Buying And Selling

for a root of all the evils is the love of money, which certain longing for did go astray from the faith, and themselves did pierce through with many sorrows;

and that no one may be able to buy, or to sell, except he who is having the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

and I saw as a sea of glass mingled with fire, and those who do gain the victory over the beast, and his image, and his mark, <FI>and<Fi> the number of his name, standing by the sea of the glass, having harps of God,

Saying, When doth the new moon pass, And we sell ground corn? And the sabbath, and we open out pure corn? To make little the ephah, And to make great the shekel, And to use perversely balances of deceit.

Truth buy, and sell not, Wisdom, and instruction, and understanding,

She hath considered a field, and taketh it, From the fruit of her hands she hath planted a vineyard.

As to the rest, brethren, as many things as are true, as many as <FI>are<Fi> grave, as many as <FI>are<Fi> righteous, as many as <FI>are<Fi> pure, as many as <FI>are<Fi> lovely, as many as <FI>are<Fi> of good report, if any worthiness, and if any praise, these things think upon;

Balances of deceit <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah, And a perfect weight <FI>is<Fi> His delight.

and the peoples of the land who are bringing in the wares and any corn on the sabbath-day to sell, we receive not of them on the sabbath, and on a holy day, and we leave the seventh year, and usury on every hand.

Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk.

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

I counsel thee to buy from me gold fired by fire, that thou mayest be rich, and white garments that thou mayest be arrayed, and the shame of thy nakedness may not be manifest, and with eye-salve anoint thine eyes, that thou mayest see.

for there was not any one among them who did lack, for as many as were possessors of fields, or houses, selling <FI>them<Fi> , were bringing the prices of the thing sold,

And they come to Jerusalem, and Jesus having gone into the temple, began to cast forth those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those selling the doves, he overthrew, — read the full passage →

`And the merchants of the earth shall weep and sorrow over her, because their lading no one doth buy any more; — read the full passage →

And it maketh all, the small, and the great, and the rich, and the poor, and the freemen, and the servants, that it may give to them a mark upon their right hand or upon their foreheads, — read the full passage →

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

A stone and a stone, an ephah and an ephah, Even both of them <FI>are<Fi> an abomination to Jehovah.

And the king saith unto Araunah, `Nay, for I do surely buy from thee for a price, and I do not cause to ascend to Jehovah my God burnt-offerings for nought;' and David buyeth the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver,

`Bad, bad,' saith the buyer, And going his way then he boasteth himself.

And he saith to the redeemer, `A portion of the field which <FI>is<Fi> to our brother, to Elimelech, hath Naomi sold, who hath come back from the fields of Moab;

and I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, `A measure of wheat for a denary, and three measures of barley for a denary,' and `The oil and the wine thou mayest not injure.'

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

And having entered into the temple, he began to cast forth those selling in it, and those buying, — read the full passage →

A just beam and balances <FI>are<Fi> Jehovah's, His work <FI>are<Fi> all the stones of the bag.

`And they began with one consent all to excuse themselves: The first said to him, A field I bought, and I have need to go forth and see it; I beg of thee, have me excused.

`And another said, Five yoke of oxen I bought, and I go on to prove them; I beg of thee, have me excused:

And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and did cast forth all those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers he overturned, and the seats of those selling the doves, — read the full passage →

`Ye do not do perversity in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in liquid measure; — read the full passage →

and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;

And it maketh all, the small, and the great, and the rich, and the poor, and the freemen, and the servants, that it may give to them a mark upon their right hand or upon their foreheads,

lo, the reward of the workmen, of those who in-gathered your fields, which hath been fraudulently kept back by you--doth cry out, and the exclamations of those who did reap into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth have entered;

And Peter said unto him, `Thy silver with thee--may it be to destruction! because the gift of God thou didst think to possess through money;

Jesus then having lifted up <FI>his<Fi> eyes and having seen that a great multitude doth come to him, saith unto Philip, `Whence shall we buy loaves, that these may eat?' --

and having taken counsel, they bought with them the field of the potter, for the burial of strangers;

`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field. — read the full passage →

Come hath the time, arrived hath the day, The buyer doth not rejoice, And the seller doth not become a mourner, For wrath <FI>is<Fi> unto all its multitude.

food for money thou dost sell me, and I have eaten; and water for money thou dost give to me, and I have drunk; only, let me pass over on my feet, --

`And when thou sellest anything to thy fellow, or buyest from the hand of thy fellow, ye do not oppress one another;

for we have known that the law is spiritual, and I am fleshly, sold by the sin;

`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard, — read the full passage →

And Jehovah saith unto me: `Again, go, love a woman, loved of a friend, and an adulteress, like the loved of Jehovah, the sons of Israel, and they are turning unto other gods, and are lovers of grape-cakes.' — read the full passage →

for certain were thinking, since Judas had the bag, that Jesus saith to him, `Buy what we have need of for the feast;' or that he may give something to the poor;

thou dost not bring a gift of a whore, or a price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God, for any vow; for the abomination of Jehovah thy God <FI>are<Fi> even both of them.

