Introducing the Unitarian Standard Version Bible
References Used in the Unitarian Standard Version
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Textual changes are underlined.
1 At that season Jesus went on the sabbath
day through the grainfields; and his disciples were hungry and
began to pluck ears and to eat. 2 But the Pharisees, when they
saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is
not lawful to do upon the sabbath. 3 But he said unto them, Have
ye not read what David did(a), when he was hungry, and
they that were with him; 4 how he entered into the house of God,
and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him or
his companions to eat, but only for the priests? 5 Or have
ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath day the priests in
the temple profane the sabbath, and are guiltless? 6 But I say
unto you, something greater than the temple is here. 7
But if ye had known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and
not sacrifice(b), ye would not have condemned the
guiltless. 8 For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath(c).
9 And he departed thence, and went into their synagogue: 10 and behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? that they might accuse him. 11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be of you, that shall have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out. 12 How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day. 13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, as the other. 14 But the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.
15 And Jesus perceiving [it] withdrew from thence: and many [crowds](d) followed him; and he healed them all, 16 and charged them that they should not make him known: 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,
18 Behold, my servant whom I have chosen(e); My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit(f) upon him, And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax(g) shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory. 21 And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.
22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the dumb man spake and saw. 23 And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Can this be the son of David(h)? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man doth not cast out demons, but by Beelzebul(i) the prince of the demons. 25 And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: 26 and if Satan(j) casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? 27 And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. 28 But if it is by the spirit of God that I cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you. 29 Or how can one enter into the house of the strong [one,](k) and seize his goods, except he first bind the strong [one]? and then he will seize his house. 30 He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. 31 Therefore I say unto you, Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the spirit shall not be forgiven. 32 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the holy spirit(l), it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come(m). 33 Either make the tree good, and its(n) fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit. 34 Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36 And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
38 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet: 40 for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale(o); so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. 42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here. 43 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.
46 While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren(p) stood without, seeking to speak to him. 47 And one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking to speak to thee.(p) 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 49 And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren! 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Footnotes
(a) 1 Samuel 21:6 "So the priest gave
him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the showbread,
that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day
when it was taken away."
(b) From Hosea 6:6
(c) It is therefore inferred that the Son of Man is JEHOVAH! It is said in John iii. 35, “THE FATHER loveth the Son, and HATH GIVEN all things into his hand;" and in Ephes. i. 22, “And hath Put all things under his feet, and GAVE him to be the head over all things to THE CHURCH." The power, lordship, or dominion given, is not originally possessed. If all things were put under the feet of Christ,” he was, under God who made him so, Lord of the Sabbath. There is probably here an allusion to the change in the Sabbatical institution: the first direct notice of the new Sabbath, or day of Christ's resurrection, occurs in John, Rev. i. 10, “I was in the spirit on the Lord's Day.” The preceding verse of this passage, Mark ii. 27, shows plainly that the lordship over the Sabbath has reference to the Gospel institutions merely: “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath: therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.~From, An Appeal to Scripture and Tradition in Defence of the Unitarian faith 1818 (P.55)
(d) The word "crowds" is in brackets in both the UBS and NA28 Greek text. The NRSV includes it in the text without brackets.
(e) Quoted from Isaiah 41:8 and Isaiah 42:1.
(f) Bible Versions are divided as to whether to capitalize the word "spirit" here. Capitalizing this word is done so in order to make you believe that the spirit is a person. The ASV capitalizes it, while the KJV does not. The NAB, JB, REV, NWT, Centenary NT, Montgomery NT, Julia Smith also render spirit without capitalization. The Awful Scroll Bible and Unvarnished render it as "breath." The BDAG Lexicon gives as a primary definition of spirit (Gr. PNEUMA) "air in movement, blowing, breathing"...see also Thayer's Lexicon.
(g) "Flax. The Hebrew is, literally, a dimly burning wick he shall not quench (Isa. xlii. 3). The quotation stops at the end of the third verse in the prophecy; but the succeeding verse is beautifully suggestive as describing the Servant of Jehovah by the same figures in which he pictures his suffering ones - a wick and a reed." Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
(h) The phrase son of David is mentioned 16 times in the New Testament.
(i) Beelzebul ("Lord of the Flies). ASV and KJV has Beelzebub, however the Greek text has Beelzebul. NAB, Moffatt, NJB, RSV, NRSV, BLE, Wilton, REB, KGV, MLB, Fenton, and GNB also have Beelzebul. The Pre-Nicene New Testament has Baal-Zebul.
(j) Satan. Greek: satanas. YLT and the ED both have Adversary. DBH has the Accuser. ELB has the enemy.
