simplify: and the daughter of that Herodias having come in, and having danced, and having pleased Herod and those reclining (at meat) with him, the king said to the damsel, `Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give to thee,'

When his daughter — that is, the daughter of Herodias — came in and danced, she delighted Herod and those who were dining with him. “Ask me for whatever you like,” the king said to the girl, “and I will give it to you”;


rate difficulty: And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.

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simplify: What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?

What may we say, then? are we to go on in sin so that there may be more grace?


simplify: But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

But as for you, keep your place here by me, and I will give you all the orders and the laws and the decisions which you are to make clear to them, so that they may do them in the land which I am giving them for their heritage.


rate difficulty: And Moses calleth unto Bezaleel, and unto Aholiab, and unto every wise-hearted man in whose heart Jehovah hath given wisdom, every one whom his heart lifted up, to come near unto the work to do it.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses did so: as Jehovah had commanded him, so did he.

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


simplify: and now I beseech thee, Kyria, not as writing to thee a new command, but which we had from the beginning, that we may love one another,

And now, I pray you, Lady — not as though I were writing a new command for you; no, it is the command which we had from the first — Let us love one another.


simplify: Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Jehovah: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

Then do not let my blood be drained out on the earth away from the face of the Lord: for the king of Israel has come out to take my life, like one going after birds in the mountains.


rate difficulty: See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

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


simplify: But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

But there was a certain man named Simon, who in the past had been a wonder-worker and a cause of surprise to the people of Samaria, saying that he himself was a great man:


simplify: For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

And these were the ornaments of the holy women of the past, whose hope was in God, being ruled by their husbands:


simplify: because of this, these things--being absent--I write, that being present, I may not treat <FI>any<Fi> sharply, according to the authority that the Lord did give me for building up, and not for casting down.

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


simplify: Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.

And Ummah and Aphek and Rehob; twenty-two towns with their unwalled places.


simplify: But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!

But is it truly possible that God may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place: how much less this house which I have made:


simplify: Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Do ye pollute yourselves after the manner of your fathers? and play ye the harlot after their abominations?

For this cause say to the children of Israel, This is what the Lord has said: Are you making yourselves unclean as your fathers did? are you being untrue to me by going after their disgusting works?


simplify: The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.

The people went about taking it up from the earth, crushing it between stones or hammering it to powder, and boiling it in pots, and they made cakes of it: its taste was like the taste of cakes cooked with oil.


simplify: He that dasheth in pieces is come up against thee: keep the fortress, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily.

A crusher has come up before your face: keep a good look-out, let the way be watched, make yourself strong, let your power be greatly increased.


rate difficulty: (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:

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simplify: Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured.

Go up to Gilead and take sweet oil, O virgin daughter of Egypt: there is no help in all your medical arts; nothing will make you well.


rate difficulty: And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the tax of Moses the servant of Jehovah, and of the assembly of Israel, for the tent of the testimony?

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


simplify: And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.

The people who ate the bread were five thousand in number.


simplify: For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the Lord: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

For my face is turned to this town for evil and not for good, says the Lord: it will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will have it burned with fire.


rate difficulty: And they came to Jerusalem with lutes and harps and trumpets, to the house of Jehovah.

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


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

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: low | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: easy


simplify: And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.

And when the fourth stamp was undone, the voice of the fourth beast came to my ears, saying, Come and see.


simplify: Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Do not make a noise about tomorrow, for you are not certain what a day's outcome may be.


simplify: And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.

On another Sabbath Jesus went into the synagogue and taught; and there was a man there whose right hand was withered.


simplify: Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

Let him be cursed who does the Lord's work half-heartedly; let him be cursed who keeps back his sword from blood.


rate difficulty: On the face of the field thou fallest, for I have spoken, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

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


simplify: Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.

So his answer to the question was: “Go and report to John what you have witnessed and heard — the blind recover their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life, the good news is told to the poor.


rate difficulty: And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.

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


simplify: Or what king, as he goeth to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

Or what king, going to war with another king, will not first take thought if he will be strong enough, with ten thousand men, to keep off him who comes against him with twenty thousand?


rate difficulty: And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand; and that place was called Ramath-lehi.

And having said these words, he let the mouth-bone go out of his hand; so that place was named Ramath-lehi.


rate difficulty: Go to the flock and get me two fat young goats; and I will make of them a meal to your father's taste:

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


rate difficulty: And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:

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simplify: Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he hath done?

Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?


rate difficulty: And they are not to take as wives any widow or woman whose husband has put her away: but they may take virgins of the seed of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.


rate difficulty: But to you I say, the rest who [are] in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say, I do not cast upon you any other burden;

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


rate difficulty: And the prophet Hananiah took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and broke it.


simplify: Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.

are always learning, and yet never able to attain to a real knowledge of the truth.


rate difficulty: A limit He hath placed on the waters, Unto the boundary of light with darkness.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesse causeth Shammah to pass by, and he saith, `Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.'

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


rate difficulty: Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;


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

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


rate difficulty: Make then this song for yourselves, teaching it to the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, so that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

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


simplify: When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.

When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the man: “Child, your sins are forgiven.”


rate difficulty: And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armour; according unto the word of the Lord which he spake.

