Song of Songs 8:1 I wish you’d been my twin brother, sharing with me the breasts of my mother, Playing outside in the street, kissing in plain view of everyone, and no one thi...

8:1 MSG

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The Message - I wish you’d been my twin brother, sharing with me the breasts of my mother, Playing outside in the street, kissing in plain view of everyone, and no one thinking anything of it. I’d take you by the hand and bring you home where I was raised by my mother. You’d drink my wine and kiss my cheeks.
新标点和合本 - 巴不得你像我的兄弟，像吃我母亲奶的兄弟；我在外头遇见你就与你亲嘴，谁也不轻看我。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 惟愿你像我的兄弟，像吃我母亲奶的兄弟。我在外头遇见你就与你亲吻，谁也不轻看我。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 惟愿你像我的兄弟，像吃我母亲奶的兄弟。我在外头遇见你就与你亲吻，谁也不轻看我。
当代译本 - 如果你是我的同胞兄弟就好了。这样，在外头遇见你，我也可以亲吻你，没有人会取笑我。
圣经新译本 - 但愿你像我的兄弟，像吃我母亲奶的兄弟。这样，我在外面遇见你，就可以吻你，不会被人藐视。
现代标点和合本 - 巴不得你像我的兄弟，像吃我母亲奶的兄弟，我在外头遇见你就与你亲嘴，谁也不轻看我。
和合本（拼音版） - 巴不得你像我的兄弟，像吃我母亲奶的兄弟！我在外头遇见你，就与你亲嘴，谁也不轻看我。
New International Version - If only you were to me like a brother, who was nursed at my mother’s breasts! Then, if I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
New International Reader's Version - “I wish you were like a brother to me. I wish my mother’s breasts had nursed you. Then if I found you outside, I could kiss you. No one would look down on me.
English Standard Version - Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me.
New Living Translation - Oh, I wish you were my brother, who nursed at my mother’s breasts. Then I could kiss you no matter who was watching, and no one would criticize me.
Christian Standard Bible - If only I could treat you like my brother, one who nursed at my mother’s breasts, I would find you in public and kiss you, and no one would scorn me.
New American Standard Bible - “Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother’s breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either.
New King James Version - Oh, that you were like my brother, Who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I should find you outside, I would kiss you; I would not be despised.
Amplified Bible - “Oh, that you were like a brother to me, Who nursed at the breasts of my mother. If I found you out of doors, I would kiss you; No one would blame me or despise me, either.
American Standard Version - Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me.
King James Version - O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
New English Translation - Oh, how I wish you were my little brother, nursing at my mother’s breasts; if I saw you outside, I could kiss you – surely no one would despise me!
World English Bible - Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.
新標點和合本 - 巴不得你像我的兄弟，像吃我母親奶的兄弟；我在外頭遇見你就與你親嘴，誰也不輕看我。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 惟願你像我的兄弟，像吃我母親奶的兄弟。我在外頭遇見你就與你親吻，誰也不輕看我。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 惟願你像我的兄弟，像吃我母親奶的兄弟。我在外頭遇見你就與你親吻，誰也不輕看我。
當代譯本 - 如果你是我的同胞兄弟就好了。這樣，在外頭遇見你，我也可以親吻你，沒有人會取笑我。
聖經新譯本 - 但願你像我的兄弟，像吃我母親奶的兄弟。這樣，我在外面遇見你，就可以吻你，不會被人藐視。
呂振中譯本 - 哦，巴不得你像我的兄弟，像喫我母親奶的兄弟！我在外頭遇見了你，就和你親嘴，誰也不賤視我呀！
現代標點和合本 - 巴不得你像我的兄弟，像吃我母親奶的兄弟，我在外頭遇見你就與你親嘴，誰也不輕看我。
文理和合譯本 - 願爾為我兄弟、哺我母乳、遇爾於外、則可吻爾、無人輕視、
文理委辦譯本 - 我欲視爾、若兄弟、同哺母乳、遇爾於外、則可接吻、不以為異。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 切願爾為我兄弟、我母所乳養、則我遇爾於外、雖與爾接吻、人亦不輕視我、
Nueva Versión Internacional - ¡Ah, si fueras mi propio hermano, criado a los pechos de mi madre! Al encontrarte en la calle podría besarte, y nadie me juzgaría mal.
