You have put those wicked people here.\par They are like plants with strong roots,\par they grow and produce fruit.\par With their mouths, they say that you are near and dear to them.\par But in their hearts, they are really far away from you.\par
Deuteronomy 30:14 - Easy To Read Version No, the word is very near to you! It is in your mouth and in your heart. So you can obey it! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your mind and in your heart, so that you can do it. American Standard Version (1901) But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. Common English Bible Not at all! The word is very close to you. It’s in your mouth and in your heart, waiting for you to do it. Catholic Public Domain Version Instead, the word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayst do it. |
You have put those wicked people here.\par They are like plants with strong roots,\par they grow and produce fruit.\par With their mouths, they say that you are near and dear to them.\par But in their hearts, they are really far away from you.\par
But those people won’t listen to you. They won’t stop sinning against me. Why? Because they are a very rebellious people—they always turn against me! But you must say those things so they will know that there is a prophet {\cf2\super [13]} living among them.
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.
But the things you sing about really will happen. And then the people will know that there really was a prophet living among them!’”
“Not every person that says that I am his Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven. The only people that will enter the kingdom of heaven are those people that do the things that my Father in heaven wants.
If you really believed Moses, you would believe me. Why? Because Moses wrote about me.
“My brothers, sons in the family of Abraham, {\cf2\super [267]} and you non-Jews who also worship the true God, listen! The news about this salvation has been sent to us.
This command is not on the other side of the sea so that you should say, ‘Who will go across the sea for us and bring it to us, so that we can hear it and do it?’
“Today I have given you a choice between life and death, good and evil.