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


simplify: Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?


simplify: And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.

When Jesus went indoors, away from the crowd, his disciples began questioning him about this saying.


simplify: And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison,

And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison,


rate difficulty: and David and all Israel are playing before God, with all strength, and with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.


rate difficulty: Keep in mind, O Lord, what has come to us: take note and see our shame.


rate difficulty: Let the husband render her due to the wife, and in like manner the wife to the husband.

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


rate difficulty: Put on, therefore, as choice ones of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humble-mindedness, meekness, long-suffering,

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


rate difficulty: And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

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


simplify: and he was calling on him much, that he may not send them out of the region.

and he begged Jesus again and again not to send them away out of that country.


simplify: Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

Your builders are coming quickly; your haters and those who made you waste will go out of you.


simplify: And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus’ commandment Paul was brought forth.

So on the day after, when Agrippa and Bernice in great glory had come into the public place of hearing, with the chief of the army and the chief men of the town, at the order of Festus, Paul was sent for.


rate difficulty: And his parents were going yearly to Jerusalem, at the feast of the passover,

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


simplify: Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

Even when they had made for themselves an ox of metal, and said, This is your God who took you up out of Egypt, and had done so much to make you angry;


simplify: They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn.

They will come with weeping, and going before them I will be their guide: guiding them by streams of water in a straight way where there is no falling: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is the first of my sons.


simplify: And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.

Then the seventh angel emptied his bowl on the air. (A loud voice came from the throne in the Temple; it said ‘All is over.’)


rate difficulty: For as in a thunderstorm the bright light is seen from one end of the sky to the other, so will the Son of man be when his time comes.

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


rate difficulty: But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.


simplify: For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head.

For be certain that on the day when you go out and go over the stream Kidron, death will overtake you: and your blood will be on your head.


simplify: And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son in law: and the days were not expired.

And when his servants said these words to David, he was well pleased to be the son-in-law of the king. And the days were still not past.


rate difficulty: Jehovah the Lord <FI>is<Fi> my strength, And He doth make my feet like hinds, And on my high-places causeth me to tread. To the overseer with my stringed instruments!

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


simplify: Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off.

Your hand is lifted up against those who are against you, and all your haters will be cut off.


simplify: for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;


simplify: And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.


rate difficulty: And they went on from the waste land of Sinai and put up their tents in Kibroth-hattaavah.

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


rate difficulty: And Jesse causeth seven of his sons to pass by before Samuel, and Samuel saith to Jesse, `Jehovah hath not fixed on these.'

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


simplify: In your patience possess ye your souls.

By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.


simplify: Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.

Then Jezebel sent a servant to Elijah, saying, May the gods' punishment be on me if I do not make your life like the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.


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


simplify: Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?

Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?


simplify: Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.


rate difficulty: `Now, be it known to the king, that if this city be builded, and the walls finished, toll, tribute, and custom they do not give; and at length <FI>to<Fi> the kings it doth cause loss.

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


simplify: all unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not unto death.

Every wrong action is sin, and there is sin that is not deadly.


simplify: Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin-offering in the place of the sanctuary, seeing it is most holy, and he hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before Jehovah?

Why did you not make a meal of the sin-offering in the holy place? For it is most holy and he has given it to you, so that the sin of the people may be put on it, to take away their sin before the Lord.


rate difficulty: And he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but he shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.


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

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


rate difficulty: For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing.

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


rate difficulty: Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

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


simplify: Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.

But Sisera went in flight on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin, king of Hazor, and the family of Heber the Kenite.


simplify: So shalt thou find favor and good understanding In the sight of God and man.

So you will have grace and a good name in the eyes of God and men.


simplify: Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.


rate difficulty: And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.


simplify: And when that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide from my lord, how that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord’s; there is nought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:

And when that year was ended, they came to him in the second year, and said, We may not keep it from our lord's knowledge that all our money is gone, and all the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nothing more to give my lord but our bodies and our land;


rate difficulty: And it hath come to pass in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah, I have cut off thy horses from thy midst, And I have destroyed thy chariots,

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


simplify: These are springs without water, and mists driven by a storm; for whom the blackness of darkness hath been reserved.

These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.


simplify: Then said I, O Lord Jehovah, cease, I beseech thee: how shall Jacob stand? for he is small.

Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small.


rate difficulty: I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

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


rate difficulty: The children of Bezai, three hundred and twenty-four.

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


simplify: And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

And the Lord came to him in a vision and said, Do not go down to Egypt; keep in the land of which I will give you knowledge:


rate difficulty: And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of checker work, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.

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


simplify: And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and Jehovah strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah.

Then the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord made Eglon, king of Moab, strong against Israel, because they had done evil in the Lord's eyes.


simplify: Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren.

Still the priests of the high places never came up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem; but they took their food of unleavened bread among their brothers.


simplify: The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried unto me, and I saved you out of their hand.

And the Zidonians and Amalek and Midian crushing you down, and in answer to your cry did I not give you salvation from their hands?


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said to me, Fear him not; for into thy hand have I given him, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon the king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon.

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


simplify: but each man is tempted, when he is drawn away by his own lust, and enticed.

