simplify: But victuals do not commend us to God, for neither if we may eat are we in advance; nor if we may not eat, are we behind;

What we eat, however, will not bring us nearer to God. We lose nothing by not eating this food, and we gain nothing by eating it.


simplify: Go say to them, Return ye to your tents.


rate difficulty: Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah.

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


simplify: Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

You have been living delicately on earth and have taken your pleasure; you have made your hearts fat for a day of destruction.


rate difficulty: But in Athens, while Paul was waiting for them, his spirit was painfully excited in him seeing the city given up to idolatry.

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


simplify: Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

All those things, then, which you would have men do to you, even so do you to them: because this is the law and the prophets.


simplify: abstain from every form of evil.


simplify: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous,

A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! because you put up buildings for housing the dead bodies of the prophets, and make fair the last resting-places of good men, and say,


simplify: And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side.

And he went away from them, and again got into the boat and went across to the other side.


rate difficulty: the ninth for Jeshuah, the tenth for Shecaniah,

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


simplify: And Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

Then Isaiah said, Take a cake of figs. So they took it and put it on his wound, and he got better.


simplify: And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.

And he was teaching in their Synagogues and all men gave him praise.


rate difficulty: Now when he came near the door of the town, a dead man was being taken out, the only son of his mother, who was a widow: and a great number of people from the town were with her.

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


rate difficulty: thou hast even taken five shekels a-piece by the poll--by the shekel of the sanctuary thou takest; twenty gerahs the shekel <FI>is<Fi> ;

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


simplify: and he cast him to the abyss, and did shut him up, and put a seal upon him, that he may not lead astray the nations any more, till the thousand years may be finished; and after these it behoveth him to be loosed a little time.

He flung him into the bottomless pit and locked it, and set his seal on it; that he should not deceive the nations any more, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be let loose for a while.


simplify: And, behold, I will send the lad, saying, Go, find the arrows. If I say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee; take them, and come; for there is peace to thee and no hurt, as Jehovah liveth.

And I will send my boy to have a look for the arrow. And if I say to him, See, the arrow is on this side of you; take it up! then you may come; for there is peace for you and no evil, by the living Lord.


simplify: There they cry, but none giveth answer, Because of the pride of evil men.

There they are crying out because of the pride of the evil-doers, but he gives them no answer.


rate difficulty: And all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were routed before Israel, and they made peace with Israel, and served them. And the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

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


simplify: and having heard, his disciples came and took up his corpse, and laid it in the tomb.

When John’s disciples heard of it, they came and took his body away, and laid it in a tomb.


simplify: And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.

Now Deborah, a woman prophet, the wife of Lapidoth, was judge of Israel at that time.


simplify: And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.

And Jacob said, The years of my wanderings have been a hundred and thirty; small in number and full of sorrow have been the years of my life, and less than the years of the wanderings of my fathers.


rate difficulty: and they stirred up the people, as well as the councillors and the teachers of the law, and set on Stephen, and arrested him, and brought him before the High Council.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants.

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


simplify: And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is Jehovah; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.

And in that day it will be said, See, this is our God; we have been waiting for him, and he will be our saviour: this is the Lord in whom is our hope; we will be glad and have delight in his salvation.


simplify: But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;


rate difficulty: Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

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


simplify: `And every shipmaster, and all the company upon the ships, and sailors, and as many as work the sea, far off stood,

In a single hour your vast wealth vanished.’ Every ship’s captain and all who sail to any port, and sailors, and all who get their living from the sea, stood at a distance,


simplify: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

Once you were ‘not a people,’ but now you are ‘God’s people’; once you ‘had not found mercy,’ but now you ‘have found mercy.’


simplify: but at the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

But in the place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place of his name, there you are to put the Passover to death in the evening, at sundown, at that time of the year when you came out of Egypt.


simplify: And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.

And I saw the holy town, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, like a bride made beautiful for her husband.


simplify: The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.

Men of blood are haters of the good man, and evil-doers go after his soul.


rate difficulty: So on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and they were entered into the place of hearing with the chief captains and the principal men of the city, at the command of Festus Paul was brought in.

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


rate difficulty: Why do I see them dismayed, turned away back? And their mighty ones are beaten down, and take to flight, and look not back? Terror [is] on every side, saith Jehovah.


simplify: The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.


rate difficulty: And mine enemies--Thou givest to me the neck, Those hating me--and I cut them off.

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


rate difficulty: And their meal offering, the best meal mixed with oil, three tenth parts for every one of the thirteen oxen, two tenth parts for every male sheep,

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


simplify: Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

Lifting me up, you make me go on the wings of the wind; I am broken up by the storm.


simplify: As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.

There is an old saying, From the evil-doer comes evil: but my hand will never be lifted up against you.


rate difficulty: And ye cause the Nazarites to drink wine, And on the prophets ye have laid a charge, Saying, `Do not prophecy!'

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


rate difficulty: Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.


rate difficulty: his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;

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


rate difficulty: And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of Jehovah in Jehovah’s house.

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


simplify: that thou keep the command unspotted, unblameable, till the manifestation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

I implore you to keep his command free from stain or reproach, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ.


simplify: But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.

