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| | |[[Luke 9-16 (Translated)#14:26|Luke 14:26]] | | |[[Luke 9-16 (Translated)#14:26|Luke 14:26]] |
| | |Its translation 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 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. |
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| − | | + | |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 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":
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| | ::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) | | ::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) |
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| | ::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]]) | | ::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"):
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| | + | |John 12:24 |
| | + | |The translation 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"): |
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| | :: "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'''." | | :: "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'''." |
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| | *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 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]]): |
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