simplify: and saying, `Where is the promise of his presence? for since the fathers did fall asleep, all things so remain from the beginning of the creation;'

will come and ask scoffingly — ‘Where is his promised coming? Ever since our ancestors passed to their rest, everything remains just as it was when the world was first created!’


simplify: How hast thou helped him that is without power! How hast thou saved the arm that hath no strength!

How have you given help to him who has no power! how have you been the salvation of the arm which has no strength!


simplify: O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant.

O daughter living in Egypt, make ready the vessels of a prisoner: for Noph will become a waste, it will be burned up and become unpeopled.


simplify: And he made the ten candlesticks of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.

And he made the ten gold supports for the lights, as directions had been given for them, and he put them in the Temple, five on the right side and five on the left.


simplify: And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there hath not been, nor shall be any more.

And there will be a great cry through all the land of Egypt, such as never has been or will be again.


rate difficulty: And the Lord made them full of fear before Israel, and they put great numbers of them to death at Gibeon, and went after them by the way going up to Beth-horon, driving them back to Azekah and Makkedah

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


simplify: and answering they say to Jesus, `We have not known;' and Jesus answering saith to them, `Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.'

So their answer to Jesus was — “We do not know.”   “Then I,”replied Jesus, “refuse to tell you what authority I have to do these things.”


rate difficulty: Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, The prayer which you have made to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, has come to my ears.

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


simplify: And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his armor boast himself as he that putteth it off.

And the king of Israel said in answer, Say to him, The time for loud talk is not when a man is putting on his arms, but when he is taking them off.


simplify: But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

But praise be to God who gives us strength to overcome through our Lord Jesus Christ.


rate difficulty: For the Lord has said to me, As a lion, or a young lion, makes an angry noise over his food, and if a band of herdsmen come out against him, he will not be in fear of their voices, or give up his food for their noise: so the Lord of armies will come down to make war against Mount Zion and its hill.

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


rate difficulty: And every daughter owning property in any tribe of the children of Israel is to be married to one of the family of her father's tribe, so that every man of the children of Israel may keep the heritage of his fathers.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: and thirty and two thousand persons in all, of the women that had not known man by lying with him.

And thirty-two thousand persons, that is, women who had never had sex relations with a man.


simplify: And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out into the water of bitterness:

And the priest will put these curses in a book, washing out the writing with the bitter water;


simplify: Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:

I was taking note; and truly not one of you was able to make clear Job's error, or to give an answer to his words.


simplify: But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.

(There was no one like Ahab, who gave himself up to do evil in the eyes of the Lord, moved to it by Jezebel his wife.


rate difficulty: Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts:

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


simplify: But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

Yet I have a few things against you — You have among you those who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put temptations in the way of the Israelites, so that they should eat idol-offerings and commit licentious acts.


simplify: Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.


rate difficulty: And Laban answereth--Bethuel also--and they say, `The thing hath gone out from Jehovah; we are not able to speak unto thee bad or good;

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


simplify: Then the angel of the Lord put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the Lord departed out of his sight.

Then the angel of the Lord put out the stick which was in his hand, touching the meat and the cakes with the end of it; and a flame came up out of the rock, burning up the meat and the cakes: and the angel of the Lord was seen no longer.


rate difficulty: of these things be careful; in these things be, that thy advancement may be manifest in all things;

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


simplify: Even the God that executeth vengeance for me, And that bringeth down peoples under me,

It is God who sends punishment on my haters, and puts peoples under my rule.


simplify: My son, fear thou Jehovah and the king; And company not with them that are given to change:

My son, go in fear of the Lord and the king: have nothing to do with those who are in high positions:


rate difficulty: And all were amazed, so that they questioned together among themselves, saying, What is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.

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


simplify: And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing.

Even though I dole my substance to the poor, even though I sacrifice my body in order to boast, yet have not love, it avails me nothing!


rate difficulty: If the testimony of men we receive, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that He hath testified concerning His Son.

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


simplify: Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.

Do not be glad because of my sorrow, O my hater: after my fall I will be lifted up; when I am seated in the dark, the Lord will be a light to me.


rate difficulty: And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Indeed, our lord king David has made Solomon king.

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


simplify: And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.

And news was given to Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had come back again.


rate difficulty: To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:


rate difficulty: Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.


rate difficulty: And the sea he hath placed on the right shoulder eastward, over-against the south.

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


rate difficulty: And Baasha, the son of Ahijah, of the family of Issachar, made a secret design against him, attacking him at Gibbethon, a town of the Philistines; for Nadab and the armies of Israel were making war on Gibbethon.

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


simplify: and one of the elders saith to me, `Weep not; lo, overcome did the Lion, who is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, to open the scroll, and to loose the seven seals of it;

But one of the councillors said to me — ‘Do not weep. The Lion conquered — the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Scion of David — and can therefore open the book with its seven seals.’


simplify: A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.


rate difficulty: Give ear to me then, my sons, and do not put away my words from you.


simplify: And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed.

Now in Iconium they went together to the Synagogue of the Jews and gave such teaching that a great number of Jews and Greeks had faith.


rate difficulty: And the Lord said to Joshua, See, I have given into your hands Jericho with its king and all its men of war.


simplify: And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.

She went and told the news to those who had been with him and who were now in sorrow and tears;


rate difficulty: And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me.

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


simplify: For Adam was first formed, then Eve.


rate difficulty: And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.

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


rate difficulty: who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things; speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits;

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


simplify: For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

For the children of Israel are servants to me; they are my servants whom I took out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.


rate difficulty: but the ship was already in the middle of the sea tossed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.

