simplify: Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved:

And Isaiah cries aloud over Israel — ‘Though the sons of Israel are like the sand of the sea in number, only a remnant of them will escape!


simplify: And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;

And kept going across the river to take the people of the king's house over, and to do whatever was desired by the king. And Shimei, the son of Gera, went down on his face in the dust before the king, when he was about to go over Jordan,


rate difficulty: And he put them under orders not to say this of him to anyone.

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simplify: But Jesus, not heeding the word spoken, saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not, only believe.

But Jesus, giving no attention to their words, said to the ruler of the Synagogue, Have no fear, only have faith.


simplify: Pursue the love, and seek earnestly the spiritual things, and rather that ye may prophecy,

Seek this love earnestly, and strive for spiritual gifts, above all for the gift of preaching.


rate difficulty: Take the sum of the whole assembly of the children of Israel, after their families, according to their fathers' houses, by the number of the names, every male, according to their polls;

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simplify: And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;

And in Jerusalem there were living certain of the children of Judah and of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah: Athaiah, the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the children of Perez;


rate difficulty: Let us not become vainglorious, provoking one another, envying one another.

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rate difficulty: For I, Jehovah, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

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rate difficulty: For he that does a wrong shall receive the wrong he has done, and there is no respect of persons.

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

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


rate difficulty: Fifty-nine thousand, three hundred of the tribe of Simeon were numbered.

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simplify: And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

And put the table inside, placing all the things on it in order; and put in the support for the lights, and let its lights be burning.


rate difficulty: then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven-fold for your sins.


rate difficulty: And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptised with water, but ye shall be baptised with [the] Holy Spirit.

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


simplify: I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.

I am the giver of light and the maker of the dark; causing blessing, and sending troubles; I am the Lord, who does all these things.


rate difficulty: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,


rate difficulty: Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him--even thou.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 3 | difficulty: hard


simplify: But Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me.

But Jesus said, Let her be; why are you troubling her? she has done a kind act to me.


rate difficulty: For the mountains may be taken away, and the hills be moved out of their places, but my love will not be taken from you, or my agreement of peace broken, says the Lord, who has had mercy on you.

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


simplify: And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.

Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.


simplify: and any one of you may say to them, `Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,' and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what <FI>is<Fi> the profit?

and one of you were to say to them — “Go, and peace be with you; find warmth and food for yourselves,” and yet you were not to give them the necessaries of life, what good would it be to them?


rate difficulty: And [ye] fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in [the] discipline and admonition of [the] Lord.


simplify: Lo, I did tell you beforehand.


simplify: And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

And he gives to all, small and great, the poor and those who have wealth, the free and those who are not free, a mark on their right hand or on their brows;


rate difficulty: In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, came the word of Jehovah by the prophet Haggai unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And Abner saith unto Joab, `Let the youths rise, I pray thee, and they play before us;' and Joab saith, `Let them rise.'

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


rate difficulty: and now, God did set the members each one of them in the body, according as He willed,


rate difficulty: the multitudes also were giving heed to the things spoken by Philip, with one accord, in their hearing and seeing the signs that he was doing,

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


simplify: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

The God who made the world and all things that are in it — he, Lord as he is of heaven and Earth, does not live in temples made by hands,


rate difficulty: (for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands diligently, do not eat, holding what has been delivered by the ancients;


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: [As] I live, verily, mine oath which he hath despised, and my covenant which he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his head.

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


simplify: But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.

And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.


rate difficulty: Thou also, who hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own confusion, because of thy sins in which thou hast acted more abominably than they: they are more righteous than thou. So be thou ashamed also, and bear thy confusion, in that thou hast justified thy sisters.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 13 | difficulty: hard


simplify: If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:

and through union with him were taught the truth, as it is to be found in Jesus.


simplify: Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that have the hoof cloven: the camel, and the hare, and the coney; because they chew the cud but part not the hoof, they are unclean unto you.

But even among these, there are some which may not be used for food: such as the camel, the hare, and the coney, which are unclean to you, because, though their food comes back, the horn of their feet is not parted in two.


simplify: Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her heart yearned over her son, and she said, Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, It shall be neither mine nor thine; divide it.

Then the mother of the living child came forward, for her heart went out to her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the child; do not on any account put it to death. But the other woman said, It will not be mine or yours; let it be cut in two.


simplify: And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests’ feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night.

And say to them, Take up from the middle of Jordan, from the place where the feet of the priests were resting, twelve stones, and take them over with you and put them down in the place where you take your rest tonight.


rate difficulty: fifteen cubits upwards have the waters become mighty, and the mountains are covered;

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


rate difficulty: Go ye out of the midst of her, my people, and deliver every man his soul from the fierce anger of Jehovah!

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simplify: It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.

It is said, in fact, that there is among you a sin of the flesh, such as is not seen even among the Gentiles, that one of you has his father's wife.


simplify: Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort;


rate difficulty: And God cometh in unto Abimelech in a dream of the night, and saith to him, `Lo, thou <FI>art<Fi> a dead man, because of the woman whom thou hast taken--and she married to a husband.'

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


simplify: Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.


rate difficulty: And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

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


rate difficulty: they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

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


rate difficulty: and Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah,

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


rate difficulty: a day of the trumpet and alarm, against the fenced cities and against the high battlements.

