And help my son Solomon be true to you.\par Help him always obey your commands, laws, and rules.\par Help Solomon to do these things.\par and help him build this capital city\par that I have planned.”\par
John 3:10 - Easy To Read Version Jesus said, “You are an important teacher of Israel (the Jews). But you still don’t understand these things? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jesus replied, Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet do not know nor understand these things? [Are they strange to you?] American Standard Version (1901) Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things? Common English Bible “Jesus answered, “You are a teacher of Israel and you don’t know these things? Catholic Public Domain Version Jesus responded and said to him: "You are a teacher in Israel, and you are ignorant of these things? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Jesus answered, and said to him: Art thou a master in Israel, and knowest not these things? |
And help my son Solomon be true to you.\par Help him always obey your commands, laws, and rules.\par Help Solomon to do these things.\par and help him build this capital city\par that I have planned.”\par
God, you want me to be truly loyal,\par so put true wisdom deep inside of me.\par
God is truly good to Israel.\par God is good to people\par whose hearts are pure.\par
The guards (prophets) are all blind.\par They don’t know what they are doing.\par They are like dogs that won’t bark.\par They lie on the ground and sleep.\par Oh, they love to sleep.\par
The men that lead the people are leading them the wrong way. And the people that follow them will be destroyed.
“In the future, I will make this Agreement {\cf2\super [261]} with the people of Israel.” This message is from the Lord. “I will put my teachings in their minds, and I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
I will bring them together and make them like one person. I will put a new spirit {\cf2\super [98]} in them. I will take away that heart of stone, and I will put a real heart in its place.
Then Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth. I praise you because you have hidden these things from the wise and smart people. But you have shown these things to people that are like little children.
Stay away from the Pharisees. {\cf2\super [208]} They lead the people, but they are like blind men leading other blind men. And if a blind man leads another blind man, then both men will fall into a hole.”
Jesus answered, “You don’t understand because you don’t know what the Scriptures {\cf2\super [313]} say. And you don’t know about the power of God.
After three days they found him. Jesus was sitting in the temple {\cf2\super [42]} area with the religious teachers, listening and asking them questions.
One day Jesus was teaching the people. The Pharisees {\cf2\super [94]} and teachers of the law were sitting there too. They had come from every town in Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. The Lord (God) was giving Jesus the power to heal people.
One of the Pharisees {\cf2\super [102]} in the meeting stood up. His name was Gamaliel. He was a teacher of the law, and all the people respected him. He told the men to make the apostles leave the meeting for a few minutes.
The Lord your God will make you and your descendants want to obey him. [198] Then you will love the Lord with all your heart. And you will live!
But we are the people who are truly circumcised. {\cf2\super [16]} We worship (serve) God through his Spirit. {\cf2\super [17]} We are proud to be in Christ Jesus. And we don’t trust in ourselves or anything we can do.
In Christ you had a different kind of circumcision. {\cf2\super [9]} That circumcision was not done by the hands of any person. I mean you were made free from the power of your sinful self. That is the kind of circumcision Christ does.