Mark 16:17 - Plain English Version17 And the people that believe in me will do great things with the power that I will give them, to show everyone that they are God’s people. They will force bad spirits out of people. And they will talk in different languages that they never learned. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176917 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition17 And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)17 And these signs shall accompany them that believe: in my name shall they cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues; Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible17 These signs will be associated with those who believe: they will throw out demons in my name. They will speak in new languages. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version17 Now these signs will accompany those who believe. In my name, they shall cast out demons. They will speak in new languages. Ver Capítulo |
And God gives people different jobs in his church, and he gives them the power to do those jobs. – 1st, there are Jesus’s special workers, that God sends to other places to tell people his good news. – 2nd, there are those other people that God uses to tell his messages. – 3rd, there are those people that can teach other people. – After that, there are those people that have the power to do great things. – Then there are those people that have the power to make sick people better. – And there are those people that can help other people. – And there are those people that can lead other people. – And there are those people that can talk in special languages.
The same Holy Spirit gives another person the power to do great things. And he gives another person the power to tell messages straight from God. The same Holy Spirit gives another person the power to know if something comes from God’s spirit, or if it comes from bad spirits. He gives another person the power to talk in special languages, and he gives another person the power to say what those special language words mean.
You see, a lot of people had bad spirits in them, and Philip used God’s power to force those bad spirits out of them. Those bad spirits screamed as they left those people. And Philip also used God’s power to make a lot of crippled people better, and other people that couldn’t walk because their legs were too weak, Philip made them better too.
You see, we can have power from God, but if we don’t love people, we are nothing. Suppose we talk in the languages of other people and even talk in the languages of angels, but if we don’t love people, all of that is useless. We will only be making a noise, like somebody banging a drum or hitting a bell.
Then God took him up into heaven. He is there now, sitting right next to God, on God’s right-hand side, the place where the most important person sits. And God gave Jesus the Holy Spirit, and today Jesus gave us the Holy Spirit, just like God promised. That’s the reason why you are seeing and hearing us talk in lots of languages today.