simplify: And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be thy name.

And Elijah took twelve stones, the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, Israel will be your name:


rate difficulty: And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.

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


simplify: The hungry he hath filled with good things; And the rich he hath sent empty away.

Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;


simplify: Jesus said to him, `If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, follow me.'

“If you wish to be perfect,” answered Jesus, “go and sell your property, and give to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; then come and follow me.”


rate difficulty: `When thou liftest up on thy brother a debt of anything, thou dost not go in unto his house to obtain his pledge;

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


simplify: The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers: every man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.


rate difficulty: I, [even] I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou fearest a man that shall die, and the son of man that shall become as grass;

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


simplify: Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.


simplify: And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place; and when thou hearest, forgive.

Give ear to the prayers of your servant, and the prayers of your people Israel, when they make their prayers, turning to this place; give ear in heaven your living-place, and hearing, have mercy.


simplify: And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

And Pharaoh said to them, What is your business? And they said, Your servants are keepers of sheep, as our fathers were before us.


rate difficulty: That you may be respected by those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

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


rate difficulty: His bones <FI>are<Fi> tubes of brass, His bones <FI>are<Fi> as a bar of iron.

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


simplify: therefore thus saith Jehovah: Thy wife shall be a harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou thyself shalt die in a land that is unclean, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land.

So this is what the Lord has said: Your wife will be a loose woman in the town, and your sons and your daughters will be put to the sword, and your land will be cut up into parts by a line; and you yourself will come to your end in an unclean land, and Israel will certainly be taken away a prisoner out of his land.


simplify: And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire.

James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, went to Jesus, and said: “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”


simplify: And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold,


simplify: and the multitudes who were going before, and who were following, were crying, saying, `Hosanna to the Son of David, blessed is he who is coming in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.'

The crowds that led the way, as well as those that followed behind, kept shouting: “God save the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! God save him from on high!”


rate difficulty: And he said, See how all the he-goats are banded and marked and coloured: for I have seen what Laban has done to you.

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


rate difficulty: Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith Jehovah theGod of Israel: Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel,

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


simplify: For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Moreover, you are not your own masters; you were bought, and the price was paid. Therefore, honor God in your bodies.


simplify: (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)

Now the man Moses was more gentle than any other man on earth.


rate difficulty: And these are the egresses of the city: On the north side four thousand and five hundred reeds by measure;


simplify: For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

for all that the world can offer — the gratification of the earthly nature, the gratification of the eye, the pretentious life — belongs, not to the Father, but to the world.


simplify: And he set the altar of burnt-offering at the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered upon it the burnt-offering and the meal-offering; as Jehovah commanded Moses.

And at the door of the House of the Tent of meeting, he put the altar of burned offerings, offering on it the burned offering and the meal offering, as the Lord had given him orders.


rate difficulty: The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

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


rate difficulty: Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; — cease to do evil,


rate difficulty: Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:


simplify: Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.


rate difficulty: And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.

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


rate difficulty: Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and led you forty years in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

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


simplify: And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.

Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again.


simplify: And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not so much as one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was stubborn, and he did not let the people go.

And Pharaoh sent and got word that there was no loss of any of the cattle of Israel. But the heart of Pharaoh was hard and he did not let the people go.


rate difficulty: Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.


simplify: Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward.

This was the order in which the children of Israel were journeying by armies; so they went forward.


rate difficulty: For all this is for your sakes, so that the loving kindness of God, spreading from heart to heart, may cause yet more hearts to overflow with thanksgiving, to his glory.

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


simplify: And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:

And he made this story for some people who were certain that they were good, and had a low opinion of others:


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


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

And Manoah got up and went after his wife, and came up to the man and said to him, Are you the man who was talking to this woman? And he said, I am.


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

Then the responsible men of the children of Israel came to Pharaoh, protesting and saying, Why are you acting in this way to your servants?


simplify: (For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)

(And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);


simplify: God forbid: yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar; as it is written,  That thou mightest be justified in thy words, And mightest prevail when thou comest into judgment.

In no way: but let God be true, though every man is seen to be untrue; as it is said in the Writings, That your words may be seen to be true, and you may be seen to be right when you are judged.


simplify: Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

Then Peter and John placed their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.


rate difficulty: Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


simplify: O thou sword of Jehovah, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard; rest, and be still.

O sword of the Lord, how long will you have no rest? put yourself back into your cover; be at peace, be quiet.


simplify: And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?

And his sisters, too — are not they all living among us? Where, then did he get all this?”


rate difficulty: `Ye are the salt of the land, but if the salt may lose savour, in what shall it be salted? for nothing is it good henceforth, except to be cast without, and to be trodden down by men.

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


simplify: And I bought the field that was in Anathoth of Hanamel mine uncle’s son, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver.

So I got for a price the property in Anathoth from Hanamel, the son of my father's brother, and gave him the money, seventeen shekels of silver;


simplify: who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.


rate difficulty: And he overcame the Moabites, and he had them measured with a line when they were stretched out on the earth; marking out two lines for death and one full line for life. So the Moabites became servants to David and gave him offerings.

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


simplify: Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.

