The New American Bible Revised. The King James Version. The Message. The New Revised Standard Version—Catholic Edition. The Jerusalem Bible. The English Standard Version. The New American Standard Bible. Among the hundreds of translations of the Bible into English, which one is the best one? Do you want to read a Bible that stays as closely as possible to every word of the original Hebrew and Greek? Or a “thought to thought” translation? Or both? Is it to study the Bible—or for devotional purpos

BIBLICAL TEXT Luke 13:10-17 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) Jesus Heals a Crippled Woman 10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 11 And just then there appeared a woman with a spirit that had crippled her for eighteen years. She was bent over and was quite unable to stand up straight. 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said, ‘Woman, you are set free from your ailment.’ 13 When he laid his hands on her, immediately she stood up straight and began praising Go