현대인의 성경 - (여자) 만일 당신이 우리 어머니의 젖을 먹고 자란 오빠라면 내가 길거리에 서 당신을 만나 입을 맞추어도 나를 비웃는 자가 없을 것입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - О, если бы ты был мне братом, которого моя мать вскормила грудью! Тогда я, встретив тебя на улице, целовала бы тебя, и меня бы не осудили.
Восточный перевод - О, если бы ты был мне братом, которого моя мать вскормила грудью! Тогда я, встретив тебя на улице, целовала бы тебя, и меня бы не осудили.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - О, если бы ты был мне братом, которого моя мать вскормила грудью! Тогда я, встретив тебя на улице, целовала бы тебя, и меня бы не осудили.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - О, если бы ты был мне братом, которого моя мать вскормила грудью! Тогда я, встретив тебя на улице, целовала бы тебя, и меня бы не осудили.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ah, que n’es-tu mon frère allaité par ma mère ! Te rencontrant dehors, ╵je pourrais t’embrasser sans que l’on me méprise,
リビングバイブル - ああ、あなたが私のお兄さんだったらいいのに。そうしたら、あなたに口づけしているのをだれに見られても笑われませんから。
Nova Versão Internacional - Ah, quem dera você fosse meu irmão, amamentado nos seios de minha mãe! Então, se eu o encontrasse fora de casa, eu o beijaria, e ninguém me desprezaria.
Hoffnung für alle - Ach, wärst du doch mein Bruder, hätte meine Mutter dich doch gestillt! Dann könnte ich dich unbekümmert küssen, wenn wir uns auf der Straße treffen, und niemand würde Anstoß daran nehmen!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ôi, ước gì chàng là anh trai của em, người được nuôi từ bầu sữa của mẹ em. Để em có thể hôn chàng dù có người đang nhìn, không bị ai chỉ trích.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ถ้าเพียงแต่คุณเป็นพี่ชายของดิฉัน ที่ดูดนมจากอกของแม่ดิฉัน! ดิฉันก็จะจูบคุณได้ เมื่อพบคุณข้างนอก และจะไม่มีใครเหยียดหยามดิฉัน
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ฉันใคร่จะให้ท่านเป็นเสมือนพี่ชายของฉัน ซึ่งได้ดื่มน้ำนมจากอกของมารดาของฉัน ถ้าหากว่าฉันพบท่านที่ถนน ฉันจะจูบท่านได้อย่างเปิดเผย โดยไม่ถูกครหา

交叉引用

Mark 14:6 - But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why are you giving her a hard time? She has just done something wonderfully significant for me. You will have the poor with you every day for the rest of your lives. Whenever you feel like it, you can do something for them. Not so with me. She did what she could when she could—she pre-anointed my body for burial. And you can be sure that wherever in the whole world the Message is preached, what she just did is going to be talked about admiringly.”
John 13:3 - Jesus knew that the Father had put him in complete charge of everything, that he came from God and was on his way back to God. So he got up from the supper table, set aside his robe, and put on an apron. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples, drying them with his apron. When he got to Simon Peter, Peter said, “Master, you wash my feet?”
Luke 18:9 - He told his next story to some who were complacently pleased with themselves over their moral performance and looked down their noses at the common people: “Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax man. The Pharisee posed and prayed like this: ‘Oh, God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, crooks, adulterers, or, heaven forbid, like this tax man. I fast twice a week and tithe on all my income.’
John 1:14 - The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.
Song of Songs 1:2 - Kiss me—full on the mouth! Yes! For your love is better than wine, headier than your aromatic oils. The syllables of your name murmur like a meadow brook. No wonder everyone loves to say your name!
John 7:46 - The police answered, “Have you heard the way he talks? We’ve never heard anyone speak like this man.”
John 7:47 - The Pharisees said, “Are you carried away like the rest of the rabble? You don’t see any of the leaders believing in him, do you? Or any from the Pharisees? It’s only this crowd, ignorant of God’s Law, that is taken in by him—and damned.”
John 7:50 - Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus earlier and was both a ruler and a Pharisee, spoke up. “Does our Law decide about a man’s guilt without first listening to him and finding out what he is doing?”
John 7:52 - But they cut him off. “Are you also campaigning for the Galilean? Examine the evidence. See if any prophet ever comes from Galilee.” [Then they all went home.
