Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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1 One Sabbath Jesus was walking through cornfields, and
his disciples were picking the ears of wheat, and rubbing them
in their hands, and eating them.
2 “Why are you doing what it is not allowable to do on the
Sabbath?” asked some of the Pharisees.
3 Jesus' answer was:
“Have not you read even of what David did, when he was
hungry,
4 he and his companions—that he went into the House
of God, and took the consecrated bread and ate it, and gave
some to his companions, though only the priests are allowed
to eat it?” note
5 Then Jesus added:
“The Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath.”
note
6 On another Sabbath Jesus went into the Synagogue
and taught; and there was a man there
whose right hand was withered.
7 The Teachers of
the Law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely,
to see if he would work cures on the Sabbath, so that they
might find a charge to bring against him.
8 Jesus, however,
knew what was in their minds, and said to the man whose
hand was withered:
“Stand up and come out into the middle.”
9 The man stood up; and Jesus said to them:
“I ask you, is it allowable to do good on the Sabbath—or
harm? to save a life, or let it perish?”
10 Then, looking round at them all, he said to the man:
“Stretch out your hand.”
11 The man did so; and his hand had become sound. ⪆⪆But
the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees were goaded to
madness, and consulted together what they could do to
Jesus.
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note
12 Now about that time, Jesus went out, up the hill,
to pray, and spent the whole night in prayer to
God.
13 When day came, he summoned his disciples, and
chose twelve of them, whom he also named ‘Apostles.’ They
were Simon (whom Jesus also named Peter),
14 and his brother
Andrew,
15 James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew,
Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon known as the Zealot,
Judas son of James,
16 and Judas Iscariot, who proved a traitor.
17 Afterwards Jesus came down the hill with them and took
his stand on a level place. With him were a large crowd of
his disciples, and great numbers of people from the whole of
Judaea, Jerusalem, and the coast district of Tyre and Sidon,
who had come to hear him and to be restored to health.
18 Those,
too, who were troubled with foul spirits were cured;
19 and
every one in the crowd was trying to touch him, because a power
went out from him which restored them all. ⪆⪆ note
20 Then,
raising his eyes and looking at his disciples, Jesus
spoke as follows:
note
“Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the
Kingdom of God. note
21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be
satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh.
22 Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they expel you
from among them, and taunt you, and reject your Name as an
evil thing—on account of the Son of Man.
23 Then indeed you
may be glad and dance for joy, for be sure that your reward in
Heaven will be great; for that is what their ancestors did to
the Prophets.
note
24 But ‘alas for you who are rich,’ for you have
had your comforts in full. note
25 Alas for you who are sated now, for you will hunger.
Alas for you who laugh now, for you will mourn and
weep.
26 Alas for you when all men speak well of you; for this is what
their ancestors did to the false Prophets.
note
27 But to you who hear I say—Love your enemies,
show kindness to those who hate you,
28 bless those
who curse you, pray for those who insult you.
note
29 When a man gives one of you a blow on the cheek, offer the
other cheek as well; and, when any one takes
away your cloak, do not keep back your coat
either.
30 Give to every one who asks of you; and, when
any one takes away what is yours, do not demand its return.
note
31
32 Do to others as you wish them to do to you. If
you love only those who love you, what thanks
will be due to you? Why, even the outcast love those who
love them!
33 For, if you show kindness only to those who show
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kindness to you, what thanks will be due to you? Even
the outcast do that!
34 If you lend only to those from whom
you expect to get something, what thanks will be due to you?
Even the outcast lend to the outcast in the hope of getting
as much in return!
35 But love your enemies, and
show them kindness, and lend to them, never despairing.
Then your reward shall be great, and you shall be Sons of
the Most High, for he is kind to the thankless and the
bad. ⪆⪆
36 Learn to be merciful—even as your Father is
merciful. note
37 Do not judge, and you will not be
judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned.
Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give,
and others will give to you. A generous measure, pressed and
shaken down, and running over, will they pour into your lap;
38
for the measure that you mete will be meted out to you in
return.”
39 Then, speaking in parables, Jesus said:
“Can one blind man guide another? Will they not both fall
into a ditch?
40 A scholar is not above his teacher; yet every
finished scholar shall be like his teacher. ⪆⪆
41 And why do
you look at the straw in your brother's eye, while you pay
no attention at all to the beam in your own?
42 How can you
say to your brother ‘Brother, let me take out the straw in
your eye,’ while you yourself do not see the beam in your own?
Hypocrite! Take out the beam from your own eye first, and
then you will see clearly how to take out the straw in your
brother's. ⪆⪆ note
43 There is no such thing as a good tree bearing
worthless fruit, or, on the other hand, a worthless
tree bearing good fruit.
44 For every tree is
known by its own fruit. People do not gather figs off thorn
bushes, nor pick a bunch of grapes off a bramble.
45 A good
man, from the good stores of his heart, brings out what is good;
while a bad man, from his bad stores, brings out what is bad.
46 For what fills a man's heart will rise to his lips. ⪆⪆ noteWhy
do you call me ‘Master! Master!’ and yet fail to
do what I tell you?
47 Every one who comes to me
and listens to my teaching and acts upon it—I will show you
to whom he may be compared.
48 He may be compared to a man
building a house, who dug, and went deep, and laid the
foundation upon the rock. Then, when a flood came,
the river swept down upon that house, but had no power to
shake it, because it had been built well.
49 But those who have
listened and not acted upon what they have heard may be
compared to a man who built a house on the ground without
any foundation. The river swept down upon it, and the
house immediately collapsed; and great was the crash that
followed.”
Twentieth Century [1904], THE TWENTIETH CENTURY NEW TESTAMENT A TRANSLATION INTO MODERN ENGLISH Made from the Original Greek (Westcott & Hort's Text) (The Fleming H. Revell Company, NEW YORK & CHICAGO) [word count] [B14200].
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