Gawdzilla wrote:Ah, revisions, correction and "well, this is what they REALLY meant" stuff. Gotta love it. I wonder what physics would look like under the same system.
I once had an argument with some Xtians in the comments of some online newspaper article about Luke 14:26. They refused to accept Jesus would say you have to be willing to hate... because they were reading some heavily revised version. I was told the correct reading was "like less" not hate.
Here's the KJV version in all it's glory:
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
The New International and New American are pretty similar.
The English Standard Version get's 10/10 from me.
If you want to be my disciple, you must hate everyone else by comparison—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple.
The Message version.
One day when large groups of people were walking along with him, Jesus turned and told them, "Anyone who comes to me but refuses to let go of father, mother, spouse, children, brothers, sisters—yes, even one's own self!—can't be my disciple. Anyone who won't shoulder his own cross and follow behind me can't be my disciple.
Contemporary English Version... hmmm
You cannot be my disciple, unless you love me more than you love your father and mother, your wife and children, and your brothers and sisters. You cannot come with me unless you love me more than you love your own life.
New Century Version...
If anyone comes to me but loves his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, or sisters—or even life—more than me, he cannot be my follower.
I could go on... but that would be boring.