But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean.


simplify: And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjath–sepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

And Caleb said, I will give Achsah, my daughter, as wife to the man who overcomes Kiriath-sepher and takes it.


rate difficulty: If not, hearken thou unto me: Hold thy peace, and I will teach thee wisdom.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb;

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two.

The children of Immer, a thousand and fifty-two.


simplify: The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two.

The men of Michmas, a hundred and twenty-two.


simplify: To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment.

To every one of them he gave three changes of clothing; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred bits of silver and five changes of clothing.


simplify: Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

Have no fear; for you will not be shamed or without hope: you will not be put to shame, for the shame of your earlier days will go out of your memory, and you will no longer keep in mind the sorrows of your widowed years.


rate difficulty: The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar,

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


rate difficulty: Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear tidings, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

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


simplify: And all the people that were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.

And all the people in Ai came together to go after them; and they went after Joshua, moving away from the town.


simplify: And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.

Then Israel said to Joseph, Now my death is near; but God will be with you, guiding you back to the land of your fathers.


rate difficulty: And unto whom do ye liken Me, And <FI>am<Fi> I equal? saith the Holy One.

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


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,


simplify: Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the Lord’s temple was laid, consider it.

And now, give thought; looking on from this day, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, from the time when the base of the Lord's house was put in its place, give thought to it.


simplify: `And that which fell to the thorns: These are they who have heard, and going forth, through anxieties, and riches, and pleasures of life, are choked, and bear not to completion.

By that which fell among the brambles are meant those who hear the message, but who, as they go on their way, are completely choked by this world’s cares and wealth and pleasures, and bring nothing to perfection.


rate difficulty: And Jesus answering said, Were not the ten cleansed? but where are the nine?


rate difficulty: Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them.

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


rate difficulty: enriched in every way unto all free-hearted liberality, which works through us thanksgiving toGod.

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


rate difficulty: The sons of Shobal: Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon: Aiah, and Anah.

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


simplify: The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller.

The traveller did not take his night's rest in the street, and my doors were open to anyone on a journey;


simplify: For Jehovah of hosts, who planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have wrought for themselves in provoking me to anger by offering incense unto Baal.

For the Lord of armies, by whom you were planted, has given his decision for evil against you, because of the evil which the people of Israel and the people of Judah have done, In moving me to wrath by offering perfumes to the Baal.


rate difficulty: And it will come on into Judah; rushing on and overflowing, till the waters are up to the neck; *** and his outstretched wings will be covering the land from side to side: for God is with us.


simplify: and cast him into the abyss, and shutit, and sealeditover him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be finished: after this he must be loosed for a little time.

And put him into the great deep, and it was shut and locked over him, so that he might put the nations in error no longer, till the thousand years were ended: after this he will be let loose for a little time.


simplify: And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them.

And when he came there, he had a horn sounded in the hill-country of Ephraim, and all the children of Israel went down with him from the hill-country, and he at their head.


rate difficulty: What has become then, of your blessings? For I can bear witness that, had it been possible, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me!


rate difficulty: But [the] natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit ofGod, for they are folly to him; and he cannot know [them] because they are spiritually discerned;


rate difficulty: He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.

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


simplify: That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us.

That good thing which was given to you keep safe, through the Holy Spirit which is in us.


rate difficulty: And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons; and they shall cut down the choice of thy cedars, and cast [them] into the fire.

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


simplify: `And it was said, That whoever may put away his wife, let him give to her a writing of divorce;

It was also said — ‘Let anyone who divorces his wife serve her with a notice of separation.’


simplify: And now, my little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.


simplify: My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and save yourselves every man from the fierce anger of Jehovah.

My people, go out from her, and let every man get away safe from the burning wrath of the Lord.


simplify: And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?

And David went in flight from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and said, What have I done? What is my crime and my sin against your father that he is attempting to take my life?


simplify: Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come.

For this reason say, This is what the Lord has said: Though I have had them moved far off among the nations, and though I have sent them wandering among the countries, still I have been a safe place for them for a little time in the countries where they have come.


simplify: And he laid his body in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!

And he put the body in the resting-place made ready for himself, weeping and sorrowing over it, saying, O my brother!


rate difficulty: And they went on from Hor-haggidgad, and put up their tents in Jotbathah.

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


simplify: All men have looked thereon; Man beholdeth it afar off.

All people are looking on it; man sees it from far.


rate difficulty: The children of Bigvai, two thousand and fifty-six.


rate difficulty: So they went quickly and made him come out; and when he took his place among the people, he was taller by a head than any of the people.


simplify: Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king.

Then the king sent for Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and for all the men of his father's family who were priests in Nob: and they all came to the king.


rate difficulty: And the townsmen of Shechem put secret watchers on the tops of the mountains, and they made attacks on all who went by on the road and took their goods; and word of this came to Abimelech.

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


simplify: Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me.

Would you keep yourselves till they were old enough? would you keep from having husbands for them? No, my daughters; but I am very sad for you that the hand of the Lord is against me.


rate difficulty: panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy name.

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


rate difficulty: and the altar of brass that Bezaleel son of Uri, son of Hur made, he put before the tabernacle of Jehovah; and Solomon and the assembly seek to it.


simplify: And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar.

Then Jacob took a stone and put it up as a pillar.


rate difficulty: and how shall they preach, except they be sent? even as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of good things!


rate difficulty: When the man went forth eastward with the line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were to the ankles.

