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. {are: or, be ye}

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner {stone};

We then, {as} workers together {with him}, beseech {you} also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and {that} the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with {them}, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly {is} plenteous, but the labourers {are} few;

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. {ordained: or, prepared}

For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

Say not ye, There are yet four months, and {then} cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost {which is} in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth. {fellowhelpers: or, joint-labourers}

The stone {which} the builders refused is become the head {stone} of the corner.

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. {ground: or, stay}

And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?

To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.

And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name {is} The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: {grow...: or, branch up from under him}

Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in {them}; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: {close: Heb. hedge, or, wall}

And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man {that is} an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

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

For this {man} was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.

There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and {they} of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.

Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, {which} is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. {and...: or, after thou hadst made it to desire rain}

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien {shall be} your plowmen and your vinedressers.

Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?

Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: {a very...: Heb. the horn of the son of oil}

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

Blessed {are} ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth {thither} the feet of the ox and the ass.

In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.

Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

[A Song of degrees for Solomon.] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh {but} in vain. {for...: or, of Solomon} {that...: Heb. that are builders of it in it}

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

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. {ordained: or, prepared}

Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly {is} plenteous, but the labourers {are} few;

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. {are: or, be ye}

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

We then, {as} workers together {with him}, beseech {you} also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord:

For this {man} was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.

But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner {stone};

Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:

And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars:

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy {our} brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

For we know that if our earthly house of {this} tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

And {having} an high priest over the house of God;

For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but {now} I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me {to be}, or {that} he heareth of me.

Or saith he {it} altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, {this} is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope.

Paul, called {to be} an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes {our} brother,

Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: {as} the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with {us}, and laboureth.

And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name {is} The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: {grow...: or, branch up from under him}

And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people.

Bread {corn} is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break {it with} the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it {with} his horsemen.

For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. {For: or, Now}

Neither as being lords over {God's} heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. {being lords over: or, overruling}