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rate difficulty: then ye have prepared a fire-offering to Jehovah, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, at separating a vow or free-will-offering, or in your appointed things, to make a sweet fragrance to Jehovah, out of the herd, or out of the flock.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be a holy convocation unto you; ye shall do no servile work: it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

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


simplify: For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

For when I have taken them into the land named in my oath to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, and they have made themselves full of food and are fat, then they will be turned to other gods and will give them worship, no longer honouring me or keeping my agreement.


simplify: Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituræa and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,

Now in the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being ruler of Judaea, and Herod being king of Galilee, his brother Philip king of the country of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias king of Abilene,


rate difficulty: Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours;

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


rate difficulty: Then his flesh becomes young again, and he comes back to the days of his early strength;

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simplify: But Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel.

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simplify: Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

But still I will keep in mind the agreement made with you in the days when you were young, and I will make with you an eternal agreement.


simplify: Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.

Then Saul said, I have done wrong: come back to me, David my son: I will do you no more wrong, because my life was dear to you today truly, I have been foolish and my error is very great.


rate difficulty: Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.

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


simplify: And the gospel must first be preached unto all the nations.

And the good news has first to be given to all the nations.


simplify: Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

And one said to him, See, your mother and your brothers are outside, desiring to have talk with you.


rate difficulty: The Lord will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the Lord of hosts.

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simplify: Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all.

Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in number.


simplify: And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia.

When the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and, with encouraging words, bade them goodbye, and started on his journey to Macedonia.


simplify: For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:

That, I say, is why God abandoned them to degrading passions. Even the women among them perverted the natural use of their bodies to the unnatural;


rate difficulty: In days to come Jacob will take root: Israel will put out buds and flowers; and the face of the world will be full of fruit.


simplify: For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

For we have had news of how the Lord made the Red Sea dry before you when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, on the other side of Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you gave up to the curse.


simplify: Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

Methuselah, Enoch, Jared, Mahalalel, Kenan,


simplify: And after him repaired the priests, the men of the Plain.

After him were working the priests, the men of the lowland.


simplify: And having been questioned by the Pharisees, when the reign of God doth come, he answered them, and said, `The reign of God doth not come with observation;

Being once asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God was to come, Jesus answered: “The kingdom of God does not come in a way that can be seen,


simplify: I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness.

I have given him up into the hands of a strong one of the nations; he will certainly give him the reward of his sin, driving him out.


rate difficulty: And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

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rate difficulty: Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance.

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simplify: My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna-flowers In the vineyards of En-gedi.

My love is to me as a branch of the cypress-tree in the vine-gardens of En-gedi.


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

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


simplify: And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it.

And he said to it, Let no man take fruit from you for ever. And his disciples took note of his words.


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

May God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and give you peace.


simplify: For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up.

For I will keep my eyes on them for good, and I will take them back again to this land, building them up and not pulling them down, planting them and not uprooting them.


rate difficulty: So the master sent for the servant, and said to him ‘You wicked servant! When you begged me for mercy, I forgave you the whole of that debt.

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


rate difficulty: And they took walled towns and a fat land, and became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees: so they had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them.

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simplify: And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:

Now when he came near to Egypt, he said to Sarai, his wife, Truly, you are a fair woman and beautiful to the eye;


rate difficulty: Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Yet again shall there be in this place, which is waste, without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

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


rate difficulty: Being conscious that you have done no wrong; so that those who say evil things about your good way of life as Christians may be put to shame.

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


rate difficulty: And when he was come, the Jews who were come down from Jerusalem stood round, bringing many and grievous charges which they were not able to prove:

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simplify: And Micaiah said, As Jehovah liveth, what Jehovah saith unto me, that will I speak.

And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.


rate difficulty: And they left the house of the Lord God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.


rate difficulty: And you and your sons and your servants are to take care of the land for him, and get in the fruit of it, so that your master's son may have food: but Mephibosheth, your master's son, will have a place at my table at all times. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

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


simplify: In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, and reigned twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah.

In the thirty-first year of Asa, king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel, and he was king for twelve years; for six years he was ruling in Tirzah.


simplify: And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?

“Where can we,” his disciples asked, “in a lonely place find enough bread for such a crowd as this?”


simplify: and he, having left all, having arisen, did follow him.

Levi left everything and got up and followed him.


simplify: And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

And Jehoshaphat was king over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling for twenty-five years in Jerusalem: his mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.


rate difficulty: Sons of Reuben, and the Gadite, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, of sons of valour, men bearing shield and sword, and treading bow, and taught in battle, <FI>are<Fi> forty and four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, going out to the host.

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


simplify: Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.

Then Samuel said to the people, Come, let us go to Gilgal and there make the kingdom strong in the hands of Saul.


rate difficulty: His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:

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


simplify: And those about Paul having set sail from Paphos, came to Perga of Pamphylia, and John having departed from them, did turn back to Jerusalem,

After this, Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and went to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them and returned to Jerusalem.


simplify: then the soldiers of the governor having taken Jesus to the Praetorium, did gather to him all the band;

After that, the Governor’s soldiers took Jesus with them into the Government house, and gathered the whole garrison around him.


simplify: And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand.

And I am certain that the king of Egypt will not let you go without being forced.


simplify: And Mephibosheth said unto the king, yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come in peace unto his own house.

And Mephibosheth said, Let him take it all, now that my lord the king has come back to his house in peace!


simplify: If, therefore, the whole assembly may come together, to the same place, and all may speak with tongues, and there may come in unlearned or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?

So, when the whole church meets, if all present use the gift of ‘tongues,’ and some people who are without the gift, or who are unbelievers, come in, will not they say that you are mad?


simplify: Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the Lord; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.

