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@@ -65,5 +65,3 @@ God made man and woman in his own image. He blessed them and told them, “Have
 When the seventh day came, God had finished all the work that he had been doing. He blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on this day he stopped creating things. This is how God created the universe and everything in it.
 
 _A Bible story from: Genesis 1-2_
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@@ -49,5 +49,3 @@ God said to the man, “You listened to your wife and disobeyed me. Now the grou
 Then God said, “Now that the human beings have become like us by knowing good and evil, they must not be allowed to eat the fruit of the tree of life and live forever.” So God sent Adam and Eve away from the garden. God placed powerful angels at the entrance to the garden to keep anyone from eating the fruit of the tree of life.
 
 _A Bible story from: Genesis 3_
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 God then made the first rainbow as a sign of his promise. Every time the rainbow appeared in the sky, God would remember what he promised and so would his people.
 
 _A Bible story from: Genesis 6-8_
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@@ -37,5 +37,3 @@ Many years went by, but Abram and Sarai still did not have a son. God spoke to A
 Then God made a covenant with Abram. Normally, a covenant is an agreement between two parties to do things for each other. But in this case, God made a promise to Abram while Abram was in a deep sleep, but he could still hear God. God said, “I will give you a son from your own body. I give the land of Canaan to your descendants.” But Abram still did not have a son.
 
 _A Bible story from: Genesis 11-15_
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@@ -41,5 +41,3 @@ Nearby, Abraham saw a ram that was stuck in a bush. God had provided the ram to
 Then God said to Abraham, “Because you were willing to give me everything, even your only son, I promise to bless you. Your descendants will be more than the stars in the sky. Because you have obeyed me, I will bless all the families of the world through your family.”
 
 _A Bible story from: Genesis 16-22_
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@@ -29,5 +29,3 @@ God told Rebekah, “You will give birth to two sons. Their descendants will bec
 When Rebekah’s babies were born, the older son came out red and hairy, and they named him Esau. Then the younger son came out holding on to Esau’s heel, and they named him Jacob. 
 
 _A Bible story from: Genesis 24:1-25:26_
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@@ -41,5 +41,3 @@ Jacob was very afraid because he thought Esau still wanted to kill him. So he se
 But Esau no longer wanted to harm Jacob. Instead, he was very happy to see him again, so the brothers lived peacefully in Canaan. Then Isaac died, and Jacob and Esau buried him. The covenant promises God had made to Abraham now passed on from Isaac to Jacob.
 
 _A Bible story from: Genesis 25:27-35:29_
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@@ -61,5 +61,3 @@ Even though Jacob was an old man, he moved to Egypt with all of his family, and
 The covenant promises that God gave to Abraham were passed on to Isaac, then to Jacob, and then to Jacob’s 12 sons and their families. The descendants of the 12 sons became the 12 tribes of Israel.
 
 _A Bible story from: Genesis 37-50_
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@@ -61,5 +61,3 @@ Moses asked, “What if the people want to know who sent me, what should I say?
 Moses was afraid and did not want to go to Pharaoh because he thought he could not speak well, so God sent Moses’ brother, Aaron, to help him.
 
 _A Bible story from: Exodus 1-4_
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 Even after these nine plagues, Pharaoh still refused to let the Israelites go free. Since Pharaoh would not listen, God planned to send one last plague. This would change Pharaoh’s mind.
 
 _A Bible story from: Exodus 5-10_
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 That same night, Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, “Take the Israelites and leave Egypt immediately!” The Egyptian people also urged the Israelites to leave right away.
 
 _A Bible story from: Exodus 11:1-12:32_
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 God commanded the Israelites to celebrate a festival every year in order to remember how God had defeated the Egyptians and freed them from being slaves. This festival was called the Passover. In it, they had to celebrate by killing a healthy lamb, roasting it, and eating it with bread made without yeast.
 
 _A Bible story from: Exodus 12:33-15:21_
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 Moses made new stone tablets for the Ten Commandments to replace the ones that he had broken. Then he climbed the mountain again and prayed that God would forgive the people. God listened to Moses and forgave them. Moses came back down the mountain with the Ten Commandments on the new tablets. Then God led the Israelites away from Mount Sinai toward the Promised Land.
 
 _A Bible story from: Exodus 19-34_
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 Then God told Moses to go to the top of a mountain so he could see the Promised Land. Moses saw the Promised Land but God did not permit him to enter it. Then Moses died, and the Israelites mourned for 30 days. Joshua became their new leader. Joshua was a good leader because he trusted and obeyed God.
 
 _A Bible story from: Exodus 16-17; Numbers 10-14; 20; 27; Deuteronomy 34_
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 When Joshua was an old man, he called all the people of Israel together. Then Joshua reminded the people that they had promised to obey the covenant that God had made with the Israelites at Mount Sinai. The people promised to be faithful to God and obey his laws.
 
 _A Bible story from: Joshua 1-24_
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 Finally, the people asked God for a king like all the other nations had. They wanted a king who was tall and strong, and who could lead them into battle. God did not like this request, but he gave them a king, just as they had asked.
 