So the king went over to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him: and all the people of Judah, as well as half the people of Israel, took the king on his way.


simplify: And after these things he went forth, and beheld a publican, named Levi, sitting at the place of toll, and said unto him, Follow me.

And after these things he went out, and saw Levi, a tax-farmer, seated at the place where taxes were taken, and said to him, Come after me.


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

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


rate difficulty: And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

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


rate difficulty: as to circumcision, [I received it] the eighth day; of [the] race of Israel, of [the] tribe of Benjamin, Hebrew of Hebrews; as to [the] law, a Pharisee;


simplify: Their hands are upon that which is evil to do it diligently; the prince asketh, and the judge is ready for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth the evil desire of his soul: thus they weave it together.

Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.


rate difficulty: But he said to them in answer, My mother and my brothers are those who have knowledge of the word of God and do it.

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


rate difficulty: six steps hath the throne, and a round top <FI>is<Fi> to the throne behind it, and hands <FI>are<Fi> on this <FI>side<Fi> and on that, unto the place of the sitting, and two lions are standing near the hands,

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, that all the sons of Jerubbaal, who are threescore and ten persons, rule over you, or that one rule over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh.

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


simplify: store-houses also for the increase of grain and new wine and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and flocks in folds.

And store-houses for the produce of grain and wine and oil; and buildings for all sorts of beasts and flocks.


simplify: And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

They had no need of water when he was guiding them through the waste lands: he made water come out of the rock for them: the rock was parted and the waters came flowing out.


simplify: Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.

I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.


rate difficulty: And the number of the bricks they have made heretofore shall ye lay upon them: ye shall not diminish any of it, for they are idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go [and] sacrifice to ourGod.

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


simplify: All our enemies have opened their mouths against us.

The mouths of all our haters are open wide against us.


simplify: for ye are able, one by one, all to prophesy, that all may learn, and all may be exhorted,

For you can all preach in turn, so that all may learn some lesson and all receive encouragement.


simplify: And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon.

And they went back and came to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the waste land of Maon, in the dry land south of the waste land.


rate difficulty: For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews’ religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

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


rate difficulty: And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

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


simplify: Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

Now these things were done as an example; and were put down in writing for our teaching, on whom the last days have come.


simplify: I also could speak as ye do; If your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could join words together against you, And shake my head at you.

It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:


simplify: Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement.

Then he took me into the outer square, and there were rooms and a stone floor made for the open square all round: there were thirty rooms on the stone floor.


rate difficulty: But let him be with you as a servant working for payment, till the year of Jubilee;

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


rate difficulty: Who are seated in the resting-places of the dead, and by night are in the secret places; who take pig's flesh for food, and have the liquid of disgusting things in their vessels.

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


simplify: Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore take no more money from your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house.

Then King Jehoash sent for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, Why have you not made good what is damaged in the house? now take no more money from your neighbours, but give it for the building up of the house.


simplify: Of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

From Simeon, Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai;


simplify: For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city.

for I am with you, and no one will do you harm, for I have many people in this city.”


simplify: Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.

You are to be upright in heart before the Lord your God.


rate difficulty: So the children of Israel will be certain that I am the Lord their God, from that day and for the future.

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


simplify: I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.

And I saw that the house had a stone floor all round; the bases of the side-rooms were a full rod of six great cubits high.


simplify: Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the Lord do that which seemeth him good.

Take heart, and let us be strong for our people and for the towns of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.


rate difficulty: And the captain of the life-guard appointed Joseph to them, that he should attend on them. And they were [several] days in custody.


simplify: The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

The Lord has made sport of all my men of war in me, he has got men together against me to send destruction on my young men: the virgin daughter of Judah has been crushed like grapes under the feet of the Lord.


simplify: And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.

But he said, Woman, it is not true; I have no knowledge of him.


rate difficulty: The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

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


rate difficulty: For thou dost forget misery, As waters passed away thou rememberest.

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


simplify: And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of Jehovah; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands lay cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

And when they got up early on the morning after, Dagon had come down to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord; and his head and his hands were broken off on the doorstep; only the base was in its place.


rate difficulty: Asher hath not dispossessed the inhabitants of Accho, and the inhabitants of Zidon, and Ahlab, and Achzib, and Helbah, and Aphik, and Rehob;

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: all the inhabitants of the hill-country, from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-Maim, all the Sidonians: I--I dispossess them before the sons of Israel; only, cause it to fall to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.

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


rate difficulty: For, lo, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the Lord: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

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


simplify: I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.

I said in my heart, God will be judge of the good and of the bad; because a time for every purpose and for every work has been fixed by him.


rate difficulty: But the noble deviseth noble things; and to noble things doth he stand.

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


simplify: And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her.

These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, O Zidon; and I will get glory for myself in you: and they will be certain that I am the Lord, when I send my punishments on her, and I will be seen to be holy in her.


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

Come out of your sleep, you who are overcome with wine, and give yourselves to weeping; give cries of sorrow, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; for it has been cut off from your mouths.


simplify: And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

And they said to me, You are to give word again of what is coming in the future to the peoples and nations and languages and kings.


simplify: Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, And maketh us wiser than the birds of the heavens?

Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?


simplify: And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

Then I saw that heaven lay open. There appears a white horse; its rider is called ‘Faithful’ and ‘True’; righteously does he judge and make war.


rate difficulty: saying, What thou seest write in a book, and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

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


simplify: And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet,


rate difficulty: And Jehovah kicketh against all the seed of Israel, and afflicteth them, and giveth them into the hand of spoilers, till that He hath cast them out of His presence,

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


simplify: But thus saith Jehovah, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.

But the Lord says, Even the prisoners of the strong will be taken from him, and the cruel made to let go his goods: for I will take up your cause against your haters, and I will keep your children safe.


rate difficulty: And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and uncover the woman’s head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse:

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


simplify: And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith Jehovah.

I will give the priests their desired fat things, and my people will have a full measure of my good things, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: `An empty vine <FI>is<Fi> Israel, Fruit he maketh like to himself, According to the abundance of his fruit, He hath multiplied for the altars, According to the goodness of his land, They have made goodly standing-pillars.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: and Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum,

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


simplify: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

If we say that we have no sin, we are false to ourselves and there is nothing true in us.


simplify: and ye the Holy and Righteous One did deny, and desired a man--a murderer--to be granted to you,

You, I say, disowned the holy and righteous one, and asked for the release of a murderer!


simplify: Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.

And he took the five cakes of bread and the two fishes and, looking up to heaven, he said words of blessing over them, and when they had been broken, he gave them to the disciples to give to the people.


simplify: And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.


rate difficulty: with the cities that were set apart for the children of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities and their hamlets.

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


simplify: Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain.

Did you undergo such a number of things to no purpose? if it is in fact to no purpose.


rate difficulty: For there is nothing hid which shall not become manifest, nor secret which shall not be known and come to light.


rate difficulty: and he said unto Moses, I, thy father-in-law Jethro, am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

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


simplify: Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.

The waters went fifteen cubits higher, till all the mountains were covered.


rate difficulty: And before this Eliashib the priest, appointed over chambers of the house of our God, <FI>is<Fi> a relation of Tobiah,

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


simplify: Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous.

For this reason he makes an offering to his net, burning perfume to his fishing-net; because by them he gets much food and his meat is fat.


rate difficulty: Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

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


simplify: Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.

And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need.


simplify: He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.

He who takes up my cause is near; who will go to law with me? let us come together before the judge: who is against me? let him come near to me.


rate difficulty: And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes.

reading_level: 4 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: medium


simplify: The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.

Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.


rate difficulty: And the manna ceased on the morrow, when they had eaten of the old corn of the land; and there was no more manna for the children of Israel; and they ate of the produce of the land of Canaan that year.


rate difficulty: For you do not forget the loving kindness of our Lord Jesus Christ — how that for your sakes, although he was rich, he became poor, so that you also might become rich through his poverty.

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simplify: And with him they crucify two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left.

And they put two thieves on crosses with him, one on his right side, and one on his left.


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

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rate difficulty: Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

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simplify: But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the 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 —


rate difficulty: But the young man, having heard the word, went away grieved, for he had large possessions.

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simplify: And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phicol the captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:

Now at that time, Abimelech and Phicol, the captain of his army, said to Abraham, I see that God is with you in all you do.


simplify: Become not yoked with others--unbelievers, for what partaking <FI>is there<Fi> to righteousness and lawlessness?

Do not enter into inconsistent relations with those who reject the faith. For what partnership can there be between righteousness and lawlessness? Or what has light to do with darkness?


simplify: In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

My journeys have been many. I have been through dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in towns, dangers in the country, dangers on the sea, dangers among people pretending to be followers of the Lord.


simplify: And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years.

He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he sent to other places, and he got thirty wives from other places for his sons. And he was judge of Israel for seven years.


simplify: Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the Lord.

And the heaven and the earth and everything in them, will make a song of joy over Babylon: for those who make her waste will come from the north, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And Esther's women and her servants came and gave her word of it. Then great was the grief of the queen: and she sent robes for Mordecai, so that his clothing of haircloth might be taken off; but he would not have them.


simplify: And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites;

And the price you have to give for the two hundred and seventy-three first sons of the children of Israel which are in addition to the number of the Levites,


rate difficulty: And he took the fortified cities that belonged to Judah, and came to Jerusalem.


simplify: and Simon and those with him went in quest of him,

But Simon and his companions went out searching for him;


rate difficulty: For the Lord had kept all the women of the house of Abimelech from having children, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

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rate difficulty: in stripes, in prisons, in riots, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,


simplify: take that which is thine, and go; and I will to give to this, the last, also as to thee;

Take what belongs to you, and go. I choose to give to this last man the same as to you.


simplify: But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him.

But the man would not be kept there that night, and he got up and went away and came opposite to Jebus (which is Jerusalem); and he had with him the two asses, ready for travelling, and his woman.


simplify: And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.

Now there was war between Asa and Baasha, king of Israel, all their days.


simplify: Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not?

Give us, then, your opinion of this: Is it right to give tax to Caesar, or not?


rate difficulty: Ought ye not to know that Jehovah theGod of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, to him and to his sons [by] a covenant of salt?

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simplify: and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

And Aaron's sons, the priests, are to put the parts, the head and the fat, in order on the wood which is on the fire on the altar:


rate difficulty: So Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the responsible men of Israel went with him.

