The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language (MSG) -- text for use with MyBible.

The Message provides a refreshingly unique Bible-reading experience. Translated directly from the ancient Hebrew and Greek texts into contemporary speech, The Message is designed to open up new understanding and insight as you read God's Word. Passages you've read many times before come alive, revealing the vibrant energy and passion of God's Word.

• A paraphrase from the original Hebrew and Greek languages
• Written in clear, direct language that brings the Bible to life
• Designed to be a reading Bible rather than a study Bible
• Authored by Eugene Peterson
• Reviewed by a team of distinguished professors from various seminaries and colleges to ensure that it accurately communicates the original Hebrew and Greek

Psalm 1:1

How well God must like you--
you don't hang out at Sin Saloon,
you don't slink along Dead-End Road,
you don't go to Smart-Mouth College.

John 3:16

This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life.

2 Timothy 3:16-17

Every part of Scripture is God-breathed and useful one way or another--showing us truth, exposing our rebellion, correcting our mistakes, training us to live God's way. Through the Word we are put together and shaped up for the tasks God has for us.

Revelation 10:10

I took the little book from the Angel's hand and it was sweet honey in my mouth, but when I swallowed, my stomach curdled.