simplify: Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitations; spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes.

Make wide the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your house be stretched out without limit: make your cords long, and your tent-pins strong.


rate difficulty: To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him.

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


simplify: But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.

But the Jerusalem on high is free, which is our mother.


rate difficulty: therefore ye shall no more see vanity, nor divine divinations; and I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah.

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


simplify: For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.

For those who are living in the way of the flesh give their minds to the things of the flesh, but those who go in the way of the Spirit, to the things of the Spirit.


rate difficulty: And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,

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


simplify: Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

And who, by the lips of our ancestor, your servant David, who spoke under the influence of the Holy Spirit, have said —  ‘Why did the nations rage, And the peoples form vain designs?


simplify: For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him.

And the Jew is not different from the Greek: for there is the same Lord of all, who is good to all who have hope in his name:


simplify: If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him

If I was glad at the trouble of my hater, and gave cries of joy when evil overtook him;


simplify: Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.

Come quickly, my loved one, and be like a roe on the mountains of spice.


simplify: And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemedst out of Egypt?

And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, making his name great and to be feared, driving out the nations from before your people whom you made free and took out of Egypt?


simplify: according as it hath been written, `Lo, I place in Sion a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence; and every one who is believing thereon shall not be ashamed.'

As scripture says — ‘See, I place a Stumbling-block in Zion — a Rock which will prove a hindrance; and he who believes in him will have no cause for shame.’


simplify: And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.

and the disciples came and roused him. “Master,” they cried, “save us; we are lost!”


simplify: For in this mountain will the hand of Jehovah rest; and Moab shall be trodden down in his place, even as straw is trodden down in the water of the dunghill.

For in this mountain will the hand of the Lord come to rest, and Moab will be crushed down in his place, even as the dry stems of the grain are crushed under foot in the waste place.


simplify: and upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim,

And on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Beth-diblathaim,


rate difficulty: The sons of Gad by their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:

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


simplify: And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment:

And a woman, who for twelve years had had a flow of blood, came after him, and put her hand on the edge of his robe:


rate difficulty: And the king cometh in, and Haman, to drink with Esther the queen,

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


rate difficulty: And David went up from thence, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi.


simplify: And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

They put to death Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,


rate difficulty: And they came in and took it for their heritage, but they did not give ear to your voice, and were not ruled by your law; they have done nothing of all you gave them orders to do: so you have made all this evil come on them:

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


simplify: And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havvoth-jair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead.

And he had thirty sons, who went on thirty young asses; and they had thirty towns in the land of Gilead, which are named Havvoth-Jair to this day.


rate difficulty: And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,

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


simplify: Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to-morrow will I bring locusts into thy border:

For if you will not let my people go, tomorrow I will send locusts into your land:


rate difficulty: You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.

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


simplify: The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

God has sent his message to the Israelites and told them, through Jesus Christ, the good news of peace — and Jesus is Lord of all!


simplify: And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.

Then take some of the blood on the altar, and the oil, and put it on Aaron and his robes and on his sons and on their robes, so that he and his robes and his sons and their robes may be made holy.


simplify: And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.

Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying; The words you sent have been given to me: I will do all your desire in the question of cedar-wood and cypress-wood.


rate difficulty: And the people came to Moses and said, We have sinned, in that we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee: pray to Jehovah that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people.


rate difficulty: And her latter end <FI>is<Fi> bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a sword <FI>with<Fi> mouths.

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


rate difficulty: for I have no one like-minded, who sincerely for the things concerning you will care,

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


rate difficulty: And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done.


simplify: But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

But I count my life of no value to myself, if only I may complete the course marked out for me, and the task that was allotted me by the Lord Jesus — which was to declare the good news of the love of God.


simplify: And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you.

Now Jotham, on hearing of it, went to the top of Mount Gerizim, and crying out with a loud voice said to them, Give ear to me, you townsmen of Shechem, so that God may give ear to you.


simplify: Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: it is a solemn assembly; ye shall do no servile work.

Every day for seven days give an offering made by fire to the Lord; and on the eighth day there is to be a holy meeting, when you are to give an offering made by fire to the Lord; this is a special holy day: you may do no field-work on that day.


rate difficulty: Then Moses was very angry, and said to the Lord, Give no attention to their offering: not one of their asses have I taken, or done wrong to any of them.

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


rate difficulty: Hard-hearted and impenitent as you are, you are storing up for yourself wrath on the ‘day of wrath,’ when God’s justice as a judge will be revealed;

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


rate difficulty: And they said, Should people deal with our sister as with a harlot?


rate difficulty: And none said, `Where <FI>is<Fi> God my maker? Giving songs in the night,


rate difficulty: Unhappy are you, Chorazin! Unhappy are you, Beth-saida! For if the works of power which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have been turned from their sins in days gone by, clothing themselves in haircloth and putting dust on their heads.


rate difficulty: And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits [long].


simplify: And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead.

At his death, Jobab, son of Zerah of Bozrah, became king in his place.


simplify: And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

And the Lord will send you wandering among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other: there you will be servants to other gods, of wood and stone, gods of which you and your fathers had no knowledge.


simplify: We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

We have given our hands to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians so that we might have enough bread.


rate difficulty: and he maketh for him a great chamber, and there they were formerly putting the present, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithe of the corn, the new wine, and the oil--the commanded thing of the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers--and the heave-offering of the priests.

