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MineralMan

(148,996 posts) Mon Dec 3, 2018, 04:51 PM Dec 2018

When I taught Freshman English as a grad student, [View all]

we always discussed figures of speech like similes and metaphors. One of my favorite exercises in the course, which was really a class in reading and writing, was to ask the students to explain this bible verse, and to restate it in one simple sentence:

"Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself: Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof" from the Sermon on the Mount. Matthew 6: 34

The answers I got were all over the place. Then, we had a discussion about interpreting language. The exercise forced the students to think beyond the words and get to the meaning. The antiquated KJV language added to the puzzle.

So, what's your simple sentence?

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When I taught Freshman English as a grad student, [View all] MineralMan Dec 2018 OP

Hmm, 4139 Dec 2018 #1

Don't borrow trouble. nocoincidences Dec 2018 #2

Uh...apologies in advance but it could be the opposite of this: yonder Dec 2018 #3

Yes. MineralMan Dec 2018 #10

On a more serious note: it hints of Buddha's influence on the New Testiment 4139 Dec 2018 #4

Very good. Yes. MineralMan Dec 2018 #16

don't sweat it, it will work out somehow gopiscrap Dec 2018 #5

Synonymic for: "Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo"? (nt) NeoGreen Dec 2018 #6

Epicurus, but not exactly equivalent. MineralMan Dec 2018 #13

I would tend to disagree... NeoGreen Dec 2018 #23

Water cleans everything. marylandblue Dec 2018 #7

LOL! MineralMan Dec 2018 #20

To do onto others sufficiently is to do onto self successfully sanatanadharma Dec 2018 #8

Multiple complex statements. MineralMan Dec 2018 #12

Focus. guillaumeb Dec 2018 #9

One day at a time. MineralMan Dec 2018 #11

Over simplified, dig deeper sanatanadharma Dec 2018 #14

No, I don't think so. MineralMan Dec 2018 #15

tomorrow will take care of itself. chill. pansypoo53219 Dec 2018 #17

Concise. Well done. MineralMan Dec 2018 #18

Baseball is 90 percent mental; the other half is physical Major Nikon Dec 2018 #19

Shit happens. n/t trotsky Dec 2018 #21

It does. Shower daily. MineralMan Dec 2018 #22

Some Dylan lyrics... BluesRunTheGame Dec 2018 #24

Nice! MineralMan Dec 2018 #25

Forget and do not worry about tomorrow, tomorrow will take care of itself. Thomas Hurt Dec 2018 #26

Very good. MineralMan Dec 2018 #27

Don't let the doorknob hit ya where the good Lord split ya underpants Dec 2018 #28

A stitch in time, saves nine. cachukis Dec 2018 #29

don't bother with the retirement fund. n/t Brainstormy Dec 2018 #30

Don't think. Do. nt SWBTATTReg Dec 2018 #31

That may be a little too narrow for that verse. MineralMan Dec 2018 #32

I agree. It was kind of stupid when I heard this at my place of work. It's kind of like the ... SWBTATTReg Dec 2018 #34

What first popped into my mind was PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #33