19 But Peter and John answered them, (A)“Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge,

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19 But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him?(A) You be the judges!

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29 But Peter and the apostles answered, (A)“We must obey God rather than men.

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29 Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!(A)

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17 But the midwives (A)feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.

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17 The midwives, however, feared(A) God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do;(B) they let the boys live.

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15 I speak (A)as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.

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15 I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say.

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This is good, and (A)it is pleasing in the sight of (B)God our Savior,

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This is good, and pleases(A) God our Savior,(B)

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18 But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

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18 But even if he does not, we want you to know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold you have set up.(A)

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24 (A)Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

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24 Stop judging by mere appearances, but instead judge correctly.”(A)

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21 They said, “Caesar's.” Then he said to them, (A)“Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.”

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21 “Caesar’s,” they replied.

Then he said to them, “So give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s,(A) and to God what is God’s.”

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14 But Micaiah said, (A)“As the Lord lives, (B)what the Lord says to me, that I will speak.”

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14 But Micaiah said, “As surely as the Lord lives, I can tell him only what the Lord tells me.”(A)

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And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone (A)worships the beast and its image and receives (B)a mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he also will drink (C)the wine of God's wrath, (D)poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and (E)he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11 And (F)the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and (G)they have no rest, day or night, these (H)worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.”

12 (I)Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who (J)keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 14:12 Greek and the faith of Jesus

A third angel followed them and said in a loud voice: “If anyone worships the beast(A) and its image(B) and receives its mark on their forehead(C) or on their hand, 10 they, too, will drink the wine of God’s fury,(D) which has been poured full strength into the cup of his wrath.(E) They will be tormented with burning sulfur(F) in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. 11 And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever.(G) There will be no rest day or night(H) for those who worship the beast and its image,(I) or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”(J) 12 This calls for patient endurance(K) on the part of the people of God(L) who keep his commands(M) and remain faithful to Jesus.

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One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and (A)the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, (B)“Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?”

And the beast was given (C)a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for (D)forty-two months. It opened its mouth to utter blasphemies against God, blaspheming his name and his dwelling,[a] that is, those who dwell in heaven. Also it was allowed (E)to make war on the saints and to conquer them.[b] And authority was given it over every tribe and people and language and nation, and all (F)who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in (G)the book of life of (H)the Lamb (I)who was slain. (J)If anyone has an ear, let him hear:

10 (K)If anyone is to be taken captive,
    to captivity he goes;
(L)if anyone is to be slain with the sword,
    with the sword must he be slain.

(M)Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:6 Or tabernacle
  2. Revelation 13:7 Some manuscripts omit this sentence

One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed.(A) The whole world was filled with wonder(B) and followed the beast. People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like(C) the beast? Who can wage war against it?”

The beast was given a mouth to utter proud words and blasphemies(D) and to exercise its authority for forty-two months.(E) It opened its mouth to blaspheme God, and to slander his name and his dwelling place and those who live in heaven.(F) It was given power to wage war(G) against God’s holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.(H) All inhabitants of the earth(I) will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life,(J) the Lamb(K) who was slain from the creation of the world.[a](L)

Whoever has ears, let them hear.(M)

10 “If anyone is to go into captivity,
    into captivity they will go.
If anyone is to be killed[b] with the sword,
    with the sword they will be killed.”[c](N)

This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness(O) on the part of God’s people.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 13:8 Or written from the creation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was slain
  2. Revelation 13:10 Some manuscripts anyone kills
  3. Revelation 13:10 Jer. 15:2

23 By faith (A)Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of (B)the king's edict.

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23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born,(A) because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.(B)

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Children and Parents

(A)Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.(A)

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