But every man is tested when he is turned out of the right way by the attraction of his desire.


simplify: He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.

Great salvation does he give to his king; he has mercy on the king of his selection, David, and on his seed for ever.


simplify: For his God doth instruct him aright, and doth teach him.

For his God is his teacher, giving him the knowledge of these things.


simplify: And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita.

When we were all safe, we found that the island was called Malta.


simplify: And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.

And cutting off his head and taking away his war-dress, they sent word into the land of the Philistines round about, to take the news to their gods and to the people.


rate difficulty: And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of Jehovah his God:

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


simplify: And Jesus having risen, did follow him, also his disciples,

So Jesus rose and followed him, and his disciples went also.


simplify: And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of that which God had prepared for the people: for the thing was done suddenly.

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


rate difficulty: and having bound him, they did lead away, and delivered him up to Pontius Pilate, the governor.

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


rate difficulty: And Moses brought out all the staves from before Jehovah to all the children of Israel, and they looked and took each one his staff.

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


rate difficulty: But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment-seat,

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


rate difficulty: and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,

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


rate difficulty: And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus.

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


rate difficulty: Ezer their chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

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


rate difficulty: The nakedness of thy father's sister shalt thou not uncover: she is thy father's near relation.

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


simplify: There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.

Let there be an agreement between me and you as there was between my father and your father: see, I have sent you silver and gold; go and put an end to your agreement with Baasha, king of Israel, so that he may give up attacking me.


simplify: And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.

And the queen is uncovered, she is taken away and her servant-girls are weeping like the sound of doves, hammering on their breasts.


simplify: But thou, Beth–lehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.

And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.


simplify: And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.

There he saw before him a man who was suffering from dropsy.


simplify: Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen.

My little children, keep yourselves from false gods.


rate difficulty: And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed upon the earth;

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


simplify: hath given forth upon interest, and hath taken increase; shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

And has given out his money at interest and taken great profits: he will certainly not go on living: he has done all these disgusting things: death will certainly be his fate; his blood will be on him.


simplify: Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee.

And Nathan said to David, Do whatever is in your heart, for God is with you.


simplify: (for my father fought for you, and adventured his life, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian:

(For my father made war for you, and put his life in danger, and made you free from the hands of Midian;


rate difficulty: for the sun did rise with the burning heat, and did wither the grass, and the flower of it fell, and the grace of its appearance did perish, so also the rich in his way shall fade away!

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


simplify: Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

And they took grain and dry grass for the horses and the carriage-horses, to the right place, every man as he was ordered.


simplify: When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?

When goods are increased, the number of those who take of them is increased; and what profit has the owner but to see them?


simplify: For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed.

For the guides of this people are the cause of their wandering from the right way, and those who are guided by them come to destruction.


simplify: Again doth the Devil take him to a very high mount, and doth shew to him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them,

The third time, the devil took Jesus to a very high mountain, and, showing him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor, said to him:


rate difficulty: And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee!

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


rate difficulty: A path--not known it hath a ravenous fowl, Nor scorched it hath an eye of the kite,

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


simplify: As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.

(As he promised to our forefathers) For Abraham and his race for ever.”


simplify: They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

They make it beautiful with silver and gold; they make it strong with nails and hammers, so that it may not be moved.


simplify: having set sail, therefore, from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, on the morrow also to Neapolis,

Accordingly we set sail from Troas, and ran before the wind to Samothrace, reaching Neapolis the next day.


rate difficulty: and during every day Mordecai is walking up and down before the court of the house of the women to know the welfare of Esther, and what is done with her.

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


rate difficulty: And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

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


rate difficulty: Those people belong to the world; and therefore they speak as the world speaks, and the world listens to them.

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


simplify: Reuben, the first-born of Israel; the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites;

Reuben, the first son of Israel: the sons of Reuben by their families: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites:


simplify: But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.

I, however, have not availed myself of any of these rights. I am not saying this to secure such an arrangement for myself; indeed, I would far rather die — Nobody will make my boast a vain one!


simplify: And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;

And whenever Israel's grain was planted, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came up against them;


simplify: And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

And when he got near and saw the town, he was overcome with weeping for it,


simplify: and no more durst they question him anything.

for they did not venture to question him any further.


rate difficulty: And in that day I will let the bow of Israel be broken in the valley of Jezreel.


rate difficulty: they ran through that whole country around, and began to carry about those that were ill on couches, where they heard that he was.

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


simplify: and it did open its mouth for evil-speaking toward God, to speak evil of His name, and of His tabernacle, and of those who in the heaven tabernacle,

It opened its mouth only to blaspheme God, to blaspheme his name and his tent — those who live in his tent in heaven.


rate difficulty: six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years;

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


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

Then King Asa got all Judah together, making every man come; and they took away the stones and the wood with which Baasha was building Ramah, and King Asa made use of them for building Geba in the land of Benjamin, and Mizpah.


simplify: and he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,

but the person who publicly disowns me will be altogether disowned before God’s angels.


simplify: And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

Now Balak, the son of Zippor, saw what Israel had done to the Amorites.


simplify: 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.

