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In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. The World English Bible translates the passage as: How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life! Few are those who find it. The Novum Testamentum Graece text is:
Read these Bible verses about stress to help you deal with and manage any anxiety you may have. Leave your troubles with the Lord with the aid of God's word.
In those other places the verse is an attack on the Pharisees, but here it targets false Christian prophets. Matthew also differs in wording from Luke 6:44. In Luke Jesus' words are a declarative statement, while in Matthew they are a rhetorical question. Matthew reverses the order of the grapes and figs from Luke.
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads: 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. The World English Bible translates the passage as: 7 "Ask, and it will be given ...
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges notes that this was "the very least the slave could have done, [as] to make money in this way required no personal exertion or intelligence", [16] and Johann Bengel commented that the labour of digging a hole and burying the talent was greater than the labour involved in going to the bankers.
Humans have the ability to farm, to store food in barns, and to plan for the future. Birds have no such gifts and their lives are ones of hard work for little reward. Despite these greater burdens birds have, they are not anxious about the future. [3] This verse is paralleled in Luke 12:23, but Luke has ravens instead of birds. Harrington notes ...
will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. The World English Bible translates the passage as: “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God ...
This word refers to a large, dark-brown animal that lives in (or around) African rivers. They are renowned for their barrel-shaped bodies, enormous heads and short legs.