Go in flight, go wandering far off, take cover in deep places, O people of Hazor, says the Lord; for Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, has made a design against you, he has a purpose against you in mind.


simplify: Therefore wait ye for me, saith Jehovah, until the day that I rise up to the prey; for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger; for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

For this reason, go on waiting for me, says the Lord, till the day when I come up as a witness: for my purpose is to send for the nations and to get the kingdoms together, so that I may let loose on them my passion, even all my burning wrath: for all the earth will be burned up in the fire of my bitter passion.


rate difficulty: And evening having come, he cometh with the twelve,

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


simplify: And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you:

Then Abner had a talk with the chief men of Israel, saying, In the past it was your desire to make David your king: so now, do it:


rate difficulty: and I am going up through the brook by night, and am measuring about the wall, and turn back, and come in through the gate of the valley, and turn back.

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


simplify: And the people believed: and when they heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel, and that he had seen their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped.

And the people had faith in them; and hearing that the Lord had taken up the cause of the children of Israel and had seen their troubles, with bent heads they gave him worship.


rate difficulty: Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?

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


simplify: He removed the high places, and brake the pillars, and cut down the Asherah: and he brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made; for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it; and he called it Nehushtan.

He had the high places taken away, and the stone pillars broken to bits, and the Asherah cut down; and the brass snake which Moses had made was crushed to powder at his order, because in those days the children of Israel had offerings burned before it, and he gave it the name Nehushtan.


simplify: And thou, Capernaum, shalt thou be exalted unto heaven? thou shalt be brought down unto Hades.

And you, Capernaum, were you not lifted up to heaven? you will go down to hell.


simplify: That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem.

So with this money get with care oxen, sheep, and lambs, with their meal offerings and their drink offerings, to be offered on the altar of the house of your God, which is in Jerusalem.


simplify: And it was given unto her that she should array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

And to her it was given to be clothed in delicate linen, clean and shining: for the clean linen is the righteousness of the saints.


simplify: And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.

And in that day, says the Lord, there will be the sound of a cry from the fish doorway, and an outcry from the new town, and a great thundering from the hills, and cries of grief from the people of the Hollow;


simplify: And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord Jehovah.

And I will make the land a waste because they have done evil, says the Lord.


simplify: and as an enemy count <FI>him<Fi> not, but admonish ye <FI>him<Fi> as a brother;

Yet do not think of them as an enemy, but caution them as you would a brother or sister.


rate difficulty: How true the saying is, and worthy of the fullest acceptance, that ‘Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners’! And there is no greater sinner than I!

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simplify: And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea.

Jesus gave them leave. They came out, and entered into the pigs; and the drove — about two thousand in number — rushed down the steep slope into the Sea and were drowned in the Sea.


simplify: Far be it from me that I should justify you: Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.


simplify: Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the Lord.

Take this from their part and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to be lifted up to the Lord.


simplify: And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the upper;

And the limit of the land of the children of Ephraim by their families was marked out in this way: the limit of their heritage to the east was Ataroth-addar, to Beth-horon the higher;


simplify: For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.

For I will certainly let you go free, and you will not be put to the sword, but your life will be given to you out of the hands of your attackers: because you have put your faith in me, says the Lord.


simplify: and David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of Jehovah?

So David said to the Gibeonites, What may I do for you? how am I to make up to you for your wrongs, so that you may give a blessing to the heritage of the Lord?


simplify: Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praises unto Jehovah with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped.

Then King Hezekiah and the captains gave orders to the Levites to give praise to God in the words of David and Asaph the seer. And they made songs of praise with joy, and with bent heads gave worship.


simplify: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.


simplify: And Gideon said unto him, Oh, my lord, if Jehovah is with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where are all his wondrous works which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not Jehovah bring us up from Egypt? but now Jehovah hath cast us off, and delivered us into the hand of Midian.

Then Gideon said to him, O my lord, if the Lord is with us why has all this come on us? And where are all his works of power, of which our fathers have given us word, saying, Did not the Lord take us out of Egypt? But now he has given us up, handing us over to the power of Midian.


simplify: And all the men of Shechem assembled themselves together, and all the house of Millo, and went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar that was in Shechem.

And all the townsmen of Shechem and all Beth-millo came together and went and made Abimelech their king, by the oak of the pillar in Shechem.


simplify: having heard the things concerning Jesus, came in the crowd behind, and touched his garment.

When she had news of the things which Jesus did, went among the people coming after him, and put her hand on his robe.


simplify: But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

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simplify: And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth.

And Cush was the father of Nimrod: he was the first to be a great man in the earth.


rate difficulty: And she will be unclean for thirty-three days till the flow of her blood is stopped; no holy thing may be touched by her, and she may not come into the holy place, till the days for making her clean are ended.

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


simplify: And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

And I said, Am I the sort of man to go in flight? what man, in my position, would go into the Temple to keep himself safe? I will not go in.


simplify: And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death.

And I made the discovery that the law whose purpose was to give life had become a cause of death:


rate difficulty: According to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, there were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.


simplify: What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?

Have I strength to go on waiting, or have I any end to be looking forward to?


simplify: Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain.

As clouds and wind without rain, so is one who takes credit for an offering he has not given.


rate difficulty: And he was withdrawn from them, as it were a stone's cast, and having fallen on the knees he was praying,


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

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


simplify: And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

So that we came back from death with him, and are seated with him in the heavens, in Christ Jesus;


simplify: which also I did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I in prison did shut up, from the chief priests having received the authority; they also being put to death, I gave my vote against them,

and I actually did so at Jerusalem. Acting on the authority of the chief priests, I myself threw many of the people of Christ into prison, and, when it was proposed to put them to death, I gave my vote for it.


rate difficulty: And, behold, there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee in all manner of work every willing man that hath skill, for any manner of service: also the captains and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.

