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01-GEN/02.usfm

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-\v 4 These are the events concerning the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
+\v 4 These were the events concerning the heavens and the earth, when they were created, on the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
 \v 5 No bush of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to work the ground.
 \v 6 But a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
 

01-GEN/06.usfm

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-\v 9 These are the events concerning Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
+\v 9 These were the events concerning Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
 \v 10 Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
 
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01-GEN/10.usfm

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-\v 1  These are the descendants of the sons of Noah, that is, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
+\v 1  These were the descendants of the sons of Noah, that is, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
 
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 \v 30 Their territory was from Mesha, all the way to Sephar, the mountain of the east.
-\v 31 These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans and their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.
+\v 31 These were the sons of Shem, according to their clans and their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.
 
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-\v 32 These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations. From these the nations separated and went over the earth after the flood.
+\v 32 These were the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations. From these the nations separated and went over the earth after the flood.
 
 
 

01-GEN/11.usfm

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-\v 10 These are the descendants of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
+\v 10 These were the descendants of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
 \v 11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
 
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-\v 27 Now these are the descendants of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran became the father of Lot.
+\v 27 Now these were the descendants of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran became the father of Lot.
 \v 28 Haran died in the presence of  his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
 
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01-GEN/13.usfm

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 \v 3 He continued on his journey from the Negev to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been before, between Bethel and Ai.
-\v 4  This is the place where the altar was that he  had built previously, and here he called on the name of Yahweh.
+\v 4 He went to the place where the altar was that he had built previously. Here he called on the name of Yahweh.
 
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 \v 5 Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

01-GEN/25.usfm

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 \v 6 However, while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them to the land of the east, away from Isaac, his son.
 
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-\v 7 These are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, 175 years.
+\v 7 These were the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, 175 years.
 \v 8  Abraham breathed his last and died at a  good old age, an old man with a full life, and he was gathered to his people.
 
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-\v 12 Now these are the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's  servant, bore to Abraham.
+\v 12 Now these were the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's  servant, bore to Abraham.
 
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 \v 13 These were the names of Ishmael's sons, according to their birth order: Nebaioth—the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel,  Mibsam,
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 \v 16 These were Ishmael's sons, and these were their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their tribes.
 
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-\v 17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael, 137 years: he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
+\v 17 These were the years of the life of Ishmael, 137 years: he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
 \v 18  They lived from Havilah to Shur, which is near Egypt, as one goes toward Assyria. They lived in hostility with each other.
 
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-\v 19 These are the events concerning Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.
+\v 19 These were the events concerning Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham became the father of Isaac.
 \v 20 Isaac was forty years old when he took  as his wife Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean.
 
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01-GEN/35.usfm

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 \v 25 His sons by Bilhah, Rachel's female servant, were Dan and Naphtali.
  
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-\v 26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah's female servant, were Gad and Asher.  All these are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
+\v 26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah's female servant, were Gad and Asher.  All these were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
 \v 27 Jacob came to Isaac, his father, in Mamre in Kiriath Arba (the same as Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived.
  
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01-GEN/36.usfm

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 \v 4 Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel.
-\v 5 Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
+\v 5 Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
  
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 \v 6 Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock—all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
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 \v 29 These were the clans of the Horites: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, and Anah,
-\v 30 Dishon, Ezer, Dishan: these are clans of the Horites, according to their clan lists in the land of Seir.
+\v 30 Dishon, Ezer, Dishan: these were clans of the Horites, according to their clan lists in the land of Seir.
  
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01-GEN/37.usfm

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 \v 1 Jacob lived in the land where his father was staying, in the land of Canaan.
-\v 2 These are the events concerning Jacob. Joseph, who was a young man seventeen years old, was guarding the flock with his brothers. He was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an unfavorable report about them to their father.
+\v 2 These were the events concerning Jacob. Joseph, who was a young man seventeen years old, was guarding the flock with his brothers. He was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an unfavorable report about them to their father.
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 \v 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was the son of his old age. He made him a beautiful garment.

