Cheap Copy of John’s Gospel
NavPress sells the Gospel of John in The Message paraphrase for $1.19. If a seeker wants to read the Bible and asks you where to start, I like the idea of handing them a single book out of the Bible–John’s gospel version being a classic choice for first time Bible readers.
Some people have a low view of paraphrases, but for me (I come from a Roman Catholic family; I spent the last dozen years in denomination that highly exalts the Scriptures) it’s that big a deal if you know you’re reading a paraphrase. And I seem to recall Jesus, at least once, quotes from an Aramaic paraphrase.