(NIV)
Bind up this testimony of warning
and seal up God’s instruction among my disciples.
(ESV)
Bind up the
testimony;
seal the
teaching among
my disciples.
(NIV)
The Sovereign
Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue,
to know the word that sustains the weary.
He wakens me morning by morning,
wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
(ESV)
The
Lord God has
given me
the
tongue of those who are
taught,
that I may
know how to
sustain with a
word him who is
weary.
Morning by
morning he
awakens;
he
awakens my
earto hear as those who are
taught.
(NIV)
All your children will be taught by the
Lord,
and great will be their peace.
(ESV)
All your
children shall be
taught by the
Lord,
and
great shall be the
peace of
your children.
(NIV)
a wild donkey accustomed to the desert,
sniffing the wind in her craving –
in her heat who can restrain her?
Any males that pursue her need not tire themselves;
at mating time they will find her.
(ESV)
a
wild donkey used to the
wilderness,
in her
heat sniffing the
wind!
Who can restrain her
lust?
None who
seek her need
weary themselves;
in her
month they will
find her.
(NIV)
Can an Ethiopian change his skin
or a leopard its spots?
Neither can you do good
who are accustomed to doing evil.
(ESV)
Can the
Ethiopian change his
skinor the
leopard his
spots?
Then
also you can do
goodwho are
accustomed to do
evil.
(NIV)
Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him,
(ESV)
Seeing the
crowds,
he
went up on the
mountain,
and when
he sat down,
his disciples came to
him.
(NIV)
Another disciple said to him, ‘Lord, first let me go and bury my father.’
(ESV)
Another of the
disciples said to
him, “
Lord,
let me first go and bury my father.”
(NIV)
Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him.
(ESV)
And when
he got into the
boat,
his disciples followed him.
(NIV)
While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples.
(ESV)
And as
Jesus reclined at table
in the
house,
behold,
many tax collectors and sinners came and were
reclining with
Jesus and his disciples.
(NIV)
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, ‘Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?’
(ESV)
And when the
Pharisees saw this, they
said to
his disciples,
“
Why does
your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
(NIV)
Then John’s disciples came and asked him, ‘How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?’
(ESV)
Then the
disciples of
John came to
him,
saying,
“
Why do
we and the
Pharisees fast,
but your disciples do
not fast?”
(NIV)
Jesus got up and went with him, and so did his disciples.
(ESV)
And Jesus rose and
followed him,
with his disciples.
(NIV)
Then he said to his disciples,
‘The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
(ESV)
Then he
said to
his disciples,
“The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;
(NIV)
Jesus called his twelve disciples to him and gave them authority to drive out impure spirits and to heal every disease and illness.
(ESV)
And he
called to him
his twelve disciples and
gave them authority over
unclean spirits,
to cast them out,
and to
heal every disease and every affliction.
(NIV)
‘The student is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his master.
(ESV)
“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master.
(NIV)
It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household !
(ESV)
It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household.
(NIV)
And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward.’
(ESV)
And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”
(NIV)
After Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in the towns of Galilee.
(ESV)
When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he
went on from
there to
teach and preach in their cities.
(NIV)
When John, who was in prison, heard about the deeds of the Messiah, he sent his disciples
(ESV)
Now when
John heard in prison about the
deeds of the
Christ, he
sent word by
his disciples
(NIV)
At that time Jesus went through the cornfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some ears of corn and eat them.
(ESV)
At that time Jesus went through the
grainfields on the
Sabbath.
His disciples were
hungry,
and they
began to
pluck heads of grain and to
eat.
(NIV)
When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, ‘Look! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.’
(ESV)
But when the
Pharisees saw it, they
said to
him,
“
Look,
your disciples are
doing what is
not lawful to
do on the
Sabbath.”
(NIV)
Pointing to his disciples, he said,
‘Here are my mother and my brothers.
(ESV)
And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he
said,
“Here are my mother and my brothers!
(NIV)
The disciples came to him and asked, ‘Why do you speak to the people in parables?’
(ESV)
Then the
disciples came and
said to
him, “
Why do you
speak to
them in parables?”
(NIV)
Then he left the crowd and went into the house. His disciples came to him and said, ‘Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.’
(ESV)
Then he
left the
crowds and
went into the
house.
And his disciples came to
him,
saying,
“
Explain to
us the
parable of the
weeds of the
field.”
(NIV)
He said to them,
‘Therefore every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.’
(ESV)
And he
said to
them,
“Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.”
(NIV)
John’s disciples came and took his body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus.
(ESV)
And his disciples came and
took the
body and buried it,
and they
went and
told Jesus.
(NIV)
As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, ‘This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so that they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.’
(ESV)
Now when it
was evening, the
disciples came to
him and
said, “This
is a
desolate place,
and the
day is
now over;
send the
crowds away to go into the
villages and
buy food for
themselves.”
(NIV)
And he told the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
(ESV)
Then he
ordered the
crowds to
sit down on the
grass,
and taking the
five loaves and the
two fish,
he
looked up to heaven and
said a blessing.
Then he
broke the
loaves and
gave them to the
disciples,
and the
disciples gave them to the
crowds.
(NIV)
Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowd.
(ESV)
Immediately he
made the disciples get into the
boat and go
before him to the
other side,
while he
dismissed the
crowds.
(NIV)
When the disciples saw him walking on the lake, they were terrified. ‘It’s a ghost,’ they said, and cried out in fear.