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


simplify: And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just:

Now there was a man named Joseph, a man of authority and a good and upright man


rate difficulty: And the residue of Israel, the priests, [and] the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance.

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


simplify: By their fruits ye shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?


simplify: Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.

You may have as food any beast which has a division in the horn of its foot, and whose food comes back into its mouth to be crushed again.


rate difficulty: and to ‘love him with all one’s heart, and with all one’s understanding, and with all one’s strength,’ and to ‘love one’s neighbor as one loves oneself’ is far beyond all ‘burnt offerings and sacrifices.’”

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


simplify: And he sent him away to his home, saying, Do not even enter into the village.

And he sent him away to his house, saying, Do not even go into the town.


simplify: Ruin and misery <FI>are<Fi> in their ways.


rate difficulty: I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?

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


rate difficulty: Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed,

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


simplify: So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better.

So then, he who gets married to his virgin does well, and he who keeps her unmarried does better.


simplify: Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.

Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth.


simplify: And the princes said unto them, Let them live: so they became hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation, as the princes had spoken unto them.

Keep them living, and let them be servants, cutting wood and getting water for all the people. And all the people did as the chiefs had said to them.


simplify: For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

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


rate difficulty: And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present.


simplify: But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of Jehovah besides, that we may inquire of him?

But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no other prophet of the Lord here from whom we may get directions?


rate difficulty: The servants went out into the roads and collected all the people whom they found, whether bad or good; and the bridal-hall was filled with guests.

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


simplify: And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.

and, on reaching home, he calls his friends and his neighbors together, and says ‘Come and rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.’


rate difficulty: to that eminent Christian, Rufus, and to his mother, who has been a mother to me also;


rate difficulty: Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.

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


simplify: They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever:

Saying, Come back now, everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your doings, and keep your place in the land which the Lord has given to you and to your fathers, from times long past even for ever:


rate difficulty: Wherefore, putting away the lying, speak truth each with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

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


simplify: and ye have done evil more than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so that ye hearken not unto me:

And you have done worse evil than your fathers; for see, every one of you is guided by the pride of his evil heart, so as not to give ear to me:


rate difficulty: And I also--I have withheld from you the rain. While yet three months to harvest, And I have sent rain on one city, And on another city I do not send rain, One portion is rained on, And the portion on which it raineth not withereth.

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


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


rate difficulty: The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,

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


simplify: Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them:

Then David went over to the other side, and took his place on the top of a mountain some distance away, with a great space between them;


rate difficulty: And all the children of Israel were looking on when the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord was on the house; and they went down on their knees, with their faces to the earth, worshipping and praising the Lord, and saying, He is good; for his mercy is unchanging for ever.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his minister Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the Tent.

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


rate difficulty: And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

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


rate difficulty: Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;

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


simplify: And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism?


rate difficulty: And in none other is there salvation: for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, wherein we must be saved.

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


simplify: Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields:

Who gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields:


rate difficulty: For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off.

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


rate difficulty: Even in laughter is the heart pained, And the latter end of joy <FI>is<Fi> affliction.

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


simplify: And in the synagogue was a man, having a spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a great voice,

In the synagogue there was a man with the spirit of a foul demon in him, who called out loudly:


simplify: And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the Lord’s.

And those who have been kept safe will come up from Mount Zion to be judges of the mountain of Esau; and the kingdom will be the Lord's.


simplify: A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:

A separate tenth part for every one of the seven lambs;


simplify: And Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem; and he saw not the king’s face.

For two full years Absalom was living in Jerusalem without ever seeing the face of the king.


rate difficulty: As saints of God, then, holy and dearly loved, let your behaviour be marked by pity and mercy, kind feeling, a low opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, and a power of undergoing all things;

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


simplify: And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

And it will be that, like a roe in flight, and like wandering sheep, they will go every man to his people and to his land.


simplify: And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.

And I said to the angel who was talking to me, What are these? And he said to me, These are the horns which have sent Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem in flight.


rate difficulty: Giving the force of law to these days of Purim at their fixed times, as they had been ordered by Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen, and in keeping with the rules they had made for themselves and their seed, in connection with their time of going without food and their cry for help.

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


simplify: And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

And when the evil man, turning away from his evil-doing, does what is ordered and right, he will get life by it.


simplify: And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they went up into heaven in the cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

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


simplify: In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on their housetops, and in their broad places, every one waileth, weeping abundantly.

In their streets they are covering themselves with haircloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their public places, there is crying and bitter weeping.


simplify: Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?

Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?


rate difficulty: And scripture, foreseeing that God would pronounce the Gentiles righteous as the result of faith, foretold the good news to Abraham in the words —  ‘Through you all the Gentiles will be blessed.’

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


rate difficulty: and I trust in the Lord that I myself also shall quickly come.

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


rate difficulty: dwell with me; fear not; for he who seeketh my life seeketh thy life; for a charge <FI>art<Fi> thou with me.'

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


simplify: And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.

Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, and were laden with the seven last curses, came and spoke to me. ‘Come here,’ he said, ‘and I will show you the Bride, the Wife of the Lamb.’


simplify: And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, <FI>saith he,<Fi> `Ye did hear of me;

And once, when he had gathered them together, he charged them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait there for the fulfillment of the Father’s promise — “that promise,”he said, “of which you have heard me speak;


rate difficulty: Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his sense faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he is a fool.

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


simplify: Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy?

