Textus Receptus Bibles
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
| 13:1 | There were certaine men present at the same season, that shewed him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. |
| 13:2 | And Iesus answered, and saide vnto them, Suppose ye, that these Galileans were greater sinners then al the other Galileans, because they haue suffered such things? |
| 13:3 | I tell you, nay: but except ye amend your liues, ye shall all likewise perish. |
| 13:4 | Or thinke you that those eighteene, vpon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slewe them, were sinners aboue all men that dwel in Hierusalem? |
| 13:5 | I tell you, nay: but except ye amend your liues, ye shall all likewise perish. |
| 13:6 | He spake also this parable, A certaine man had a figge tree planted in his vineyard: and he came and sought fruite thereon, and found none. |
| 13:7 | Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, this three yeeres haue I come and sought fruite of this figge tree, and finde none: cut it downe: why keepeth it also the ground barren? |
| 13:8 | And he answered, and said vnto him, Lord, let it alone this yeere also, till I digge round about it, and doung it. |
| 13:9 | And if it beare fruite, well: if not, then after thou shalt cut it downe. |
| 13:10 | And he taught in one of ye Synagogues on the Sabbath day. |
| 13:11 | And behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmitie eighteene yeeres, and was bowed together, and coulde not lift vp her selfe in any wise. |
| 13:12 | When Iesus sawe her, he called her to him, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thy disease. |
| 13:13 | And he laide his handes on her, and immediately she was made straight againe, and glorified God. |
| 13:14 | And the ruler of the Synagogue answered with indignation, because that Iesus healed on the Sabbath day, and said vnto the people, There are sixe dayes in which men ought to worke: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day. |
| 13:15 | Then answered him the Lord, and said, Hypocrite, doth not eche one of you on the Sabbath day loose his oxe or his asse from the stall, and leade him away to the water? |
| 13:16 | And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound, loe, eighteene yeeres, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day? |
| 13:17 | And when he said these things, all his aduersaries were ashamed: but all the people reioyced at all the excellent things, that were done by him. |
| 13:18 | Then said he, What is the kingdome of God like? or whereto shall I compare it? |
| 13:19 | It is like a graine of mustard seede, which a man tooke and sowed in his garden, and it grewe, and waxed a great tree, and the foules of the heauen made nestes in the branches thereof. |
| 13:20 | And againe he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdome of God? |
| 13:21 | It is like leauen, which a woman tooke, and hid in three peckes of floure, till all was leauened. |
| 13:22 | And he went through all cities and townes, teaching, and iourneying towards Hierusalem. |
| 13:23 | Then saide one vnto him, Lord, are there fewe that shalbe saued? And he said vnto them, |
| 13:24 | Striue to enter in at the straite gate: for many, I say vnto you, will seeke to enter in, and shall not be able. |
| 13:25 | When the good man of the house is risen vp, and hath shut to the doore, and ye begin to stand without, and to knocke at the doore, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs, and he shall answere and say vnto you, I know you not whence ye are, |
| 13:26 | Then shall ye begin to say, We haue eaten and drunke in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streetes. |
| 13:27 | But he shall say, I tell you, I knowe you not whence ye are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquitie. |
| 13:28 | There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac, and Iacob, and all the Prophets in the kingdome of God, and your selues thrust out at doores. |
| 13:29 | Then shall come many from the East, and from the West, and from the North, and from the South, and shall sit at Table in the kingdome of God. |
| 13:30 | And beholde, there are last, which shalbe first, and there are first, which shalbe last. |
| 13:31 | The same day there came certaine Pharises, and said vnto him, Depart, and goe hence: for Herod will kill thee. |
| 13:32 | Then said he vnto them, Goe ye and tell that foxe, Beholde, I cast out deuils, and will heale still to day, and to morowe, and the third day I shalbe perfected. |
| 13:33 | Neuerthelesse I must walke to day, and to morowe, and the day following: for it cannot be that a Prophet should perish out of Hierusalem. |
| 13:34 | O Hierusalem, Hierusalem, which killest the Prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, howe often would I haue gathered thy children together, as the henne gathereth her brood vnder her wings, and ye would not! |
| 13:35 | Beholde, your house is left vnto you desolate: and verely I tell you, ye shall not see me vntill the time come that ye shall say, Blessed is he that commeth in the Name of the Lord. |
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
The Geneva Bible is one of the most influential and historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James translation by 51 years. It was the primary Bible of 16th century Protestantism and was the Bible used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan. The language of the Geneva Bible was more forceful and vigorous and because of this, most readers strongly preferred this version at the time.
The Geneva Bible was produced by a group of English scholars who, fleeing from the reign of Queen Mary, had found refuge in Switzerland. During the reign of Queen Mary, no Bibles were printed in England, the English Bible was no longer used in churches and English Bibles already in churches were removed and burned. Mary was determined to return Britain to Roman Catholicism.
The first English Protestant to die during Mary's turbulent reign was John Rogers in 1555, who had been the editor of the Matthews Bible. At this time, hundreds of Protestants left England and headed for Geneva, a city which under the leadership of Calvin, had become the intellectual and spiritual capital of European Protestants.
One of these exiles was William Whittingham, a fellow of Christ Church at Oxford University, who had been a diplomat, a courtier, was much traveled and skilled in many languages including Greek and Hebrew. He eventually succeeded John Knox as the minister of the English congregation in Geneva. Whittingham went on to publish the 1560 Geneva Bible.
This version is significant because, it came with a variety of scriptural study guides and aids, which included verse citations that allow the reader to cross-reference one verse with numerous relevant verses in the rest of the Bible, introductions to each book of the Bible that acted to summarize all of the material that each book would cover, maps, tables, woodcut illustrations, indices, as well as other included features, all of which would eventually lead to the reputation of the Geneva Bible as history's very first study Bible.