| Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. | Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. |
| My son, keep your father’s command, And do not forsake the law of your mother. | My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching. |
| Defend the poor and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and needy. | Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute. |
| And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. | Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. |
| But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.” | But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled. |
| For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ. | For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ. |
| Therefore you shall keep My commandments, and perform them: I am the Lord. | So you shall keep my commandments and do them: I am the Lord. |
| Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. | Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. |
| And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. | And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. |
| He has shown you, O man, what is good; And what does the Lord require of you But to do justly, To love mercy, And to walk humbly with your God? | He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? |
| I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope. | I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope. |
| But I say to you, do not swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is God’s throne; nor by the earth, for it is His footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. | But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. |
| Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Execute true justice, Show mercy and compassion Everyone to his brother. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, The alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart Against his brother.’ | Thus says the Lord of hosts, Render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another, do not oppress the widow, the fatherless, the sojourner, or the poor, and let none of you devise evil against another in your heart. |
| And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another and to all, just as we do to you. | And may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you. |
| Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? | Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? |
| And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good? | Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? |
| Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know. | Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. |
| But when Jesus heard it, He answered him, saying, “Do not be afraid; only believe, and she will be made well.” | But Jesus on hearing this answered him, “Do not fear; only believe, and she will be well.” |
| Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend, Nor go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor nearby than a brother far away. | Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away. |
| Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. | Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. |
| For “He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit. Let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it.” | For “Whoever desires to love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it.” |
| Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death. | Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. |
| Do not envy the oppressor, And choose none of his ways; For the perverse person is an abomination to the Lord, But His secret counsel is with the upright. | Do not envy a man of violence and do not choose any of his ways, for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence. |
| For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. | For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. |
| Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. | Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. |
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