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THEY ENTERED INTO A
CERTAIN VILLAGE (The village should be Bethany)
MARTHA AND MARY
33 YEARS PLUS 3 MONTHS
AND SHE HAD A SISTER CALLED MARY, WHICH ALSO SAT AT JESUS' FEET, AND (WAS LISTENING TO) (THE LORD’S) WORD.
BUT MARTHA WAS (DISTRACTED) (or busy) (WITH) MUCH (PREPARATIONS) (that had to be made-NIV) (or all the work that had to be done-JNT), AND (she) CAME (up) TO HIM, AND SAID, LORD, (DON’T YOU) CARE THAT MY SISTER (HAS) LEFT ME TO (DO ALL THE SERVING-NASB) (or work) ALONE (by myself)? (TELL HER TO) HELP ME.
AND JESUS ANSWERED AND SAID (TO) HER, MARTHA, MARTHA, (YOU) (ARE) (WORRIED) (or fretting) AND TROUBLED (or bothered, or upset) ABOUT (so) MANY THINGS:
(But only a few things are necessary-NASB), BUT (really only) ONE THING IS NEEDFUL (or necessary, or needed, or essential): AND MARY (HAS) CHOSEN THAT GOOD (or better, or right) (THING), WHICH SHALL NOT BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HER.
(JESUS IN JERUSALEM)
BLIND MAN HEALED
(APPEARS TO BE THE FEAST OF DEDICATION)
(Ref Jn 10:22)
33 YEARS PLUS 3 MONTHS
AND HIS DISCIPLES ASKED HIM, SAYING, MASTER (or Rabbi), WHO DID SIN, THIS MAN, OR HIS PARENTS, THAT HE WAS BORN BLIND?
JESUS ANSWERED, (it was) NEITHER (THAT) THIS MAN SINNED, NOR HIS PARENTS: BUT (this happened so) THAT THE WORKS OF GOD (or God’s power) SHOULD BE (DISPLAYED) IN HIM.
I MUST WORK THE WORKS OF HIM THAT SENT ME, WHILE IT IS DAY: THE NIGHT (IS COMING), WHEN NO MAN CAN WORK.
AS LONG AS I AM IN THE WORLD, I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
WHEN HE HAD (SAID THESE THINGS), HE (SPIT) ON THE GROUND, AND MADE CLAY (or mud) OF THE SPITTLE (or saliva), AND HE ANOINTED THE EYES OF THE BLIND MAN WITH THE CLAY,
AND SAID (TO) HIM, GO, WASH IN THE POOL OF SILOAM, (WHICH IS BY INTERPRETATION, SENT). HE WENT (AWAY) THEREFORE, AND WASHED, AND CAME (home) SEEING.
THE (NEIGHBORS) THEREFORE,
AND THEY WHICH BEFORE HAD SEEN HIM THAT HE WAS BLIND (begging), SAID, IS
NOT THIS HE THAT SAT AND BEGGED?
SOME SAID, THIS
IS HE: OTHERS SAID, HE (ONLY) (looks) LIKE HIM: BUT HE SAID, I AM (THE
ONE).
THEREFORE SAID THEY (TO) HIM, HOW WERE
(YOUR) EYES OPENED?
HE ANSWERED AND SAID, A MAN
THAT IS CALLED JESUS MADE (some) CLAY (or mud), AND (PUT IT ON) (MY) EYES,
AND SAID (TO) ME, GO TO THE POOL OF SILOAM, AND WASH: AND (so) I WENT
(away) AND WASHED, AND (then) (as soon as I washed-JNT) I RECEIVED
SIGHT.
(Note, this pool is in Jerusalem.)
THEN SAID THEY (TO) HIM, WHERE IS HE? (and) HE SAID,
I (DO NOT KNOW).
THE BLIND MAN THAT
COULD SEE IS BROUGHT BEFORE THE PHARISEES 33 YEARS
PLUS 3 MONTHS
AND IT WAS THE SABBATH DAY WHEN JESUS MADE
THE CLAY (or mud), AND OPENED HIS EYES.
THEN AGAIN
THE PHARISEES ALSO ASKED HIM HOW HE HAD RECEIVED HIS SIGHT. HE SAID (TO)
THEM, HE PUT CLAY (or mud) (ON)(MY) EYES, AND I WASHED, AND (now I) (CAN)
SEE.
THEREFORE SAID SOME OF THE PHARISEES, THIS
MAN IS NOT OF GOD, BECAUSE HE (DOES NOT KEEP) THE SABBATH DAY. (But)
OTHERS SAID, HOW CAN A MAN THAT IS A SINNER DO SUCH MIRACLES (or
miraculous signs)? AND THERE WAS A DIVISION AMONG THEM.
THEY SAY (TO) THE BLIND MAN AGAIN, WHAT (DO YOU SAY)
(ABOUT) HIM, (SINCE) HE HATH OPENED (YOUR) EYES? HE SAID, HE IS A
PROPHET.
BUT THE JEWS DID NOT BELIEVE (it)
CONCERNING HIM, THAT HE HAD BEEN BLIND, AND RECEIVED HIS SIGHT, UNTIL THEY
CALLED THE PARENTS OF HIM THAT HAD RECEIVED HIS SIGHT.
AND THEY ASKED THEM, SAYING, IS THIS YOUR SON, WHO
(YOU) SAY WAS BORN BLIND? HOW THEN (DOES) HE NOW SEE?
HIS PARENTS ANSWERED THEM AND SAID, WE KNOW THAT THIS
IS OUR SON, AND THAT HE WAS BORN BLIND:
BUT BY
WHAT MEANS HE NOW (SEES), WE (DO NOT KNOW); OR WHO HATH OPENED HIS EYES,
WE (DO NOT KNOW): HE IS OF AGE; ASK HIM: HE SHALL SPEAK FOR HIMSELF.
THESE WORDS (SAID) HIS PARENTS, BECAUSE THEY FEARED
THE JEWS: FOR THE JEWS HAD AGREED ALREADY, THAT IF ANY MAN DID CONFESS
THAT HE WAS CHRIST (or Messiah), HE SHOULD BE PUT OUT OF (or banned from)
THE SYNAGOGUE.
THEREFORE SAID HIS PARENTS, HE IS
OF AGE; ASK HIM.
THEN AGAIN (a second time) CALLED
THEY THE MAN THAT (HAD BEEN) BLIND, AND (they) SAID (TO) HIM, GIVE GOD THE
PRAISE (or glory) (or swear to God that you will tell the truth-JNT): WE
KNOW THAT THIS MAN IS A SINNER.
HE ANSWERED AND
SAID, WHETHER HE (IS) A SINNER OR (NOT), I KNOW NOT: ONE THING I KNOW,
THAT, WHEREAS I WAS BLIND, NOW I SEE.
THEN SAID
THEY TO HIM AGAIN, WHAT DID HE (do) TO (YOU)? HOW (DID HE OPEN) (YOUR)
EYES?
HE ANSWERED THEM, I HAVE TOLD YOU ALREADY,
AND (YOU) DID NOT (LISTEN): (WHY) (DO) (YOU) (want to) HEAR IT AGAIN? (DO)
(YOU) ALSO (want to) BE HIS DISCIPLES?
THEN THEY
REVILED (or hurled insults at) HIM, AND SAID, (YOU) (ARE) HIS DISCIPLE;
BUT WE ARE MOSES' DISCIPLES.
WE KNOW THAT GOD
(SPOKE) (TO) MOSES: AS FOR THIS FELLOW, WE (DO NOT KNOW) FROM (WHERE) HE
IS (from).
THE MAN ANSWERED AND SAID (TO) THEM,
(WELL) (HERE) IS (AN) (AMAZING) (or remarkable) THING, THAT (YOU) (DO NOT
KNOW) FROM (WHERE) HE IS (from), AND YET HE (HAS) OPENED (MY) EYES.
NOW WE KNOW THAT GOD (DOES NOT HEAR) SINNERS: BUT IF
ANY MAN BE A WORSHIPPER OF (or fears) GOD, AND (DOES) HIS WILL, HIM (GOD)
(HEARS).
SINCE THE WORLD BEGAN (IT HAS NEVER BEEN
HEARD-NASB) THAT ANY MAN OPENED THE EYES OF ONE THAT WAS BORN BLIND.
IF THIS MAN WERE NOT OF GOD, HE COULD DO NOTHING.
THEY ANSWERED AND SAID (TO) HIM, (YOU) (WERE)
(ENTIRELY) BORN IN SINS, AND (HOW DARE) (YOU) (LECTURE) US? AND THEY
(THREW) HIM OUT.
JESUS FINDS THE BLIND
MAN THAT HE HAD HEALED 33 YEARS PLUS 3 MONTHS
HE ANSWERED AND SAID, WHO IS HE, LORD, THAT I MIGHT
BELIEVE (or trust) (IN) HIM?
AND JESUS SAID (TO)
HIM, (YOU) (HAVE) BOTH SEEN HIM, AND IT IS HE THAT (IS TALKING) WITH (YOU)
(now).
AND HE SAID, LORD, I BELIEVE (or trust).
AND HE WORSHIPED HIM.
AND JESUS SAID, FOR JUDGMENT
(or to judge) I AM COME INTO THIS WORLD, (so) THAT (THE BLIND) WHICH SEE
NOT MIGHT SEE; AND THAT THEY WHICH SEE MIGHT BE MADE BLIND.
SOME PHARISEES
REPRIMANDED 33 YEARS PLUS 3 MONTHS
JESUS SAID (TO) THEM, IF
(YOU) WERE BLIND, (YOU) SHOULD HAVE NO SIN (or not be guilty of sin-NIV):
BUT NOW (YOU) SAY, WE SEE; THEREFORE YOUR SIN (or guilt) (REMAINS).
GOD’S SHEEP KNOW HIS
VOICE
33 YEARS PLUS 3 MONTHS
(YES,
INDEED), I SAY (TO) YOU (the truth), HE THAT (DOES NOT ENTER) BY THE DOOR
INTO THE (SHEEP PEN), BUT (CLIMBS) UP SOME OTHER WAY, (HE) IS A THIEF AND
A ROBBER.
BUT HE THAT (ENTERS) IN BY THE (GATE) IS
THE SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP.
TO HIM THE (DOOR
KEEPER) (OPENS); AND THE SHEEP (LISTEN TO) HIS VOICE: AND HE (CALLS) HIS
OWN SHEEP BY NAME, AND (LEADS) THEM OUT.
AND WHEN
HE (HAS BROUGHT OUT) (all) HIS OWN SHEEP, HE (GOES) BEFORE THEM, AND THE
SHEEP FOLLOW HIM: FOR THEY KNOW HIS VOICE.
AND A
STRANGER WILL THEY NOT FOLLOW, BUT WILL FLEE FROM HIM: FOR THEY KNOW NOT
THE VOICE OF STRANGERS.
THIS PARABLE (or
illustration, or indirect manner) SPAKE JESUS UNTO THEM: BUT THEY (DID NOT
UNDERSTAND) WHAT (THOSE THINGS) WERE WHICH HE (SPOKE) (TO) THEM.