01-GEN/46.usfm

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-\v 8 These are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn;
+\v 8 These were the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn;
 \v 9 the sons of Reuben Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi;
 \v 10 the sons of Simeon, Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman;
 \v 11 the sons of Levi Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;

03-LEV/09.usfm

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 \v 3 You must speak to the people of Israel and say, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering and a calf and a lamb, both a year old and without blemish, for a burnt offering;
 \v 4 also take an ox and a ram for peace offerings to sacrifice before Yahweh,  and a grain offering mixed with oil, because today Yahweh will appear to you.'"
-\v 5 So they brought all that Moses commanded to the tent of meeting, and all the assembly of Israel drew near and stood before Yahweh.
+\v 5 So they brought all that Moses commanded to the tent of meeting, and all the assembly of Israel approached and stood before Yahweh.
 
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 \v 6 Then Moses said, "This is what Yahweh commanded you to do, so that his glory may appear to you."

42-MRK/05.usfm

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 \v 9 And he asked him, "What is your name?" And he answered him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
-\v 10 He implored him over and over not to send them out of the region.
+\v 10 He begged him over and over not to send them out of the region.
 
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 \v 11 Now a great herd of pigs was there feeding on the hill,
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 \v 13 So he allowed them; the unclean spirits came out and entered into the pigs, and they rushed down the steep hill into the sea, and about two thousand pigs drowned in the sea. 
 
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 \v 14 And those who were feeding the pigs fled and reported what had happened in the city and in the countryside. Then many people went out to see what had happened.
 \v 15 Then they came to Jesus and they saw the demon-possessed man—who had the Legion—sitting down, dressed, and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
 
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 \v 18 And when he was getting into the boat, the demon-possessed man begged him that he may go with him.
 \v 19 But he did not allow it, but he said to him, "Go to your house and to your people, and tell them what the Lord did for you, and what mercy he gave you."
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+\v 14 Those who had been feeding the pigs fled and reported what had happened in the city and in the countryside. Then many people went out to see what had happened.
+\v 15 Then they came to Jesus and they saw the demon-possessed man, the man who had had the Legion. He was sitting, dressed, and in his right mind. They were afraid.
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+\v 16 Those who had seen what happened to the demon-possessed man and to the pigs told the people what had occurred.
+\v 17 And they began to beg Jesus to leave their region.
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+\v 18 And when he was getting into the boat, the demon-possessed man begged him that he may go with him.
+\v 19 But Jesus did not allow it. Instead he said to him, "Go to your house and to your people, and tell them what the Lord did for you, and what mercy he gave you."
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 \v 20 So he went away and began to proclaim the great things that Jesus had done for him in the Decapolis, and everyone was amazed.
 
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42-MRK/06.usfm

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 \v 55 And they ran through the whole region and began to bring the sick to him on mattresses, wherever they heard he was coming.
 
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-\v 56 Wherever he entered into villages, or cities, or into the country, they would put the sick in the marketplaces, and they begged him to just let them tough the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched him were healed.
+\v 56 Wherever he entered into villages, or cities, or into the country, they would put the sick in the marketplaces, and they begged him to just let them touch the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched him were healed.

42-MRK/07.usfm

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 \v 17 Now when Jesus left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
 \v 18 Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever enters into a person from outside cannot defile him,
-\v 19 because it cannot go into his heart, but it goes into his stomach and then passes out into the toilet." With this statement Jesus made all foods clean.
+\v 19 because it cannot go into his heart, but it goes into his stomach and then passes out into the toilet?" With this statement Jesus made all foods clean.
 
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 \v 20 He said, "It is that which comes out of the person that defiles him.

47-1CO/15.usfm

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-\v 50 Now this I say, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Neither does perishable inherit imperishable.
+\v 50 Now this I say, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Neither does what is perishable inherit what is imperishable.
 \v 51 Look! I tell you a secret truth: We will not all die, but we will all be changed.
 
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 \v 52 We will be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. 
-\v 53 For this perishable must put on imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
+\v 53 For this perishable body must put on what is imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.
 