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


simplify: Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit thou shalt protest solemnly unto them, and shalt show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.

Give ear now to their voice: but make a serious protest to them, and give them a picture of the sort of king who will be their ruler.


rate difficulty: He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.

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


rate difficulty: And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate.

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


simplify: Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred.

Those who were numbered of them, the males from one month old and over, were seven thousand, five hundred.


rate difficulty: Then she said, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thyGod, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they cut off my son. And he said, [As] Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: To-day have I begun to ask for him at God? far be it from me! let not the king lay anything against his servant, against any of the house of my father, for thy servant hath known nothing of all this, less or more.'

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


rate difficulty: and that no man should be able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, even the name of the beast or the number of his name.

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


simplify: And the house, that is, the temple before the oracle, was forty cubits long.

And the house, that is, the Temple, in front of the holy place was forty cubits long.


rate difficulty: And they came across Adoni-zedek, and made war on him; and they overcame the Canaanites and the Perizzites.


simplify: And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.

And having done so, she said, I will get water for your camels till they have had enough.


rate difficulty: All of us like sheep have wandered, Each to his own way we have turned, And Jehovah hath caused to meet on him, The punishment of us all.

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


simplify: And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah.

And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu, the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah.


simplify: And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.

And when they saw it, they were all angry, saying, He has gone into the house of a sinner.


rate difficulty: Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why make ye trial of me? bring me a denarius, that I may see it.

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


simplify: Entreat Jehovah; for there hath been enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.

Make prayer to the Lord; for there has been enough of these thunderings of God and this ice-storm; and I will let you go and will keep you no longer.


simplify: But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.

But it is a small thing to me that I am judged by you or by man's judging; I am not even a judge of myself.


rate difficulty: But the word of God grew and multiplied.

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


simplify: That we have built us an altar to turn from following the Lord, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the Lord himself require it;

That we have made ourselves an altar, being false to the Lord, keep us not safe from death this day; and if for the purpose of offering burned offerings on it and meal offerings, or peace-offerings, let the Lord himself send punishment for it;


rate difficulty: God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world?

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


rate difficulty: All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee.

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


rate difficulty: And ye shall know that I [am] Jehovah, when I have opened your graves, and have caused you to come up out of your graves, O my people.

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


simplify: for of God it is a ministrant to thee for good; and if that which is evil thou mayest do, be fearing, for not in vain doth it bear the sword; for of God it is a ministrant, an avenger for wrath to him who is doing that which is evil.

For they are God’s servants appointed for your good. But, if you do what is wrong, you may well be afraid; for the sword they carry is not without meaning! They are God’s servants to inflict his punishments on those who do wrong.


rate difficulty: And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; but I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.

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


simplify: And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

And he said in a loud voice, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.


simplify: Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts.

I am sending him to you on purpose that you may learn all about us, and that he may cheer your hearts.


simplify: And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

And Samuel never saw Saul again till the day of his death; but Samuel was sorrowing for Saul: and it was no longer the Lord's pleasure for Saul to be king over Israel.


simplify: and he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the mortar, that they scrape off, without the city into an unclean place:

And he will have the house rubbed all over inside, and the paste which is rubbed off will be put out into an unclean place outside the town:


simplify: For, lo, the winter is past; The rain is over and gone;

For, see, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;


simplify: And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,

And the men of the army made sport of him, coming to him and giving him bitter wine,


simplify: Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth;

Say to Zerubbabel, ruler of Judah, I will make a shaking of the heavens and the earth,


rate difficulty: and over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: and over the increase of the vineyards for the wine-cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite:

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


rate difficulty: He put up the higher doorway of the house of the Lord, and did much building on the wall of the Ophel.

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


simplify: For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

for, if we live, our life is for the Master, and, if we die, our death is for the Master. Whether, then, we live or die we belong to the Master.


rate difficulty: And Joab riseth and goeth to Geshur, and bringeth in Absalom to Jerusalem,

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


simplify: to wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is this day;

Jerusalem and the towns of Judah and their kings and their princes, to make them a waste place, a cause of fear and surprise and a curse, as it is this day;


rate difficulty: And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.


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

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


simplify: And one of his servants said, Nay, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.

And one of them said, Not one of us, my lord king; but Elisha, the prophet in Israel, gives the king of Israel news of the words you say even in your bedroom.


simplify: Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent.


rate difficulty: Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the Lord do that which is good in his sight.

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


simplify: These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

These are the things that defile a person; but eating with unwashed hands does not defile a person.”


simplify: And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.

And after looking, I got up and said to the great ones and to the chiefs and to the rest of the people, Have no fear of them: keep in mind the Lord who is great and greatly to be feared, and take up arms for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives and your houses.


simplify: Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to these elders of the Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king’s goods, even of the tribute beyond the River, expenses be given with all diligence unto these men, that they be not hindered.

Further, I give orders as to what you are to do for the responsible men of the Jews in connection with the building of this house of God: that from the king's wealth, that is, from the taxes got together in the land over the river, the money needed is to be given to these men readily, so that their work may not be stopped.


simplify: He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.


simplify: And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters.

And as I had not enough knowledge for the discussion of these things, I made the suggestion to him to go to Jerusalem and be judged there.


rate difficulty: The same following after Paul and us cried out, saying, These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim unto you the way of salvation.