John 9:25 - He replied, “I know nothing about that one way or the other. But I know one thing for sure: I was blind . . . I now see.”
John 9:26 - They said, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
John 9:27 - “I’ve told you over and over and you haven’t listened. Why do you want to hear it again? Are you so eager to become his disciples?”
John 9:28 - With that they jumped all over him. “You might be a disciple of that man, but we’re disciples of Moses. We know for sure that God spoke to Moses, but we have no idea where this man even comes from.”
John 9:30 - The man replied, “This is amazing! You claim to know nothing about him, but the fact is, he opened my eyes! It’s well known that God isn’t at the beck and call of sinners, but listens carefully to anyone who lives in reverence and does his will. That someone opened the eyes of a man born blind has never been heard of—ever. If this man didn’t come from God, he wouldn’t be able to do anything.”
John 9:34 - They said, “You’re nothing but dirt! How dare you take that tone with us!” Then they threw him out in the street.
John 9:35 - Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and went and found him. He asked him, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
John 9:36 - The man said, “Point him out to me, sir, so that I can believe in him.”
John 9:37 - Jesus said, “You’re looking right at him. Don’t you recognize my voice?”
John 9:38 - “Master, I believe,” the man said, and worshiped him.
Galatians 6:14 - For my part, I am going to boast about nothing but the Cross of our Master, Jesus Christ. Because of that Cross, I have been crucified in relation to the world, set free from the stifling atmosphere of pleasing others and fitting into the little patterns that they dictate. Can’t you see the central issue in all this? It is not what you and I do—submit to circumcision, reject circumcision. It is what God is doing, and he is creating something totally new, a free life! All who walk by this standard are the true Israel of God—his chosen people. Peace and mercy on them!
Luke 12:8 - “Stand up for me among the people you meet and the Son of Man will stand up for you before all God’s angels. But if you pretend you don’t know me, do you think I’ll defend you before God’s angels?
Luke 10:23 - He then turned in a private aside to his disciples. “Fortunate the eyes that see what you’re seeing! There are plenty of prophets and kings who would have given their right arm to see what you are seeing but never got so much as a glimpse, to hear what you are hearing but never got so much as a whisper.”
John 8:42 - “If God were your father,” said Jesus, “you would love me, for I came from God and arrived here. I didn’t come on my own. He sent me. Why can’t you understand one word I say? Here’s why: You can’t handle it. You’re from your father, the Devil, and all you want to do is please him. He was a killer from the very start. He couldn’t stand the truth because there wasn’t a shred of truth in him. When the Liar speaks, he makes it up out of his lying nature and fills the world with lies. I arrive on the scene, tell you the plain truth, and you refuse to have a thing to do with me. Can any one of you convict me of a single misleading word, a single sinful act? But if I’m telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? Anyone on God’s side listens to God’s words. This is why you’re not listening—because you’re not on God’s side.”
Matthew 13:16 - “But you have God-blessed eyes—eyes that see! And God-blessed ears—ears that hear! A lot of people, prophets and humble believers among them, would have given anything to see what you are seeing, to hear what you are hearing, but never had the chance.
Philippians 3:7 - The very credentials these people are waving around as something special, I’m tearing up and throwing out with the trash—along with everything else I used to take credit for. And why? Because of Christ. Yes, all the things I once thought were so important are gone from my life. Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant—dog dung. I’ve dumped it all in the trash so that I could embrace Christ and be embraced by him. I didn’t want some petty, inferior brand of righteousness that comes from keeping a list of rules when I could get the robust kind that comes from trusting Christ—God’s righteousness.
Luke 10:16 - “The one who listens to you, listens to me. The one who rejects you, rejects me. And rejecting me is the same as rejecting God, who sent me.”
Hebrews 9:27 - Everyone has to die once, then face the consequences. Christ’s death was also a one-time event, but it was a sacrifice that took care of sins forever. And so, when he next appears, the outcome for those eager to greet him is, precisely, salvation.
John 3:13 - “No one has ever gone up into the presence of God except the One who came down from that Presence, the Son of Man. In the same way that Moses lifted the serpent in the desert so people could have something to see and then believe, it is necessary for the Son of Man to be lifted up—and everyone who looks up to him, trusting and expectant, will gain a real life, eternal life.
