simplify: Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Whoever then goes against the smallest of these laws, teaching men to do the same, will be named least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who keeps the laws, teaching others to keep them, will be named great in the kingdom of heaven.


rate difficulty: Let Jehovah thy God be blessed who hath delighted in thee, to put thee on His throne for king for Jehovah thy God; in the love of thy God to Israel, to establish it to the age, He hath put thee over them for king, to do judgment and righteousness.'

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


rate difficulty: Till the Lord's eye is turned on me, till he sees my trouble from heaven.

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


simplify: And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the Lord hath spoken unto Moses,

And if in error you go against any of these laws which the Lord has given to Moses,


simplify: For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

For, though we live an earthly life, we do not wage an earthly war.


simplify: When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer,

And when Tou, king of Hamath, had news that David had overcome all the army of Hadadezer,


simplify: But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when the sound of his horn is about to come, then will the secret of God be complete, of which he gave the good news to his servants the prophets.


simplify: The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.

The bricks have come down, but we will put up buildings of cut stone in their place: the sycamores are cut down, but they will be changed to cedars.


simplify: Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

Then all the bridesmaids woke up and trimmed their lamps,


simplify: because the Lamb that <FI>is<Fi> in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters, and wipe away shall God every tear from their eyes.'

for the Lamb that stands in the space before the throne will be their shepherd, and will lead them to life-giving springs of water; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.’


simplify: But the lad knew not anything: only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

But the boy had no idea what was going on; only Jonathan and David had knowledge of it.


simplify: And the ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen broad in the four sides thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit round about; and the steps thereof shall look toward the east.

And the shelf is fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, on its four sides; the edge round it is half a cubit; the base of it is a cubit all round, and its steps are facing the east.


rate difficulty: In those days, there being again a great crowd, and they having nothing that they could eat, having called his disciples to [him], he says to them,

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


rate difficulty: Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established unto him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father.

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


simplify: And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.

And he said to them, Without doubt you will say to me, Let the medical man make himself well: the things which to our knowledge were done at Capernaum, do them here in your country.


simplify: Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.

Wealth and honour are in my hands, even wealth without equal and righteousness.


simplify: And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.

And Moses was happy to go on living with the man; and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses.


simplify: And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the Lord hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab!

And the king of Israel said, Here is trouble: for the Lord has got these three kings together to give them into the hands of Moab.


simplify: In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.

In the day of wealth have joy, but in the day of evil take thought: God has put the one against the other, so that man may not be certain what will be after him.


simplify: Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it.

Those of the family of Jeroboam who come to death in the town, will become food for the dogs; and those on whom death comes in the open country, will be food for the birds of the air; for the Lord has said it.


simplify: Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?


rate difficulty: There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

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


rate difficulty: As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

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


simplify: and thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods, and make thy sons play the harlot after their gods.

Or take their daughters for your sons; for when their daughters give worship before their gods, they will make your sons take part with them.


simplify: Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, And to the hill of frankincense.

Till the evening comes, and the sky slowly becomes dark, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.


rate difficulty: And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

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


simplify: Having many things to write unto you, I would not write them with paper and ink: but I hope to come unto you, and to speak face to face, that your joy may be made full.

Having much to say to you, it is not my purpose to put it all down with paper and ink: but I am hoping to come to you, and to have talk with you face to face, so that your joy may be full.


simplify: and if any one doth think to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the assemblies of God.

If, however, anyone still thinks it right to contest the point — well, we have no such custom, nor have the churches of God.


simplify: And he went out the second day, and, behold, two men of the Hebrews were striving together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

And he went out the day after and saw two of the Hebrews fighting: and he said to him who was in the wrong, Why are you fighting your brother?


rate difficulty: And in the abundance of Thine excellency Thou throwest down Thy withstanders, Thou sendest forth Thy wrath--It consumeth them as stubble.

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


rate difficulty: These <FI>are<Fi> families of the Reubenite, and their numbered ones are three and forty thousand and seven hundred and thirty.

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


simplify: And he made curtains of goats’hairfor a tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them.

And they made curtains of goats' hair for the tent; eleven curtains were made.


simplify: girded with girdles upon their loins, with flowing turbans upon their heads, all of them princes to look upon, after the likeness of the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their nativity.

With bands round their bodies and with head-dresses hanging round their heads, all of them looking like rulers, like the Babylonians, the land of whose birth is Chaldaea.


rate difficulty: Thus saith the Lord God of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say,

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


simplify: And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written,

And this is in agreement with the words of the prophets, as it is said,


rate difficulty: But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.

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


simplify: And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.


rate difficulty: Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them went into the temple, declaring the fulfilment of the days of purification, until the offering was offered for every one of them.

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


simplify: And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.

And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands.


rate difficulty: Whoso removeth stones is hurt therewith; he that cleaveth wood is endangered thereby.

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


simplify: So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister.

So her loose behaviour was clearly seen and her shame uncovered: then my soul was turned from her as it had been turned from her sister.


simplify: And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.

And there were no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the earth: and their father gave them a heritage among their brothers.


rate difficulty: He that doeth violence to his father, and chaseth away his mother, Is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach.

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


simplify: And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;

And Jehoiada, chief of the family of Aaron, and with him three thousand, seven hundred men;


rate difficulty: Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better.