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


simplify: Purge out the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, even as ye are unleavened. For our passover also hath been sacrificed, even Christ:

Take away, then, the old leaven, so that you may be a new mass, even as you are without leaven. For Christ has been put to death as our Passover.


simplify: receive us; no one did we wrong; no one did we waste; no one did we defraud;

Make room for us in your hearts. In no instance have we ever wronged, or harmed, or taken advantage of, anyone.


simplify: And they told him, saying, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.

And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.


simplify: But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

On hearing this, Jesus said: “It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill.


rate difficulty: Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And they made their way to another village.


rate difficulty: and he maketh with it the sockets of the opening of the tent of meeting, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate which it hath, and all the vessels of the altar,

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


simplify: In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years.

In the twenty-sixth year that Asa was king of Judah, Elah, the son of Baasha, became king of Israel in Tirzah, and he was king for two years.


simplify: and they seeking to kill him, a rumour came to the chief captain of the band that all Jerusalem hath been thrown into confusion,

They were bent on killing him, when it was reported to the officer commanding the garrison, that all Jerusalem was in commotion.


rate difficulty: They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

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


simplify: And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist.

And she came in quickly to the king, and said, My desire is that you give me straight away on a plate the head of John the Baptist.


rate difficulty: Now when the news came to all the kings of the Amorites on the west side of Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites living by the sea, how the Lord had made the waters of Jordan dry before the children of Israel, till they had gone across, their hearts became like water, and there was no more spirit in them, because of the children of Israel.

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


simplify: Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.

Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came to get water for their father's flock.


rate difficulty: These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

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


rate difficulty: And the opening of the side-chamber <FI>is<Fi> to the place left, one opening northward, and one opening southward, and the breadth of the place that is left <FI>is<Fi> five cubits all round about.

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


simplify: Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.

See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.


rate difficulty: Do they not find? --they apportion spoil, A female--two females--for every head, Spoil of finger-work for Sisera, Spoil of embroidered finger-work, Finger-work--a pair of embroidered things, For the necks of the spoil!

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


simplify: Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.

And take your flocks and your herds as you have said, and be gone; and give me your blessing.


rate difficulty: And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

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


simplify: Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Now to the King eternal, ever-living, unseen, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. So be it.


simplify: And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long, and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was before the house.

And he took the measure of the open square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide, being square; and the altar was in front of the house.


simplify: Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

Accordingly I sent to you at once, and you have been so good as to come. And now we are all here in the presence of God, to listen to all that you have been instructed by the Lord to say.”


simplify: And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

And Esau said to Jacob, Give me a full meal of that red soup, for I am overcome with need for food: for this reason he was named Edom.


rate difficulty: Did I then begin to enquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more.


rate difficulty: Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God,

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


rate difficulty: United in him, every part of the building, closely joined together, will grow into a Temple, consecrated by its union with the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: whereas messengers, in strength and power being greater, do not bear against them before the Lord an evil speaking judgment;


rate difficulty: And to those parts of the body which seem to have less honour we give all the more honour; and to those parts of the body which are a cause of shame to us we give the greater respect;

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rate difficulty: Do no damage to the earth, or the sea, or the trees, till we have put a mark on the servants of our God.


rate difficulty: and they said “I will come quickly.”Blessed will he be who lays to heart the words of the prophecy contained in this book.’

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


simplify: Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.

Then Haggai said, Will any of these be made unclean by the touch of one who is unclean through touching a dead body? And the priests answering said, It will be made unclean.


simplify: For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me.

For I was tricked and put to death by sin, which took its chance through the law.


rate difficulty: And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath; and he smote the Philistines, six hundred men, with an ox-goad. And he also delivered Israel.

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


simplify: But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.


rate difficulty: Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision?

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rate difficulty: And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest’s office in his stead.


simplify: And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

And I saw the Lamb break the sixth seal, and then there was a great earthquake. The sun became black, like sackcloth, and the moon, which was at its full, like blood.


simplify: For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

And if one has a fall, the other will give him a hand; but unhappy is the man who is by himself, because he has no helper.


rate difficulty: But men will be glad and have joy for ever in what I am making; for I am making Jerusalem a delight, and her people a joy.

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


simplify: Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.

Let Pharaoh do this, and let him put overseers over the land of Egypt to put in store a fifth part of the produce of the land in the good years.


rate difficulty: And now, their song I have been, And I am to them for a byword.


rate difficulty: And he forsaketh the counsel of the elders which they counselled him, and consulteth with the lads who have grown up with him, who are standing before him;

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


rate difficulty: And Hezekiah and all the people were full of joy, because God had made the people ready: for the thing was done suddenly.


simplify: As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished.

And to that the high priest himself and all the Council can testify. For I had letters of introduction from them to our fellow Jews at Damascus, and I was on my way to that place, to bring those whom I might find there prisoners to Jerusalem for punishment.


simplify: From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and from the city that is in the valley, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Jehovah our God delivered up all before us:

From Aroer on the edge of the valley of the Arnon and from the town in the valley as far as Gilead, no town was strong enough to keep us out; the Lord our God gave them all into our hands:


simplify: For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

For its men of wealth are cruel, and its people have said what is not true, and their tongue is false in their mouth.


simplify: For they were about five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, Make them sit down in companies, about fifty each.

For there were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them be seated in groups, about fifty to a group.


simplify: And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king’s house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons.

And they came up against Judah, forcing a way into it, and took away all the goods in the king's house, as well as his sons and his wives; so that he had no son but only Jehoahaz, the youngest.


rate difficulty: Do I reckon <FI>it<Fi> pure with balances of wickedness? And with a bag of deceitful stones?

