But He would not let him; instead, He told him,“ Go back home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord has done for you and how He has had mercy on you.”

耶稣不许，却对他说：“你回家去，到你的亲属那里，将主为你所做的是何等大的事，是怎样怜悯你，都告诉他们。”

耶稣不许，却对他说：“你回家去，到你的亲友那里，将主为你所做多么大的事和他怎样怜悯你，都告诉他们。”

耶稣不许，却对他说：“你回家去，到你的亲友那里，将主为你所做多么大的事和他怎样怜悯你，都告诉他们。”

耶稣没有答应，只对他说：“回去见你的家人，将主为你所做的事和祂怜悯你的经过告诉他们吧！”

耶稣不许，却对他说：“你回家到你的亲属那里去，把主为你作了多么大的事，并他怎样怜悯你，都告诉他们。”

耶稣没有答应，却对他说：“你回家去吧，到你的亲友那里，告诉他们主为你做了什么，以及他怎样怜悯你。”

耶穌不許，卻對他說：「你回家去，到你的親屬那裏，將主為你所做的是何等大的事，是怎樣憐憫你，都告訴他們。」

耶穌不許，卻對他說：「你回家去，到你的親友那裏，將主為你所做多麼大的事和他怎樣憐憫你，都告訴他們。」

耶穌不許，卻對他說：「你回家去，到你的親友那裏，將主為你所做多麼大的事和他怎樣憐憫你，都告訴他們。」

耶穌沒有答應，只對他說：「回去見你的家人，將主為你所做的事和祂憐憫你的經過告訴他們吧！」

耶穌不許，卻對他說：“你回家到你的親屬那裡去，把主為你作了多麼大的事，並他怎樣憐憫你，都告訴他們。”

耶穌不許他，卻對他說：『往你家去，到你親屬那裏，將主為你所作多麼大的事、並怎樣地憐恤你、都傳報他們。』

耶穌沒有答應，卻對他說：「你回家去吧，到你的親友那裡，告訴他們主為你做了什麼，以及他怎樣憐憫你。」

弗許、曰、歸爾家、就爾屬、以主為爾所行之大事、及若何矜恤爾者告之、

耶穌弗許曰、歸以主視爾、矜恤爾之事、告家人、

耶穌不許、命之曰、歸爾家、至爾親屬處、以主如何行於爾矜恤爾之事告之、

不許、曰：『好自回家、與家人完聚、並以上主對爾所行及加爾之慈惠、向彼傳述可耳。』

Jesus did not let him, but said,“ Go home to your own people and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”

Jesus did not let him. He said,“ Go home to your own people. Tell them how much the Lord has done for you. Tell them how kind he has been to you.”

And he did not permit him but said to him,“ Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you.”

But Jesus said,“ No, go home to your family, and tell them everything the Lord has done for you and how merciful he has been.”

Jesus did not let him but told him,“ Go home to your own people, and report to them how much the Lord has done for you and how he has had mercy on you.”

And He did not let him, but He* said to him,“ Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you.”

However, Jesus did not permit him, but said to him,“ Go home to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He has had compassion on you.”

And he suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go to thy house unto thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he had mercy on thee.

Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.

But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him,“ Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you.”

He didn’t allow him, but said to him,“ Go to your house, to your friends, and tell them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how he had mercy on you.”

Come and listen, all who fear God, and I will tell what He has done for me.

Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and glorify the King of heaven, because all His works are true and His ways are just. He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

“ Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did! Could this be the Messiah?”

“ All the Jews know my way of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem.They had previously known me for quite some time, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.And now I stand on trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,the promise our 12 tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve Him night and day. King Agrippa, I am being accused by the Jews because of this hope.Why is it considered incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?In fact, I myself supposed it was necessary to do many things in opposition to the name of Jesus the Nazarene.I actually did this in Jerusalem, and I locked up many of the saints in prison, since I had received authority for that from the chief priests. When they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.In all the synagogues I often tried to make them blaspheme by punishing them. I even pursued them to foreign cities since I was greatly enraged at them.“ I was traveling to Damascus under these circumstances with authority and a commission from the chief priests.King Agrippa, while on the road at midday, I saw a light from heaven brighter than the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me.We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice speaking to me in the Hebrew language,‘ Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’“ Then I said,‘ Who are You, Lord?’“ And the Lord replied:‘ I am Jesus, the One you are persecuting.But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and a witness of what you have seen and of what I will reveal to you.I will rescue you from the people and from the Gentiles. I now send you to themto open their eyes so they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that by faith in Me they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified.’“ Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.Instead, I preached to those in Damascus first, and to those in Jerusalem and in all the region of Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works worthy of repentance.For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple complex and were trying to kill me.To this very day, I have obtained help that comes from God, and I stand and testify to both small and great, saying nothing else than what the prophets and Moses said would take place—that the Messiah must suffer, and that as the first to rise from the dead, He would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”As he was making his defense this way, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice,“ You’re out of your mind, Paul! Too much study is driving you mad!”But Paul replied,“ I’m not out of my mind, most excellent Festus. On the contrary, I’m speaking words of truth and good judgment.For the king knows about these matters. It is to him I am actually speaking boldly. For I am convinced that none of these things escapes his notice, since this was not done in a corner.King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you believe.”Then Agrippa said to Paul,“ Are you going to persuade me to become a Christian so easily?”“ I wish before God,” replied Paul,“ that whether easily or with difficulty, not only you but all who listen to me today might become as I am— except for these chains.”

