| Every moving thing that lives will be food for you. As I gave you the green herb, I have given everything to you. But flesh with its life, that is, its blood, you shall not eat. | Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and just as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything. Only, you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. |
| Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Your Spirit is good. Lead me in the land of uprightness. | Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good spirit lead me on a level path. |
| “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways,” says Yahweh. | For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. |
| For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, abundant in loving kindness to all those who call on you. | For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call on you. |
| But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you. | But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. |
| Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you. | Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. |
| Jesus said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ | He said to him, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ |
| Nevertheless in your manifold mercies you didn’t make a full end of them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God. | Nevertheless, in your great mercies you did not make an end of them or forsake them, for you are a gracious and merciful God. |
| You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more. | You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore. |
| Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your faith has made you well.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus on the way. | Jesus said to him, “Go; your faith has made you well.” Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the way. |
| Guide me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation. I wait for you all day long. | Lead me in your truth, and teach me, for you are the God of my salvation; for you I wait all day long. |
| Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble. For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. | Therefore, brothers and sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you will never stumble. For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you. |
| Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. | Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account. |
| I will never forget your precepts, for with them, you have revived me. | I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have given me life. |
| You husbands, in the same way, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman as to the weaker vessel, as also being joint heirs of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered. | Husbands, in the same way, show consideration for your wives in your life together, paying honor to the woman as the weaker sex, since they too are also heirs of the gracious gift of life—so that nothing may hinder your prayers. |
| In you, Yahweh, I take refuge. Let me never be disappointed. Deliver me in your righteousness. | In you, O Lord, I seek refuge; do not let me ever be put to shame; in your righteousness deliver me. |
| Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh. Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions. | Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications! |
| Let no one seek his own, but each one his neighbor’s good. | Do not seek your own advantage, but that of the other. |
| Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands. | The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands. |
| I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you. | I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. |
| Go your way—eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works. | Go, eat your bread with enjoyment, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has long ago approved what you do. |
| Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you. | Only fear the Lord, and serve him faithfully with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you. |
| May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel. | May he grant you your heart's desire, and fulfill all your plans. |
| But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you. | But I say to you that listen, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. |
| I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins. Return to me, for I have redeemed you. | I have swept away your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like mist; return to me, for I have redeemed you. |
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