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-\v 54 But when this perishable has put on imperishable, and this mortal will put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, 
+\v 54 But when this perishable body has put on what is imperishable, and when this mortal body has put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, 
 \q "Death is swallowed up in victory."
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 \v 55 "Death, where is your victory? 

48-2CO/04.usfm

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 \v 13 But we have the same spirit of faith according to that which was written: "I believed, and so I spoke." We also believe, and so we also speak.
-\v 14 We know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with him. We know that he will bring us with you into his presence.
+\v 14 We know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus. We know that he will bring us with you into his presence.
 \v 15 Everything is for your sake so that, as grace is spread to many people, thanksgiving may increase to the glory of God.
 
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49-GAL/03.usfm

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 \v 3 Are you so foolish? Did you begin in the Spirit only to finish now in the flesh?
 
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-\v 4 Did you experienced so many things for nothing—if indeed it was for nothing?
+\v 4 Did you experience so many things for nothing—if indeed it was for nothing?
 \v 5 Then does he who gives the Spirit to you and works powerful deeds among you do it by the works of the law or by hearing with faith?
 
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50-EPH/01.usfm

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 \v 6 The result is that God is praised for his glorious grace. This is what he has freely given to us by his beloved one.
 
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-\v 7 For in his beloved one, we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. We have this because of the riches of his grace.
+\v 7 For in his beloved one we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins. We have this because of the riches of his grace.
 \v 8 He made this grace abound for us in all wisdom and understanding.
 
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 \v 10 When the times are fulfilled for the completion of his plan, God will bring together everything in heaven and on the earth in Christ. 
 
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-\v 11 In Christ we were chosen and decided on beforehand. This was according to the plan of the one who does all things by the purpose of his will.
+\v 11 In Christ we were chosen as God's inheritance. We were decided on beforehand, in the plan of the one who does all things by the purpose of his will.
 \v 12 God did this so that we might exist for the praise of his glory. We were the first to have confidence in Christ.
 
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52-COL/01.usfm

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 \v 11 We pray you may be strengthened in every ability according to the power of his glory into all perseverance and patience.
-\v 12 We pray that you will joyfully give thanks to the Father, who has made you able to have a share in the possession of the believers in light. 
+\v 12 We pray that you will joyfully give thanks to the Father, who has made you able to have a share in the inheritance of the believers in light. 
 
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 \v 13 He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son.

52-COL/03.usfm

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 \v 22 Slaves, obey your masters according to the flesh in all things, not with eyeservice as people pleasers, but with a sincere heart. Fear the Lord.
 \v 23 Whatever you do, work from the soul as to the Lord and not as to people.
-\v 24 You know that you will receive from the Lord the reward of the possession. It is the Lord Christ whom  you serve.
+\v 24 You know that you will receive from the Lord the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom  you serve.
 \v 25 For anyone who does unrighteousness will receive the penalty for the unrighteousness that he did, and there is no partiality.

57-TIT/03.usfm

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-\v 7 He did this in order that, having been justified by his grace, we might become participants in the confidence of eternal life.
+\v 7 He did this in order that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs through the confidence of eternal life.
 
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 \v 8 This message is trustworthy. I want you to speak confidently about these things, so that those who trust God may be intent on the good works that he put before them. These things are good and profitable for all people.

59-HEB/03.usfm

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-\v 1 Therefore, holy brothers, partners in a heavenly calling, think about Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession.
+\v 1 Therefore, holy brothers, partners in a heavenly calling, think about Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.
 \v 2 He was faithful to God, who appointed him, as Moses was also faithful in all God's house.
 \v 3 For Jesus has been considered worthy of greater glory than Moses, because the one who builds a house has more honor than the house itself.
 \v 4 For every house is built by someone, but the one who built everything is God.
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-\v 5 Moses was indeed faithful as a servant in all God's house. He gave a testimony about the things that were to be spoken of in the future.
+\v 5 On one hand, Moses was faithful as a servant in all God's house. He gave a testimony about the things that were to be spoken of in the future.
 \v 6 But Christ is the Son in charge of God's house. We are his house if we hold fast to our confidence and pride of confidence.
 