(k) "Satan is also called the strong one..." John L. McKenzie, Dictionary of the Bible
(l) Vine's Expository Dictionary states, "The full title with the article before both pneuma and hagios...'the Spirit the Holy,' stresses the character of the Person, e.g., Matt. 12:32; Mark 3:29..." However, is this really so? I collected these examples from the LXX and the Greek NT: Dan 9:20 has TOU OROUS TOU hAGIOU - The holy the mountain; Ex 26:33 has ANA MESON TOU hAGIOU KAI ANA MESON TOU hAGIOU - The holy place and the holy place; Is 63:15 has TOU OIKOU TOU hAGIO- The holy the house; Ps 104:42 has TOU LOGOU TOU hAGIOU - The holy the word; Acts 4:30 has TOU ONOMATOS TOU hAGIOU - The holy the name; Acts 6:13 has TOU TOPOU TOU hAGIOU - The holy the place; Rev 21:2 has THN POLIN THN hAGIAN - The holy the city; Rev 21:10 has THN POLIN THN hAGIAN - The holy the city; Rev 22:19 has THS POLEWS THS hAGIAS - The holy the city. As we see, this claim falls apart on closer inspection, for no one would really consider the above instances examples of something stressing the character of the Person.
(m) Some infer the doctrine of "future probation" from the words in this Scripture.
(n) The KJV translates AUTOU/autos here as "his" instead of "its." The KJV translates the same word in Romans 8:16 when referring to the holy spirit as "itself." Many other Bibles do the reverse. Many of these same Bibles use the word "what" instead of "whom" at Acts 17:23.
(o) Whale. "Great fish" (Darby); "Sea Monster" (NJB, Rotherham, RVIC, NRSV); "Sea-Creature" (2001)
(p) The Catholic JB and NJB have notes indicating that these are not necessarily Mary's children. Their defense is that in the older languages the words could mean cousins and close relations. [See The Catholic Comparative New Testament ISBN 0-19-528299-X]
(q) Some ancient authorities omit verse 47.
(j) Satan. Greek: satanas. YLT and the ED both have Adversary. DBH has the Accuser. ELB has the enemy.
(k) "Satan is also called the strong one..." John L. McKenzie, Dictionary of the Bible
(l) Vine's Expository Dictionary states, "The full title with the article before both pneuma and hagios...'the Spirit the Holy,' stresses the character of the Person, e.g., Matt. 12:32; Mark 3:29..." However, is this really so? I collected these examples from the LXX and the Greek NT: Dan 9:20 has TOU OROUS TOU hAGIOU - The holy the mountain; Ex 26:33 has ANA MESON TOU hAGIOU KAI ANA MESON TOU hAGIOU - The holy place and the holy place; Is 63:15 has TOU OIKOU TOU hAGIO- The holy the house; Ps 104:42 has TOU LOGOU TOU hAGIOU - The holy the word; Acts 4:30 has TOU ONOMATOS TOU hAGIOU - The holy the name; Acts 6:13 has TOU TOPOU TOU hAGIOU - The holy the place; Rev 21:2 has THN POLIN THN hAGIAN - The holy the city; Rev 21:10 has THN POLIN THN hAGIAN - The holy the city; Rev 22:19 has THS POLEWS THS hAGIAS - The holy the city. As we see, this claim falls apart on closer inspection, for no one would really consider the above instances examples of something stressing the character of the Person.
(m) Some infer the doctrine of "future probation" from the words in this Scripture.
(n) The KJV translates AUTOU/autos here as "his" instead of "its." The KJV translates the same word in Romans 8:16 when referring to the holy spirit as "itself." Many other Bibles do the reverse. Many of these same Bibles use the word "what" instead of "whom" at Acts 17:23.
(o) Whale. "Great fish" (Darby); "Sea Monster" (NJB, Rotherham, RVIC, NRSV); "Sea-Creature" (2001)
(p) The Catholic JB and NJB have notes indicating that these are not necessarily Mary's children. Their defense is that in the older languages the words could mean cousins and close relations. [See The Catholic Comparative New Testament ISBN 0-19-528299-X]
(q) Some ancient authorities omit verse 47.
(b) From Hosea 6:6
(c) It is therefore inferred that the Son of Man is JEHOVAH! It is said in John iii. 35, “THE FATHER loveth the Son, and HATH GIVEN all things into his hand;" and in Ephes. i. 22, “And hath Put all things under his feet, and GAVE him to be the head over all things to THE CHURCH." The power, lordship, or dominion given, is not originally possessed. If all things were put under the feet of Christ,” he was, under God who made him so, Lord of the Sabbath. There is probably here an allusion to the change in the Sabbatical institution: the first direct notice of the new Sabbath, or day of Christ's resurrection, occurs in John, Rev. i. 10, “I was in the spirit on the Lord's Day.” The preceding verse of this passage, Mark ii. 27, shows plainly that the lordship over the Sabbath has reference to the Gospel institutions merely: “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath: therefore the Son of Man is Lord also of the Sabbath.~From, An Appeal to Scripture and Tradition in Defence of the Unitarian faith 1818 (P.55)
(d) The word "crowds" is in brackets in both the UBS and NA28 Greek text. The NRSV includes it in the text without brackets.
(e) Quoted from Isaiah 41:8 and Isaiah 42:1.
(f) Bible Versions are divided as to whether to capitalize the word "spirit" here. Capitalizing this word is done so in order to make you believe that the spirit is a person. The ASV capitalizes it, while the KJV does not. The NAB, JB, REV, NWT, Centenary NT, Montgomery NT, Julia Smith also render spirit without capitalization. The Awful Scroll Bible and Unvarnished render it as "breath." The BDAG Lexicon gives as a primary definition of spirit (Gr. PNEUMA) "air in movement, blowing, breathing"...see also Thayer's Lexicon.
