diff --git a/41-MAT.usfm b/41-MAT.usfm index 98d76bfe..16e5ae87 100644 --- a/41-MAT.usfm +++ b/41-MAT.usfm @@ -1689,7 +1689,7 @@ and sat on the cloaks. \s5 \p \v 34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had answered the Sadducees in such a way that the Sadducees could not think of anything that they might say to respond to him, the Pharisees gathered together to plan what they would say to him. Then they approached him. -\v 35 One of them was a man who was a lawyer, who had studied well the laws that God gave Moses. He wanted to debate Jesus. He asked him, +\v 35 One of them was a man who was an authority in the Jewish laws, and he had studied the laws that God gave Moses. He wanted to debate Jesus. He asked him, \v 36 "Teacher, which commandment in the laws that God gave Moses is the most important?" \s5 diff --git a/43-LUK.usfm b/43-LUK.usfm index 6e0edac6..29a03d91 100644 --- a/43-LUK.usfm +++ b/43-LUK.usfm @@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ \s5 \p -\v 25 One day as Jesus was teaching people, a certain teacher of Jewish laws was there. He wanted to test Jesus by asking him a difficult question. So he stood up and asked, "Teacher, what must I do in order to live with God forever?" +\v 25 One day an expert in the Jewish law came to the place where Jesus was teaching. He wanted to test Jesus by asking him a difficult question. So he stood up and asked, "Teacher, what must I do in order to live with God forever?" \v 26 Jesus said to him, "You have read what Moses has written in the laws that God gave him. What do the laws say?" \v 27 The man replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your mind. And love your neighbor as much as you love yourself." \v 28 Jesus replied, "You have answered correctly. If you do all that, you will live with God forever." @@ -1183,8 +1183,8 @@ \s5 \p -\v 45 One of those who were teachers of the Jewish laws replied, "Teacher, by saying this you are criticizing us also!" -\v 46 Jesus said, "How terrible it will be for you who are teachers of the Jewish laws! You weigh people down with very heavy burdens, yet you will not do even the smallest thing to help people bear those burdens! +\v 45 One of those who was an expert in the Jewish laws replied, "Teacher, by saying this you are criticizing us also!" +\v 46 Jesus said, "How terrible it will be for you who are experts in the Jewish laws! You weigh people down with very heavy burdens, yet you will not do even the smallest thing to help people bear those burdens! \s5 \v 47 How terrible it will be for you, because you construct buildings to mark the graves of the prophets, but your ancestors are the ones who killed them! @@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ \v 51 starting from when Abel was killed by his brother and continuing until the prophet Zechariah was killed in the temple between the altar and the holy place. Yes, the people living at this time will be considered guilty for all those murders of the prophets! \s5 -\v 52 How terrible it will be for you men who teach the Jewish laws. Because of you, people cannot know how to have God rule over them! You do not let God rule over you, and you even get in the way of people who want to have God rule over them." +\v 52 How terrible it will be for you who are experts in the Jewish laws. Because of you, people cannot know how to have God rule over them! You do not let God rule over you, and you even get in the way of people who want to have God rule over them." \s5 \p diff --git a/57-TIT.usfm b/57-TIT.usfm index e086bb52..f1358d02 100644 --- a/57-TIT.usfm +++ b/57-TIT.usfm @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ \s5 \v 12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at the town of Nicopolis, because I have decided to stay there for the winter. -\v 13 Do everything you can to send Zenas the law expert and Apollos on their journey, along with everything that they need. +\v 13 Do everything you can to send Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey, along with everything that they need. \s5 \v 14 Make sure that our people learn to occupy themselves with doing good things for people who need help. If they do this they will be living in a useful way for God.