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 \v 10 Therefore I was displeased with that generation.
-\q I said, 'They are always going astray in their hearts,
+\q I said, 'They are always being led astray in their hearts.
-\q and they do not know my ways.'
+\q They have not known my ways.'
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 \v 11 It is as I swore in my anger:
-\q they will not enter my rest."
+\q they will never enter my rest."
 
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-\v 12 Be careful, brothers, so that there may not be an evil heart of unbelief in any of you, a heart that will turn away from the living God.
+\v 12 Be careful, brothers, so that there may not be an evil heart of unbelief in any of you, a heart that turns away from the living God.
-\v 13 Instead, encourage one another daily, so long as it is called today, so that no one among you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
+\v 13 Instead, encourage one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that no one among you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
 
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 \v 14 For we have become partners of Christ if we firmly hold to our confidence in him from the beginning to the end.
 \v 15 About this it has been said,
 \q "Today, if you listen to his voice,
-\q  do not harden your hearts, as the Israelites did in the rebellion."
+\q  do not harden your hearts, as in the rebellion."
 
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-\v 16 Who was it who heard God and rebelled? Was it not all those whom Moses had led out of Egypt?
+\v 16 Who was it who heard God and rebelled? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt through Moses?
-\v 17 And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies lay in the wilderness?
+\v 17 With whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?
-\v 18 To whom did God swear that they would not enter his rest, if it was not to those who were disobeying him?
+\v 18 To whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, if it was not to those who disobeyed him?
-\v 19 We see that they were not able to enter his rest because of unbelief.
+\v 19 And we see that they were not able to enter his rest because of unbelief.
 
 
 

59-HEB/04.usfm

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-\v 1 Therefore, we must be very careful so that none of you might seem to have failed to reach the continuing promise to enter God's rest.
+\v 1 Therefore, let us be very careful so that none of you might seem to have failed to reach the promise left behind for you to enter God's rest.
-\v 2 For we have had the good news about God's rest proclaimed to us just as the Israelites had, but that message did not benefit those who heard it without joining faith to it.
+\v 2 For we were told the good news just as they were. But that message did not benefit those who did not join in faith with those who obeyed.
 
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-\v 3 For we, the ones who have believed—we are the ones who will enter that rest, just as it says,
+\v 3 For we who have believed are the ones who will enter that rest, just as he said,
 \q "As I swore in my wrath,
-\q They will not enter my rest."
+\q They will never enter my rest."
-\p He said this, even though his created works had been finished from the beginning of the world.
+\p Even so, his created works were finished at the foundation of the world.
 \v 4 For he has said somewhere concerning the seventh day, 
 \q "God rested on the seventh day from all his deeds."
 \v 5 Again he has said,
-\q "They will not enter my rest."
+\q "They will never enter my rest."
 
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-\v 6 Therefore, since God's rest is still reserved for some to enter, and since many Israelites who heard the good news about his rest did not enter because of disobedience, 
+\v 6 Therefore, since God's rest is still reserved for some to enter, and since many Israelites who heard the good news did not enter it because of disobedience, 
-\v 7 God has again set a certain day, called "Today." He fixed this day when he spoke through David, who said long after it had first been said,
+\v 7 God has again set a certain day, called "Today." After a long time, he spoke through David, as it was earlier said,
 \q "Today if you will listen to his voice,
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 \v 11 Therefore let us be eager to enter that rest, so that no one will fall in the kind of disobedience that they did.
 
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-\v 12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword. It pierces even to dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow. It is able to discern the heart's thoughts and intentions.
+\v 12 For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword. It pierces even to the division of soul from spirit, and joints from marrow. It is able to know the heart's thoughts and intentions.
-\v 13 No created thing is hidden from God's sight. Instead, everything is bare and open to the eyes of the one to whom we must give account.
+\v 13 Nothing created is hidden before God. Instead, everything is bare and open to the eyes of the one to whom we must give account.
 
