Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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Sin
(Matthew 18.6–7, 21–22; Mark 9.42)
1 Jesus said to his disciples,
“Things that make people fall
into sin are bound to happen, but
how terrible for the one who makes
them happen!
2 It would be better for
him if a large millstone were tied
around his neck and he were thrown
into the sea than for him to cause
one of these little ones to sin.
3 So
watch what you do!
3 “If your brother sins, rebuke him,
and if he repents, forgive him. note
4 If he
sins against you seven times in one
day, and each time he comes to you
saying, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive
him.”
Faith
5 The apostles said to the Lord,
“Make our faith greater.”
6 The Lord answered, “If you had
faith as big as a mustard seed, you
could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Pull
yourself up by the roots and plant
yourself in the sea!’ and it would
obey you.
A Servant's Duty
7 “Suppose one of you has a servant
who is plowing or looking after
the sheep. When he comes in from
the field, do you tell him to hurry
along and eat his meal?
8 Of course
not! Instead, you say to him, ‘Get my
-- --
supper ready, then put on your
apron and wait on me while I eat
and drink; after that you may have
your meal.’
9 The servant does not
deserve thanks for obeying orders,
does he?
10 It is the same with you;
when you have done all you have
been told to do, say, ‘We are ordinary
servants; we have only done
our duty.’”
Jesus Heals Ten Men
11 As Jesus made his way to Jerusalem,
he went along the border between
Samaria and Galilee.
12 He
was going into a village when he
was met by ten men suffering from a
dreaded skin disease. They stood at
a distance
13 and shouted, “Jesus!
Master! Have pity on us!”
14 Jesus saw them and said to
them, “Go and let the priests examine
you.” note
14 On the way they were made
clean. note
15 When one of them saw that
he was healed, he came back, praising
God in a loud voice.
16 He threw
himself to the ground at Jesus' feet
and thanked him. The man was a Samaritan.
17 Jesus spoke up, “There
were ten men who were healed;
where are the other nine?
18 Why is
this foreigner the only one who
came back to give thanks to God?”
19 And Jesus said to him, “Get up
and go; your faith has made you
well.”
The Coming of the Kingdom
(Matthew 24.23–28, 37–41)
20 Some Pharisees asked Jesus
when the Kingdom of God would
come. His answer was, “The Kingdom
of God does not come in such a
way as to be seen.
21 No one will say,
‘Look, here it is!’ or, ‘There it is!’; because
the Kingdom of God is within
you.” note
22 Then he said to the disciples,
“The time will come when you will
wish you could see one of the days
of the Son of Man, but you will not
see it.
23 There will be those who will
say to you, ‘Look, over there!’ or,
‘Look, over here!’ But don't go out
looking for it.
24 As the lightning
flashes across the sky and lights it
up from one side to the other, so will
the Son of Man be in his day.
25 But
first he must suffer much and be rejected
by the people of this day.
26 As
it was in the time of Noah so shall it
be in the days of the Son of Man. note
27 Everybody kept on eating and
drinking, and men and women married,
up to the very day Noah went
into the boat and the flood came and
killed them all. note
28 It will be as it was
in the time of Lot. Everybody kept
on eating and drinking, buying and
selling, planting and building.
29 On
the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur
rained down from heaven and
killed them all. note
30 That is how it will
be on the day the Son of Man is
revealed.
31 “On that day the man who is on
the roof of his house must not go
down into the house to get his belongings;
in the same way the man
who is out in the field must not go
-- --
back to the house. note
32 Remember
Lot's wife! note
33 Whoever tries to save
his own life will lose it; whoever
loses his life will save it. note
34 On that
night, I tell you, there will be two
people sleeping in the same bed: one
will be taken away, the other will be
left behind.
35 Two women will be
grinding meal together: one will be
taken away, the other will be left
behind.” note
37 The disciples asked him,
“Where, Lord?”
37 Jesus answered, “Wherever there
is a dead body, the vultures will
gather.”
Good News [1976], GOOD NEWS BIBLE WITH DEUTEROCANONICALS / APOCRYPHA Today's English Version (AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, New York) [word count] [B15000].
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