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


rate difficulty: Prepare ye slaughter for his children, because of the iniquity of their fathers; that they may not rise up and possess the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

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


rate difficulty: And in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

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


simplify: And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

And a voice came to my ears, from the middle of the four beasts, saying, A measure of grain for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny: and see that you do no damage to the oil and the wine.


rate difficulty: I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God, in My statutes walk, And My judgments observe, and do them,

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


rate difficulty: And the chief Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise [and] to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man ofGod, ward over against ward.

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


simplify: Afterwards again he put <FI>his<Fi> hands on his eyes, and made him look up, and he was restored, and discerned all things clearly,

Then Jesus again placed his hands on the man’s eyes; and the man saw clearly, his sight was restored, and he saw everything with perfect distinctness.


simplify: But all winged creeping things, which have four feet, are an abomination unto you.

But all other winged four-footed things which go on the earth are disgusting to you.


rate difficulty: While the man still clung to Peter and John, the people all quickly gathered around them in the Colonnade named after Solomon, in the greatest astonishment.

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


simplify: For what thanksgiving can we render again unto God for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God;

For how great is the praise which we give to God for you, and how great the joy with which we are glad because of you before our God;


rate difficulty: I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God.

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


simplify: Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens.


simplify: And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.

Then when evils and troubles without number have overtaken them, this song will be a witness to them, for the words of it will be clear in the memories of their children: for I see the thoughts which are moving in their hearts even now, before I have taken them into the land of my oath.


rate difficulty: From Ekron and westward all that are by the side of Ashdod, and their hamlets.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate.


simplify: Remember what the Lord thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt.

Keep in mind what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way, when you came out of Egypt.


rate difficulty: Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already: neither is it in our power to help it; for other men have our fields and our vineyards.

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


rate difficulty: and I look, and lo, a likeness as the appearance of fire, from the appearance of His loins and downward--fire, and from His loins and upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of copper.

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


rate difficulty: `Jehovah doth smite thee with the ulcer of Egypt, and with emerods, and with scurvy, and with itch, of which thou art not able to be healed.

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


rate difficulty: Therefore he who sets himself against the authorities is resisting God’s appointment, and those who resist will bring a judgment on themselves.

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


simplify: `He who is hearing you, doth hear me; and he who is putting you away, doth put me away; and he who is putting me away, doth put away Him who sent me.'

Anyone who listens to you is listening to me, and anyone who rejects you is rejecting me; while the person who rejects me is rejecting him who sent me as his messenger.”


rate difficulty: So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.

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


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

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


rate difficulty: For Thou <FI>art<Fi> our Father, For Abraham hath not known us, And Israel doth not acknowledge us, Thou, O Jehovah, <FI>art<Fi> our Father, Our redeemer from the age, <FI>is<Fi> Thy name.

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: If the horn is sounded in the town will the people not be full of fear? will evil come on a town if the Lord has not done it?


rate difficulty: And let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Jehovah hath commanded:

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


rate difficulty: The pattern hold thou of sound words, which from me thou didst hear, in faith and love that <FI>is<Fi> in Christ Jesus;

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


rate difficulty: And that is my reason for reminding you to stir into flame that gift of God, which is yours through your ordination at my hands.

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


rate difficulty: And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders.

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


rate difficulty: and that he was buried, and that he hath risen on the third day, according to the Writings,

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


simplify: And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:

Adam had been living for a hundred and thirty years when he had a son like himself, after his image, and gave him the name of Seth:


simplify: According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.


simplify: Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

Therefore remember what you have received and heard, and lay it to heart and repent. Unless you are on the watch, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I am coming to you.


rate difficulty: and the unbelieving Jews did stir up and made evil the souls of the nations against the brethren;

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


simplify: And they shall say to you, Lo, there! Lo, here! go not away, nor follow after them:

And if they say to you, See, it is there! or, It is here! do not go away, or go after them.


simplify: And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus.


rate difficulty: And there hath been no water for the company, and they are assembled against Moses, and against Aaron,


simplify: The son of Geber, in Ramoth–gilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brasen bars:

... the son of Geber in Ramoth-gilead; he had the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead, and the country of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great towns with walls and locks of brass.


rate difficulty: And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

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


rate difficulty: And most of all be warm in your love for one another; because in love there is forgiveness for sins without number:


simplify: He removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;


simplify: these with the Lamb shall make war, and the Lamb shall overcome them, because Lord of lords he is, and King of kings, and those with him are called, and choice, and stedfast.'

They will fight with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings; so, too, will those with him who have received the call and are chosen and faithful.


rate difficulty: God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and will he not make it good?

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


simplify: and now having been made manifest, also, through prophetic writings, according to a command of the age-during God, having been made known to all the nations for obedience of faith--

and, in obedience to the command of the immortal God, made known through the writings of the prophets to all nations, to secure submission to the faith —


simplify: If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.

If we say, We will go into the town, there is no food in the town, and we will come to our end there; and if we go on waiting here, death will come to us. Come then, let us give ourselves up to the army of Aram: if they let us go on living, then life will be ours; and if they put us to death, then death will be ours.


rate difficulty: And he made a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer;


rate difficulty: And he made places for worship at the high places, and made priests, who were not Levites, from among all the people.

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


rate difficulty: As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I Jehovah have poured out my fury upon you.

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


rate difficulty: I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

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


simplify: But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without variance, without hypocrisy.

But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is.


simplify: The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.

The sun will be made dark and the moon turned to blood, before the great day of the Lord comes, a day to be feared.


rate difficulty: Thou dost not bow thyself to them, nor serve them: for I, Jehovah thy God, <FI>am<Fi> a zealous God, charging iniquity of fathers on sons, on the third <FI>generation<Fi> , and on the fourth, of those hating Me,

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


simplify: Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?