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 \v 14 Having then a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us firmly hold to our beliefs.
-\v 15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot feel sympathy for our weaknesses, but one who has in all ways been tempted as we are, except that he is without sin.
+\v 15 For we do not have a high priest who cannot feel sympathy for our weaknesses. Instead, we have one who has in all ways been tempted as we are, except that he is without sin.
-\v 16 Let us then come up with confidence to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
+\v 16 Let us then go with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
 
 
 

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-\v 1 For every high priest, chosen from among the people, is appointed to act on their behalf in the things pertaining to God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
+\v 1 For every high priest, chosen from among people, is appointed to act on the behalf of people in the things concerning God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.
-\v 2 He can deal gently with the ignorant and the wayward since he himself also is surrounded with weakness.
+\v 2 He can deal gently with the ignorant and the wayward because he himself also is surrounded with weakness.
-\v 3  Because of this, he also is obligated to present sacrifices for his sins just as he does for the people's sins.
+\v 3 Because of this, he also is required to present sacrifices for his own sins, just as he does for the people's sins.
 
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-\v 4 And no man takes this honor for himself, but instead, he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.
+\v 4 And it is not for himself that anyone takes this honor. Instead, he is called by God, just as Aaron was.
-\v 5 Neither  did Christ honor himself by making himself high priest. Instead, God said to him,
+\v 5 Neither did Christ honor himself by making himself high priest. Instead, the one speaking to him said,
-\q "You are my Son,
+\q "You are my Son;
 \q today I have become your Father."
 
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 \v 6 It is just as he also says in another place,
 \q "You are a priest forever
-\q after the order of Melchizedek."
+\q after the manner of Melchizedek."
 
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-\v 7 During the time of his flesh, he offered up prayers and requests, crying out with tears to God, the one able to save him from death. Because of his reverence for God, he was heard. 
+\v 7 During the time of his flesh, he offered up prayers and requests. He cried out with tears to God, the one able to save him from death. Because of his reverence for God, he was heard. 
 \v 8 Even though he was a son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered.
 
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-\v 9 He was perfected and in this way became for everyone who obeys him the cause of eternal salvation,
+\v 9 He was perfected and became for everyone who obeys him the cause of eternal salvation.
-\v 10 being designated by God as high priest after the order of Melchizedek.
+\v 10 He was designated by God as high priest after the manner of Melchizedek.
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-\v 11 We have much to say about Jesus, but it is hard to explain since you are dull of hearing.
+\v 11 We have much to say about Jesus, but it is hard to explain since you have become dull in hearing.
 
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-\v 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, it is still necessary that someone teach you the basic principles of God's words. You are in need of milk, not solid food.
+\v 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you still have need for someone teach you the basic principles of God's messages. You have become in need of milk, not solid food.
-\v 13 For anyone who can only drink milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, for he is still a baby.
+\v 13 For anyone who takes milk only is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, for he is still a baby.
-\v 14 On the other hand, solid food is for full-grown adults, the ones who because of their experience in distinguishing right from wrong have been trained to discern both good and evil. 
+\v 14 But solid food is for full-grown adults. These are those who because of their maturity have their perception trained for distinguishing good from evil. 
 
 
 

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-\v 1 So then, leaving what we first learned about the message of Christ, we must press on to maturity, not again laying out the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith in God,
+\v 1 So then, let us leave the start of the message of Christ and press on to maturity. Let us not lay again the foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith in God,
-\v 2 nor the foundation of teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
+\v 2 nor the foundation of teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead people, and eternal judgment.
 \v 3 We will also do this if God permits.
 
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-\v 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, who were sharers of the Holy Spirit,
+\v 4 Because those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, who were sharers of the Holy Spirit,
 \v 5 and who tasted God's good word and the powers of the age to come,
-\v 6 and who then fell away—it is impossible to restore them again to repentance. This is  because they have crucified for themselves the very Son of God again, making him an object of public ridicule.
+\v 6 but who then fell away—it is impossible to restore them again to repentance. This is because they have crucified for themselves the very Son of God again. They have made him an object of public ridicule.
 
