| “Be angry, and don’t sin.” Don’t let the sun go down on your wrath, and don’t give place to the devil. | Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil. |
| The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor hear no threats. | Wealth is a ransom for a person's life, but the poor get no threats. |
| Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness for forty days, being tempted by the devil. He ate nothing in those days. Afterward, when they were completed, he was hungry. | Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing at all during those days, and when they were over, he was famished. |
| I have no greater joy than this: to hear about my children walking in truth. | I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth. |
| Hear my prayer, Yahweh, and give ear to my cry. Don’t be silent at my tears. For I am a stranger with you, a foreigner, as all my fathers were. | Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; do not hold your peace at my tears. For I am your passing guest, an alien, like all my forebears. |
| You are all beautiful, my love. There is no spot in you. | You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you. |
| But he who looks into the perfect law of freedom and continues, not being a hearer who forgets but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in what he does. | But those who look into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, being not hearers who forget but doers who act—they will be blessed in their doing. |
| There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven that is given among men, by which we must be saved! | There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which we must be saved. |
| What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be! | What then? Should we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! |
| Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good. | Do not seek your own advantage, but that of the other. |
| For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except God’s Spirit. | For what human being knows what is truly human except the human spirit that is within? So also no one comprehends what is truly God's except the Spirit of God. |
| Yahweh is slow to anger, and great in power, and will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. Yahweh has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. | The Lord is slow to anger but great in power, and the Lord will by no means clear the guilty. His way is in whirlwind and storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. |
| Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. | No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. |
| A fool shows his annoyance the same day, but one who overlooks an insult is prudent. | Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent ignore an insult. |
| According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission. | Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins. |
| Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season if we don’t give up. | So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. |
| Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me. | Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort me. |
| Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. | Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. |
| Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. | No one, when tempted, should say, “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil and he himself tempts no one. |
| Therefore also be ready, for in an hour that you don’t expect, the Son of Man will come. | Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour. |
| Love doesn’t harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law. | Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law. |
| You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery;’ but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. | You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust has already committed adultery with her in his heart. |
| The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. | The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. |
| I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown. | I am coming soon; hold fast to what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. |
| He was going on the Sabbath day through the grain fields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of grain. The Pharisees said to him, “Behold, why do they do that which is not lawful on the Sabbath day?” He said to them, “Did you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry—he, and those who were with him? How he entered into God’s house at the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the show bread, which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?” He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. Therefore the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.” | One sabbath he was going through the grainfields; and as they made their way his disciples began to pluck heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the sabbath?” And he said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need of food? He entered the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the bread of the Presence, which it is not lawful for any but the priests to eat, and he gave some to his companions.” Then he said to them, “The sabbath was made for humankind, and not humankind for the sabbath; so the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.” |
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