Malachi 2 (AMP)

Malachi Chapter 2 (AMP)

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¹ When He had gone in, He said to them, "Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is sleeping."

² They began laughing [scornfully] at Him [because they knew the child was dead]. But He made them all[5] go outside, and took along the child's father and mother and His own [three] companions, and entered the room where the child was.

³ Taking the child's hand, He said [tenderly] to her, "Talitha kum!"—which translated [from Aramaic] means, "Little girl, I say to you, get up!"

⁴ The little girl immediately got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they [who witnessed the child's resurrection] were overcome with great wonder and utter amazement.

⁵ He gave strict orders that no one should know about this, and He told them to give her something to eat.

⁶ Jesus left there and came to His hometown [Nazareth]; and His disciples followed Him.

⁷ When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue; and many who listened to Him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things [this knowledge and spiritual insight]? What is this wisdom [this confident understanding of the Scripture] that has been given to Him, and such miracles as these performed by His hands?

⁸ Is this not the carpenter,[1] the son of Mary, and the brother of[2] James and Joses and[3] Judas and Simon? Are His sisters not here with us?" And they were [deeply] offended by Him [and their disapproval blinded them to the fact that He was anointed by God as the Messiah].

⁹ Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor (respect) except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household."

¹⁰ And He could not do a miracle there at all [because of their unbelief] except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.

¹¹ He wondered at their unbelief. And He was going around in the villages teaching.

¹² And He called the twelve [disciples] and began to send them out [as His special messengers] two by two, and gave them authority and power over the unclean spirits.

¹³ He told them to take nothing for the journey except a mere walking stick—no bread, no [traveler's] bag, no money in their belts—

¹⁴ but to wear sandals; and [He told them] not to wear[4] two tunics.

¹⁵ And He told them, "Wherever you go into a house, stay there until you leave that town.

¹⁶ Any place that does not welcome you or listen to you, when you leave there,[5] shake the dust off the soles of your feet as a testimony against them [breaking all ties with them because they rejected My message]."

¹⁷ So they went out and preached that men should repent [that is, think differently, recognize sin, turn away from it, and live changed lives].

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1	When He had gone in, He said to them, "Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is sleeping."
2	They began laughing [scornfully] at Him [because they knew the child was dead]. But He made them all[5] go outside, and took along the child's father and mother and His own [three] companions, and entered the room where the child was.
3	Taking the child's hand, He said [tenderly] to her, "Talitha kum!"—which translated [from Aramaic] means, "Little girl, I say to you, get up!"
4	The little girl immediately got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they [who witnessed the child's resurrection] were overcome with great wonder and utter amazement.
5	He gave strict orders that no one should know about this, and He told them to give her something to eat.
6	Jesus left there and came to His hometown [Nazareth]; and His disciples followed Him.
7	When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue; and many who listened to Him were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things [this knowledge and spiritual insight]? What is this wisdom [this confident understanding of the Scripture] that has been given to Him, and such miracles as these performed by His hands?
8	Is this not the carpenter,[1] the son of Mary, and the brother of[2] James and Joses and[3] Judas and Simon? Are His sisters not here with us?" And they were [deeply] offended by Him [and their disapproval blinded them to the fact that He was anointed by God as the Messiah].
9	Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor (respect) except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household."
10	And He could not do a miracle there at all [because of their unbelief] except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them.
11	He wondered at their unbelief. And He was going around in the villages teaching.
12	And He called the twelve [disciples] and began to send them out [as His special messengers] two by two, and gave them authority and power over the unclean spirits.
13	He told them to take nothing for the journey except a mere walking stick—no bread, no [traveler's] bag, no money in their belts—
14	but to wear sandals; and [He told them] not to wear[4] two tunics.
15	And He told them, "Wherever you go into a house, stay there until you leave that town.
16	Any place that does not welcome you or listen to you, when you leave there,[5] shake the dust off the soles of your feet as a testimony against them [breaking all ties with them because they rejected My message]."
17	So they went out and preached that men should repent [that is, think differently, recognize sin, turn away from it, and live changed lives].

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