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}

Then believed they his words; they sang his praise.

He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

And Joash did {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, {according to the commandment} of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness?

For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. {observed him: or, kept him, or, saved him}

And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.

Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. {miracles...: Gr. signs and great miracles}

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

And when they had finished {it}, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, {even} vessels to minister, and to offer {withal}, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada. {to offer...: or, pestils}

And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, {even} as Christ Jesus.

And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

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.

From that {time} many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.

And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness;

But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, {and} doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked {man} doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. {gone out: or, going out}

So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon.

Whilst it {is} yet in his greenness, {and} not cut down, it withereth before any {other} herb.

Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth {it} empty, swept, and garnished.

And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.

And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth:

Again, When a righteous {man} doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. {righteousness which: Heb. righteousnesses}

That the triumphing of the wicked {is} short, and the joy of the hypocrite {but} for a moment? {short: Heb. from near}

And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.

They on the rock {are they}, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.

He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

Behold, this {is} the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast {day}, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.