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Deuteronomy 30

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1 And it shall be, that all these things shall come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have put before thee, and thou shalt return to thy heart, in all the nations whither Jehovah thy God has expelled thee.

2 And thou shalt return even·​·to Jehovah thy God, and shalt hearken to His voice, according·​·to all that I command thee today, thou and thy sons, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;

3 and Jehovah thy God will turn·​·back thy captivity, and have·​·compassion·​·on thee, and will return and bring· thee ·together from all the peoples, whither Jehovah thy God has scattered thee.

4 If any of thine be expelled to the end parts of the heavens, from thence will Jehovah thy God bring· thee ·together, and from thence will He fetch thee;

5 and Jehovah thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and He will do· thee ·good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

6 And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, so·​·that thou mayest live.

7 And Jehovah thy God will put all these curses on thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, who persecuted thee.

8 And thou shalt return and hearken to the voice of Jehovah, and do all His commandments which I command thee today.

9 And Jehovah thy God will make thee excel in every work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy belly, and in the fruit of thy beasts, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good; for Jehovah will return to have·​·joy over thee for good, as He had·​·joy over thy fathers:

10 when thou obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the Law, and when thou return to Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

11 For this commandment which I command thee today, is not too wonderful for thee, neither is it far·​·off.

12 It is not in the heavens, to say, Who shall go·​·up for us to the heavens, and fetch it for us, that we may hear it, and do it?

13 Neither is it across the sea, to say, Who shall cross the sea for us, and fetch it for us, that we may hear it, and do it?

14 But the Word is very near to thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, to do it.

15 See, I have put before thee today life and good, and death and evil;

16 in that I command thee today to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments; and thou shalt live and multiply; and Jehovah thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou come to possess it.

17 But if thy heart turn, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

18 I tell you today, that perishing you shall perish, you shall not prolong your days upon the ground, whither thou cross·​·over the Jordan to go·​·in to possess it.

19 I call· the heavens and the earth ·to·​·testify today against you, that I have put before thee life and death, blessing and cursing; and choose life, so·​·that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed:

20 to love Jehovah thy God, to obey His voice, and to stick to Him; for He is thy lives*, and the length of thy days, to dwell on the ground which Jehovah promised to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

   


Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

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Matthew 24

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1 And Jesus coming out, went from the temple; and His disciples came to Him to show Him the buildings of the temple.

2 And Jesus said to them, Do you not see all these·​·things? Amen I say to you, There shall not be left here a stone on a stone, which shall not be undone.

3 And sitting on the Mount of Olives, His disciples came·​·to Him by themselves, saying, Tell us, when shall these·​·things be? And what shall be the sign of Thine advent, and of the consummation of the age?

4 And Jesus answering, said to them, Look, so that no one lead· you ·astray.

5 For many shall come in My name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall deceive many.

6 And you are·​·about to hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you be not alarmed; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

7 For nation shall rise·​·up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in different places.

8 And all these are the beginning of griefs.

9 Then shall they deliver you up to affliction, and shall kill you; and you shall be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.

10 And then shall many be caused·​·to·​·stumble, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.

11 And many false prophets shall arise, and shall deceive many.

12 And on·​·account·​·of the iniquity being·​·multiplied, the love* of many shall become·​·cold.

13 But he who shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved.

14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world, for a testimony to all the nations; and then shall the end come.

15 When, therefore, you shall see the abomination of desolation declared by Daniel the prophet*, standing in the holy place (he who reads, let him consider),

16 then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains;

17 let him who is on the housetop not step·​·down to take anything out of his dwelling;

18 and he who is in the field, let him not return back to take his garments.

19 And woe unto those who have in the womb, and to those who nurse, in those days!

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a Sabbath,

21 for then shall be great affliction, such·​·as was not from the beginning of the world until now, nor ever shall be.

22 And except those days should be·​·shortened, all flesh would not have been saved; but for·​·the·​·sake·​·of the chosen those days shall be·​·shortened.

23 Then if anyone shall say to you, Behold, here is the Christ, or there, believe not.

24 For there shall arise false christs and false prophets, and shall give great signs and miracles, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

25 Behold, I have told you before.

26 If then they shall say to you, Behold, he is in the wilderness! Go not forth; Behold, he is in the bedrooms! Believe ye not.

27 For just·​·as the lightning comes·​·forth from the east, and appears to the west, so shall also the advent of the Son of Man be.

28 For wherever the corpse is, thither will the eagles be gathered.

29 And straightway after the affliction of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

30 and then shall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth wail, and shall see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and much glory.

31 And He shall send His angels with a great voice of a trumpet, and they shall gather·​·together His chosen from the four winds, from the end of the heavens till the end of them.

32 But learn the parable from the fig·​·tree: When its branch has already become tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that the summer is near.

33 So also you, when you shall see all these·​·things, know ye that it is near, at the doors.

34 Amen I say to you, This generation shall not pass away, until all these things come to pass.

35 The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but My words shall not pass away.

36 But concerning that day and hour no·​·one knows, not the angels of the heavens, but My Father alone.

37 But just·​·as the days of Noah, so shall be also the advent of the Son of Man.

38 For just·​·as they were in the days before the flood, eating and drinking, being·​·wed and giving·​·to·​·be·​·wed, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,

39 and knew not until the flood came, and took them all; so shall be also the advent of the Son of Man.

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the one shall be left.

41 Two women shall be grinding grain in the mill; one shall be taken, and one shall be left.

42 Watch therefore, because you know not at what hour your Lord comes.

43 But know ye this, that if the householder had known in what watch the thief comes, he would have watched, and would not have allowed his house to be dug·​·through.

44 On this account be you also prepared, because in the hour you think not, the Son of Man comes.

45 Who therefore is the faithful and prudent servant, whom his Lord has appointed over His household, to give them food in time?

46 Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord, when He comes, shall find so doing.

47 Amen I say to you, that He will appoint him over all His belongings.

48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delays to come;

49 and shall begin to strike the fellow·​·servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

50 the Lord of that servant shall come in a day that he does not expect, and in an hour that he does not know;

51 and shall divide· him ·in·​·two, and put his portion with the hypocrites, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

   


Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.