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→‎Outdated or Awkward Translations: Matthew 13:46: But "price" should obviously be translated as "value", or else he would gain no benefit from the transaction.
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The New American Bible has a high percentage of outdated or awkward translations in key passages, including the following examples below.  Note that many of these are important passages:
 
The New American Bible has a high percentage of outdated or awkward translations in key passages, including the following examples below.  Note that many of these are important passages:
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*Its translation of Matthew 13:46 is "When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it."<ref>http://www.usccb.org/bible/matthew/13</ref>  But "price" should obviously be translated as "value", or else he would gain no benefit from the transaction.
    
*Its translation of Luke 2:1-5 (the census at the time of the birth of Jesus) by the New American Bible uses the word "enrollment" instead of "census", and uses the word "enrolled" in instead of "registered"; these terms are unfamiliar to most young people who think that enrollment refers to school and do not connect the terms with a census:<ref>http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/luke/luke2.htm</ref>
 
*Its translation of Luke 2:1-5 (the census at the time of the birth of Jesus) by the New American Bible uses the word "enrollment" instead of "census", and uses the word "enrolled" in instead of "registered"; these terms are unfamiliar to most young people who think that enrollment refers to school and do not connect the terms with a census:<ref>http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/luke/luke2.htm</ref>
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