If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. | If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. |
Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in the power of your hand to do so. | Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. |
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So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. | So is my word that goes out of my mouth: it will not return to me void, but it will accomplish that which I please, and it will prosper in the thing I sent it to do. |
He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it. | He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it. |
No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a vessel or puts it under a bed, but sets it on a lampstand, that those who enter may see the light. | No one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a container or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a stand, that those who enter in may see the light. |
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. | For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake will save it. |
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. | For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find it. |
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” | As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” |
If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. | If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one of your members should perish than for your whole body to be cast into Gehenna. |
A highway shall be there, and a road, And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, But it shall be for others. Whoever walks the road, although a fool, Shall not go astray. | A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called “The Holy Way”. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools shall not go there. |
Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it. | Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it. |
Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. | Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself. |
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. | God blessed the seventh day, and made it holy, because he rested in it from all his work of creation which he had done. |
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. | Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. |
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it. | For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it. |
If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. | If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men. |
The blessing of the Lord makes one rich, And He adds no sorrow with it. | Yahweh’s blessing brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it. |
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 tell you, don’t swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God; nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. |
It is better to trust in the Lord Than to put confidence in man. | It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man. |
Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad. | Anxiety in a man’s heart weighs it down, but a kind word makes it glad. |
So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. | I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you. |
But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive. | As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today. |
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.” | For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.” |
And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. | The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness hasn’t overcome it. |
This is the day the Lord has made; We will rejoice and be glad in it. | This is the day that Yahweh has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it! |