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-\v 7 For the land that has received the rain that often falls on it, and that produces a crop useful for those who worked the land, receives a blessing from God.
+\v 7 For the land that drinks in the rain that often comes on it, and that gives birth to the plants useful to those for whom the land was worked—this is the land that receives a blessing from God.
-\v 8 But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and is in danger of being cursed.  Its end comes in burning.
+\v 8 But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and is near to a curse. Its end is in burning.
 
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-\v 9 Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are convinced of better things concerning you and things that are about salvation.
+\v 9 But we are convinced about better things concerning you, beloved ones, things that concern salvation.
-\v 10 For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love that you have shown for his name, in that you served the believers and still do serve them.
+\v 10 For God is not so unjust as to forget your work and the love that you have shown for his name, because you served the believers and still serve them.
 
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 \v 11 And we greatly desire that each of you may show the same diligence to the very end with full assurance of confidence.
-\v 12 We do not want you to become  sluggish, but rather that you be imitators of those who  inherit the promises because of faith and patience.
+\v 12 We do not want you to be sluggish, but rather that you be imitators of those who inherit the promises because of faith and patience.
 
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-\v 13 For when God made his promise to Abraham,  he swore by himself, since he could not swear by anyone greater.
+\v 13 For when God made his promise to Abraham, he swore by himself, since he could not swear by anyone greater.
-\v 14 He said, "I will certainly bless you, and I will greatly increase your descendants."
+\v 14 He said, "I will certainly bless you, and I will greatly increase you."
-\v 15 In this way, Abraham obtained what was  promised after he had patiently waited.
+\v 15 In this way, Abraham obtained what was promised after he had patiently waited.
 
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-\v 16 For people swear by someone greater than themselves, and in every dispute of theirs an oath is final for confirmation.
+\v 16 For people swear by someone greater than themselves. At the end of every dispute of theirs, an oath serves as confirmation.
 \v 17 When God decided to show more clearly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable quality of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath.
-\v 18 He did this so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge may have a strong encouragement to hold firmly to the confidence that is set before us.
+\v 18 He did this so that by two unchangeable things, with which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge may have a strong encouragement to hold firmly to the confidence that is presented.
 
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 \v 19 We have this confidence as a secure and reliable anchor of our souls, confidence that enters into the inner place behind the curtain.
-\v 20 Jesus entered into that place as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
+\v 20 Jesus entered into that place as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever after the manner of Melchizedek.
 
 
 

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 \p
 \v 1 It was this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him.
-\v 2 Abraham gave him a tenth of everything he had captured. His name "Melchizedek" means "king of righteousness," and also "king of Salem," that is, "king of peace." 
+\v 2 It was to him that Abraham gave a tenth of everything. His name "Melchizedek" means "king of righteousness," and also "king of Salem," that is, "king of peace." 
-\v 3 He was without father, without mother, without ancestors, without any beginning of days nor end of life. Instead, he remains a priest forever, like the Son of God.
+\v 3 He is without father, without mother, without ancestors, without any beginning of days nor end of life. Instead, he resembles the Son of God, because he remains a priest forever.
 
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-\v 4 Now consider how great this man was. Our ancestor Abraham gave a tenth of the best things that he had taken in battle.
+\v 4 See how great this man was. Our ancestor Abraham gave a tenth of the things that he had taken in battle.
-\v 5 And indeed, Levi's descendants who receive the priest's office have a command from the law to collect  tithes from the people, that is, from their fellow Israelites, even though they, too, are descended from Abraham.
+\v 5 On one hand, those of Levi's sons who receive the priest's office have a command from the law to collect tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers, even though they, too, have come from Abraham's body.
-\v 6 But Melchizedek, who was not a descendant from Levi, received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him, the one who had the promises.
+\v 6 But on the other hand, Melchizedek, whose desendance was not traced from them, received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him, the one who had the promises.
 
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 \v 7 There is no denying that the lesser person is blessed by the greater person.
-\v 8 In this case men who receive tithes will die one day, but in the other case the one who received Abraham's tithe is described as living on.
+\v 8 On one hand, men who receive tithes will die one day. But on the other hand, the one who received Abraham's tithe is testified as living on.
 \v 9 And, in a manner of speaking, Levi, who received tithes, also paid tithes through Abraham, 
-\v 10 because Levi was in the private parts of his ancestor Abraham when Melchizedek met Abraham.
+\v 10 because Levi was in the body of his ancestor when Melchizedek met Abraham.
 