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And they said unto him, We are able. And Jesus said unto them, The cup that I drink ye shall drink; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized:

And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, You will take of the cup from which I take; and the baptism which I am about to undergo you will undergo:


simplify: They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.

They were crying out, but there was no one to come to their help: even to the Lord, but he gave them no answer.


simplify: And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did.

He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, though not like David his father; he did as Joash his father had done.


simplify: and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning <FI>him<Fi> --and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul--

and began to stone him, the witnesses laying their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.


simplify: And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

And blessing him, said, May the blessing of the Most High God, maker of heaven and earth, be on Abram:


rate difficulty: But he said unto him, Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but go thou and publish abroad the kingdom of God.

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


rate difficulty: Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they expel you from among them, and insult you, and reject your name as an evil thing — because of the Son of Man.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: thou who gloriest in the law, through thy transgression of the law dishonorest thou God?

You who take pride in the law, are you doing wrong to the honour of God by behaviour which is against the law?


simplify: How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

How much more those living in houses of earth, whose bases are in the dust! They are crushed more quickly than an insect;


rate difficulty: Better to sit on a corner of a roof, Than <FI>with<Fi> a woman of contentions, and a house of company.

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


simplify: for whoever may be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also shall be ashamed of him, when he may come in the glory of his Father, with the holy messengers.'

Whoever is ashamed of me and of my teaching, in this unfaithful and wicked generation, of them will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”


rate difficulty: For the same Herod had sent and seized John, and had bound him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her.

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The Lord of hosts is his name:

These are the words of the Lord, who has given the sun for a light by day, ordering the moon and stars for a light by night, who puts the sea in motion, causing the thunder of its waves; the Lord of armies is his name.


rate difficulty: And he went out thence and came to his own country, and his disciples follow him.

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


simplify: and Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Chitlish,


simplify: The Christ! the king of Israel--let him come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe;' and those crucified with him were reproaching him.

“He saved others, but he cannot save himself! Let the Christ, the ‘king of Israel,’ come down from the cross now so that we can see it and believe.” Even the men who had been crucified with Jesus insulted him.


rate difficulty: While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Cesar, have I offended any thing at all.


simplify: And when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of Jehovah:

Now Athaliah, hearing the noise of the people running and praising the king, came to the people in the house of the Lord:


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

The commanding officer then dismissed the lad, cautioning him not to mention to anybody that he had given him that information.


rate difficulty: An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

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


simplify: And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine.

And those who had seen it gave them an account of what had been done to him who had the evil spirits, and of the fate of the pigs.


rate difficulty: Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.


simplify: Let a woman learn in quietness with all subjection.

Let a woman quietly take the place of a learner and be under authority.


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

For such men are false Apostles, workers of deceit, making themselves seem like Apostles of Christ.


rate difficulty: That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

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


rate difficulty: And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:

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


simplify: And the four and twenty elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshipped God that sitteth on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah.

And the four and twenty rulers and the four beasts went down on their faces and gave worship to God who was seated on the high seat, saying, Even so, praise to the Lord.


rate difficulty: This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.

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


rate difficulty: A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, And an abomination to fools <FI>is<Fi> : Turn from evil.


simplify: all these evil things proceed from within, and defile the man.

All these evil things come from inside, and make the man unclean.


simplify: And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine.

Now the chief priests and the teachers of the law heard this and began to look for some way of putting Jesus to death; for they were afraid of him, since all the people were greatly impressed by his teaching.


rate difficulty: and having let away the multitude, they take him up as he was in the boat, and other little boats also were with him.

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


simplify: And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

and the host who invited you both will come and say to you ‘Make room for this person,’ and then you will begin in confusion to take the lowest place.


rate difficulty: Where, O death, [is] thy sting? where, O death, thy victory?

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


simplify: And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.

Some of the crowd said one thing, and some another; and, as he could get no definite reply because of the uproar, he ordered Paul to be taken into the barracks.


rate difficulty: Come up unto me, and help me, and let us smite Gibeon; for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: and he saith to them, `Whoever may put away his wife, and may marry another, doth commit adultery against her;

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


simplify: And, behold, the word of the Lord came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir.

Then said the Lord, This man will not get the heritage, but a son of your body will have your property after you.


simplify: Then said God, Call his name Lo–ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

And the Lord said, Give him the name Lo-ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be your God.


rate difficulty: and they turn and flee toward the wilderness, unto the rock of Rimmon; and they glean of them in the highways five thousand men, and follow after them unto Gidom, and smite of them two thousand men.

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


rate difficulty: And the border from the sea shall be Hazar–enan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side.

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


simplify: `Therefore, every one who doth hear of me these words, and doth do them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house upon the rock;

Everyone, therefore, who listens to this teaching of mine and acts on it may be compared to a prudent person, who built their house on the rock.


rate difficulty: But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

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


simplify: And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean.

And if any man has sex relations with her so that her blood comes on him, he will be unclean for seven days and every bed on which he has been resting will be unclean.


rate difficulty: For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.

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


simplify: Then came the word of the Lord unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,


rate difficulty: and of all my sons (for Jehovah hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of Jehovah over Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.

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


simplify: And gave them for the potter’s field, as the Lord appointed me.

and gave them for the Potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.’


rate difficulty: And Moses saith unto God, `Lo, I am coming unto the sons of Israel, and have said to them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you, and they have said to me, What <FI>is<Fi> His name? what do I say unto them?'

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


rate difficulty: Now after the death of their father, Joseph's brothers said to themselves, It may be that Joseph's heart will be turned against us, and he will give us punishment for all the evil which we did to him.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?