JESUS DEFENDS
HIMSELF I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD 33 YEARS PLUS 3 MONTHS
ALL (those) THAT
EVER CAME BEFORE ME (WERE) THIEVES AND ROBBERS: BUT THE SHEEP DID NOT
(LISTEN TO) THEM.
I AM THE (GATE): BY ME IF ANY
MAN ENTER IN, HE SHALL BE SAVED, AND SHALL GO IN AND OUT, AND FIND
PASTURE.
THE THIEF (COMES) (ONLY) TO STEAL, AND TO
KILL, AND TO DESTROY: I AM COME THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE, AND THAT THEY
MIGHT HAVE IT MORE ABUNDANTLY (or to) (its fullest measure).
I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD: THE GOOD SHEPHERD (GIVES) HIS
LIFE FOR THE SHEEP.
BUT HE THAT IS AN (HIRED
HAND), AND NOT THE SHEPHERD, WHOSE OWN THE SHEEP ARE NOT, (SEES) THE WOLF
COMING, AND (LEAVES) (or abandons) THE SHEEP, AND (FLEES): AND THE WOLF
(CATCHES) THEM (or drags them off), AND (SCATTERS) THE SHEEP.
THE (HIRED WORKER) (FLEES) (or runs away), BECAUSE HE
IS AN (HIRED HAND), AND (CARES) NOT FOR THE SHEEP.
I AM THE GOOD SHEPHERD, AND KNOW MY (own) SHEEP, AND
AM KNOWN OF (MY) (own) (sheep).
(Even) AS THE
FATHER (KNOWS) ME, EVEN SO KNOW I THE FATHER: AND I LAY DOWN MY LIFE FOR
THE SHEEP.
AND OTHER SHEEP I HAVE, WHICH ARE NOT
OF THIS (SHEEP PEN): THEM ALSO I MUST BRING, AND THEY SHALL (LISTEN TO) MY
VOICE; AND THERE SHALL BE ONE (FLOCK), AND ONE SHEPHERD.
(FOR THIS REASON) MY FATHER (LOVES) ME, BECAUSE I LAY
DOWN MY LIFE, THAT I MIGHT TAKE IT (up) AGAIN.
NO
MAN (TAKES) IT FROM ME, BUT I LAY IT DOWN OF MYSELF (or My own accord, or
own free will). I HAVE (AUTHORITY) TO LAY IT DOWN, AND I HAVE (AUTHORITY)
TO TAKE IT (up) AGAIN. THIS COMMANDMENT HAVE I RECEIVED OF MY FATHER.
THERE WAS A DIVISION THEREFORE AGAIN AMONG THE JEWS
FOR THESE (WORDS).
AND MANY OF THEM SAID, HE (HAS)
A (DEMON), AND IS (raving) MAD (or insane); WHY (DO YOU LISTEN TO-NASB)
HIM?
OTHERS SAID, THESE ARE NOT THE WORDS OF HIM
THAT (HAS) A DEVIL. CAN A (DEMON) OPEN THE EYES OF THE BLIND?
STILL AT JERUSALEM THE FEAST OF THE DEDICATION (AROUND DECEMBER) TELL US IF
YOU ARE THE CHRIST 33 YEARS PLUS 3 MONTHS
AND JESUS WALKED IN THE TEMPLE
(area) IN SOLOMON'S PORCH.
THEN CAME THE JEWS
ROUND ABOUT HIM, AND SAID (TO) HIM, HOW LONG (WILL) (YOU) (KEEP US IN
SUSPENSE-NASB)? IF (YOU) BE THE CHRIST (or Messiah), TELL US PLAINLY.
JESUS ANSWERED THEM, I TOLD YOU, AND (YOU) BELIEVED
NOT (or don’t trust Me): THE WORKS THAT I DO IN MY FATHER'S NAME, THEY
BEAR WITNESS OF ME.
BUT (YOU) BELIEVE (or trust)
NOT, BECAUSE (YOU) ARE NOT OF (or included among) MY SHEEP, AS I SAID (TO)
YOU.
MY SHEEP (LISTEN TO) MY VOICE, AND I KNOW (or
recognize) THEM, AND THEY FOLLOW ME:
AND I GIVE
(TO) THEM ETERNAL LIFE; AND THEY SHALL NEVER PERISH (or be destroyed),
NEITHER SHALL ANY MAN (SNATCH) THEM OUT OF MY HAND.
MY FATHER, WHICH GAVE THEM (to) ME, IS GREATER THAN
ALL; AND NO MAN IS ABLE TO (SNATCH) THEM OUT OF MY FATHER'S HAND.
I AND MY FATHER ARE ONE.
THEN
THE JEWS TOOK UP STONES AGAIN TO STONE HIM.
JESUS
ANSWERED THEM, MANY GOOD (MIRACLES) HAVE I (SHOWED) YOU FROM MY FATHER (or
which reflect the Father’s power-JNT); FOR WHICH OF THOSE WORKS DO (YOU)
STONE ME?
THE JEWS ANSWERED HIM, SAYING, FOR A
GOOD WORK WE STONE (YOU) NOT; BUT FOR BLASPHEMY; AND BECAUSE THAT (YOU),
BEING (only) A MAN, (MAKE) (YOURSELF) (out to be) GOD (or Elohim).
JESUS ANSWERED THEM, IS IT NOT WRITTEN IN YOUR LAW, I
SAID, (YOU) ARE GODS (or Elohim)?
IF HE CALLED
THEM GODS (or Elohim), (TO) WHOM THE WORD OF GOD (or Elohim) CAME, AND THE
SCRIPTURE CANNOT BE BROKEN;
SAY (YOU) OF HIM (the
One), WHOM THE FATHER HATH SANCTIFIED (or set apart as holy-JNT), AND SENT
INTO THE WORLD, (YOU) (ARE BLASPHEMING); (just) BECAUSE I SAID, I AM THE
SON OF GOD (or Elohim)?
IF I DO NOT THE WORKS OF
MY FATHER (or that reflect My Father’s power-JNT), BELIEVE ME NOT (or
don’t trust Me).
BUT IF I DO (them), THOUGH (YOU)
(DO NOT BELIEVE) (or trust) ME, BELIEVE (or trust) THE (MIRACLES): THAT
(YOU) MAY KNOW, AND BELIEVE (or understand), THAT THE FATHER IS IN (or
united with) ME, AND I IN (or united with) HIM.
THEREFORE THEY (TRIED) AGAIN TO (SEIZE) (or arrest)
HIM: BUT HE ESCAPED OUT OF THEIR HAND (or grasp),
(JESUS WENT BEYOND
THE JORDAN WHERE JOHN FIRST BAPTIZED) THERE JESUS STAYED 33 YEARS
PLUS 3 MONTHS
AND MANY (people) (CAME) (TO) HIM,
AND SAID, JOHN DID NO MIRACLE (or sign): BUT ALL THINGS THAT JOHN (SPOKE)
OF THIS MAN WERE TRUE.
AND MANY BELIEVED (or put
their trust) (IN) HIM THERE.
(JESUS IS NO LONGER
IN JUDEA) (Ref Jn 11:7) JESUS HEARS THAT LAZARUS WAS SICK 33 YEARS PLUS 4 MONTHS
(IT WAS THAT MARY
WHICH ANOINTED THE LORD WITH [PERFUME], AND WIPED HIS FEET WITH HER HAIR,
WHOSE BROTHER LAZARUS WAS SICK.)
THEREFORE HIS
SISTERS SENT (TO) HIM, SAYING, LORD, BEHOLD, HE WHOM (YOU) (LOVE) IS
SICK.
(But) WHEN JESUS HEARD THAT, HE SAID, THIS
SICKNESS IS NOT (TO) DEATH, BUT FOR THE GLORY OF GOD, THAT THE SON OF GOD
MIGHT BE GLORIFIED (THROUGH IT).
NOW JESUS LOVED
MARTHA, AND HER SISTER, AND LAZARUS.
WHEN HE HAD
HEARD THEREFORE THAT HE WAS SICK, HE (STAYED) TWO DAYS (LONGER) IN THE
SAME PLACE WHERE HE WAS.
(JESUS GOES TO
BETHANY, IN JUDEA) JESUS SAID, “LAZARUS IS
DEAD” 33 YEARS PLUS 4 MONTHS
HIS DISCIPLES SAY (TO) HIM, MASTER (or
Rabbi), THE JEWS (LATELY) (TRIED) TO STONE (YOU); AND (ARE YOU GOING
THERE-NASB) AGAIN?
JESUS ANSWERED, ARE THERE NOT
TWELVE HOURS IN THE DAY? IF ANY MAN WALK IN THE DAY (light), HE (DOES NOT
STUMBLE), BECAUSE HE (SEES) THE LIGHT OF THIS WORLD.
BUT IF A MAN WALK IN THE NIGHT, HE (STUMBLES),
BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIGHT (WITH) HIM.
THESE THINGS
SAID HE: AND AFTER THAT HE (SAID) (TO) THEM, OUR FRIEND LAZARUS (HAS
FALLEN ASLEEP); BUT I GO, THAT I MAY AWAKE HIM OUT OF SLEEP.
THEN SAID HIS DISCIPLES, LORD, IF HE SLEEP, HE SHALL
DO WELL (or get better).
(HOWEVER) JESUS (SPOKE)
OF HIS DEATH: BUT THEY (His disciples) THOUGHT THAT HE HAD SPOKEN
(literally) OF TAKING OF REST IN (natural) SLEEP.
THEN SAID JESUS (TO) THEM PLAINLY, LAZARUS IS
DEAD.
AND I AM GLAD FOR YOUR SAKES THAT I WAS NOT
THERE, TO THE INTENT (YOU) MAY BELIEVE (or trust); NEVERTHELESS LET US GO
(TO) HIM.
THEN SAID THOMAS, WHICH IS CALLED
DIDYMUS (or the name means “twin”-JNT), (TO) HIS FELLOW DISCIPLES, (Yes)
LET US ALSO GO, (so) THAT WE MAY DIE WITH HIM.
(JESUS ARRIVES IN
BETHANY WHICH IS NEAR JERUSALEM) JESUS RAISED
LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD 33 YEARS PLUS 4 MONTHS
NOW BETHANY WAS
(NEAR) UNTO JERUSALEM, ABOUT FIFTEEN FURLONGS (or less than two miles-NIV)
OFF:
AND MANY OF THE JEWS CAME TO MARTHA AND MARY,
TO COMFORT THEM CONCERNING (the loss of) THEIR BROTHER.
THEN MARTHA, AS SOON AS SHE HEARD THAT JESUS WAS
COMING, WENT AND MET HIM: BUT MARY SAT STILL IN THE HOUSE.
THEN SAID MARTHA (TO) JESUS, LORD, IF (YOU) (HAD)
BEEN HERE, MY BROTHER (WOULD NOT HAVE) DIED.
BUT I
KNOW, THAT EVEN NOW, (WHATEVER) (YOU) WILT ASK OF GOD, GOD WILL GIVE IT
(YOU).
JESUS (SAID) (TO) HER, (YOUR) BROTHER SHALL
RISE AGAIN.
MARTHA (SAID) (TO) HIM, I KNOW THAT HE
SHALL RISE AGAIN IN THE RESURRECTION AT THE LAST DAY.