(g) "Flax. The Hebrew is, literally, a dimly burning wick he shall not quench (Isa. xlii. 3). The quotation stops at the end of the third verse in the prophecy; but the succeeding verse is beautifully suggestive as describing the Servant of Jehovah by the same figures in which he pictures his suffering ones - a wick and a reed." Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament
(h) The phrase son of David is mentioned 16 times in the New Testament.
(i) Beelzebul ("Lord of the Flies). ASV and KJV has Beelzebub, however the Greek text has Beelzebul. NAB, Moffatt, NJB, RSV, NRSV, BLE, Wilton, REB, KGV, MLB, Fenton, and GNB also have Beelzebul. The Pre-Nicene New Testament has Baal-Zebul.
(j) Satan. Greek: satanas. YLT and the ED both have Adversary. DBH has the Accuser. ELB has the enemy.
(k) "Satan is also called the strong one..." John L. McKenzie, Dictionary of the Bible
(l) Vine's Expository Dictionary states, "The full title with the article before both pneuma and hagios...'the Spirit the Holy,' stresses the character of the Person, e.g., Matt. 12:32; Mark 3:29..." However, is this really so? I collected these examples from the LXX and the Greek NT: Dan 9:20 has TOU OROUS TOU hAGIOU - The holy the mountain; Ex 26:33 has ANA MESON TOU hAGIOU KAI ANA MESON TOU hAGIOU - The holy place and the holy place; Is 63:15 has TOU OIKOU TOU hAGIO- The holy the house; Ps 104:42 has TOU LOGOU TOU hAGIOU - The holy the word; Acts 4:30 has TOU ONOMATOS TOU hAGIOU - The holy the name; Acts 6:13 has TOU TOPOU TOU hAGIOU - The holy the place; Rev 21:2 has THN POLIN THN hAGIAN - The holy the city; Rev 21:10 has THN POLIN THN hAGIAN - The holy the city; Rev 22:19 has THS POLEWS THS hAGIAS - The holy the city. As we see, this claim falls apart on closer inspection, for no one would really consider the above instances examples of something stressing the character of the Person.
(m) Some infer the doctrine of "future probation" from the words in this Scripture.
(n) The KJV translates AUTOU/autos here as "his" instead of "its." The KJV translates the same word in Romans 8:16 when referring to the holy spirit as "itself." Many other Bibles do the reverse. Many of these same Bibles use the word "what" instead of "whom" at Acts 17:23.
(o) Whale. "Great fish" (Darby); "Sea Monster" (NJB, Rotherham, RVIC, NRSV); "Sea-Creature" (2001)
(p) The Catholic JB and NJB have notes indicating that these are not necessarily Mary's children. Their defense is that in the older languages the words could mean cousins and close relations. [See The Catholic Comparative New Testament ISBN 0-19-528299-X]
(q) Some ancient authorities omit verse 47.
(j) Satan. Greek: satanas. YLT and the ED both have Adversary. DBH has the Accuser. ELB has the enemy.
(k) "Satan is also called the strong one..." John L. McKenzie, Dictionary of the Bible
(l) Vine's Expository Dictionary states, "The full title with the article before both pneuma and hagios...'the Spirit the Holy,' stresses the character of the Person, e.g., Matt. 12:32; Mark 3:29..." However, is this really so? I collected these examples from the LXX and the Greek NT: Dan 9:20 has TOU OROUS TOU hAGIOU - The holy the mountain; Ex 26:33 has ANA MESON TOU hAGIOU KAI ANA MESON TOU hAGIOU - The holy place and the holy place; Is 63:15 has TOU OIKOU TOU hAGIO- The holy the house; Ps 104:42 has TOU LOGOU TOU hAGIOU - The holy the word; Acts 4:30 has TOU ONOMATOS TOU hAGIOU - The holy the name; Acts 6:13 has TOU TOPOU TOU hAGIOU - The holy the place; Rev 21:2 has THN POLIN THN hAGIAN - The holy the city; Rev 21:10 has THN POLIN THN hAGIAN - The holy the city; Rev 22:19 has THS POLEWS THS hAGIAS - The holy the city. As we see, this claim falls apart on closer inspection, for no one would really consider the above instances examples of something stressing the character of the Person.
(m) Some infer the doctrine of "future probation" from the words in this Scripture.
(n) The KJV translates AUTOU/autos here as "his" instead of "its." The KJV translates the same word in Romans 8:16 when referring to the holy spirit as "itself." Many other Bibles do the reverse. Many of these same Bibles use the word "what" instead of "whom" at Acts 17:23.
(o) Whale. "Great fish" (Darby); "Sea Monster" (NJB, Rotherham, RVIC, NRSV); "Sea-Creature" (2001)
(p) The Catholic JB and NJB have notes indicating that these are not necessarily Mary's children. Their defense is that in the older languages the words could mean cousins and close relations. [See The Catholic Comparative New Testament ISBN 0-19-528299-X]
(q) Some ancient authorities omit verse 47.
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