Should Christians get tattoos?
A lot of opinions. The final authority, is of course, the Holy Bible.
What the Holy Bible says:
Leviticus 19:28
New International Version
Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the LORD.
New Living Translation
Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the LORD.
English Standard Version
You shall not make any cuts on your body for the dead or tattoo yourselves: I am the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD.
GOD'S WORDŽ Translation
Never slash your body to mourn the dead, and never get a tattoo. I am the LORD.
King James Bible
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
American King James Version
You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks on you: I am the LORD.
American Standard Version
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
You may not make cuts in your flesh in respect for the dead, or have marks printed on your bodies: I am the Lord.
Douay-Rheims Bible
You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh, for the dead, neither shall you make in yourselves any figures or marks: I am the Lord.
Darby Bible Translation
And cuttings for a dead person shall ye not make in your flesh, nor put any tattoo writing upon you: I am Jehovah.
English Revised Version
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
Webster's Bible Translation
Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.
World English Bible
"You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.
Young's Literal Translation
And a cutting for the soul ye do not put in your flesh; and a writing, a cross-mark, ye do not put on you; I am Jehovah.
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Rev.
Genesis 9:6
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
Numbers 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.
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