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New Jerusalem Bible

New Jerusalem Bible

The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) is a Catholic translation of the Bible published in 1985. The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) has become the most widely used Roman Catholic Bible outside of the United States. It has the imprimatur of Cardinal George Basil Hume.

Like its predecessor, the Jerusalem Bible, the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) version is translated "directly from the Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic." The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jerusalem, is followed only "where the text admits to more than one interpretation." Introductions and notes, with some modifications, are taken from the Bible de Jerusalem.

Source: The Very Reverend Dom (Joseph) Henry Wansbrough, OSB, MA (Oxon), STL (Fribourg), LSS (Rome), a monk of Ampleforth Abbey and a biblical scholar. He was General Editor of the New Jerusalem Bible. "New Jerusalem Bible, Regular Edition", pg. v.

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June 18th, 2013

Reading 1, Second Corinthians 8:1-9: Next, brothers, we will tell you of the grace of God which has been granted to the churches of ... Psalm, Psalms 146:2, 5-6, 7, 8-9: I will praise Yahweh all my life, I will make music to my God as long as I live. Gospel, Matthew 5:43-48: 'You have heard how it was said, You will love your neighbour and hate your enemy. But I say this ... Read More


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Reading 1, Second Corinthians 8:1-9
Next, brothers, we will tell you of the grace of God which has ... Read More

Psalm, Psalms 146:2, 5-6, 7, 8-9
I will praise Yahweh all my life, I will make music to my God ... Read More

Gospel, Matthew 5:43-48
'You have heard how it was said, You will love your neighbour ... Read More

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