The first copies of the King James Version of the Bible were printed in 1611, and it was not long before more and more copies were needed. Robert Baker and Martin Lucas were the royal printers (officially authorized to print official documents), who were commissioned to reprint 1,000 copies of the King James Version. They accidentally left out one vital word in Exodus 20:14, and it mistakenly said, “Thou shalt commit adultery.” The king ordered that all copies be burned, and less than 15 copies still exist. That printing is commonly called “The Wicked Bible.”
The word “not” is found 6,474 times in the entire Bible and 2,055 times in the New Testament. Imagine how popular it would be if a new “Wicked Bible” were printed today and all the “nots” of the Bible were removed on purpose. It would be a new “Wicked Bible,” and it would be widely loved by many.
A new “Wicked Bible” would be so loved by those who teach that all one has to do in order to be saved is to say the words of the modern sinner’s prayer. The new Bible would say, “Everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven” (Not-Matt. 7:21). The real Bible says, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father” (Matt. 7:21). We need to listen to the Bible instead of those televangelists who teach the opposite of what Jesus said.
A new “Wicked Bible” would be loved by many who have trouble dealing with others. It would say, “Be angry and sin” (Not-Eph. 4:26). It would also say, “Let us be conceited, provoking one another, envying one another” (Not-Gal. 5:26).
A new “Wicked Bible” would be loved by our immoral society which lives lawlessly, and their fleshly desires dominate sinful actions like fornication, lewdness, hate, contentions, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, envy, revelry and a long list of other sins also specifically mentioned in Galatians. The new “Wicked Bible” would say, “Those who practice such things will inherit the kingdom heaven” (Not-Gal. 5:19-21). Many would love reading this new Bible!
A new “Wicked Bible” would allow every man to change any and everything in the Bible they did not like by adding or subtracting what they like or dislike from the revelation of God. Sin would cease to exist, for the new Bible would license all that anyone wanted to do and encourage the fulfilment of every desire of every man.
All mankind will someday be judged by the eternal words God put in the Bible (Rev. 20:12). The King of kings has written His book, and there is no room for a modern “Wicked Bible.”