| If your brother wrongs you, go and take up the matter with him when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over. | If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. |
| Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus.” | And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.” |
| But when you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees everything that is done in secret will reward you. | But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you. |
| His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. Since you have been faithful in small matters, I will give you much greater responsibilities. Come and share your master’s joy.’ | His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ |
| I will make haste and not delay to observe your precepts. | I hasten and do not delay to keep your commandments. |
| Wealth hastily acquired will dwindle away, but when amassed little by little, it will increase. | Wealth gained hastily will dwindle, but whoever gathers little by little will increase it. |
| For as it is written, “Eye has not seen, ear has not heard, nor has the human heart imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.” | But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him” |
| He said to them in reply, “Anyone who has two coats must share with the person who has none, and whoever has food must do likewise.” | And he answered them, “Whoever has two tunics is to share with him who has none, and whoever has food is to do likewise.” |
| Blessed is the person who has found wisdom, the one who has gained understanding. | Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding. |
| Arise and shine forth, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord has dawned upon you. | Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you. |
| As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him. | As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him. |
| No one has ever seen God. It is the only Son, God, who is at the Father’s side, who has made him known. | No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known. |
| Consequently, anyone united to Christ is a new creation. The old order has passed away. Behold, all has become new. | Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. |
| For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. Upon his shoulders dominion rests, and this is the name he has been given: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. | For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. |
| He has made everything suitable for its time, and he has given men a sense of past and future, but they never have the slightest comprehension of what God has wrought from beginning to end. | He has made everything beautiful in its time. Also, he has put eternity into man's heart, yet so that he cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. |
| All this has been done by God, who has reconciled us to himself through Christ and entrusted us with the ministry of reconciliation. | All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation. |
| For the Son of Man has come to seek out and to save what was lost. | For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. |
| He has satisfied the thirsty and filled the hungry with good things. | For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things. |
| Bear with one another, and forgive one another if anyone has reason to be offended with another. You must forgive just as the Lord has forgiven you. | Bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. |
| Such hope will not be doomed to disappointment, because the love of God has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. | And hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. |
| But Jesus has now received a ministry that is far superior, for he is the mediator of a far better covenant that has been established on better promises. | But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises. |
| This is the day that the Lord has made; let us exult and rejoice in it. | This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. |
| Cure the sick who are there, and say, ‘The kingdom of God has come unto you.’ | Heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ |
| I love the Lord because he has heard my voice and listened to my cry for mercy, because he has inclined his ear to me on the day when I called out to him. | I love the Lord, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy. Because he inclined his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. |
| Fear not, little flock, for your Father has chosen to give you the kingdom. | Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. |
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