Populaire Bijbelverzen uit HOANI 7

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Ki te whaka­pono tētahi ki ahau, ka rite ki tā te karaipi­ture, ‘Ka rere mai ngā wai ora i roto i tōna kōpū.’ ”

I te rā whaka­mutu­nga, i te rā nui o te hākari, ka tū a Īhu, ka karanga, ka mea, “Ki te mate­wai tētahi, haere mai ia ki ahau, kia inu.

I kōrero­tia tēnei e ia mō te Wairua, meāke nei riro i te hunga e whaka­pono ana ki a ia; kāhore anō hoki te Wairua Tapu kia hōmai noa; nō te mea kīanō a Īhu i whaka­korōria­tia noatia.

Kaua e waiho te whaka­wā i runga i tā te kanohi, engari kia tika tā koutou whaka­wā.”

Ko te tangata nāna ake tāna kōrero, e whai ana ia i tōna ake korōria; tēnā ki te whai tētahi i te korōria o tōna kai­tono, e pono ana ia, ā, kāhore ōna hē.

Ka whaka­hoki a Īhu ki a rātou, ka mea, “Ehara i te mea nāku ake tāku e whaka­ako nei, engari, nā tōku kai­tono mai.

E kore e āhei kia kino te ao ki a koutou; engari ka kino ki ahau, nō te mea e whaka­atu­ria ana e ahau te kino o āna mahi.