JESUS SAID (TO) HER, I AM THE RESURRECTION, AND THE
LIFE: HE THAT (BELIEVES) (or puts their trust) IN ME, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD
(or dies), YET SHALL HE LIVE:
AND (WHOEVER)
(LIVES) AND (BELIEVES) (or trusts) IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE. (DO YOU BELIEVE
THIS-NIV)?
SHE (SAID) (TO) HIM, (YES), LORD: I
BELIEVE THAT (YOU) (ARE) THE CHRIST (or Messiah), THE SON OF GOD, WHICH
SHOULD COME INTO THE WORLD.
AND WHEN SHE HAD (SAID
THIS), SHE WENT (BACK), AND CALLED MARY HER SISTER SECRETLY, SAYING, THE
MASTER (or Rabbi) IS COME, AND (IS CALLING) FOR (YOU).
AS SOON AS SHE HEARD THAT, SHE AROSE QUICKLY, AND
CAME (TO) HIM.
NOW JESUS WAS NOT YET COME INTO THE
TOWN (or village), BUT WAS IN THAT PLACE WHERE MARTHA MET HIM.
THE JEWS THEN WHICH WERE WITH HER IN THE HOUSE, AND
COMFORTED HER, WHEN THEY SAW MARY, THAT SHE ROSE UP (QUICKLY) AND WENT
OUT, (they) FOLLOWED HER, SAYING, SHE (IS GOING) (TO) THE GRAVE TO WEEP
THERE.
THEN WHEN MARY WAS COME WHERE JESUS WAS,
AND SAW HIM, SHE FELL DOWN AT HIS FEET, SAYING (TO) HIM, LORD, IF (YOU)
(HAD) BEEN HERE, MY BROTHER (WOULD NOT HAVE) DIED.
WHEN JESUS THEREFORE SAW HER WEEPING, AND THE JEWS
ALSO WEEPING WHICH CAME WITH HER, HE GROANED (or was deeply moved) IN THE
SPIRIT, AND WAS TROUBLED,
AND SAID, WHERE HAVE
(YOU) (BURIED) HIM? THEY SAID (TO) HIM, LORD, COME AND SEE.
JESUS WEPT.
THEN SAID THE
JEWS, (SEE) HOW HE LOVED HIM!
AND SOME OF THEM
SAID, COULD NOT THIS MAN, WHICH OPENED THE EYES OF THE BLIND, (couldn’t
He) HAVE CAUSED THAT EVEN THIS MAN SHOULD NOT HAVE DIED?
JESUS THEREFORE AGAIN GROANING (or deeply moved) IN
HIMSELF (CAME) TO THE GRAVE. IT WAS A CAVE, AND A STONE LAY (AGAINST)
IT.
JESUS SAID, TAKE (THE STONE AWAY). MARTHA, THE
SISTER OF HIM THAT WAS DEAD, (SAID) (TO) HIM, LORD, BY THIS TIME (THERE IS
A BAD ODOR-NIV): FOR HE (HAS) BEEN DEAD FOUR DAYS.
JESUS (SAID) (TO) HER, SAID I NOT (TO) (YOU), THAT,
IF (YOU) (WOULD) BELIEVE (or keep trusting), (YOU) (WOULD) SEE THE GLORY
OF GOD?
THEN THEY TOOK AWAY THE STONE FROM THE
PLACE WHERE THE DEAD WAS LAID. AND JESUS LIFTED UP HIS EYES, AND SAID,
FATHER, I THANK (YOU) THAT (YOU) (HAVE) HEARD ME.
AND I (Myself) KNEW THAT (YOU) (HEAR) ME ALWAYS: BUT
BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WHICH STAND BY I SAID IT, THAT THEY MAY BELIEVE THAT
(YOU) (HAVE) SENT ME.
AND WHEN HE (HAD SAID THESE
THINGS-NKJV), (JESUS) CRIED WITH A LOUD VOICE, LAZARUS, COME FORTH.
AND HE (the man) THAT WAS DEAD CAME FORTH, BOUND HAND
AND FOOT WITH GRAVECLOTHES (or strips of linen): AND HIS FACE WAS
(COVERED) WITH A NAPKIN (or cloth). JESUS (SAID) (TO) THEM, (UNWRAP) HIM,
AND LET HIM GO.
THEN MANY OF THE JEWS WHICH CAME
TO (visit) MARY, AND HAD SEEN THE THINGS WHICH JESUS DID, BELIEVED (or put
their faith, or trusted) (IN) HIM.
SOME TOLD THE
PHARISEES WHAT JESUS HAD DONE 33 YEARS PLUS 4
MONTHS
THEY TOOK COUNSEL TO
KILL JESUS
33 YEARS PLUS 4 MONTHS
THEN
GATHERED THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND THE PHARISEES A (MEETING) (of the
Sanhedrin), AND SAID, WHAT (SHALL) WE (do)? FOR THIS MAN (IS PERFORMING)
MANY MIRACLES (or miraculous signs).
IF WE LET HIM
(GO ON LIKE THIS-NASB), ALL MEN WILL BELIEVE ON (or trust in) HIM: AND
(then) THE ROMANS SHALL COME AND (DESTROY) BOTH OUR PLACE (or the Temple)
AND (our) NATION.
AND (a certain) ONE OF THEM,
NAMED CAIAPHAS, BEING THE HIGH PRIEST THAT SAME YEAR, SAID (TO) THEM,
(YOU) KNOW NOTHING AT ALL, (Ref Jn 18:14)
NOR
CONSIDER THAT IT IS EXPEDIENT (or better) FOR US, THAT ONE MAN SHOULD DIE
FOR THE PEOPLE, AND THAT THE WHOLE NATION PERISH NOT.
AND THIS (HE DID NOT SAY-NKJV) OF HIMSELF (or on his
own authority-NKJV): BUT BEING HIGH PRIEST THAT YEAR, HE PROPHESIED THAT
JESUS SHOULD DIE FOR (the Jewish) NATION;
AND NOT
FOR THAT NATION ONLY, BUT THAT ALSO HE SHOULD GATHER TOGETHER (INTO) ONE
THE CHILDREN OF GOD THAT WERE SCATTERED ABROAD.
THEN FROM THAT DAY (ON) THEY (PLANNED) TOGETHER (TO
HAVE HIM PUT-JNT) TO DEATH.
(JESUS WENT TO
EPHRAIM) JESUS WALKED NO MORE OPENLY 33 YEARS PLUS 4 MONTHS
(JESUS PRAYING IN A
CERTAIN PLACE) THE LORD’S PRAYER 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT, AS (JESUS) WAS PRAYING IN
A CERTAIN PLACE, WHEN HE CEASED (or finished), ONE OF HIS DISCIPLES SAID
(TO) HIM, LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY, (just) AS JOHN ALSO TAUGHT HIS
DISCIPLES.
AND HE SAID (TO) THEM, WHEN (YOU) PRAY,
SAY, OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE (YOUR) NAME (or may Your
name be kept holy-JNT). (YOUR) KINGDOM COME (or may Your kingdom
come-JNT). (YOUR) WILL BE DONE, AS IN HEAVEN, SO IN EARTH.
GIVE US DAY BY DAY (or each day) OUR DAILY BREAD (or
the food we need-JNT).
AND FORGIVE US OUR SINS;
FOR WE ALSO FORGIVE EVERY ONE THAT IS INDEBTED TO (or who sins against) US
(or who has wronged us-JNT). AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION (or hard
testing); BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL (or from the evil one-NKJV). (Ref Mt
6:9)
ASK, SEEK, KNOCK 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
FOR A FRIEND OF MINE IN HIS JOURNEY (HAS) (just)
(ARRIVED AT MY HOUSE-JNT), AND I HAVE NOTHING (FOR HIM TO EAT-JNT)?
AND (THE ONE) FROM (INSIDE) SHALL ANSWER AND SAY, (DO
NOT BOTHER ME-NASB): THE DOOR IS NOW (already) SHUT (or locked), AND MY
CHILDREN ARE WITH ME IN BED; I CANNOT RISE (up) AND GIVE (YOU)
(anything).
I SAY (TO) YOU, THOUGH HE WILL NOT
RISE AND GIVE HIM (the bread), BECAUSE HE IS HIS FRIEND, YET BECAUSE OF
HIS (the man’s) (PERSISTENCE) (or boldness) HE WILL RISE AND GIVE HIM AS
MANY AS HE (NEEDS).
AND I SAY (TO) YOU, (KEEP
ASKING), AND IT SHALL BE GIVEN YOU; (KEEP SEEKING), AND (YOU) SHALL FIND;
(KEEP KNOCKING), AND (THE DOOR) SHALL BE OPENED (TO) YOU.
FOR EVERY ONE THAT (GOES ON ASKING) (RECEIVES); AND
HE THAT (GOES ON SEEKING) (FINDS); AND TO HIM THAT (GOES ON KNOCKING) (THE
DOOR) SHALL BE OPENED.
IF A SON SHALL ASK BREAD OF
ANY OF YOU THAT IS A FATHER, WILL HE GIVE HIM A STONE? OR IF HE ASK A
FISH, WILL HE FOR A FISH GIVE HIM A (SNAKE)?
OR IF
HE SHALL ASK AN EGG, WILL HE OFFER HIM A SCORPION?
IF (YOU) THEN, BEING (BAD), KNOW HOW TO GIVE GOOD
GIFTS (TO) YOUR CHILDREN: HOW MUCH MORE SHALL YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE
THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THEM THAT (KEEP ASKING) HIM? (Ref Mt 7:7-11)
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO
KEEP GOD’S WORD 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
BUT HE SAID, YEA RATHER (or on the contrary), (far
more) BLESSED ARE THEY THAT HEAR THE WORD OF GOD, AND KEEP (or obey)
IT.
THE JUDGMENT 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
FOR (just) AS JONAH (BECAME) A SIGN (TO) THE
NINEVITES, SO SHALL ALSO THE SON OF MAN BE TO THIS GENERATION. (Ref Mt
12:38-40; Mt 16:4)
THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH SHALL
(APPEAR) (AT) THE JUDGMENT WITH THE (PEOPLE) OF THIS GENERATION, AND
CONDEMN THEM: FOR SHE CAME FROM THE (ENDS) OF THE EARTH TO (LISTEN TO) THE
WISDOM OF SOLOMON; AND, BEHOLD, A GREATER THAN SOLOMON IS (now) HERE.
THE MEN OF (NINEVEH) SHALL (STAND) UP (AT) THE
JUDGMENT WITH THIS GENERATION, AND SHALL CONDEMN IT: FOR THEY REPENTED (or
turned to God from their sins-JNT) AT THE PREACHING OF JONAH; AND, BEHOLD,
A GREATER THAN JONAH IS (now) HERE. (Ref Mt 12:41, 42)
THE EVIL EYE 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
THE LIGHT (or lamp) OF THE BODY IS
THE EYE: THEREFORE WHEN (YOUR) EYE IS SINGLE (or clear, or good, or
generous), (YOUR) WHOLE BODY ALSO IS FULL OF LIGHT; BUT WHEN (YOUR) EYE IS
EVIL (or bad, or stingy), (YOUR) BODY ALSO IS FULL OF DARKNESS. (Ref Mt
6:22-23)
TAKE HEED (or watch out) THEREFORE THAT
THE LIGHT WHICH IS IN (YOU) BE NOT DARKNESS.
