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Matthew 7:6: 'Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.' (NIV)

Do not give that which is holy (the sacred thing) to the dogs, and do not throw your pearls before hogs, lest they trample upon them with their feet and turn and tear you in pieces. (AMP)

Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. (KJV)

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Matthew 5:32: But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, causes her to become an adulteress, and anyone who marries the divorced woman commits adultery. (NIV)

But I tell you, Whoever dismisses and repudiates and divorces his wife, except on the grounds of unfaithfulness (sexual immorality), causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a woman who has been divorced commits adultery. [Deut. 24:1-4.](AMP)

But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. (KJV)

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Isaiah 7:8: For the head of Aram is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is only Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be too shattered to be a people. (NIV)

For the head [the capital] of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is [King] Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer be a people. (AMP)

For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. (KJV)

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2 Peter 3:16: He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the other Scriptures, to their own destruction. (NIV)

Speaking of this as he does in all of his letters. There are some things in those [epistles of Paul] that are difficult to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist and misconstrue to their own utter destruction, just as [they distort and misinterpret] the rest of the Scriptures. (AMP)

As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. (KJV)

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2 Peter 1:2: Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. (NIV)

May grace (God's favor) and peace (which is perfect well-being, all necessary good, all spiritual prosperity, and freedom from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts) be multiplied to you in [the full, personal, precise, and correct] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. (AMP)

Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, (KJV)

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1 Corinthians 9:19: Though I am free and belong to no one, I have made myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible. (NIV)

For although I am free in every way from anyone's control, I have made myself a bond servant to everyone, so that I might gain the more [for Christ]. (AMP)

For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. (KJV)

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Romans 12:21: Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (NIV)

Do not let yourself be overcome by evil, but overcome (master) evil with good. (AMP)

Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. (KJV)

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Romans 9:16: It does not, therefore, depend on human desire or effort, but on God's mercy. (NIV)

So then [God's gift] is not a question of human will and human effort, but of God's mercy. [It depends not on one's own willingness nor on his strenuous exertion as in running a race, but on God's having mercy on him.](AMP)

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. (KJV)

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Acts 13:14: From Perga they went on to Pisidian Antioch. On the Sabbath they entered the synagogue and sat down. (NIV)

But they [themselves] came on from Perga and arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue there and sat down. (AMP)

But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. (KJV)

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Acts 8:4: Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. (NIV)

Now those who were scattered abroad went about [through the land from place to place] preaching the glad tidings, the Word [the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God]. (AMP)

Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. (KJV)

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John 3:10: 'You are Israel's teacher,' said Jesus, 'and do you not understand these things?' (NIV)

Jesus replied, Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet do not know nor understand these things? [Are they strange to you?](AMP)

Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? (KJV)

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Luke 24:45: Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures. (NIV)

Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, (KJV)

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Luke 18:27: Jesus replied, 'What is impossible with human beings is possible with God.' (NIV)

And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. (KJV)

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Luke 9:18: Once when Jesus was praying in private and his disciples were with him, he asked them, 'Who do the crowds say I am?' (NIV)

Now it occurred that as Jesus was praying privately, the disciples were with Him, and He asked them, Who do men say that I am? (AMP)

And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? (KJV)

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Mark 14:12: On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples asked him, 'Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?' (NIV)

On the first day [of the Feast] of Unleavened Bread, when [as was customary] they killed the Passover lamb, [Jesus'] disciples said to Him, Where do You wish us to go [and] prepare the Passover [supper] for You to eat? (AMP)

And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? (KJV)

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Matthew 1:15: Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob (NIV)

Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob (AMP)

And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; (KJV)

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Psalms 34:8: Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed are those who take refuge in him. (NIV)

O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good! Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts and takes refuge in Him. [I Pet. 2:2, 3.](AMP)

O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. (KJV)

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Exodus 1:4: Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher. (NIV)

Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. (AMP)

Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. (KJV)

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Genesis 1:6: And God said, 'Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.' (NIV)

And God said, Let there be a firmament [the expanse of the sky] in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters [below] from the waters [above]. (AMP)

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. (KJV)

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Revelation 14:1: Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. (NIV)

THEN I looked, and behold, the Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 [men] who had His name and His Father's name inscribed on their foreheads. (AMP)

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. (KJV)

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3 John 1:13: I have much to write you, but I do not want to do so with pen and ink. (NIV)

I had much [to say to you when I began] to write, but I prefer not to put it down with pen (a reed) and ink (AMP)

I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: (KJV)

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1 Peter 4:8: Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins. (NIV)

Above all things have intense and unfailing love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins [forgives and disregards the offenses of others]. [Prov. 10:12.](AMP)

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. (KJV)

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Hebrews 9:24: For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God's presence. (NIV)

For Christ (the Messiah) has not entered into a sanctuary made with [human] hands, only a copy and pattern and type of the true one, but [He has entered] into heaven itself, now to appear in the [very] presence of God on our behalf. (AMP)

For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: (KJV)

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Hebrews 2:10: In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. (NIV)

For it was an act worthy [of God] and fitting [to the divine nature] that He, for Whose sake and by Whom all things have their existence, in bringing many sons into glory, should make the Pioneer of their salvation perfect [should bring to maturity the human experience necessary to be perfectly equipped for His office as High Priest] through suffering. (AMP)

For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. (KJV)

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Titus 1:7: Since an overseer manages God's household, he must be blameless – not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain. (NIV)

For the bishop (an overseer) as God's steward must be blameless, not self-willed or arrogant or presumptuous; he must not be quick-tempered or given to drink or pugnacious (brawling, violent); he must not be grasping and greedy for filthy lucre (financial gain) (AMP)

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; (KJV)

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1 Timothy 5:17: The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching. (NIV)

Let the elders who perform the duties of their office well be considered doubly worthy of honor [and of adequate financial support], especially those who labor faithfully in preaching and teaching. (AMP)

Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. (KJV)

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Philippians 3:6: As for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless. (NIV)

As to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church, and by the Law's standard of righteousness (supposed justice, uprightness, and right standing with God) I was proven to be blameless and no fault was found with me. (AMP)

Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. (KJV)

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John 8:11: 'No one, sir,' she said. 'Then neither do I condemn you,' Jesus declared. 'Go now and leave your life of sin.'] (NIV)

She answered, No one, Lord! And Jesus said, I do not condemn you either. Go on your way and from now on sin no more. (AMP)

She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. (KJV)

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John 4:12: 'Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?' (NIV)

Are You greater than and superior to our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well and who used to drink from it himself, and his sons and his cattle also? (AMP)

Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? (KJV)

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John 3:34: For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. (NIV)

For since He Whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaims God's own message], God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly or by measure, but boundless is the gift God makes of His Spirit! [Deut. 18:18.](AMP)

For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. (KJV)

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