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his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.

9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book worship God.

10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still; and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

1 Or, yet more 2 Or, wages 6 Gr. over. 7 Or, Both

of the prophets, sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly come to pass. 7 And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.

And I John am he that heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these 9 things. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren the prophets, and with them which keep the words of this book worship God.

And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand. He that is unrighteous, let him do unrighteousness 'still: and he that is filthy, let him be made filthy still and he that is righteous, let him do righteousness 1still: and he that is holy, let him 12 be made holy still. Behold, I come quickly; and my 'reward is with me, to render to each man 13 according as his work is. I am

the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning 14 and the end. Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in 15 by the gates into the city. Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and "maketh a lie. 16

I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.

'And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.

18 For I testify unto every man | 18 that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. 20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

1 Gr. upon.

I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add 1unto them, God shall add 1unto him the plagues which are written 19 in this book: and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.

He which testifieth these things saith, Yea: Icome quickly. Amen: come, Lord Jesus.

The grace of the Lord Jesus? be with the saints. Amen.

2 Or, even from the things which are written 3 Some ancient authorities add Christ. 4 Two ancient authorities read with all.

List of readings and renderings preferred by the American Committee, recorded at their desire. See Preface, page xi.

CLASSES OF PASSAGES.

I. Strike out "S." (i. e. Saint) from the title of the Gospels and from the heading of the pages.

II. Strike out "the Apostle" from the title of the Pauline Epistles, and "of
Paul the Apostle" from the title of the Epistle to the Hebrews; strike
out the word "General" from the title of the Epistles of James, Peter,
1 John, and Jude; and let the title of the Revelation run "The
Revelation of John."

III. For "Holy Ghost" adopt uniformly the rendering "Holy Spirit."
IV. At the word "worship" in Matt. ii. 2, etc., add the marginal note "The
Greek word denotes an act of reverence, whether paid to man (see
chap. xviii. 26) or to God (see ehap. iv. 10)."

V. Put into the text uniformly the marginal rendering "through" in place
of "by" when it relates to prophecy, viz., in Matt. ii. 5, 17, 23; íii. 3;
iv. 14; viii. 17; xii. 17; xiii. 35; xxi. 4; xxiv. 15; xxvii. 9; Luke
xviii. 31; Acts ii. 16; xxviii. 25.

VI. For "tempt" ("temptation") substitute "try" or "make trial of" ("trial") wherever enticement to what is wrong is not evidently spoken of; viz., in the following instances: Matt. iv. 7; xvi. 1; xix. 3; xxii. 18, 35; Mark viii. 11; x. 2; xii. 15; Luke iv. 12; x. 25; xi. 16; xxii. 28; John viii. 6; Acts v. 9; xv. 10; 1 Cor. x. 9; Heb. iii. 8, 9; 1 Pet. i. 6.

VII. Substitute modern forms of speech for the following archaisms, viz., "who "that" for "which" when used of persons; are" for "be" in the present indicative; "know" "knew" for ". wot" "wist"; 'drag" or "drag away" for "hale."

VIII. Substitute for "devil" ("devils") the word "demon" ("demons") wherever the latter word is given in the margin (or represents the Greek words Saiμwv, daiμóvior); and for "possessed with a devil" (or "devils") substitute either "demoniae" or "possessed with a demon" (or "demons").

IX. After "baptize" let the marg. "Or, in" and the text "with" exchange places.

X. Let the word "testament" be everywhere changed to "covenant" (without an alternate in the margin), except in Heb. ix. 15–17.

XI. Wherever "patience" occurs as the rendering of Toμový add "stedfastness as an alternate in the margin, except in 2 Cor. i. 6; James v. 11; Luke viii. 15; Heb. xii. 1.

XII. Let ȧooápiov (Matt. x. 29; Luke xii. 6) be translated ".

" and penny,' Snvápiov "shilling," except in Matt. xxii. 19; Mark xii. 15; Luke xx. 24, where the name of the coin, "a denarius," should be given. XIII. Against the expression "the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ" add the marginal rendering "Or, God and the Father" etc.; viz., in Rom. xv. 6; 2 Cor. i. 3; xi. 31; Eph. i. 3; Col. i. 3; 1 Pet. i. 3. And against the expression our God and Father" add the marg. "Or, God and our Father"; viz., in Gal. i. 4; Phil. iv. 20; 1 Thess. i. 3; iii. 11, 13; Jas. i. 27. And against the expression "his God and Father" add the marg. Or, God and his Father, viz., in Rev. i. 6.