IF
(YOUR) WHOLE BODY THEREFORE (IS) FULL OF LIGHT, HAVING NO PART DARK, THE
WHOLE SHALL BE FULL OF LIGHT (or completely lighted), AS WHEN THE BRIGHT
SHINING OF A CANDLE (GIVES YOU) LIGHT (or shines on you).
A PHARISEE INVITED
JESUS TO EAT 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
AND WHEN THE
PHARISEE SAW IT, HE (WAS SURPRISED) THAT (JESUS) HAD NOT FIRST WASHED (or
ceremonially washed) BEFORE DINNER.
AND THE LORD
SAID (TO) HIM, NOW DO (YOU) PHARISEES MAKE CLEAN THE OUTSIDE OF THE CUP
AND THE PLATTER; BUT YOUR INWARD PART IS FULL OF RAVENING (or robbery, or
greed) AND WICKEDNESS.
(YOU) (FOOLISH PEOPLE), DID
NOT HE THAT MADE THAT WHICH IS (THE OUTSIDE) MAKE THAT WHICH IS (THE
INSIDE) ALSO?
BUT RATHER GIVE ALMS OF SUCH THINGS
AS (YOU) HAVE; AND, BEHOLD, (then) ALL THINGS ARE CLEAN (TO) YOU (or
Rather, give as alms what is inside, and then everything will be clean for
you!-JNT).
WOE TO YOU
PHARISEES 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
WOE (TO) YOU, PHARISEES! FOR (YOU)
LOVE THE (FRONT) (or best, or most important) SEATS IN THE SYNAGOGUES, AND
(respectful) GREETINGS IN THE MARKETS.
WOE (TO)
YOU, SCRIBES AND PHARISEES, HYPOCRITES! FOR (YOU) ARE AS GRAVES WHICH
APPEAR NOT (or are…unmarked), AND THE MEN THAT WALK OVER THEM ARE NOT
AWARE OF THEM (or men walk over [them] without knowing it-NIV).
WOE TO YOU LAWYERS 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
AND HE SAID, WOE
(TO) YOU ALSO, (YOU) LAWYERS (or experts in the Law-NIV)! FOR (YOU) (LOAD)
(or weigh) MEN (down) WITH BURDENS (HARD) TO (BEAR) (or carry), AND (YOU)
YOURSELVES (WILL NOT LIFT) THE BURDENS WITH ONE OF YOUR FINGERS (to help
them).
WOE (TO) YOU! FOR (YOU) BUILD THE (TOMBS)
(in memory) OF THE PROPHETS, AND YOUR (FOREFATHERS) (MURDERED) THEM.
(CONSEQUENTLY) (YOU) (TESTIFY) THAT (YOU) (APPROVE)
THE DEEDS OF YOUR FATHERS: FOR (it was) THEY INDEED (who) KILLED (THE
PROPHETS), AND (YOU) BUILD THEIR (TOMBS).
THEREFORE ALSO SAID THE WISDOM OF GOD, I WILL SEND
THEM PROPHETS AND APOSTLES (or emissaries), AND SOME OF THEM THEY SHALL
(KILL) AND (some they will) PERSECUTE:
THAT THE
BLOOD OF ALL THE PROPHETS, WHICH WAS SHED FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE
WORLD, MAY BE REQUIRED (or charged) (to) (or be) (the responsibility) OF
THIS GENERATION;
FROM THE BLOOD OF ABEL (TO) THE
BLOOD OF ZACHARIAS, WHICH (WAS KILLED) BETWEEN THE ALTAR AND THE TEMPLE
(or Holy Place): (YES) I SAY (TO) YOU, IT (or all) (this responsibility)
SHALL BE REQUIRED (or charged) (TO) THIS GENERATION.
WOE (TO) YOU, LAWYERS (or experts in the Law-NIV)!
FOR (YOU) HAVE TAKEN AWAY THE KEY OF KNOWLEDGE: (YOU) ENTERED NOT IN
YOURSELVES, AND THEM THAT WERE (TRYING TO ENTER) (YOU) HINDERED (or
stopped).
THE SCRIBES AND
PHARISEES BEGAN TO BE VERY HOSTILE TOWARD JESUS 33
YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
LAYING WAIT (or plotting, or laying traps) (AGAINST)
HIM, AND SEEKING TO CATCH SOMETHING OUT OF HIS MOUTH (He might say), THAT
THEY MIGHT ACCUSE HIM.
NOTHING HID 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
FOR THERE IS
NOTHING COVERED (up) (or concealed), THAT SHALL NOT BE REVEALED; NEITHER
HID, THAT SHALL NOT BE KNOWN.
THE TONGUE 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
FEAR GOD 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
BUT I
WILL FOREWARN YOU WHOM (YOU) (SHOULD) FEAR: FEAR HIM, WHICH AFTER HE (HAS)
KILLED (the body) (HAS) (AUTHORITY) TO (THROW YOU) INTO HELL; (YES), I SAY
(TO) YOU, FEAR HIM (or this is the One to fear-JNT).
ARE NOT FIVE SPARROWS SOLD FOR TWO FARTHINGS (or
pennies, or copper coins, or for next to nothing-JNT), AND (yet) NOT ONE
OF THEM IS FORGOTTEN BEFORE GOD?
BUT (indeed) EVEN
THE VERY HAIRS OF YOUR HEAD ARE ALL NUMBERED (or counted). FEAR NOT
THEREFORE: (YOU) ARE OF MORE VALUE THAN MANY SPARROWS.
CONFESS JESUS 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
DENYING JESUS 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
THE UNFORGIVABLE
SIN 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
TAKE NO THOUGHT WHAT
TO SAY 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
FOR THE HOLY GHOST (or Spirit) SHALL
TEACH YOU (WHEN THE TIME COMES-JNT) WHAT (YOU) OUGHT TO SAY. (Ref Mt
10:19-20; Mk 13:11)
BEWARE OF
COVETOUSNESS 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
AND HE SAID (TO) HIM, MAN
(or My friend), WHO (APPOINTED) ME A JUDGE OR (ARBITER) OVER YOU?
AND HE SAID (TO) THEM, (WATCH OUT) (or be careful),
AND BEWARE OF COVETOUSNESS (or be on your guard against every form of
greed-NASB): FOR (even if someone is rich- JNT) A MAN'S LIFE (DOES NOT
CONSIST) IN THE ABUNDANCE OF THE (POSSESSIONS) WHICH HE (POSSESSES) (or
owns).
THE PARABLE OF THE
RICH FOOL 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
AND HE
(BEGAN REASONING) WITHIN HIMSELF, SAYING, WHAT SHALL I DO, BECAUSE I HAVE
(NOT ENOUGH) ROOM WHERE TO (PLACE) (all) MY FRUITS (or crops)?
AND HE SAID, THIS WILL I DO: I WILL PULL DOWN MY
BARNS, AND BUILD (LARGER ONES); AND THERE WILL I (STORE) ALL MY FRUITS (or
grain, or wheat) AND MY GOODS.
AND I WILL SAY TO
MY SOUL (or myself), SOUL (You’re a lucky man!-JNT), (YOU) (HAVE) MUCH
GOODS (or things) LAID UP (that will last) FOR MANY YEARS; TAKE (LIFE
EASY), EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY (or enjoy yourself!).
BUT GOD SAID (TO) HIM, (YOU) FOOL, THIS (very) NIGHT
(YOUR) SOUL (or life) SHALL BE (DEMANDED) (FROM) (YOU) (or you will die!):
THEN WHOSE SHALL THOSE THINGS BE, WHICH (YOU) (HAVE) (PREPARED)?
SO IS HE THAT (LAYS) (or stores) UP TREASURE (or
things, or wealth) FOR HIMSELF, AND IS NOT RICH TOWARD GOD.
TAKE NO THOUGHT FOR
FOOD OR CLOTHES 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
THE
LIFE IS MORE THAN (FOOD), AND THE BODY IS MORE THAN (CLOTHES).
(THINK ABOUT) THE RAVENS: FOR THEY NEITHER (PLANT NOR
HARVEST); WHICH NEITHER HAVE STOREHOUSE NOR BARN; AND (yet) GOD (FEEDS)
THEM: HOW MUCH MORE ARE (YOU) BETTER (or more valuable, or worth much
more) THAN THE (BIRDS)?
AND WHICH OF YOU WITH
TAKING THOUGHT (or by worrying) CAN ADD TO HIS STATURE ONE CUBIT (or add a
single hour to his life-NIV)?
IF (YOU) THEN BE NOT
ABLE TO DO (THIS VERY LITTLE THING-NIV), WHY (DO YOU WORRY) (ABOUT) (OTHER
MATTERS)?
CONSIDER THE LILIES (or wild irises and)
HOW THEY GROW: THEY (LABOR) (or work) NOT, THEY SPIN NOT (thread); AND YET
I SAY (TO) YOU, THAT SOLOMON IN ALL HIS GLORY WAS NOT (DRESSED) (AS
BEAUTIFULLY AS) ONE OF THESE.
IF THEN GOD SO
CLOTHE THE GRASS, WHICH IS TO DAY IN THE FIELD (alive), AND TO MORROW IS
CAST INTO THE OVEN (or furnace); HOW MUCH MORE WILL HE CLOTHE YOU, O (YOU)
(men) OF LITTLE FAITH (or trust)?
AND SEEK NOT
(YOU) (or do not set your heart on-NIV, or do not strive after-JNT) WHAT
(YOU) SHALL EAT, OR WHAT (YOU) SHALL DRINK, NEITHER (HAVE AN) DOUBTFUL
MIND (or do not keep worrying-NASB) (about it).
FOR ALL THESE THINGS DO THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD
(eagerly) SEEK (or run) AFTER: AND YOUR FATHER (KNOWS) THAT (YOU) HAVE
NEED OF THESE THINGS (too).
BUT RATHER SEEK YE
(for) THE KINGDOM OF GOD (or His kingdom); AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE
(GIVEN) (TO) YOU (as well).
FEAR NOT, LITTLE
FLOCK; FOR IT IS YOUR FATHER'S GOOD PLEASURE (or your Father has
chosen-NASB, or has been pleased) TO GIVE YOU (gladly) THE KINGDOM. (Ref
Mt 6:25-34)
SELL AND GIVE ALMS
33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
FOR WHERE YOUR (WEALTH) IS, THERE WILL YOUR HEART BE ALSO.
WAIT AND WATCH BE FAITHFUL AND SERVE GOD
33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
AND (YOU) YOURSELVES LIKE UNTO MEN THAT WAIT FOR THEIR LORD (or master), WHEN HE WILL RETURN FROM THE WEDDING
(feast); THAT WHEN HE (COMES) AND (KNOCKS), THEY MAY OPEN (the door) (TO) HIM IMMEDIATELY.
