Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth.
How long will you go on judging falsely, having respect for the persons of evil-doers? (Selah.)
Having no chief, overseer, or ruler,
Come, let us take our pleasure in love till the morning, having joy in love's delights.
There is nothing better for a man than taking meat and drink, and having delight in his work. This again I saw was from the hand of God.
For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.
The Lord has said, Let this man be recorded as having no children, a man who will not do well in all his life: for no man of his seed will do well, seated on the seat of the kingdom of David and ruling again in Judah.
Men will get fields for money, and put the business in writing, stamping the papers and having them witnessed, in the land of Benjamin and in the country round Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill-country and in the towns of the lowland and in the towns of the South: for I will let their fate be changed, says the Lord.
Building no houses for ourselves, having no vine-gardens or fields or seed:
Now it came about in the seventh month that Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king's seed, having with him ten men, came to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, in Mizpah; and they had a meal together in Mizpah.
My people have been wandering sheep: their keepers have made them go out of the right way, turning them loose on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, having no memory of their resting-place.
Then looking, I saw that on the arch which was over the head of the winged ones there was seen over them what seemed like a sapphire stone, having the form of a king's seat.
Young men who were strong and healthy, good-looking, and trained in all wisdom, having a good education and much knowledge, and able to take positions in the king's house; and to have them trained in the writing and language of the Chaldaeans.
Then take a look at our faces and the faces of the young men who have food from the king's table; and, having seen them, do to your servants as it seems right to you.
All the chief rulers of the kingdom, the chiefs and the captains, the wise men and the rulers, have made a common decision to put in force a law having the king's authority, and to give a strong order, that whoever makes any request to any god or man but you, O King, for thirty days, is to be put into the lions' hole.
Then again one having the form of a man put his hand on me and gave me strength.
But when it came to his ears that Archelaus was ruling over judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was in fear of going there; and God having given him news of the danger in a dream, he went out of the way into the country parts of Galilee.
And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;
And news of him went out through all Syria; and they took to him all who were ill with different diseases and pains, those having evil spirits and those who were off their heads, and those who had no power of moving. And he made them well.
for he was teaching as one having authority, and not as their scribes.
Because I myself am a man under authority, having under me fighting men; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.
And Jesus, having knowledge of what was in their minds, said, Why are your thoughts evil?
And he said to them, Which of you, having a sheep, if it gets into a hole on the Sabbath day, will not put out a helping hand and get it back?
And Jesus, having knowledge of this, went away from there, and a great number went after him; and he made them all well,
And having knowledge of their thoughts he said to them, Every kingdom having division in itself is made waste, and every town or house having division in itself will come to destruction.
But having no root in himself, he goes on for a time; and when trouble comes or pain, because of the word, he quickly becomes full of doubts.
And having come across one jewel of great price, he went and gave all he had in exchange for it.
And there came to him great numbers of people having with them those who were broken in body, or blind, or without voice, or wounded, or ill in any way, and a number of others; they put them down at his feet and he made them well:
And he took the seven cakes of bread and the fishes; and having given praise, he gave the broken bread to the disciples, and the disciples gave it to the people.
And if your hand or your foot is a cause of trouble, let it be cut off and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with the loss of a hand or a foot than, having two hands or two feet, to go into the eternal fire.
And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out, and put it away from you: it is better for you to go into life with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into the hell of fire.
And all things, whatever you make request for in prayer, having faith, you will get.
And he says to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a guest's robe? And he had nothing to say.
Now there were among us seven brothers; and the first was married and at his death, having no seed, gave his wife to his brother;
But Jesus said to them in answer, You are in error, not having knowledge of the Writings, or of the power of God.
A curse is on you, scribes and Pharisees, false ones! for you go about land and sea to get one disciple and, having him, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves.
There came to him a woman having a bottle of perfume of great price, and she put the perfume on his head when he was seated at table.
And he took a cup and, having given praise, he gave it to them, saying,
Then he let Barabbas go free: but after having Jesus whipped, he gave him up to be put to death on the cross.