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


simplify: Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:

Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;


simplify: And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

and they, leaving their tombs, went, after the resurrection of Jesus, into the Holy City, and appeared to many people.


simplify: And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife.

And Shechem said to Hamor, his father, Get me this girl for my wife.


rate difficulty: And when you give what is blind for an offering, it is no evil! and when you give what is damaged and ill, it is no evil! Give it now to your ruler; will he be pleased with you, or will you have his approval? says the Lord of armies.

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


rate difficulty: All the children of Pherez that dwelt in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight valiant men.

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


rate difficulty: And Enos liveth ninety years, and begetteth Cainan.

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


simplify: Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.

Ephraim is mixed with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned.


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

For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.


rate difficulty: The men of Arvad in your army were on your walls, and were watchmen in your towers, hanging up their arms on your walls round about; they made you completely beautiful.

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


simplify: Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men.

I am crying out to you, O men; my voice comes to the sons of men.


simplify: And Samuel said, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing Jehovah is departed from thee, and is become thine adversary?

And Samuel said, Why do you put your questions to me, seeing that God has gone away from you and is on the side of him who is against you?


simplify: And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land;

And I took you out of the hands of the Egyptians and out of the hands of all who were cruel to you, and I sent them out by force from before you and gave you their land;


simplify: And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid.

And Jesus came and put his hand on them and said, Get up and have no fear.


simplify: And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

And he gave a loud cry, saying, Babylon the great has come down from her high place, she has come to destruction and has become a place of evil spirits, and of every unclean spirit, and a hole for every unclean and hated bird.


rate difficulty: The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.


rate difficulty: And they journey from Mithcah, and encamp in Hashmonah;


simplify: Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.

See, I will have your arm cut off, and will put waste on your faces, even the waste from your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.


rate difficulty: Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew, the tax-farmer; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus;


simplify: who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.

Who were seen in glory and were talking of his death which was about to take place in Jerusalem.


simplify: not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.


simplify: and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death.

And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.


simplify: And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner?

But he, looking on them, said, Is it not in the Writings, The stone which the builders put on one side, the same has become the chief stone of the building?


simplify: And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid.

And Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Joses, saw where he was put.


simplify: I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved to and fro.

Looking at the mountains, I saw them shaking, and all the hills were moved about.


simplify: Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

Go, send up your cry for help to the gods of your selection; let them be your saviours in the time of your trouble.


rate difficulty: I have wasted away--not to the age do I live. Cease from me, for my days <FI>are<Fi> vanity.

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


rate difficulty: And Elijah said to her, Have no fear; go and do as you have said, but first make me a little cake of it and come and give it to me, and then make something for yourself and your son.

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


rate difficulty: And Micaiah said, Therefore hear ye the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left.

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


rate difficulty: And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried unto Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

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


simplify: And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

Do to others as you would have them do to you.


simplify: Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.

Then Pharaoh sent for Joseph, and they took him quickly out of prison; and when his hair had been cut and his dress changed, he came before Pharaoh.


simplify: And when they had mocked him, they took off from him the robe, and put on him his garments, and led him away to crucify him.

And when they had made sport of him, they took the robe off him, and put his clothing on him, and took him away to put him on the cross.


simplify: For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.

For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself.


simplify: I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

I will give the price to make them free from the power of the underworld, I will be their saviour from death: O death! where are your pains? O underworld! where is your destruction? my eyes will have no pity.


simplify: Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

Who went with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah, The number of the men of the people of Israel:


simplify: An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord for ever:

No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their people to the tenth generation may come into the meeting of the Lord's people:


simplify: which he poured out upon us richly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour;


simplify: They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity.

They will put out their silver into the streets, and their gold will be as an unclean thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to keep them safe in the day of the wrath of the Lord; they will not get their desire or have food for their need: because it has been the cause of their falling into sin.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt put it in front of the veil which is before the ark of the testimony in front of the mercy-seat which is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

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


simplify: Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick.

And gold by weight for the light-supports and the vessels for the lights, the weight of gold needed for every support and every vessel for lights; and for the silver light-supports, the weight of silver needed for every support and for the different vessels as every one was to be used;


rate difficulty: And now, behold, I go unto my people: come, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.

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


simplify: But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

And I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre, burning up its great houses.


simplify: and ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at even.

Keep it till the fourteenth day of the same month, when everyone who is of the children of Israel is to put it to death between sundown and dark.


simplify: And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom.

I will let the fate of Egypt be changed, and will make them come back into the land of Pathros, into the land from which they came; and there they will be an unimportant kingdom.


simplify: and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son.

And was there till the death of Herod; so that the word of the Lord through the prophet might come true, Out of Egypt have I sent for my son.


rate difficulty: Gather up thy baggage out of the land, O inhabitress of the fortress.

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


simplify: As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.

As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my loved one among the sons. I took my rest under his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.


simplify: And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.

And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a son.


rate difficulty: Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.

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


simplify: Among the smooth stones of the valley is thy portion; they, they are thy lot; even to them hast thou poured a drink-offering, thou hast offered an oblation. Shall I be appeased for these things?

Among the smooth stones of the valley is your heritage; they, even they, are your part: even to them have you made a drink offering and a meal offering. Is it possible for such things to be overlooked by me?


simplify: And Jesus said to him, `Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee;'

And Jesus said: “Recover your sight, your faith has delivered you.”


simplify: The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families.