BLESSED (or happy) ARE THOSE SERVANTS (or slaves), WHOM THE LORD (or master) WHEN HE (COMES) SHALL FIND
(them) WATCHING (or alert): (YES) I SAY (TO) YOU, THAT HE SHALL (DRESS)
HIMSELF (to serve), AND MAKE THEM TO SIT DOWN TO (EAT), AND WILL COME
FORTH AND (WAIT ON) THEM (Himself).
AND IF HE SHALL COME IN THE SECOND WATCH (or late at night), OR COME IN THE THIRD
WATCH (or early in the morning-JNT), AND FIND THEM (READY), BLESSED (or
happy) ARE THOSE SERVANTS (or slaves).
AND THIS KNOW (or be sure of, or understand this), THAT IF THE GOODMAN (or head, or
owner) OF THE HOUSE HAD KNOWN WHAT HOUR THE THIEF WOULD COME, HE WOULD
HAVE WATCHED, AND NOT HAVE (ALLOWED) HIS HOUSE TO BE BROKEN (INTO).
BE (YOU) THEREFORE READY ALSO: FOR THE SON OF MAN
(WILL COME) AT AN HOUR WHEN (YOU) THINK NOT (or when you are not expecting
Him-JNT).
THEN PETER SAID (TO) HIM, LORD, (DO YOU
SPEAK) THIS PARABLE (only) (TO) US (or for our benefit only-JNT), OR EVEN
TO ALL (people) (or everyone) (or Lord, are You addressing this parable to
us [only], or to everyone else as well-NASB)?
AND THE LORD SAID, WHO THEN IS THAT FAITHFUL AND WISE (or sensible) STEWARD
(or manager), WHOM HIS LORD (or master) SHALL (PUT IN CHARGE) OVER HIS
HOUSEHOLD (or servants), TO GIVE THEM THEIR (SHARE) OF (FOOD) IN DUE
SEASON (or at the proper time-NIV)?
BLESSED IS THAT SERVANT (or slave) (or it will go well with that servant-JNT), WHOM
HIS LORD WHEN HE (COMES) (or returns) SHALL FIND SO DOING (his job).
OF A TRUTH (or Yes) I SAY (TO) YOU, THAT HE WILL MAKE
HIM RULER (or put him in charge-NIV) OVER ALL THAT HE (HAS) (or over) (all
his possessions).
BUT (SUPPOSE) THAT SERVANT (or slave) SAY IN HIS HEART (or says to himself), MY LORD (or master) (IS
DELAYING) HIS COMING (or is taking a long time in coming-NIV); AND SHALL
BEGIN TO BEAT (or starts bullying) THE MENSERVANTS (or men…slaves) AND
MAIDENS (or women…slaves), AND TO EAT AND DRINK, AND TO BE (DRUNK);
THE LORD (or master) OF THAT SERVANT (or slave) WILL
COME IN A DAY WHEN HE (IS NOT LOOKING) FOR (or does not expect) HIM, AND
AT AN HOUR WHEN HE IS NOT AWARE (of) (or doesn’t know in advance-JNT), AND
WILL CUT HIM IN SUNDER (or cut him in pieces-NASB, or cut him in two-JNT),
AND WILL APPOINT (or assign) HIM HIS PORTION (or place) WITH THE
UNBELIEVERS (or disloyal). (Ref Mt 24:45-51)
AND
THAT SERVANT (or slave), WHICH KNEW HIS LORD'S (or master’s) WILL (or knew
what his master wanted-JNT), AND PREPARED NOT HIMSELF (or did not get
ready-NASB), NEITHER DID ACCORDING TO HIS WILL (or does not do what his
master wants-NIV), SHALL BE BEATEN WITH MANY STRIPES (or blows) (or shall
receive many lashes-NASB).
BUT HE THAT KNEW NOT,
AND DID COMMIT THINGS WORTHY (or deserving) OF STRIPES (or flogging, or
punishment) (or the one who did what deserves a beating, but didn’t
know-JNT), SHALL BE BEATEN WITH (or receive) FEW STRIPES (or blows, or
lashes). FOR (TO) (WHOM) MUCH IS GIVEN, OF HIM SHALL BE MUCH (DEMANDED):
AND TO WHOM MEN HAVE COMMITTED (or entrusted) MUCH, OF HIM THEY WILL ASK
(all) THE MORE.
DIVISION OVER
JESUS 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
BUT
I HAVE A BAPTISM (or immersion) TO (UNDERGO); AND HOW (DISTRESSED I AM)
(UNTIL) IT (IS) (COMPLETED) (or how pressured I feel till it’s
over-JNT)!
SUPPOSE (YOU) THAT I AM COME TO (BRING)
PEACE ON EARTH? I TELL YOU, (NO) (not at all); BUT RATHER DIVISION:
FOR FROM (NOW ON) THERE SHALL BE FIVE (members) IN
ONE HOUSE (or family) DIVIDED (against each other), THREE AGAINST TWO, AND
TWO AGAINST THREE.
THE FATHER SHALL BE DIVIDED
AGAINST THE SON, AND THE SON AGAINST THE FATHER; THE MOTHER AGAINST THE
DAUGHTER, AND THE DAUGHTER AGAINST THE MOTHER; THE MOTHER IN LAW AGAINST
HER DAUGHTER IN LAW, AND THE DAUGHTER IN LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER IN LAW.
CANNOT DISCERN THE
TIME OR JUDGE RIGHT 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
AND WHEN (YOU) SEE THE SOUTH WIND BLOW, (YOU)
SAY, THERE WILL BE HEAT (or it will be a hot day-NASB); AND IT (TURNS OUT
THAT WAY-NASB).
(YOU) HYPOCRITES, (YOU) CAN
DISCERN (or analyze) (or know how to interpret-NIV) THE (APPEARANCE) OF
THE SKY AND OF THE EARTH; BUT HOW IS IT THAT (YOU) DO NOT DISCERN (or
analyze) (or know how to interpret-NIV) THIS (present) TIME?
(YES), AND WHY (DON’T YOU JUDGE [even] FOR
YOURSELVES-NIV) WHAT IS RIGHT?
PAY DEBTS 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
I TELL (YOU), (YOU) (SHALL) NOT (GET OUT) (of there),
(UNTIL) (YOU) (HAVE) PAID THE VERY LAST MITE (or cent, or penny).
REPENT
33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
AND
JESUS ANSWERING SAID (TO) THEM, SUPPOSE (YOU) THAT THESE (GALILEANS)
(because they died so horribly-JNT) WERE SINNERS ABOVE ALL THE
(GALILEANS), BECAUSE THEY SUFFERED (THIS WAY)?
I
TELL YOU, (NO): BUT, EXCEPT (YOU) REPENT (or turn to God from your
sins-JNT), (YOU) SHALL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH.
OR
THOSE EIGHTEEN, UPON WHOM THE TOWER IN SILOAM FELL, AND (KILLED) THEM, (DO
YOU THINK) THAT THEY WERE (MORE GUILTY) (MORE THAN) ALL MEN THAT DWELT IN
JERUSALEM?
I TELL YOU, (NO): BUT, EXCEPT (YOU)
REPENT (or turn from your sins-JNT), (YOU) SHALL ALL LIKEWISE PERISH.
THE PARABLE OF THE BARREN FIG TREE
CUT DOWN AFTER FOUR YEARS
33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
THEN SAID HE
(TO) THE DRESSER OF HIS VINEYARD (or vineyard-keeper), BEHOLD, THESE THREE
YEARS I (have) COME SEEKING FRUIT ON THIS FIG TREE, AND FIND NONE: CUT IT
DOWN; WHY (SHOULD) IT (use up) THE GROUND?
AND HE
ANSWERING SAID (TO) HIM, LORD, LET IT ALONE THIS YEAR ALSO, (UNTIL) I
SHALL DIG ABOUT IT, AND (PUT IN FERTILIZER) (or manure):
AND IF IT BEAR FRUIT (next year), WELL (and good):
AND IF NOT, THEN AFTER THAT (YOU) (CAN) CUT IT DOWN.
(JESUS TEACHING IN A
SYNAGOGUE) A WOMAN LOOSED FROM HER INFIRMITY ON THE SABBATH
33 YEARS PLUS 4½ MONTHS
AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A WOMAN WHICH HAD A SPIRIT OF INFIRMITY (or had been crippled by a spirit
for-NIV) EIGHTEEN YEARS, AND (she) WAS (BENT) (OVER) (double), AND COULD
IN NO (WAY) (STRAIGHTEN) UP HERSELF (or stand erect).
AND WHEN JESUS SAW HER, HE CALLED HER TO HIM, AND
SAID (TO) HER, WOMAN, (YOU) (ARE) (SET FREE) FROM (YOUR) INFIRMITY (or
sickness, or weakness).
AND HE LAID HIS HANDS ON
HER: AND IMMEDIATELY SHE WAS MADE STRAIGHT (or erect) (again), AND
GLORIFIED (or praised) GOD.
AND THE RULER (or
president) OF THE SYNAGOGUE (SPOKE UP) WITH INDIGNATION, BECAUSE THAT
JESUS HAD HEALED ON THE SABBATH DAY, AND SAID (TO) THE (CONGREGATION),
THERE ARE SIX DAYS IN WHICH MEN (SHOULD) WORK: (DURING) THEM THEREFORE
COME AND BE HEALED, AND NOT ON THE SABBATH DAY.
THE LORD THEN ANSWERED HIM, AND SAID, (YOU)
HYPOCRITE, (DOES) NOT EACH ONE OF YOU ON THE SABBATH (UNTIE) HIS OX OR HIS
ASS (or donkey) FROM THE STALL, AND LEAD HIM AWAY TO (DRINK) (water)?
AND (SHOULD) NOT THIS WOMAN, BEING A DAUGHTER OF
ABRAHAM, WHOM SATAN (or the Adversary) (HAS) (kept) BOUND, LO, THESE
EIGHTEEN (long) YEARS, BE (RELEASED) (or set free) FROM THIS BOND ON THE
SABBATH DAY?
AND WHEN HE HAD SAID THESE THINGS,
ALL HIS ADVERSARIES WERE (PUT TO SHAME) (or humiliated): AND ALL THE (rest
of the) (MULTITUDE) REJOICED FOR ALL THE GLORIOUS THINGS THAT WERE DONE BY
HIM.
(THROUGH THE CITIES
AND VILLAGES GOING TOWARD JERUSALEM)
STRIVE TO ENTER THE STRAIT GATE
33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
THEN SAID (SOMEONE) (TO) HIM, LORD, ARE THERE (only
a) FEW (people) THAT BE SAVED? AND HE SAID (TO) THEM,
STRIVE (or make every effort, or struggle) TO ENTER
IN AT THE STRAIT GATE (or narrow door, or narrow gate): FOR MANY, I SAY
(TO) YOU, WILL SEEK (or try, or will be demanding) TO ENTER IN, AND SHALL
NOT BE ABLE (to). (Ref Mt 7:13,14)
WHEN ONCE THE
MASTER (or head, or owner) OF THE HOUSE (GETS) UP, AND (CLOSES) THE DOOR,
AND (YOU) BEGIN TO STAND (OUTSIDE), AND TO KNOCK AT THE DOOR, (PLEADING),
LORD, LORD, OPEN (up) (the door) (FOR) US; AND (then) HE SHALL ANSWER AND
SAY (TO) YOU, I KNOW YOU NOT (WHERE) (YOU) ARE (from) (or I don’t know you
or where you come from-NIV): (Ref Mt 25:10-13)
THEN SHALL (YOU) BEGIN TO SAY, WE (ATE) AND (DRANK)
(WITH YOU), AND (YOU) TAUGHT IN OUR STREETS.