(ESV)
But when the
disciples saw him walking on the
sea,
they were
terrified, and
said, “It
is a
ghost!”
and they
cried out in fear.
(NIV)
‘Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They don’t wash their hands before they eat!’
(ESV)
“
Why do
your disciples break the
tradition of the
elders?
For they do
not wash their hands when they
eat.”
(NIV)
Then the disciples came to him and asked, ‘Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?’
(ESV)
Then the disciples came and
said to
him, “Do you
know that the
Pharisees were
offended when they
heard this
saying?”
(NIV)
Jesus did not answer a word. So his disciples came to him and urged him, ‘Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.’
(ESV)
But he did
not answer her a
word.
And his disciples came and
begged him,
saying,
“Send
her away,
for she is
crying out after us.”
(NIV)
Jesus called his disciples to him and said,
‘I have compassion for these people; they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way.’
(ESV)
Then Jesus called his disciples to him and
said,
“I have compassion on the crowd because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat. And I am unwilling to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”
(NIV)
His disciples answered, ‘Where could we get enough bread in this remote place to feed such a crowd?’
(ESV)
And the
disciples said to
him, “
Where are
we to
get enough bread in such a
desolate place
to feed so
great a
crowd?”
(NIV)
Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn to the people.
(ESV)
he
took the
seven loaves and the
fish,
and having
given thanks he
broke them
and gave them to the
disciples,
and the
disciples gave them to the
crowds.
(NIV)
When they went across the lake, the disciples forgot to take bread.
(ESV)
When the
disciples reached the
other side, they had
forgotten to
bring any
bread.
(NIV)
When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples,
‘Who do people say the Son of Man is?’
(ESV)
Now when
Jesus came into the
district of
Caesarea Philippi, he
asked his disciples,
“Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
(NIV)
Then he ordered his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Messiah.
(ESV)
Then he strictly
charged the disciples to tell no one that he was the
Christ.
(NIV)
From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
(ESV)
From that
time Jesus began to
show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the
elders and chief priests and scribes,
and be
killed,
and on the
third day be
raised.
(NIV)
Then Jesus said to his disciples,
‘Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
(ESV)
Then Jesus told his disciples,
“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
(NIV)
When the disciples heard this, they fell face down to the ground, terrified.
(ESV)
When the
disciples heard this, they
fell on their faces and were
terrified.
(NIV)
The disciples asked him, ‘Why then do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?’
(ESV)
And the disciples asked him, “
Then why do the
scribes say that first Elijah must come?”
(NIV)
Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.
(ESV)
Then the
disciples understood that he was
speaking to
them of John the
Baptist.
(NIV)
I brought him to your disciples, but they could not heal him.’
(ESV)
And I
brought him to
your disciples,
and they
could not heal him.”
(NIV)
Then the disciples came to Jesus in private and asked, ‘Why couldn’t we drive it out?’
(ESV)
Then the
disciples came to
Jesus privately and
said, “
Why could we not cast
it out?”
(NIV)
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, ‘Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’
(ESV)
At that time the
disciples came to
Jesus,
saying, “
Who is the
greatest in the
kingdom of
heaven?”
(NIV)
The disciples said to him, ‘If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.’
(ESV)
The
disciples said to
him, “
If such is the
case of a
man with his
wife, it
is better not to
marry.”
(NIV)
Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them.
(ESV)
Then children were
brought to
him that he might lay his
hands on them and pray.
The disciples rebuked the
people,
(NIV)
Then Jesus said to his disciples,
‘Truly I tell you, it is hard for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of heaven.
(ESV)
And Jesus said to
his disciples,
“Truly, I say to you, only with difficulty will a rich person enter the kingdom of heaven.
(NIV)
When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and asked, ‘Who then can be saved?’
(ESV)
When the disciples heard this, they were
greatly astonished,
saying, “
Who then can be
saved?”
(NIV)
Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them,
(ESV)
And as
Jesus was going
up to Jerusalem, he
took the
twelve disciples aside,
and on the
way he
said to
them,
(NIV)
As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples,
(ESV)
Now when they
drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage,
to the
Mount of
Olives,
then Jesus sent two disciples,
(NIV)
The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them.
(ESV)
The disciples went and did as Jesus had
directed them.
(NIV)
When the disciples saw this, they were amazed. ‘How did the fig-tree wither so quickly?’ they asked.
(ESV)
When the
disciples saw it, they
marveled,
saying, “
How did the
fig tree wither at
once?”
(NIV)
They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. ‘Teacher,’ they said, ‘we know that you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are.
(ESV)
And they
sent their disciples to
him, along
with the
Herodians,
saying, “
Teacher,
we
know that you
are true and teach the
way of
God truthfully,
and you do
not care about anyone’s opinion,
for you are
not swayed
by appearances.
(NIV)
Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:
(ESV)
Then Jesus said to the
crowds and to
his disciples,
(NIV)
Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings.
(ESV)
Jesus left the temple and was
going away, when
his disciples came to
point out to
him the
buildings of the
temple.
(NIV)
As Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately. ‘Tell us,’ they said, ‘when will this happen, and what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?’
(ESV)
As he sat on the
Mount of
Olives, the
disciples came to
him privately,
saying, “
Tell us,
when will these
things be,
and what will be the
sign of
your coming and of the
end of the
age?”
(NIV)
When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he said to his disciples,
(ESV)
When Jesus had
finished all these sayings, he
said to
his disciples,
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