Then God said, “Let the water be filled with many living things. And let there be birds to fly in the air over the earth.”
Leviticus 11:29 - Easy To Read Version “These crawling animals are unclean [139] for you: moles, mice, all kinds of great lizards, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition These also are unclean to you among the creeping things [that multiply greatly] and creep upon the ground: the weasel, the mouse, any kind of great lizard, American Standard Version (1901) And these are they which are unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the great lizard after its kind, Common English Bible The following are unclean for you among the small creatures that move about on the ground: the rat, the mouse, any kind of large lizard, Catholic Public Domain Version Likewise, these shall be considered among the polluted things, out of all that moves upon the earth: the weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, each one according to its kind, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version These also shall be reckoned among unclean things, of all that move upon the earth. The weasel, and the mouse, and the crocodile, every one according to their kind: |
Then God said, “Let the water be filled with many living things. And let there be birds to fly in the air over the earth.”
Evil people brag about the things they want.\par And those greedy people curse God.\par In this way, the evil people show that\par they hate the Lord.\par
lizards are small enough to catch with your hands but you can find them living in kings’ homes.\par
Those people wash themselves to make themselves pure for worshiping in their special gardens. {\cf2\super [479]} These people follow each other into their special gardens. Then they worship their idols. But, the Lord will destroy all those people.
If any person picks up their dead bodies, that person must wash his clothes. That person will be unclean until evening. Those animals are unclean to you.
Why? Because the Lord All-Powerful is saying these things! In just a little while, I will once again shake things up! I will shake heaven and earth. And I will shake the sea and the dry land!
Then Jesus said to them. “Be careful and guard against all kinds of greed. A person does not get life from the many things he owns.”
The Pharisees {\cf2\super [262]} were listening to all these things. The Pharisees criticized Jesus because they all loved money.
Jesus answered, “Why are you looking for me? Are you looking for me because you saw me do miracles {\cf2\super [86]} that prove my power? No! I tell you the truth. You are looking for me because you ate the bread and you were satisfied (full).
After Jesus said these things, many of his followers left him. They stopped following Jesus.
Then we will not still be babies. We will not be people who change like a ship that the waves carry one way and then another. We will not be influenced (changed) by every new teaching we hear from people who try to fool us. Those people make plans and try any kind of trick to fool people into following the wrong way.
The way these people live is leading them to destruction. They don’t serve God. Those people live only to please themselves. They do shameful things, and they are proud of those things. They think only about earthly things.
So put all evil things out of your life: sexual sinning, doing evil, letting evil thoughts control you, wanting things that are evil, and selfishly wanting more and more. This wanting really means to live serving a false god.
Keep your lives free from the love of money. And be satisfied with the things you have. God has said,