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>> The Word for Saturday, 8 August 2026

English Standard Version

The word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.

Deuteronomy 30:14

This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.

1 John 5:3

Deuteronomy 30 (English Standard Version)

11 “For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.
12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’
14 But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.
15 “See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.
16 If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
17 But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them,

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1 John 5 (English Standard Version)

1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.
2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.
5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
6 This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

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Free Bible Version

The instruction is right there with you. It's in your mouth and in your mind so you can obey it.

Deuteronomy 30:14

Loving God means that we follow his commands, and his commands are not hard to bear.

1 John 5:3

Deuteronomy 30 (Free Bible Version)

11 The instruction I'm giving you today isn't too difficult for you to follow. It's not as if it's so far from you that it's impossible to achieve.
12 It's not in heaven so you have to ask, “Who is going to go up to heaven get it for us and let us know what it says so we can obey it?”
13 It's not across the ocean not beyond the sea so you have to ask, “Who is going to cross the ocean to get it for us and let us know what it says so we can obey it?”
14 No—you have this instruction is right there with you. It's in your mouth and in your mind so you can obey it.
15 Listen! Today I've placed a choice before you: life and what's good, or death and what's evil.
16 I'm telling you today to love the Lord your God, to follow his ways, and to keep his commandments, rules, and regulations, so you can live and grow in number, and so the Lord your God may bless you in the country that you are entering and will own.
17 If you disregard this and you refuse to listen, if you're lured into bowing down to other gods and worshiping them,

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1 John 5 (Free Bible Version)

1 Whoever trusts that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the father also loves his child.
2 How do we know that we love God's children? When we love God and follow his commands.
3 Loving God means that we follow his commands, and his commands are not hard to bear.
4 Everyone who is born of God defeats the world. The way we gain victory and defeat the world is by trusting God.
5 Who can defeat the world? Only those who trust in Jesus, believing he is the Son of God.
6 He is the one who came through water and blood, Jesus Christ. He did not only come by water, but by water and blood. The Spirit gives evidence to confirm this, for the Spirit is the truth.

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