And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters.


simplify: And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood;

Then they took Joseph's coat, and put on it some of the blood from a young goat which they had put to death,


rate difficulty: To which Jesus replied: “A man was once going down from Jerusalem to Jericho when he fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him of everything, and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead.

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon maketh, at that time, the festival--and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entering in of Hamath unto the brook of Egypt--before Jehovah our God, seven days and seven days; fourteen days.

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


rate difficulty: And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

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


simplify: By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.

Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions.


simplify: And with pestilence and with blood will I enter into judgment with him; and I will rain upon him, and upon his hordes, and upon the many peoples that are with him, an overflowing shower, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.

And I will take up my cause against him with disease and with blood; and I will send down on him and on his forces and on the peoples who are with him, an overflowing shower and great ice-drops, fire, and burning.


simplify: And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.

Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the east were covering the valley like locusts; and their camels were like the sand by the seaside, without number.


rate difficulty: All his days are sorrow, and his work is full of grief. Even in the night his heart has no rest. This again is to no purpose.

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


rate difficulty: And the priests also, who come near to Jehovah, shall hallow themselves, lest Jehovah break forth on them.

reading_level: 5 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tent of meeting: and the plague was stayed.

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


simplify: But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God.

But if there is no one to give the sense, let him keep quiet in the church; and let his words be to himself and to God.


rate difficulty: receive, I pray thee, my blessing, which is brought to thee, because God hath favoured me, and because I have all <FI>things<Fi> ;' and he presseth on him, and he receiveth,

reading_level: 10 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.

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


rate difficulty: And I will let loose my burning passion on you, breathing out on you the fire of my wrath: and I will give you up into the hands of men like beasts, trained to destruction.

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


rate difficulty: but he that is married is careful for the things of the world, how he may please his wife,


simplify: Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south.

Who made the Bear and Orion, and the Pleiades, and the store-houses of the south:


simplify: And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them.

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


rate difficulty: And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Jehovah. And there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.

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


simplify: and I, in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, was with you;

Indeed, when I came among you, I was weak, and full of fears, and in great anxiety.


simplify: And as they sat and were eating, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you shall betray me, even he that eateth with me.

And while they were seated taking food, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you will be false to me, one who is taking food with me.


simplify: Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.

Then Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, got up and made a start at building the house of God at Jerusalem: and the prophets of God were with them, helping them.


simplify: Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof.

So I will make Samaria into a field and the plantings of a vine-garden: I will send its stones falling down into the valley, uncovering its bases.


rate difficulty: Did we not say to you in Egypt, Let us be as we are, working for the Egyptians? for it is better to be the servants of the Egyptians than to come to our death in the waste land.

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


simplify: Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed is he by whom the blind are turned out of the way. And let all the people say, So be it.


simplify: There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.


simplify: and Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

And Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon became the father of Salmon;


simplify: Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.

storing up for themselves what in the future will prove to be a good foundation, so that they may gain the only true life.


rate difficulty: and if ye accept persons, sin ye do work, being convicted by the law as transgressors;

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

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


rate difficulty: For thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, that are broken down for the mounts, and for the tool;

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


rate difficulty: My son, attend unto my wisdom, incline thine ear to my understanding;

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


rate difficulty: And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

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


simplify: And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to its place; and thou shalt put them in the house of God.

And let the gold and silver vessels from the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the Temple at Jerusalem to Babylon, be given back and taken again to the Temple at Jerusalem, every one in its place, and put them in the house of God.


simplify: And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

And I will give orders to my two witnesses, and they will be prophets for a thousand, two hundred and sixty days, clothed with haircloth.


rate difficulty: for what <FI>is<Fi> our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? are not even ye before our Lord Jesus Christ in his presence?


simplify: And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,


simplify: Hearken: Behold, the sower went forth to sow:

A man went out to put seed in the earth:


simplify: Now therefore thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed.

Give ear then to the words of the Lord: You will never again get down from the bed on to which you have gone up, but death will certainly come to you. Then Elijah went away.


rate difficulty: And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue; and she was the mart of nations.


rate difficulty: And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gath–rimmon with her suburbs; two cities.

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


rate difficulty: And going forth they were going through the several villages, proclaiming good news, and healing everywhere.

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


simplify: Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby.

You are not to make yourselves disgusting with anything which goes about flat on the earth; you may not make yourselves unclean with them, in such a way that you are not holy to me.


simplify: To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.

to deliver such a man as this over to Satan, that what is sensual in him may be destroyed, so that his spirit may be saved at the day of the Lord.


rate difficulty: Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.


rate difficulty: And I will make Pharaoh's heart hard, and my signs and wonders will be increased in the land of Egypt.

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


rate difficulty: And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.


simplify: And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

All who heard their story, moved by a common impulse, raised their voices to God in prayer:  “Sovereign Lord, it is you who has ‘made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them,’


simplify: Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

Then the king of Babylon put the sons of Zedekiah to death before his eyes in Riblah: and the king of Babylon put to death all the great men of Judah.


rate difficulty: Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.


simplify: And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew.