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


simplify: Jehovah will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it.

The Lord will send disease after disease on you, till you have been cut off by death from the land to which you are going.


simplify: Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

Do not make your daughter common by letting her become a loose woman, for fear that the land may become full of shame.


rate difficulty: Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall; for the man will not rest, until he have finished the thing this day.

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


simplify: but I say to you, to Tyre and Sidon it shall be more tolerable in a day of judgment than for you.

Yet, I tell you, the doom of Tyre and Sidon will be more bearable in the ‘day of judgment’ than yours.


simplify: For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;


simplify: So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man.

So all the men of Israel were banded together against the town, united like one man.


rate difficulty: But all the silver and gold and the vessels of brass and iron are holy to the Lord: they are to come into the store-house of the Lord.

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


simplify: And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.

And Abraham took note of the price fixed by Ephron in the hearing of the children of Heth, and gave him four hundred shekels in current money.


rate difficulty: If thou doest well, shall it not be lifted up? and if thou doest not well, sin coucheth at the door; and unto thee shall be its desire; but do thou rule over it.

reading_level: 2 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 10 | difficulty: medium


simplify: Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am Jehovah that sanctifieth them.

And further, I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, so that it might be clear that I, who make them holy, am the Lord.


simplify: But though I be rude in speech, yet am I not in knowledge; nay, in every way have we made this manifest unto you in all things.

But though I am rough in my way of talking, I am not so in knowledge, as we have made clear to all by our acts among you.


simplify: Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and he went out from thence, and built Penuel.

Then Jeroboam made the town of Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim a strong place, and was living there; and from there he went out and did the same to Penuel.


simplify: Ye, then, beloved, knowing before, take heed, lest, together with the error of the impious being led away, ye may fall from your own stedfastness,

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


rate difficulty: And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me, and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned against me, and whereby they have transgressed against me.

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


rate difficulty: Hast not Thou made a hedge for him, and for his house, and for all that he hath--round about?

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


simplify: (and, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead); and this is a woman sitting in the midst of the ephah.

And I saw a round cover of lead lifted up; and a woman was seated in the middle of the ephah.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: and the herd <FI>is<Fi> six and thirty thousand, and their tribute to Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> two and seventy;

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


simplify: Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

Of the children of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama, the son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur,


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

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


simplify: whom they did set before the apostles, and they, having prayed, laid on them <FI>their<Fi> hands.

and they brought these men to the apostles, who, after praying, placed their hands on them.


rate difficulty: And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.


rate difficulty: How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!

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


simplify: Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons?

Then her husband Elkanah said to her, Hannah, why are you weeping? and why are you taking no food? why is your heart troubled? am I not more to you than ten sons?


rate difficulty: And we speak of these gifts, not in language taught by human philosophy, but in language taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things in spiritual words.

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


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

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


simplify: But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience’ sake:

But if anyone says to you, This food has been used as an offering, do not take it, on account of him who said it, and on account of his sense of right and wrong:


rate difficulty: And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both birds, and cattle, and beasts, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man:

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


simplify: Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel.

Ahaziah, the son of Ahab, became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of the rule of Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, and he was king over Israel for two years.


rate difficulty: But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom is king in Hebron.

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


simplify: According to the number of years after the jubile thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee:

Let your exchange of goods with your neighbours have relation to the number of years after the year of Jubilee, and the number of times the earth has given her produce.


simplify: And thou shalt not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.

And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink.


simplify: giving no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our ministration be not blamed;

Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;


simplify: And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

And the woman said to him, But you have knowledge of what Saul has done, how he has put away out of the land those who have control of spirits and the users of secret arts: why would you, by a trick, put me in danger of death?


simplify: for I do not wish to see you now in the passing, but I hope to remain a certain time with you, if the Lord may permit;

I do not propose to pay you a visit in passing now, for I hope to stay with you for some time, if the Lord permits.


rate difficulty: And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the Lord hath commanded;

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simplify: That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

It is of what has been in existence from the beginning, of what we have heard, of what we have seen with our eyes, of what we watched reverently and touched with our hands — it is about the Word who is the life that we are now writing.


simplify: `But a certain Samaritan, journeying, came along him, and having seen him, he was moved with compassion,

But a Samaritan, traveling that way, came upon the man, and, when he saw him, he was moved with compassion.


simplify: But when ye see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that her desolation is at hand.

But when you see armies all round about Jerusalem, then be certain that her destruction is near.


simplify: thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Remove the mitre, and take off the crown; this shall be no more the same; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high.

This is what the Lord has said: Take away the holy head-dress, take off the crown: this will not be again: let that which is low be lifted up, and that which is high be made low.


simplify: This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.

From now on I will put the fear of you in all peoples under heaven, who, hearing of you, will be shaking with fear and grief of heart because of you.


simplify: Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean.

Every bed on which he has been resting will be unclean, and everything on which he has been seated will be unclean.


simplify: Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

Am I to think, then, that I have become your enemy by telling you the truth?


simplify: Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have.

