rfbible logo image

Revised Fenton

The Holy Bible in Modern English. Revised Edition.
God's word is swift and powerful.



Must be logged in to use the editor.
Logging in enables and unlocks menu option for Pasting
verses, allows taking notes, saving or emailing
notes to an email address.
Easily dictate into the editor with windows 10
using a microphone and correct permission set in web browser.
Windows logo key + H activates the microphone.

Must be logged in to join the chat room here.

Ferrar Fentons 'Holy Bible in Modern English. All spelling, punctuation and formatting maintained through-out. Verse ordering follows the King James version for clarity and necessary organization of the verses.

Blog entry:Today


   


   

   

RF MAR 12:1 The Parable of the Vineyard.
He now began to speak to them in parables. "A man," He said, "planted a vineyard, surrounded it with a fence, dug out a wine-vat, built a watch-tower, let it out to cultivators, and took his departure.
RF MAR 12:2 And at the right time, he sent a messenger to the tenants, in order that he might receive from the tenants the rent of the vineyard.
RF MAR 12:3 But seizing him, they lashed him, and sent him away without anything.
RF MAR 12:4 Again he sent another messenger to them; but at him they threw stones, injured his head, and maltreated him most disgracefully.
RF MAR 12:5 Then he sent still another; and they murdered him. And of many others, some were lashed, and some murdered.
RF MAR 12:6 Having still a very dearly-loved son, he even sent him to them at the last, thinking, 'They will surely respect my son.'
RF MAR 12:7 But the cultivators said to one another, 'Since this fellow is the heir, come on! let us murder him, and the estate will be our own.'
RF MAR 12:8 Then seizing him, they murdered him, and flung him outside the vineyard.
RF MAR 12:9 What, therefore, will the owner of the vineyard do?"
"He will come and put an end to these tenants, and hand the vineyard over to others," was their reply.
RF MAR 12:10 "Then did you never read this Scripture—A STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THAT SAME ONE WAS MADE THE CHIEF KEYSTONE.
RF MAR 12:11 IT WAS DONE BY THE LORD, AND IS WONDERFUL IN OUR EYES."
RF MAR 12:12 And they longed to arrest Him; but they dreaded the crowd: for they perceived that He had spoken the parable against themselves. So leaving Him alone, they took their departure.
RF MAR 12:13 The Tribute Trap.
They then sent to Him some of the Pharisees, and of the Herodians, so that they might ensnare Him in discussion.
RF MAR 12:14 And when they came, they said to Him, "Teacher, we know that You are to be trusted, and that You are partial to none; for You do not study a man's face, but on the contrary, truthfully teach the way of God. Is it right to pay tribute to Caesar, or not?
RF MAR 12:15 Shall we pay, or ought we not to pay?" He, however, knowing their deception, replied, "Why do you tempt Me? Bring Me a denarius 2 so that I may see it."
RF MAR 12:16 And on their producing one, He asked them, "Whose is this portrait and inscription?"
"Caesar's," was their reply.
RF MAR 12:17 Jesus then answered them, "Give back to Caesar Caesar's own; and to God what belongs to God." And they were very much surprised at Him.
RF MAR 12:18 About the Resurrection.
The Sadducees, who hold that there is no resurrection, afterwards came to Him with the question,
RF MAR 12:19 "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if any one dies, leaving a wife childless, then his brother must take his widow, and rear children to his brother.
RF MAR 12:20 There were seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and died without leaving offspring.
RF MAR 12:21 And the second married her, and died, leaving no children behind him; so also the third.
RF MAR 12:22 Indeed, the whole seven married her, and left no children. Last of all the woman also died.
RF MAR 12:23 In the resurrection, therefore, when they will all rise, of which one of them will she be the wife? for all the seven married that woman."
RF MAR 12:24 "Are you not in deep error respecting this?" said Jesus, in reply to them, "on account of your ignorance of the Scriptures, and the power of God?
—————
1. Psa 118:22-23
RF MAR 12:25 Because, when they rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels in heaven.
RF MAR 12:26 But with respect to the dead, that they are raised: have you not read in the book of Moses, how God spoke to him at the bush, saying, I, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB?1
RF MAR 12:27 He is not the God of dead, but of living men. You are consequently greatly mistaken."
RF MAR 12:28 A Hopeful Professor.
One of the professors, hearing their discussion, and finding that He had answered them well, now asked Him, "What is the most important of all the commands?"
RF MAR 12:29 "The first," answered Jesus, "is, ISRAEL, LISTEN! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD;
RF MAR 12:30 AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND ALL YOUR SOUL, AND ALL YOUR INTELLECT, AND ALL YOUR STRENGTH.2 That is the first command;
RF MAR 12:31 and the second is like it, YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOUR OWN SELF. 3 No other commands are greater than these."
RF MAR 12:32 The professor then said to Him, "Teacher, You have spoken the truth admirably; for One He is, and apart from Him there is no other.
RF MAR 12:33 And to love Him with all the heart, and with all the intellect, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is better than all the burnt-offerings and sacrifices."
RF MAR 12:34 Jesus, seeing that he answered intelligently, said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God." After that, none dared again to question Him.
RF MAR 12:35 Cross Questioning.
Now, while teaching in the temple, Jesus inquired, "How can the professors say that the Messiah is a Son of David?
RF MAR 12:36 David himself, under the influence of the Holy Spirit, said: THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, BE SEATED ON MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I PLACE YOUR ENEMIES BENEATH YOUR FEET. 4:
—————
1. Exod. lii. 6.
2. Lev.19.18
3. Deut. 6.4,5
4. Psa. 110.1
RF MAR 12:37 "David himself calls Him his Lord; in what way is He then his son?" And the many listened to Him with the greatest of pleasure.
RF MAR 12:38 The Professors Condemned.
In the course of His teaching, He told them, "Be on your guard against the professors, who delight to walk about in flowing robes, to be addressed in the markets,
RF MAR 12:39 who secure the front seats in the synagogues, and the places of honour at banquets; they desolate the homes of widows,
RF MAR 12:40 and then gabble long prayers by way of extenuation. Their punishment, however, will be all the more severe."
RF MAR 12:41 The Widows Offering.
While seated opposite the treasury, Jesus observed how the crowd threw money into the treasure-chest, and much was thrown into it by the rich people.
RF MAR 12:42 A poor widow coming up, however, put in two lepta,1 which make a kodrantes.2
RF MAR 12:43 Then calling His disciples, He said to them, "I tell you indeed, that this same poor woman has put more into the treasury than all the others:
RF MAR 12:44 for they all gave but a part of their superfluity; while she in her poverty threw in all she possessed—the whole of her living."




text



AKJV ROM 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?



Copyright © 2014 This content is protected by copyright and may not be converted or disseminated in any form without written permission.