“ You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus.“ Don’t you understand these things?

耶稣回答说：“你是以色列人的先生，还不明白这事吗？

耶稣回答，对他说：“你是以色列人的老师，还不明白这些事吗？

耶稣回答，对他说：“你是以色列人的老师，还不明白这些事吗？

耶稣说：“你是以色列人的教师，还不明白这事吗？

耶稣说：“你是以色列人的教师，还不明白这事吗？

耶稣回答说：“你是以色列的老师，还不明白这些事吗？

耶穌回答說：「你是以色列人的先生，還不明白這事嗎？

耶穌回答，對他說：「你是以色列人的老師，還不明白這些事嗎？

耶穌回答，對他說：「你是以色列人的老師，還不明白這些事嗎？

耶穌說：「你是以色列人的教師，還不明白這事嗎？

耶穌說：“你是以色列人的教師，還不明白這事嗎？

耶穌回答他說：『你是以色列的教師，還不明白這些事麼？

耶穌回答說：「你是以色列的老師，還不明白這些事嗎？

耶穌曰、爾為以色列之師、猶未知此乎、

耶穌曰、爾為以色列民師、猶未知此乎、

耶穌曰、爾為以色列人之師、猶不知此乎、

耶穌曰：『汝為義塞之師、而猶昧於斯理耶？

“ You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus,“ and do you not understand these things?

Jesus answered him,“ Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things?

Jesus replied,“ You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things?

“ Are you a teacher of Israel and don’t know these things?” Jesus replied.

Jesus answered and said to him,“ You are the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?

Jesus answered and said to him,“ Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?

Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?

“ Are you a teacher of Israel and don’t know these things?” Jesus replied.

Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

Jesus answered,“ Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things?

Jesus answered him,“ Are you the teacher of Israel, and don’t understand these things?

I will sprinkle pure water on you. Then you will be‘ clean.’ I will make you completely pure and‘ clean.’ I will take all the statues of your gods away from you.I will give you new hearts. I will give you a new spirit that is faithful to me. I will remove your stubborn hearts from you. I will give you hearts that obey me.I will put my Spirit in you. I will make you want to obey my rules. I want you to be careful to keep my laws.

They will no longer make themselves‘ unclean’ by worshiping any of their evil gods. They will not do wrong things anymore. They always turn away from me. But I will save them from that sin. I will make them pure and‘ clean.’ They will be my people. And I will be their God.“‘ “A man who belongs to the family line of my servant David will be their king. All of them will have one shepherd. They will obey my laws. And they will be careful to keep my rules.

Those who guide the people of Israel are leading them down the wrong path. So those who follow them aren’t on the right road.

I will give my people hearts that are completely committed to me. I will give them a new spirit that is faithful to me. I will remove their stubborn hearts from them. And I will give them hearts that obey me.

“ This is the covenant I will make with Israel after that time,” announces the Lord.“ I will put my law in their minds. I will write it on their hearts. I will be their God. And they will be my people.

“‘ “How can you people say,‘ We are wise. We have the law of the Lord’? Actually, the teachers of the law have told lies about it. Their pens have not written what is true.Those who think they are wise will be put to shame. They will become terrified. They will be trapped. They have not accepted my message. So what kind of wisdom do they have?

I will give them a single purpose in life. Then, they will always have respect for me. Then all will go well for them. And it will also go well for their children after them.I will make a covenant with them that will last forever. I promise that I will never stop doing good to them. I will cause them to respect me. Then they will never turn away from me again.

Get rid of all the evil things you have done. Let me give you a new heart and a new spirit. Then you will be faithful to me. Why should you die, people of Israel?When anyone dies, it does not give me any joy,” announces the Lord and King.“ So turn away from your sins. Then you will live!

Help my son Solomon serve you with all his heart. Then he will keep your commands and rules. He will do what you require. He’ll do everything to build the grand and wonderful temple I’ve provided for.”

Leave the Pharisees. They are blind guides. If one blind person leads another blind person, both of them will fall into a pit.”

But we have been truly circumcised. We serve God by the power of his Spirit. We boast about what Christ Jesus has done. We don’t put our trust in who we are or what we can do.

“ Zion is like a woman who has a baby before she goes into labor. She has a son even before her labor pains begin.Who has ever heard of anything like that? Who has ever seen such a thing? Can a country be born in a day? Can a nation be created in a moment? But as soon as Zion goes into labor, there are many more of her people.Zion, would I bring you to the moment of birth and not let it happen?” says the Lord.“ Would I close up a mother’s body when it is time for her baby to be born?” says your God.

At that time Jesus said,“ I praise you, Father. You are Lord of heaven and earth. You have hidden these things from wise and educated people. But you have shown them to little children.

Wolves will live with lambs. Leopards will lie down with goats. Calves and lions will eat together. And little children will lead them around.Cows will eat with bears. Their little ones will lie down together. And lions will eat straw like oxen.A baby will play near a hole where cobras live. A young child will put its hand into a nest where poisonous snakes live.None of those animals will harm or destroy anything or anyone on my holy mountain of Zion. The oceans are full of water. In the same way, the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord.

God, create a pure heart in me. Give me a new spirit that is faithful to you.

God is truly good to Israel. He is good to those who have pure hearts.

Israel’s prophets are blind. They don’t know the Lord. All of them are like watchdogs that can’t even bark. They just lie around and dream. They love to sleep.

Jesus replied,“ You are mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures. And you do not know the power of God.

The Lord has made you fall into a deep sleep. He has closed the eyes of your prophets. He has covered the heads of your seers so they can’t see.For you, this whole vision is like words that are sealed up in a scroll. Suppose you give it to someone who can read. And suppose you say,“ Please read this for us.” Then they’ll answer,“ I can’t. It’s sealed up.”Or suppose you give the scroll to someone who can’t read. And suppose you say,“ Please read this for us.” Then they’ll answer,“ I don’t know how to read.”

After three days they found him in the temple courtyard. He was sitting with the teachers. He was listening to them and asking them questions.

I know that you wanted faithfulness even when I was in my mother’s body. You taught me wisdom in that secret place.

When you received Christ, your circumcision was not done by human hands. Instead, your circumcision was done by Christ. He put away the person you used to be. At that time, sin’s power ruled over you.

A person is not a Jew if they are a Jew only on the outside. And circumcision is more than just something done to the outside of a man’s body.

So don’t be stubborn anymore. Obey the Lord.

The Lord your God will keep you from being stubborn. He’ll do the same thing for your children and their children. Then you will love him with all your heart and with all your soul. And you will live.