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simplify: And after six days doth Jesus take Peter, and James, and John, and bringeth them up to a high mount by themselves, alone, and he was transfigured before them,

Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and led them up a high mountain alone by themselves. There his appearance was transformed before their eyes,


simplify: and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done;

and he said: “To you the hidden truth of the kingdom of God has been imparted; but to those who are outside it all teaching takes the form of parables so that —


simplify: And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.

And for his food, the king gave him a regular amount every day till the day of his death, for the rest of his life.


simplify: And the word of God did increase, and the number of the disciples did multiply in Jerusalem exceedingly; a great multitude also of the priests were obedient to the faith.

So God’s message spread, and the number of the disciples continued to increase rapidly in Jerusalem, and a large body of the priests accepted the faith.


rate difficulty: And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,

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rate difficulty: Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus, and said:

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simplify: and he having spent all, there came a mighty famine on that country, and himself began to be in want;

After he has spent all that he had, there was a severe famine through all that country, and he began to be in actual want.


rate difficulty: and sent Timothy, our dear friend and God’s minister of the good news of the Christ, to strengthen you, and to encourage you in your faith,

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simplify: For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.

For the House of the Lord, which Moses had made in the waste land, and the altar of burned offerings, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.


simplify: Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord,

Let a time be fixed for going without food, have a holy meeting, let the old men, even all the people of the land, come together to the house of the Lord your God, crying out to the Lord.


simplify: And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water:

And the priest will take holy water in a pot and put in it dust from the floor of the House;


simplify: for when ye were servants of the sin, ye were free from the righteousness,

While you were still servants of sin, you were free as regards righteousness.


rate difficulty: So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

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simplify: And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.

Everyone had sufficient to eat, and they picked up seven baskets full of the broken pieces left.


rate difficulty: And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.

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simplify: Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.

Take no interest from him, in money or in goods, but have the fear of your God before you, and let your brother make a living among you.


rate difficulty: And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

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rate difficulty: He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man,

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rate difficulty: — a wild ass, used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire! In her ardour, who shall turn her away? All they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

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rate difficulty: And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles have 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 are forming already this day, before I bring them into the land which I have sworn [unto them].

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simplify: Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

Then Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab, went up to war against Israel; and he sent for Balaam, the son of Beor, to put a curse on you:


simplify: This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast.

Now the part of the land marked out for the children of Judah by families, went up to the edge of Edom, as far as the waste land of Zin to the south, to the farthest point of it on the south.


rate difficulty: and Moses saith, `Thou also dost give in our hand sacrifices and burnt-offerings, and we have prepared for Jehovah our God;

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simplify: And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.

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


simplify: And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

And the Lord, turning, gave Peter a look. And the words of the Lord came to Peter's mind, how he had said, This night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will be false to me three times.


simplify: there salute you all the saints, and specially those of Caesar's house;

All Christ’s people here, and especially those who belong to the Emperor’s household, send theirs.


simplify: And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.

But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.


simplify: And he burnt the house of the Lord, and the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man’s house burnt he with fire.

And he had the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, burned with fire;


simplify: And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.

And when he was seated with them at table, he took the bread, and said words of blessing and, making division of it, he gave it to them.


rate difficulty: And why have ye brought the congregation of Jehovah into this wilderness, that we should die there, we and our beasts?

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rate difficulty: Let those who say this keep in mind that, what we are in word by letters when we are away, so will we be in act when we are present.

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rate difficulty: If a man sees a young virgin, who has not given her word to be married to anyone, and he takes her by force and has connection with her, and discovery is made of it;

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rate difficulty: So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

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rate difficulty: And he said to him that was over the wardrobe, Bring forth vestments for all the servants of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.

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rate difficulty: and if ye are not able to declare <FI>it<Fi> to me, then ye have given to me thirty linen shirts, and thirty changes of garments.' And they say to him, `Put forth thy riddle, and we hear it!'

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simplify: and its gates shall not at all be shut by day, for night shall not be there;

Its gates will never be shut by day,’ and there will be no night there.


rate difficulty: And the servant-wife he had in Shechem had a son by him, to whom he gave the name Abimelech.


rate difficulty: In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah hath this passover been made.

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simplify: And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind?

When John’s messengers had left, Jesus, speaking to the crowds, began to say with reference to John:


simplify: and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah,

And Michael and Ishpah and Joha, the sons of Beriah;


simplify: Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

So be very strong to keep and do whatever is recorded in the book of the law of Moses, not turning away from it to the right or to the left;


simplify: Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house:

And the priest will give orders for everything to be taken out of the house, before he goes in to see the disease, so that the things in the house may not become unclean; and then the priest is to go in to see the house;


rate difficulty: And Abishai brother of Joab, he hath been head of the three: and he is lifting up his spear against three hundred--wounded, and hath a name among three.

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rate difficulty: And Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples, and the Amorites the inhabitants of the land: so therefore we will serve Jehovah, for he is ourGod.


simplify: Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.