Then King Darius wrote to those of every people, nation, and language who live in all the earth:“ May your prosperity abound.I issue a decree that in all my royal dominion, people must tremble in fear before the God of Daniel: For He is the living God, and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion has no end.He rescues and delivers; He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”

A poem by Hezekiah king of Judah after he had been sick and had recovered from his illness:I said: In the prime of my life I must go to the gates of Sheol; I am deprived of the rest of my years.I said: I will never see the Lord, the Lord in the land of the living; I will not look on humanity any longer with the inhabitants of what is passing away.My dwelling is plucked up and removed from me like a shepherd’s tent. I have rolled up my life like a weaver; He cuts me off from the loom. You make an end of me from day until night.I thought until the morning: He will break all my bones like a lion; You make an end of me day and night.I chirp like a swallow or a crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed; support me.What can I say? He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it. I walk along slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul,Lord, because of these promises people live, and in all of them is the life of my spirit as well; You have restored me to health and let me live.Indeed, it was for my own welfare that I had such great bitterness; but Your love has delivered me from the Pit of destruction, for You have thrown all my sins behind Your back.For Sheol cannot thank You; Death cannot praise You. Those who go down to the Pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness.The living, only the living can thank You, as I do today; a father will make Your faithfulness known to children.The Lord will save me; we will play stringed instruments all the days of our lives at the house of the Lord.

King Nebuchadnezzar, To those of every people, nation, and language, who live in all the earth: May your prosperity increase.I am pleased to tell you about the miracles and wonders the Most High God has done for me.How great are His miracles, and how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation.

“ Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”When they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew language, they became even quieter.He continued,“ I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel and educated according to the strict view of our patriarchal law. Being zealous for God, just as all of you are today,I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women in jail,as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. After I received letters from them to the brothers, I traveled to Damascus to bring those who were prisoners there to be punished in Jerusalem.“ As I was traveling and near Damascus, about noon an intense light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me,‘ Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?’“ I answered,‘ Who are You, Lord?’“ He said to me,‘ I am Jesus the Nazarene, the One you are persecuting!’Now those who were with me saw the light, but they did not hear the voice of the One who was speaking to me.“ Then I said,‘ What should I do, Lord?’“ And the Lord told me,‘ Get up and go into Damascus, and there you will be told about everything that is assigned for you to do.’“ Since I couldn’t see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and came into Damascus.Someone named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good reputation with all the Jews residing there,came and stood by me and said,‘ Brother Saul, regain your sight.’ And in that very hour I looked up and saw him.Then he said,‘ The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear the sound of His voice.For you will be a witness for Him to all people of what you have seen and heard.And now, why delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name.’“ After I came back to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple complex, I went into a visionary stateand saw Him telling me,‘ Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me!’“ But I said,‘ Lord, they know that in synagogue after synagogue I had those who believed in You imprisoned and beaten.And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I was standing by and approving, and I guarded the clothes of those who killed him.’“ Then He said to me,‘ Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish:I called to the Lord in my distress, and He answered me. I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol; You heard my voice.You threw me into the depths, into the heart of the seas, and the current overcame me. All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.But I said: I have been banished from Your sight, yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.The waters engulfed me up to the neck; the watery depths overcame me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.I sank to the foundations of the mountains; the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever! But You raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!As my life was fading away, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came to You, to Your holy temple.Those who cling to worthless idols forsake faithful love,but as for me, I will sacrifice to You with a voice of thanksgiving. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the Lord!Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.