And Peter said, Man, I have no knowledge of these things of which you are talking. And straight away, while he was saying these words, there came the cry of a cock.


simplify: And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the Lord had given him in commandment unto them;

Now in the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses gave to the children of Israel all the orders which the Lord had given him for them;


simplify: And it came to pass, on the second-first sabbath, as he is going through the corn fields, that his disciples were plucking the ears, and were eating, rubbing with the hands,

One Sabbath Jesus was walking through cornfields, and his disciples were picking the ears of wheat, and rubbing them in their hands, and eating them.


simplify: And all the trees of the field shall know that I, Jehovah, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I, Jehovah, have spoken and have done it.

And it will be clear to all the trees of the field that I the Lord have made low the high tree and made high the low tree, drying up the green tree and making the dry tree full of growth; I the Lord have said it and have done it.


rate difficulty: And if thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or buy of thy neighbor’s hand, ye shall not wrong one another.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: having your behavior seemly among the Gentiles; that, wherein they speak against you as evil-doers, they may by your good works, which they behold, glorify God in the day of visitation.

Being of good behaviour among the Gentiles; so that though they say now that you are evil-doers, they may see your good works and give glory to God when he comes to be their judge.


simplify: and upon Kiriathaim, and upon Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon,

And on Kiriathaim, and on Beth-gamul, and on Beth-meon,


simplify: But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.

But, to prevent this thing from spreading further among the people, let us warn them not to speak in this name any more to anyone whatever.”


simplify: Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:

From the first sons of Israel he took it, a thousand, three hundred and sixty-five shekels, by the scale of the holy place;


rate difficulty: And he comes the third time and says to them, Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough; the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is delivered up into the hands of sinners.

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


rate difficulty: Let us go, we pray thee, to the Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he said, Go.


rate difficulty: And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.

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


simplify: At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth trembleth, and the cry is heard among the nations.

At the cry, Babylon is taken! the earth is shaking, and the cry comes to the ears of the nations.


simplify: And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering.

And in the covered way of the doorway there were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which the burned offering and the sin-offering and the offering for error were put to death:


rate difficulty: And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.


simplify: And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.

nor must one who is on their farm turn back to get their cloak.


simplify: Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat.

Then Solomon made holy the middle of the open square in front of the house of the Lord, offering the burned offerings there, and the fat of the peace-offerings; for there was not room on the brass altar which Solomon had made for all the burned offerings and the meal offerings and the fat.


simplify: For, behold, the Lord commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts.

For see, at the order of the Lord the great house will be full of cracks and the little house will be broken.


simplify: I am the God of Beth–el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.

I am the God of Beth-el, where you put oil on the pillar and took an oath to me: now then, come out of this land and go back to the country of your birth.


rate difficulty: And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.


simplify: All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars; besides the unwalled towns a great many.

All these towns had high walls round them with doors and locks; and in addition we took a great number of unwalled towns.


rate difficulty: But the Lord will not fail you; he will give you strength, and guard you from evil.

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


simplify: And thou, son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions:

And you, son of man, take one stick, writing on it, For Judah and for the children of Israel who are in his company: then take another stick, writing on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the children of Israel who are in his company:


simplify: So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.


simplify: This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

This is the man who was in the church in the waste land with the angel who was talking to him in Sinai, and with our fathers; and to him were given the living words of God, so that he might give them to you.


rate difficulty: Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

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


simplify: For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the ground.

For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.


rate difficulty: and the Avites have made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites are burning their sons with fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, gods of Sepharvim.

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


simplify: `And another came, saying, Sir, lo, thy pound, that I had lying away in a napkin;

Another servant also came and said ‘Sir, here are your ten pounds; I have kept them put away in a handkerchief.


simplify: Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see.

Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were fixed so that he was not able to see.


simplify: A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

A garden walled-in is my sister, my bride; a garden shut up, a spring of water stopped.


simplify: Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.


simplify: And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two he-goats for a sin-offering, and one ram for a burnt-offering.

And let him take from the children of Israel two he-goats for a sin-offering and one male sheep for a burned offering.


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

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


simplify: Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;

you will be made strong at all points with a strength worthy of the power manifested in his glory — strong to endure with patience, and even with gladness, whatever may happen to you;


rate difficulty: But Jesus having called them to [him], says to them, Ye know that those who are esteemed to rule over the nations exercise lordship over them; and their great men exercise authority over them;

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


rate difficulty: And all the days of Methushelah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years; and he died.

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


simplify: and having come, they besought them, and having brought <FI>them<Fi> forth, they were asking <FI>them<Fi> to go forth from the city;

and went to the prison, and did their best to conciliate them. Then they took them out, and begged them to leave the city.


simplify: And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and trying him asked him to show them a sign from heaven.

And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and, testing him, made a request to him to give them a sign from heaven.


rate difficulty: And Jehu said, Let there be a special holy meeting for the worship of Baal. So a public statement was made.


simplify: For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

For, since through a man there is death, so, too, through a man there is a resurrection of the dead.


simplify: And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali a prince, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.

And of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, a chief, Pedahel, the son of Ammihud.


simplify: The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were sojourners in the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

Let him be to you as one of your countrymen and have love for him as for yourself; for you were living in a strange land, in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.


simplify: He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

By planting the seed of evil a man will get in the grain of sorrow, and the rod of his wrath will be broken.


simplify: And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which Jehovah our God giveth unto us.