And now I want you to complete the work, so that its completion may correspond with your willing readiness — in proportion, of course, to your means.


rate difficulty: When he had almost reached the place where the road led down the Mount of Olives, everyone of the many disciples began in their joy to praise God loudly for all the miracles that they had seen:

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rate difficulty: But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

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


simplify: That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

He makes rulers come to nothing; the judges of the earth are of no value.


simplify: And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of the gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate; and the priests shall prepare his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

And the ruler is to go in through the covered way of the outer doorway outside, and take his place by the pillar of the doorway, and the priests will make his burned offering and his peace-offerings and he will give worship at the doorstep of the doorway; then he will go out, and the door will not be shut till the evening.


simplify: that which I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light, and that which you hear at the ear, proclaim on the house-tops.

What I tell you in the dark, say again in the light; and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim on the housetops.


simplify: Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Husbands, love your wives, and never treat them harshly.


simplify: Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

So I made them go out of the land of Egypt and took them into the waste land.


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

Who has said, by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David your servant, Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?


rate difficulty: And He shutteth up with doors the sea, In its coming forth, from the womb it goeth out.

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


simplify: And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.

And Jeroboam was king for twenty-two years, and was put to rest with his fathers, and Nadab his son became king in his place.


rate difficulty: For all his decisions were before me, and I did not put away his laws from me.

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


simplify: Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

Do you mean to make away with me as you did yesterday with that Egyptian?’


simplify: who through him do believe in God, who did raise out of the dead, and glory to him did give, so that your faith and hope may be in God.

who, through him, are faithful to God who raised him from the dead and gave him honor, so that your faith and hope are now in God.


simplify: And they were all filled with wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things;

And all who were in the Synagogue were very angry when these things were said to them.


simplify: The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,

The fifteenth Bilgah, the sixteenth Immer,


simplify: Or else how can one enter into a strong man’s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

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


rate difficulty: When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the business that hath been done on the earth, (for there is also a spectator in whose eyes sleep is not by day and by night),

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rate difficulty: So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, that, when I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,

And it came about that when I had come back to Jerusalem, while I was at prayer in the Temple, my senses became more than naturally clear,


simplify: I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.

I will make rivers on the dry mountain-tops, and fountains in the valleys: I will make the waste land a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.


simplify: Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.

Say, This is what the Lord has said: Will it do well? will he not have its roots pulled up and its branches cut off, so that all its young leaves may become dry and it may be pulled up by its roots?


rate difficulty: And Jehovah shall raise up for himself a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day; and what? ...even now.

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


simplify: And on the first <FI>day<Fi> of the unleavened food came the disciples near to Jesus, saying to him, `Where wilt thou <FI>that<Fi> we may prepare for thee to eat the passover?'

On the first day of the Festival of the unleavened bread, the disciples came up to Jesus, and said: “Where do you wish us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?”


simplify: that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savor unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.

So that they may make offerings of a sweet smell to the God of heaven, with prayers for the life of the king and of his sons.


rate difficulty: For behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown.

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rate difficulty: Then he appeared to James; then to all the apostles;


rate difficulty: Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

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


rate difficulty: Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he hath spoken to us in the name of Jehovah our God.

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


rate difficulty: Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.


simplify: And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,

So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,


rate difficulty: But rather give alms of what ye have, and behold, all things are clean to you.

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


simplify: And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

And of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who was married to one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and took their name.


rate difficulty: Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;

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


simplify: And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.

And a voice came to him, saying, Come, Peter; take them for food.


simplify: For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

Copying all the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and all the sins he did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish ways.


simplify: we accept it in all ways and in all places, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness.

In all things and in all places we are conscious of our great debt to you, most noble Felix.


rate difficulty: Who is wise and understanding among you? let him show by his good life his works in meekness of wisdom.


rate difficulty: And they came into the land of Egypt; for they obeyed not the voice of Jehovah: and they came unto Tahpanhes.


simplify: Therefore thou and all thy company are gathered together against Jehovah: and Aaron, what is he that ye murmur against him?

So you and all your band have come together against the Lord; and Aaron, who is he, that you are crying out against him?


simplify: But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they rejected mine ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to consume them.

But the children of Israel would not be controlled by me in the waste land: they were not guided by my rules, and they were turned away from my orders, which, if a man does them, will be life to him; and they had no respect for my Sabbaths: then I said that I would let loose my passion on them in the waste land, and put an end to them.


simplify: The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.

He is the Rock, complete is his work; for all his ways are righteousness: a God without evil who keeps faith, true and upright is he.


simplify: And working together with him we entreat also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain

We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.


rate difficulty: And that which is left of the meal-offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire.

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


simplify: The young man saith to him, `All these did I keep from my youth; what yet do I lack?'

“I have observed all these,” said the young man. “What is still wanting in me?”


simplify: And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

But at midnight a shout was raised — ‘The groom is coming! Come out to meet him!’


simplify: for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save;' and they went on to another village.

And they made their way to another village.


simplify: Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and beast;

Or if I send a sword against that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, cutting off from it man and beast:


rate difficulty: In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And thepainsthat gnaw me take no rest.

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rate difficulty: The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail.

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simplify: and I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.

And I sent them in flight among the nations and wandering through the countries: I was their judge, rewarding them for their way and their acts.


simplify: And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.

Those used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods he sent out of the country, and he took away all the images which his fathers had made.


rate difficulty: Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the Lord hath set a king over you.

