Matthew 2:4 - Plain English Version4 So Herod had a meeting with the bosses of the Jewish ceremonies and the Jewish law teachers, and he asked them, “Where will that baby be born? You know, the Christ, the man that God promised to send?” Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 17694 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition4 So he called together all the chief priests and learned men (scribes) of the people and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born. Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)4 And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible4 He gathered all the chief priests and the legal experts and asked them where the Christ was to be born. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version4 And gathering together all the leaders of the priests, and the scribes of the people, he consulted with them as to where the Christ would be born. Ver Capítulo |
Some Jewish law teachers, and some of the Pharisee mob, that were strong for the Jewish law, they brought a woman to Jesus, and they told him that she did something really bad. She slept with a man that was not her husband, and she did with him what married people do together. Those men wanted to trick Jesus. They wanted Jesus to say something bad about their law so that they could take Jesus to court and get the judge to punish him. So they made the woman stand in front of everyone, and they asked Jesus a trick question. They said, “Teacher, we caught this woman sleeping with a man that is not her husband, and they were doing what married people do together. In our law, Moses said that we have to throw big stones at her to kill her dead. But what do you reckon we have to do to her?” But Jesus didn’t answer them. He got down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
Then Jesus told his followers about the bad things that were going to happen to him. He said, “I am God’s special man from heaven, but our Jewish elders, and our ceremony bosses, and our law teachers, they will all reckon I’m no good. They will hurt me badly in lots of ways, and they will kill me. I will be dead for 2 nights, then on the 3rd day I will come alive again.”
Then Jesus said, “Every teacher of our Jewish law that joins God’s family will teach new messages from God as well as old messages. Every teacher of God’s word is like a man that owns a big house. That man has a store-room in that house, where he keeps his very special things. Sometimes he brings those things out to show to his friends. He shows them new things, as well as old things.” (We have not yet translated 13:53—17:23. You can read those stories and messages in Mark 6:1—9:32.)