You were once making good progress! Who has hindered you from obeying the truth?


simplify: The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

The beginning of the good news about Jesus Christ.


simplify: Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.

And he put up towers in the waste land and made places for storing water, for he had much cattle, in the low hills and in the table land; and he had farmers and vine-keepers in the mountains and in the fertile land, for he was a lover of farming.


simplify: The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

The king will give himself up to sorrow, and the ruler will be clothed with wonder, and the hands of the people of the land will be troubled: I will give them punishment for their ways, judging them as it is right for them to be judged; and they will be certain that I am the Lord.


simplify: But thou must eat them before the Lord thy God in the place which the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.

But they will be your food before the Lord your God in the place of his selection, where you may make a feast of them, with your son and your daughter, and your man-servant and your woman-servant, and the Levite who is living with you: and you will have joy before the Lord your God in everything to which you put your hand.


simplify: and the feast of harvest, the first-fruits of thy labors, which thou sowest in the field: and the feast of ingathering, at the end of the year, when thou gatherest in thy labors out of the field.

And the feast of the grain-cutting, the first-fruits of your planted fields: and the feast at the start of the year, when you have got in all the fruit from your fields.


rate difficulty: She hearkened not to the voice; she received not correction; she confided not in Jehovah; she drew not near herGod.

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


rate difficulty: And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah theGod of Israel: Your fathers dwelt of old on the other side of the river, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served othergods.

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


simplify: And the building that was before the separate place at the side toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.

And the building which was in front of the separate place at the side to the west was seventy cubits wide; the wall of the building was five cubits thick all round and ninety cubits long.


simplify: and in their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, `Separate ye to me both Barnabas and Saul to the work to which I have called them,'

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


rate difficulty: And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel.

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


rate difficulty: And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the water-courses, and in all the habitable places of the country.

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


rate difficulty: If any man makes use of a tongue, let it not be more than two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let someone give the sense:


simplify: And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

And Jacob did seven years' work for Rachel; and because of his love for her it seemed to him only a very little time.


simplify: And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives.

And he said to the people, Be ready by the third day: do not come near a woman.


simplify: in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land.


simplify: Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

as they strove to discern what that time could be, to which the Spirit of Christ within them was pointing, when foretelling the sufferings that Christ would have to endure, and the glories that would follow.


rate difficulty: that thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which thou shalt bring in from thy land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee; and thou shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 13 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

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


simplify: And the Lord said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

And the Lord said to him, Give him the name of Jezreel, for after a little time I will send punishment for the blood of Jezreel on the line of Jehu, and put an end to the kingdom of Israel.


simplify: And all the men were about twelve.


rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the remnant of Israel and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob shall no more again rely upon him that smote them; but they shall rely upon Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

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


simplify: But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

But the Jewish leaders, becoming jealous, engaged some worthless fellows from the streets, and, getting a mob together, kept the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, with the intention of bringing Paul and Silas before the Popular Assembly;


simplify: Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.

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


rate difficulty: Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah.

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


simplify: and the rain did descend, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and they beat on that house, and it fell not, for it had been founded on the rock.

The rain poured down, the rivers rose, the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, for its foundations were on the rock.


rate difficulty: His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:

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


simplify: Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of Jehovah filled the tabernacle.

Then the cloud came down covering the Tent of meeting, and the House was full of the glory of the Lord;


simplify: And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

And God sent back on to the heads of the men of Shechem all the evil they had done, and the curse of Jotham, the son of Jerubbaal, came on them.


rate difficulty: for all the wealth which God hath taken away from our father, it <FI>is<Fi> ours, and our children's; and now, all that God hath said unto thee--do.'

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


simplify: Salute Priscilla and Aquilas, my fellow-workmen in Christ Jesus--

Give my greeting to Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in the cause of Christ Jesus,


simplify: In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

In the twenty-third year of Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away as prisoners seven hundred and forty-five of the Jews: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.


rate difficulty: Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.

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


simplify: Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:

In your towns you are not to take as food the tenth part of your grain, or of your wine or your oil, or the first births of your herds or of your flocks, or anything offered under an oath, or freely offered to the Lord, or given as a lifted offering;


simplify: Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.

Who among you claims to be wise and intelligent? Let them show that their actions are the outcome of a good life lived in the humility of true wisdom.


simplify: But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

But Saul and the people did not put Agag to death, and they kept the best of the sheep and the oxen and the fat beasts and the lambs, and whatever was good, not desiring to put them to the curse: but everything which was bad and of no use they put to the curse.


simplify: and die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:

And let death come to you on the mountain where you are going, and be put to rest with your people; as death came to Aaron, your brother, on Mount Hor, where he was put to rest with his people:


rate difficulty: And the sons of Judah fight against Jerusalem, and capture it, and smite it by the mouth of the sword, and the city they have sent into fire;

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


simplify: And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord: and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord.

And let the chiefs of the people put their hands on its head before the Lord, and put the ox to death before the Lord.


simplify: Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?

You say, See, I have overcome Edom; and your heart is lifted up with pride: now keep in your country; why do you make causes of trouble, putting yourself, and Judah with you, in danger of downfall?


rate difficulty: And they said to Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for the sheep that thy servants have, for the famine is grievous in the land of Canaan; and now, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.


simplify: and Aijalon with its suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with its suburbs;

And Aijalon with its outskirts, and Gath-rimmon with its outskirts;


rate difficulty: And I saw another strong messenger coming down out of the heaven, arrayed with a cloud, and a rainbow upon the head, and his face as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire,

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


simplify: And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.