From Tappuah the line goes on to the west to the river of Kanah; ending at the sea. This is the heritage of the children of Ephraim by their families;


simplify: and whoredom, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as becometh saints;

As for sexual immorality and every kind of impurity, or greed, do not let them even be mentioned among you, as befits Christ’s people,


simplify: Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.


simplify: And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they gathered themselves together.

And when the Aramaeans saw that Israel had overcome them, they got themselves together.


simplify: For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.


simplify: Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men’s hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

Kerioth is taken, and the strong places have been forced, and the hearts of Moab's men of war in that day will be like the heart of a woman in birth-pains.


rate difficulty: Be on the watch against dogs, against the workers of evil, against those of the circumcision:

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


simplify: Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,

Hypocrites! It was well said by Isaiah when he prophesied about you —


simplify: Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

When Jesus had brought to a conclusion all that he had then had to say to the people, he entered Capernaum.


simplify: Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

‘The virgin will conceive and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel’  — a word which means ‘God is with us.’


simplify: For ye received not the spirit of bondage again unto fear; but ye received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.


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

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


rate difficulty: I will make you completely disgusting and full of shame, and will put you up to be looked at by all.

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


simplify: For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches.

And if the first-fruit is holy, so is the mass: and if the root is holy, so are the branches.


simplify: As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

While they were engaged in the worship of the Lord and were fasting, the Holy Spirit said: “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them.”


rate difficulty: nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor [the] rapacious, shall inherit [the] kingdom ofGod.

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


simplify: But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt Jehovah.

But Ahaz said, I will not put the Lord to the test by making such a request.


simplify: And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

And there was with us a young Hebrew, the captain's servant, and when we put our dreams before him, he gave us the sense of them.


simplify: If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

And if the Lord has delight in us, he will take us into this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.


rate difficulty: And the man ofGod sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place, for thither the Syrians are come down.

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


simplify: neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies wherewith thou didst testify against them.

And our kings, our rulers, our priests, and our fathers have not kept your law or given attention to your orders and your witness, with which you gave witness against them.


rate difficulty: and I send for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, heads, and for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding;

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


simplify: And nations shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.

And nations will come to your light, and kings to your bright dawn.


simplify: And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.

And the Lord gave the people grace in the eyes of the Egyptians. For the man Moses was highly honoured in the land of Egypt, by Pharaoh's servants and the people.


simplify: The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul; But it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.


simplify: Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two.

On the east were six Levites a day, and on the north and the south four a day, and for the store-house two and two.


simplify: And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.

And the Philistines sent for the priests and those who were wise in secret arts, and said to them, What are we to do with the ark of the Lord? How are we to send it away to its place?


rate difficulty: for bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but piety is profitable for everything, having promise of life, of the present one, and of that to come.

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


simplify: Commit thy works unto Jehovah, And thy purposes shall be established.

Put your works into the hands of the Lord, and your purposes will be made certain.


rate difficulty: Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was chief of their fathers' house.

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


rate difficulty: And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep.

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


simplify: For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

For his death was a death to sin, but his life now is a life which he is living to God.


rate difficulty: The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.


simplify: And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and mastered both of them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.

And the man in whom the evil spirit was, jumping on them, was stronger than the two of them, and overcame them, so that they went running from that house, wounded and without their clothing.


simplify: And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.

And if he will not give ear to them, let it come to the hearing of the church: and if he will not give ear to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax-farmer.


simplify: And behold, there talked with him two men, who were Moses and Elijah;

And two men, Moses and Elijah, were talking with him;


rate difficulty: These are the journeys of the children of Israel, when they went out of the land of Egypt in their armies, under the direction of Moses and Aaron.

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


simplify: Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth.

And I was acting for the honour of my name, so that it might not be made unclean in the eyes of the nations, before whose eyes I had taken them out.


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

But the Chaldaean army went after the king, and overtook him in the lowlands of Jericho, and all his army went in flight from him in every direction.


simplify: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched.

So this is what the Lord God has said: See, my wrath and my passion will be let loose on this place, on man and beast, and on the trees of the field, and on the produce of the earth; it will be burning and will not be put out.


rate difficulty: Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.


rate difficulty: In holiness and righteousness before him all our days.


simplify: For Jacob my servant’s sake, and Israel my chosen, I have called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.

Because of Jacob my servant, and Israel whom I have taken for myself, I have sent for you by name, giving you a name of honour, though you had no knowledge of me.


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God;

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


simplify: And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished: also the whole altar that belonged to the oracle he overlaid with gold.

Plates of gold were put all through the house till it was covered completely (and the altar in the inmost room was all covered with gold).


rate difficulty: He high places doth inhabit, Strongholds of rock <FI>are<Fi> his high tower, His bread hath been given, his waters stedfast.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without: neither is this a work of one day or two; for we have greatly transgressed in this matter.

But the number of people is great, and it is a time of much rain; it is not possible for us to go on waiting outside, and this is not a thing which may be done in one day or even two: for our sin in this business is great.


simplify: And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.

Their chief is Elizaphan, the son of Uzziel.


simplify: But whoso hath this world’s good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

But if a man has this world's goods, and sees that his brother is in need, and keeps his heart shut against his brother, how is it possible for the love of God to be in him?


simplify: Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember Jehovah thy God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth.

