Catholic Public Domain Version
"lest any fornicator or worldly person be like Esau, who, for the sake of one meal, sold his birthright. "
— Hebrews 12:16, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.”
“lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one mess of meat sold his own birthright. ”
“lest there be any sexually immoral person, or profane person, like Esau, who sold his birthright for one meal.”
“And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal.”
“Lest there be any fornicator or profane person, as Esau who for one mess sold his first birthright.”
“And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.”
“Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.”
and straighten the path of your feet, so that no one, being lame, may wander astray, but instead may be healed.
Pursue peace with everyone. Pursue sanctity, without which no one shall see God.
Be contemplative, lest anyone lack the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness spring up and impede you, and by it, many might be defiled,
lest any fornicator or worldly person be like Esau, who, for the sake of one meal, sold his birthright.
For you know that afterwards, when he desired to inherit the benediction, he was rejected. For he found no place for repentance, even though he had sought it with tears.
But you have not drawn near to a tangible mountain, or a burning fire, or a whirlwind, or a mist, or a storm,
or the sound of a trumpet, or a voice of words. Those who had experienced these things excused themselves, lest the Word be spoken to them.