diff --git a/41-MAT/19.usfm b/41-MAT/19.usfm index 035ec951..db101ecb 100644 --- a/41-MAT/19.usfm +++ b/41-MAT/19.usfm @@ -1,9 +1,6 @@ - \s5 \c 19 - - \p \v 1 After Jesus had said that, he took his disciples and left the district of Galilee. They went to the part of the district of Judea that is east of the Jordan River. \v 2 Large crowds followed him there, and he healed the sick among them. @@ -28,16 +25,12 @@ \v 11 He answered, "Not every man is able to accept this teaching, but only the men whom God enables to accept it. \v 12 There are men who do not marry because their private parts have been defective ever since they were born. There are other men who do not marry because they have been castrated. Then there are still other men who decide not to marry in order to serve God better as he rules from heaven. You who are able to understand what I have said about marriage should accept it and obey it." - - \s5 \p \v 13 Then some little children were brought to Jesus in order that he might lay his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples scolded the people for doing that. \v 14 But Jesus said, "Let the children come to me, and do not stop them! It is people who are humble and trusting like they are who belong to the rule of God from heaven." \v 15 Jesus then laid his hands on the children to bless them. Then he left that place. - - \s5 \p \v 16 As Jesus was walking along, a young man approached him and said to him, "Teacher, what good deeds must I do in order to live with God forever?" @@ -45,15 +38,13 @@ \s5 \v 18 The man asked Jesus, "Which commandments must I keep?" Jesus answered him, "Do not murder anyone, do not commit adultery, do not steal things, do not testify falsely, -\v 19 honor your father and your mother, and love people you come in contact with as much as you love yourself." +\v 19 honor your father and your mother, and love every other person as much as you love yourself." \s5 \v 20 The young man said to Jesus, "I have always obeyed all those commandments. What else must I do in order to live with God forever?" \v 21 Jesus said to him, "If you desire to be exactly how God wants you to be, go home, sell everything that you have, and give the money to poor people. The result will be that you will be wealthy in heaven. Then come, follow me, and be my disciple!" \v 22 When the young man heard those words, he went away feeling sad, because he was very rich and did not want to give away everything he owned. - - \s5 \p \v 23 Then Jesus said to the disciples, "Keep this in mind: It is very difficult for rich people to agree to let God rule their lives. @@ -70,6 +61,3 @@ \s5 \v 29 God will reward those who, because they were my disciples, left behind a house or a plot of ground, their brothers, their sisters, their father, their mother, their children, or any other family members. God will give them a hundred times as many benefits as they have given up. And they will live with God forever. \v 30 But many people who are important in this life now will be unimportant at that future time, and many people who are unimportant now will be important at that future time." - - -