all the Rechabites;


simplify: And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

(And Gilead took a wife, whose name was Maacah, and his sister's name was Hammoleketh;) and the name of his brother was Zelophehad, who was the father of daughters.


simplify: For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!

If I tell the good news, I have nothing to boast of, for I can but do so. Woe is me if I do not tell it!


simplify: I give thanks to my God, always making mention of thee in my prayers,

I always mention you in my prayers and thank God for you,


simplify: And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth,

And Canaan was the father of Zidon, his oldest son, and Heth,


rate difficulty: The Lord has sent a word to Jacob, and it has come on Israel;


rate difficulty: And Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

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


simplify: For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:

Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:


rate difficulty: And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.


rate difficulty: and the stones are according to the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to their names, openings of a signet, each by his name are they for the twelve tribes.

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


rate difficulty: and the sin wherewith they have sinned against it have become known; then the congregation shall present a young bullock for the sin-offering, and shall bring it before the tent of meeting;

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


rate difficulty: And say to them, Give ear to the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all the people of Jerusalem who come in by these doors:

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


simplify: And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness.

And the strong oxen will go down to death together with the smaller cattle.


rate difficulty: So cutting away the hooks, and letting them go into the sea, and freeing the cords of the guiding-blades, and lifting up the sail to the wind, they went in the direction of the inlet.

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


rate difficulty: of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.


rate difficulty: The thing that I covenanted with you, In your coming forth from Egypt, And My Spirit is remaining in your midst, fear not.