Trespasses vs. Debts - 9 July 2009

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🗓️ 9 July 2009

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A caller wonders why some versions of The Lord's Prayer include the phrase 'forgive us our trespasses,' while others substitute the word 'debt.' -- Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time: Email: [email protected] Phone: United States toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673 London +44 20 7193 2113 Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771 Site: http://waywordradio.org. Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/ Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/ Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/ Skype: skype://waywordradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.0	I'm Martha Barnett.
0:50.0	We hope you're enjoying your summer,
0:52.0	unless of course you're in the southern
0:53.9	hemisphere, in which case we hope you're enjoying your winter. We've been going
0:58.0	through some phone calls that we didn't get a chance to air during our regular
1:01.1	season. Here's one from Jim in San Diego. He had a great question.
1:05.0	Well, I have been wondering who translated the Lord's Prayer from the Bible into English because the word trespass in the prayer
1:18.7	has never really made sense to me.
1:21.4	Can you, what's the line in question?
1:23.5	Just to refresh me here.
1:25.5	Forgive those trespasses who trespass against us?
1:28.1	Yeah, forgive us our trespasses.
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