1:1Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, by the will of God, to all the saints who are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus.

2Grace be to you, and peace from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

3Blessed by the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with spiritual blessings in heavenly places, in Christ:

4As he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and unspotted in his sight in charity.

5Who has predestinated us to the adoption of children through Jesus Christ to himself: according to the purpose of his will:

6To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he has graced us in his beloved son.

7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins, according to the riches of his grace,

8Which has superabounded in us in all wisdom and prudence,

9That he might make known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure, which he has purposed in him,

10In the dispensation of the fulness of times, to re-establish all things in Christ, that are in heaven and on earth, in him.

98:1A psalm for David himself. Sing you to the Lord anew canticle: because he has done wonderful things. His right hand has wrought for him salvation, and his arm is holy.

2The Lord has made known his salvation: he has revealed his righteousness before the Gentiles.

3He has remembered his mercy his truth toward the people of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

4Sing joyfully to God, all the earth; make melody, rejoice and sing.

5Sing praise to the Lord on the harp, on the harp, and with the voice of a psalm:

6with long trumpets, and sound of comet. Make a joyful noise before the Lord our king:

11:47Sorrow to you who build the monuments of the prophets: and your fathers killed them.

48Truly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their tombs.

49For this cause also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute.

50That the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,

51From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who was killed between the alter and the temple: Yea I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.

52Sorrow to you lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you yourselves have not entered in, and those that were entering in, you have hindered.

53And as he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the lawyers began violently to urge him, and to oppress his mouth about many things,

54Lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.