Give orders to the children of Israel to give to the Levites, from the heritage which is theirs, towns for themselves, with land on the outskirts of the towns.


simplify: And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

And suddenly there was with the angel a great band of spirits from heaven, giving praise to God, and saying,


simplify: For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.

For there was an order from the king about them and a regular amount for the music-makers, for their needs day by day.


simplify: And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them; and I will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land.

And it will come about that, after they have been uprooted, I will again have pity on them; and I will take them back, every man to his heritage and every man to his land.


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

From the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,


simplify: And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

And he said, I am looking for my brothers; please give me word of where they are keeping their flock.


simplify: Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

Give sounds of joy, make melody together, waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord has given comfort to his people, he has taken up the cause of Jerusalem.


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

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simplify: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with the saints. So be it.


simplify: Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:

Truly, not one of the men of twenty years old and over who came out of Egypt will see the land which I gave by oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; because they have not been true to me with all their heart;


simplify: And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me alway.

And on the table at all times you are to keep my holy bread.


rate difficulty: And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Do [men] fall, and not rise up? Doth one turn away, and not return?

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rate difficulty: and having appointed him a day, they came, more of them unto him, to the lodging, to whom he was expounding, testifying fully the reign of God, persuading them also of the things concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses, and the prophets, from morning till evening,

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simplify: And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord’s servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us.

And David said to Abishai, Sheba, the son of Bichri, will do us more damage than Absalom did; so take some of your lord's servants and go after him, before he makes himself safe in the walled towns, and gets away before our eyes.


rate difficulty: With the knowledge that the law is made, not for the upright man, but for those who have no respect for law and order, for evil men and sinners, for the unholy and those who have no religion, for those who put their fathers or mothers to death, for takers of life,

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rate difficulty: Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burying-place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

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rate difficulty: ye do diligently keep the commands of Jehovah your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes which He hath commanded thee,

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rate difficulty: And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all.

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simplify: And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, until thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.

And he said, I say to you, Peter, before the cock's second cry today, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me.


simplify: Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they abode there.

So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and did not go away from there.


rate difficulty: brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and meal, and parched grain, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse,

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simplify: And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the Lord your God hath delivered them into your hand.

But do you, without waiting, go after their army, attacking them from the back; do not let them get into their towns, for the Lord your God has given them into your hands.


simplify: And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.


rate difficulty: And there was again war with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver’s beam.

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rate difficulty: Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that take refuge in him.

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simplify: From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,

From Aroer on the edge of the valley of the Arnon as far as Mount Sion, which is Hermon,


simplify: And the Lord gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hand.

And the Lord gave them peace on every side, as he had said to their fathers: all those who were against them gave way before them, for the Lord gave them all up into their hands.


simplify: And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

And he said, Why are you going to him today? it is not a new moon or a Sabbath. But she said, It is well.


simplify: Therefore ye shall no more see false visions, nor divine divinations: and I will deliver my people out of your hand; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.

For this cause you will see no more foolish visions or make false use of secret arts: and I will make my people free from your power; and you will be certain that I am the Lord.


simplify: A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.

There is a sound of war in the land and of great destruction.


simplify: Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem.

But the king's word was stronger than Joab's. So Joab went out and went through all Israel and came to Jerusalem.


simplify: But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers.

Must a follower sue a fellow follower? In front of unbelievers?


simplify: But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea,

Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the Sea, followed by a great number of people from Galilee.


simplify: And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

And the Gentiles, hearing this, were glad and gave glory to the word of God: and those marked out by God for eternal life had faith.


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

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rate difficulty: The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover; it is thy father’s nakedness.

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rate difficulty: Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, and hear; open, O Jehovah, Thine eyes and see; and hear Thou all the words of Sennacherib that he hath sent to reproach the living God.

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simplify: For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

For he who gives him words of love has a part in his evil works.


simplify: And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.

And keep my Sabbaths holy; and they will be a sign between me and you so that it may be clear to you that I am the Lord your God.


rate difficulty: But on the morrow of the sabbath, very early indeed in the morning, they came to the tomb, bringing the aromatic spices which they had prepared.

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simplify: Which things also we speak, not in the words which man’s wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

And these are the things which we say, not in the language of man's wisdom, but in words given to us by the Spirit, judging the things of the spirit by the help of the Spirit.


rate difficulty: And David asketh at Jehovah, saying, `Do I go? --and have I smitten among these Philistines?' And Jehovah saith unto David, `Go, and thou hast smitten among the Philistines, and saved Keilah.'

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rate difficulty: and he hath gone from year to year, and gone round Beth-El, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel <FI>in<Fi> all these places;

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simplify: And the messenger whom I saw standing upon the sea, and upon the land, did lift up his hand to the heaven,

Then the angel, whom I had seen standing on the sea and on the land, ‘raised his right hand to the heavens,


rate difficulty: Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there.

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rate difficulty: And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?

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rate difficulty: Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.


rate difficulty: He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.


simplify: And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishers.

And when he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon, whose other name was Peter, and Andrew, his brother, who were putting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.


rate difficulty: Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;

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rate difficulty: And their dead bodies lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified.


simplify: And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding.

A long way off, there was a drove of many pigs, feeding;


rate difficulty: If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food:

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rate difficulty: But whenever diseased flesh is seen on him, he will be unclean.


rate difficulty: Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city:

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


simplify: And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.

