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*Its translation of [[Luke 9-16 (Translated)#14:26|Luke 14:26]] urges the incorrect "hate" with respect to other family members, rather than the truer meaning of wrongly putting someone else's interests above God's.

*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.

 

 

*In Mark 6:4, an awkward [[compound negative]] is used that obscures the meaning:

*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.

::Jesus said to them, "A prophet is '''not without''' honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house.

*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>

:The [[NIV]] and [[New Jerusalem Bible]] remove the compound negative and say it directly, as in the NIV version:

::In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled.  This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria.  So all went to be '''enrolled''', each to his own town. c And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.

::Jesus said to them, "Only in his hometown, among his relatives and in his own home is a prophet without honor.

*The translation of Mark 9:3 (the transfiguration of Jesus) uses the word "fuller", an Old English word dating prior to 1100 which meant someone who cleans or bleaches clothes:

*The translation of Mark 9:3 (the transfiguration of Jesus) uses the word "fuller", an Old English word dating prior to 1100 which meant someone who cleans or bleaches clothes:

::"As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead."<ref>http://nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/mark/mark9.htm</ref>

::"As they were coming down from the mountain, he charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone, except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead."<ref>http://nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/mark/mark9.htm</ref>

::"... [Christ] offered prayers and supplications ...."

 

::[The angel] said to them, "Do not be amazed!  You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here. Behold, the place where they had laid him."

:: "Amen, Amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it '''produces much fruit'''."

*Its translation of [[Luke 9-16 (Translated)#14:26|Luke 14:26]] urges the incorrect "hate" with respect to other family members, rather than the truer meaning of wrongly putting someone else's interests above God's.

*The translation of Mark 16:6 of the angel's first communication to the holy women at the empty tomb of Jesus after the [[Resurrection]] is "do not be '''''amazed'''''," rather than "do not be '''''alarmed'''''" as translated by the Revised English Bible and New Revised Standard Version:

*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>

::[The angel] said to them, "Do not be amazed!  You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified.  He has been raised; he is not here.  Behold, the place where they had laid him."

::In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled.  This was the first enrollment, when Quirinius was governor of Syria.  So all went to be '''enrolled''', each to his own town. c And Joseph too went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, to be enrolled with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.

*In Acts 2:11, which describes the [[Pentecost]], in which the [[Apostles]] spoke in away that enabled listeners having different tongues or languages to understand.  The commonly understood term is "language", and the word "tongue" is now arcane.  Yet many translations, including the New American Bible and the [[NIV]], still use "tongue" even where "language" would be clearer:

*In John 6:10, the misleading term "recline" is used to describe the sitting down of the large crowd before the multiplication of the loaves, and virtually every other translation uses "sit down":

::"... both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God."

::Jesus said, "Have the people recline."  Now there was a great deal of grass in that place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number. (New American Bible)

:The [[New Jerusalem Bible]], the [[New Revised Standard Version]] and the [[Holman Christian Standard Bible]] all use the more modern term of "languages" in that verse rather than "tongues".

::Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." There was plenty of grass there, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them. ([[Revised English Bible]])

*The translation of John 12:24 describes a grain of wheat as bearing "fruit", which strikes the average listener as a mistake (the [[Revised English Bible]] translates the "produces much fruit" phrase as "bears a rich harvest" and the [[NIV]] is clearer still by translating it as "produces many seeds"):

*In Mark 6:4, an awkward [[compound negative]] is used that obscures the meaning:

:: "Amen, Amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it '''produces much fruit'''."

::Jesus said to them, "A prophet is '''not without''' honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own house.

*The translation of Hebrews 5:7 uses the obscure word "supplication", which most young people have never heard before (the term is translated as "petitions" in the [[Revised English Bible]] and [[NIV]]):

:The [[NIV]] and [[New Jerusalem Bible]] remove the compound negative and say it directly, as in the NIV version:

::"... [Christ] offered prayers and supplications ...."

::Jesus said to them, "Only in his hometown, among his relatives and in his own home is a prophet without honor.

*The translation of Acts 9:31, which explains the growth of early Christianity after the acceptance of Saul (Paul), says that the church was built up "with the consolation of the holy Spirit," when most other translations use the clearer term "encouraged" by the Holy Spirit.

*In John 6:10, the misleading term "recline" is used to describe the sitting down of the large crowd before the multiplication of the loaves, and virtually every other translation uses "sit down":

*In Acts 2:11, which describes the [[Pentecost]], in which the [[Apostles]] spoke in away that enabled listeners having different tongues or languages to understand.  The commonly understood term is "language", and the word "tongue" is now arcane.  Yet many translations, including the New American Bible and the [[NIV]], still use "tongue" even where "language" would be clearer:

::Jesus said, "Have the people recline."  Now there was a great deal of grass in that place. So the men reclined, about five thousand in number. (New American Bible)

::"... both Jews and converts to Judaism, Cretans and Arabs, yet we hear them speaking in our own tongues of the mighty acts of God."

::Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." There was plenty of grass there, so the men sat down, about five thousand of them. ([[Revised English Bible]])

:The [[New Jerusalem Bible]], the [[New Revised Standard Version]] and the [[Holman Christian Standard Bible]] all use the more modern term of "languages" in that verse rather than "tongues".

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