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


simplify: For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess.

for you have brought these men here, though they are neither robbers of Temples nor blasphemers of our Goddess.


rate difficulty: When he had tried every kind of temptation, the devil left Jesus, until another opportunity.

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


simplify: And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of Jehovah; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.

And they sent men to the people living in Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have sent back the ark of the Lord; come and take it up to your country.


rate difficulty: But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.


simplify: for neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

And death has no more power over them, for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being of those who will come back from the dead.


rate difficulty: You will make clear your good faith to Jacob and your mercy to Abraham, as you gave your oath to our fathers from times long past.

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simplify: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

Alas for you! You are like unsuspected graves, over which men walk unawares.”


rate difficulty: Face to face hath Jehovah spoken with you, in the mount, out of the midst of the fire;

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


simplify: The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.

The upright man is taken out of trouble, and in his place comes the sinner.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, there came upon him the chief priests and the scribes with the elders;

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simplify: for the showing, I say, of his righteousness at this present season: that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him that hath faith in Jesus.

And to make clear his righteousness now, so that he might himself be upright, and give righteousness to him who has faith in Jesus.


simplify: And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

And Saul came to the town of Amalek, and took up his position in the valley secretly.


simplify: and his friends having heard, went forth to lay hold on him, for they said that he was beside himself,

When his relations heard of it, they went to take charge of him, for they said that he was out of his mind.


rate difficulty: `Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye are as the unseen tombs, and the men walking above have not known.'

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simplify: And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.

So Moses said all these things to Israel.


rate difficulty: And Kiriathaim, and Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar in the mountain of the valley;


simplify: And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

And Pharaoh was angry with his two servants, with the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker;


simplify: Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours:

To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been made holy in Christ Jesus, saints by the selection of God, with all those who in every place give honour to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:


simplify: And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?

And the people said to me, Will you not make clear to us the sense of these things; is it for us you do them?


rate difficulty: And Esther saith, `The man--adversary and enemy--<FI> is<Fi> this wicked Haman;' and Haman hath been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease.

Then Baasha, hearing of it, put a stop to the building of Ramah, and let his work come to an end.


simplify: And Joash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits.

And Joash, king of Israel, made Amaziah, king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, prisoner at Beth-shemesh, and took him to Jerusalem; and he had the wall of Jerusalem pulled down from the doorway of Ephraim to the doorway in the angle, four hundred cubits.


simplify: Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?

Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?


simplify: Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, according to thy tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

You are to make judges and overseers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, for every tribe: and they are to be upright men, judging the people in righteousness.


rate difficulty: And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs.

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


rate difficulty: And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own will.

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


simplify: For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.

Because of Zion I will not keep quiet, and because of Jerusalem I will take no rest, till her righteousness goes out like the shining of the sun, and her salvation like a burning light.


simplify: but ye turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and ye brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.

But again you have put shame on my name, and you have taken back, every one his man-servant and his servant-girl, whom you had sent away free, and you have put them under the yoke again to be your servants and servant-girls.


simplify: and having finished the days, in their returning the child Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, and Joseph and his mother did not know,

and had finished their visit; but, when they started to return, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem, without their knowing it.


simplify: While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.


rate difficulty: And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead.

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


simplify: but to be merry, and to be glad, it was needful, because this thy brother was dead, and did live again, he was lost, and was found.'

We could but make merry and rejoice, for here is your brother who was dead, and is alive; who was lost, and is found.’”


rate difficulty: Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour:

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simplify: And he answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

And he made answer and said, He who puts the good seed in the earth is the Son of man;


rate difficulty: Through the hope which is in store for you in heaven; knowledge of which was given to you before in the true word of the good news,

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


simplify: And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees; and the assembly was divided.

And when he had said this, there was an argument between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and a division in the meeting.


simplify: For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:


simplify: and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, `Thou--sit thou here well,' and to the poor man may say, `Thou--stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,' --

and you are deferential to the visitor who is wearing grand clothes, and say — “There is a good seat for you here,” but to the poor man — “You must stand; or sit down there by my footstool,”


rate difficulty: And the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers which are in the heavens will be moved.

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


simplify: So I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

So I made them go out of the land of Egypt and took them into the waste land.


simplify: In mine ears saith Jehovah of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.

The Lord of armies has said to me secretly, Truly, numbers of great and fair houses will be waste, with no one living in them.


simplify: All that openeth the womb is mine; and all thy cattle that is male, the firstlings of cow and sheep.

Every first male child is mine; the first male birth of your cattle, the first male of every ox and sheep.


simplify: So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.

So I took care of the flock of death, for those who made profit out of the flock; and I took for myself two rods, naming one Beautiful, and the other Bands; and I took care of the flock.


rate difficulty: And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men.

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


simplify: But the destruction of transgressors and sinners shall be together, and they that forsake Jehovah shall be consumed.

But a common destruction will overtake sinners and evil-doers together, and those who have gone away from the Lord will be cut off.


simplify: And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

Then all the people gave load cries of grief, and all that night they gave themselves up to weeping.


simplify: And Judas--he who delivered him up--answering said, `Is it I, Rabbi?' He saith to him, `Thou hast said.'

Judas, who was betraying him, turned to him and said: “Can it be I, Rabbi?”   “It is,” answered Jesus.


rate difficulty: are ye ignorant that we, as many as were baptized to Christ Jesus, to his death were baptized?