 _A Bible story from: Judges 1-3; 6-8; 1 Samuel 1-10_
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@@ -57,5 +57,3 @@ After Uriah died in the war, David married Bathsheba. Later, she gave birth to D
 But David’s baby boy died. This is how God punished David. Also, until David died, some members of his own family rebelled against him, and David lost much power. But God was faithful and still did what he had promised David he would do for him, even though David had disobeyed him. Later, David and Bathsheba had another son, and they named him Solomon.
 
 _A Bible story from: 1 Samuel 10; 15-19; 24; 31; 2 Samuel 5; 7; 11-12_
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 The kings of Judah were descendants of David. Some of these kings were good men who ruled justly and worshiped God. But most of Judah’s kings were evil. They ruled badly, and they worshiped idols. Some of these kings even sacrificed their children to false gods. Most of the people of Judah also rebelled against God and worshiped other gods.
 
 _A Bible story from: 1 Kings 1-6; 11-12_
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 The prophets continued to speak for God even though the people hated them. They warned people that God would destroy them if they did not repent. They also reminded people that God promised to send them the Messiah.
 
 _A Bible story from: 1 Kings 16-18; 2 Kings 5; Jeremiah 38_
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 When the people arrived in Jerusalem, they rebuilt the Temple and the wall around the city. The Persians still ruled over them, but once again the Jews were living in the Promised Land and worshiping at the Temple.
 
 _A Bible story from: 2 Kings 17; 24-25; 2 Chronicles 36; Ezra 1-10; Nehemiah 1-13_
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 God revealed to the prophets many things about the Messiah, but the Messiah did not come during the time of any of those prophets. More than 400 years after the last of these prophecies was given, at exactly the right time, God sent the Messiah into the world.
 
 _A Bible story from: Genesis 3; 12; Deuteronomy 18:15; 2 Samuel 7; Psalm 16; 22; 35; 69; 41; Isaiah 7:14; 9:1-7; 61; 53; 50:6; 59:16; Jeremiah 31; Daniel 7; Micah 5:2; Zechariah 11:12-13; Malachi 4:5_
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 After this, Elizabeth gave birth to her baby boy. Zechariah and Elizabeth named the baby John, as the angel had commanded. Then God made Zechariah able to speak again. Zechariah said, “Praise God, because he has remembered to help his people! You, my son, will be the prophet of the Most High God. You will tell the people how they can receive forgiveness for their sins!”
 
 _A Bible story from: Luke 1_
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 When these men saw Jesus with his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They gave Jesus expensive gifts. Then they returned home.
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 1-2; Luke 2_
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 God had told John, “The Holy Spirit will come down and stay on someone you baptize. That person is the Son of God.” There is only one God. But when John baptized Jesus, he heard God the Father speak, saw God the Son, who is Jesus, and he saw the Holy Spirit.
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 3; Mark 1; Luke 3; John 1:15-37_
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 Jesus did not give in to Satan’s temptations, so Satan left him. Then angels came and took care of Jesus.
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13_
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 Then Jesus chose 12 men from among his disciples to be his special representatives. He called them ***apostles***. These apostles traveled with Jesus and learned from him.
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 4:12-25; Mark 1-3; Luke 4:_
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 Then Jesus asked the law expert, “What do you think? Which one of the three men was a neighbor to the man who was robbed and beaten?” He replied, “The one who was merciful to him.” Jesus told him, “You go and do the same.”
 
 _A Bible story from: Luke 10:25-37_
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 Jesus answered, “Everyone who has left houses, brothers, sisters, father, mother, children, or property for my sake will receive 100 times more and will also receive eternal life. But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.”
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 19:16-30; Mark 10:17-31; Luke 18:18-30_
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 Then Jesus said, “This is what my heavenly Father will do to every one of you if you do not forgive your brother from your heart.”
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 18:21-35_
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 After that, the disciples collected the food that had not been eaten and it was enough to fill 12 baskets! All the food came from the five loaves of bread and two fish.
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 14:13-21; Mark 6:31-44; Luke 9:10-17; John 6:5-15_
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 Then Peter and Jesus got into the boat, and the wind immediately stopped blowing. The water became calm. The disciples were amazed and bowed down to Jesus. They worshiped him and said to him, “Truly, you are the Son of God.”
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 14:22-33; Mark 6:45-52; John 6:16-21_
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 The woman fell on her knees before Jesus, shaking and very afraid. Then she told him what she had done, and that she had been healed. Jesus said to her, “Your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 8:28-34; 9:20-22; Mark 5; Luke 8:26-48_
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 “But the seed in the good soil is a person who hears the word of God, believes it, and produces fruit.”
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 13:1-23; Mark 4:1-20; Luke 8:4-15_
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 Then Jesus said, “I tell you, God heard the tax collector’s prayer and declared him to be righteous, rather than the religious leader. God will dishonor everyone who is proud, but he will honor whoever humbles himself.”
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 13:31-46; Mark 4:26-34; Luke 13:18-21; 18:9-14_
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 “The father answered, ‘My son, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. But it is right for us to celebrate because your brother was dead, but now is alive. He was lost, but now we have found him!’”
 