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


rate difficulty: those that were numbered of them, of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty-five thousand four hundred.


simplify: and if the Spirit of Him who did raise up Jesus out of the dead doth dwell in you, He who did raise up the Christ out of the dead shall quicken also your dying bodies, through His Spirit dwelling in you.

And, if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead lives within you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will give life even to your mortal bodies, through his Spirit living within you.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;

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


rate difficulty: And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance.

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


simplify: And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,

And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out,


rate difficulty: Then straight away everyone took his robe and put it under him on the top of the steps, and, sounding the horn, they said, Jehu is king.

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


simplify: `And why dost thou behold the mote that <FI>is<Fi> in thy brother's eye, and the beam that <FI>is<Fi> in thine own eye dost not consider?

Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your friend’s eye, while you pay no attention at all to the plank of wood in yours?


rate difficulty: Remember this, and shew yourselves men; call it to mind, ye transgressors.

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


rate difficulty: `Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers--each for his own sin, they are put to death.

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


rate difficulty: And [these] are the children of Israel after their number, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in every matter of the divisions, which came in and went out month by month throughout the months of the year; in every division were twenty-four thousand.

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


rate difficulty: And if any one ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say, The Lord hath need of him.


simplify: Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.

Do not say, It is holy, about everything of which this people says, It is holy; and do not be in fear of what they go in fear of.


simplify: Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.

A curse on the day of my birth: let there be no blessing on the day when my mother had me.


rate difficulty: And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.

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


rate difficulty: Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile.

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


simplify: Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them; and I will reveal unto them abundance of peace and truth.

See, I will make it healthy and well again, I will even make them well; I will let them see peace and good faith in full measure.


rate difficulty: This means that it is not the children born in the course of nature who are God’s children, but it is the children born in fulfillment of the Promise who are to be regarded as Abraham’s descendants.

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


simplify: And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,

And Zebadiah and Meshullam and Hizki and Heber


rate difficulty: In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand; for thou knowest not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

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


simplify: For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?

And if some have no faith, will that make the faith of God without effect?


rate difficulty: He is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone.

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


simplify: Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?

What protest may a living man make, even a man about the punishment of his sin?


rate difficulty: And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother — and the maiden was fair and beautiful — and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.


simplify: And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

And the men of Sheba came against them and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.


simplify: Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.

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


rate difficulty: The path of life is upwards for the wise, that he may depart from Sheol beneath.

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


simplify: Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the Lord, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.

Up! go against a nation which is living in comfort and without fear of danger, says the Lord, without doors or locks, living by themselves.


simplify: 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.

And in their desire for profit they will come to you with words of deceit, like traders doing business in souls: whose punishment has been ready for a long time and their destruction is watching for them.


simplify: To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

To give knowledge that the year of the Lord's good pleasure is come.


rate difficulty: And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.

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


rate difficulty: He pursueth them, and passeth on safely, even by a way that he had not gone with his feet.

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


rate difficulty: And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me water to drink of the well of Beth-lehem, which is by the gate!

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


rate difficulty: for sin, getting a point of attack by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew [me].

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


simplify: And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.

And Pharaoh sent and got word that there was no loss of any of the cattle of Israel. But the heart of Pharaoh was hard and he did not let the people go.


simplify: And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

But the Master said to him: “You Pharisees do, it is true, clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside you yourselves are filled with greed and wickedness.


simplify: And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

Now the servant of the man of God, having got up early and gone out, saw an army with horses and carriages of war all round the town. And the servant said to him, O my master, what are we to do?


simplify: Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

Therefore Paul and Barnabas spent a long time there, and spoke out fearlessly, relying on the Lord, who confirmed the message of his love by permitting signs and wonders to take place at their hands.


rate difficulty: There hath not been left Anakim in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, were they left.


simplify: And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped.

Then Moses quickly went down on his face in worship.


rate difficulty: Dedan <FI>is<Fi> thy merchant, For clothes of freedom for riding.

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


simplify: If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots;

And if a man or a woman has bright marks on the skin of their flesh, that is, bright white marks,


rate difficulty: Round about <FI>is<Fi> eighteen thousand, and the renown of the city <FI>is<Fi> from the day Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> there.'

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


simplify: But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by the heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath: but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under judgment.

But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.


simplify: And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.

And he came down quickly, and took him into his house with joy.


simplify: for as they were, in the days before the flood, eating, and drinking, marrying, and giving in marriage, till the day Noah entered into the ark,

In those days before the flood they went on eating and drinking, marrying and being married, up to the very day on which Noah entered the ark,


simplify: Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.


simplify: Tremble before him, all the earth: The world also is established that it cannot be moved.

Be in fear before him, all the earth: the world is ordered so that it may not be moved.


rate difficulty: Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

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


simplify: If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

If I did wrong in the cause of my man-servant, or my woman-servant, when they went to law with me;


simplify: The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold.

The traders of Sheba and Raamah did trade with you; they gave the best of all sorts of spices and all sorts of stones of great price and gold for your goods.


simplify: And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.

And the people came to make David take food, while it was still day, but David with an oath said, May God's punishment be on me if I take a taste of bread or any other thing till the sun has gone down!


simplify: Even that it would please God to crush me; That he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!


simplify: For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.