And I will have them planted in their land, and never again will they be uprooted from their land which I have given them, says the Lord your God.


simplify: And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.

This being so, I strive at all times to keep my conscience clear before both God and people.


simplify: and for the leprosy of a garment, and for a house,

And for signs of disease in clothing, or in a house;


simplify: And the house which king Solomon built for the Lord, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits.

The house which Solomon made for the Lord was sixty cubits long, twenty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.


simplify: Wherefore remember, that once ye, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called Circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;

For this reason keep it in mind that in the past you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are looked on as being outside the circumcision by those who have circumcision, in the flesh, made by hands;


simplify: for who of men hath known the things of the man, except the spirit of the man that <FI>is<Fi> in him? so also the things of God no one hath known, except the Spirit of God.

For what person is there who knows what a person is, except the person’s own spirit within them? So, also, no one comprehends what God is, except the Spirit of God.


rate difficulty: And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

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


rate difficulty: And they will say, This land which was waste has become like the garden of Eden; and the towns which were unpeopled and wasted and pulled down are walled and peopled.

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


simplify: And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the Lord thy God hath given thee.

Your towns will be shut in by his armies, till your high walls, in which you put your faith, have come down: his armies will be round your towns, through all your land which the Lord your God has given you.


simplify: If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.

If brothers are living together and one of them, at his death, has no son, the wife of the dead man is not to be married outside the family to another man: let her husband's brother go in to her and make her his wife, doing as it is right for a brother-in-law to do.


simplify: He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares.

Will anyone take him when he is on the watch, or put metal teeth through his nose?


rate difficulty: And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do?

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


rate difficulty: So when Esau saw that Isaac had given Jacob his blessing, and sent him away to Paddan-aram to get a wife for himself there, blessing him and saying to him, Do not take a wife from among the women of Canaan;

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


simplify: As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.

As for God, his way is all good: the word of the Lord is tested; he is a safe cover for all those who put their faith in him.


simplify: But arise, and get thee down, and go with them, nothing doubting: for I have sent them.

Go down, then, and go with them, doubting nothing, for I have sent them.


rate difficulty: and they have been on thee for a sign and for a wonder, also on thy seed--to the age.

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


rate difficulty: All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.

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


rate difficulty: The children of Bigvai, two thousand and sixty-seven.


rate difficulty: `And the servant said, Sir, it hath been done as thou didst command, and still there is room.

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


simplify: and to them that were in Aroer, and to them that were in Siphmoth, and to them that were in Eshtemoa,


rate difficulty: For out of the heart come evil thoughts, the taking of life, broken faith between the married, unclean desires of the flesh, taking of property, false witness, bitter words:

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


simplify: And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:

And we are certain that if we make any request to him which is right in his eyes, he will give ear to us:


simplify: Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where are thy zeal and thy mighty acts? the yearning of thy heart and thy compassions are restrained toward me.

Let your eyes be looking down from heaven, from your holy and beautiful house: where is your deep feeling, the working of your power? do not keep back the moving of your pity and your mercies:


simplify: Look away from him, that he may rest, Till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.


simplify: Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,

See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.


simplify: And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,

And the Lord said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh: for I have made his heart and the hearts of his servants hard, so that I may let my signs be seen among them:


rate difficulty: So then, death is working in us, but life in you.


simplify: Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

Then will he make answer to them, saying, Truly I say to you, Because you did it not to the least of these, you did it not to me.


simplify: And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they hearkened not.

And I will send punishment on him and on his seed and on his servants for their evil-doing; I will send on them and on the people of Jerusalem and the men of Judah, all the evil which I said against them, but they did not give ear.


simplify: And when Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of Jehovah,

And Micaiah, the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, after hearing all the words of the Lord from the book,


simplify: And this shall be a sign unto thee from the Lord, that the Lord will do this thing that he hath spoken;

And Isaiah said, This is the sign the Lord will give you, that he will do what he has said:


rate difficulty: But the fig-tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?

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


simplify: And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead: and the Syrians wounded Joram.

He went with Joram, the son of Ahab, to make war on Hazael, king of Aram, at Ramoth-gilead: and Joram was wounded by the Aramaeans.


simplify: And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith Jehovah.

And they will not take from you a stone for the angle of a wall or the base of a building; but you will be a waste place for ever, says the Lord.


simplify: Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him.

If the death of a son or of a daughter has been caused, the punishment is to be in agreement with this rule.


simplify: Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.

So now, if you have here five cakes of bread, give them into my hand, or whatever you have.


simplify: and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,


simplify: And Jehovah will take away from thee all sickness; and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, will he put upon thee, but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.

And the Lord will take away from you all disease, and will not put on you any of the evil diseases of Egypt which you have seen, but will put them on your haters.


simplify: And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

And another horse came out, a red horse; and it was given to him who was seated on it to take peace from the earth, so that people might put one another to death: and there was given to him a great sword.


rate difficulty: O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.

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


simplify: And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the firstmonth, in the seventhdayof the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

Now in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,


rate difficulty: And the king speaketh unto the man of God, `Come in with me to the house, and refresh thyself, and I give to thee a gift.'

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


rate difficulty: And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

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


rate difficulty: Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.


simplify: why, have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or the assembly of God do ye despise, and shame those not having? what may I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I do not praise!

