The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
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8 "Moreover, I tell you, whoever acknowledges me in the presence of others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of God's angels.
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“I tell you, whoever publicly acknowledges me before others, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before the angels of God.
9 But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned before God's angels.
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But whoever disowns me before others will be disowned before the angels of God.
10 Also, everyone who says something against the Son of Man will have it forgiven him; but whoever has blasphemed the Ruach HaKodesh will not be forgiven.
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And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11 "When they bring you before the synagogues and the ruling powers and the authorities, don't worry about how you will defend yourself or what you will say;
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“When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say,
12 because when the time comes, the Ruach HaKodesh will teach you what you need to say."
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for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say.”
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, "Rabbi, tell my brother to share with me the property we inherited."
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Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14 But Yeshua answered him, "My friend, who appointed me judge or arbitrator over you?"
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Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?”
15 Then to the people he said, "Be careful to guard against all forms of greed, because even if someone is rich, his life does not consist in what he owns."
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Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
16 And he gave them this illustration: "There was a man whose land was very productive.
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And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest.
17 He debated with himself, `What should I do? I haven't enough room for all my crops.'
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He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
18 Then he said, `This is what I will do: I'll tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and I'll store all my wheat and other goods there.
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“Then he said, ‘This is what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store my surplus grain.
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