For they have been planting the wind, and their fruit will be the storm; his grain has no stem, it will give no meal, and if it does, a strange nation will take it.


rate difficulty: and I have appointed a place for My people, for Israel, and have planted it, and it hath tabernacled in its place, and it is not troubled any more, and the sons of perverseness do not add to afflict it any more, as in the beginning,

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: My passion is over: if the thorns were fighting against me, I would make an attack on them, and they would be burned up together.

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


rate difficulty: Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance; for God had given him very much substance.

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


rate difficulty: The Lord has said, You are not to go to war against your brothers: let every man go back to his house, for this thing is my purpose. So they gave ear to the words of the Lord and were turned back from fighting against Jeroboam.


rate difficulty: and in En-rimmon, and in Zorah, and in Jarmuth,

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


rate difficulty: There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king’s tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.

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


simplify: As Jehovah thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.

By the life of the Lord your God, there is not a nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent in search of you; and when they said, He is not here; he made them take an oath that they had not seen you.


rate difficulty: Come to me, all you who go by! Keep your eyes on me, and see if there is any pain like the pain of my wound, which the Lord has sent on me in the day of his burning wrath.


rate difficulty: Give ear to the prayers of your servant, and the prayers of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear in heaven your living-place, and hearing, have mercy.

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


rate difficulty: So now, give me this hill-country named by the Lord at that time; for you had an account of it then, how the Anakim were there, and great walled towns: it may be that the Lord will be with me, and I will be able to take their land, as the Lord said.


rate difficulty: Thou dost not rejoice over me, O mine enemy, When I have fallen, I have risen, When I sit in darkness Jehovah is a light to me.

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


simplify: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.  It was written to the Philippians from Rome by Epaphroditus.

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


rate difficulty: and the God that hath caused his name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples that shall put forth their hand to alter the same, to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with all diligence.

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


simplify: `A generation evil and adulterous doth seek a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah the prophet;' and having left them he went away.

A wicked and unfaithful generation is asking for a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” So he left them and went away.


simplify: Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them?

Will not your creditors suddenly be moved against you, and your troublers get up from their sleep, and you will be to them like goods taken in war?


simplify: Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat:

Simon, Simon, Satan has made a request to have you, so that he may put you to the test as grain is tested:


simplify: And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more.

And they will have you burned with fire, sending punishments on you before the eyes of great numbers of women; and I will put an end to your loose ways, and you will no longer give payment.


simplify: And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.

And I gave them my rules and made clear to them my orders, which, if a man keeps them, will be life to him.


simplify: I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:

Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:


rate difficulty: But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the place concerning the Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

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


rate difficulty: The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:

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


simplify: And the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time, saying,

And the word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying,


rate difficulty: Give it out among the nations, make it public, and let the flag be lifted up; give the word and keep nothing back; say, Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is broken, her images are put to shame, her gods are broken.


simplify: it seemed good also to me, having followed from the first after all things exactly, to write to thee in order, most noble Theophilus,

And, therefore, I also, since I have investigated all these events with great care from their very beginning, have resolved to write a connected history of them for you,


rate difficulty: So then am I become your enemy, by telling you the truth?

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


simplify: And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him, from Baale-judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, which is called by the Name, even the name of Jehovah of hosts that sitteth above the cherubim.

And David, and all the people who were with him, went to Baal of Judah to get the ark of God, over which the holy name is named, the name of the Lord of armies, whose place is between the winged ones.


simplify: And let him who is instructed in the word share with him who is instructing--in all good things.

The person, however, who is being instructed in the message ought always to share their blessings with their teacher.


simplify: So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continueth until this day.

So they took the money, and did as they had been ordered: and this account has been current among the Jews till the present time.


rate difficulty: And Saul chose him three thousand men out of Israel: there were with Saul two thousand in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

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


simplify: and she brought forth a male child, who is about to rule all the nations with a rod of iron, and caught away was her child unto God and His throne,

The woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is destined to rule all the nations with an iron rod; and her child was at once caught up to God on his throne.


simplify: and bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.

And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.


simplify: That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again.

So that your pride in me may be increased in Christ Jesus through my being present with you again.


simplify: But on the morrow, desiring to know the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him, and commanded the chief priests and all the council to come together, and brought Paul down and set him before them.

But on the day after, desiring to have certain knowledge of what the Jews had to say against him, he made him free, and gave orders for the chief priests and all the Sanhedrin to come together, and he took Paul and put him before them.


rate difficulty: and if the Spirit of Him who did raise up Jesus out of the dead doth dwell in you, He who did raise up the Christ out of the dead shall quicken also your dying bodies, through His Spirit dwelling in you.

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


rate difficulty: A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.


rate difficulty: A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

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


simplify: And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

And all the fat of it is to be burned on the altar like the fat of the peace-offering; and the priest will take away his sin and he will have forgiveness.


rate difficulty: A good man causeth sons' sons to inherit, And laid up for the righteous <FI>is<Fi> the sinner's wealth.

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


simplify: This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.

This is the living being which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and it was clear to me that they were the winged ones.


rate difficulty: And all the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.

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


rate difficulty: And they were overcome, and there was no more place for them in heaven.


rate difficulty: and the anger of Jehovah burneth in that day, and He sweareth, saying,

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


simplify: All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.

All things have been given to me by my Father; and no one has knowledge of the Son, but the Father; and no one has knowledge of the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will make it clear.


simplify: one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the sin-offering of atonement, and the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, and their drink-offerings.

