| I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance. | Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. |
| Neither do you light a lamp and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house. Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven. | No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. |
| So you shall know wisdom to be to your soul. If you have found it, then there will be a reward: Your hope will not be cut off. | Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, you will find a future, and your hope will not be cut off. |
| In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety, not with braided hair, gold, pearls, or expensive clothing, but with good works, which is appropriate for women professing godliness. | Also that the women should dress themselves modestly and decently in suitable clothing, not with their hair braided, or with gold, pearls, or expensive clothes, but with good works, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God. |
| For this reason you also pay taxes, for they are servants of God’s service, continually doing this very thing. | For the same reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, busy with this very thing. |
| As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him. | As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him. |
| For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether bond or free; and were all given to drink into one Spirit. | For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. |
| Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver. | Even to your old age I am he, even when you turn gray I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save. |
| He answered them, “He who has two coats, let him give to him who has none. He who has food, let him do likewise.” | In reply he said to them, “Whoever has two coats must share with anyone who has none; and whoever has food must do likewise.” |
| Even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. | Just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many. |
| Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give. | Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. You received without payment; give without payment. |
| Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving. | Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. |
| But he who endures to the end will be saved. | But the one who endures to the end will be saved. |
| One man esteems one day as more important. Another esteems every day alike. Let each man be fully assured in his own mind. | Some judge one day to be better than another, while others judge all days to be alike. Let all be fully convinced in their own minds. |
| 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. |
| This is my commandment, that you love one another, even as I have loved you. | This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. |
| If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? | Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. |
| He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. | If you conquer, you will be clothed like them in white robes, and I will not blot your name out of the book of life; I will confess your name before my Father and before his angels. |
| I didn’t recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water said to me, ‘On whomever you will see the Spirit descending and remaining on him is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.’ | I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ |
| You, Yahweh, remain forever. Your throne is from generation to generation. | But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures to all generations. |
| Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also. | No one who denies the Son has the Father; everyone who confesses the Son has the Father also. |
| If your brother sins against you, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him. | If another disciple sins, you must rebuke the offender, and if there is repentance, you must forgive. And if the same person sins against you seven times a day, and turns back to you seven times and says, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive. |
| As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on me will also live because of me. | Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. |
| For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake will save it. | For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will save it. |
| Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets. | In everything do to others as you would have them do to you; for this is the law and the prophets. |
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