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


rate difficulty: For those who go after loose women, for those with unnatural desires, for those who take men prisoners, who make false statements and false oaths, and those who do any other things against the right teaching,

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


simplify: I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

I say to you that he will quickly do right in their cause. But when the Son of man comes, will there be any faith on earth?


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

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


rate difficulty: In the fifteenth year of the rule of Amaziah, son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, ruling for forty-one years.

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


rate difficulty: Take note of all these things which I have said to you, and let not the names of other gods come into your minds or from your lips.

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


rate difficulty: The support for the lights was of hammered gold work, from its base to its flowers it was of hammered work; from the design which the Lord had given to Moses, he made the support for the lights.


simplify: And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made a heap: and they did eat there by the heap.

And Jacob said to his people, Get stones together; and they did so; and they had a meal there by the stones.


rate difficulty: Because they gave you no bread or water on your way, when you came out of Egypt: and they got Balaam, the son of Peor, from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to put curses on you.

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


rate difficulty: A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a worthless tree produce good fruits.

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


rate difficulty: Why have you said in the name of the Lord, This house will be like Shiloh, and this land a waste with no one living in it? And all the people had come together to Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: And they said unto him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus passing on thence, two blind men followed him, calling and saying, `Deal kindly with us, Son of David.'

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


rate difficulty: Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

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


simplify: And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

And take from them a small number of hairs, folding them in your skirts.


rate difficulty: And when they had gone away they said to one another, This man has done nothing which might give cause for death or prison.


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth:

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


simplify: I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

I fast twice a week, and give a tenth of everything I get to God.’


rate difficulty: And Jeroboam’s wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: andas she came to the threshold of the house, the child died.


simplify: Who is infirm, and I am not infirm? who is stumbled, and I am not fired;

Who is weak without my being weak? Who is led astray without my burning with indignation?


simplify: And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep:

And the half given as their part to the men who went to the war, was three hundred and thirty-seven thousand, five hundred sheep,


rate difficulty: If, then, your whole body is lit up, and no corner of it darkened, the whole will be lit up, just as when a lamp gives you light by its brilliance.”

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


rate difficulty: And he came to his father, and said, My father! And he said, Here am I: who art thou, my son?

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


simplify: Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Because by the works of the law no man is able to have righteousness in his eyes, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin.


rate difficulty: And now I am their song, yea, I am their byword.

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


simplify: As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;

The sons of Merari are to be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;


rate difficulty: And thou shalt levy a tribute for Jehovah of the men of war who went out to the army, one soul of five hundred of the persons, and of the oxen, and of the asses, and of the small cattle.

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:

While on his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, suddenly a light from the heavens flashed around him.


rate difficulty: And it became known throughout all Joppa: and many believed on the Lord.

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


rate difficulty: This is my reason for writing as I am now doing, while I am away from you, so that, when I am with you, I may not act harshly in the exercise of the authority which the Lord gave me — and gave me for building up and not for pulling down.

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


rate difficulty: And he questioned the scribes, `What dispute ye with them?'

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


simplify: For thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God:

For you are to be worshippers of no other god: for the Lord is a God who will not give his honour to another.


rate difficulty: And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee upon the waters.

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


rate difficulty: And I saw another angel coming up from the east, having the mark of the living God: and he said with a great voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to do damage to the earth and the sea,

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


simplify: And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods.

And you are to keep in memory the agreement which I have made with you; and you are to have no other gods.


simplify: Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands.


rate difficulty: But the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

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


simplify: And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things.

And in answer he said, Elijah truly has to come and put all things right:


simplify: As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

As peoples were surprised at him, And his face was not beautiful, so as to be desired: his face was so changed by disease as to be unlike that of a man, and his form was no longer that of the sons of men.


simplify: In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

In the lips of him who has knowledge wisdom is seen; but a rod is ready for the back of him who is without sense.


rate difficulty: `And whoever may not receive you nor hear your words, coming forth from that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet,

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


simplify: for, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves came round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf.

We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.


rate difficulty: When I say, In my bed I will have comfort, there I will get rest from my disease;


simplify: And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel.

And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.


rate difficulty: And they shall be mine, saith Jehovah of hosts, even mine own possession, in the day that I make; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.

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


simplify: The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

The rulers kept quiet, and put their hands on their mouths;


rate difficulty: So in the same way these have gone against the orders of God, so that by the mercy given to you they may now get mercy.

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


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

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


simplify: Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.

See, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty men of war are about it, of the army of Israel,


rate difficulty: Let every soul be subject to the authorities that are above [him]. For there is no authority except fromGod; and those that exist are set up byGod.

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


simplify: `And then they shall see the Son of Man coming in clouds with much power and glory,

Then will be seen the ‘Son of Man coming in clouds’ with great power and glory;


simplify: let him that is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house:

Let not him who is on the house-top go down to take anything out of his house:


simplify: Thenthe kingsent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. And he spake unto him, O man of God, the king hath said, Come down.

Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty men; and he went up to him where he was seated on the top of a hill, and said to him, O man of God, the king has said, Come down.


rate difficulty: And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks.