And taking in their hands some of the fruit of the land, they came down again to us, and gave us their account, saying, It is a good land which the Lord our God is giving us.


simplify: For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

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


rate difficulty: And they come in to make sacrifices and burnt-offerings, and Jehu hath set for himself in an out-place eighty men, and saith, `The man who letteth escape <FI>any<Fi> of the men whom I am bringing in unto your hand--his soul for his soul.'

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rate difficulty: And Naaman saith, `Be pleased, take two talents;' and he urgeth on him, and bindeth two talents of silver in two purses, and two changes of garments, and giveth unto two of his young men, and they bear before him;

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

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simplify: Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

Hypocrite! Take out the plank from your own eye first, and then you will see clearly how to take out the speck from your friend’s.


rate difficulty: And ye shall eat fat till ye are full, and drink blood till ye are drunken, of my sacrifice which I sacrifice for you.

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simplify: And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel.

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


simplify: Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.

Then the king made a great ivory seat, plated with the best gold.


rate difficulty: And I fell down before Jehovah, as at the first, forty days and forty nights, — I ate no bread and drank no water, — because of all your sin which ye had sinned, in doing what is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.

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simplify: To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.

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.


rate difficulty: All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid upon him the iniquity of us all.

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simplify: Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

Of the tribe of Judah were marked twelve thousand: of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand: of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand:


rate difficulty: Then Haman took the robes and the horse, and dressing Mordecai in the robes, he made him go on horseback through the streets of the town, crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.

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


simplify: As in water faceanswerethto face, So the heart of man to man.

Like face looking at face in water, so are the hearts of men to one another.


simplify: For I desire goodness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

Because my desire is for mercy and not offerings; for the knowledge of God more than for burned offerings.


rate difficulty: Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.

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rate difficulty: Their children who were still in the land, and whom the children of Israel had not been able to put to complete destruction, them did Solomon put to forced work, to this day.

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simplify: But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men.

When the crowd saw this, they were awe-struck, and praised God for giving such power to human beings.


simplify: First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.

First of all, I give praise to my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because news of your faith has gone into all the world.


simplify: And he said, How can I, except some one shall guide me? And he besought Philip to come up and sit with him.

And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.


simplify: And the doors of the side-chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.

And the free space had doors opening from the side-rooms, one door on the north and one door on the south: and the free space was five cubits wide all round.


simplify: And he drove them from the judgment-seat.

And he sent them away from the judge's seat.


rate difficulty: And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Ir–shemesh,

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rate difficulty: And he will have the war-carriage cut off from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be cut off: and he will say words of peace to the nations: and his rule will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.


simplify: And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

And he who had the five talents came with his other five talents, saying, Lord, you gave into my care five talents: see, I have got five more.


simplify: And he wrote a letter after this form:


simplify: And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;

And my people will be living in peace, in houses where there is no fear, and in quiet resting-places.


simplify: And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.

On leaving that place, Jesus went to the shore of the Sea of Galilee; and then went up the hill, and sat down., you will do what not only what has been done to the fig tree, but, even if you should say to this hill ‘Be lifted up and hurled into the sea!’ it would be done.


simplify: And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these words, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,

By the time that Jesus had finished speaking, the crowd was filled with amazement at his teaching.


rate difficulty: Destruction hath come, And they have sought peace, and there is none.

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simplify: Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

Then one of the twelve, who was named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said,


rate difficulty: Turning aside the lip of the stedfast, And the reason of the aged He taketh away.


rate difficulty: And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the Lord hath cursed.

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simplify: Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.

Lord, in trouble our eyes have been turned to you, we sent up a prayer when your punishment was on us.


simplify: And after these things I saw four messengers, standing upon the four corners of the land, holding the four winds of the land, that the wind may not blow upon the land, nor upon the sea, nor upon any tree;

After this, I saw four angels standing ‘on the four corners of the earth,’ restraining the four winds of the earth, so that no wind should blow over the earth, or over the sea, or against any tree.


rate difficulty: and the dogs are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, and these are shepherds that know not how to discern: they all turn to their own way, every one for his gain, even to the last of them:

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simplify: And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

But just as they had tied him up to be scourged, Paul said to the captain standing near: “Is it legal for you to scourge a Roman citizen, unconvicted?”


simplify: Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

So this is what I will do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, be ready for a meeting with your God, O Israel.


rate difficulty: In this way, we are certain that we have love for the children of God, when we have love for God and keep his laws.

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rate difficulty: For I received from the Lord, that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was delivered up, took bread,

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rate difficulty: Wilt thou play with him as with a bird, and wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

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simplify: And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.

And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man? Clearly he has come out to put shame on Israel: and it is certain that if any man overcomes him, the king will give that man great wealth, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's family free in Israel.


simplify: And Jesus answering said, `Were not the ten cleansed, and the nine--where?

“Were not all the ten made clean?exclaimed Jesus. But the nine — where are they?


simplify: Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.

Now there was a man of Benjamin named Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a man of wealth.


rate difficulty: `Then Thou hast heard in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause,

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simplify: Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

Then answering them I said, The God of heaven, he will be our help; so we his servants will go on with our building: but you have no part or right or any name in Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odours and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries’ art: and they made a very great burning for him.