Then she said, Let the king keep in mind the Lord your God, so that he who gives punishment for blood may be kept back from further destruction and that no one may send death on my son. And he said, By the living Lord, not a hair of your son's head will come to the earth.


simplify: Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me?

Then she said, Did I make a request to my lord for a son? did I not say, Do not give me false words?


simplify: When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

When, for instance, you are going with your opponent before a magistrate, on your way to the court do your best to be quit of him; otherwise he might drag you before the judge, then the judge will hand you over to the bailiff of the court, and the bailiff throw you into prison.


simplify: but having food and covering we shall be therewith content.

But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough.


rate difficulty: And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.

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simplify: And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place;

And what he did for you in the waste land, till you came to this place;


simplify: But what doth it say? `Nigh thee is the saying--in thy mouth, and in thy heart:' that is, the saying of the faith, that we preach;

No, but what does it say? ‘The message of faith’ which we proclaim.


simplify: So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon.

And Jeremiah put in a book all the evil which was to come on Babylon.


simplify: And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him.

And David said to Ittai, Go forward, then. And Ittai the Gittite went on, with all his men and all the little ones he had with him.


rate difficulty: for a man is not of a woman, but a woman <FI>is<Fi> of a man,

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rate difficulty: And there were recorded among all the families of Issachar, great men of war, eighty-seven thousand.

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rate difficulty: and before the throne <FI>is<Fi> a sea of glass like to crystal, and in the midst of the throne, and round the throne, <FI>are<Fi> four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind;

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simplify: The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.

the commanding officer ordered Paul to be taken into the Fort, and directed that he should be examined under the lash so that he might find out the reason for their outcry against him.


rate difficulty: I said in my heart,God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.


rate difficulty: Therefore, lo, I am hedging up thy way with thorns, And I have made for her a wall, And her paths she doth not find.

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simplify: And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord.

He went in the ways of the kings of Israel, and did as the family of Ahab did, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife; and he did evil in the eyes of the Lord.


rate difficulty: We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.


rate difficulty: Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death.

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


rate difficulty: And she was with child again, and gave birth to a son: and she said, This time I will give praise to the Lord: so he was named Judah; after this she had no more children for a time.


simplify: And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli.

And the sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli;


simplify: And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.

Payment is to be made for these when they are a month old, at the value fixed by you, a price of five shekels by the scale of the holy place, that is, twenty gerahs to the shekel.


simplify: because whom He did foreknow, He also did fore-appoint, conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be first-born among many brethren;

For those whom God chose from the first he also destined from the first to be transformed into likeness to his Son, so that his Son might be the eldest among many brothers and sisters.


rate difficulty: He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

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simplify: And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.

And they said, Lord, here are two swords. And he said, It is enough.


simplify: And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.

And she gave birth to a son, and he gave him the name Er.


rate difficulty: Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim:

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rate difficulty: What example am I to give you? what comparison am I to make for you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what am I to make equal to you, so that I may give you comfort, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your destruction is great like the sea: who is able to make you well?


simplify: And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

And I saw no Temple there; because the Lord God, the Ruler of all, and the Lamb are its Temple.


rate difficulty: And let them make no more offerings to evil spirits, after which they have gone, turning away from the Lord. Let this be a law to them for ever, through all their generations.


simplify: What, then, shall we say? unrighteousness <FI>is<Fi> with God? let it not be!

What are we to say, then? Is God guilty of injustice? Heaven forbid!


rate difficulty: And it cometh to pass at the coming in of David to Mahanaim, that Shobi, son of Nahash, from Rabbah of the Bene-Ammon, and Machir son of Ammiel, from Lo-Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite, from Rogelim,

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rate difficulty: and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before Jehovah before the veil of the sanctuary;

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simplify: And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?

Then again Abner said to Asahel, Go to one side, do not keep on coming after me: why will you make me put an end to you? for then I will be shamed before your brother Joab.


simplify: But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none;

What I mean, friends, is this — The time is short. Meanwhile, let those who have wives live as if they had none,


rate difficulty: Remember my affliction and my mourning, Wormwood and gall!

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rate difficulty: Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.


simplify: Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing; for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.

Then will the feeble-footed be jumping like a roe, and the voice which was stopped will be loud in song: for in the waste land streams will be bursting out, and waters in the dry places.


simplify: And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still living? have you another brother? And we had to give him answers; how were we to have any idea that he would say, Come back with your brother?


rate difficulty: And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;


rate difficulty: And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king.

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simplify: And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.

and threw himself on his face at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what he had done; and this man was a Samaritan.


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

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


rate difficulty: And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

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simplify: Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made.

Their land is full of images; they give worship to the work of their hands, even to that which their fingers have made.


rate difficulty: Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.

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simplify: Lo, a third time I am ready to come unto you, and I will not be a burden to you, for I seek not yours, but you, for the children ought not for the parents to lay up, but the parents for the children,

Remember, this is the third time that I have made every preparation to come to see you, and I will refuse to be a burden to you; I want, not your money, but you. It is not the duty of children to put by for their parents, but of parents to put by for their children.


rate difficulty: And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.


simplify: For we have known that if our earthly house of the tabernacle may be thrown down, a building from God we have, an house not made with hands--age-during--in the heavens,

For we know that if our tent — that earthly body which is now our home — is taken down, we have a house of God’s building, a home not made by hands, imperishable, in heaven.


simplify: So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, went back to his place at Nineveh.


simplify: And Jesus, having seen him that he answered with understanding, said to him, `Thou art not far from the reign of God;' and no one any more durst question him.

