While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.

The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.

Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises {made} unto the fathers:

And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life. {life: or, person}

The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to {him that is} weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

[A Psalm of David.] The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather {others} to him, beside those that are gathered unto him. {beside...: Heb. to his gathered}

And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. {corners: Heb. wings}

And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and {he} to whomsoever the Son will reveal {him}.

Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: {persecuted us: or, chased us out}

Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. {deal...: or, prosper}

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, {thou} that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under {her} wings, and ye would not!

Behold, God {is} my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH {is} my strength and {my} song; he also is become my salvation.

Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set {him} at his own right hand in the heavenly {places},

But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son.

Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things {which belong} unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.

For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.

The word which {God} sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, {and} I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. {ordained: Heb. gave}

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called {me} by his grace,

By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise {shall be} continually of thee.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.

Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they {are} men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. {wondered...: Heb. of wonder, or, sign}

And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come {again} unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. {feed or, rule}

O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all {these} great things. {great...: Heb. greatnesses}

And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch {that} thou madest strong for thyself.

They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out {his} vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.

And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel {them} to come in, that my house may be filled.

His glory {is} great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him.

Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.

He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. {discouraged: Heb. broken}

{Is} it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. {deal...: or, prosper}