| How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! Yes, to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. | How much better to get wisdom than gold! To get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. |
| Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, to keep his commandments, to hold fast to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with 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 Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound. | 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. |
| But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name. | But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God. |
| Don’t think that I came to send peace on the earth. I didn’t come to send 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. |
| It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows. | It is a snare to say rashly, “It is holy,” and to reflect only after making vows. |
| I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need. | I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. |
| Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor. | 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. |
| Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death, and will hand him over to the Gentiles to mock, to scourge, and to crucify; and the third day he will be raised up. | 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. |
| Yahweh is near to all those who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. | The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. |
| Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them. | Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. |
| Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. | Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. |
| To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice. | To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. |
| He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? | He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? |
| Don’t turn to the right hand nor to the left. Remove your foot from evil. | Do not swerve to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil. |
| For I say through the grace that was given me, to everyone who is among you, not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think; but to think reasonably, as God has apportioned to each person a measure of faith. | For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. |
| Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. | And that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work. |
| Therefore, whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets. | So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. |
| Not to us, Yahweh, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your loving kindness, and for your truth’s sake. | Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness! |
| Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor—this is the gift of God. | Everyone also to whom God has given wealth and possessions and power to enjoy them, and to accept his lot and rejoice in his toil—this is the gift of God. |
| Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. | Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. |
| Behold, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work. | Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done. |
| He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might. | He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength. |
| He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to the whole creation.” | And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.” |
| For of him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory for ever! Amen. | For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. |
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