| If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over. | If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one. |
| But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; you have found favor with God. You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.” | The angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And now, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you will name him Jesus.” |
| But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. | But whenever 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 replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’ | His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.’ |
| I will hasten and not delay to obey your commands. | I hurry and do not delay to keep your commandments. |
| However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him. | But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the human heart conceived, what God has prepared for those who love him” |
| John answered, “Anyone who has two shirts should share with the one who has none, and anyone who has food should do the same.” | In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise.” |
| Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. | Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. |
| “The time has come,” he said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” | And saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news.” |
| No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also. | No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses the Son has the Father also. |
| As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him. | As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him. |
| Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! | So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! |
| He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. | He has made everything suitable for its time; moreover he has put a sense of past and future into their minds, yet they cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. |
| Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. | Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near. |
| No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known. | No one has ever seen God. It is God the only Son, who is close to the Father's heart, who has made him known. |
| Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. | Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you both see and hear. |
| Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. | Let everything that breathes praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! |
| And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us. | And hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to us. |
| If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? | How does God's love abide in anyone who has the world's goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help? |
| Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the Lord your God gave you has failed. Every promise has been fulfilled; not one has failed. | And now I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls, all of you, that not one thing has failed of all the good things that the Lord your God promised concerning you; all have come to pass for you, not one of them has failed. |
| The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. | The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. |
| The Lord has done it this very day; let us rejoice today and be glad. | This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it. |
| Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” | Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” |
| Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ | This Jesus is ‘the stone that was rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone.’ |
| Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. | Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you. |
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