Say you are my sister, so that it may go well with me because of you and that my life may be spared on your account.”
Genesis 18:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But Sarah denied, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “Yes, you did laugh.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Sarah denied it, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And He said, No, but you did laugh. American Standard Version (1901) Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. Common English Bible Sarah lied and said, “I didn’t laugh,” because she was frightened. But he said, “No, you laughed.” Catholic Public Domain Version Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh." For she was terribly afraid. But the Lord said, "It is not so; for you did laugh." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh. For she was afraid. But the Lord said: Nay; but thou didst laugh: |
Say you are my sister, so that it may go well with me because of you and that my life may be spared on your account.”
Is anything too wonderful for the Lord? At the set time I will return to you, in due season, and Sarah shall have a son.”
Then the men set out from there, and they looked toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to set them on their way.
Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”
But he said to her, “You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Shall we receive good from God and not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Because of you we are being killed all day long and accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
No one who conceals transgressions will prosper, but one who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
At once Jesus perceived in his spirit that they were discussing these questions among themselves, and he said to them, “Why do you raise such questions in your hearts?
The woman said to Peter, “You are not also one of this man’s disciples, are you?” He said, “I am not.”
and needed no one to testify about anyone, for he himself knew what was in everyone.
Now we know that, whatever the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.