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-\v 11 Now if perfection were possible through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need was there for another priest to arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be named after the order of Aaron?
+\v 11 Now if perfection were possible through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the manner of Melchizedek, and not be considered to be after the manner of Aaron?
 \v 12 For when the priesthood is changed, the law must also be changed.
 
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-\v 13 For the one about whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no man has ever served at the altar.
+\v 13 For the one about whom these things are said belongs to another tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.
-\v 14 Now it is evident that our Lord has descended from Judah, a tribe that Moses never mentioned concerning priests.
+\v 14 Now clearly, it is from Judah that our Lord was born, a tribe that Moses never mentioned concerning priests.
 
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 \v 15 And what we say is clearer yet if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek. 
 
-\v 16 This new priest is not one who became a priest on the basis of the law relating to human descent, but instead on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.
+\v 16 It was not on the basis of the law of fleshly descent that he became a priest, but instead on the basis of the power of an indestructible life.
+
 \v 17 For scripture witnesses about him:
 \q "You are a priest forever
-\q after the order of Melchizedek."
+\q after the manner of Melchizedek."
 
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-\v 18 For the former commandment has been set aside because it is weak and useless.
+\v 18 For there was a setting aside of the former commandment because it was weak and useless.
-\v 19 For the law made nothing perfect. However, there is a better confidence for the future through which we draw near to God.
+\v 19 For the law made nothing perfect. However, there is the presentation of a better confidence for the future through which we approach God.
 
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-\v 20 And this better confidence did not happen without the taking of an oath, for these other priests did not take any oath.
+\v 20 And this did not happen without the taking of an oath. Those others become priests without any oath.
-\v 21 But God took an oath when he said about Jesus,
+\v 21 But this one, Jesus, became a priest with an oath sworn by the one who said to him,
+
 \q "The Lord swore and will not change his mind:
 \q 'You are a priest forever.'"
 
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 \v 22 By this also Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.
-\v 23 Indeed, death prevents priests from serving forever. This is why there are many priests, one after another.
+\v 23 On one hand, many become priests because by death they are kept from continuing on.
-\v 24 But because Jesus lives forever, his priesthood is unchangeable.
+\v 24 But on the other hand, because Jesus remains forever, he has a permanent priesthood.
 
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-\v 25 Therefore he is also able to completely save those who draw near to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
+\v 25 Therefore he is also able to completely save those who approach God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
-\v 26 For such a high priest is right for us. He is sinless, blameless, pure, separated from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens.
+\v 26 For such a high priest is suitable for us. He is sinless, blameless, pure, separated from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens.
 
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 \v 27 He does not need, unlike the high priests, to offer up daily sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people.  He did this once for all, when he offered up himself.
-\v 28 For the law appoints men with weaknesses as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came after the law, appointed a Son, who has been made perfect forever.
+\v 28 For the law appoints as high priests men having weaknesses. But the word of the oath, which came after the law, appointed a Son, who has been made perfect forever.
 
 
 

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 \v 4 are you not making judgments among yourselves, and becoming judges with evil thoughts?
 
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-\v 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith and inherit the kingdom he promised to those who love him?
+\v 5 Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith and and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
 \v 6 But you have dishonored the poor! Is it not the rich who oppress you, and are they not the ones who drag you into court?
 \v 7 Do not the rich blaspheme the good name by which you are called?
 

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 \v 16 And we know and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
 
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-\v 17 In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because as he is, just so are we in this world.
+\v 17 In this, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because as he is, just so are we in this world.
 \v 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love throws fear out, because fear has to do with punishment. But the one who fears has not been made perfect in love.
 
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 \v 4 John, to the seven churches in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,
 \v 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has released us from our sins by his blood,
-\v 6 he has made us a kingdom, priests to God and his Father—to him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
+\v 6 he has made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
 
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