Hebrews 2:10 - It makes good sense that the God who got everything started and keeps everything going now completes the work by making the Salvation Pioneer perfect through suffering as he leads all these people to glory. Since the One who saves and those who are saved have a common origin, Jesus doesn’t hesitate to treat them as family, saying, I’ll tell my good friends, my brothers and sisters, all I know about you; I’ll join them in worship and praise to you. Again, he puts himself in the same family circle when he says, Even I live by placing my trust in God. And yet again, I’m here with the children God gave me.
Hebrews 2:14 - Since the children are made of flesh and blood, it’s logical that the Savior took on flesh and blood in order to rescue them by his death. By embracing death, taking it into himself, he destroyed the Devil’s hold on death and freed all who cower through life, scared to death of death.
Luke 7:48 - Then he spoke to her: “I forgive your sins.”
Isaiah 66:12 - God’s Message: “I’ll pour robust well-being into her like a river, the glory of nations like a river in flood. You’ll nurse at her breasts, nestle in her bosom, and be bounced on her knees. As a mother comforts her child, so I’ll comfort you. You will be comforted in Jerusalem.”
Malachi 3:1 - “Look! I’m sending my messenger on ahead to clear the way for me. Suddenly, out of the blue, the Leader you’ve been looking for will enter his Temple—yes, the Messenger of the Covenant, the one you’ve been waiting for. Look! He’s on his way!” A Message from the mouth of God-of-the-Angel-Armies.
Psalms 45:10 - “Now listen, daughter, don’t miss a word: forget your country, put your home behind you. Be here—the king is wild for you. Since he’s your lord, adore him. Wedding gifts pour in from Tyre; rich guests shower you with presents.”
Zechariah 9:9 - “Shout and cheer, Daughter Zion! Raise your voice, Daughter Jerusalem! Your king is coming! a good king who makes all things right, a humble king riding a donkey, a mere colt of a donkey. I’ve had it with war—no more chariots in Ephraim, no more war horses in Jerusalem, no more swords and spears, bows and arrows. He will offer peace to the nations, a peaceful rule worldwide, from the four winds to the seven seas.

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交叉引用

The Message - I wish you’d been my twin brother, sharing with me the breasts of my mother, Playing outside in the street, kissing in plain view of everyone, and no one thinking anything of it. I’d take you by the hand and bring you home where I was raised by my mother. You’d drink my wine and kiss my cheeks.
新标点和合本 - 巴不得你像我的兄弟，像吃我母亲奶的兄弟；我在外头遇见你就与你亲嘴，谁也不轻看我。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 惟愿你像我的兄弟，像吃我母亲奶的兄弟。我在外头遇见你就与你亲吻，谁也不轻看我。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 惟愿你像我的兄弟，像吃我母亲奶的兄弟。我在外头遇见你就与你亲吻，谁也不轻看我。
当代译本 - 如果你是我的同胞兄弟就好了。这样，在外头遇见你，我也可以亲吻你，没有人会取笑我。
圣经新译本 - 但愿你像我的兄弟，像吃我母亲奶的兄弟。这样，我在外面遇见你，就可以吻你，不会被人藐视。
现代标点和合本 - 巴不得你像我的兄弟，像吃我母亲奶的兄弟，我在外头遇见你就与你亲嘴，谁也不轻看我。
和合本（拼音版） - 巴不得你像我的兄弟，像吃我母亲奶的兄弟！我在外头遇见你，就与你亲嘴，谁也不轻看我。
New International Version - If only you were to me like a brother, who was nursed at my mother’s breasts! Then, if I found you outside, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
New International Reader's Version - “I wish you were like a brother to me. I wish my mother’s breasts had nursed you. Then if I found you outside, I could kiss you. No one would look down on me.
English Standard Version - Oh that you were like a brother to me who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outside, I would kiss you, and none would despise me.
New Living Translation - Oh, I wish you were my brother, who nursed at my mother’s breasts. Then I could kiss you no matter who was watching, and no one would criticize me.
Christian Standard Bible - If only I could treat you like my brother, one who nursed at my mother’s breasts, I would find you in public and kiss you, and no one would scorn me.
New American Standard Bible - “Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother’s breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either.
New King James Version - Oh, that you were like my brother, Who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I should find you outside, I would kiss you; I would not be despised.
Amplified Bible - “Oh, that you were like a brother to me, Who nursed at the breasts of my mother. If I found you out of doors, I would kiss you; No one would blame me or despise me, either.
