This 2011 Revised Edition incorporates two sets of major revisions published over the years: the revised New Testament (revised in 1986), and revised Old Testament (revised in 2010). But in one version or another, the NAB is a translation that all serious American Catholics should possess a copy of in some form, even if they choose to use another translation as a primary reading or study Bible. NAB Bibles published between 19 would come closest to reflecting the overall texts of the readings at Mass. However, the more recently updated NABRE Old Testament departs noticeably from the texts currently used in the Mass and other rites. The New Testament of the current NABRE version aligns closely to the text of the Gospel and other New Testament readings heard in the current Lectionary for Mass. Church are based on prior versions of the NAB. The Lectionary for Mass and other liturgical documents used in the U.S. Taken together with the various earlier versions of the NAB (of which this is the fourth), the NAB is the translation family most commonly owned and used by English-speaking American Catholics. It is the de facto standard Bible translation for the Catholic Church in America. The NABRE is the current version of the New American Bible (NAB), published in 2011 by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).