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Acts 20:27

New International Reader's Version

I haven’t let anyone keep me from telling you everything God wants you to do.

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Be glad because of what the Lord has done for you. Be joyful, you who do what is right! Sing, all you whose hearts are honest!

I haven’t kept to myself that what you did for me was right. I have spoken about how faithful you were when you saved me. I haven’t hidden your love and your faithfulness from the whole community.

Suppose they had stood in my courts. Then they would have announced my message to my people. They would have turned my people from their evil ways. They would have turned them away from their sins.

The Lord said to Jeremiah, “Stand in the courtyard of my house. Speak to the people of the towns in Judah. Speak to all those who come to worship in my house. Tell them everything I command you. Do not leave out a single word.

Then Jeremiah the prophet told all this to King Zedekiah in Jerusalem.

I have told you today what the Lord your God wants you to do. But you still haven’t obeyed him. You haven’t done anything he sent me to tell you to do.

The man said to me, “Son of man, look carefully and listen closely. Pay attention to everything I show you. That is why the Lord brought you here. Tell the people of Israel everything you see.”

Teach them to obey everything I have commanded you. And you can be sure that I am always with you, to the very end.”

But the Pharisees and the authorities on the law did not accept for themselves God’s purpose. So they had not been baptized by John.

I do not call you slaves anymore. Slaves do not know their master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends. I have told you everything I learned from my Father.

“David carried out God’s purpose while he lived. Then he died. He was buried with his people. His body rotted away.

Long ago God planned that Jesus would be handed over to you. With the help of evil people, you put Jesus to death. You nailed him to the cross.

You know that nothing has kept me from preaching whatever would help you. I have taught you in public and from house to house.

In everything I did, I showed you that we must work hard and help the weak. We must remember the words of the Lord Jesus. He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

I passed on to you what I received from the Lord. On the night the Lord Jesus was handed over to his enemies, he took bread.

Instead, we have given up doing secret and shameful things. We don’t twist God’s word. In fact, we do just the opposite. We present the truth plainly. In the sight of God, we make our appeal to everyone’s sense of what is right and wrong.

Have I become your enemy now by telling you the truth?

We were also chosen to belong to him. God decided to choose us long ago in keeping with his plan. He works out everything to fit his plan and purpose.

In fact, it is just the opposite. God has approved us to preach. He has trusted us with the good news. We aren’t trying to please people. We want to please God. He tests our hearts.

Joshua read every word Moses had commanded. He read them to the whole community of Israel. That included the women and children. It also included the outsiders living among them.




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