Bede relates that Caedmon embodied a history of the Bible in Anglo-Saxon poetry; Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne, translated the Psalms in the seventh century; and Bede translated the Gospel of John; he finished dictating it as he breathed his last, A.D. 735. King Alfred translated Ex. 20
I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God.
I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.
Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.
Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; indeed, sin is lawlessness.
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