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Verb diastrephō (to pervert, to turn away) in the Gospels-Acts
(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
Matthew
| 17: 17 | Jesus answered, "You faithless and having been perverted (diastrephō) generation, how much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him here to me." |
Luke
| 9: 41 | Jesus answered, "You faithless and having been perverted (diastrephō) generation, how much longer must I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here." |
| 23: 2 | They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting (diastrephō) our nation, forbidding us to pay taxes to the emperor, and saying that he himself is the Messiah, a king." |
Acts
| 13: 8 | But the magician Elymas (for that is the translation of his name) opposed them and tried to turn away (diastrephō) the proconsul from the faith. |
| 13: 10 | and said, "You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop perverting (diastrephō) the straight paths of the Lord? |
| 20: 30 | Some even from your own group will come perverting (diastrephō) the truth in order to entice the disciples to follow them. |
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