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


rate difficulty: I Jehovah search the heart, I try the reins, even to give each one according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

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


simplify: And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

And the door-opening was ten cubits wide; and the side walls of the door-opening were five cubits on one side and five cubits on the other: and it was forty cubits long and twenty cubits wide.


simplify: And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

“I tell you”, he said “that this poor widow has put in more than all the others;


rate difficulty: These are the heads of their fathers' houses: the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Enoch and Phallu, Hezron and Carmi: these are the families of Reuben.

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


rate difficulty: boast not against the branches; but if thou boast, [it is] not thou bearest the root, but the root thee.

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


rate difficulty: And he rose up and went to his own father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck, and covered him with kisses.

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


rate difficulty: May the blessing of the Lord Jesus be with you.

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


rate difficulty: And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the Lord looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,

And in the morning watch, the Lord, looking out on the armies of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, sent trouble on the army of the Egyptians;


rate difficulty: And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.


simplify: Because ye are glad, because ye rejoice, O ye that plunder my heritage, because ye are wanton as a heifer that treadeth out the grain, and neigh as strong horses;

Because you are glad, because you are lifted up with pride, you wasters of my heritage, because you are playing like a young cow put out to grass, and you make a noise like strong horses;


simplify: and neither sun nor stars appearing for more days, and not a little tempest lying upon us, thenceforth all hope was taken away of our being saved.

As neither sun nor stars were visible for several days, and, as the gale still continued severe, all hope of our being saved was at last abandoned.


rate difficulty: And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.


rate difficulty: all the cities <FI>are<Fi> ten and their suburbs, for the families of the sons of Kohath who are left.

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


rate difficulty: And these <FI>are<Fi> births of Esau, who <FI>is<Fi> Edom.


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

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


simplify: And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king.

And Rehoboam went to Shechem, where all Israel had come together to make him king,


simplify: And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.


simplify: After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.

And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them;


rate difficulty: Then five of you will put to flight a hundred, and a hundred of you will put to flight ten thousand, and all who are against you will be put to death by your swords.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: easy


simplify: Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,

Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast?


rate difficulty: Thy silver hath become dross, Thy drink polluted with water.

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


simplify: And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought a great sin upon them?

And Moses said to Aaron, What did the people do to you that you let this great sin come on them?


simplify: And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the Lord God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.

And the children of Israel did not put them to death, because the chiefs of the people had taken an oath to them by the Lord, the God of Israel. And all the people made an outcry against the chiefs.


simplify: In those days, and in that time, saith Jehovah, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall go on their way weeping, and shall seek Jehovah their God.

In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping and making prayer to the Lord their God.


rate difficulty: Whosoever goes forward and abides not in the doctrine of the Christ has notGod. He that abides in the doctrine, he has both the Father and the Son.


rate difficulty: And on the vine were three branches; and it seemed as if it put out buds and flowers, and from them came grapes ready for cutting.


rate difficulty: therefore thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Lo, I am bringing in evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever heareth of it, tingle do his two ears.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: medium


rate difficulty: All the ten bases were made in this way, after the same design, of the same size and form.

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


rate difficulty: And when he came into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him [as he was] teaching, saying, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

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


simplify: Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

And take no thought for your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.


simplify: Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king’s work, offered willingly,

Then the heads of families and the chiefs of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the controllers of the king's business, freely gave themselves;


simplify: ye working together also for us by your supplication, that the gift through many persons to us, through many may be thankfully acknowledged for us.

And then many lips will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us in answer to many prayers.


simplify: But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets,  Did ye offer unto me slain beasts and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel?


rate difficulty: She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth food to her household, And their task to her maidens.

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


rate difficulty: So then, brethren, we are not maid servant's children, but [children] of the free woman.

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


simplify: Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth upon their provocation.

Truly, those who make sport of me are round about me, and my eyes become dark because of their bitter laughing.


simplify: `And we to you do proclaim good news--that the promise made unto the fathers,

We also have good news to tell you, about the promise made to our ancestors —


simplify: for unrepented of <FI>are<Fi> the gifts and the calling of God;

For God never regrets his gifts or his call.


simplify: And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?

So they came back to their brothers in Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brothers said to them, What news have you?


simplify: thou--thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder!

It is a part of your faith, is it not, that there is one God? Good; yet even the demons have that faith, and tremble at the thought.


simplify: They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.

So they sent for all the lords of the Philistines to come together there, and said, What are we to do with the ark of the God of Israel? And their answer was, Let the ark of the God of Israel be taken away to Gath. So they took the ark of the God of Israel away.


simplify: If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.

If, then, you count me your friend, receive him as you would me.


simplify: if they return unto thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captive, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

If with all their heart and soul they are turned again to you, in the land where they are prisoners, the land where they have been taken, and make their prayers, turning their eyes to their land which you gave to their fathers, and to the town which you took for yourself, and the house which I have made for your name:


simplify: Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.

Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: these are the sons which they had after the great flow of waters


simplify: Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded.

See, the day; see, it is coming: the crowning time has gone out; the twisted way is flowering, pride has put out buds.


rate difficulty: No, my lord, I will give you the field with the hollow in the rock; before all the children of my people will I give it to you for a resting-place for your dead.

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


simplify: But to whom ye forgive anything, I forgive also: for what I also have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, for your sakes have I forgiven it in the presence of Christ;

But if you give forgiveness to anyone, I do the same: for if I have given forgiveness for anything, I have done it because of you, in the person of Christ;


rate difficulty: And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.