BUT
HE SHALL SAY, I TELL YOU, I KNOW YOU NOT (WHERE) (YOU) ARE (from); (GET
AWAY) FROM ME, ALL (YOU) WORKERS OF (WICKEDNESS) (or evil doers). (Ref Mt
7:23)
THERE SHALL BE WEEPING (there) AND
(GRINDING) OF TEETH, WHEN (YOU) SHALL SEE ABRAHAM, AND ISAAC, AND JACOB,
AND ALL THE PROPHETS, IN (side) THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND YOU YOURSELVES
(CAST) OUT (side).
AND THEY SHALL COME FROM THE
EAST, AND FROM THE WEST, AND FROM THE NORTH, AND FROM THE SOUTH, AND SHALL
SIT DOWN (or take their places) (at the table or feast) IN THE KINGDOM OF
GOD.
AND, BEHOLD, THERE ARE (some) (who are) LAST
WHICH SHALL BE FIRST, AND THERE ARE (some) FIRST WHICH SHALL BE LAST. (Ref
Mt 19:30; 20:8,16; Mk 10:30)
UNGODLY COUNSEL 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
AND HE SAID
(TO) THEM, GO YE, AND TELL THAT FOX, BEHOLD, I CAST OUT DEVILS, AND I
(HEAL PEOPLE) TO DAY AND TO MORROW, AND (on) THE THIRD DAY I SHALL BE
PERFECTED (or reach My goal).
NEVERTHELESS I MUST
WALK (or keep travelling) (on) TO DAY, AND TO MORROW, AND THE DAY
FOLLOWING: FOR IT CANNOT BE THAT A PROPHET (should) PERISH OUT (side) OF
JERUSALEM (or it is unthinkable that a prophet should die anywhere but
in-JNT) (Jerusalem).
(JESUS MAY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT JERUSALEM FROM THE MOUNT OF OLIVES)
JERUSALEM, WHICH KILLS THE PROPHETS
33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
(LOOK), YOUR HOUSE IS LEFT (TO) YOU DESOLATE (or God
is abandoning your house to you-JNT): AND VERILY I SAY (TO) YOU, (YOU)
SHALL NOT SEE ME (again), UNTIL THE TIME COME WHEN (YOU) SHALL SAY,
BLESSED IS HE THAT (COMES) IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. (ref Mt 21:9, 23:39;
Mk 11:9,10; Lk 19:38; Jn 12:13).
(JESUS WENT INTO THE
HOUSE OF A CHIEF PHARISEE) MAN HEALED OF THE
DROPSY ON THE SABBATH 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5
MONTHS
AND, BEHOLD, THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN
(IN FRONT OF) HIM WHICH HAD THE DROPSY (or whose body was swollen with
fluid-JNT).
AND JESUS ANSWERING (SPOKE) (TO) THE
LAWYERS (or experts in the Law-NIV) AND PHARISEES, SAYING, IS IT LAWFUL TO
HEAL (or does the Torah allow healing-JNT) ON THE SABBATH DAY (or not)?
AND THEY HELD THEIR PEACE (or remained silent). AND
(so) HE TOOK HIM, AND HEALED HIM, AND (SENT HIM AWAY);
AND ANSWERED THEM, SAYING, WHICH OF YOU SHALL HAVE AN
ASS (or donkey, or a son-JNT) OR AN OX FALLEN INTO A PIT, AND WILL NOT
(IMMEDIATELY) PULL HIM OUT ON THE SABBATH DAY?
AND
THEY COULD (MAKE NO REPLY) TO THESE THINGS.
PARABLE—SIT NOT DOWN
IN THE CHIEF ROOM
33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
WHEN (YOU) (ARE) (INVITED) OF ANY MAN TO A WEDDING
(feast), SIT NOT DOWN IN THE (BEST SEAT) (or do not take the place of
honor-NASB); LEST A MORE HONOURABLE (or distinguished) MAN THAN (YOU) (MAY
HAVE BEEN) (INVITED) (BY) HIM;
AND (if so,) HE
THAT (INVITED) (YOU) (shall) COME AND SAY TO (YOU), GIVE THIS MAN (your)
(SEAT); AND (YOU) BEGIN WITH SHAME (or disgrace) TO TAKE THE LOWEST (or
least important) (PLACE).
BUT WHEN (YOU) (ARE)
(INVITED), GO AND SIT DOWN IN THE (LEAST IMPORTANT PLACE); (so) THAT WHEN
(YOUR HOST) THAT (INVITED) (YOU) (COMES), HE MAY SAY (TO) (YOU), FRIEND,
GO (MOVE) UP (to a) HIGHER (or better seat): THEN (WILL) (YOU) HAVE
(HONOR) IN THE PRESENCE OF (all) (YOUR FELLOW GUESTS) THAT SIT AT (THE
TABLE) WITH (YOU).
FOR (WHOEVER) (EXALTS) HIMSELF
SHALL BE (HUMBLED); AND HE THAT (HUMBLES) HIMSELF SHALL BE EXALTED.
FOR SUPPER, CALL THE
POOR
33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
BUT WHEN (YOU)
(GIVE) A FEAST (or reception, or banquet, or a party), (INVITE) THE POOR
(people), THE (DISFIGURED PEOPLE), THE (CRIPPLED), THE BLIND:
AND (YOU) (WILL) BE BLESSED; FOR THEY CANNOT (REPAY)
(YOU): FOR (YOU) (WILL) BE (REPAID) AT THE RESURRECTION OF THE
(RIGHTEOUS).
AND WHEN ONE OF THEM THAT SAT AT (THE
TABLE) WITH HIM HEARD THESE THINGS, HE SAID (TO) (JESUS), BLESSED IS HE
THAT SHALL EAT BREAD (at the feast) IN THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
THE GREAT SUPPER AND
EXCUSES 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
AND SENT HIS SERVANT (or slave) AT SUPPER TIME TO SAY
TO THEM THAT WERE (INVITED), COME; FOR ALL THINGS ARE NOW READY.
AND THEY ALL WITH ONE (ACCORD) BEGAN TO MAKE
(EXCUSES) (or they responded with a chorus of excuses-JNT). THE FIRST SAID
(TO) HIM, I HAVE (just) BOUGHT A PIECE OF (LAND) (or a field), AND I (HAVE
TO) GO AND SEE IT: I (ASK) (YOU) (to) (please) HAVE ME EXCUSED (or please
accept my apologies-JNT).
AND ANOTHER (one) SAID,
I HAVE (just) BOUGHT FIVE YOKE OF OXEN, AND I GO TO (TEST) (or try) THEM
(out): I (ASK) (YOU) (to) (please) HAVE ME EXCUSED (or please accept my
apologies-JNT).
AND ANOTHER (one) SAID, I HAVE
(just) MARRIED A WIFE, AND (FOR THAT REASON) I CANNOT COME.
SO THAT SERVANT CAME (back), AND (REPORTED THESE
THINGS TO-JNT) HIS LORD. THEN THE MASTER (or head, or owner) OF THE HOUSE
(BECAME) ANGRY (and) SAID TO HIS SERVANT (or slave), GO OUT QUICKLY (or at
once) INTO THE STREETS AND LANES (or alleys OF THE CITY (or town), AND
BRING IN (HERE) THE POOR, AND THE (DISFIGURED), AND THE (CRIPPLED), AND
THE BLIND.
AND THE SERVANT (or slave) SAID, LORD,
IT IS DONE AS (YOU ORDERED), AND YET THERE IS (still) ROOM.
AND THE LORD SAID (TO) THE SERVANT (or slave), GO OUT
INTO THE HIGHWAYS (or roads) AND (along the) HEDGES (or country lanes),
AND (INSISTENTLY PERSUADE) THEM TO COME IN, THAT MY HOUSE MAY BE
FILLED.
FOR I SAY (TO) YOU, THAT NONE OF THOSE MEN
WHICH WERE (INVITED) SHALL (get a) TASTE OF MY SUPPER (or banquet). (Ref
Mt 8:21; Lk 9:59-62)
(GREAT MULTITUDES
WITH JESUS) HATE THEIR FAMILY AND OWN LIFE ALSO 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
IF ANY MAN COME
TO ME, AND HATE NOT HIS FATHER, AND MOTHER, AND WIFE, AND CHILDREN, AND
(BROTHERS), AND SISTERS, (YES), AND (even) HIS OWN LIFE ALSO, HE CANNOT BE
MY DISCIPLE.
AND (WHOEVER) (DOES) NOT (CARRY) HIS
(own) CROSS, AND COME AFTER (or follow) ME, CANNOT BE MY DISCIPLE.
PARABLE OF BUILDING A
TOWER 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
LEST (OTHERWISE), AFTER HE (HAS) LAID THE FOUNDATION,
AND IS NOT ABLE TO FINISH IT, ALL THAT (SEE) IT BEGIN TO MOCK (or
ridicule, or make fun of) HIM,
SAYING, THIS MAN
BEGAN TO BUILD, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO FINISH.
OR
WHAT KING, GOING TO MAKE WAR AGAINST ANOTHER KING, (DOES NOT SIT) DOWN
FIRST, AND (CONSIDER) WHETHER HE (IS) ABLE (or strong enough) WITH TEN
THOUSAND (men) TO (OPPOSE) HIM THAT (COMES) AGAINST HIM WITH TWENTY
THOUSAND?
OR ELSE (if he is not able-NIV), WHILE
THE OTHER IS YET A GREAT WAY OFF, HE (SENDS) (A) (DELEGATION), AND (ASKS)
(for) (TERMS) OF PEACE.
FORSAKE ALL 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
IF THE SALT HAS LOST
HIS SAVOR
33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
SALT IS GOOD (or excellent): BUT IF THE SALT
(HAS) LOST HIS (FLAVOR) (or becomes tasteless), (HOW) SHALL IT BE (MADE
SALTY AGAIN) (or what can be used to season it-JNT)?
(It is useless) IT IS NEITHER FIT FOR THE LAND (or
soil), NOR YET FOR THE (MANURE PILE); BUT MEN CAST IT OUT. HE THAT (HAS)
EARS TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR. (Ref Mt 5:13; Mk 9:50)
THE SINNERS CAME TO
JESUS 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
AND (both) THE PHARISEES AND SCRIBES (or teachers of
the Law-NIV) MURMURED (or began to grumble), SAYING, THIS MAN (WELCOMES)
SINNERS, AND (even) (EATS) WITH THEM.
THE PARABLE OF THE
LOST SHEEP 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
WHAT MAN OF YOU, HAVING AN HUNDRED SHEEP,
IF HE LOSE ONE OF THEM, (DOES) NOT LEAVE THE NINETY AND NINE IN THE
WILDERNESS (or open pasture) (or desert) AND GO AFTER THAT (one) (sheep)
WHICH IS LOST, UNTIL HE FIND IT?
