Hebrews 12:13 - Easy To Read Version Walk (live) in the right way so that you will be saved and your weakness will not cause you to be lost. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And cut through and make firm and plain and smooth, straight paths for your feet [yes, make them safe and upright and happy paths that go in the right direction], so that the lame and halting [limbs] may not be put out of joint, but rather may be cured. American Standard Version (1901) and make straight paths for your feet, that that which is lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed. Common English Bible Make straight paths for your feet so that if any part is lame, it will be healed rather than injured more seriously. Catholic Public Domain Version and straighten the path of your feet, so that no one, being lame, may wander astray, but instead may be healed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And make straight steps with your feet: that no one, halting, may go out of the way; but rather be healed. |
Crippled people will dance like deer. And the people that can’t talk now will use their voices to sing happy songs. This will happen when springs of water begin flowing in the desert. Springs will flow in the dry land.
Then I will lead the blind people\par in a way they never knew.\par I will lead the blind people\par to places they have never been before.\par I will change darkness into light for them.\par And I will make the rough ground smooth.\par I will do the things I promised!\par And I will not leave my people.\par
Your cities have been destroyed for many, many years. But new cities will be built, and the foundations of these cities will continue for many, many years. You will be called “The One Who Fixes Fences.” And you will be called, “The One Who Builds Roads and Houses.”
But my people have forgotten about me.\par They make offerings to worthless idols.\par My people stumble in the things they do.\par They stumble about in the old paths\par of their ancestors. {\cf2\super [153]} \par My people would rather walk\par along back roads and poor highways,\par than to follow me on the good roads.\par
Every valley will be filled.\par And every mountain and hill\par will be made flat.\par Roads with turns will be made straight.\par And rough roads will be made smooth.\par
I saw what these Jews did. They were not following the truth of the Good News. {\cf2\super [17]} So I spoke to Peter in a way that all the other Jews could hear what I said. This is what I said: “Peter, you are a Jew. But you don’t live like a Jew. You live like a non-Jew. So why do you now force the non-Jewish people to live like Jews?”
Brothers and sisters, a person in your group might do something wrong. You people who are spiritual should go to the person who is sinning. You should help to make him right again. You should do this in a gentle way. But be careful! You might be tempted to sin, too.
Always tell each other the wrong things you have done. Then pray for each other. Do this so that God can heal you. When a good person prays hard, great things happen.
Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross. He did this so that we would stop living for sin and live for what is right. By his (Christ’s) wounds you were healed.