Seeing that he had answered with discernment, Jesus said to him: “You are not far from the kingdom of God.”   After that no one ventured to question him further.


simplify: And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be with the good.

And now, Amariah, the chief priest, is over you in all questions to do with the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the head of the family of Judah, in everything to do with the king's business; and the Levites will be overseers for you. Be strong to do the work; and may the Lord be with the upright.


rate difficulty: Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zebuddah, daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

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rate difficulty: And the pig is unclean to you, because though it has a division in the horn of its foot, its food does not come back; their flesh may not be used for food or their dead bodies touched by you.

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rate difficulty: And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Avva, and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel; and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

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simplify: For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.

For we who are in this ‘tent’ sigh under our burden, unwilling to take it off, yet wishing to put our heavenly body over it, so that all that is mortal may be absorbed in life.


rate difficulty: For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the Lord will answer him by myself:

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simplify: And certain of you were these! but ye were washed, but ye were sanctified, but ye were declared righteous, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and in the Spirit of our God.

Such some of you used to be; but you washed yourselves clean. You became Christ’s people! You were pronounced righteous through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the Spirit of our God!


simplify: And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is.


simplify: Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.

Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.


simplify: Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?


rate difficulty: And I will send a sword on you to give effect to the punishment of my agreement; and when you come together into your towns I will send disease among you and you will be given up into the hands of your haters.

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simplify: And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean.

And for her who has a flow of blood, and for any man or woman who has an unclean flow, and for him who has sex relations with a woman when she is unclean.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

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


simplify: And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.


simplify: Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

So be ready: for the Son of man is coming at a time when you are not looking for him.


simplify: And the peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and for handmaids: and they shall take them captive whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

And the people will take them with them to their place: and the children of Israel will give them a heritage in the Lord's land as men-servants and women-servants, making them prisoners whose prisoners they were; and they will be rulers over their masters.


simplify: That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!

And with an iron pen and lead be cut into the rock for ever!


simplify: And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

“We are only people like yourselves, and we have come with the good news that you should turn away from these follies to a living God, ‘who made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.’


rate difficulty: My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him that reproacheth me.

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simplify: Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;

In the third year of his rule he sent Benhail and Obadiah and Zechariah and Nethanel and Micaiah, his captains, as teachers into the towns of Judah;


simplify: But if the man find the damsel that is betrothed in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her; then the man only that lay with her shall die:

But if the man, meeting such a virgin in the open country, takes her by force, then only the man is to be put to death;


simplify: Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

This philosophy is not known to any of the leaders of today; for, had they known it, they would not have crucified our glorified Lord.


simplify: Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

Now give orders to your servants who are here before you to go in search of a man who is an expert player on a corded instrument: and it will be that when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will make music for you on his instrument, and you will get well.


rate difficulty: And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let that which thou hast be thine.

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simplify: Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God; and everyone who loves has received the new life from God and knows God.


simplify: Nevertheless certain men of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem.

However, some of Asher and Manasseh and Zebulun put away their pride and came to Jerusalem.


simplify: As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

Be like obedient children; do not let your lives be shaped by the passions which once swayed you in the days of your ignorance,


simplify: And of the Levites: Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (the same is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.

And of the Levites, Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah (that is Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer.


simplify: Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.

After three days Pharaoh will take you out of prison, hanging you on a tree, so that your flesh will be food for birds.


rate difficulty: for no promise from God will fail to be fulfilled.”

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rate difficulty: He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.


simplify: and not, as we are evil spoken of, and as certain affirm us to say--`We may do the evil things, that the good ones may come?' whose judgment is righteous.

Why should we not say — as some people slanderously assert that we do say — ‘Let us do evil that good may come’? The condemnation of such people is indeed just!


rate difficulty: They have been ashamed, And they have even blushed--all of them, Together gone in confusion have those carving images.

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simplify: He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.

Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;


simplify: we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.


simplify: And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.

Afterwards Jesus got into a boat, and, crossing over, came to his own city.


simplify: Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult.

and it was while engaged in this that they found me in the Temple, after completing a period of purification, but not with any crowd or disorder.


rate difficulty: And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:

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rate difficulty: See, a pine-tree with beautiful branches and thick growth, giving shade and very tall; and its top was among the clouds.

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simplify: He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: He that keepeth understanding shall find good.

He who gets wisdom has love for his soul: he who keeps good sense will get what is truly good.


simplify: to whom he also showed himself alive after his passion by many proofs, appearing unto them by the space of forty days, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God:

And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God:


rate difficulty: 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?

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


rate difficulty: of Matthat, of Levi, of Melchi, of Janna, of Joseph,


rate difficulty: And Jehovah hath devoted to destruction The tongue of the sea of Egypt, And hath waved His hand over the river, In the terror of his wind, And hath smitten it at the seven streams, And hath caused <FI>men<Fi> to tread <FI>it<Fi> with shoes.

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rate difficulty: But the ruler of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath, answering said to the crowd, There are six days in which [people] ought to work; in these therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

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rate difficulty: and Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities and their villages.


rate difficulty: And on the eighth day let him be given circumcision.


rate difficulty: and if his father have no brethren, then ye have given his inheritance to his relation who is near unto him of his family, and he hath possessed it;' and it hath been to the sons of Israel for a statute of judgment, as Jehovah hath commanded Moses.

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rate difficulty: And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none.


simplify: And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape.