Have you no houses in which you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show your contempt for the church of God, and to humiliate the poor? What can I say to you? Should I praise you? In this matter I cannot praise you.


rate difficulty: and say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem, in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink their water with astonishment, because her land shall be left desolate of all that is in it, for the violence of all them that dwell therein.

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


rate difficulty: but, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

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


simplify: The desire of the sluggard killeth him; For his hands refuse to labor.

The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.


simplify: And Jehovah sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and ye dwelt in safety.

So the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and took you out of the power of those who were fighting against you on every side, and made you safe.


simplify: And he asked his father, How long time is it since this hath come unto him? And he said, From a child.

And Jesus questioning the father said, How long has he been like this? And he said, From a child.


simplify: For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

For without doubt there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.


rate difficulty: The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

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


simplify: For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:


rate difficulty: Truly, the Lord's hand has not become short, so that he is unable to give salvation; and his ear is not shut from hearing:

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


simplify: And he took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on the west side of the city.

And taking about five thousand men, he put them in position for a surprise attack on the west side of Ai, between Beth-el and Ai.


rate difficulty: Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die:

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 11 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;

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


simplify: And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

And he made the washing-vessel of brass on a brass base, using the polished brass looking-glasses given by the women who did work at the doors of the Tent of meeting.


simplify: He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.

He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life.


rate difficulty: The rod has come on Ephraim, their root is dry, let them have no fruit; even though they give birth, I will put to death the dearest fruit of their bodies.


simplify: he who is overcoming shall inherit all things, and I will be to him--a God, and he shall be to me--the son,

Those who conquer will enter into possession of these things, and I will be their God, and they will be my children.


simplify: And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.

And when all the money in Egypt and Canaan was gone, the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread; would you have us come to destruction before your eyes? for we have no more money.


simplify: And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, shall be for briers and thorns.

And it will be in that day that in every place where before there were a thousand vines valued at a thousand shekels of silver, there will be nothing but blackberries and thorns.


rate difficulty: He shall build a house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.

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


simplify: And thy issue, that thou begettest after them, shall be thine; they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.

And any other offspring which you have after them, will be yours, and will be named after their brothers in their heritage.


simplify: Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

Truly I say to you, I will take no more of the fruit of the vine till the day when I take it new in the kingdom of God.


simplify: which are a shadow of the things to come; but the body is Christ’s.

For these are an image of the things which are to come; but the body is Christ's.


rate difficulty: And let them be stored up in the Tent of meeting, in front of the ark of witness where I come to you.

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


simplify: And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.

Now at the time of the grain-cutting, Reuben saw some love-fruits in the field, and took them to his mother Leah. And Rachel said to her, Let me have some of your son's love-fruits.


rate difficulty: For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the Asherim, and the graven images, and the molten images.

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


rate difficulty: For what advantage <FI>is<Fi> to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?

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


simplify: And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

The rods were so long that their ends were seen from the holy place, in front of the inmost room; but they were not seen from outside: and there they are to this day.


simplify: Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?

See, he will come up like a lion from the thick growth of Jordan against the resting-place of Teman: but I will suddenly make them go in flight from her; and I will put over her the man of my selection: for who is like me? and who will put forward his cause against me? and what keeper of sheep will keep his place before me?


simplify: Who hath directed the Spirit of Jehovah, or being his counsellor hath taught him?

By whom has the spirit of the Lord been guided, or who has been his teacher?


simplify: He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

He was hoping, too, for a bribe from Paul, and so he used to send for him frequently and talk with him.


simplify: And David said to Saul, Let no man’s heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart become feeble because of him; I, your servant, will go out and have a fight with this Philistine.


rate difficulty: And they took their places in their right order, as it was ordered in the law of Moses, the man of God: the priests draining out on the altar the blood given them by the Levites.

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


simplify: But cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the Gentiles.

A curse on the false man who has a male in his flock, and takes his oath, and gives to the Lord a damaged thing: for I am a great King, says the Lord of armies, and my name is to be feared among the Gentiles.


rate difficulty: and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion for ever from the children of Israel; for it is a heave-offering: and it shall be a heave-offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, even their heave-offering unto Jehovah.

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


rate difficulty: Now a man came from Baal-shalishah with an offering of first-fruits for the man of God, twenty barley cakes and garden fruit in his bag. And he said, Give these to the people for food.


rate difficulty: And in that day did the Lord God of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:

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


simplify: Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and scribes; and they shall condemn him to death,

See, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be given into the hands of the chief priests and scribes; and they will give orders for him to be put to death,


simplify: and he was questioning him, `What <FI>is<Fi> thy name?' and he answered, saying, `Legion <FI>is<Fi> my name, because we are many;'

And he asked him: “What is your name?”“My name,” he said, “is Legion, for there are many of us;”


rate difficulty: Herein has love been perfected with us that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that even as he is, we also are in this world.

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


simplify: and Apphia the beloved, and Archippus our fellow-soldier, and the assembly in thy house:

To our dear friend and fellow worker Philemon, to our sister Apphia, to our fellow soldier Archippus; and to the church that meets at Philemon’s house;


simplify: Then they brought out the king’s son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king.

Then they made the king's son come out, and they put the crown on his head and gave him the arm-bands and made him king: and Jehoiada and his sons put the holy oil on him and said, Long life to the king.


simplify: And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely shew thee kindness for Jonathan thy father’s sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

And David said to him, Have no fear: for truly I will be good to you, because of your father Jonathan, and I will give back to you all the land which was Saul's; and you will have a place at my table at all times.


rate difficulty: But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the Lord besides, that we might enquire of him?

