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Featured passages
Familiar texts make translation differences easier to see. Each card opens a comparison with your current translation set when you have one, or a sensible default.
John 3:16–17 and Matthew 4:19 are this guide’s sample verses. Other passages compare in every translation that already has licensed or public-domain full text.
Jesus and Nicodemus
John 3:16–17
See how a familiar Gospel sentence is rendered across translation methods.
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Follow me
Matthew 4:19
A single invitation, many English choices — including men, people, or a longer restatement.
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Creation
Genesis 1:1–5
Watch how translators handle “the deep,” light, and the first day.
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The shepherd psalm
Psalm 23
See how familiar phrases differ across translations.
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The Beatitudes
Matthew 5:3–10
Blessed, happy, or fortunate — compare the opening of the Sermon on the Mount.
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The Lord’s Prayer
Matthew 6:9–13
A prayer known by heart — useful for seeing debts, trespasses, and daily bread.
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The Christmas story
Luke 2:1–20
A longer narrative passage for comparing story-shaped English.
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Life in Christ
Romans 8:28
One verse, many cadences — purpose, called, and “all things.”
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Living sacrifice
Romans 12:1–2
Compare “living sacrifice,” “conform,” and “renewal of your mind.”
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Love
1 Corinthians 13
Charity or love — a chapter where word choice is the lesson.
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