| They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. | All these with one accord continued steadfastly in prayer and supplication, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. |
| This is how the birth of Jesus the Messiah came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. | Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After his mother, Mary, was engaged to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit. |
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| A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. | A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. |
| Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you. | Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you. |
| For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. | For this cause a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife. Then the two will become one flesh. |
| For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. | For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God. |
| Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. | Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. |
| He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” | But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.” |
| If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. | Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God. |
| Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. | Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him. |
| But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate. | But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife, and the two will become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate. |
| Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. | And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. |
| Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ | Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘God’s Kingdom has come near to you.’ |
| Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God. | Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? |
| So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. | Whether therefore you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. |
| 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.” |
| ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother,’ and ‘love your neighbor as yourself.’ | ‘You shall not murder.’ ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ ‘You shall not steal.’ ‘You shall not offer false testimony.’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ |
| Follow God’s example, therefore, as dearly loved children. | Be therefore imitators of God, as beloved children. |
| 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, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’” |
| And every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. | And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. |
| For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. | For the creation waits with eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed. |
| Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.” That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh. | Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. The man said, “This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called ‘woman,’ because she was taken out of Man.” Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh. |
| My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching. | My son, keep your father’s commandment, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching. |
| Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. | Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. |
| For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. | For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. |
