And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee {as} my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, {but} their heart goeth after their covetousness. {as the...: Heb. according to the coming of the people} {they sit...: or, my people sit before thee} {they shew...: Heb. they make loves, or, jests}

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, {that} observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every {branch} that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. {alone: Gr. by itself}

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but {he that is} perverse {in his} ways shall fall at once.

But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.

And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. {offended: or, stumbled, or, caused to fall into sin}

And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not {himself}, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many {stripes}.

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would {no doubt} have continued with us: but {they went out}, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,

When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out.

He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went.

And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled {them} to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted {them} even unto strange cities.

For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.

But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay {them} before me.

For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this {man} to reign over us.

{As for} the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee.

I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people {that} doth not understand shall fall. {I will not: or, Shall I not} {fall: or, be punished}

What {doth it} profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered {morter}, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I {am} the LORD.

The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: {therefore} I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.