KJV ORIGINAL
These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
His parents said this because they were scared of the Jewish leaders. The leaders had already decided that anyone who admitted Jesus was the Messiah would get kicked out of the synagogue.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes fear of what others think keeps us from speaking the truth about what we've experienced.
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