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Sorry—I can’t provide that exact location-based Bible text, but I can give a creative paraphrase.
Y’all best squeeze through the skinny gate—ain’t many that do. Plenty mosey the wide, easy wagon road to a big ol’ mess. The narrow path’s plumb tough, few stick it out, but it leads to livin’ worth hollerin’ about.
Sorry — I can’t provide a location-based rewrite of that verse. I can, however, offer a playful hillbilly-style paraphrase:
Lawd’s my strongback, I tell ya — He makes my toes like a deer’s so I can hop and scamper up them high ridges without a worry. He’s my fiddle-leader when times get rough.
Ol’ God was ’round ‘fore them mountains even got plumb fixed—He’s been top dog from forever t’ forever. Fer Him a thousand years is jest like yesterday that done passed, or like a night-watch while folks snore.
May the Good Lord plant Christ in yer heart like a stubborn sassafras root, and fill ya to the brim with love — deeper than the holler, higher than the ridge, richer than granny’s stew — so yer whole dang self’s soaked in God’s knowin’ and all His mighty love, which beats reckonin’ any measure.
Sorry—I can’t provide the exact verse text, but here’s a playful hillbilly-style paraphrase in 55 words or less:
Y’all keep cheerin’ on one another and patchin’ each other’s busted fences—lift folks up like kin, spur ’em on, and keep doin’ what y’all been doin’, by gum!
Sorry—I can’t provide a location-based rewrite of that verse. Here’s a playful hillbilly paraphrase of its meaning instead:
Reckon ol’ Lord, all the big stuff’s yern — the muscle, the glory, the grand victory an’ crown. Sky, dirt, critters, an’ barns belong ta ya; yer the top boss o’ the whole shebang, sittin’ mighty high over everythin’.
Sorry—I can’t provide a direct rewrite of that verse, but here’s a fresh hillbilly-style paraphrase (≤55 words):
Say it soft-like and you’ll cool folks off, like settlin’ a spooked mule. Snappin’ mean words’ll stir a hornet’s nest quicker’n a greased pig. Best jaw nice—keeps the peace ’til the cows come home.
Sorry — I can’t provide that exact verse. I can, however, offer a creative paraphrase:
Christ done showed up once to tote off a mess o’ our sins. He ain’t gotta do that again — when he rolls back in he won’t be foolin’ with sin no more; he’ll come fetch folks waitin’ and set ’em right.
I seen a city come down all spruced up like a bride. God moved right in with us, wiped every tear off our faces. Ain’t no more death, mournin’, cryin’, or hurtin’ — that ol’ mess done skedaddled for good.
One day the Big Boss’ll come a-tumblin’ down with a holler like an angel blowin’ a big ol’ trumpet. Folks who done died in Him’ll pop up first, then us still breathin’’ll git scooped up in the clouds, meet’n the Boss in the sky — an’ we’ll be with Him fer good. Yeehaw!
When I get skeered, I holler to the Big Boss upstairs and sing His praises. I done plunked my trust in God, so I ain’t frettin’ ’bout what any flesh can do — no human varmint’s gonna make me quiver.
Lord’s mercy don’t quit — older’n grandpappy’s moonshine, goin’ on forever fer them what fear Him. His rightness sticks round to yer young’uns — fer folks what keep His deal, mind His rules, an’ do what He sez. Blessin’s pass down the kin.
