The translations change the individual words, and move words around to fit grammatically, but they tend to be fairly literal. See this literal word by word tran

The translations change the individual words, and move words around to fit grammatically, but they tend to be fairly literal. See this literal word by word translation from the original Greek, and see how it's basically the same as the translation previously quoted: https://biblehub.com/interlinear/luke/14-26.htm https://biblehub.com/interlinear/luke/14-26.htm Neither of those other quotes were from Jesus, they were from Paul. Neither of them say abusing women is ok. I agree that parts of the new testament sound off to modern ears. If you're interested in how those quotes can be interpreted, one example is https://www.thegoodbook.com/blog/interestingthoughts/2019/04/02/unpacking-a-controversial-passage-1-timothy-2/ https://www.thegoodbook.com/blog/interestingthoughts/2019/04...