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


rate difficulty: Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will give the man the reward of his work.


simplify: that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;

That in the wealth of his glory he would make you strong with power through his Spirit in your hearts;


rate difficulty: or he who is exhorting--`In the exhortation!' he who is sharing--`In simplicity!' he who is leading--`In diligence?' he who is doing kindness--`In cheerfulness.'


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

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


simplify: Now after two days wasthe feast ofthe passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him with subtlety, and kill him:

It was now two days before the feast of the Passover and the unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes made designs how they might take him by deceit and put him to death:


simplify: Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, in the hope of the life which is in Christ Jesus,


rate difficulty: one law and one ordinance is to you and to the sojourner who is sojourning with you.'


simplify: in which I suffer evil--unto bonds, as an evil-doer, but the word of God hath not been bound;

in the service of which I am suffering hardships, even to being put in fetters as a criminal. But the message of God is not fettered;


rate difficulty: And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,

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


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

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


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

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


rate difficulty: None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

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


rate difficulty: If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee (for thy name is in this house), and cry unto thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 6 | difficulty: hard


simplify: He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.


rate difficulty: For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

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


rate difficulty: And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day.

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


simplify: We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; his loftiness, and his pride, and his arrogancy, and the haughtiness of his heart.

We have had word of the pride of Moab, how great it is; how he is lifted up in pride; and his great opinion of himself, and that his heart is lifted up.


rate difficulty: If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

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


rate difficulty: And the priest will take the cooked leg of the sheep and one unleavened cake and one thin cake out of the basket, and put them on the hands of the separate one after his hair has been cut,

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


simplify: The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord?

Gold for the gold things, and silver for the silver things, and for every sort of work to be done by the expert workmen. Who then will come forward, offering himself this day for the Lord's work?


simplify: But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.

But he said with passion, If I have to be put to death with you, I will not be false to you. And they all said the same.


simplify: and, some, indeed, were believing the things spoken, and some were not believing.

Some were inclined to accept what he said; others, however, rejected it.


simplify: Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.

Give these men no more dry stems for their brick-making as you have been doing; let them go and get the material for themselves.


simplify: I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

For this reason I make request to you, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you will give your bodies as a living offering, holy, pleasing to God, which is the worship it is right for you to give him.


simplify: I charge you <FI>by<Fi> the Lord, that the letter be read to all the holy brethren;

I order you in the Lord’s name to have this letter read to all the brethren.


rate difficulty: So that there might be no division in the body; but all the parts might have the same care for one another.

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


rate difficulty: In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;

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


simplify: But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kerioth; and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet;

And I will send a fire on Moab, burning up the great houses of Kerioth: and death will come on Moab with noise and outcries and the sound of the horn:


simplify: And the morrow after they entered into Cesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.

and the day following he entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them, and had invited his relations and intimate friends to meet them.


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


rate difficulty: And Saul saith unto his uncle, `He certainly declared to us that the asses were found;' and of the matter of the kingdom he hath not declared to him that which Samuel said.

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


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, Depart, go up hence, thou and the people that thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land of which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:

And the Lord said to Moses, Go forward from this place, you and the people whom you have taken up out of the land of Egypt, to that land about which I made an oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, To your seed will I give it.


rate difficulty: Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

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


simplify: They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.


simplify: And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

And is it not right for this daughter of Abraham, who has been in the power of Satan for eighteen years, to be made free on the Sabbath?


simplify: But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.

on the contrary, first to those at Damascus and Jerusalem, and then through the whole of Judea, and to the Gentiles as well, I began to preach repentance and conversion to God, and a life befitting that repentance.


simplify: Speak, Thus saith Jehovah, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman; and none shall gather them.

The bodies of men will be falling like waste on the open fields, and like grain dropped by the grain-cutter, and no one will take them up.


simplify: Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,

Heldai, the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai, the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,


rate difficulty: The righteous is walking habitually in his integrity, O the happiness of his sons after him!

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


rate difficulty: If there is no one able to interpret what is said, they should remain silent at the meeting of the church, and speak to themselves and to God.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


rate difficulty: If, then, ye are not able for the least--why for the rest are ye anxious?

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


rate difficulty: And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.

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


rate difficulty: Better <FI>is<Fi> an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.

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


simplify: let him know, that he who converteth a sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall cover a multitude of sins.

Be certain that he through whom a sinner has been turned from the error of his way, keeps a soul from death and is the cause of forgiveness for sins without number.


rate difficulty: To the church of God in Corinth, and to all Christ’s people throughout Greece, from Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus, by the will of God, and from Timothy, who is also a follower.

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


simplify: That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.

That I am full of sorrow and pain without end.


rate difficulty: Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

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


simplify: Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the Lord hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.

You may be certain that nothing which the Lord has said about the family of Ahab will be without effect; for the Lord has done what he said by his servant Elijah.


rate difficulty: Who has given knowledge of it from the first, so that we may be certain of it? and from the start, so that we may say, His word is true? There is no one who gives news, or says anything, or who gives ear to your words.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass on [the] second-first sabbath, that he went through cornfields, and his disciples were plucking the ears and eating [them], rubbing [them] in their hands.


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

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


simplify: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

That I will certainly give you my blessing, and your seed will be increased like the stars of heaven and the sand by the seaside; your seed will take the land of those who are against them;


simplify: And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:

And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh went over armed before the children of Israel as Moses had said to them:


rate difficulty: Of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand;


simplify: And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people.

