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Ptyon, the word translated as winnowing fork in the World English Bible is a tool similar to a pitchfork that would be used to lift harvested wheat up into the air into the wind. The wind would then blow away the lighter chaff allowing the edible grains to fall to the threshing floor , a large flat surface.
Catherine Kroeger, in one of her articles, points out that authentein is a rare Greek verb found only here in the entire Bible. She writes that in extra-biblical literature—the only other places it can be found, the word is ordinarily translated 'to bear rule' or 'to usurp authority'.
So, therefore, the rent is made worse. MacEvilly further points out that parable connects to the verse before, that Christ does not enjoin strict fasting on his new disciples, preferring rather they do so of their own free will out of love for him, which they do later (see Acts 13:2, 3; 2 Cor. 11:27; Acts 27:9).
For it is not ye who speak, but the Spirit of your Father that speaketh in you." [2] Saint Remigius: "Meaning, Ye indeed go out to the battle, but it is I who fight; you utter the words, but it is I who speak. Hence Paul speaks, Seek ye a proof of Christ who speaketh in me?
book chapter:verse 1 –verse 2 for a range of verses (John 3:16–17); book chapter:verse 1,verse 2 for multiple disjoint verses (John 6:14, 44). The range delimiter is an en-dash, and there are no spaces on either side of it. [3] This format is the one accepted by the Chicago Manual of Style to cite scriptural standard works
37:For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. The New International Version translates the passage as: 36:But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. 37:For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
Since the mid-16th century, editors have further subdivided each chapter into verses – each consisting of a few short lines or of one or more sentences. Sometimes a sentence spans more than one verse, as in the case of Ephesians 2:8–9, and sometimes there is more than one sentence in a single verse, as in the case of Genesis 1:2.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. The New International Version translates the passage as: Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.