 _A Bible story from: Luke 15_
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 Jesus and the three disciples went back down the mountain. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not tell anyone yet about what happened here. I will soon die and then come back to life. After that, you may tell people.”
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 17:1-9; Mark 9:2-8; Luke 9:28-36_
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 But the religious leaders of the Jews envied Jesus, so they gathered together to plan how they could kill Jesus and Lazarus.
 
 _A Bible story from: John 11:1-46_
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 As the soldiers were seizing Jesus, Peter pulled out his sword and cut off the ear of a servant of the high priest. But Jesus said, “Put the sword away! I could ask the Father for an army of angels to defend me, but I must obey my Father.” Then Jesus healed the man’s ear. Then all the disciples ran away.
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 26:14-56; Mark 14:10-50; Luke 22:1-53; John 18:1-11_
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 Pilate became afraid that the crowd would begin to riot, so he agreed to have his soldiers crucify Jesus. The Roman soldiers whipped Jesus and put a royal robe and a crown made of thorns on him. Then they mocked him by saying, “Look, the King of the Jews!”
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 26:57-27:26; Mark 14:53-15:15; Luke 22:54-23:25; John 18:12-19:16_ 
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 Then two Jewish leaders named Joseph and Nicodemus came. They believed that Jesus was the Messiah. They asked Pilate for Jesus’ body. They wrapped his body in cloth. Then they took it to a tomb cut out of rock and placed it inside. Then they rolled a large stone in front of the tomb to block the opening.
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 27:27-61; Mark 15:16-47; Luke 23:26-56; John 19:17-42_
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 As the women were on their way to tell the disciples the good news, Jesus appeared to them. They bowed down at his feet. Then Jesus said, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my disciples to go to Galilee. They will see me there.”
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 27:62-28:15; Mark 16:1-11; Luke 24:1-12; John 20:1-18_
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 Forty days after Jesus rose from the dead, he told his disciples, “Stay in Jerusalem until my Father gives you power. He will do this by sending the Holy Spirit upon you.” Then Jesus went up to heaven, and a cloud hid him from their sight. Jesus sat down in heaven at the right hand of God to rule over all things.
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:12-20; Luke 24:13-53; John 20:19-23; Acts 1:1-11_
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 The believers continually listened as the apostles taught them. They often met together and ate together, and they often prayed with each other. They praised God together and they shared everything they had with each other. Everyone in the city thought well of them. Every day, more people became believers.
 
 _A Bible story from: Acts 1:12-14; 2_
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 The leaders were shocked that Peter and John spoke so boldly. They saw that these men were ordinary men who were uneducated. But then they remembered that these men had been with Jesus. So they said to them, “We will punish you very much if you give any more messages to the people about this man Jesus.” After saying many things like this, they let Peter and John go.
 
 _A Bible story from: Acts 3-4:22_
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 The Ethiopian continued traveling toward his home. He was happy that he now knew Jesus.
 
 _A Bible story from: Acts 6-8_
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 One day, the followers of Jesus at Antioch were fasting and praying. The Holy Spirit said to them, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul to do the work I have called them to do.” So the church in Antioch prayed for Barnabas and Saul and placed their hands on them. Then they sent them out to preach the good news about Jesus in many other places. Barnabas and Saul taught people in different people groups, and many people believed in Jesus.
 
 _A Bible story from: Acts 8:1-3; 9:1-31; 11:19-26; 13-14_
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 Paul and other leaders of the believers traveled to many cities. They preached and taught people the good news about Jesus. They also wrote many letters to encourage and teach the believers in the churches. Some of these letters became books of the Bible.
 
 _A Bible story from: Acts 16:11-40_
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 David was a king of Israel, but Jesus is the king of the entire universe! He will come again and rule his kingdom with justice and peace forever.
 
 _A Bible story from: Genesis 1-3, 6, 14, 22; Exodus 12, 20; 2 Samuel 7; Hebrews 3:1-6, 4:14-5:10, 7:1-8:13, 9:11-10:18; Revelation 21_
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 God tells you to pray and to study his word. He also tells you to worship him together with other followers of Jesus. You must also tell other people what he has done for you. If you do all these things, you will become a strong friend of his.
 
 _A Bible story from: Genesis 3; Matthew 13-14; Mark 10:17-31; Luke 2; 10:25-37; 15; John 3:16; Romans 3:21-26, 5:1-11; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Colossians 1:13-14; 1 John 1:5-10_
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 Jesus and his people will live on the new earth, and he will reign forever over everything. He will wipe away every tear from people’s eyes. No one will suffer or be sad any longer. They will not cry. They will not be sick or die. And there will be nothing evil there. Jesus will rule his kingdom justly and with peace. He will be with his people forever.
 
 _A Bible story from: Matthew 13:24-42; 22:13; 24:14; 28:18; John 4:35; 15:20; 16:33; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-5:11; James 1:12; Revelation 2:10; 20:10; 21-22_
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