That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. |
That you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. |
in order that you may be (or, show yourselves to be) sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. |
that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. |
To show that you are the children of your Father Who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the wicked and on the good, and makes the rain fall upon the upright and the wrongdoers [alike]. |
in order that you may become sons of your Father in heaven, because His sun He causes to shine on those who are actively opposed to that which is good and upon those who are good, and causes it to rain on those who are fair and equitable in their dealings with others and on those who are not. |
so that you may be sons of your Heavenly Father. For He makes His sun rise upon evil men as well as good, and He sends His rain upon honest and dishonest men alike. |
to prove that you are sons of your Father in heaven, for He makes His sun rise on bad as well as good people, and makes the rain come down on doers of right and of wrong alike. |
That 3704 ye may be 1096 the children 5207 of your 5216 Father 3962 which 3588 is in 1722 heaven: 3772 for 3754 He maketh His 848 sun 2246 to rise 393 on 1909 the evil 4190 and 2532 on the good, 18 and 2532 sendeth rain 1026 on 1909 the just 1342 and 2532 on the unjust. 94 |
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