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10 For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and in their eagerness to be rich some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pains.

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10 For the love of money(A) is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith(B) and pierced themselves with many griefs.(C)

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19 Such is the end[a] of all who are greedy for gain;
    it takes away the life of its possessors.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.19 Gk: Heb are the ways

19 Such are the paths of all who go after ill-gotten gain;
    it takes away the life of those who get it.(A)

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But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.(A)

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Those who want to get rich(A) fall into temptation and a trap(B) and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

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10 Many are the torments of the wicked,
    but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the Lord.(A)

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10 Many are the woes of the wicked,(A)
    but the Lord’s unfailing love
    surrounds the one who trusts(B) in him.

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11 they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for sordid gain what it is not right to teach.(A)

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11 They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households(A) by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain.

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31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way
    and be sated with their own devices.(A)

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31 they will eat the fruit of their ways
    and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.(A)

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11 Woe to them! For they go the way of Cain and abandon themselves to Balaam’s error for the sake of gain and perish in Korah’s rebellion.(A)

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11 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain;(A) they have rushed for profit into Balaam’s error;(B) they have been destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.(C)

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13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you lock people out of the kingdom of heaven. For you do not go in yourselves, and when others are going in you stop them.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 23.13 Other authorities add 23.14 here (or after 23.12): Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you devour widows’ houses, and for the sake of appearance you make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation

Seven Woes on the Teachers of the Law and the Pharisees

13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites!(A) You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.(B)

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11 The dogs have a mighty appetite;
    they never have enough.
The shepherds also have no understanding;
    they have all turned to their own way,
    to their own gain, one and all.

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11 They are dogs with mighty appetites;
    they never have enough.
They are shepherds(A) who lack understanding;(B)
    they all turn to their own way,(C)
    they seek their own gain.(D)

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10 for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia,[a] Titus to Dalmatia.(A)

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  1. 4.10 Other ancient authorities read Gaul

10 for Demas,(A) because he loved this world,(B) has deserted me and has gone to Thessalonica.(C) Crescens has gone to Galatia,(D) and Titus(E) to Dalmatia.

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11 Its rulers give judgment for a bribe;
    its priests teach for a price;
    its prophets give oracles for money;
yet they lean upon the Lord and say,
    “Surely the Lord is with us!
    No harm shall come upon us.”(A)

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11 Her leaders judge for a bribe,(A)
    her priests teach for a price,(B)
    and her prophets tell fortunes for money.(C)
Yet they look(D) for the Lord’s support and say,
    “Is not the Lord among us?
    No disaster will come upon us.”(E)

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10 Oh, that someone among you would shut the temple[a] doors, so that you would not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hands.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 1.10 Heb lacks temple

10 “Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors,(A) so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased(B) with you,” says the Lord Almighty, “and I will accept(C) no offering(D) from your hands.

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21 by professing it some have missed the mark as regards the faith.

Grace be with you.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 6.21 The Greek word for you here is plural; in other ancient authorities it is singular. Other ancient authorities add Amen

21 which some have professed and in so doing have departed from the faith.(A)

Grace be with you all.(B)

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