For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. | For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. |
Pay to each person what is rightfully his—taxes to the one to whom taxes are due, tolls to the one to whom tolls are due, respect to the one to whom respect is due, honor to the one to whom honor is due. | Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed. |
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Remember this, my beloved brethren: everyone should be quick to listen but slow to speak and slow to anger. | Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger. |
Jesus then said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to my Father. But go to my brethren and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ” | Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” |
I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. | I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. |
For the Son of Man has come to seek out and to save what was lost. | For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost. |
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. | For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. |
The Lord is near to all who call out to him, to all who call out to him sincerely. | The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. |
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring the good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to prisoners and recovery of sight to the blind, to let the oppressed go free. | The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed. |
It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to place your trust in mortals. | It is better to take refuge in the Lord than to trust in man. |
And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do as much. | And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. |
In the same way, the Son of Man did not come to be served but rather to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. | Even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. |
If he refuses to listen to them, report it to the Church. And if he refuses to listen to the Church, treat him as you would a Gentile or a tax collector. | If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. |
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill them. | Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. |
Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword. | Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. |
There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the one who is able to save or to destroy. Who then are you to pass judgment on a neighbor? | There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? |
Take heed to follow the commandments and the laws that Moses, the servant of the Lord, gave you: to love the Lord, your God, and to walk in his ways and to observe his commandments, holding fast to him and serving him with all your heart and all your soul. | Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and to cling to him and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. |
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to announce good news to the oppressed, to strengthen the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom to those held in captivity and release to those who have been imprisoned. | The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound. |
It is better to acquire wisdom rather than gold, and more desirable to acquire understanding rather than silver. | How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. |
However, to those who did accept him and who believed in his name he granted the power to become children of God. | But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. |
Behold, we are now going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death. Then they will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged and crucified, and on the third day he will be raised to life. | See, we are going up to Jerusalem. And the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified, and he will be raised on the third day. |
To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. | To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. |
He gives strength to the weary and new vigor to those who are powerless. | He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. |
Pleasing words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and affording health to the body. | Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. |
It is rash to pledge a sacred gift, or to make a vow and then have second thoughts. | It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making vows. |