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simplify: and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather even reprove them;

And have no company with the works of the dark, which give no fruit, but make their true quality clear;


rate difficulty: The singers: the children of Asaph, a hundred and forty-eight.

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rate difficulty: And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing.


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

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


simplify: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees:

I made pools to give water for the woods with their young trees.


simplify: My dove, my undefiled, is but one; She is the only one of her mother; She is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed; Yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

My dove, my very beautiful one, is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the dearest one of her who gave her birth. The daughters saw her, and gave her a blessing; yes, the queens and the servant-wives, and they gave her praises.


rate difficulty: And two rings of gold shalt thou make, and shalt put them upon the two shoulder-pieces of the ephod underneath, to the front thereof just by the coupling thereof, above the girdle of the ephod.

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simplify: and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse;

And Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse,


rate difficulty: Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

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rate difficulty: Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.

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simplify: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.

And be kind to one another, full of pity, having forgiveness for one another, even as God in Christ had forgiveness for you.


rate difficulty: And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it up into its pieces.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.

And the word of the Lord came to Moses and Aaron, with orders for the children of Israel and for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to take the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt.


simplify: Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:

Say to all the children of Israel when they are come together, In the tenth day of this month every man is to take a lamb, by the number of their fathers' families, a lamb for every family:


simplify: for they understood not concerning the loaves, but their heart was hardened.

For it was not clear to them about the bread; but their hearts were hard.


simplify: And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what portion hath a believer with an unbeliever?

And what agreement is there between Christ and the Evil One? or what part has one who has faith with one who has not?


simplify: And when Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned and said unto the multitude that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

And when these things were said to Jesus, he was surprised, and, turning to the mass of people coming after him, said, I have not seen such great faith, no, not in Israel.


simplify: And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

and begin to beat their fellow servants, and eat and drink with drunkards,


simplify: And yet they hearkened not unto their judges; for they played the harlot after other gods, and bowed themselves down unto them: they turned aside quickly out of the way wherein their fathers walked, obeying the commandments of Jehovah; but they did not so.

But still they would not give ear to their judges, but went after other gods and gave them worship; quickly turning from the way in which their fathers had gone, keeping the orders of the Lord; but they did not do so.


rate difficulty: And Israel smiteth him by the mouth of the sword, and possesseth his land from Arnon unto Jabbok--unto the sons of Ammon; for the border of the sons of Ammon <FI>is<Fi> strong.

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rate difficulty: Whoso is saluting his friend with a loud voice, In the morning rising early, A light thing it is reckoned to him.

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rate difficulty: They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them: they have made themselves a molten calf, and have bowed down to it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, This is thygod, Israel, who has brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!

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


rate difficulty: And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

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


simplify: and coming near, a certain one told them, saying--`Lo, the men whom ye did put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people;'

Presently, however, some one came and told them, that the men whom they had put in prison were actually standing in the Temple Courts, teaching the people.


simplify: Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,

My answer to those who are judging me is this.


simplify: And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

See that you say nothing to any man: but go and let the priest see you, and make yourself clean by an offering of the things ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.


rate difficulty: And he made up this story for them: A certain man had a fig-tree in his garden, and he came to get fruit from it, and there was no fruit.

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rate difficulty: But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?

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simplify: And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.

And when this order, given by the king, is made public through all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give honour to their husbands, great as well as small.


simplify: Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

So see that you make no agreement with the people of the land, and do not go after their gods, or take part in their offerings, or be guests at their feasts,


simplify: Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,

That is why everything is made to depend on faith: so that everything may be God’s gift, and in order that the fulfillment of the promise may be made certain for all Abraham’s descendants — not only for those who take their stand on the law, but also for those who take their stand on the faith of Abraham. (He is the Father of us all;


rate difficulty: But Peter answered and said unto him, If all shall be offended in thee, I will never be offended.

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simplify: And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

When Jesus had sat down on the Mount of Olives, facing the Temple, Peter, James, John and Andrew questioned him privately:


simplify: And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.

And in answer to the men of Judah, the men of Israel said, We have ten parts in the king, and we are the first in order of birth: why did you make nothing of us? and were we not the first to make suggestions for getting the king back? And the words of the men of Judah were more violent than the words of the men of Israel.


simplify: And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men that came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

And all the people went on by his side; and all the Cherethites and all the Pelethites and all the men of Ittai of Gath, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, went on before the king.


rate difficulty: and we will arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to theGod that answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.


rate difficulty: And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran. And his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.


rate difficulty: the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,


rate difficulty: salute thee do the children of thy choice sister. Amen.

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rate difficulty: But because of David, the Lord gave him a light in Jerusalem, making his sons king after him, so that Jerusalem might be safe;

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simplify: Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.

A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.


rate difficulty: For this reason the beasts of the waste land with the wolves will make their holes there and the ostriches will be living in it: never again will men be living there, it will be unpeopled from generation to generation.

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simplify: The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore.

The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and sixty.


simplify: And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.

And the word of Jesus came back to Peter, when he said, Before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And he went out, weeping bitterly.


simplify: And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.

And Hushim became the father of Abitub and Elpaal.


rate difficulty: And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give [thee] thy wages. And the woman took the child and nursed it.