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


rate difficulty: But when Paul saw that half of them were Sadducees and the rest Pharisees, he said in the Sanhedrin, Brothers, I am a Pharisee, and the son of Pharisees: I am here to be judged on the question of the hope of the coming back from the dead.


rate difficulty: And ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death, but he shall certainly be put to death.

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


simplify: Then the devil leaveth him; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

Then the Evil One went away from him, and angels came and took care of him.


rate difficulty: And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.

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


rate difficulty: And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: medium


simplify: And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.

Telling the crowd to sit down on the ground,


simplify: Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

Then Joshua gave their orders to those who were in authority over the people, saying,


rate difficulty: Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not with us in the Jews’ language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

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


rate difficulty: Only on this condition will we consent unto you: if ye will be as we are, that every male of you be circumcised;

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


rate difficulty: Is it possible for iron to be broken; even iron from the north, and brass?

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


rate difficulty: Jahath was the chief and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah had only a small number of sons, so they were grouped together as one family.


simplify: And if they would learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home: for it is shameful for a woman to speak in the church.

And if they have a desire for knowledge about anything, let them put questions to their husbands privately: for talking in the church puts shame on a woman.


simplify: And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.

His legs were covered with plates of brass and hanging on his back was a javelin of brass.


simplify: Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty.

Forty-five thousand, six hundred and fifty of the tribe of Gad were numbered.


simplify: Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

For this cause it will be that, when the purpose of the Lord against Mount Zion and Jerusalem is complete, I will send punishment on the pride of the heart of the king of Assyria, and on the glory of his uplifted eyes.


rate difficulty: that the man of God may be complete, furnished completely unto every good work.

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


simplify: because he who is sowing to his own flesh, of the flesh shall reap corruption; and he who is sowing to the Spirit, of the Spirit shall reap life age-during;

For the person who sows the field of their earthly nature will from that earthly nature reap corruption; while the one who sows the field of the spirit will from that spirit reap eternal life.


simplify: and there having been much disputing, Peter having risen up said unto them, `Men, brethren, ye know that from former days, God among us did make choice, through my mouth, for the nations to hear the word of the good news, and to believe;

After much discussion, Peter rose and said:   “You, my friends, know well that long ago God singled me out — that through my lips the Gentiles should hear the message of the good news, and become believers in Christ.


rate difficulty: You will bear witness, and God also, that our relations with you who believed in Christ were pure, and upright, and beyond reproach.

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


simplify: And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, How is it that we could not cast it out?

And when he had gone into the house, his disciples said to him privately, Why were we unable to send it out?


simplify: But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.


rate difficulty: For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father.

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


rate difficulty: Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

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


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

With a mighty voice he cried — ‘She has fallen! She has fallen — Babylon the Great! She has become an abode of demons, a stronghold of every wicked spirit, a stronghold of every foul and hateful bird.


simplify: and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents.

And they gave for the use of the house of the Lord, five thousand talents and ten thousand darics of gold, and ten thousand talents of silver, and eighteen thousand talents of brass, and a hundred thousand talents of iron.


simplify: And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.

And the old man said, Peace be with you; let all your needs be my care; only do not take your rest in the street.


simplify: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.

So that our spirits may not be unclothed.


rate difficulty: who was well testified to by the brethren in Lystra and Iconium;

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


rate difficulty: And sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.

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


simplify: And Jehovah did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants’ houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.

And the Lord did so; and great clouds of flies came into the house of Pharaoh and into his servants' houses, and all the land of Egypt was made waste because of the flies.


rate difficulty: for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him,

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


rate difficulty: Food enough for his young and for his she-lions was pulled down by the lion; his hole was full of flesh and his resting-place stored with meat.

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


simplify: And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land.

And again he was teaching by the seaside. And a very great number of people had come to him, so that he got into a boat on the sea and took his seat; and all the people were on the land by the seaside.


rate difficulty: Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you.

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


simplify: And the liers-in-wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers-in-wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword.

And the watchers, rushing on Gibeah and overrunning it, put all the town to the sword without mercy.


simplify: And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.

The teachers of the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely, to see if he would work cures on the Sabbath, so that they might find a charge to bring against him.


simplify: And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him.

all at once a spirit will seize him, suddenly shriek out, and throw him into convulsions until he foams, and will leave him only when he is utterly exhausted.


simplify: Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.


rate difficulty: And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase;


simplify: And he did not answer her a word; and his disciples having come to him, were asking him, saying--`Let her away, because she crieth after us;'

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


rate difficulty: and Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were priests; and Shavsha was scribe;


simplify: Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land.

An animal which has its sex parts damaged or crushed or broken or cut, may not be offered to the Lord; such a thing may not be done anywhere in your land.


simplify: Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins.

Be shaking with fear, you women who are living in comfort; be troubled, you who have no fear of danger: take off your robes and put on clothing of grief.


simplify: I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.


rate difficulty: Now, about that time, Herod the king made cruel attacks on the Christians.


rate difficulty: He hath wrought iron <FI>with<Fi> an axe, And hath wrought with coals, And with hammers doth form it, And doth work it by his powerful arm, Yea, he is hungry, and there is no power, He doth not drink water, and he is wearied.

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


simplify: If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

If, at my word, heaven is shut up, so that there is no rain, or if I send locusts on the land for its destruction, or if I send disease on my people;


simplify: Now at the feast the governor was wont to release unto the multitude one prisoner, whom they would.