American Standard Version - Oh that thou wert as my brother, That sucked the breasts of my mother! When I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; Yea, and none would despise me.
King James Version - O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.
New English Translation - Oh, how I wish you were my little brother, nursing at my mother’s breasts; if I saw you outside, I could kiss you – surely no one would despise me!
World English Bible - Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.
新標點和合本 - 巴不得你像我的兄弟，像吃我母親奶的兄弟；我在外頭遇見你就與你親嘴，誰也不輕看我。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 惟願你像我的兄弟，像吃我母親奶的兄弟。我在外頭遇見你就與你親吻，誰也不輕看我。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 惟願你像我的兄弟，像吃我母親奶的兄弟。我在外頭遇見你就與你親吻，誰也不輕看我。
當代譯本 - 如果你是我的同胞兄弟就好了。這樣，在外頭遇見你，我也可以親吻你，沒有人會取笑我。
聖經新譯本 - 但願你像我的兄弟，像吃我母親奶的兄弟。這樣，我在外面遇見你，就可以吻你，不會被人藐視。
呂振中譯本 - 哦，巴不得你像我的兄弟，像喫我母親奶的兄弟！我在外頭遇見了你，就和你親嘴，誰也不賤視我呀！
現代標點和合本 - 巴不得你像我的兄弟，像吃我母親奶的兄弟，我在外頭遇見你就與你親嘴，誰也不輕看我。
文理和合譯本 - 願爾為我兄弟、哺我母乳、遇爾於外、則可吻爾、無人輕視、
文理委辦譯本 - 我欲視爾、若兄弟、同哺母乳、遇爾於外、則可接吻、不以為異。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 切願爾為我兄弟、我母所乳養、則我遇爾於外、雖與爾接吻、人亦不輕視我、
Nueva Versión Internacional - ¡Ah, si fueras mi propio hermano, criado a los pechos de mi madre! Al encontrarte en la calle podría besarte, y nadie me juzgaría mal.
현대인의 성경 - (여자) 만일 당신이 우리 어머니의 젖을 먹고 자란 오빠라면 내가 길거리에 서 당신을 만나 입을 맞추어도 나를 비웃는 자가 없을 것입니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - О, если бы ты был мне братом, которого моя мать вскормила грудью! Тогда я, встретив тебя на улице, целовала бы тебя, и меня бы не осудили.
Восточный перевод - О, если бы ты был мне братом, которого моя мать вскормила грудью! Тогда я, встретив тебя на улице, целовала бы тебя, и меня бы не осудили.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - О, если бы ты был мне братом, которого моя мать вскормила грудью! Тогда я, встретив тебя на улице, целовала бы тебя, и меня бы не осудили.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - О, если бы ты был мне братом, которого моя мать вскормила грудью! Тогда я, встретив тебя на улице, целовала бы тебя, и меня бы не осудили.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Ah, que n’es-tu mon frère allaité par ma mère ! Te rencontrant dehors, ╵je pourrais t’embrasser sans que l’on me méprise,
リビングバイブル - ああ、あなたが私のお兄さんだったらいいのに。そうしたら、あなたに口づけしているのをだれに見られても笑われませんから。
Nova Versão Internacional - Ah, quem dera você fosse meu irmão, amamentado nos seios de minha mãe! Então, se eu o encontrasse fora de casa, eu o beijaria, e ninguém me desprezaria.
Hoffnung für alle - Ach, wärst du doch mein Bruder, hätte meine Mutter dich doch gestillt! Dann könnte ich dich unbekümmert küssen, wenn wir uns auf der Straße treffen, und niemand würde Anstoß daran nehmen!
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Ôi, ước gì chàng là anh trai của em, người được nuôi từ bầu sữa của mẹ em. Để em có thể hôn chàng dù có người đang nhìn, không bị ai chỉ trích.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - ถ้าเพียงแต่คุณเป็นพี่ชายของดิฉัน ที่ดูดนมจากอกของแม่ดิฉัน! ดิฉันก็จะจูบคุณได้ เมื่อพบคุณข้างนอก และจะไม่มีใครเหยียดหยามดิฉัน
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ฉันใคร่จะให้ท่านเป็นเสมือนพี่ชายของฉัน ซึ่งได้ดื่มน้ำนมจากอกของมารดาของฉัน ถ้าหากว่าฉันพบท่านที่ถนน ฉันจะจูบท่านได้อย่างเปิดเผย โดยไม่ถูกครหา

Mark 14:6 - But Jesus said, “Let her alone. Why are you giving her a hard time? She has just done something wonderfully significant for me. You will have the poor with you every day for the rest of your lives. Whenever you feel like it, you can do something for them. Not so with me. She did what she could when she could—she pre-anointed my body for burial. And you can be sure that wherever in the whole world the Message is preached, what she just did is going to be talked about admiringly.”