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


rate difficulty: Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out.

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


simplify: And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

And for the open space on the west side, the hangings are to be fifty cubits wide, with ten pillars and ten bases;


simplify: These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, andperfect in his generations: Noah walked with God.

These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.


rate difficulty: All the best of the oil and the wine and the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give to the Lord, to you have I given them.

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


rate difficulty: and they make the feast of unleavened things seven days with joy, for Jehovah made them to rejoice, and turned round the heart of the king of Asshur unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

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


simplify: for he did view himself, and hath gone away, and immediately he did forget of what kind he was;

They look at themselves, then go on their way,


simplify: For thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts.

For the Lord says, Though you see no wind or rain, the valley will be full of water, and you and your armies and your beasts will have drink.


rate difficulty: In like manner also the chief priests mocking him among themselves with the scribes said, He saved others; himself he cannot save.

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


rate difficulty: And the captain of the body-guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, Jehovah thyGod pronounced this evil upon this place,

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


rate difficulty: The disciple is not above his teacher, but every one that is perfected shall be as his teacher.

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


rate difficulty: I have put off my coat, how do I put it on? I have washed my feet, how do I defile them?

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


rate difficulty: And the whole company of them rose up, and brought him before Pilate.


simplify: But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.

But now he has overcome me with weariness and fear, and I am in the grip of all my trouble.


simplify: And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom.

Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan: these are the chiefs of the Horites, offspring of Seir in the land of Edom.


rate difficulty: And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of [that] gate from without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall offer his burnt-offering and his peace-offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate, and shall go forth: but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.

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


simplify: And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up upon one stalk, full and good:

And again in a dream I saw seven heads of grain, full and good, coming up on one stem:


simplify: And having called near the multitude, he said to them, `Hear and understand:

Then Jesus called the people to him, and said: “Listen, and mark my words.


rate difficulty: And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth–el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.

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


simplify: the <FI>son<Fi> of Amminadab, the <FI>son<Fi> of Aram, the <FI>son<Fi> of Esrom, the <FI>son<Fi> of Pharez,


simplify: And my holy name will I make known in the midst of my people Israel; neither will I suffer my holy name to be profaned any more: and the nations shall know that I am Jehovah, the Holy One in Israel.

And I will make clear my holy name among my people Israel; I will no longer let my holy name be made unclean: and the nations will be certain that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel.


simplify: and the multitudes having known did follow him, and having received them, he was speaking to them concerning the reign of God, and those having need of service he cured.

But the people recognized him and followed him in crowds; and Jesus welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, while he cured those who were in need of help.


rate difficulty: Wash ye, make ye pure, Turn aside the evil of your doings, from before Mine eyes, Cease to do evil, learn to do good.

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


simplify: And for the east side eastward fifty cubits.

And on the east side, the open space was fifty cubits long.


rate difficulty: And they go unto Joshua, unto the camp at Gilgal, and say unto him, and unto the men of Israel, `From a land far off we have come, and now, make with us a covenant;'

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 4 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: and having found it, he lays it upon his own shoulders, rejoicing;


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

Is the number of their months fixed by you? or is the time when they give birth ordered by you?


simplify: And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them:

I will go after them, attacking them with the sword and with need of food and with disease, and will make them a cause of fear to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse and a wonder and a surprise and a name of shame among all the nations where I have sent them:


simplify: And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

In those days people ‘will seek Death and will not find it’; They will long to die, but Death flees from them.


simplify: And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also turned not from beside them.

And when the winged ones went, the wheels went by their side: and when their wings were lifted to take them up from the earth, the wheels were not turned from their side.


rate difficulty: [namely,] whether Christ should suffer; whether he first, through resurrection of [the] dead, should announce light both to the people and to the nations.

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


simplify: And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way.

And had made the women and all who were there, small and great, prisoners: they had not put any of them to death, but had taken them all away.


simplify: put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground against the stratagems of the devil.


simplify: The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord lighteneth both their eyes.

The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.


simplify: And he said, O Jehovah, the God of my master Abraham, send me, I pray thee, good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham.

And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, let me do well in what I have undertaken this day, and give your mercy to my master Abraham.


simplify: Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.

Then he himself went to Ramah, and came to the great water-spring in Secu; and questioning the people he said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, They are at Naioth in Ramah.


rate difficulty: <FI> To<Fi> the parts of Sheol ye go down, If together on the dust we may rest.

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


rate difficulty: The outcry of the children of Israel has come to my ears: say to them now, At nightfall you will have meat for your food, and in the morning bread in full measure; and you will see that I am the Lord your God.

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


simplify: And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

Jesus called them at once, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the crew, and went after him.


rate difficulty: And having given them an account of everything, he sent them to Joppa.

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


simplify: In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

In the year of the death of King Ahaz this word came to the prophet:


rate difficulty: And David sweareth again, and saith, `Thy father hath certainly known that I have found grace in thine eyes, and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved; and yet, Jehovah liveth, and thy soul liveth, but--as a step between me and death.'

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prized at by them. And I took the thirty silver-pieces, and cast them to the potter in the house of Jehovah.

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


simplify: And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.


simplify: And the scribes and the Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find how to accuse him.

And the scribes and Pharisees were watching him to see if he would make him well on the Sabbath, so that they might be able to say something against him.


simplify: Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the Lord your God.

You have now been with your brothers for a long time; till this day you have been doing the orders of the Lord your God.


simplify: And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.