Then the other force came out of the town against them, so that they were being attacked on this side and on that: and Israel overcame them and let not one of them get away with his life.


simplify: I did write to the assembly, but he who is loving the first place among them--Diotrephes--doth not receive us;

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


simplify: 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.

Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why are you coming with us? go back and keep with the king: for you are a man of another country, you are far from the land of your birth.


simplify: For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

For I say to you that numbers of prophets and kings have had a desire to see the things which you see, and have not seen them, and to have knowledge of the things which have come to your ears, and they had it not.


rate difficulty: There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah.


rate difficulty: And Mary said, My soul magnifies the Lord,

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simplify: Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands.


simplify: And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass,

As an expert designer of beautiful things, working in gold and silver and brass;


simplify: In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

Even when his wealth is great, he is full of care, for the hand of everyone who is in trouble is turned against him.


simplify: Another simile he set before them, saying: `The reign of the heavens is like to a grain of mustard, which a man having taken, did sow in his field,

Another parable which he told them was this — “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a person took and sowed in his field.


simplify: That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

How the evil man goes free in the day of trouble, and has salvation in the day of wrath?


simplify: Thus the Lord Jehovah showed me: and, behold, the Lord Jehovah called to contend by fire; and it devoured the great deep, and would have eaten up the land.

This is what the Lord let me see: and I saw that the Lord God sent for a great fire to be the instrument of his punishment; and, after burning up the great deep, it was about to put an end to the Lord's heritage.


simplify: within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thine office: and thou shalt give Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.

After three days Pharaoh will give you honour, and put you back into your place, and you will give him his cup as you did before, when you were his wine-servant.


simplify: and Baalath, and all the store-cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots, and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion.

And of Baalath, and all the store-towns which Solomon had, and the towns where he kept his war-carriages and his horse men, and everything which it was his pleasure to put up in Jerusalem and in Lebanon and in all the land under his rule.


simplify: And Israel beheld Joseph’s sons, and said, Who are these?

Then Israel, looking at Joseph's sons, said, Who are these?


rate difficulty: And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.


rate difficulty: The king's wrath is like the loud cry of a lion, but his approval is like dew on the grass.

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rate difficulty: Then on that day Haman went out full of joy and glad in heart; but when he saw Mordecai in the king's doorway, and he did not get to his feet or give any sign of fear before him, Haman was full of wrath against Mordecai.

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simplify: And king Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time, and mustered all Israel.

At that time, King Jehoram went out from Samaria and got all Israel together in fighting order.


rate difficulty: But even if a man's life is long and he has joy in all his years, let him keep in mind the dark days, because they will be great in number. Whatever may come is to no purpose.


simplify: That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.

So that his glory might have praise through us who first had hope in Christ:


simplify: And the rest of the Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that even Barnabas was carried away with their dissimulation.

And the rest of the Jews went after him, so that even Barnabas was overcome by their false ways.


rate difficulty: And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.

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rate difficulty: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,

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simplify: And it came to pass, in Apollos' being in Corinth, Paul having gone through the upper parts, came to Ephesus, and having found certain disciples,

While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland districts of Roman Asia, and went to Ephesus. There he found some disciples, of whom he asked:


rate difficulty: And they removed from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah.


rate difficulty: For life is more than food, and the body than its clothes.

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simplify: And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the Lord; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour.

After him Amasiah, the son of Zichri, who freely gave himself to the Lord, and with him two hundred thousand men of war;


simplify: And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the Lord led me to the house of my master’s brethren.

And said, Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has given a sign that he is good and true to my master, by guiding me straight to the house of my master's family.


simplify: And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.


rate difficulty: I have given him the land of Egypt as his recompense for which he served, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord Jehovah.

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simplify: and if any one may say anything to you, ye shall say, that the lord hath need of them, and immediately he will send them.'

And, if anyone says anything to you, you are to say this — ‘The Master wants them’; and he will send them at once.”


rate difficulty: And he took me back to the door of the house; and I saw that waters were flowing out from under the doorstep of the house on the east, for the house was facing east: and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the house, on the south side of the altar.


rate difficulty: But as the church submits to the Christ, so also should wives submit to their husbands in everything.

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rate difficulty: Thou wast the anointed cherub that covereth: and I set thee, so that thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

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rate difficulty: And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, a chief priest, who did this.

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rate difficulty: Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath.

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rate difficulty: And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.


rate difficulty: He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

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simplify: Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.

You look at the outward appearance of things! Let anyone, who is confident that he belongs to Christ, reflect, for himself, again on the fact — that we belong to Christ no less than he does.


simplify: A man’s goings are of Jehovah; How then can man understand his way?

A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?


rate difficulty: All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!

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rate difficulty: And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness.


simplify: And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore.

Then they cast off, and abandoned the anchors, and at the same time unlashed the gear of the steering oars, hoisted the foresail to the wind, and made for the beach.


rate difficulty: and the glede, and the falcon, and the kite after its kind,


rate difficulty: If we are without faith, still he keeps faith, for he will never be untrue to himself.


simplify: For perhaps he was therefore parted from thee for a season, that thou shouldest have him for ever;

For it is possible that for this reason he was parted from you for a time, so that you might have him for ever;


simplify: in which once ye did walk according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience,

For at one time you lived in sin, following the ways of the world, in subjection to the Ruler of the powers of the air — the Spirit who is still at work among the disobedient.