One he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the offering for taking away your sin, and the regular burned offering and its meal offering, and their drink offerings.


simplify: Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

Therefore do not pass judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes. He will throw light on what is now dark and obscure, and will reveal the motives in people’s minds; and then everyone will receive due praise from God.


rate difficulty: But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.


simplify: And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.


simplify: Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery.

Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.


rate difficulty: And he said, This is what the Lord has said, Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord: what has to be cooked may be cooked; and what is over, put on one side to be kept till the morning.

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


rate difficulty: Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,

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


simplify: And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.

Having, however, information of a plot against the man, which was about to be put into execution, I am sending him to you at once, and I have also directed his accusers to prosecute him before you.’


simplify: The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying,

The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,


simplify: And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them:

And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:


simplify: And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.

And when they had done all the things said in the Writings about him, they took him down from the tree, and put him in the place of the dead.


rate difficulty: And Sheba went through all the tribes of Israel, to Abel of Beth-maacah; and all the Bichrites came together and went in after him.

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


simplify: And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, a host with horses and chariots was round about the city. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

Now the servant of the man of God, having got up early and gone out, saw an army with horses and carriages of war all round the town. And the servant said to him, O my master, what are we to do?


rate difficulty: And at the door of the House of the Tent of meeting, he put the altar of burned offerings, offering on it the burned offering and the meal offering, as the Lord had given him orders.

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


simplify: And she bare a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said, I have been a sojourner in a foreign land.

And she gave birth to a son, to whom he gave the name Gershom: for he said, I have been living in a strange land.


simplify: And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.

And a fire was lighted in the middle of the open square, and they were seated together, and Peter was among them.


simplify: Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin-offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish.

Every day for seven days you are to give a goat for a sin-offering: and let them give in addition a young ox and a male sheep from the flock without any mark on them.


rate difficulty: Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told all the people, saying, Behold, the king is sitting in the gate. And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his tent.

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


simplify: And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham.

And having said these words, God went up from Abraham.


simplify: and out of the throne proceed do lightnings, and thunders, and voices; and seven lamps of fire are burning before the throne, which are the Seven Spirits of God,

Out from the throne ‘come flashes of lightning, cries, and peals of thunder’! There are seven torches burning in front of the throne, which are the seven spirits of God;


rate difficulty: And when they had sung a hymn, they went out unto the mount of Olives.

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


simplify: On that day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

On that day Jesus went out of the house and was seated by the seaside.


rate difficulty: Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.

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


simplify: And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down.

And a man ran, and, soaking a sponge in common wine, put it on the end of a rod, and offered it to him to drink, saying as he did so: “Wait and let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down.”


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

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


simplify: Jesus saith to him, `I do not say to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven.

But Jesus answered: “Not seven times, but ‘seventy times seven.’


rate difficulty: and Hezekiah king of Judah sendeth unto the king of Asshur to Lachish, saying, `I have sinned, turn back from off me; that which thou puttest on me I bear;' and the king of Asshur layeth on Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver, and thirty talents of gold,

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


simplify: And it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.

And in the morning, when the effect of the wine was gone, Nabal's wife gave him an account of all these things, and all the heart went out of him, and he became like stone.


rate difficulty: If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

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


rate difficulty: and ye have observed the unleavened things, for in this self-same day I have brought out your hosts from the land of Egypt, and ye have observed this day to your generations--a statute age-during.

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


simplify: The curse of Jehovah is in the house of the wicked; But he blesseth the habitation of the righteous.

The curse of the Lord is on the house of the evil-doer, but his blessing is on the tent of the upright.


simplify: Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,

The sins of our earthly nature are unmistakable. They are sins like these — sexual immorality, impurity, indecency,


simplify: And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.

And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.


simplify: Then said he to them, `But, now, he who is having a bag, let him take <FI>it<Fi> up, and in like manner also a scrip; and he who is not having, let him sell his garment, and buy a sword,

“Now, however,”he said, “he who has a purse must take it and his bag as well; and he who has not must sell his cloak and buy a sword.


simplify: and Jesus who is called Justus, who are of the circumcision: these only <FI>are<Fi> fellow-workers for the reign of God who did become a comfort to me.

Joshua, who is called Justus, also sends his greeting. These are the only converts from Judaism who have worked with me for the kingdom of God; I have found them a great comfort.


simplify: And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom.

And he said, Which way are we to go? And he said in answer, By the waste land of Edom.


simplify: And when he was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: and they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

And when he came to Jerusalem, he made an attempt to be joined to the disciples, but they were all in fear of him, not taking him for a disciple.


simplify: For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory.

For, if there was a glory in the religion that involved condemnation, far greater is the glory of the religion that confers righteousness!


simplify: For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.

For there is no other base for the building but that which has been put down, which is Jesus Christ.


simplify: And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:

And the name of the other was Eliezer, for he said, The God of my father was my help, and kept me safe from the sword of Pharaoh:


simplify: If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.

If an ox comes to be the cause of death to a man or a woman, the ox is to be stoned, and its flesh may not be used for food; but the owner will not be judged responsible.


rate difficulty: They took away from him help and right, and who gave a thought to his fate? for he was cut off from the land of the living: he came to his death for the sin of my people.

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


rate difficulty: And <FI>one<Fi> goeth in and declareth to his lord, saying, `Thus and thus she hath spoken, the damsel who <FI>is<Fi> from the land of Israel.'

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


simplify: But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.

But come to you I will, and that soon, if it please the Lord; and then I will find out, not what words these people use who are so puffed up, but what power they possess;


rate difficulty: Then he says, I will return to my house whence I came out; and having come, he finds [it] unoccupied, swept, and adorned.


rate difficulty: And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing:

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


simplify: And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young.