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


simplify: And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

And Nathan said to David, You are that man. The Lord God of Israel says, I made you king over Israel, putting holy oil on you, and I kept you safe from the hands of Saul;


rate difficulty: that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am become old, advanced in age;

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simplify: But when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of it, they rent their garments, and sprang forth among the multitude, crying out

But when this came to the ears of the Apostles, Paul and Barnabas, they went running out among the people, parting their clothing, and crying out,


rate difficulty: How will you say to your brother, Brother, let me take the grain of dust out of your eye, when you yourself do not see the bit of wood in your eye? O false one! first take the wood out of your eye and then you will see clearly to take the dust out of your brother's eye.

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


rate difficulty: Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?

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simplify: And Joshua smote them from Kadesh–barnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon.

Joshua overcame them from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and all the land of Goshen as far as Gibeon.


simplify: and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;

But you must, servant of God, avoid all this. Aim at righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, gentleness.


rate difficulty: and the pomegranates four hundred to the two wreaths, two rows of pomegranates to the one wreath, to cover the two bowls of the crowns that <FI>are<Fi> on the front of the pillars.

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simplify: When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, thou shalt not be afraid of them; for Jehovah thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

When you go out to war against other nations, and come face to face with horses and war-carriages and armies greater in number than yourselves, have no fear of them: for the Lord your God is with you, who took you up out of the land of Egypt.


simplify: And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first.

And they gave the town the name of Dan, after Dan their father, who was the son of Israel: though the town had been named Laish at first.


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

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


rate difficulty: Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith Jehovah.

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simplify: And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the Lord at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

And he is to take the two goats and put them before the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting.


rate difficulty: A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.


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

I know a man in union with Christ, who, fourteen years ago — whether in the body or out of the body I do not know; God knows — was caught up (this man of whom I am speaking) to the third heaven.


rate difficulty: And ye shall eat old store, and clear away the old because of the new.

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rate difficulty: And the angel of Jehovah said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, Is it because there is not aGod in Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal-zebub thegod of Ekron?

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rate difficulty: Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?

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rate difficulty: Only by the word of the Lord did this fate come on Judah, to take them away from before his face; because of the sins of Manasseh and all the evil he did;


simplify: He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.

He who is kind will have a blessing, for he gives of his bread to the poor.


rate difficulty: Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them into Absalom's body, while he was yet alive in the midst of the terebinth.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

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rate difficulty: And mine enemies didst thou make to turn their backs unto me, And those that hated me I destroyed.

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rate difficulty: And they heaped many other insults on him.

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


rate difficulty: Run the great race of the faith, and win the eternal life. It was for this that you received the call, and, in the presence of many witnesses, made the great profession of faith.

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


rate difficulty: Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth it fast; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

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


rate difficulty: And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

He will take your fields and your vine-gardens and your olive-gardens, all the best of them, and give them to his servants.


simplify: And these are the sons of Reuel, Esau’s son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah: these are the chiefs that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Basemath, Esau’s wife.

And these are the sons of Esau's son Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah: these were the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom, the children of Esau's wife Basemath.


simplify: And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that they that would pass from hence to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from thence to us.

And in addition, there is a deep division fixed between us and you, so that those who might go from here to you are not able to do so, and no one may come from you to us.


simplify: And Mary said unto the messenger, `How shall this be, seeing a husband I do not know?'

“How can this be?” Mary asked the angel. “For I have no husband.”


rate difficulty: But they and our fathers, in their pride, made their necks stiff, and gave no attention to your orders,

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


rate difficulty: for if God spared not the natural branches, neither will he spare thee.

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


simplify: For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.

For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing.


simplify: Now when he heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee;

Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee;


simplify: And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah:

And Enoch was sixty-five years old when he became the father of Methuselah:


simplify: And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.

And Abner said the same things to Benjamin: and he went to David in Hebron to make clear to him what seemed good to Israel and to all the people of Benjamin.


rate difficulty: Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, Nor shoot an arrow there, Nor come before it with shield, Nor cast a bank against it.

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


rate difficulty: And all present were struck with awe at the majesty of God.


rate difficulty: And did raise an horn of salvation to us, In the house of David His servant,


rate difficulty: Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.

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


rate difficulty: And he took up arms against King Nebuchadnezzar, though he had made him take an oath by God; but he made his neck stiff and his heart hard, turning away from the Lord, the God of Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And he said to them, For this reason every scribe discipled to the kingdom of the heavens is like a man [that is] a householder who brings out of his treasure things new and old.

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


rate difficulty: For better <FI>that<Fi> he hath said to thee, `Come thou up hither,' Than <FI>that<Fi> he humble thee before a noble, Whom thine eyes have seen.

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


rate difficulty: and since the days that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. And I will subdue all thine enemies; and I tell thee that Jehovah will build thee a house.

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


rate difficulty: And he was with her hid in the house of the Lord six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

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


simplify: And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

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


simplify: Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

and say ‘Here is a person who began to build and was not able to finish!’


simplify: Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.

Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.


simplify: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

But make a store for yourselves in heaven, where it will not be turned to dust and where thieves do not come in to take it away: