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Mark 9-16 (Translated) (view source)
Revision as of 17:49, October 12, 2009
, 17:49, October 12, 2009→Chapter 9: Chapter 9 complete!
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|And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
|And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.
|His clothing was shining, whiter than snow, whiter than anything on Earth.
|His clothing was shining, whiter than snow, or anything else on Earth.
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|For he that is not against us is on our part.
|For he that is not against us is on our part.
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|Because he who is not our enemy is our ally.
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|For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
|For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.
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|Anyone who gives you a drink of water in my name, because you follow Christ, will not lose his reward in heaven.
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|And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
|And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
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|Anyone who corrupts or deceives a child who believes in me will wish he had had a millstone hung around his neck and had been cast into the sea.
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|"offends" has been diluted over time to mean "hurt feelings"
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|And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
|And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
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|If your hand corrupts you, cut if off. Entering eternal life maimed is better than descending to Hell with both hands intact, where the fire burns forever.
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|Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
|Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
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|There, the condemned soul does not die, but burns forever.
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|concept of "worm" is difficult, and often mistranslated. Appears to refer to a debased soul.
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|And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
|And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:
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|If your foot corrupts you, cut it off. It's better to limp into eternal life than walk steadily into Hell, into that unending fire.
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|Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
|Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
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|There, the condemned soul does not die, but burns forever.
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|And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
|And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
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|If your eye deceives you, remove it. Entering God's kingdom half-blinded is better than entering Hell's fires with sight intact.
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|Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
|Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
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|There, the condemned soul does not die, but burns forever.
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|For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
|For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
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|Everyone will be salted by fire, as every sacrifice will be salted with salt.
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|Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
|Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
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|Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how will you season the sacrifice? Have salt in yourselves, and have the divine tranquility of mind.
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|After years, I still have trouble with verses 49-50. Updating peace to avoid erroneous pacificist connotations.
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