Then when she had done so, she took him with her, with a three-year old ox and an ephah of meal and a skin full of wine, and took him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh: now the child was still very young.


rate difficulty: And the outgoing of the horses that king Solomon hath <FI>is<Fi> from Egypt, and from Keveh; merchants of the king take from Keveh at a price;

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


simplify: Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all.

My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;


simplify: And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

And when everything was gone, there was no food to be had in that country, and he was in need.


simplify: Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:

And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the man sent friends to him, saying, Lord, do not give yourself trouble: for I am not important enough for you to come into my house:


rate difficulty: for in seeing and hearing, the righteous man, dwelling among them, day by day the righteous soul with unlawful works was harassing.

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


simplify: And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.

Then the sheep is to be cut up into its parts, and after washing its legs and its inside parts, you are to put them with the parts and the head,


simplify: And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

and ‘will throw them into the blazing furnace,’ where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.


rate difficulty: and thou, with many sicknesses, with disease of thy bowels, till thy bowels come out, by the sickness, day by day.'

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


rate difficulty: And thou hast been polluted in thyself Before the eyes of nations, And thou hast known that I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.'

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


simplify: And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you, and suffer you? bring near hither thy son;'

“Faithless and perverse generation!”Jesus exclaimed; “how long must I be with you and have patience with you? Lead your son here.”


simplify: And when the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, Paul answered,  Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I cheerfully make my defence:

Then when the ruler had given him a sign to make his answer, Paul said, Because I have knowledge that you have been a judge over this nation for a number of years, I am glad to make my answer:


rate difficulty: All these were sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brothers, able men and strong for the work; sixty-two sons of Obed-edom.

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


simplify: The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings.


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

And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God has given him into my hands; for by going into a walled town with locked doors, he has let himself be shut in.


rate difficulty: Then Jehoiada the priest gave orders to those who were placed in authority over the army, saying, Take her outside the lines, and let anyone who goes after her be put to death with the sword, for he said, Let her not be put to death in the house of the Lord.

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


simplify: And he also made savory food, and brought it unto his father; and he said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.

And he made ready a meal, good to the taste, and took it to his father, and said to him, Let my father get up and take of his son's meat, so that you may give me a blessing.


rate difficulty: And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

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


rate difficulty: Inform the nations; behold, make Jerusalem to hear: Besiegers come from a far country, and raise their voice against the cities of Judah.

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


simplify: The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim.

The sons of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim.


simplify: Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

And they may have righteousness put to their credit, freely, by his grace, through the salvation which is in Christ Jesus:


simplify: And the centurion, and those with him watching Jesus, having seen the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly afraid, saying, `Truly this was God's Son.'

The Roman captain, and the men with him who were watching Jesus, on seeing the earthquake and all that was happening, became greatly frightened and exclaimed: “This must indeed have been God’s Son!”


rate difficulty: But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding?

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


rate difficulty: And he went forth and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

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


rate difficulty: How, again, can anyone get into a strong man’s house and carry off his goods, without first securing him? Not until then will he plunder his house.


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

No, I tell you; but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same manner.”


simplify: O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future!


rate difficulty: And Malchijah, the son of Rechab, the ruler of the division of Beth-haccherem, made good the doorway of the waste, building it up and putting up its doors, with their locks and rods.

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


rate difficulty: So that it might take a grip of the skirts of the earth, shaking all the evil-doers out of it?


rate difficulty: And David took their gold body-covers from the servants of Hadadezer and took them to Jerusalem.

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


simplify: And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

But the fruit produced by the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindliness, generosity, trustfulness, gentleness, self-control.


rate difficulty: And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he sold himself to him unto the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years; according to the time of a hired servant shall he be with him.

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


rate difficulty: The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

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


simplify: Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof; according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, even three hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat thereof.

And take for yourself wheat and barley and different sorts of grain, and put them in one vessel and make bread for yourself from them; all the days when you are stretched on your side it will be your food.


simplify: And they put his armour in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.

And they put his war-dress in the house of their gods, and put up his head in the house of Dagon.


rate difficulty: `Blessed <FI>art<Fi> thou in thy coming in, and blessed <FI>art<Fi> thou in thy going out.

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


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

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


simplify: gather the people, sanctify the assembly, assemble the old men, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts; let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

Get the people together, make the mass of the people holy, send for the old men, get together the children and babies at the breast: let the newly married man come out of his room and the bride from her tent.


rate difficulty: And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things that I say?

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon goeth up thither, on the altar of brass, before Jehovah, that <FI>is<Fi> at the tent of meeting, and causeth to ascend upon it a thousand burnt-offerings.

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


rate difficulty: Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month, and with the fire-pan burning before him.

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


simplify: Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.

Thirty camels with their young ones, forty cows, ten oxen, twenty asses, and ten young asses.


rate difficulty: And Huram made the pots and the shovels and the bowls. So Huram ended doing the work that he made for king Solomon in the house ofGod:

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


simplify: For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that was a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.

For the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house, who went out early in the morning to get workers into his vine-garden.


simplify: And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them; I pray thee have me excused.

And another said, I have got some cattle, and I am going to make a test of them: I am full of regret that I am unable to come.


simplify: And as he is sitting on the tribunal, his wife sent unto him, saying, `Nothing--to thee and to that righteous one, for many things did I suffer to-day in a dream because of him.'

