The Greatest Story Ever Told As You Never Heard it Before Brought to you by Bible Society and dramatised by Riding Lights Theatre Company, this audio CD set brings to life the whole New Testament in a dynamic and vibrant way. Let the power of audio storytelling take you back to first century Palestine Listen to the extraordinary life and teaching of Jesus Hear the compelling dramas of the early Church Discover more than you thought possible – enter into this audio experience and encounter the New Testament afresh. The stunning recording is an unabridged reading of the Contemporary English Version (CEV) New Testament – featuring Russell Boulter, Israel Oyelumade and 31 other actors. Sections from this recording previously used as part of Bible Society’s You’ve Got the Time programme. Running time approximately 20 hours The multi-voice recording of the New Testament was created by Riding Lights Theatre Company in May 2010 at the Digital Audio Studios in Skipton. Engineered and edited by Dave Aston. The text was adapted for voices by Paul Burbridge, with assistance from Yvonne Morley. Director: Paul Burbridge Assistant Director: Yvonne Morley Performed by: Kolade Agboke, Nadia Albina, Nicholas Bensberg, Susan Beresford, Russell Boulter, Paul Burbridge, Tim Charrington, Ruben Crow, Fred Denno, Emma Flett, Nigel Forde, Bud Gemmell, Rob Gooch, Pethrow Gooden, Abby Guinness, Vicki Hackett, Andrew Harrison, Julie Higginson, Zannah Hodson, Chris Jack, Gail Kemp, Rebecca Kennedy, Israel Oyelumade, Chris Pearse, Patrick Pearson-Miles, Tom Peters, Jonathan Race, Frances Simon, Luke Waldock, Mal Whiteley, Rachel Wilcock.

