Book of Common Prayer
I Urge You To Present Your Bodies To God As a Living Sacrifice, And Renew Your Mind
12 Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the compassions[a] of God, to present[b] your bodies as a living holy sacrifice pleasing to God, as your spiritual[c] worship[d]. 2 And do not be conformed[e] to this age[f], but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may be approving what[g] is the good and pleasing and perfect will of God.
Think Sound-Mindedly About Yourself As God Has Apportioned You The Faith
3 For I say to everyone being among you through the grace having been given to me not to be thinking-highly of yourself beyond what you ought-to think, but to be thinking so as to be sound-minded, as God apportioned[h] to each a measure[i] of faith.
For We Are One Body In Christ. Use The Gifts And Faith God Has Given You
4 For just as we have many body-parts in one body and all the body-parts do not have the same function, 5 in this manner we the many are one body in Christ, and individually body-parts of one another. 6 And having different grace-gifts according-to the grace having been given to us, exercise them accordingly[j]: whether prophecy, in accordance with the proportion[k] of your faith[l]; 7 or service[m], in-the-sphere-of [n] your service[o]; or the one teaching, in the sphere of your teaching[p]; 8 or the one exhorting[q], in the sphere of your exhortation[r]; the one giving, with[s] generosity[t]; the one leading[u], with diligence; the one showing-mercy, with cheerfulness.
The King Is Put To Death
26 And it came about that when Jesus finished all[a] these words, He said to His disciples, 2 “You know that after two days the Passover [Feast] comes[b], and the Son of Man is handed-over so as to be crucified”.
The Priests Plot To Seize And Kill Jesus
3 Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the courtyard[c] of the high priest, the one being called Caiaphas. 4 And they plotted in order that they might seize Jesus by deceit[d] and kill Him. 5 But they were saying, “Not during the Feast, in order that no uproar may take place among the people”.
Jesus Is Anointed With Oil In Preparation For His Burial
6 Now Jesus having come-to-be in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, 7 a woman came to Him having an alabaster-jar of very-expensive perfume[e]. And she poured it down upon His head while He was reclining-back [to eat]. 8 But having seen it, the disciples were indignant, saying, “For what purpose is this waste? 9 For this could have been sold for much and given to poor ones”. 10 But having known it, Jesus said to them, “Why are you causing troubles for the woman? For she worked a good work[f] for[g] Me. 11 For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me. 12 For this one having put this perfume on My body did it so as to[h] prepare Me for burial. 13 Truly I say to you, wherever this good-news is proclaimed in the whole world, what this one did will also be spoken for a memorial of her”.
Jesus Is Betrayed By One of The Twelve
14 Then one of the twelve, the one being called Judas Iscariot, having gone to the chief priests, 15 said, “What are you willing to give me, and I will hand Him over to you?” And the ones set[i] thirty silver-coins for him. 16 And from that time on, he was seeking a favorable-opportunity in order that he might hand Him over.
Disciples' Literal New Testament: Serving Modern Disciples by More Fully Reflecting the Writing Style of the Ancient Disciples, Copyright © 2011 Michael J. Magill. All Rights Reserved. Published by Reyma Publishing