(NIV)
But now as for what is inside you – be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.
(ESV)
But give as alms those things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you.
(NIV)
Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts.
And a man lame from birth was
being carried,
whom they
laid daily at the
gate of the
temple that is
called the
Beautiful Gate to
ask alms of those
entering the temple.
(NIV)
When he saw Peter and John about to enter, he asked them for money.
Seeing Peter and John about to
go into the
temple, he
asked to
receive alms.
(NIV)
they recognised him as the same man who used to sit begging at the temple gate called Beautiful, and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
and recognized him as the
one who
sat at the
Beautiful Gate of the
temple, asking
for alms.
And they were
filled with
wonder and amazement at what had
happened to
him.
(NIV)
He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly.
a
devout man
who feared God with all his household,
gave alms generously to the
people,
and prayed continually to
God.
(NIV)
Cornelius stared at him in fear. ‘What is it, Lord?’ he asked.
The angel answered, ‘Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God.
And he
stared at him in terror and said, “
What is
it,
Lord?”
And he
said to
him, “
Your prayers and your alms have
ascended as a
memorial before God.
(NIV)
and said, “Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor.
and said, ‘
Cornelius,
your prayer has been
heard and your alms have been
remembered before God.
(NIV)
‘After an absence of several years, I came to Jerusalem to bring my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings.
Now after several years I
came to
bring alms to my nation and to
present offerings.
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