The New Testament - Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2010

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 <div class="label">7</div><div class="s1">Jesus heals an army officer's servant</div><div class="r">(Matthew 8.5-13; John 4.43-54)</div><div class="p"> 1After Jesus had finished teaching the people, he went to Capernaum. 2In that town an army officer's servant was sick and about to die. The officer liked this servant very much. 3And when he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish leaders to ask him to come and heal the servant.</div><div class="p"> 4The leaders went to Jesus and begged him to do something. They said, &#8220;This man deserves your help! 5He loves our nation and even built us a meeting place.&#8221; 6So Jesus went with them.</div><div class="p">When Jesus wasn't far from the house, the officer sent some friends to tell him, &#8220;Lord, don't go to any trouble for me! I am not good enough for you to come into my house. 7And I am certainly not worthy to come to you. Just say the word, and my servant will get well. 8I have officers who give orders to me, and I have soldiers who take orders from me. I can say to one of them, &#8216;Go!&#8217; and he goes. I can say to another, &#8216;Come!&#8217; and he comes. I can say to my servant, &#8216;Do this!&#8217; and he will do it.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 9When Jesus heard this, he was so surprised that he turned and said to the crowd following him, &#8220;In all of Israel I've never found anyone with this much faith!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 10The officer's friends returned and found the servant well.</div><div class="s1">A widow's son</div><div class="p"> 11Soon Jesus and his disciples were on their way to the town of Nain, and a big crowd was going along with them. 12As they came near the gate of the town, they saw people carrying out the body of a widow's only son. Many people from the town were walking along with her.</div><div class="p"> 13When the Lord saw the woman, he felt sorry for her and said, &#8220;Don't cry!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 14Jesus went over and touched the stretcher on which the people were carrying the dead boy. They stopped, and Jesus said, &#8220;Young man, get up!&#8221; 15The boy sat up and began to speak. Jesus then gave him back to his mother.</div><div class="p"> 16Everyone was frightened and praised God. They said, &#8220;A great prophet is here with us! God has come to his people.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 17News about Jesus spread all over Judea and everywhere else in that part of the country.</div><div class="s1">John the Baptist</div><div class="r">(Matthew 11.1-19)</div><div class="p"> 18-19John's followers told John everything that was being said about Jesus. So he sent two of them to ask the Lord, &#8220;Are you the one we should be looking for? Or must we wait for someone else?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 20When these messengers came to Jesus, they said, &#8220;John the Baptist sent us to ask, &#8216;Are you the one we should be looking for? Or are we supposed to wait for someone else?&#8217; &#8221;</div><div class="p"> 21At that time Jesus was healing many people who were sick or in pain or were troubled by evil spirits, and he was giving sight to a lot of blind people. 22Jesus said to the messengers sent by John, &#8220;Go and tell John what you have seen and heard. Blind people are now able to see, and the lame can walk. People who have leprosy#7.22 leprosy: See the note at 4.27. are being healed, and the deaf can now hear. The dead are raised to life, and the poor are hearing the good news.#Is 35.5,6; Is 61.1. 23God will bless everyone who doesn't reject me because of what I do.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 24After John's messengers had gone, Jesus began speaking to the crowds about John:</div><div class="pi">What kind of person did you go out to the desert to see? Was he like tall grass blown about by the wind? 25What kind of man did you really go out to see? Was he someone dressed in fine clothes? People who wear expensive clothes and live in luxury are in the king's palace. 26What then did you go out to see? Was he a prophet? He certainly was! I tell you that he was more than a prophet. 27In the Scriptures, God calls John his messenger and says, &#8220;I am sending my messenger ahead of you to get things ready for you.&#8221;#Ml 3.1. 28No one ever born on this earth is greater than John. But whoever is least important in God's kingdom is greater than John.</div><div class="p"> 29Everyone had been listening to John. Even the tax collectors#7.29 tax collectors: See the note at 3.12. had obeyed God and had done what was right by letting John baptize them.#Mt 21.32; Lk 3.12. 30But the Pharisees and the experts in the Law of Moses refused to obey God and be baptized by John.</div><div class="p"> 31Jesus went on to say:</div><div class="pi">What are you people like? What kind of people are you? 32You are like children sitting in the market and shouting to each other,</div><div class="q1">&#8220;We played the flute,</div><div class="q2">but you would not dance!</div><div class="q1">We sang a funeral song,</div><div class="q2">but you would not cry!&#8221;</div><div class="mi"> 33John the Baptist did not go around eating and drinking, and you said, &#8220;John has a demon in him!&#8221; 34But because the Son of Man goes around eating and drinking, you say, &#8220;Jesus eats and drinks too much! He is even a friend of tax collectors and sinners.&#8221; 35Yet Wisdom is shown to be right by what its followers do.</div><div class="s1">Simon the Pharisee</div><div class="p"> 36A Pharisee invited Jesus to have dinner with him. So Jesus went to the Pharisee's home and got ready to eat.#7.36 got ready to eat: On special occasions the Jewish people often followed the Greek and Roman custom of lying down on their left side and leaning on their left elbow, while eating with their right hand. This is how the woman could come up behind Jesus and wash his feet (see verse 38).</div><div class="p"> 37When a sinful woman in that town found out that Jesus was there, she bought an expensive bottle of perfume.#Mt 26.7; Mk 14.3; Jn 12.3. 38Then she came and stood behind Jesus. She cried and started washing his feet with her tears and drying them with her hair. The woman kissed his feet and poured the perfume on them.</div><div class="p"> 39The Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this and said to himself, &#8220;If this man really were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him! He would know that she is a sinner.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 40Jesus said to the Pharisee, &#8220;Simon, I have something to say to you.&#8221;</div><div class="p">&#8220;Teacher, what is it?&#8221; Simon replied.</div><div class="p"> 41Jesus told him, &#8220;Two people were in debt to a moneylender. One of them owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other owed him fifty. 42Since neither of them could pay him back, the moneylender said that they didn't have to pay him anything. Which one of them will like him more?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 43Simon answered, &#8220;I suppose it would be the one who had owed more and didn't have to pay it back.&#8221;</div><div class="p">&#8220;You are right,&#8221; Jesus said.</div><div class="p"> 44He turned towards the woman and said to Simon, &#8220;Have you noticed this woman? When I came into your home, you didn't give me any water so I could wash my feet. But she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. 45You didn't greet me with a kiss, but from the time I came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet. 46You didn't even pour olive oil on my head,#7.44-46 washed my feet&#8230;greet me with a kiss&#8230;pour olive oil on my head: Guests in a home were usually offered water so they could wash their feet, because most people either went barefoot or wore sandals and would come into the house with very dusty feet. Guests were also greeted with a kiss on the cheek, and special ones often had sweet-smelling olive oil poured on their head. but she has poured expensive perfume on my feet. 47So I tell you that all her sins are forgiven, and that is why she has shown great love. But anyone who has been forgiven for only a little will show only a little love.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 48Then Jesus said to the woman, &#8220;Your sins are forgiven.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 49Some other guests started saying to one another, &#8220;Who is this who dares to forgive sins?&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 50But Jesus told the woman, &#8220;Because of your faith, you are now saved.#7.50 saved: Or &#8220;healed&#8221;. The Greek word may have either meaning. May God give you peace!&#8221;</div>
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After Jesus had finished teaching the people, he went to Capernaum. In that town an army officer's servant was sick and about to die. The officer liked this servant very much. And when he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish leaders to ask him to come and heal the servant.
The leaders went to Jesus and begged him to do something. They said, “This man deserves your help! He loves our nation and even built us a meeting place.” So Jesus went with them.
When Jesus wasn't far from the house, the officer sent some friends to tell him, “Lord, don't go to any trouble for me! I am not good enough for you to come into my house. And I am certainly not worthy to come to you. Just say the word, and my servant will get well. I have officers who give orders to me, and I have soldiers who take orders from me. I can say to one of them, ‘Go!’ and he goes. I can say to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes. I can say to my servant, ‘Do this!’ and he will do it.”
When Jesus heard this, he was so surprised that he turned and said to the crowd following him, “In all of Israel I've never found anyone with this much faith!”
The officer's friends returned and found the servant well.

