Luke 6:47 - Easy To Read Version Every person that comes to me and listens to my teachings and obeys—I will show you what he is like: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For everyone who comes to Me and listens to My words [in order to heed their teaching] and does them, I will show you what he is like: American Standard Version (1901) Every one that cometh unto me, and heareth my words, and doeth them, I will show you to whom he is like: Common English Bible I’ll show what it’s like when someone comes to me, hears my words, and puts them into practice. Catholic Public Domain Version Anyone who comes to me, and listens to my words, and does them: I will reveal to you what he is like. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Every one that cometh to me, and heareth my words, and doth them, I will shew you to whom he is like. |
Listen closely to the things I say.\par Listen to me so your souls will live.\par Come to me and I will make an agreement\par with you that will continue forever.\par It will be like the agreement\par that I made with David.\par I promised David that I would love him\par and be loyal to him forever.\par And you can trust that agreement.\par
My true brother and sister and mother is any person that does the things my Father in heaven wants.”
While Peter was talking, a bright cloud came over them. A voice came from the cloud. The voice said, “This (Jesus) is my Son and I love him. I am very pleased with him. Obey him!”
But Jesus said, “The people that hear the teaching of God and obey it—they are the people that are truly happy!”
“If a person comes to me, but will not leave his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters, then that person cannot be my follower. A person must love me more than he loves anything—even his own life!
He is like a man building a house. He digs deep and builds his house on rock. The floods come, and the water tries to wash the house away. But the flood cannot move the house, because the house was built well (strong).
What is the seed that fell on rock? That is like the people that hear God’s teaching and accept it gladly. But these people don’t have deep roots. They believe for a while. But when trouble comes, they turn away from God.
And some seed fell on good ground. This seed grew and made 100 times more grain.”
Then Jesus said, “I am the bread that gives life. The person that comes to me will never be hungry. The person that believes in me will never be thirsty.
The Father gives me my people. Every one of those people will come to me. I will always accept every person that comes to me.
The Jews said to Jesus, “Now we know that you have a demon {\cf2\super [143]} in you! Even Abraham {\cf2\super [144]} and the prophets {\cf2\super [145]} died. But you say, ‘The person that obeys my teaching will never die.’
Then Jesus was perfect. And Jesus is the reason that all those people who obey him can have salvation forever.
And when a person knows how to do good, but does not do good, then he is sinning.
The Lord \{Jesus\} is the “stone {\cf2\super [13]} ” that lives. The people \{of the world\} decided they did not want that stone (Jesus). But he was the stone God chose. To God he was worth much. So come to him.
My brothers and sisters, God called you and chose you to be his. Do your best to live in a way that shows you really are God’s called and chosen people. If you do all those things, you will never fall.
You know that Christ is righteous (good). So you know that all people who do what is right (good) are God’s children.
Dear children, don’t let any person lead you into the wrong way. Christ is righteous (good). To be good like Christ, a person must do what is right (good).
“Those people who washed their robes {\cf2\super [174]} will be blessed. They will have the right to \{eat the food from\} the tree of life. They can go through the gates into the city.