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


rate difficulty: I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

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


simplify: I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

Where is your king, that he may be your saviour? and all your rulers, that they may take up your cause? of whom you said, Give me a king and rulers.


rate difficulty: And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi;

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


simplify: He breaketh in pieces mighty men in ways past finding out, And setteth others in their stead.

He sends the strong to destruction without searching out their cause, and puts others in their place.


simplify: And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalim, unto which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith Jehovah.

And I will give her punishment for the days of the Baals, to whom she has been burning perfumes, when she made herself fair with her nose-rings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, giving no thought to me, says the Lord.


simplify: Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left.

Come up against her one and all, let her store-houses be broken open: make her into a mass of stones, give her to the curse, till there is nothing of her to be seen.


rate difficulty: But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir; [come,] let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours.


simplify: Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, profaning the covenant of our fathers?

Have we not all one father? has not one God made us? why are we, every one of us, acting falsely to his brother, putting shame on the agreement of our fathers?


simplify: Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon.


rate difficulty: Therefore also I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there.

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


simplify: When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain;

Your false gods will not keep you safe in answer to your cry; but the wind will take them, they will be gone like a breath: but he who puts his hope in me will take the land, and will have my holy mountain as his heritage.


simplify: and Peter raised him, saying, `Stand up; I also myself am a man;'

Peter, however, lifted him up, saying as he did so: “Stand up, I am only human like yourself.”


simplify: Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble.

Then the towns of Judah and the people of Jerusalem will go crying for help to the gods to whom they have been burning perfumes: but they will give them no salvation in the time of their trouble.


simplify: And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim.

And Pathrusim and Casluhim and Caphtorim, from whom came the Philistines.


simplify: And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

Saying, I have taken an oath by my name, says the Lord, because you have done this and have not kept back from me your dearly loved only son,


rate difficulty: and giveth a portion to every man of Israel, both man and woman: to each a cake of bread, and a measure of wine, and a grape-cake.

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


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

And one he-goat for a sin-offering; in addition to the regular burned offering, and its meal offering, and its drink offering.


simplify: For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride.

For the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said, See, before your eyes and in your days I will put an end in this place to the laughing voices and the voice of joy; to the voice of the newly-married man and the voice of the bride.


rate difficulty: `And to what shall I liken this generation? it is like little children in market-places, sitting and calling to their comrades,

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


rate difficulty: Jarmuth with her suburbs, En–gannim with her suburbs; four cities.

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


rate difficulty: And Solomon sanctifieth the middle of the court that <FI>is<Fi> before the house of Jehovah, for he hath made there the burnt-offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings: for the altar of brass that Solomon made hath not been able to contain the burnt-offering, and the present, and the fat.

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


simplify: Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Jutah,


rate difficulty: The word about Tyre. Let a cry of sorrow go up, O ships of Tarshish, because your strong place is made waste; on the way back from the land of Kittim the news is given to them.

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


simplify: And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; and Ephraim will have a fall through his sins, and the fall of Judah will be the same as theirs.


simplify: Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

The Lord has let his holy arm be seen by the eyes of all nations; and all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.


simplify: But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:

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


rate difficulty: And the priest, answering David, said, I have no common bread here but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.


simplify: And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the Lord, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjath–jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:

And there was another man who was a prophet of the Lord, Uriah, the son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim; he said against this town and against this land all the words which Jeremiah had said:


simplify: And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS.

The words of the charge against him, written up over his head, read — ‘THE KING OF THE JEWS.’


rate difficulty: And David went up, with all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim in Judah, to get up from there the ark of God, over which the holy Name is named, the name of the Lord whose place is between the winged ones.

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


rate difficulty: And while he went on his way they put their clothing down on the road in front of him.

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


simplify: For Jehovah your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.

For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, strong in power and greatly to be feared, who has no respect for any man's position and takes no rewards:


rate difficulty: Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

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


simplify: If thou lend money to any of my people with thee that is poor, thou shalt not be to him as a creditor; neither shall ye lay upon him interest.

If you let any of the poor among my people have the use of your money, do not be a hard creditor to him, and do not take interest.


rate difficulty: and they repented not of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

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


simplify: And Jehovah 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: But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

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


simplify: And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.

But not a man put his hand to his mouth for fear of the curse.


simplify: Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

O you who are false to God, do you not see that the friends of this world are not God's friends? Every man desiring to be a friend of this world makes himself a hater of God.


rate difficulty: And after six days Jesus takes with [him] Peter, and James, and John his brother, and brings them up into a high mountain apart.

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


simplify: So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel.

So Ahab sent for all the children of Israel, and got the prophets together at Mount Carmel.


simplify: If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.


rate difficulty: And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat as food for his household, and twenty measures of beaten oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year.

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


rate difficulty: These <FI>are<Fi> sons of Abihail son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz;

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


rate difficulty: And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

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


rate difficulty: But into whatsoever city ye shall enter, and they receive you not, go out into the streets thereof and say,

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


simplify: For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

For scripture says —  ‘I will bring the philosophy of the philosophers to nought, and the shrewdness of the shrewd I will bring to nothing.’


rate difficulty: And all the assembly take counsel to keep other seven days, and they keep seven days <FI>with<Fi> joy;

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


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

Then it became clear to me that it was a question of their law, and that nothing was said against him which might be a reason for prison or death.


simplify: Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

Because they did not go after him, and took no note of his ways,


rate difficulty: Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah,

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


rate difficulty: but had reproof of his own wickedness — [the] dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet.

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


simplify: Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armorbearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah,

Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, who had the care of the arms of Joab, son of Zeruiah,


simplify: And the governor said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.

