| Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the prophets of that time proclaimed. Thus says the Lord of hosts: Forsake your evil ways and your evil deeds. But they refused to listen or to pay attention to me, says the Lord. | Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.” But they did not hear or heed me, says the Lord. |
| While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after he had pronounced the blessing, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take this and eat; this is my body.” | While they were eating, Jesus took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” |
| For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more certain it is that, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. | For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life. |
| Seek the Lord while he still may be found; call to him when he is close at hand. | Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. |
| Welcome anyone whose faith is weak, but do not get into arguments about doubts. | Welcome those who are weak in faith, but not for the purpose of quarreling over opinions. |
| Remember your Creator in the days of your youth before the bad times come and the years draw near when you will say, “I take no pleasure in them”. | Remember your creator in the days of your youth, before the days of trouble come, and the years draw near when you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”. |
| Repent, therefore, and be converted so that your sins may be wiped away. | Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out. |
| The Lord God then formed a woman out of the rib that he had taken from the man. He brought her before the man. The man said, “This one is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. She shall be called woman because she was taken from man.” This is why a man leaves his father and his mother and joins with a wife, and the two become one flesh. | And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken.” Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. |
| Bring the tithes in full into the treasury so that there may be food in my house. Put me thus to the test, says the Lord of hosts, and see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down blessings upon you without measure. | Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in my house, and thus put me to the test, says the Lord of hosts; see if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour down for you an overflowing blessing. |
| For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: If you seek me, you will survive. | For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek me and live. |
| As a result, you are no longer strangers and foreigners. Rather, you are fellow citizens of the saints and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. | So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. |
| I consider that the sufferings we presently endure are not worth comparing with the glory to be revealed in us. | I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us. |
| So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. | So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. |
| For our eyes are fixed not on what is seen but rather on that which cannot be seen. What is visible is transitory; what is invisible is eternal. | Because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. |
| And eternal life is this: to know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent, Jesus Christ. | And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. |
| May the Lord guide your hearts to the love of God and the steadfastness of Christ. | May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. |
| Can anyone withhold the water of baptism from these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have? | Can anyone withhold the water for baptizing these people who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have? |
| And thus we can have confidence in him that if we ask anything that is in accordance with his will, he hears us. | And this is the boldness we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. |
| I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you should also love one another. | I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. |
| Go forth, then. Eat your bread with joy and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God long ago approved what you do. | Go, eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has long ago approved what you do. |
| After he said this, he was lifted up as they looked on, and a cloud took him from their sight. | When he had said this, as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. |
| This is the message that we have heard from him and that we declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness at all in him. | This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. |
| Return and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: Thus says the Lord, the God of David, your father: I have heard, I have seen your tears. I will heal you today, and the day after tomorrow you will go up to the temple of the Lord. | Turn back, and say to Hezekiah prince of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of your ancestor David: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; indeed, I will heal you; on the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord. |
| You intended to do evil to me, but God decided to make it serve a good, to fulfill that which today has come true: to keep alive a numerous people. | Even though you intended to do harm to me, God intended it for good, in order to preserve a numerous people, as he is doing today. |
| It was for freedom that Christ set us free. Therefore, stand firm and refuse to submit again to the yoke of slavery. | For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. |
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