Most people believe the new versions are just “harmless” updating of words and made easier to understand.
Nothing could be further from the Truth!
Jesus Christ, in Luke 8:11-12, tells the parable of the Sower and the seed:
“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. . . then cometh the devil, and TAKETH AWAY the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.”. Luke 8:11-12
The new versions “take away” complete verses from the words of God. And as with Eve (see Genesis 3:1), it’s all done very subtly.
The average reader would never know it happened!
| Verses “Taken Away” in the New Testament | |||||||
| T = Taken Away | F = Taken Away in Footnote | ||||||
| VERSE | NIV | NASV | NKJV | RSV | NRSV | NCV | LIV |
| Matt 12:47 | F | T | F | ||||
| Matt 17:21 | T | T | F | T | T | T | F |
| Matt 18:11 | T | T | F | T | T | T | F |
| Matt 21:44 | F | T | F | F | |||
| Matt 23:14 | T | T | F | T | T | T | |
| Mark 7:16 | T | T | F | T | T | T | T |
| Mark 9:44 | T | T | F | T | T | T | T |
| Mark 9:46 | T | T | F | T | T | T | T |
| Mark 11:26 | T | T | F | T | T | T | T |
| Mark 15:28 | T | T | F | T | T | T | F |
| Mark 16:9-20 | F | F | F | T | F | F | F |
| Luke 17:36 | T | T | F | T | T | T | |
| Luke 22:43 | F | F | F | T | F | ||
| Luke 22:44 | F | F | F | T | F | ||
| Luke 23:17 | T | T | F | T | T | T | T |
| Luke 24:12 | F | T | F | ||||
| Luke 24:40 | T | T | F | ||||
| John 5:4 | T | T | F | T | T | T | F |
| John 7:53 – 8:11 | F | F | T | F | F | F | |
| Acts 8:37 | T | T | F | T | T | T | F |
| Acts 15:34 | T | T | F | T | T | T | T |
| Acts 24:7 | T | T | T | T | T | ||
| Acts 28:29 | T | T | F | T | T | T | T |
| Rom. 16:24 | T | T | F | T | T | T | |
| 2 Cor. 13:14 | T | ||||||
| James 1:8 | T | T |
The New King James Version (NKJV) referenced is the #401, Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1979, 1980, 1982, with footnotes.
What More Proof Do People need?
Allah knows Best.
Almighty Allah is the highest and most knowledgeable, and the attribution of knowledge to him is the safest.
Right from Almighty Allah and wrong from me and Satan
Prepared by Mohamad Mostafa Nassar- Australia.
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