John 13:3 - Jesus knew that the Father had put him in complete charge of everything, that he came from God and was on his way back to God. So he got up from the supper table, set aside his robe, and put on an apron. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the feet of the disciples, drying them with his apron. When he got to Simon Peter, Peter said, “Master, you wash my feet?”
Luke 18:9 - He told his next story to some who were complacently pleased with themselves over their moral performance and looked down their noses at the common people: “Two men went up to the Temple to pray, one a Pharisee, the other a tax man. The Pharisee posed and prayed like this: ‘Oh, God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, crooks, adulterers, or, heaven forbid, like this tax man. I fast twice a week and tithe on all my income.’
John 1:14 - The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood. We saw the glory with our own eyes, the one-of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and out, true from start to finish.
Song of Songs 1:2 - Kiss me—full on the mouth! Yes! For your love is better than wine, headier than your aromatic oils. The syllables of your name murmur like a meadow brook. No wonder everyone loves to say your name!
John 7:46 - The police answered, “Have you heard the way he talks? We’ve never heard anyone speak like this man.”
John 7:47 - The Pharisees said, “Are you carried away like the rest of the rabble? You don’t see any of the leaders believing in him, do you? Or any from the Pharisees? It’s only this crowd, ignorant of God’s Law, that is taken in by him—and damned.”
John 7:50 - Nicodemus, the man who had come to Jesus earlier and was both a ruler and a Pharisee, spoke up. “Does our Law decide about a man’s guilt without first listening to him and finding out what he is doing?”
John 7:52 - But they cut him off. “Are you also campaigning for the Galilean? Examine the evidence. See if any prophet ever comes from Galilee.” [Then they all went home.
John 9:25 - He replied, “I know nothing about that one way or the other. But I know one thing for sure: I was blind . . . I now see.”
John 9:26 - They said, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
John 9:27 - “I’ve told you over and over and you haven’t listened. Why do you want to hear it again? Are you so eager to become his disciples?”
John 9:28 - With that they jumped all over him. “You might be a disciple of that man, but we’re disciples of Moses. We know for sure that God spoke to Moses, but we have no idea where this man even comes from.”
John 9:30 - The man replied, “This is amazing! You claim to know nothing about him, but the fact is, he opened my eyes! It’s well known that God isn’t at the beck and call of sinners, but listens carefully to anyone who lives in reverence and does his will. That someone opened the eyes of a man born blind has never been heard of—ever. If this man didn’t come from God, he wouldn’t be able to do anything.”
John 9:34 - They said, “You’re nothing but dirt! How dare you take that tone with us!” Then they threw him out in the street.
John 9:35 - Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and went and found him. He asked him, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
John 9:36 - The man said, “Point him out to me, sir, so that I can believe in him.”
John 9:37 - Jesus said, “You’re looking right at him. Don’t you recognize my voice?”
John 9:38 - “Master, I believe,” the man said, and worshiped him.
Galatians 6:14 - For my part, I am going to boast about nothing but the Cross of our Master, Jesus Christ. Because of that Cross, I have been crucified in relation to the world, set free from the stifling atmosphere of pleasing others and fitting into the little patterns that they dictate. Can’t you see the central issue in all this? It is not what you and I do—submit to circumcision, reject circumcision. It is what God is doing, and he is creating something totally new, a free life! All who walk by this standard are the true Israel of God—his chosen people. Peace and mercy on them!
Luke 12:8 - “Stand up for me among the people you meet and the Son of Man will stand up for you before all God’s angels. But if you pretend you don’t know me, do you think I’ll defend you before God’s angels?
Luke 10:23 - He then turned in a private aside to his disciples. “Fortunate the eyes that see what you’re seeing! There are plenty of prophets and kings who would have given their right arm to see what you are seeing but never got so much as a glimpse, to hear what you are hearing but never got so much as a whisper.”
