Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.”
Genesis 18:15 - English Standard Version 2016 But Sarah denied it, saying, “I did not laugh,” for she was afraid. He said, “No, but you did laugh.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Sarah denied it, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And He said, No, but you did laugh. American Standard Version (1901) Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. Common English Bible Sarah lied and said, “I didn’t laugh,” because she was frightened. But he said, “No, you laughed.” Catholic Public Domain Version Sarah denied it, saying, "I did not laugh." For she was terribly afraid. But the Lord said, "It is not so; for you did laugh." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Sara denied, saying: I did not laugh. For she was afraid. But the Lord said: Nay; but thou didst laugh: |
Say you are my sister, that it may go well with me because of you, and that my life may be spared for your sake.”
Is anything too hard for the Lord? At the appointed time I will return to you, about this time next year, and Sarah shall have a son.”
Then the men set out from there, and they looked down toward Sodom. And Abraham went with them to set them on their way.
Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”
But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Yet for your sake we are killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.
And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts?
The servant girl at the door said to Peter, “You also are not one of this man’s disciples, are you?” He said, “I am not.”
and needed no one to bear witness about man, for he himself knew what was in man.
Now we know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.