36 I tell you that on the day of judgment(A) people will have to account(B) for every careless[a] word they speak.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 12:36 Lit worthless
  2. 12:36 Lit will speak

36 But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken.

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14 The sower sows(A) the word.(B)

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14 The farmer sows the word.(A)

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47 I will show you what someone is like who comes to me, hears my words, and acts on them:(A)

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47 As for everyone who comes to me and hears my words and puts them into practice,(A) I will show you what they are like.

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21 But he replied to them, “My mother and my brothers are those who hear and do the word of God.”(A)

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21 He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear God’s word and put it into practice.”(A)

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Prologue

In the beginning(A) was the Word,(B) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.(C)

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The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word,(A) and the Word was with God,(B) and the Word was God.(C)

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22 So when he was raised from the dead,(A) his disciples remembered that he had said this,(B) and they believed the Scripture(C) and the statement Jesus had made.

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22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said.(A) Then they believed the scripture(B) and the words that Jesus had spoken.

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32 They said this so that Jesus’s words might be fulfilled indicating what kind of death he was going to die.(A)

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32 This took place to fulfill what Jesus had said about the kind of death he was going to die.(A)

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11 The people here were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, since they received the word with eagerness and examined[a] the Scriptures(A) daily to see if these things were so.

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Footnotes

  1. 17:11 Or asked about

11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica,(A) for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures(B) every day to see if what Paul said was true.(C)

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15 Be diligent to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth.(A)

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15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.(A)

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12 For the word of God is living and effective(A) and sharper than any double-edged sword,(B) penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.(C)

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12 For the word of God(A) is alive(B) and active.(C) Sharper than any double-edged sword,(D) it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.(E)

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