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“Unshrunk cloth… new wine in old wineskins”
Matthew 9:16–17

Sounds like: Quaint imagery about incompatibility.

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/yvMdUGFdJ9

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“An anointed guardian cherub”
Ezekiel 28:13–14

Sounds like: A direct description of Satan, his beauty and his fall from heaven.

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/yDw8OH124G

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“The tithe belongs to the LORD”
Leviticus 27:30

Sounds like: A tax code detail about giving ten percent.

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/COgspb6E8H

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“Laborers in the vineyard… whatever is right I will give you”
Matthew 20:1–15

Sounds like: An unfair boss story; equal pay for unequal work offends modern instincts too.

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/lVRnbo2uOC

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“Barnabas (meaning Son of Encouragement)”
Acts 4:36

Sounds like: A nickname with a translation footnote.

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/yoN6O8x6SQ

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“The scepter will not depart from Judah”
Genesis 49:10

Sounds like: A cryptic tribal blessing with a mysterious name dropped in.

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/Lkpd8bvALp

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“God, be merciful to me, a sinner!”
Luke 18:9–14

Sounds like: Humble prayer good, proud prayer bad.

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/KViT3SwboC

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“Like sheep without a shepherd”
Mark 6:34

Sounds like: A gentle pastoral image of aimlessness.

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/QDLLpM0B3a

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“Set me as a seal over your heart”
Song of Songs 8:6

Sounds like: A vague poetic wish to be close, using the word 'seal'.

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/Q3ggLCVqKS

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“They do it for a crown that is perishable”
1 Corinthians 9:24–25

Sounds like: Generic sports talk.

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/NLHBtq9xJv

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“No one knows his grave”
Deuteronomy 34:6

Sounds like: A melancholy note that Moses' tomb was simply lost.

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/VyJYahaxJf

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“The glory has departed (Ichabod)”
1 Samuel 4:21

Sounds like: A tragic baby name attached to a battlefield defeat.

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/rs3j1ngGg5

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“Under his own vine and fig tree”
1 Kings 4:25

Sounds like: A pleasant image of a nice, leafy countryside.

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/NvttHSvEQQ

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“Everyone forces his way into it”
Luke 16:16

Sounds like: Baffling in any translation: is the violence good or bad?

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/f2btokfbaN

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“The son of David”
Matthew 1:1

Sounds like: A dry genealogical detail, just noting an ancestor.

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/sKr7xjeYws

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“The LORD Will Provide”
Genesis 22:14

Sounds like: Abraham gives the place a nice devotional nickname.

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/guOm8tj9lt

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“The veil of the temple was torn in two”
Mark 15:38

Sounds like: Dramatic special effects.

What first-century ears heard: https://t.co/XfeVZk75My