And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names:

So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,

And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

From the half-tribe of Manasseh: 18,000 designated by name to come and make David king.

And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever;

With them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the LORD, for “His loving devotion endures forever.”

And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.

As for the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who lived on the farmlands around each of their cities or in any other city, men were designated by name to distribute a portion to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed by the genealogies.

Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name.

They also brought 220 of the temple servants, all designated by name. David and the officials had appointed them to assist the Levites.

And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,

And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?

Some of those present, however, expressed their indignation to one another: “Why this waste of perfume?

For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. All that matters is faith, expressed through love.

For great are thy judgments, and cannot be expressed: therefore unnurtured souls have erred.