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This page contains selected passages from the Open English Translation with the passage from the OET Readers’ Version on the left, and the OET Literal Version on the right. Minimal commentary is included (only some headings)—our aim is simply to conveniently list the passages in one place so that our readers can make up their own minds about what the writer of the passage was intending to communicate.
3 Yes, first of all, I passed onto you all what I myself had received: that Messiah died for our sins as the scriptures had predicted,[ref] 4 and that he was buried and then brought back to life on the third day as per the scriptures again,[ref]
17 May the king of the ages, the indestructible, invisible, only God have all the honour and praise throughout all the ages. May it be so.
4:1 Yeshua is our high priest
14 So then, having Yeshua the son of God who came from and returned to the heavens as our high priest, we need to hold firmly to what we say we believe, 15 because we don’t have a high priest who’s not able to sympathise with our weakness, but rather who’s been tempted just like we are yet he didn’t sin.
13 No one should say ‘It’s God tempting me’ when they’re being tempted, because God can’t be tempted to do evil and he doesn’t tempt others,
12 [ref]No one has ever seen God, but when we are loving each other then God is living in us, and his love is being perfected in us.
5 There’s only one God and also one mediator between God and humankind and that’s the man Yeshua the messiah
18 Then Bileam gave his speech,
“Look here, Balak, and listen.
≈Pay attention to me, son of Tsipor.
19 God doesn’t lie because he’s not a human being,
≈and he’s not a mortal who might change his mind.
Whatever he’s said, he’ll do it.
≈Anything he promised, he’ll make it happen.
8 Although he was a son, he learnt obedience from what he suffered 9 and once he became perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all those who submitted to him
≈Haven’t you heard?
The eternal God Yahweh is the creator of one end of the earth to the other.
He doesn’t get tired
≈and he won’t become weary.
You won’t find a limit to his understanding.
7 [ref]During the time when Yeshua lived in a human body, he offered up prayers and petitions with a mighty clamour and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
7 [ref]During the time when Yeshua lived in a human body, he offered up prayers and petitions with a mighty clamour and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
5 [ref]By choosing that route, they came to a town in Samaria called Sukar, which was near the place that the patriarch Yosef had inherited from his father Yacob, 6 and Yacob’s well was there. Yeshua was tired from all the walking and was sitting by the well around midday.
≈Haven’t you heard?
The eternal God Yahweh is the creator of one end of the earth to the other.
He doesn’t get tired
≈and he won’t become weary.
You won’t find a limit to his understanding.
18 Because of this, the leaders became determined that he must be put to death—not just because he broke the rules for the rest day, but most of all because he was calling God his own father, thus making himself equal to God!
5 I am Yahweh and there’s no one else.
≈Apart from me, there’s no other God.
Even though you don’t know me,
I will strengthen you
6 so that from the east to the west they’ll know
that there’s nothing apart from me.
I’m Yahweh and there’s no other God.
7 I formed the light and created the darkness.
I bring peace and prosperity, and I cause disasters.
It’s me, Yahweh, who does all those things.
45:6 Note: We read punctuation in L differently from BHS.
31 The sky and the planet might collapse, but my teachings will never become irrelevant.
13:32 Stay alert for the coming of the master
32 [ref]“But as for the date or time when all this will happen, only the father knows that—even the son and messengers don’t know.
9 Think about what happened long ago
because I’m God and there’s no other,
≈I’m God and there’s no one like me.
10 From the beginning, I declare the end.
≈From ancient times, I announce what’s still to come.
I declare that my plan will come to be,
≈and all my intentions will be accomplished.
2:1 Yeshua heals a paralysed man
2 When Yeshua came back to Capernaum after a few days, people soon heard that he was back in the house. 2 And so many people turned up there that there wasn’t any room left—not even in the doorway. Inside, Yeshua was explaining the Scriptures to them. 3 Four men arrived, carrying a paralysed man to Yeshua, 4 but because of the crowd, they were unable to get close. So they climbed up onto the flat roof, made a hole through it, and lowered the paralysed man lying on a pallet. 5 Yeshua, observing their faith, said to the man, “Son, your sins are forgiven!”[fn]
6 But some of the religious teachers were sitting there, thinking to themselves, 7 “Why’s he talking like that? He’s seriously insulting God. There’s only one who can forgive sins, and that’s God himself.”
8 Then Yeshua, knowing in his spirit that they are thinking like that, said to them, “Why are you thinking that to yourselves? 9 Which is easier: to tell the paralysed man that his sins have been forgiven, or to tell him to pick up his bedding and walk? 10 But so you all can see that humanity’s child does have authority here on the earth to forgive sins,” he turned and said to the paralysed man, 11 “Listen. Get up, take your bedding, and go home!”
12 So the man stood up, and picked up his bedding, and went out of the house where everyone saw him and marvelled and praised God saying, “We’ve never seen anything happen like this before!”
2:5 Yeshua’s hearers would have taken this as a claim to be God, as they knew that only God could forgive sins.
9:1 Yeshua forgives and heals a paralysed man
9 So Yeshua got into a boat and crossed back over to his own city of Capernaum. 2 Some people there brought a paralysed man to him lying on a stretcher. And when Yeshua saw their faith, he said to the man, “Son, be encouraged. Your sins are forgiven.”
3 Immediately some of the law teachers said among themselves, “This man presumes to be God.”
4 But Yeshua knew their thoughts and said, “Why are you thinking evil things in your hearts? 5 Do you think it’s easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Stand up and walk’? 6 But so that you will know that humanity’s child has the authority here on earth to forgive sins,” he said, “stand up, take your stretcher, and go to your house.”
7 Then the man stood up and went off to his house. 8 The crowds were struck with fear after seeing this, yet they praised God for giving such authority to men.
5:1 A paralysed man is lowered through the roof
17 Yeshua was teaching one day, and some from the Pharisee party and some religious teachers were sitting there listening. They had come from villages all around Galilee and Yudea, and also from Yerushalem, and the power of Yahweh was there enabling Yeshua to heal people. 18 Then, look, some men turned up carrying a paralysed man on a stretcher, and they tried to bring him inside and place him in front of Yeshua 19 but because of the crowd they couldn’t find a way in. So instead, they went up the stairs to the flat roof and removed some tiles in order to let the stretcher down right in front of Yeshua. 20 When he saw their faith, he said, “Man, your sins have been forgiven.”
21 “Who’s this guy who’s insulting God?” the teachers and Pharisees started to say among themselves. “Only God is able to forgive sins.”
22 But Yeshua knew what they were thinking and saying, and answered them, “Why are you reasoning about this in your minds? 23 Which is easier to say: ‘Your sins have been forgiven,’ or ‘Stand up and walk’? 24 But I’ll demonstrate to you that humanity’s child does have the authority to forgive sins here on earth.” Then he turned to the paralysed man and told him, “Listen to me. Stand up and pick up your stretcher, then go home.”
25 Immediately the man stood up, right there in front of them all, picked up what he’d been lying on, and headed off to his home praising God. 26 Everyone was astounded and they too praised God. But there was also a feeling of fear and they said, “We’ve witnessed something out-of-the-normal today!”
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