And they were full of wonder at his teaching, because he gave it as one having authority, and not like the scribes.
And Jesus, having knowledge in his spirit of their thoughts, said to them, Why are you reasoning about these things in your hearts?
And they were laughing at him. But he, having sent them all out, took the father of the child and her mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.
And the people saw them going, and a number of them, having knowledge who they were, went running there together on foot from all the towns, and got there before them.
But a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, having had news of him, came straight away and went down at his feet.
And he made the people be seated on the earth: and he took the seven cakes and, having given praise, he gave the broken bread to his disciples to put before them; and they put it before the people.
Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, have you no hearing? and have you no memory?
And if your eye is a cause of trouble to you, take it out: it is better for you to go into the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to go into hell,
And Peter, having a memory of it, said to him, Master, see, the tree which was cursed by you is dead.
It is as when a man who is in another country for a time, having gone away from his house, and given authority to his servants and to everyone his work, gives the porter an order to keep watch.
It seemed good to me, having made observation, with great care, of the direction of events in their order, to put the facts in writing for you, most noble Theophilus;
Now it came about that when all the people had been given baptism, Jesus, having had baptism with them, was in prayer, when, the heaven being open,
And Jesus said to him, Be quiet, and come out of him. And when the evil spirit had put him down on the earth in the middle of them, he came out of him, having done him no damage.
And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument, saying, Who is this, who has no respect for God? who is able to give forgiveness for sins, but God only?
And no man, having had old wine, has any desire for new, for he says, The old is better.
For I, myself, am a man under authority, having men under me; and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.
But the pharisees and the teachers of the law were against the purpose of God for themselves, not having had his baptism.)
And those on the rock are those who with joy give hearing to the word; but having no root, they have faith for a time, and when the test comes they give up.
And those in the good earth are those who, having given ear to the word, keep it with a good and true heart, and in quiet strength give fruit.
And when they were about to go away from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tents, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah: having no knowledge of what he was saying.
But Jesus said, No man, having put his hand to the plough and looking back, is good enough for the kingdom of God.
And he said to them, Which of you, having a friend, would go to him in the middle of the night and say to him, Friend, let me have three cakes of bread;
But he, having knowledge of their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom in which there is division is made waste; and a house in which there is division comes to destruction.
What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?
Or what woman, having ten bits of silver, if one bit has gone from her hands, will not get a light, and go through her house, searching with care till she sees it?
But which of you, having a servant who is ploughing or keeping sheep, will say to him, when he comes in from the field, Come now and be seated and have a meal,
And when he came back again, having got his kingdom, he gave orders for those servants to whom he had given the money to come to him, so that he might have an account of what business they had done.
Master, Moses said that if a man's brother comes to his end, having a wife, but no children, his brother is to take the wife, and get a family for his brother.
Now there were seven brothers, and the first had a wife and came to his end, having no children;
And the third took her; and in the same way, all the seven, without having any children, came to their end.
For they gave out of their wealth, having more than enough for themselves: but she, even out of her need, has put in all her living.
And he took a cup and, having given praise, he said, Make division of this among yourselves;
And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.
Now when herod saw Jesus he was very glad, having for a long time had a desire to see him, for he had had accounts of him, and was hoping to see some wonders done by him.
After tasting the water which had now become wine, the master of the feast (having no idea where it came from, though it was clear to the servants who took the water out) sent for the newly-married man,
So when he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans took him to their hearts because of the things which they had seen him do in Jerusalem at the feast--they themselves having been there at the feast.
Now he who had been made well had no knowledge who it was, Jesus having gone away because of the number of people who were in that place.
Then Jesus took the cakes and having given praise to God, he gave them to the people who were seated, and the fishes in the same way, as much as they had need of.
Having said these things to them, he still kept in Galilee.
Having said these words, he put earth, mixed with water from his mouth, on the man's eyes,
And having said this, she went away and said secretly to her sister Mary, The Master is here and has sent for you.
