| But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. | But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. |
| The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to be silent. | The Lord will fight for you, and you have only to keep still. |
| And if you do good to those who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. | If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. |
| Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? | Now who will harm you if you are eager to do what is good? |
| If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him. | If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him. |
| Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. | You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. |
| For the Lord your God will bless you, as he promised you, and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow, and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you. | When the Lord your God has blessed you, as he promised you, you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you. |
| God, having raised up his servant, sent him to you first, to bless you by turning every one of you from your wickedness. | When God raised up his servant, he sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways. |
| You shall walk in all the way that the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you shall possess. | You must follow exactly the path that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live, and that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land that you are to possess. |
| If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you. | Give heed to my reproof; I will pour out my thoughts to you; I will make my words known to you. |
| I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” | I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” |
| It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. | It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed. |
| And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. | And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you. |
| You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. | Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace— in peace because they trust in you. |
| You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart. | When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart. |
| Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. | Therefore you have no excuse, whoever you are, when you judge others; for in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, are doing the very same things. |
| Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. | Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. |
| Seek good, and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said. | Seek good and not evil, that you may live; and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, just as you have said. |
| For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. | For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried. |
| O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. | O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. |
| Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. | Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. |
| O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you. | O Lord, all my longing is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you. |
| You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you. | You must neither add anything to what I command you nor take away anything from it, but keep the commandments of the Lord your God with which I am charging you. |
| You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. | You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. |
| You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. | You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am. |
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