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The Message is a reading Bible by Eugene Peterson that combines the authority of God’s Word with the cadence and energy of conversational English. Find your Bible in many colors, formats, and sizes, and read the praise for The Message from people who love it.
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Eugene H. Peterson was a pastor, scholar, writer, and poet....
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The Message is a reading Bible translated from the original...
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The Message provides a fresh and unique Bible-reading experience. For more than two years, Eugene Peterson devoted all his efforts to The Message® New Testament. His primary goal was to capture the tone of the text and the original conversational feel of the Greek, in contemporary English.
The Message strives to help readers hear the living Word of God—the Bible—in a way that engages and intrigues us right where we are. Some people like to read the Bible in Elizabethan English. Others want to read a version that gives a close word-for-word correspondence between the original languages and English.
The Message is a paraphrase of the Bible by Eugene H. Peterson, using modern English and colloquial language. Download The Message for free and listen to it online, or compare it with other versions by Tyndale House Publishers.
The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language (MSG) is a paraphrase of the Bible in contemporary English. Authored by Eugene H. Peterson and published in segments from 1993 to 2002. A Catholic version, The Message – Catholic / Ecumenical Edition, was published in 2013.
The Message is a translation of the Bible that captures the rhythms and idioms of the original languages in conversational English. Learn about the origins, consultants, and features of this reading Bible from the heart of a pastor.