XIV. Let the use of "fulfil" be confined to those cases in which it denotes "accomplish," " 'bring to pass," or the like.

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MATTHEW III. 7-LUKE VI. 16.

MATTHEW.

III. 7 Against "to his baptism" add marg. Or, for baptism

10 For" is the axe laid unto" read "the axe lieth at" So in Luke iii. 9. VI. 11 Let the marg. read Gr. our bread for the coming day, or, our needful bread. So in Luke xi. 3.

27 For "his stature" read the measure of his life" (with marg. Or, his stature) So in Luke xii. 25.

VIII. 4 Here and in Matt. xxvii. 65; Mark i. 44, for "go thy [your] way" read simply "go"

IX. 6, 8 For "power" read "authority" (see marg.) So in Mark ii. 10;
Luke v. 24.

X. 39 "life" strike out the marg. So in xvi. 25; Mark viii. 35; Luke ix.
24; xvii. 33; John xii. 25.

XII. 23 For "Is this the son of David?" read " Can this be the son of David?" [comp. John iv. 29.]

unto men strike out the marg.

XIX. 14 For "of such is" read "to such belongeth" with marg. Or, of such is So in Mark x. 14; Luke xviii. 16.

XX. 1 For "that is " read "that was"

XXII. 23 For marg.1 read "Many ancient authorities read saying.”

XXIII. 9 For "Father, which is in heaven" read "Father, even he who is in

heaven."

23 For "judgement" read "justice" So in Luke xi. 42.

XXVI. 29 For "I will not drink" read "I shall not drink" Similarly in Mark xiv. 25; Luke xxii. 16, 18.

XXVII. 27 For "palace" read "Prætorium" with marg. Or, palace [as in Mark xv. 16] So in John xviii. 28, 33; xix. 9.

MARK.

II. 4, 9, 11, 12 "bed" add marg. Or, pallet So in vi. 55; John v. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; Acts v. 15; ix. 33.

VII. 4 For" wash" read “bathe" [comp. Luke xi. 38.]

X. 13 For "brought" read "were bringing" So in Luke xviii, 15.
32 and they that followed" etc. omit the marg.

45 For "For verily" etc. read "For the Son of man also" etc.

XI. 24 For "have received" read "receive" with marg. Gr. received.

XIV. 3 For "spikenard" read "pure nard" (with marg. Or, liquid nard), and omit marg. So in John xii. 3.

LUKE.

I. 35 Let the text run "wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God" with the present text in the margin.

70 For "since the world began" read "of old" Similarly Acts iii. 21;

III. 14 For "Do violence to no man" etc. read "Extort from no man by violence, neither accuse any one wrongfully" and omit marg.

20 For "added yet this above all" read "added this also to them all"

IV. 1 For "by the Spirit" read "in the Spirit" and omit the marg.
VI. 16 For " was the traitor" read "became a traitor"

VIII. 3 For "Chuza" read "Chuzas"

29 For "commanded" read " was commanding"
33 For "
were choked" read " were drowned"

IX. 12 For "victuals" read "provisions"

18 For "alone" read "apart"

46 For "should be greatest" read "was the greatest"

XI. 38 For "washed" read "bathed himself" [comp. Mark vii. 4.]
XII. 49 For "what will I" etc. read "what do I desire" (with the marg. Or,
how I would that it were already kindled!)

XIII. 32 "I am perfected" add marg. Or, I end my course.

XV. 16 For "have been filled" read "have filled his belly" (with the marg.
Many ancient authorities read have been filled.)

XVII. 6 Read "If ye had faith" etc. and "It would obey you."

11 For "through the midst of" read "along the borders of" and sub-
stitute the present text for marg.

XVIII. 5 "lest she wear me" etc. add marg. Or, lest at last by her coming she

wear me out

7 For "and he" etc. read "and yet he" etc. with the marg. Or, and is

he slow to punish on their behalf?

XIX. 29 For "the mount of Olives" read "Olivet" So in xxi. 37; see Acts
i. 12.

42 "day" add marg. Some ancient authorities read thy day.

'peace" add marg. Some ancient authorities read thy peace.

XX. 20 "rule" add marg. Or, ruling power