Now at the feast it was the way for the ruler to let free to the people one prisoner, at their selection.


rate difficulty: And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him; for the soul of all the people was embittered, every man because of his sons and because of his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Jehovah hisGod.


rate difficulty: And David riseth and fleeth on that day from the face of Saul, and cometh in unto Achish king of Gath;

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


rate difficulty: the twenty-four councillors prostrate themselves before him who is seated on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever, and throw down their crowns before the throne, saying —

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


simplify: And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets, and empty pitchers, with torches within the pitchers.

Then separating the three hundred men into three bands, he gave every man a horn, and a vessel in which was a flaming branch.


rate difficulty: Wail, ye inhabitants of Maktesh; for all the people of Canaan are undone; all they that were laden with silver are cut off.

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


simplify: I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

I have put off my coat; how may I put it on? My feet are washed; how may I make them unclean?


rate difficulty: And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month--it <FI>is<Fi> the month of Sivan--in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that <FI>are<Fi> from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces--province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue.

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


rate difficulty: And of Zebulun he said: --Rejoice, O Zebulun, in thy going out, And, O Issachar, in thy tents;

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


rate difficulty: This thing is not good which thou hast done. As Jehovah liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not guarded your master, Jehovah's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his head.

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


simplify: And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

And went in and took her place at the back of him, near his feet, weeping, so that his feet were washed with the drops from her eyes, and with her hair she made them dry, and kissing his feet she put the perfume on them.


simplify: If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;

But if you put your heart right, stretching out your hands to him;


simplify: Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? is he a vessel wherein none delighteth? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into the land which they know not?

Is this man Coniah a broken vessel of no value? is he a vessel in which there is no pleasure? why are they violently sent out, he and his seed, into a land which is strange to them?


rate difficulty: `And Moses fled at this word, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons,

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


simplify: And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

And when the Tent of meeting goes forward, the Levites are to take it down; and when it is to be put up, they are to do it: any strange person who comes near it is to be put to death.


simplify: And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive.

And it was not there; then they came saying that they had seen a vision of angels who said that he was living.


rate difficulty: And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

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


simplify: I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.

On that night, I tell you, of two people on the same bed, one will be taken and the other left;


simplify: And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,

And Jacob said to Joseph, God, the Ruler of all, came to me in a vision at Luz in the land of Canaan, and gave me his blessing,


simplify: And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couchingplace for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

And I will make Rabbah a place for housing camels, and the children of Ammon a resting-place for flocks: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.


simplify: For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

For by your words will your righteousness be seen, and by your words you will be judged.


simplify: And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the set time of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,

And Moses said to them, At the end of every seven years, at the time fixed for the ending of debts, at the feast of tents,


simplify: and Jesus said unto him, `Forbid not, for he who is not against us, is for us.'

“None of you must prevent him,”Jesus said to John; “whoever’s not against you is for you.”


simplify: He teacheth my hands to war, So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

He makes my hands expert in war, so that a bow of brass is bent by my arms.


rate difficulty: Shortly after, Jesus went to a town called Nain, his disciples and a great crowd going with him.

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


simplify: And he said also unto the disciples, There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he was wasting his goods.

And another time he said to the disciples, There was a certain man of great wealth who had a servant; and it was said to him that this servant was wasting his goods.


simplify: Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.

And he ‘himself carried our sins’ in his own body to the cross, so that we might die to our sins, and live for righteousness. ‘His bruising was your healing.’


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


simplify: And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.

And Benaiah came to the Tent of the Lord and said to him, The king says, Come out. And he said, No; but let death come to me here. And Benaiah went back to the king and gave him word of the answer which Joab had given.


simplify: And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the cell: and he smote Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying, Rise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands.


simplify: If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,


simplify: God understandeth the way thereof, And he knoweth the place thereof.

God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;


simplify: Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.


simplify: and Jesus answering said to them, `Think ye that these Galileans became sinners beyond all the Galileans, because they have suffered such things?

“Do you suppose,”replied Jesus, “that, because these Galileans have suffered in this way, they were worse sinners than any other Galileans?


simplify: And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;

And their small towns were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen and Ashan, five towns;


simplify: Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.

when I found that their charges were connected with questions of their own law, and that there was nothing alleged involving either death or imprisonment.


simplify: And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.

Nearest to him will be the tribe of Asher, with Pagiel, the son of Ochran, as their chief.


rate difficulty: And the support for the lights, with its vessels and its lights and the oil for the light;

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simplify: And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head,

They dressed him in a purple robe, and, having twisted a crown of thorns, put it on him,


rate difficulty: And the king's servants said to him, See, Haman is waiting in the outer room. And the king said, Let him come in.

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


simplify: and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit.

And on the servants and the servant-girls in those days I will send my spirit.


rate difficulty: And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God put into my heart to do for Jerusalem; neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.


simplify: And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

And say to the land of Israel, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, and I will take my sword out of its cover, cutting off from you the upright and the evil.


simplify: (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites are in the valley; tomorrow, turning round, go into the waste land by the way to the Red Sea.


rate difficulty: He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.

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


simplify: And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim,

Now in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,


simplify: And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: thy shepherds have now been with us, and we did them no hurt, neither was there aught missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

I have had word that you have wool-cutters: now the keepers of your sheep have been with us, and we have done them no evil, and taken nothing of theirs while they were in Carmel.


simplify: He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; But he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.


rate difficulty: and the bearer of his weapons seeth that Saul <FI>is<Fi> dead, and falleth, he also, on the sword, and dieth;

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


rate difficulty: Even when we were dead through our sins, gave us life together with Christ (by grace you have salvation),

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


simplify: and they said to them as Jesus commanded, and they suffered them.