(He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)
Now before the feast of the Passover, it was clear to Jesus that the time had come for him to go away from this world to the Father. Having once had love for those in the world who were his, his love for them went on to the end.
So while a meal was going on, the evil One having now put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to be false to him,
So Judas, having taken the bit of bread, straight away went out: and it was night.
I have given you glory on the earth, having done all the work which you gave me to do.
Then Jesus, having knowledge of everything which was coming on him, went forward and said to them, Who are you looking for?
Pilate said to him, True? what is true? Having said this he went out again to the Jews and said to them, I see no wrong in him.
But these are recorded, so that you may have faith that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so that, having this faith you may have life in his name.
And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,
But God gave him back to life, having made him free from the pains of death because it was not possible for him to be overcome by it.
But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,
He, having knowledge of the future, was talking of the coming again of Christ from the dead, that he was not kept in hell and his body did not see destruction.
And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.
Giving praise to God, and having the approval of all the people; and every day the number of those who had salvation was increased by the Lord.
Having a field, got money for it and put the money at the feet of the Apostles.
And kept back part of the price, his wife having knowledge of it, and took the rest and put it at the feet of the Apostles.
And about three hours after, his wife, having no knowledge of what had taken place, came in.
And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they let them go.
He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.
And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?
This man took them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt and in the Red sea and in the waste land, for forty years.
And Simon himself had faith and, having had baptism, he went with Philip and, seeing the signs and the great wonders which he did, he was full of surprise.
So they, having given their witness and made clear the word of the Lord, went back to Jerusalem, giving the good news on their way in a number of the small towns of Samaria.
And because Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having knowledge that Peter was there, sent two men to him, requesting him to come to them straight away.
And having given them an account of everything, he sent them to Joppa.
Now while Peter was in doubt as to the purpose of this vision, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made search for Simon's house, came to the door,
And the day after that, they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having got together his relations and his near friends.
And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover.
Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.
And having put to destruction seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them the land for their heritage for about four hundred and fifty years.
And having put him on one side, he made David their king, to whom he gave witness, saying, I have taken David, the son of Jesse, a man dear to my heart, who will do all my pleasure.
For the men of Jerusalem and their rulers, having no knowledge of him, or of the sayings of the prophets which come to their ears every Sabbath day, gave effect to them by judging him.
Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:
Having got news of it, they went in flight to the towns of Lycaonia, Lystra, and Derbe, and the country round about:
And at Lystra there was a certain man, who from birth had been without the use of his feet, never having had the power of walking.
And having made a number of disciples through the preaching of the good news in that town, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch,
It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul,
So they, being sent away, came down to Antioch, and having got the people together, they gave them the letter.
And having come to Mysia, they made an attempt to go into Bithynia, but the spirit of Jesus did not let them;
And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.
And he took them into his house and gave them food, and he was full of joy, having faith in God with all his family.
And having made Jason and the others give an undertaking to keep the peace, they let them go.
And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.
And it came about that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul, having gone through the higher country, came to Ephesus, where there were certain disciples:
And having sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself went on living in Asia for a time.
And the town was full of noise and trouble, and they all came running into the theatre, having taken by force Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia who were journeying in company with Paul.
And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.
And now, as you see, I am going to Jerusalem, a prisoner in spirit, having no knowledge of what will come to me there:
So keep watch, having in mind that for three years without resting I was teaching every one of you, day and night, with weeping.
And having said these words, he went down on his knees in prayer with them all.
But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order.
This man was taken by the Jews, and was about to be put to death by them, when I came on them with the army and took him out of danger, having knowledge that he was a Roman.
And having been made clean, I was in the Temple, but not with a great number of people, and not with noise: but there were certain Jews from Asia,
So Festus, having come into that part of the country which was under his rule, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
Then Festus, having had a discussion with the Jews, made answer, You have said, Let my cause come before Caesar; to Caesar you will go.
And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.
And having gone across the sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia we came to Myra, in Lycia.
And having got it up, they put cords under and round the ship; but fearing that they might be pushed on to the Syrtis, they let down the sails and so went running before the wind.
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