And again he says, Take part, you Gentiles, in the joy of his people.


rate difficulty: Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the Lord; and they prepared them,


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images.

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


simplify: As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

As the cold of snow in the time of grain-cutting, so is a true servant to those who send him; for he gives new life to the soul of his master.


simplify: If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you.


simplify: Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.

... for your goods: they gave polished iron and spices for your goods.


rate difficulty: And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and the time to give their reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy them that destroy the earth.

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


simplify: Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

Have you, from your earliest days, given orders to the morning, or made the dawn conscious of its place;


rate difficulty: and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatsoever shall be done with them: therein shall they serve.

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


simplify: And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.

And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not go on living in this place but go into the land of Judah. Then David went away and came to the woodland of Hereth.


rate difficulty: And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

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


simplify: And whoever may speak a word against the Son of Man it shall be forgiven to him, but whoever may speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is coming.

Whoever speaks against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in the present age, or in the age to come.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when all the kings that were beyond the Jordan, in the hill-country, and in the lowland, and on all the shore of the great sea in front of Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof;

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


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the earth, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt.

And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Let your rod be stretched out over the dust of the earth so that it may become insects through all the land of Egypt.


simplify: Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.

Take him and keep an eye on him and see that no evil comes to him; but do with him whatever he says to you.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,


rate difficulty: not on the principle of works which [have been done] in righteousness which we had done, but according to his own mercy he saved us through [the] washing of regeneration and renewal of [the] Holy Spirit,

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


rate difficulty: and I will turn again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return to the land of Pathros, into the land of their birth, and they shall there be a base kingdom.

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


simplify: in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burying-place.

In the rock in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham got from Ephron the Hittite, to be his resting-place.


simplify: Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

For fear of the great body of people, or for fear that families might make sport of me, so that I kept quiet, and did not go out of my door;


rate difficulty: and we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need; and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem.

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


rate difficulty: Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.

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


rate difficulty: And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested.

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


rate difficulty: And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:


rate difficulty: Jehovah is far from the wicked; But he heareth the prayer of the righteous.

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


simplify: Arise, go to Padan–aram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother.

But go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and there get yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother.


simplify: And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

Then Balak was full of wrath against Balaam, and angrily waving his hands he said to Balaam, I sent for you so that those who are against me might be cursed, but now, see, three times you have given them a blessing.


simplify: And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

And he said to them, Have you any knowledge of Laban, the son of Nahor? And they said, We have.


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

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


rate difficulty: Wherefore he saith,  When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, And gave gifts unto men.

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


simplify: And it is turned round about by his guidance, That they may do whatsoever he commandeth them Upon the face of the habitable world,

And it goes this way and that, round about, turning itself by his guiding, to do whatever he gives orders to be done, on the face of his world of men,


rate difficulty: Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

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


rate difficulty: And if you still go against me and will not give ear to me, I will put seven times more punishments on you because of your sins.

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


simplify: And his concubine played the harlot against him, and went away from him unto her father’s house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there the space of four months.

And his servant-wife was angry with him, and went away from him to her father's house at Beth-lehem-judah, and was there for four months.


simplify: They began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I?

They were sad, and said to him one by one, Is it I?


rate difficulty: And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

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


simplify: If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.

in the hope that, if I become like him in death, I may possibly attain to the resurrection from the dead.


rate difficulty: And he had much business in the cities of Judah; and men of war, strong and valiant, in Jerusalem.

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


simplify: And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take.

Then they crucified him, and divided his clothes among them, casting lots for them, to settle what each should take.


rate difficulty: And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:

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


rate difficulty: when the angel spoke again: “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.


simplify: And now therefore hear the word of the Lord, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there;

Then give ear now to the word of the Lord, O you last of Judah: the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, If your minds are fixed on going into Egypt and stopping there;


simplify: For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:

For the tribe of the children of Reuben, by their fathers' families, and the tribe of the children of Gad, by their fathers' families, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, have been given their heritage:


rate difficulty: and, lo, he hath laid shameful things to her charge, saying, I found not in thy daughter the tokens of virginity; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter’s virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city.

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


simplify: And thou shalt consume all the people which the Lord thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.

And you are to send destruction on all the peoples which the Lord your God gives into your hands; have no pity on them, and do not give worship to their gods; for that will be a cause of sin to you.


simplify: and they were telling the things in the way, and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread,

So they also related what had happened during their walk, and how they had recognized Jesus at the breaking of the bread.


simplify: And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them.

And the Babylonians came to her, into the bed of love, and made her unclean with their loose desire, and she became unclean with them, and her soul was turned from them.


rate difficulty: Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;


rate difficulty: And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she shall be desolate and sit upon the ground.


simplify: At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:

At that time, says the Lord, they will take the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his rulers, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem out of their resting-places:


simplify: Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families;

Let the sons of Gershon be numbered by families, in the order of their fathers' houses;


simplify: as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;


simplify: did ask from him letters to Damascus, unto the synagogues, that if he may find any being of the way, both men and women, he may bring them bound to Jerusalem.

and asked him to give him letters to the Jewish congregations at Damascus, authorizing him, if he found there any supporters of the cause, whether men or women, to have them put in chains and brought to Jerusalem.