`When thou buyest a Hebrew servant--six years he doth serve, and in the seventh he goeth out as a freeman for nought;

And there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction,

having known that, not with corruptible things--silver or gold--were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers, — read the full passage →

for ye were bought with a price; glorify, then, God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

and he found in the temple those selling oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the money-changers sitting, — read the full passage →

Are there yet <FI>in<Fi> the house of the wicked Treasures of wickedness, And the abhorred scanty ephah? — read the full passage →

And I buy the field, that <FI>is<Fi> in Anathoth, from Hanameel, my uncle's son, and I weigh to him the money--seventeen shekels of silver. — read the full passage →

For, lo, the Lord, Jehovah of Hosts, Is turning aside from Jerusalem, And from Judah, stay and staff, Every stay of bread, and every stay of water. — read the full passage →

`Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small. — read the full passage →

`And thy man-servant and thy handmaid whom thou hast <FI>are<Fi> of the nations who <FI>are<Fi> round about you; of them ye buy man-servant and handmaid, — read the full passage →

`And when thy brother becometh poor with thee, and he hath been sold to thee, thou dost not lay on him servile service; — read the full passage →

`And a son of eight days is circumcised by you; every male to your generations, born in the house, or bought with money from any son of a stranger, who is not of thy seed;

`And not many days after, having gathered all together, the younger son went abroad to a far country, and there he scattered his substance, living riotously;

To purchase with money the poor, And the needy for a pair of sandals, Yea, the refuse of the pure corn we sell.

Our water for money we have drunk, Our wood for a price doth come.

For I have known the thoughts that I am thinking towards you--an affirmation of Jehovah; thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give to you posterity and hope.

And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name--thou <FI>art<Fi> Mine.

And Joseph buyeth all the ground of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians have sold each his field, for the famine hath been severe upon them, and the land becometh Pharaoh's; — read the full passage →

Go, now, ye who are saying, `To-day and to-morrow we will go on to such a city, and will pass there one year, and traffic, and make gain;'

Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his life?

Thus said Jehovah: `Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.

And Ephron answereth Abraham, saying to him, — read the full passage →

with a price ye were bought, become not servants of men;

and the prudent answered, saying--Lest there may not be sufficient for us and you, go ye rather unto those selling, and buy for yourselves.

Whoso is withholding corn, the people execrate him, And a blessing <FI>is<Fi> for the head of him who is selling.

And Abraham riseth up from the presence of his dead, and speaketh unto the sons of Heth, saying, — read the full passage →

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not.

nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, the reign of God shall inherit.

Trust unto Jehovah with all thy heart, And unto thine own understanding lean not. — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

`None is able to serve two lords, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to the one, and despise the other; ye are not able to serve God and Mammon.

In those days I have seen in Judah those treading wine-vats on sabbath, and bringing in the sheaves, and lading on the asses, and also, wine, grapes, and figs, and every burden, yea, they are bringing in to Jerusalem on the sabbath-day, and I testify in the day of their selling provision. — read the full passage →

from all appearance of evil abstain ye;

and to those selling the doves he said, `Take these things hence; make not the house of my Father a house of merchandise.'

each one, according as he doth purpose in heart, not out of sorrow or out of necessity, for a cheerful giver doth God love,

Prepare in an out-place thy work, And make it ready in the field--go afterwards, Then thou hast built thy house.

Wealth from vanity becometh little, And whoso is gathering by the hand becometh great.

`Again, the reign of the heavens is like to treasure hid in the field, which a man having found did hide, and from his joy goeth, and all, as much as he hath, he selleth, and buyeth that field.

do they not themselves speak evil of the good name that was called upon you?

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,

Whoso is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, For one favouring the poor doth gather it.

and the seventh day <FI>is<Fi> a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, --

and now, I did write to you not to keep company with <FI>him<Fi> , if any one, being named a brother, may be a whoremonger, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner--with such a one not even to eat together;

And the sons of Heth answer Abraham, saying to him, — read the full passage →

envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.

And also the Pharisees, being lovers of money, were hearing all these things, and were deriding him,

Poor <FI>is<Fi> he who is working--a slothful hand, And the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and did cast forth all those selling and buying in the temple, and the tables of the money-changers he overturned, and the seats of those selling the doves,

Whoso is loving silver is not satisfied <FI>with<Fi> silver, nor he who is in love with stores <FI>with<Fi> increase. Even this <FI>is<Fi> vanity.

through which to us the most great and precious promises have been given, that through these ye may become partakers of a divine nature, having escaped from the corruption in the world in desires.

for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.

`Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit made you overseers, to feed the assembly of God that He acquired through His own blood,

And this I say, brethren, the time henceforth is having been shortened--that both those having wives may be as not having; — read the full passage →

For thus said Jehovah: `For nought ye have been sold, And not by money are ye redeemed.'