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Acts 24:26 - Easy To Read Version

26 But Felix had another reason for talking with Paul. Felix hoped that Paul would pay him a bribe. {\cf2\super [473]} So Felix sent for Paul often and talked with him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

26 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

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Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

26 At the same time he hoped to get money from Paul, for which reason he continued to send for him and was in his company and conversed with him often.

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American Standard Version (1901)

26 He hoped withal that money would be given him of Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.

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Common English Bible

26 At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him some money, so he often sent for him and talked with him.

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Catholic Public Domain Version

26 He was also hoping that money might be given to him by Paul, and because of this, he frequently summoned him and spoke with him.

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Acts 24:26
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An evil person accepts secret payment for cheating other people.


Those false teachers only want your money. So they will use you by telling you things that are not true. But the judgment against those false teachers has been ready for a long time. And they will not escape the One (God) who will destroy them.


“I was away \{from Jerusalem\} for many years. I went back there to bring money to my people and to give some offerings (gifts).


People are good at doing bad things\par with both hands.\par Officials ask for bribes.\par Judges take money\par to change their decisions in court.\par “Important leaders” \{don’t make\par good and fair decisions\}.\par They do whatever they want to do.\par


The judges in Jerusalem accept bribes\par to help them decide who wins in court.\par The priests in Jerusalem must be paid\par before they will teach the people.\par People must pay the prophets\par before they will look into the future.\par And then those leaders expect the Lord\par to help them. They say,\par “The Lord lives here with us.\par So nothing bad will happen to us.”\par


“Ephraim has joined their drunkenness. Let them continue to be prostitutes. Let them be with their lovers.


So they come to you like they are my people. They sit in front of you like they are my people. They hear your words. But they won’t do the things you say. They only want to do what feels good. They only want to cheat people and make more money.


“The leaders in Jerusalem are like a wolf eating the animal it has caught. Those leaders attack and kill people just to get rich.


They are like hungry dogs.\par They are never satisfied.\par The shepherds don’t know\par what they are doing.\par \{They are like their sheep\}\par that have all wandered away.\par They are greedy.\par All they want to do is satisfy themselves.\par


Good, honest people that refuse to hurt others for money—\{they will live through that fire\}. Those people refuse to take bribes. They refuse to listen to plans to murder other people. They refuse to look at plans for doing bad things.


Your rulers are rebels and friends of thieves. All of your rulers demand bribes—they accept money for doing wrong things. All of your rulers take pay for cheating people. Your rulers don’t try to help the children that have no parents. And your rulers don’t listen to the needs of the women whose husbands are dead.”


If a king is fair, then the nation will be strong. But if a king is selfish and people must pay him to do things for them, then the nation will be weak.


Many people want to be friends with a generous person. Everyone wants to be the friend of a person who gives gifts.


Some people think a bribe is like a lucky charm—wherever they go, it seems to work.


Why? Because people without God\par have nothing.\par People who love money\par will have their homes destroyed by fire.\par


Now each one of you must fear the Lord. Be careful in what you do because the Lord our God is fair. The Lord doesn’t treat some people more important than others. And he doesn’t accept money to change his judgments.”


Here I am. If I have done anything wrong, you must tell those things to the Lord and his chosen king. Did I steal anyone’s cow or donkey? Did I hurt or cheat anyone? Did I ever take money, or even a pair of shoes, to do something wrong? If I did any of these things, then I will make it right.”


But Samuel’s sons did not live the same way he did. Joel and Abijah accepted bribes. They took money secretly and changed their decisions in court. They cheated people in court.


You must always be fair. You must not favor some people over other people. You must not take money to change your mind in judgment. Money blinds the eyes of wise people and changes what a good person will say.


“If a person tries to pay you to agree with him when he is wrong, don’t accept that payment. A payment like that can blind judges so that they can’t see the truth. And a payment like that can make good people tell lies.


Then two men were there, talking with Jesus. The men were Moses and Elijah. {\cf2\super [236]}


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