Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. | Most certainly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither is one who is sent greater than he who sent him. |
Now a mediator involves more than one party; but God is one. | Now a mediator is not between one, but God is one. |
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Do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. | Don’t be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. |
A capable wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. | Who can find a worthy woman? For her value is far above rubies. |
For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than live in the tents of wickedness. | For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. |
Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice. | Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues with injustice. |
No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends. | Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. |
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in mortals. | It is better to take refuge in Yahweh, than to put confidence in man. |
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. | No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. |
Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. | Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor. |
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. | To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice. |
I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my children are walking in the truth. | I have no greater joy than this: to hear about my children walking in truth. |
Let your word be ‘Yes, Yes’ or ‘No, No’; anything more than this comes from the evil one. | But let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’ be ‘No.’ Whatever is more than these is of the evil one. |
What is desirable in a person is loyalty, and it is better to be poor than a liar. | That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar. |
Better is a little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble with it. | Better is little, with the fear of Yahweh, than great treasure with trouble. |
Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you. | Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you. |
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? | Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? |
Some friends play at friendship but a true friend sticks closer than one's nearest kin. | A man of many companions may be ruined, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. |
How much more valuable is a human being than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the sabbath. | Of how much more value then is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day. |
Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility regard others as better than yourselves. | Doing nothing through rivalry or through conceit, but in humility, each counting others better than himself. |
Do not say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For it is not from wisdom that you ask this. | Don’t say, “Why were the former days better than these?” For you do not ask wisely about this. |
The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. | The second is like this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these. |
Do you think that I cannot appeal to my Father, and he will at once send me more than twelve legions of angels? | Or do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels? |
Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are. | Be of the same mind one toward another. Don’t set your mind on high things, but associate with the humble. Don’t be wise in your own conceits. |
Little children, you are from God, and have conquered them; for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. | You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world. |