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| | |Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. | | |Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. |
| − | | | + | |Jesus replied to them, "Carry on, and tell John what you have seen and heard: that the blind see, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, and the dead rise to life, and the gospel is taught to the powerless. |
| − | | | + | |πτωχός: better translation today is "powerless" rather than "poor", because the connotation is not merely financial. |
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| | |And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. | | |And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. |
| − | | | + | |Blessed is anyone who does not interfere with my word. |
| − | | | + | |σκανδαλίζω: "not interfere" rather than "not be offended"; tentatively, "me" is better translated as "word" here consistent with John 1:1. |
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| | |And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? | | |And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? |
| − | | | + | |When John's messengers left, Jesus taught the people about him, "What did you go into the desert to see? A staff broken in the wind? |
| − | | | + | |Ἰωάννης, the name for John (both the Baptist and the Apostle), literally means "Jehovah is a gracious giver"; ἔρημος is often translated as "wilderness" but "desert" is the better fit today, both literally and figuratively. "A staff broken in the wind?" needs work, but κάλαμος is better translated as a staff than as a reed. |
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