While he was still on the Bench, his wife sent this message to him — “Do not have anything to do with that good man, for I have been very unhappy today in a dream because of him.”


simplify: The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave him so that his servants might have knowledge of the things which will quickly take place: and he sent and made it clear by his angel to his servant John;


simplify: Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.

Paul joined the men, and the next day shared their purification, and went into the Temple, and gave notice of the expiration of the period of purification when the usual offering should have been made on behalf of each of them.


rate difficulty: Give unto Jehovah, ye families of peoples, Give unto Jehovah glory and strength!

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


rate difficulty: Sun and moon have been black, And stars have gathered up their shining.

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


simplify: And your spoil shall be gathered as the caterpillar gathereth: as locusts leap shall men leap upon it.

And the goods taken in war will be got together like the massing of young locusts; men will be rushing on them like the rushing of locusts.


simplify: And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean: from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles.

However, as they set themselves against him and became abusive, Paul shook his clothes in protest and said to them: “Your blood be on your own heads. My conscience is clear. From this time forward I will go to the Gentiles.”


rate difficulty: and he saith, `Peace; to sacrifice to Jehovah I have come, sanctify yourselves, and ye have come in with me to the sacrifice;' and he sanctifieth Jesse and his sons, and calleth them to the sacrifice.

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


simplify: Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

Joseph is a young ox, whose steps are turned to the fountain;


simplify: A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.


simplify: And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.


rate difficulty: As an east wind I scatter them before an enemy, The neck, and not the face, I shew them, In the day of their calamity.'

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


rate difficulty: For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations round about.


rate difficulty: confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,

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


simplify: This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

How true is this saying: ‘To aspire to be to be a presiding officer in the church is to be ambitious for a noble task.’


simplify: And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.

And the king said to the woman, Go to your house and I will give orders about this.


simplify: But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

But those workmen said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property; come, let us put him to death, and the heritage will be ours.


simplify: And all the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark;

All the responsible men of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.


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

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


rate difficulty: For all who do such things are disgusting to the Lord; and because of these disgusting things the Lord your God is driving them out before you.

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


simplify: After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid.

And they will be conscious of their shame and of all the wrong which they have done against me, when they are living in their land with no sense of danger and with no one to be a cause of fear to them;


rate difficulty: Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the Lord of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the Lord hath indignation for ever.

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


rate difficulty: Do they provoke me to anger? saith the Lord: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces?

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


rate difficulty: and you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’

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


simplify: How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

What is the number of my evil-doings and my sins? give me knowledge of them.


simplify: Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings.

Give ear to me, you who have knowledge of righteousness, in whose heart is my law; have no fear of the evil words of men, and give no thought to their curses.


simplify: And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.

And you had the houses of Jerusalem numbered, pulling down the houses to make the wall stronger.


simplify: And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the Lord: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.

And you are to give the meal offering made of these things to the Lord, and let the priest take it to the altar.


rate difficulty: of Meleas, of Menan, of Mattatha, of Nathan, of David,

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simplify: According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.

So Nathan gave David an account of all these words and this vision.


simplify: And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess that believed; but his father was a Greek.

And he came to Derbe and Lystra: and there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, whose mother was one of the Jews of the faith, but his father was a Greek;


rate difficulty: Neither let us tempt the Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by serpents.

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rate difficulty: Even while they were increasing in number they were sinning against me; I will let their glory be changed into shame.


rate difficulty: And I will cause to cease in Moab, saith Jehovah, him that offereth in the high place, and him that burneth incense to hisgods.

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simplify: Therefore will I wail for Moab; yea, I will cry out for all Moab: for the men of Kir-heres shall they mourn.

For this cause I will give cries of grief for Moab, crying out for Moab, even for all of it; I will be sorrowing for the men of Kir-heres.


simplify: And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness,

And now, Lord, take note of their cruel words, and give your servants power to be preachers of your word without fear,


rate difficulty: A man that flattereth his neighbor Spreadeth a net for his steps.

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rate difficulty: Then their father said to them, Which way did he go? Now his sons had seen which way the man of God who came from Judah had gone.

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rate difficulty: [As] I live, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts, surely as Tabor among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come.

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simplify: The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,

The merchants who sold these things, and grew rich by her, will stand at a distance weeping and wailing, horrified at her torture, and crying —


simplify: And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men girt with weapons of war.

Then the five men who had gone to make a search through the land, went in and took the pictured image and the ephod and the family gods and the metal image; and the priest was by the doorway with the six hundred armed men.


simplify: And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying,

Now in the eighteenth year after he became king, Josiah sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the Lord, saying to him,


rate difficulty: And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jonah son of Amittai, saying:

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simplify: The sons of Asher after their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Berites.

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


rate difficulty: And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,


simplify: For I say, through the grace that was given to me, to every one who is among you, not to think above what it behoveth to think; but to think so as to think wisely, as to each God did deal a measure of faith,

In fulfillment of the charge with which I have been entrusted, I tell every one of you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think until he learns to think soberly — in accordance with the measure of faith that God has allotted to each.


rate difficulty: And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a separate house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of Jehovah: and Jotham his son was over the king’s house, judging the people of the land.


simplify: Then he cried in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause ye them that have charge over the city to draw near, every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.

Then crying out in my hearing in a loud voice, he said, Let the overseers of the town come near, every man armed.


simplify: Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.

Now the disciples had forgotten to take any bread with them, one loaf being all that they had in the boat.


rate difficulty: and the foreigners were shewing us no ordinary kindness, for having kindled a fire, they received us all, because of the pressing rain, and because of the cold;

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