22 (A)The least one shall become a clan,
    and the smallest one a mighty nation;
(B)I am the Lord;
    in its time I will hasten it.

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22 The least of you will become a thousand,
    the smallest a mighty nation.(A)
I am the Lord;
    in its time I will do this swiftly.”(B)

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For still (A)the vision awaits its appointed time;
    it hastens to the end—it will not lie.
If it seems slow, (B)wait for it;
    (C)it will surely come; it will not delay.

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For the revelation awaits an appointed time;(A)
    it speaks of the end(B)
    and will not prove false.
Though it linger, wait(C) for it;
    it[a] will certainly come
    and will not delay.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 2:3 Or Though he linger, wait for him; / he

36 For (A)you have need of endurance, so that (B)when you have done the will of God you may (C)receive what is promised.

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36 You need to persevere(A) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.(B)

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And (A)will not God give justice to (B)his elect, (C)who cry to him day and night? (D)(E)Will he delay long over them?

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And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out(A) to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

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The Mustard Seed and the Leaven

31 He put another parable before them, saying, (A)“The kingdom of heaven is like (B)a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”

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The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast(A)(B)

31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like(C) a mustard seed,(D) which a man took and planted in his field. 32 Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”(E)

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Who has heard such a thing?
    Who has seen such things?
Shall a land be born in one day?
    Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment?
For (A)as soon as Zion was in labor
    she brought forth her children.

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Who has ever heard of such things?
    Who has ever seen(A) things like this?
Can a country be born in a day(B)
    or a nation be brought forth in a moment?
Yet no sooner is Zion in labor
    than she gives birth to her children.(C)

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But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and (A)a thousand years as one day.

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But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.(A)

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A Great Multitude from Every Nation

After this I looked, and behold, (A)a great multitude that no one could number, (B)from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, (C)clothed in white robes, with (D)palm branches in their hands,

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The Great Multitude in White Robes

After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language,(A) standing before the throne(B) and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes(C) and were holding palm branches in their hands.

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19 who say: (A)“Let him be quick,
    let him speed his work
    that we may see it;
let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near,
    and let it come, that we may know it!”

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19 to those who say, “Let God hurry;
    let him hasten(A) his work
    so we may see it.
The plan of the Holy One(B) of Israel—
    let it approach, let it come into view,
    so we may know it.”(C)

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44 And in the days of those kings (A)the God of heaven will set up (B)a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. (C)It shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and (D)it shall stand forever,

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44 “In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush(A) all those kingdoms(B) and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure forever.(C)

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14 And (A)more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women,

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14 Nevertheless, more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number.(A)

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41 So those who received his word were baptized, and (A)there were added that day about three thousand souls.

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41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number(A) that day.

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35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold, all together were broken in pieces, and became (A)like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, so that (B)not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the image became (C)a great mountain (D)and filled the whole earth.

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35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were all broken to pieces and became like chaff on a threshing floor in the summer. The wind swept them away(A) without leaving a trace. But the rock that struck the statue became a huge mountain(B) and filled the whole earth.(C)

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