And the Tirshatha said that they were not to have the most holy things for their food, till a priest came to give decision by the Urim and Thummim.


rate difficulty: And Ahab king of Israel saith unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, `Dost thou go with me <FI>to<Fi> Ramoth-Gilead?' And he saith to him, `As I--so thou, and as thy people--my people, even with thee in battle.'

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


rate difficulty: And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;

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


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


rate difficulty: and he saith, `Attend, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and O king Jehoshaphat, Thus said Jehovah to you, Ye fear not, nor are afraid of the face of this great multitude, for not for you <FI>is<Fi> the battle, but for God.

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


rate difficulty: And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Ajalon; and the people were very faint.

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


simplify: and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

The Patriarchs, out of jealousy, sold Joseph into slavery in Egypt; but God was with him,


rate difficulty: so that ye became an ensample to all that believe in Macedonia and in Achaia.


rate difficulty: Perfect thou art with Jehovah thy God,

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


rate difficulty: And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

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


simplify: saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

Master, Moses said, If a man, at the time of his death, has no children, let his brother take his wife, and get a family for his brother;


rate difficulty: and his sons bear him away to the land of Canaan, and bury him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burying-place, from Ephron the Hittite, on the front of Mamre.

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


simplify: Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.

This is the word of the Lord God: See, I will make a sign with my hand to the nations, and put up my flag for the peoples; and they will take up your sons on their beasts, and your daughters on their backs.


rate difficulty: And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.

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


simplify: But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of Jehovah, the God of Israel, with all his heart: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, wherewith he made Israel to sin.

But Jehu did not take care to keep the law of the Lord with all his heart: he did not keep himself from the sin which Jeroboam did and made Israel do.


simplify: The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

The rods are to be kept in the rings, and never taken out.


rate difficulty: it seemed good unto us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

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


rate difficulty: And Esau saith, `Let me, I pray thee, place with thee some of the people who <FI>are<Fi> with me;' and he said, `Why <FI>is<Fi> this? I find grace in the eyes of my lord.'

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


rate difficulty: 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 their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household:

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


rate difficulty: And so I am ordering you to see that three towns are marked out for this purpose.


simplify: And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.

And he said to his daughters, Where is he? why have you let the man go? make him come in and give him a meal.


simplify: Then flew one of the seraphim unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:

Then a winged one came to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from off the altar with the fire-spoon.


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph,

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


simplify: When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man’s life) to employ them in the siege:

If in war a town is shut in by your armies for a long time, do not let its trees be cut down and made waste; for their fruit will be your food; are the trees of the countryside men for you to take up arms against them?


simplify: These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;

I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long;


rate difficulty: Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left behind shall fall by the sword.

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


simplify: The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; Butthe foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.


rate difficulty: they have compassed the Benjamites--they have pursued them--with ease they have trodden them down till over-against Gibeah, at the sun-rising.

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


simplify: So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of Jehovah, even the house of the tent, by wards.

So they and their sons had the care of the doors of the house of the Lord, the house of the Tent, as watchers.


rate difficulty: Then the king and all the people made offerings before the Lord.

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


simplify: But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

But the end of all things is near. Therefore exercise self-restraint and be calm, so that you may be able to pray.


simplify: For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?

Because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to put before him;


simplify: And the residue of the people that were left in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away captive.

And the rest of the people who were still in the town, and all those who had given themselves up to the king of Babylon, and all the rest of the workmen, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, took away as prisoners;


rate difficulty: There they cry, and He doth not answer, Because of the pride of evil doers.

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


rate difficulty: We who are strong have to be a support to the feeble, and not give pleasure to ourselves.

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


rate difficulty: For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.


simplify: My bread also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou didst even set it before them for a sweet savor; and thus it was, saith the Lord Jehovah.

And my bread which I gave you, the best meal and oil and honey which I gave you for your food, you put it before them for a sweet smell, says the Lord.


simplify: And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn.

And Laban said, In our country we do not let the younger daughter be married before the older.


simplify: the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,

The eleventh Eliashib, the twelfth Jakim,


rate difficulty: but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting. For he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed about;


rate difficulty: Thou hast drawn near in the day I call Thee, Thou hast said, Fear not.

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


rate difficulty: to turn aside the right of a man before the face of the Most High,


rate difficulty: For thus saith Jehovah unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live;

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


rate difficulty: and if they wish to learn anything, at home their own husbands let them question, for it is a shame to women to speak in an assembly.

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


simplify: And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.

And the four Creatures said ‘Amen,’ and the councillors prostrated themselves and worshiped.


simplify: and he said, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy kind acts were remembered before God;

‘Cornelius,’ he said, ‘your prayer has been heard, and your charities have been accepted, by God.


simplify: And about that time, Herod the king put forth his hands, to do evil to certain of those of the assembly,

It was at that time that King Herod began to ill-treat some of the members of the church.


rate difficulty: And when Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.

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


rate difficulty: And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

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


simplify: And now therefore thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;

And now the Lord, the God of Israel, has said of this town, about which you say, It is given into the hands of the king of Babylon by the sword and by need of food and by disease:


simplify: And there were gathered unto him great multitudes, so that he entered into a boat, and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach.

And great numbers of people came together to him, so that he got into a boat; and the people took up their position by the sea.


simplify: After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

Sometime after these events Paul resolved to go through Macedonia and Greece, and then make his way to Jerusalem. “And after I have been there,” he said, “I must visit Rome also.”