John 15:12-17 in the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version

"This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you. No man has greater love than this: that a man give his life for his friends. You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you. From now on I will not call you servants, because the servant does not know what his master does. But I have called you friends, because all things that I have heard from my Father I have opened to you. You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, so you would go and produce fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so whatever you ask from the Father in my name, he would give it you. These things I command you, that you love one another."

John 15:12-17 from the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels (more here)

Luke 1:1-4 in the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the NT Gospels

"Since many have taken a hand in compiling a treatise about those things which are surely known among us, Even as they declared them to us, who saw them for themselves from the beginning, and were ministers of the word, I determined also as soon as I had searched out diligently all things from the beginning, that I then would write to you, good Theophilus, So that you might know the certainty of those things of which you have been instructed."

Luke 1:1-4 in the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the New Testament Gospels. Available exclusively at Abbott ePublishing.)

The Beatitudes in the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels

When he saw the people, he went up onto a hill. And when he was seated, his disciples came to him.

And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

Blessed are the poor in spirit, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are those who mourn, because they will be comforted.

Blessed are the meek, because they will inherit the earth.

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled.

Blessed are the merciful, because they will obtain mercy.

Blessed are the pure in heart, because they will see God.

Blessed are the maintainers of peace, because they will be called the children of God.

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, because theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.

Blessed are you, when men insult you, and pursue you, and say all kinds of evil things against you falsely, for my sake.

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great, and this is the way they persecuted the prophets before your time.

(Matthew 5:1-12 in the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the New Testament Gospels. Available exclusively at Abbott ePublishing.)

Matthew 19:3-11 from the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version

The Pharisees also came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, "Is it legal for a man to divorce his wife for all kinds of reasons?" He answered, "Have you not read how he who made them in the beginning made them man and woman?" And said, "For this reason a man will leave father and mother, and will join to his wife, and the two will be one flesh. So now they are not two, but one flesh. Let no man, therefore, put asunder that which God has coupled together."

They said to him, "Why did Moses then command to give a certificate of divorce, and to divorce her?" He said to them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, allowed you to divorce your wives. But from the beginning, it was not so. So, I say to you, Whoever divorces his wife (unless it is because of adultery) and then marries another, breaks wedlock. And whoever marries she who is divorced does also commit adultery." Then his disciples say to him, "If this is the case between a man and his wife, it is not good to marry." He said to them, "All men cannot receive this saying, except those to whom it is given."

Matthew 19:3-11 from the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version more here.

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Matt. 7:7 to Matt. 7:12 in the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you: For whoever asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it will be opened. Is there any man among you who, if his son asks him for bread, would offer him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he gives him a snake?

So if those who are evil know how to give your children good gifts, how much more will your Father, who is in heaven, give good things to those who ask him? Therefore, whatever you wish others would do to you, do to them. This is the Law and the Prophets."

- Matt. 7:7-7:12 From the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels. More here.

Luke 18:15-17 in the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels

"And they brought to him also infants, so he could touch them. When his disciples saw it, they yelled at them. But Jesus called them to him, and said, 'Allow the little children to come to me, and do not forbid them. Because of such is the kingdom of God. Truly I say to you, Whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child, he will not enter into it.'" Lk 18:15-17

From the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels. More here.

Mark 3:27 in the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels

"No man can enter into a strong man's house, and take away his property, unless he first binds that strong man; and then he can ravish his house and carry off his property." - Mark 3:27 from the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels.

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Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the Gospels Published

Abbott ePublishing announces the publication of the Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version of the New Testament Gospels, an updated, modern English version of the first printed English Gospels translated by William Tyndale in 1526.

Also known as the Abbott ePublishing Version, this is the first stage of a proposed full revision of Tyndale's New Testament translation.

The electronic book is being sold for $2.99 on the company’s website,www.abbottepub.com/tyndale21gospels.html in Adobe Portable Document format (.pdf.) The eBook contains the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.

General editor and Abbott ePublishing principal Stephen Abbott says the new version is not a "translation," but rather an update of the 16^thCentury text that Tyndale produced.

"It was a remarkable and important text in the history of translations,” said Abbott. “It was the first New Testament printed in English, it laid the foundations and gave much of the familiar wording to the King James Version of 1611, and was the first English Bible to be translated directly from the Greek language.”

All the English Bibles up until that time had been translations from the Latin Vulgate, but Tyndale's New Testament was taken from the compilation of all Greek manuscripts known at that time.

The scholars who created the King James Version of the Bible in 1611 relied heavily on Tyndale's translation. Some estimate that nearly 83 percent of the King James Version New Testament contains Tyndale’s wording.

“His renderings are unique and sometimes more starkly beautiful than many, many that have come after, as will be readily seen in this translation,” said Abbott ePublishing

Tyndale’s early 16^th Century language is updated in this edition for 21^st Century ears.

"The thought, ‘What if William Tyndale’s 1526 version was the only one Christians had used for the last 400 years, and it now needed to be updated into more modern English?’ was constantly considered,” said Abbott. “It was, in fact, the theoretical basis for this revision. Words and phrases that have clearly changed meaning were updated to 21^st Century English.

The Abbott ePublishing Tyndale21 Version is not a word-for-word update of Tyndale’s translation, and discretion was used when called for, he said.

"This is neither a ‘thought-for-thought’ nor ‘word-for-word’ rendering of the Gospels from ancient Greek texts,” he said. “It is instead an adaptation of an earlier English translation. Phrases are not deliberately put into over-casual speech. The majesty, dignity and grace of the English of Tyndale’s era remain.”

"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For whoever asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it will be opened. Is there any man among you who, if his son asks him for bread, would offer him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he gives him a snake?" Matt. 7:7-10

"And he looked around at them angrily, grieved at the blindness of their hearts. And he said to the man: Hold out your hand. And he did. And his hand was restored just as healthy as the other one." Mark 3:5

"They worship me in vain, teaching doctrines that are nothing but the precepts of men. Because you lay aside the commands of God and instead observe the traditions of men - like baptizing pitchers and cups, and many other kinds of things you do." Mark 7:7-8

"Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together and running over, will men put into your lap. For the same measurement with which you are measuring, that same will be used to measure you." Luke 6:38

"And he said to them, Give, then, to Caesar the things which belong to Caesar, and to God the things that which pertain to God." Luke 20:25

"For God so loved the world, that he has given his only Son, that none who believes in him would die, but would have eternal life." John 3:16