And when they had made those kings come out to Joshua, Joshua sent for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, Come near and put your feet on the necks of these kings. So they came near and put their feet on their necks.


rate difficulty: and they turn and go, and put the infants, and the cattle, and the baggage, before them.


simplify: And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat <FI>them<Fi> with rods,

The mob rose as one person against them, and the Magistrates stripped them of their clothing and ordered them to be beaten with rods.


rate difficulty: and the daughter of Pharaoh saith to her, `Go;' and the virgin goeth, and calleth the mother of the lad,

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


rate difficulty: And Abimelech took sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.

reading_level: 7 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 1 | difficulty: hard


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

His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place; the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering;


rate difficulty: “If any one comes to me and does not hate their father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes and even their life, he can be no disciple of mine.

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


rate difficulty: Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean,

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


rate difficulty: And they said to him, Moses let us give her a statement in writing, and be free from her.


rate difficulty: And he saith, `Thus doth God do to me, and thus He doth add--if it remain--the head of Elisha son of Shaphat--upon him this day.'

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


rate difficulty: I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.


simplify: And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

And the town is square, as wide as it is long; and he took the measure of the town with the rod, one thousand and five hundred miles: it is equally long and wide and high.


rate difficulty: and them that were reckoned by genealogy of the priests by their fathers’ houses, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their offices by their courses;

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


simplify: And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the Lord, and to the king’s palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah.

And with the sandal-wood the king made steps for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, and instruments of music for the makers of melody; never before had such been seen in the land of Judah.


simplify: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.


rate difficulty: And if anyone does wrong by saying nothing when he is put under oath as a witness of something he has seen or had knowledge of, then he will be responsible:

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


rate difficulty: And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid:

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


rate difficulty: These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites:


rate difficulty: And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.


rate difficulty: And David saith unto Joab, and unto the heads of the people, `Go, number Israel from Beer-Sheba even unto Dan, and bring unto me, and I know their number.'

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


rate difficulty: Blow ye a trumpet in Zion, And shout ye in My holy hill, Tremble do all inhabitants of the earth, For coming is the day of Jehovah, for <FI>it is<Fi> near!

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


simplify: And they did so, and made them all sit down.

And they did so, and made them all be seated.


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

reading_level: 11 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: and in nothing affrighted by the adversaries: which is for them an evident token of perdition, but of your salvation, and that from God;

Having no fear of those who are against you; which is a clear sign of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;


simplify: I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt no more have any being; though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord Jehovah.

I will make you a thing of fear, and you will come to an end: even if you are looked for, you will not be seen again for ever, says the Lord.


rate difficulty: And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that despoiled them.

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


simplify: and tarry with him a few days, until thy brother’s fury turn away;

And be there with him for a little time, till your brother's wrath is turned away;


rate difficulty: And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As Jehovah liveth, the man that hath done this is worthy to die:

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


rate difficulty: 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;

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Then Solomon made a start at building the house of the Lord on Mount Moriah in Jerusalem, where the Lord had been seen by his father David, in the place which David had made ready in the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

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


rate difficulty: that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that discloseth to me when my son maketh a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or discloseth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 5 | difficulty: hard


simplify: a doubleminded man, unstable in all his ways.

For there is a division in his mind, and he is uncertain in all his ways.


simplify: Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Cursed is he who has sex relations with any sort of beast. And let all the people say, So be it.


rate difficulty: Timothy, my fellow worker, sends you his greetings, and Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my countrymen, send theirs.

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


rate difficulty: The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.


simplify: And the ten having heard, were much displeased with the two brothers,

On hearing of this, the ten others were very indignant about the two brothers.


simplify: And if a son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him: but if not, it shall turn to you again.

And if a son of peace is there, your peace will be with him: but if not, it will come back to you again.


simplify: And Moses charged the people the same day, saying,


rate difficulty: Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.

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


rate difficulty: And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so.

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


simplify: The first of the first-fruits of thy ground thou shalt bring unto the house of Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.

Take the first-fruits of your land as an offering to the house of the Lord your God. Let not the young goat be cooked in its mother's milk


simplify: And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name:

And David sent ten young men, and said to them, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words to him in my name;


simplify: There is one body, and one Spirit, even as also ye were called in one hope of your calling;

There is one body and one Spirit, even as you have been marked out by God in the one hope of his purpose for you;


rate difficulty: Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

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


simplify: And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the Lord, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem.

And Ahaz got together the vessels of the house of God, cutting up all the vessels of the house of God, and shutting the doors of the Lord's house; and he made altars in every part of Jerusalem.


simplify: And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.

And when he had said this and had taken bread, he gave praise to God before them all, and took a meal of the broken bread.


simplify: That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number.

Who does great things not to be searched out; yes, wonders without number.


simplify: Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

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


rate difficulty: A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment according to truth.

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


simplify: saying, `Say ye, that his disciples having come by night, stole him--we being asleep;

and told them to say that his disciples came in the night, and stole him while they were asleep;


rate difficulty: But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:

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


rate difficulty: And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;

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


rate difficulty: Jehovah hath done that which he purposed; he hath fulfilled his word that he commanded in the days of old; He hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: And he hath caused the enemy to rejoice over thee; he hath exalted the horn of thine adversaries.

