³⁹ And Peter having risen, went with them, whom having come, they brought into the upper chamber, and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing coats and garments, as many as Dorcas was making while she was with them.

¹³ And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,

³⁰ The grace `is' false, and the beauty `is' vain, A woman fearing Jehovah, she may boast herself.

³¹ Give ye to her of the fruit of her hands, And her works do praise her in the gates!

⁷ The remembrance of the righteous `is' for a blessing, And the name of the wicked doth rot.

⁴¹ and having given her `his' hand, he lifted her up, and having called the saints and the widows, he presented her alive,

³⁵ all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth `us' to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

¹² for if the willing mind is present, according to that which any one may have it is well-accepted, not according to that which he hath not;

²⁸ whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

³ unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

¹⁵ and if a brother or sister may be naked, and may be destitute of the daily food,

¹⁶ and any one of you may say to them, `Depart ye in peace, be warmed, and be filled,' and may not give to them the things needful for the body, what `is' the profit?

¹⁷ so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.

¹⁸ My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!

³⁶ And in Joppa there was a certain female disciple, by name Tabitha, (which interpreted, is called Dorcas,) this woman was full of good works and kind acts that she was doing;

³⁷ and it came to pass in those days she, having ailed, died, and having bathed her, they laid her in an upper chamber,

² and devout men carried away Stephen, and made great lamentation over him;

¹ And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration,

¹⁹ If I see `any' perishing without clothing, And there is no covering to the needy,

²⁰ If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,

¹⁰ All that thy hand findeth to do, with thy power do, for there is no work, and device, and knowledge, and wisdom in Sheol whither thou art going.

¹⁷ And Jesus answering said, `O generation, unstedfast and perverse, till when shall I be with you? till when shall I bear you? bring him to me hither;'

³⁶ naked, and ye put around me; I was infirm, and ye looked after me; in prison I was, and ye came unto me.

³⁷ `Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink?

³⁸ and when did we see thee a stranger, and we received? or naked, and we put around?

³⁹ and when did we see thee infirm, or in prison, and we came unto thee?

¹¹ for the poor always ye have with you, and me ye have not always;

⁸ what she could she did, she anticipated to anoint my body for the embalming.

⁴⁴ and he said to them, `These `are' the words that I spake unto you, being yet with you, that it behoveth to be fulfilled all the things that are written in the Law of Moses, and the Prophets, and the Psalms, about me.'

⁸ for the poor ye have always with yourselves, and me ye have not always.'

¹² when I was with them in the world, I was keeping them in Thy name; those whom Thou hast given to me I did guard, and none of them was destroyed, except the son of the destruction, that the Writing may be fulfilled.

²⁴ Daughters of Israel! for Saul weep ye, Who is clothing you `in' scarlet with delights. Who is lifting up ornaments of gold on your clothing.