And the two disciples answered as Jesus had told them; and they allowed them to go.


simplify: For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

When people are saying ‘All is quiet and safe,’ it is then that, like birth pains on a pregnant woman, ruin comes suddenly upon them, and there will be no escape!


simplify: Of the children of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers’ houses, those that were numbered thereof, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;

The generations of the sons of Simeon were numbered by their families and their fathers' houses, every male of twenty years old and over, who was able to go to war;


rate difficulty: Then a great portent was seen in the heavens — a woman whose robe was the sun, and who had the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.

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


simplify: and they shall come from east and west, and from north and south, and shall recline in the reign of God,

People will come from East and West, and from North and South, and take their places at the banquet in the kingdom of God.


rate difficulty: Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and wail, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it is cut off from your mouth.


simplify: and beseecheth him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death: I pray thee, that thou come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be made whole, and live.

And made strong prayers to him, saying, My little daughter is near to death: it is my prayer that you will come and put your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and have life.


rate difficulty: I plead with you for this child of mine, Onesimus, to whom, in my prison, I have become a father.


simplify: that having been declared righteous by His grace, heirs we may become according to the hope of life age-during.

that, having been pronounced righteous through his loving kindness, we might enter on our inheritance with the hope of eternal life.


rate difficulty: Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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


rate difficulty: Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Jehovah your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it;

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


simplify: Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing?

Who is there still among you who saw this house in its first glory? and how do you see it now? is it not in your eyes as nothing?


rate difficulty: Again, those of you who are married men should live considerately with their wives, showing due regard to their sex, as physically weaker than their own, and not forgetting that they share with you in the gift of life. Then you will be able to pray without hindrance.

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


rate difficulty: I come quickly: keep that which you have, so that no one may take your crown.

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


rate difficulty: And if the leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his feet, as far as appeareth to the priest;

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


rate difficulty: And say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am taking the children of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and will get them together on every side, and take them into their land:

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


rate difficulty: And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

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


rate difficulty: and not having found by what way they may bring him in because of the multitude, having gone up on the house-top, through the tiles they let him down, with the little couch, into the midst before Jesus,

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


simplify: And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons.

Then Samuel took Saul and his servant into the guest room, and made them take the chief place among all the guests who were there, about thirty persons.


rate difficulty: And they said these words to Mordecai.

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


simplify: And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,

And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;


rate difficulty: and to God--thanks, to Him who is giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ;

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


simplify: Look unto the heavens, and see; And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

Let your eyes be turned to the heavens, and lifted up to see the skies; they are higher than you.


simplify: And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.

And on the third day I will send arrows from my bow against its side as if at a mark.


simplify: For all things are for your sakes, that the grace, being multiplied through the many, may cause the thanksgiving to abound unto the glory of God.

For we go through all things on account of you, because the greater the number to whom the grace is given, the greater is the praise to the glory of God.


rate difficulty: At the head of high places by the way, Between the paths she hath stood,


rate difficulty: And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.


rate difficulty: And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor’s son.

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


simplify: Salute all the brethren with a holy kiss.


rate difficulty: and Jehovah is with Judah, and he occupieth the hill-country, but not to dispossess the inhabitants of the valley, for they have chariots of iron.

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


rate difficulty: and they do not reckon with the men into whose hand they give the money to give to those doing the work, for in faithfulness they are dealing.

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


simplify: Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

Take for us the foxes, the little foxes, which do damage to the vines; our vines have young grapes.


simplify: Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and shalt dwell in the field, and shalt come even unto Babylon: there shalt thou be rescued; there will Jehovah redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.

Be in pain, make sounds of grief, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in childbirth: for now you will go out of the town, living in the open country, and will come even to Babylon; there you will have salvation; there the Lord will make you free from the hands of your haters.


rate difficulty: All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem shall be turned as the Arabah; and [Jerusalem] shall be lifted up, and shall dwell in her own place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner-gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.

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


rate difficulty: Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.


rate difficulty: Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: love therefore is the fulfilment of the law.

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


simplify: Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.


rate difficulty: So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.

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


rate difficulty: The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda,

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


simplify: And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good:

And Jonathan gave his father Saul a good account of David, and said to him, Let not the king do wrong against his servant, against David; because he has done you no wrong, and all his acts have had a good outcome for you:


simplify: Salute one another with a kiss of love. Peace be unto you all that are in Christ.

Give one another the kiss of love. Peace be to you all in Christ.


rate difficulty: Provide you three men for a tribe; that I may send them, and they shall rise and go through the land, and describe it according to the proportion of their inheritance, and they shall come to me.


simplify: And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house;

And he said to me, This room, facing south, is for the priests who have the care of the house.


simplify: who hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou didst promise him: yea, thou spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thy hand, as it is this day.

And you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said it and with your hand you have made it come true this day.


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

Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom.


rate difficulty: On the Mighty doth he delight himself? Call God at all times?


simplify: I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

I am living among you as one from a strange country: give me some land here as my property, so that I may put my dead to rest.


simplify: Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place?

And though he goes on living a thousand years twice over and does not see good, are not the two going to the same place?


simplify: And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

And Moses went back to Jethro, his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go back now to my relations in Egypt and see if they are still living. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.


simplify: And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come out to fight against thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

And when news came to him that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, had made an attack on him, ... And he sent representatives to Hezekiah, king of Judah, saying,


simplify: And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

And David sent for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, Uriel, Asaiah and Joel, Shemaiah and Eliel and Amminadab,


rate difficulty: `Lo, the virgin shall conceive, and she shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel,' which is, being interpreted `With us <FI>he is<Fi> God.'