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


simplify: But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God.

Indeed, I tell you, some who are standing before me will not know death, until they have seen the kingdom of God.”


simplify: And he smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah, he smote of the people seventy men, andfifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because Jehovah had smitten the people with a great slaughter.

But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark of the Lord; and great was the sorrow of the people for the destruction which the Lord had sent on them.


rate difficulty: And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:

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


simplify: Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow, that one cannot speak to him.

So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.


rate difficulty: Is anyone among you in trouble? let him say prayers. Is anyone glad? let him make a song of praise.


rate difficulty: And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.

reading_level: 6 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 8 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.


rate difficulty: At destruction and at hunger thou mockest, And of the beast of the earth, Thou art not afraid.

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


simplify: And certain having come down from Judea, were teaching the brethren--`If ye be not circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye are not able to be saved;'

But certain persons came down from Judea, and began to teach the Lord's followers that, unless they were circumcised, in accordance with the custom required by Moses, they could not be saved.


simplify: And the brazen altar, which was before Jehovah, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of Jehovah, and put it on the north side of his altar.

And the brass altar, which was before the Lord, he took from the front of the house, from between his altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar.


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

“Be careful not to say anything to anyone; but go and show yourself to the priest, and make the offerings for your cleansing directed by Moses, as evidence of your cure.”


rate difficulty: And thou, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal;

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


rate difficulty: And they went on from Kehelathah, and put up their tents in Mount Shepher.


rate difficulty: And the king of Sodom with the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is Zoar), went out, and put their forces in position in the valley of Siddim,

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


simplify: and one he-goat for a sin-offering; besides the continual burnt-offering, and 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: And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us; and we came to Kadesh–barnea.

Then we went on from Horeb, through all that great and cruel waste which you saw, on our way to the hill-country of the Amorites, as the Lord gave us orders; and we came to Kadesh-barnea.


simplify: And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

Then Joshua got all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; and he sent for the responsible men of Israel and their chiefs and their judges and their overseers; and they took their place before God.


rate difficulty: And you will be certain that your tent is at peace, and after looking over your property you will see that nothing is gone.

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


simplify: He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

By his hand the north is stretched out in space, and the earth is hanging on nothing.


simplify: And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

And after a song of praise to God they went out to the Mountain of Olives.


rate difficulty: In the fourth month, in the ninth of the month, when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath been no bread for the people of the land,


simplify: and lo, a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, having come to him behind, did touch the fringe of his garments,

But meanwhile a woman, who had been suffering from hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind and touched the tassel of his cloak.


simplify: And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,


simplify: And the voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they put bracelets upon the hands of them twain, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.

... and they put jewels on her hands and beautiful crowns on her head.


simplify: how that our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit, and in much assurance; even as ye know what manner of men we showed ourselves toward you for your sake.

Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.


simplify: Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, the vine, and the fig-tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive-tree have not brought forth; from this day will I bless you.

Is the seed still in the store-house? have the vine and the fig-tree, the pomegranate and the olive-tree, still not given their fruit? from this day I will send my blessing on you.


simplify: We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance.

We will not come back to our houses till every one of the children of Israel has come into his heritage.


rate difficulty: And Pethahiah son of Meshezabeel, of the sons of Zerah, son of Judah, <FI>is<Fi> by the hand of the king, for every matter of the people.

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


rate difficulty: Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day.

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


rate difficulty: And the king said, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which seems good to thee; and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee.

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


simplify: Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of the choice ones of God, and an acknowledging of truth that <FI>is<Fi> according to piety,

From Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, charged to strengthen the faith of God’s chosen people, and their knowledge of that truth which makes for godliness


simplify: Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him.

Then two loose women of the town came and took their places before the king;


simplify: Is Gilead iniquity? they are altogether false; in Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the field.

In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.


rate difficulty: Fury is not in me. Oh that I had briars [and] thorns in battle against me! I would march against them, I would burn them together.

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


simplify: with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

Give your service heartily and cheerfully, as working for the Master and not for people;


simplify: Speak unto the children of Israel, that they take for me an offering: of every man whose heart maketh him willing ye shall take my offering.

Say to the children of Israel that they are to make me an offering; from every man who has the impulse in his heart take an offering for me.


simplify: Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;

Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;


rate difficulty: And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not.

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


simplify: For ye have brought hither these men, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess.

For you have taken these men, who are not doing damage to the holy place or talking against our goddess.


rate difficulty: but the wicked spirit answered them: “Jesus I acknowledge, and Paul I know, but you — who are you?”


simplify: `Lord, Thy prophets they did kill, and Thy altars they dug down, and I was left alone, and they seek my life;'

‘Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have pulled down your altars, and I only am left; and now they are eager to take my life.’


rate difficulty: And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel.

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


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


rate difficulty: Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still shut up in the place of the armed watchmen, saying,


simplify: Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom Jehovah cast out before the children of Israel.

More than this, he had offerings burned in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and made his children go through fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.


rate difficulty: While it <FI>is<Fi> in its budding--uncropped, Even before any herb it withereth.