John 8:42 - “If God were your father,” said Jesus, “you would love me, for I came from God and arrived here. I didn’t come on my own. He sent me. Why can’t you understand one word I say? Here’s why: You can’t handle it. You’re from your father, the Devil, and all you want to do is please him. He was a killer from the very start. He couldn’t stand the truth because there wasn’t a shred of truth in him. When the Liar speaks, he makes it up out of his lying nature and fills the world with lies. I arrive on the scene, tell you the plain truth, and you refuse to have a thing to do with me. Can any one of you convict me of a single misleading word, a single sinful act? But if I’m telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? Anyone on God’s side listens to God’s words. This is why you’re not listening—because you’re not on God’s side.”
Matthew 13:16 - “But you have God-blessed eyes—eyes that see! And God-blessed ears—ears that hear! A lot of people, prophets and humble believers among them, would have given anything to see what you are seeing, to hear what you are hearing, but never had the chance.
Philippians 3:7 - The very credentials these people are waving around as something special, I’m tearing up and throwing out with the trash—along with everything else I used to take credit for. And why? Because of Christ. Yes, all the things I once thought were so important are gone from my life. Compared to the high privilege of knowing Christ Jesus as my Master, firsthand, everything I once thought I had going for me is insignificant—dog dung. I’ve dumped it all in the trash so that I could embrace Christ and be embraced by him. I didn’t want some petty, inferior brand of righteousness that comes from keeping a list of rules when I could get the robust kind that comes from trusting Christ—God’s righteousness.
Luke 10:16 - “The one who listens to you, listens to me. The one who rejects you, rejects me. And rejecting me is the same as rejecting God, who sent me.”
Hebrews 9:27 - Everyone has to die once, then face the consequences. Christ’s death was also a one-time event, but it was a sacrifice that took care of sins forever. And so, when he next appears, the outcome for those eager to greet him is, precisely, salvation.
John 3:13 - “No one has ever gone up into the presence of God except the One who came down from that Presence, the Son of Man. In the same way that Moses lifted the serpent in the desert so people could have something to see and then believe, it is necessary for the Son of Man to be lifted up—and everyone who looks up to him, trusting and expectant, will gain a real life, eternal life.
Hebrews 2:10 - It makes good sense that the God who got everything started and keeps everything going now completes the work by making the Salvation Pioneer perfect through suffering as he leads all these people to glory. Since the One who saves and those who are saved have a common origin, Jesus doesn’t hesitate to treat them as family, saying, I’ll tell my good friends, my brothers and sisters, all I know about you; I’ll join them in worship and praise to you. Again, he puts himself in the same family circle when he says, Even I live by placing my trust in God. And yet again, I’m here with the children God gave me.
Hebrews 2:14 - Since the children are made of flesh and blood, it’s logical that the Savior took on flesh and blood in order to rescue them by his death. By embracing death, taking it into himself, he destroyed the Devil’s hold on death and freed all who cower through life, scared to death of death.
Luke 7:48 - Then he spoke to her: “I forgive your sins.”
Isaiah 66:12 - God’s Message: “I’ll pour robust well-being into her like a river, the glory of nations like a river in flood. You’ll nurse at her breasts, nestle in her bosom, and be bounced on her knees. As a mother comforts her child, so I’ll comfort you. You will be comforted in Jerusalem.”
Malachi 3:1 - “Look! I’m sending my messenger on ahead to clear the way for me. Suddenly, out of the blue, the Leader you’ve been looking for will enter his Temple—yes, the Messenger of the Covenant, the one you’ve been waiting for. Look! He’s on his way!” A Message from the mouth of God-of-the-Angel-Armies.
Psalms 45:10 - “Now listen, daughter, don’t miss a word: forget your country, put your home behind you. Be here—the king is wild for you. Since he’s your lord, adore him. Wedding gifts pour in from Tyre; rich guests shower you with presents.”
Zechariah 9:9 - “Shout and cheer, Daughter Zion! Raise your voice, Daughter Jerusalem! Your king is coming! a good king who makes all things right, a humble king riding a donkey, a mere colt of a donkey. I’ve had it with war—no more chariots in Ephraim, no more war horses in Jerusalem, no more swords and spears, bows and arrows. He will offer peace to the nations, a peaceful rule worldwide, from the four winds to the seven seas.