The Message Bible MSG
The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 He said to his disciples, "Hard trials and temptations are bound to come, but too bad for whoever brings them on!
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et ad discipulos suos ait inpossibile est ut non veniant scandala vae autem illi per quem veniunt
2 Better to wear a millstone necklace and take a swim in the deep blue sea than give even one of these dear little ones a hard time!
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utilius est illi si lapis molaris inponatur circa collum eius et proiciatur in mare quam ut scandalizet unum de pusillis istis
3 "Be alert. If you see your friend going wrong, correct him. If he responds, forgive him.
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adtendite vobis si peccaverit frater tuus increpa illum et si paenitentiam egerit dimitte illi
4 Even if it's personal against you and repeated seven times through the day, and seven times he says, 'I'm sorry, I won't do it again,' forgive him."
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et si septies in die peccaverit in te et septies in die conversus fuerit ad te dicens paenitet me dimitte illi
5 The apostles came up and said to the Master, "Give us more faith."
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et dixerunt apostoli Domino adauge nobis fidem
6 But the Master said, "You don't need more faith. There is no 'more' or 'less' in faith. If you have a bare kernel of faith, say the size of a poppy seed, you could say to this sycamore tree, 'Go jump in the lake,' and it would do it.
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dixit autem Dominus si haberetis fidem sicut granum sinapis diceretis huic arbori moro eradicare et transplantare in mare et oboediret vobis
7 "Suppose one of you has a servant who comes in from plowing the field or tending the sheep. Would you take his coat, set the table, and say, 'Sit down and eat'?
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quis autem vestrum habens servum arantem aut pascentem qui regresso de agro dicet illi statim transi recumbe
8 Wouldn't you be more likely to say, 'Prepare dinner; change your clothes and wait table for me until I've finished my coffee; then go to the kitchen and have your supper'?
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et non dicet ei para quod cenem et praecinge te et ministra mihi donec manducem et bibam et post haec tu manducabis et bibes
9 Does the servant get special thanks for doing what's expected of him?
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numquid gratiam habet servo illi quia fecit quae sibi imperaverat non puto
10 It's the same with you. When you've done everything expected of you, be matter-of-fact and say, 'The work is done. What we were told to do, we did.'"
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sic et vos cum feceritis omnia quae praecepta sunt vobis dicite servi inutiles sumus quod debuimus facere fecimus
11 It happened that as he made his way toward Jerusalem, he crossed over the border between Samaria and Galilee.
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et factum est dum iret in Hierusalem transiebat per mediam Samariam et Galilaeam
12 As he entered a village, ten men, all lepers, met him. They kept their distance
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et cum ingrederetur quoddam castellum occurrerunt ei decem viri leprosi qui steterunt a longe
13 but raised their voices, calling out, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"
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et levaverunt vocem dicentes Iesu praeceptor miserere nostri
14 Taking a good look at them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests."
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quos ut vidit dixit ite ostendite vos sacerdotibus et factum est dum irent mundati sunt
15 One of them, when he realized that he was healed, turned around and came back, shouting his gratitude, glorifying God.
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unus autem ex illis ut vidit quia mundatus est regressus est cum magna voce magnificans Deum
16 He kneeled at Jesus' feet, so grateful. He couldn't thank him enough - and he was a Samaritan.
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et cecidit in faciem ante pedes eius gratias agens et hic erat Samaritanus
17 Jesus said, "Were not ten healed? Where are the nine?
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respondens autem Iesus dixit nonne decem mundati sunt et novem ubi sunt
18 Can none be found to come back and give glory to God except this outsider?"
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non est inventus qui rediret et daret gloriam Deo nisi hic alienigena
19 Then he said to him, "Get up. On your way. Your faith has healed and saved you."
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et ait illi surge vade quia fides tua te salvum fecit
20 Jesus, grilled by the Pharisees on when the kingdom of God would come, answered, "The kingdom of God doesn't come by counting the days on the calendar.
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interrogatus autem a Pharisaeis quando venit regnum Dei respondit eis et dixit non venit regnum Dei cum observatione
21 Nor when someone says, 'Look here!' or, 'There it is!' And why? Because God's kingdom is already among you."
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neque dicent ecce hic aut ecce illic ecce enim regnum Dei intra vos est
22 He went on to say to his disciples, "The days are coming when you are going to be desperately homesick for just a glimpse of one of the days of the Son of Man, and you won't see a thing.
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et ait ad discipulos venient dies quando desideretis videre unum diem Filii hominis et non videbitis
23 And they'll say to you, 'Look over there!' or, 'Look here!' Don't fall for any of that nonsense.
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et dicent vobis ecce hic ecce illic nolite ire neque sectemini
24 The arrival of the Son of Man is not something you go out to see. He simply comes.
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nam sicut fulgur coruscans de sub caelo in ea quae sub caelo sunt fulget ita erit Filius hominis in die sua
25 But first it's necessary that he suffer many things and be turned down by the people of today.
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primum autem oportet illum multa pati et reprobari a generatione hac
26 "The time of the Son of Man will be just like the time of Noah -
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et sicut factum est in diebus Noe ita erit et in diebus Filii hominis
27 everyone carrying on as usual, having a good time right up to the day Noah boarded the ship. They suspected nothing until the flood hit and swept everything away.
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edebant et bibebant uxores ducebant et dabantur ad nuptias usque in diem qua intravit Noe in arcam et venit diluvium et perdidit omnes
28 "It was the same in the time of Lot - the people carrying on, having a good time, business as usual
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similiter sicut factum est in diebus Loth edebant et bibebant emebant et vendebant plantabant aedificabant
29 right up to the day Lot walked out of Sodom and a firestorm swept down and burned everything to a crisp.
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qua die autem exiit Loth a Sodomis pluit ignem et sulphur de caelo et omnes perdidit
30 That's how it will be - sudden, total - when the Son of Man is revealed.
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secundum haec erit qua die Filius hominis revelabitur
31 "When the Day arrives and you're out working in the yard, don't run into the house to get anything. And if you're out in the field, don't go back and get your coat.
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in illa hora qui fuerit in tecto et vasa eius in domo ne descendat tollere illa et qui in agro similiter non redeat retro
32 Remember what happened to Lot's wife!
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memores estote uxoris Loth
33 If you grasp and cling to life on your terms, you'll lose it, but if you let that life go, you'll get life on God's terms.
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quicumque quaesierit animam suam salvare perdet illam et qui perdiderit illam vivificabit eam
34 "On that Day, two men will be in the same boat fishing - one taken, the other left.
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dico vobis illa nocte erunt duo in lecto uno unus adsumetur et alter relinquetur
35 Two women will be working in the same kitchen - one taken, the other left."
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duae erunt molentes in unum una adsumetur et altera relinquetur duo in agro unus adsumetur et alter relinquetur
37 Trying to take all this in, the disciples said, "Master, where?" He told them, "Watch for the circling of the vultures. They'll spot the corpse first. The action will begin around my dead body."
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qui dixit eis ubicumque fuerit corpus illuc congregabuntur aquilae
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