Romans 10 Tree of Life Version (TLV)
Misdirected Zeal
10 Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for Israel is
for their salvation. 2 For I testify about them that they have zeal for God—but
not based on knowledge. 3 For being ignorant of God’s righteousness and seeking
to establish their own, they did not submit themselves to the righteousness of
God. 4 For Messiah is the goal[a] of the Torah as a means to righteousness for
everyone who keeps trusting.
5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on
Torah, “The man who does these things shall live by them.” [b] 6 But the
righteousness based on faith speaks in this way:
“Do not say in your heart,[c]
‘Who will go up into heaven?’[d]
(that is, to bring Messiah down),
7 or, ‘Who will go down into the abyss?’[e]
(that is, to bring Messiah up from the dead).”
8 But what does it say?
“The word is near you,
in your mouth and in your heart”[f]
—that is, the word of faith
that we are proclaiming:
9 For if you confess with your mouth
that Yeshua is Lord,
and believe in your heart
that God raised Him from the dead,
you will be saved.
10 For with the heart it is believed for righteousness,
and with the mouth it is confessed for salvation.
11 For the Scripture says, “Whoever trusts in Him will not be put to shame.”
[g] 12 For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord is
Lord of all—richly generous to all who call on Him. 13 For “Everyone who calls
upon the name of Adonai shall be saved.”[h]
14 How then shall they call on the One in whom they have not
trusted? And how shall they trust in the One they have not heard of? And how
shall they hear without someone proclaiming? 15 And how shall they proclaim
unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those
who proclaim good news of good things!” [i] 16 But not all heeded the Good
News. For Isaiah says, “Adonai, who has believed our report?” [j] 17 So faith
comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Messiah.
18 But I say, have they never heard? Indeed they have, for
“Their voice has gone out into all the earth,
and their words to the ends of the world.”[k]
19 But I say, did Israel not understand? First Moses says,
“I will provoke you to jealousy
by those who are not a nation,
with a nation empty of understanding
I will vex you.”[l]
20 And Isaiah is so bold as to say,
“I was found by those who did not seek Me;
I became visible to those who did not ask for Me.”[m]
21 But about Israel He says,
“All day long I stretched forth My hands
to a disobedient and contrary people.”[n]
Footnotes:
a. Romans 10:4 Or end-goal.
b. Romans 10:6 Lev. 18:5.
c. Romans 10:6 Deut. 9:4.
d. Romans 10:6 Deut. 30:12.
e. Romans 10:7 Deut. 30:13; cf. Ps. 71:20.
f. Romans 10:8 Deut. 30:14.
g. Romans 10:12 Isa. 28:16.
h. Romans 10:13 Joel 2:32(LXX); cf. Joel 3:5.
i. Romans 10:16 Isa. 52:7; Nah. 1:15.
j. Romans 10:17 Isa. 53:1.
k. Romans 10:18 Ps. 19:4; Ps. 18:5(LXX).
l. Romans 10:19 Deut. 32:21.
m. Romans 10:20 Isa. 65:1.
n. Romans 10:21 Isa. 65:2.
John 10 Tree of Life Version (TLV)
The Faithful Hear the Shepherd’s Voice
10 “Amen, amen I tell you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but
climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters through
the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 To him the doorkeeper opens, and the
sheep hear his voice. The shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them
out.
4 “When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them;
and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. 5 They will never follow
a stranger, but will run away from him, for they do not know the voice of
strangers.” 6 Yeshua told them this parable, but they did not understand what
He was telling them.
7 So Yeshua said again, “Amen, amen I tell you, I am the gate
for the sheep. 8 All those who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the
sheep did not listen to them. 9 I am the gate![a] If anyone comes in through
Me, he will be saved. He will come and go and find pasture. 10 The thief comes
only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I have come that they might have life,
and have it abundantly!
11 “I am the Good Shepherd.[b] The Good Shepherd lays down His
life for the sheep. 12 The hired worker is not the shepherd, and the sheep are
not his own. He sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and flees. Then the
wolf snatches and scatters the sheep. 13 The man is only a hired hand and does
not care about the sheep.
14 “I am the Good Shepherd. I know My own and My own know Me, 15
just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for
the sheep. 16 I have other sheep that are not from this fold; those also I must
lead, and they will listen to My voice. So there shall be one flock, one
Shepherd.
17 “For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My
life, so that I may take it up again. 18 No one takes it away from Me, but I lay
it down on My own. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the
authority to take it up again. This command I received from My Father.”
19 Again a division arose among the Judeans because of these
words. 20 Many of them were saying, “He has a demon. He’s insane! Why listen to
Him?” 21 Others said, “These are not the sayings of someone who is plagued by a
demon. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can it?”
Some Despise the Light and Harden
22 Then came Hanukkah;[c] it was winter in Jerusalem. 23 Yeshua was walking in
the Temple around Solomon’s Colonnade. 24 Then the Judean leaders surrounded
Him, saying, “How long will You hold us in suspense? If You are the Messiah,
tell us outright!”
25 Yeshua answered them, “I told you, but you don’t believe! The
works I do in My Father’s name testify concerning Me. 26 But you don’t believe,
because you are not My sheep. 27 My sheep hear My voice. I know them, and they
follow Me. 28 I give them eternal life! They will never perish, and no one will
snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater
than all. And no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 30 I and
the Father are one.”
31 Again the Judean leaders picked up stones to stone Him. 32
Yeshua answered them, “I’ve shown you many good works from the Father. For
which of these are you going to stone Me?”
33 The Judean leaders answered, “We aren’t stoning you for a
good work, but for blasphemy. Though You are a man, You make Yourself God!”
34 Yeshua answered them, “Isn’t it written in your Writings,[d]
‘I have said you are gods’? 35 If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the Word of
God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), 36 do you say of Him, the One
the Father set apart and sent into the world, ‘You speak blasphemy,’ because I
said, ‘I am Ben-Elohim’?
37 “If I don’t do the works of My Father, don’t believe Me! 38
But if I do, even if you don’t trust Me, trust the deeds. Then you may come to
know and continue to understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the
Father.” 39 Therefore they tried to capture Him again, but He escaped from
their hand.
40 Again He went back across the Jordan to the place where John
first started immersing, and He stayed there. 41 Many people came to Him and
were saying, “John performed no sign, but all John said about this man was
true.” 42 And many trusted in Him there.
Footnotes:
a. John 10:9 Or door.
b. John 10:11 cf. Gen. 48:15; Ps. 23; Ezek. 37:24.
c. John 10:22 Lit. Rededication.
d. John 10:34 Lit. Law, here applied to the Torah, Prophets, and Writings;
quote is from Ps. 82:6.
Tree of Life Version (TLV)
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