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


simplify: Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also?

Am I, in all this, speaking only from the human standpoint? Does not the law also say the same?


rate difficulty: So that your giving may be in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.


rate difficulty: And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, according to the word of Jehovah, these cities and their suburbs.

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


rate difficulty: But we were gentle among you, like a woman caring for her little ones:


rate difficulty: neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother;

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


simplify: And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

So he said, Let him be; let not his bones be moved. So they let his bones be with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.


rate difficulty: Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

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


simplify: each man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself shall prove each man’s work of what sort it is.

Every man's work will be made clear in that day, because it will be tested by fire; and the fire itself will make clear the quality of every man's work.


simplify: And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.

“This is my covenant-blood,”he said, “which is poured out on behalf of many.


simplify: As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

That night--let the thick dark take it; let it not have joy among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.


simplify: Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.

Then he came to the doorway looking to the east, and went up by its steps; and he took the measure of the doorstep, one rod wide.


simplify: And yet he left not himself without witness, in that he did good and gave you from heaven rains and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.

But he was not without witness, because he did good, and gave you rain from heaven and times of fruit, making your hearts full of food and joy.


simplify: For this cause I also, when I could no longer forbear, sent that I might know your faith, lest by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor should be in vain.

For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.


rate difficulty: And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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


rate difficulty: And Jehovah said to Moses, Bring Aaron's staff again before the testimony, to be kept as a token for the sons of rebellion, that thou mayest put an end to their murmurings before me, that they may not die.

reading_level: 12 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 2 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself: “Had this man been ‘The prophet,’ he would have known who, and what sort of woman, this is who is touching him, and that she is an outcast.”


simplify: And the demons besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine.

And the evil spirits made strong prayers to him, saying, If you send us out, let us go into the herd of pigs.


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

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


simplify: Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.

You must assume either that both tree and fruit are good, or that both tree and fruit are worthless; since it is by its fruits that a tree is known.


rate difficulty: 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.

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


simplify: And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the Lord.

The number of burned offerings which the people took in was seventy oxen, a hundred male sheep, and two hundred lambs: all these were for burned offerings to the Lord.


rate difficulty: And if any one sin and do against any of all the commandments of Jehovah what should not be done, and hath not known [it], yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.

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


rate difficulty: And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. Then David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.

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


rate difficulty: And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

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


rate difficulty: and out of the multitude they put forward Alexander--the Jews thrusting him forward--and Alexander having beckoned with the hand, wished to make defence to the populace,

reading_level: 9 | vocab_complexity: high | archaic_forms: 0 | difficulty: hard


simplify: Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.

Let such a person be assured of this — that our words in our letters show us to be, when absent, just what our deeds will show us to be, when present.


rate difficulty: And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran.

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


simplify: For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe.

And this is the purpose of all our work and our fighting, because our hope is in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, and specially of those who have faith.


simplify: And the greater of you shall be your ministrant,

The person who wants to be the greatest among you must be your servant.


simplify: But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people.

But about Israel he says; All the day my hands have been stretched out to a people whose hearts were turned away, and who put themselves against my word.


simplify: And when he drew nigh, he saw the city and wept over it,

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


simplify: in which they think it strange--your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

And, because you do not run to the same extremes of profligacy as others, they are astonished, and malign you.


rate difficulty: But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

reading_level: 8 | vocab_complexity: medium | archaic_forms: 7 | difficulty: hard


rate difficulty: and no one having drunk old <FI>wine<Fi> , doth immediately wish new, for he saith, The old is better.'

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


simplify: They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them.

Their work will not be for nothing, and they will not give birth to children for destruction; for they are a seed to whom the Lord has given his blessing, and their offspring will be with them.


rate difficulty: And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.

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


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

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


simplify: And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.

And, when I was with you in need, I did not become a burden to any of you; for our friends, on coming from Macedonia, supplied my needs. I kept myself, and will keep myself from being an expense to you in any way.


rate difficulty: their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.


simplify: Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before thee to speak good for them, to turn away thy wrath from them.

Is evil to be the reward of good? for they have made a deep hole for my soul. Keep in mind how I took my place before you, to say a good word for them so that your wrath might be turned away from them.


simplify: And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.

And he said to him, Get up, and go on your way; your faith has made you well.


simplify: Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.

Let water from your store and not that of others be your drink, and running water from your fountain.


simplify: But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

But the king was angry; and he sent his armies, and those who had put his servants to death he gave to destruction, burning down their town with fire.


simplify: all the oxen for the burnt-offering twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the he-lambs a year old twelve, and their meal-offering; and the males of the goats for a sin-offering twelve;

All the oxen, for the burned offering were twelve, the male sheep twelve, the he-lambs of the first year twelve, with their meal offering; and the males of the goats for sin-offering twelve;


simplify: My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

The flesh is gone from my bones, and they give me no rest; there is no end to my pains.


simplify: And when she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, she left off speaking unto her.

And when she saw that Ruth was strong in her purpose to go with her she said no more.


rate difficulty: The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the way, and it was trodden under foot, and the birds of the heaven devoured it up;


simplify: The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.

Longer in measure than the earth, and wider than the sea.