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Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon;
Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;
And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them.
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever:
Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them.
Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour.
And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel.
For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples.