AND WHEN HE (HAS)
FOUND IT, HE (LAYS) IT ON HIS SHOULDERS, REJOICING.
AND WHEN HE (COMES) HOME, HE (CALLS) TOGETHER HIS
FRIENDS AND (NEIGHBORS), SAYING (TO) THEM, REJOICE (or come celebrate)
WITH ME; FOR I HAVE FOUND MY SHEEP WHICH WAS LOST.
I SAY (TO) YOU, THAT (IN THE SAME WAY-NIV) JOY SHALL
BE IN HEAVEN OVER ONE SINNER THAT (REPENTS) (or turns to God from his
sins-JNT), MORE THAN OVER NINETY AND NINE JUST PERSONS, WHICH NEED NO
REPENTANCE. (Ref Mt 18:12-14)
THE PARABLE OF THE
LOST COIN 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
AND WHEN SHE (HAS) FOUND IT, SHE (CALLS) HER FRIENDS
AND HER NEIGHBOURS TOGETHER, SAYING, REJOICE (or come celebrate) WITH ME;
FOR I HAVE FOUND THE (COIN) WHICH I HAD LOST.
(IN
THE SAME WAY-NIV), I SAY (TO) YOU, THERE IS JOY IN THE PRESENCE OF THE
ANGELS OF GOD OVER ONE SINNER THAT (REPENTS).
THE PARABLE OF THE
LOST SON— THE PRODIGAL SON 33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
AND THE YOUNGER OF THEM SAID TO HIS FATHER,
FATHER, GIVE ME THE (SHARE) OF (the) GOODS (or estate) THAT (IS MINE). AND
HE DIVIDED (TO) THEM HIS (WEALTH).
(As soon as he
could convert his share into cash-JNT) AND NOT MANY DAYS AFTER THE YOUNGER
SON GATHERED (EVERYTHING) TOGETHER, AND (WENT ON) HIS JOURNEY INTO A
(DISTANT) COUNTRY, AND THERE WASTED HIS SUBSTANCE (or estate, or wealth)
WITH RIOTOUS (or wild, or reckless) LIVING.
AND
WHEN HE HAD SPENT (EVERYTHING), THERE AROSE A MIGHTY (or severe) FAMINE IN
THAT LAND; AND HE BEGAN TO BE IN (NEED) (or feel the pinch).
AND (so) HE WENT AND (HIRED) HIMSELF TO A CITIZEN OF
THAT COUNTRY; AND HE SENT HIM INTO HIS FIELDS TO FEED (PIGS).
AND HE (LONGED TO) (FILL) HIS BELLY WITH THE HUSKS
THAT THE (PIGS) DID EAT: AND NO MAN GAVE UNTO HIM (anything).
AND WHEN HE CAME TO (HIS SENSES), HE SAID, HOW MANY
HIRED SERVANTS OF MY FATHER'S HAVE (FOOD) ENOUGH AND TO SPARE, AND I (AM
STARVING TO DEATH-NIV) WITH HUNGER!
I WILL ARISE
AND GO (back) TO MY FATHER, AND WILL SAY (TO) HIM, FATHER, I HAVE SINNED
AGAINST HEAVEN, AND BEFORE (YOU) (or in your sight),
AND AM NO MORE WORTHY TO BE CALLED (YOUR) SON:
(TREAT) ME AS ONE OF (YOUR) HIRED SERVANTS.
AND HE
AROSE, AND CAME TO HIS FATHER. BUT WHEN HE WAS YET A GREAT WAY OFF, HIS
FATHER SAW HIM, AND (WAS FILLED WITH) COMPASSION (for him) (or was moved
with pity-JNT), AND (he) RAN (to his son), AND (THREW HIS ARMS AROUND
HIM-NIV) (or embraced him), AND KISSED HIM (warmly).
AND THE SON SAID (TO) HIM, FATHER, I HAVE SINNED
AGAINST HEAVEN, AND IN (YOUR) SIGHT, AND AM NO MORE WORTHY TO BE CALLED
(YOUR) SON.
BUT THE FATHER SAID TO HIS SERVANTS
(or slaves), (quick) BRING FORTH THE BEST ROBE, AND PUT IT ON HIM; AND PUT
A RING ON HIS (FINGER), AND (SANDALS) ON HIS FEET:
AND BRING (HERE) THE (FATTENED) CALF, AND KILL IT;
AND LET US (HAVE A FEAST), AND (CELEBRATE):
FOR
THIS MY SON WAS DEAD, AND IS ALIVE AGAIN; HE WAS LOST, AND IS FOUND. AND
THEY BEGAN TO (CELEBRATE).
NOW (meanwhile) HIS
ELDER SON WAS IN THE FIELD: AND AS HE CAME AND DREW (NEAR) TO THE HOUSE,
HE HEARD MUSIC AND DANCING.
AND HE CALLED ONE OF
THE SERVANTS, AND ASKED WHAT (WAS GOING ON).
AND
HE SAID (TO) HIM, (YOUR) BROTHER IS COME; AND (YOUR) FATHER (HAS) KILLED
THE (FATTENED) CALF, BECAUSE HE (HAS) RECEIVED HIM (back) SAFE AND
SOUND.
AND HE (the older brother) WAS ANGRY, AND
WOULD NOT GO IN: THEREFORE (HIS FATHER CAME) OUT, AND (PLEADED WITH)
HIM.
AND HE ANSWERING SAID TO HIS FATHER, (LOOK),
THESE MANY YEARS DO I SERVE (YOU), (I have) NEITHER TRANSGRESSED (or
neglected, or disobeyed) AT ANY TIME (YOUR) (ORDERS): AND YET (YOU) NEVER
(GAVE) ME A (YOUNG GOAT), THAT I MIGHT (CELEBRATE) WITH MY FRIENDS:
BUT AS SOON AS THIS (YOUR) SON WAS COME (home), WHICH
(HAS) DEVOURED (YOUR) LIVING (or wealth, or property) WITH (PROSTITUTES),
(YOU KILL) (THE FATTENED CALF FOR HIM-NIV).
AND HE
SAID (TO) HIM, SON, (YOU) (ARE) (ALWAYS) WITH ME, AND (EVERYTHING) THAT I
HAVE IS (YOURS).
(But) IT WAS (RIGHT) THAT WE
SHOULD (CELEBRATE), AND (REJOICE): FOR THIS (YOUR) BROTHER WAS DEAD, AND
IS ALIVE AGAIN (or has begun to live-NASB); AND (he) WAS LOST, AND IS
FOUND.
THE PARABLE OF THE UNJUST STEWARD 33 YEARS PLUS
4½ TO 5 MONTHS
AND HE CALLED HIM (in), AND SAID (TO) HIM, HOW
IS IT THAT I HEAR THIS OF (YOU)? GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF (YOUR) STEWARDSHIP (or
management) (or turn in your accounts-JNT); FOR (YOU) (CAN) (NO LONGER BE)
STEWARD (or manager).
THEN THE STEWARD (or manager) SAID WITHIN HIMSELF,
WHAT SHALL I DO (now)? FOR MY LORD (or master, or boss) (IS TAKING) AWAY
FROM ME THE STEWARDSHIP (or my job) (or my boss is firing me-JNT): I
CANNOT DIG (I am not strong enough-NASB); TO BEG I AM ASHAMED.
(I KNOW) WHAT TO DO, (so) THAT, WHEN I AM PUT OUT OF THE STEWARDSHIP (or lose my job here-NIV), (PEOPLE) MAY (WELCOME) ME INTO THEIR HOUSES (or Aha! I know what I’ll do—something that will make people welcome me into their homes after I’ve lost my job here!-JNT).
SO (after making appointments with each of his employer’s debtors-JNT) HE CALLED EVERY ONE OF HIS LORD'S (or master’s) DEBTORS (TO) HIM, AND SAID (TO) THE FIRST, HOW MUCH (DO YOU OWE) UNTO MY LORD (or master, or boss)?
AND HE SAID, AN HUNDRED MEASURES OF OIL (or eight hundred gallons of olive oil-NIV). AND HE (the manager) SAID (TO) HIM, TAKE (YOUR) BILL (or note back), AND SIT DOWN QUICKLY, AND WRITE FIFTY (or write one for four hundred-JNT).
THEN SAID HE TO ANOTHER (the second), AND HOW MUCH (DO YOU OWE)? AND HE SAID, AN HUNDRED MEASURES (or a thousand bushels) OF WHEAT. AND HE SAID (TO) HIM, TAKE (YOUR) BILL (or note back), AND WRITE FOURSCORE (or eighty) (or write one for eight hundred-JNT).
AND THE LORD (or master, or employer) COMMENDED (or praised, or applauded) THE UNJUST (or unrighteous, or dishonest) STEWARD (or manager), BECAUSE HE HAD DONE WISELY (or acted shrewdly): FOR THE (PEOPLE) OF THIS WORLD (or sons of this age-NASB) ARE IN THEIR GENERATION WISER (or more shrewd) THAN THE (PEOPLE) OF LIGHT (in dealing with their own kind-NIV) (or people).
AND I SAY (TO) YOU, MAKE TO YOURSELVES FRIENDS OF THE (WEALTH) OF UNRIGHTEOUSNESS (or use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves-NIV); THAT, WHEN (YOU) FAIL (or when it is gone-NIV), (YOU WILL BE WELCOMED-NIV) INTO EVERLASTING (or eternal) (DWELLINGS).
THE FAITHFUL IN THE LEAST WILL ALSO BE FAITHFUL IN MUCH
33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
IF THEREFORE (YOU) HAVE NOT BEEN FAITHFUL (or trustworthy) IN THE (handling) (of) UNRIGHTEOUS (WORLDLY WEALTH), WHO WILL COMMIT TO YOUR TRUST THE TRUE RICHES (or the real thing)?
AND IF (YOU) HAVE NOT BEEN FAITHFUL (or trustworthy) IN (the use of) THAT WHICH IS ANOTHER MAN'S (property) (or that which belongs to someone else-JNT), WHO SHALL GIVE YOU THAT (property) WHICH IS YOUR OWN (or ought to belong to you-JNT)?
CANNOT SERVE TWO MASTERS—
GOD AND MONEY
33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
AND THE PHARISEES ALSO, WHO WERE COVETOUS (or loved money), (WERE LISTENING TO) ALL THESE THINGS: AND THE (RIDICULED) (or were scoffing at) (JESUS). (Ref Mt 6:24)
JUSTIFY ONESELF BEFORE MEN
33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS WERE PROCLAIMED UNTIL JOHN
33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
AND IT IS EASIER FOR HEAVEN AND EARTH TO PASS (away) (or disappear), THAN ONE TITTLE (or stroke) OF THE (letter of the) LAW TO FAIL (or become void).
ADULTERY
33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS
33 YEARS PLUS 4½ TO 5 MONTHS
AND THERE WAS A CERTAIN BEGGAR NAMED LAZARUS, WHICH WAS LAID AT HIS GATE, (COVERED WITH) SORES,
AND DESIRING TO BE FED WITH (or eat) THE CRUMBS (or scraps) WHICH FELL FROM THE RICH MAN'S TABLE: MOREOVER (even) THE DOGS CAME AND LICKED HIS SORES.
AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT THE BEGGAR DIED, AND WAS CARRIED BY THE ANGELS INTO ABRAHAM'S (SIDE): THE RICH MAN ALSO DIED, AND WAS BURIED;
AND IN HELL HE (LIFTED) UP HIS EYES, BEING IN (TORMENT), AND (SAW) ABRAHAM AFAR OFF, AND LAZARUS (BY HIS SIDE).
AND HE CRIED (or called to him) AND SAID, FATHER ABRAHAM, HAVE MERCY (or pity) ON ME, AND SEND LAZARUS, THAT HE MAY DIP THE TIP OF HIS FINGER IN WATER, AND COOL MY TONGUE; FOR I AM (IN AGONY) IN THIS FLAME (or fire).
BUT ABRAHAM SAID, SON (or child), REMEMBER THAT (IN YOUR LIFETIME YOU-NIV) (RECEIVED) (YOUR) GOOD THINGS, AND LIKEWISE LAZARUS (received) (BAD) THINGS: BUT NOW HE IS (being) COMFORTED (here), AND (YOU) (ARE) (the one) (IN AGONY).
AND BESIDE ALL THIS, BETWEEN US AND YOU THERE IS A GREAT GULF (or chasm, or deep rift) (ESTABLISHED): SO THAT THEY WHICH (WISH TO) PASS FROM (HERE) TO YOU CANNOT; NEITHER CAN THEY PASS (over) TO US, THAT WOULD COME FROM (THERE).
THEN HE SAID, I (BEG) (YOU) THEREFORE, FATHER, THAT (YOU) (WOULD) SEND (LAZARUS) TO MY FATHER'S HOUSE:
FOR I HAVE FIVE (BROTHERS); (THAT HE MAY WARN-NASB) THEM, (SO THEY MAY BE SPARED HAVING TO COME-JNT) (TO) THIS PLACE OF TORMENT.
ABRAHAM (SAID) (TO) HIM, THEY HAVE MOSES AND THE PROPHETS; LET THEM (LISTEN TO) THEM.
AND HE SAID, (NO), FATHER ABRAHAM (they need more): BUT IF (some) ONE WENT (TO) THEM FROM THE DEAD, THEY WILL REPENT.
AND HE SAID (TO) HIM, IF THEY (DO NOT LISTEN TO-NIV) MOSES AND THE PROPHETS, NEITHER WILL THEY BE (CONVINCED EVEN) THOUGH ONE ROSE FROM THE DEAD.
WOE TO THEM THAT OFFEND!
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IT WERE BETTER (or it would be to his advantage-JNT) FOR HIM THAT A MILLSTONE WERE HANGED ABOUT HIS NECK, AND HE (WERE THROWN) INTO THE SEA, THAN THAT HE SHOULD (CAUSE) (or ensnare) ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES (to stumble or sin). (Ref Mt 18:6-9; Mk 9:42-47)
FORGIVE THY BROTHER
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AND IF HE (SINS) AGAINST (YOU) SEVEN TIMES IN A DAY, AND SEVEN TIMES IN A DAY TURN (back) AGAIN TO (YOU), SAYING, I REPENT; (YOU) (ARE TO) FORGIVE HIM. (Ref Mt 6:14, 15; 18:21, 22; Mk 11:24-26; Lk 6:37)
INCREASE OUR FAITH
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AND THE LORD SAID, IF (YOU) HAD FAITH (or trust) AS (small as) A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED, (YOU) MIGHT SAY (TO) THIS SYCAMINE (or mulberry, or fig) TREE, BE THOU (PULLED) UP BY THE ROOT, AND BE THOU (REPLANTED) IN THE SEA; AND IT SHOULD OBEY YOU. (Ref Mt 17:20)
SAY, “WE ARE UNPROFITABLE SERVANTS”
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AND WILL NOT RATHER (he) SAY (TO) HIM, (GET MY SUPPER READY-JNT), AND (DRESS) (YOURSELF) (for work), AND SERVE ME, (UNTIL) I HAVE EATEN AND (DRUNK); AND AFTERWARD (YOU) (MAY) EAT AND DRINK?
(DOES) HE THANK THAT SERVANT (or slave) BECAUSE HE DID THE THINGS THAT WERE COMMANDED HIM? I (THINK) (NO).
SO LIKEWISE (YOU), WHEN (YOU) SHALL HAVE DONE ALL THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE COMMANDED YOU, SAY, WE ARE UNPROFITABLE (or unworthy, or ordinary) SERVANTS (or slaves): WE HAVE DONE (only) THAT WHICH WAS OUR DUTY TO DO.
(JESUS GOING ALONG THE BORDER BETWEEN SAMARIA AND GALILEE TO JERUSALEM)
TEN LEPERS CLEANSED
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AND AS HE ENTERED INTO A CERTAIN VILLAGE, THERE MET HIM TEN MEN THAT WERE LEPERS (or with a skin disease-JNT), WHICH STOOD (AT A DISTANCE):
AND THEY LIFTED UP THEIR VOICES, AND (CALLED OUT), JESUS, MASTER, HAVE MERCY (or pity) ON US.
AND WHEN HE SAW THEM, HE SAID (TO) THEM, GO (and) (LET) THE PRIESTS (examine you-JNT). AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT, AS THEY WENT, THEY WERE CLEANSED.
AND ONE OF THEM, WHEN HE SAW THAT HE WAS HEALED, TURNED BACK, AND WITH A LOUD VOICE GLORIFIED GOD,
AND (THREW HIMSELF) DOWN ON HIS FACE AT HIS FEET, GIVING HIM THANKS: AND HE WAS A SAMARITAN.
AND JESUS ANSWERING SAID, WERE THERE NOT TEN CLEANSED? BUT WHERE ARE THE NINE?
THERE ARE NOT (any) FOUND THAT RETURNED (back) TO GIVE GLORY TO GOD, (EXCEPT) THIS STRANGER (or foreigner).
AND HE SAID (TO) HIM, ARISE, GO (YOUR) WAY: (YOUR) FAITH (HAS) MADE (YOU) (WELL) (or your trust has saved you-JNT).
WHEN WILL THE KINGDOM OF GOD COME?
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NEITHER SHALL (THE PEOPLE) (be able to) SAY, (LOOK) HERE (it is)! OR, LO (over) THERE (it is)! FOR, (YOU SEE), THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS (AMONG) YOU.
PROPHECY OF THINGS TO COME
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AND (PEOPLE) SHALL SAY TO YOU, SEE (look) HERE (He is); OR, SEE (over) THERE (He is): (DO NOT GO) AFTER THEM, NOR FOLLOW THEM.
FOR AS THE LIGHTNING, THAT (FLASHES) OUT OF THE ONE PART (OF THE SKY), (SHINES) (TO) THE OTHER PART (OF THE SKY); SO SHALL ALSO THE SON OF MAN BE IN HIS DAY (or the Son of Man in His day will be like the lightning, which flashes and lights up the sky-NIV) (from one horizon to the other-JNT).
BUT FIRST MUST HE SUFFER MANY THINGS (or endure horrible sufferings), AND BE REJECTED (BY) THIS GENERATION.
AND (just) AS IT WAS IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, SO SHALL IT BE ALSO IN THE DAYS OF THE SON OF MAN.
THEY DID EAT, THEY DRANK, THEY MARRIED WIVES, THEY WERE GIVEN IN MARRIAGE, (right up) UNTIL THE DAY THAT NOAH ENTERED INTO THE ARK, AND (then) THE FLOOD CAME, AND DESTROYED THEM ALL.
LIKEWISE ALSO AS IT (HAPPENED) IN THE DAYS OF LOT; THEY DID EAT, THEY DRANK, THEY BOUGHT, THEY SOLD, THEY PLANTED, THEY BUILDED;
BUT (on) THE SAME DAY THAT LOT WENT OUT OF SODOM IT RAINED (down) FIRE AND BRIMSTONE (or sulfur) FROM HEAVEN, AND DESTROYED THEM ALL.
EVEN THUS (IT WILL) BE (just like this) IN THE DAY WHEN THE SON OF MAN IS REVEALED.
IN THAT DAY, HE WHICH SHALL BE UPON THE HOUSETOP, AND HIS (BELONGINGS) IN (side) THE HOUSE, (HE MUST) NOT COME DOWN TO TAKE (THEM) AWAY: AND HE THAT IS IN THE FIELD, LET HIM LIKEWISE NOT RETURN BACK (for anything).
REMEMBER LOT'S WIFE.
(WHOEVER) SHALL SEEK TO SAVE (or keep) HIS LIFE SHALL LOSE IT; AND (WHOEVER) SHALL LOSE HIS LIFE SHALL PRESERVE IT.
TWO MEN: ONE TAKEN, ONE LEFT
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I TELL YOU, IN THAT NIGHT THERE SHALL BE TWO MEN IN ONE BED; THE ONE SHALL BE TAKEN, AND THE OTHER SHALL BE LEFT.
TWO WOMEN SHALL BE GRINDING (grain) TOGETHER; THE ONE SHALL BE TAKEN, AND THE OTHER (will be) LEFT (behind).
TWO MEN SHALL BE IN THE FIELD; THE ONE SHALL BE TAKEN, AND THE OTHER (will be) LEFT (behind).
AND THEY ANSWERED AND SAID (TO) HIM, WHERE, LORD? AND HE SAID (TO) THEM, (WHEREVER) THE (dead) BODY IS, (THERE) WILL THE EAGLES (or vultures) BE GATHERED TOGETHER.
PRAY—PARABLE OF THE WIDOW AND JUDGE
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SAYING, THERE WAS IN A CITY (or town) A JUDGE, WHICH FEARED NOT GOD, NEITHER REGARDED (or cared about) (OTHER PEOPLE):
AND THERE WAS A WIDOW IN THAT CITY; AND SHE (KEPT COMING) (TO) HIM, SAYING, AVENGE ME OF (MY) ADVERSARY (or give me legal protection from my opponent-NASB, or grant me justice against my adversary-NIV, or give me a judgment against the man who is trying to ruin me-JNT).
AND HE WOULD NOT FOR A (long) WHILE: BUT AFTERWARD HE SAID WITHIN HIMSELF, THOUGH I FEAR NOT GOD, NOR REGARD (or care about) MAN;
YET BECAUSE THIS WIDOW (KEEPS BOTHERING) ME, I WILL AVENGE HER (or give her legal protection-NASB, or will see that she gets justice-NIV), LEST BY HER CONTINUAL COMING SHE WEARY ME (or otherwise, she’ll keep coming and pestering me till she wears me out-JNT).
AND THE LORD SAID, (LISTEN TO) WHAT THE UNJUST JUDGE (SAID).
AND SHALL NOT GOD AVENGE (or bring about justice for-NASB) HIS OWN (CHOSEN ONES), WHICH CRY (out) DAY AND NIGHT (TO) HIM, THOUGH HE BEAR LONG WITH THEM (or will He delay long over them-NASB, or will He keep putting them off-NIV)?
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