Barclay Newman, a translator on the teams for both the Good News Bible and the Contemporary English Version, translated passages of the New Testament into English and published them in 2014, “in a publication brief enough to be non-threatening, yet long enough to be taken seriously, and interesting enough to appeal to believers and un-believers alike.” The following is the translation of Matthew 6:22-24:
Make sure your inner eyes are twenty-twenty!
Otherwise, your daylight will turn to darkness.
You can’t be a slave of two masters —
you will hate one and love the other.
Remember, God is a better master than money.
