Simplified Chinese characters are used in mainland China (People's Republic of China) and Singapore to represent a variety of Chinese dialects spoken by well over 1 billion people.

In order to display Simplified Chinese characters correctly, you may need a font such as Arial Unicode MS or Bitstream Cyberbit.

The New Chinese Version (NCV) was first published in 1992. It is gaining in popularity over the older Chinese Union Version, particularly among evangelicals.

You can also read the same passage in the Chinese Union version or in Traditional Chinese characters.

New Chinese Version, © 2002 The Worldwide Bible Society Ltd. All rights reserved.