Soon Jesus and his disciples were on their way to the town of Nain, and a big crowd was going along with them. As they came near the gate of the town, they saw people carrying out the body of a widow's only son. Many people from the town were walking along with her.
When the Lord saw the woman, he felt sorry for her and said, “Don't cry!”
Jesus went over and touched the stretcher on which the people were carrying the dead boy. They stopped, and Jesus said, “Young man, get up!” The boy sat up and began to speak. Jesus then gave him back to his mother.
Everyone was frightened and praised God. They said, “A great prophet is here with us! God has come to his people.”
News about Jesus spread all over Judea and everywhere else in that part of the country.


John's followers told John everything that was being said about Jesus. So he sent two of them to ask the Lord, “Are you the one we should be looking for? Or must we wait for someone else?”
When these messengers came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are you the one we should be looking for? Or are we supposed to wait for someone else?’ ”
At that time Jesus was healing many people who were sick or in pain or were troubled by evil spirits, and he was giving sight to a lot of blind people. Jesus said to the messengers sent by John, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard. Blind people are now able to see, and the lame can walk. People who have leprosy are being healed, and the deaf can now hear. The dead are raised to life, and the poor are hearing the good news. God will bless everyone who doesn't reject me because of what I do.”
After John's messengers had gone, Jesus began speaking to the crowds about John:
What kind of person did you go out to the desert to see? Was he like tall grass blown about by the wind? What kind of man did you really go out to see? Was he someone dressed in fine clothes? People who wear expensive clothes and live in luxury are in the king's palace. What then did you go out to see? Was he a prophet? He certainly was! I tell you that he was more than a prophet. In the Scriptures, God calls John his messenger and says, “I am sending my messenger ahead of you to get things ready for you.” No one ever born on this earth is greater than John. But whoever is least important in God's kingdom is greater than John.
Everyone had been listening to John. Even the tax collectors had obeyed God and had done what was right by letting John baptize them. But the Pharisees and the experts in the Law of Moses refused to obey God and be baptized by John.
Jesus went on to say:
What are you people like? What kind of people are you? You are like children sitting in the market and shouting to each other,
“We played the flute,
but you would not dance!
We sang a funeral song,
but you would not cry!”
John the Baptist did not go around eating and drinking, and you said, “John has a demon in him!” But because the Son of Man goes around eating and drinking, you say, “Jesus eats and drinks too much! He is even a friend of tax collectors and sinners.” Yet Wisdom is shown to be right by what its followers do.

A Pharisee invited Jesus to have dinner with him. So Jesus went to the Pharisee's home and got ready to eat.
When a sinful woman in that town found out that Jesus was there, she bought an expensive bottle of perfume. Then she came and stood behind Jesus. She cried and started washing his feet with her tears and drying them with her hair. The woman kissed his feet and poured the perfume on them.
The Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this and said to himself, “If this man really were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him! He would know that she is a sinner.”
Jesus said to the Pharisee, “Simon, I have something to say to you.”
“Teacher, what is it?” Simon replied.
Jesus told him, “Two people were in debt to a moneylender. One of them owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other owed him fifty. Since neither of them could pay him back, the moneylender said that they didn't have to pay him anything. Which one of them will like him more?”
Simon answered, “I suppose it would be the one who had owed more and didn't have to pay it back.”
“You are right,” Jesus said.
He turned towards the woman and said to Simon, “Have you noticed this woman? When I came into your home, you didn't give me any water so I could wash my feet. But she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. You didn't greet me with a kiss, but from the time I came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet. You didn't even pour olive oil on my head, but she has poured expensive perfume on my feet. So I tell you that all her sins are forgiven, and that is why she has shown great love. But anyone who has been forgiven for only a little will show only a little love.”
Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”
Some other guests started saying to one another, “Who is this who dares to forgive sins?”
But Jesus told the woman, “Because of your faith, you are now saved. May God give you peace!”

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