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


simplify: that then Jehovah thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee.

Then the Lord will have pity on you, changing your fate, and taking you back again from among all the nations where you have been forced to go.


rate difficulty: It is not fit either for the land or for the manure heap. People throw it away. Let those who have ears to hear with hear!”

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


simplify: And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.


rate difficulty: So you were kept waiting in Kadesh for a long time.

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


rate difficulty: Have you all this time been fancying that it is to you that we are making our defense? No, it is in the sight of God, and in union with Christ, that we are speaking. And all this, dear friends, is to build up your characters;


simplify: and they shall mock him, and scourge him, and spit on him, and kill him, and the third day he shall rise again.'

who will mock him, spit on him, and scourge him, and put him to death; and after three days he will rise again.”


simplify: Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets.

But others said, It is Elijah. And others said, It is a prophet, even like one of the prophets.


simplify: Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly?

Then David said to Jonathan, Who will give me word if your father gives you a rough answer?


rate difficulty: And he got together his twelve disciples and gave them the power of driving out unclean spirits, and of making well all sorts of disease and pain.

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simplify: And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord God.

And on the day when he goes into the inner square, to do the work of the holy place, he is to make his sin-offering, says the Lord.


simplify: Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, The thunderings of his pavilion?

And who has knowledge of how the clouds are stretched out, or of the thunders of his tent?


simplify: And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.

And there was a woman who had had a disease for eighteen years; she was bent, and was not able to make herself straight.


simplify: Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?


rate difficulty: Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world.


rate difficulty: The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.

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


rate difficulty: And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the Lord, but to the physicians.

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


simplify: Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.

And you are to make a House for me, with ten curtains of the best linen, blue and purple and red, worked with designs of winged ones by a good workman.


simplify: So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinim, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities.

So the priests and the Levites and the people and the music-makers and the door-keepers and the Nethinim, took up their places in their towns; even all Israel in their towns.


rate difficulty: both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camp, in the midst whereof I dwell.

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


simplify: Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

law was introduced in order that offenses might be multiplied. But, where sins were multiplied, the loving kindness of God was lavished the more,


simplify: And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

But Jesus said to them: “Which of you, if he had only one sheep, and that sheep fell into a pit on the Sabbath, would not lay hold of it and pull it out?


simplify: Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

Has God ever before taken a nation for himself from out of another nation, by punishments and signs and wonders, by war and by a strong hand and a stretched-out arm and great acts of wonder and fear, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes?


simplify: And thou shalt make the staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

Make rods of the same wood, plated with gold, for lifting the table.


simplify: Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;

Because his hand is stretched out against God, and his heart is lifted up against the Ruler of all,


rate difficulty: and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred became manifest to Pharaoh,

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


simplify: Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,

Elkanah and Isshiah and Azarel and Joezer and Jashobeam, the Korahites;


simplify: And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished brass.

And their feet were straight feet; and the under sides of their feet were like the feet of oxen; and they were shining like polished brass.


simplify: And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: and there were lice upon man, and upon beast.

And the wonder-workers with their secret arts, attempting to make insects, were unable to do so: and there were insects on man and on beast.


rate difficulty: She is like the merchants’ ships; she bringeth her food from afar.

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


simplify: And thou, O deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,

And you, O evil one, wounded to death, O ruler of Israel, whose day has come in the time of the last punishment;


rate difficulty: If any man is in need of food, let him take his meal in his house; so that you may not come together to your damage. And the rest I will put in order when I come.

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


rate difficulty: And the lot for the sons of Joseph goeth out from Jordan <FI>by<Fi> Jericho, to the waters of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness going up from Jericho in the hill-country of Beth-El,

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And as they are coming down from the mount, Jesus charged them, saying, `Say to no one the vision, till the Son of Man out of the dead may rise.'

As they were going down the mountain side, Jesus gave them this warning — “Do not speak of this vision to anyone, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead.”


rate difficulty: And Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.

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


simplify: And Paul said, I knew not, brethren, that he was high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of thy people.

And Paul said, Brother, I had no idea that he was the high priest: for it has been said, You may not say evil about the ruler of your people.


rate difficulty: and now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone, because if this counsel or this work may be of men, it will be overthrown,

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


rate difficulty: On the third day, the prince of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon; --


simplify: Jehovah will be terrible unto them; for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the nations.

The Lord will let himself be seen by them: for he will make all the gods of the earth feeble; and men will go down before him in worship, everyone from his place, even all the sea-lands of the nations.


rate difficulty: Then you went over Jordan and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho made war on you, the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Hivites and the Jebusites: and I gave them up into your hands.


rate difficulty: But their thoughts have been darkened, for unto this day the same veil remains in reading the old covenant, unremoved, which in Christ is annulled.

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


simplify: And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

And the man said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: let her name be Woman because she was taken out of Man.


simplify: Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas; I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a destroyer at noonday: I have caused anguish and terrors to fall upon her suddenly.

I have let their widows be increased in number more than the sand of the seas: I have sent against them, against the mother and the young men, one who makes waste in the heat of the day, causing pain and fears to come on her suddenly.


simplify: But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord’s brother.

I did not, however, see any other apostle, except James, the Master’s brother.


rate difficulty: Say to Aaron, When you put the lights in their places, the seven lights will give light in front of the support.

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


rate difficulty: By your great wisdom and by your trade your power is increased, and your heart is lifted up because of your power:

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