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-\v 1 After that, the Lord Jesus appointed seventy other people to go preach. He prepared to send them out in pairs to go ahead of him to every town and village where he intended to go.
+\v 1 After that, the Lord Jesus appointed seventy other people to go and preach. He prepared to send them out in pairs to go ahead of him to every town and village where he intended to go.
 \v 2 He said to them, "The harvest is certainly plentiful, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord of the harvest and plead with him to send more workers to reap his harvest.
 
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 \v 10 But if you enter a town whose people do not welcome you, go into its main streets and say,
-\v 11 'As a warning against you, we will wipe off even the dust that sticks to our feet as we are leaving your town. Yet be sure of this; God will soon rule everything as king.'
+\v 11 'As a warning against you, we will wipe off even the dust that sticks to our feet as we are leaving your town. Yet be sure of this: God will soon rule everything as king.'
 \v 12 I tell you that on the final day when God judges everyone, the people of that town will be punished even more severely than the wicked people who lived long ago in the city of Sodom!
 
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 \v 13 "How terrible it will be for you people who live in the cities of Chorazin and Bethsaida, because you refuse to repent! If the miracles that I performed for you had been done in the ancient cities of Tyre and Sidon, the wicked people who lived there would long ago have shown that they were sorry for their sins by sitting on the ground wearing coarse cloth and putting ashes on their heads.
-\v 14 So on the final day when God judges everyone, he will punish you more severely than the wicked people who lived in Tyre and Sidon because you did not repent and believe in me even though you saw me do miracles!
+\v 14 So on the final day when God judges everyone, he will punish you more severely than the wicked people who lived in Tyre and Sidon because you did not repent and believe in me, even though you saw me do miracles!
 \v 15 I also have something to say to you people who live in the town of Capernaum. Do you think you will be honored up in heaven? On the contrary, you will be brought down to the place of the dead!"
 
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-\v 17 The seventy people whom Jesus appointed went and did as he told them to. When they returned, they were very joyful. They said, "Lord, even the demons obeyed us when by your authority we commanded them to leave people!"
+\v 17 The seventy people whom Jesus appointed went and did as he told them to do. When they returned, they were very joyful. They said, "Lord, even the demons obeyed us when by your authority we commanded them to leave people!"
 \v 18 He replied, "While you were away doing that, I saw Satan fall from heaven as suddenly and quickly as lightning strikes!
 \v 19 Listen! I have given you the right to attack evil spirits. They will not hurt you. I have given you the right to be stronger than our enemy, Satan. Nothing will hurt you at all.
 \v 20 But as you rejoice that evil spirits obey you, you should rejoice even more that your names have been written in heaven."
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 \v 26 Jesus said to him, "You have read what Moses has written in the laws that God gave him. What do the laws say?"
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-\v 27 The man replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength and with all your mind. And love your neighbor as much as you love yourself."
+\v 27 The man replied, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind. And love your neighbor as much as you love yourself."
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 \v 28 Jesus replied, "You have answered correctly. If you do all that, you will live with God forever."
 
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 \v 5 Then he said to them, "Suppose that one of you goes to the house of a friend at midnight. Suppose that you stand outside and call out to him, 'My friend, please lend me three loaves of bread!
 \v 6 Another friend of mine who is traveling has just arrived at my house, but I have no food ready to give to him!'
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-\v 7 Suppose that he answers you from inside the house, 'Do not bother me! The door has been locked and all my family are in bed. So I cannot get up and give you anything!'
+\v 7 Suppose that he answers you from inside the house, 'Do not bother me! The door has been locked and all my family members are in bed. So I cannot get up and give you anything!'
 \v 8 I tell you, he may not want to get up and give you any food even though you are his friend. But because you keep persisting in asking him, he will certainly get up and give you whatever you need.
 
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-\v 9 So I tell you this: Keep asking God for what you need, and he will give it to you. Keep seeking his will and he will show it to you. Keep on praying urgently to God, like someone knocking on a door, and he will open the way for you to receive what you pray for.
-\v 10 Remember that anyone who asks will receive and anyone who seeks will find, and anyone who knocks will have the door opened for him.
+\v 9 So I tell you this: Keep asking God for what you need, and he will give it to you. Keep seeking his will, and he will show it to you. Keep on praying urgently to God, like someone knocking on a door, and he will open the way for you to receive what you pray for.
+\v 10 Remember that anyone who asks will receive, anyone who seeks will find, and anyone who knocks will have the door opened for him.
 
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 \v 11 If one of you had a son who asked you for a fish to eat, you certainly would not give him a poisonous snake instead, would you?
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-\v 1 Meanwhile, many thousands of people gathered around Jesus. There were so many that they were stepping on each other. But first he said to his disciples, "Be careful that you do not become like the Pharisees, who act religious in public, but do evil things in secret. Just like yeast causes a lump of dough to rise, their evil behavior causes others to be hypocrites like they are.
+\v 1 Meanwhile, many thousands of people gathered around Jesus. There were so many that they were stepping on each other. But first he said to his disciples, "Be careful that you do not become like the Pharisees, who act religious in public but do evil things in secret. Just like yeast causes a lump of dough to rise, their evil behavior causes others to be hypocrites like they are.
 
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 \v 2 People cannot cover up their sins. Someday God will let everyone know everything people are trying to hide.
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 \v 4 "My friends, listen carefully! Do not be afraid of people; they can kill you, but they cannot do anything more to you after that!
-\v 5 But I will warn you about the one that you should truly be afraid of. You should be afraid of God because he not only has the right to cause people to die, he also has the right to throw them into hell afterward! Yes, he is truly the one that you should be afraid of!
+\v 5 But I will warn you about the one whom you should truly be afraid of. You should be afraid of God because he not only has the right to cause people to die, he also has the right to throw them into hell afterwards! Yes, he is truly the one whom you should be afraid of!
 
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 \v 6 Think about the sparrows. They have so little value that you can buy five of them for only two small coins and yet God never forgets any of them!
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-\v 8 "I tell you also, that if people tell others that they are my disciples, then I, the Son of Man, will say that they are my disciples to God's angels.
+\v 8 "I tell you also that if people tell others that they are my disciples, then I, the Son of Man, will say that they are my disciples to God's angels.
 \v 9 But if they tell others that they are not my disciples, then I will say to God's angels that they are not my disciples.
 \v 10 I also tell you that if people say evil things about me, the Son of Man, God will forgive them for that. But if people say evil things about the Holy Spirit, God will not forgive them for that.
 
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 \v 23 Your life is more important than the food you eat and your body is more important than the clothes you put on it.
 
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-\v 24 Think about the birds: They do not plant seeds, and they do not harvest crops. They do not have rooms or buildings in which to store crops. But God provides food for them. You are certainly much more valuable than birds.
+\v 24 Think about the birds: They do not plant seeds and they do not harvest crops. They do not have rooms or buildings in which to store crops. But God provides food for them. You are certainly much more valuable than birds.
 \v 25 None of you can add even a minute to his life by worrying about it!
 \v 26 So since you cannot even do that small thing, you certainly should not worry about anything else.
 
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 \v 47 The servant who knew what his master wanted but did not get ready and do it will be severely punished.
-\v 48 But every servant who did not know what his master wanted him to do, and then did something wrong, will only get a mild punishment. A lot is expected from those people who have been given a lot. Even more is expected from those who have been entrusted with a lot.
+\v 48 But every servant who did not know what his master wanted him to do, and then did something wrong, will only get a mild punishment. Much is expected from those people who have been given much. Even more is expected from those who have been entrusted with much.
 
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 \v 50 Soon I must go through a baptism of terrible suffering. I will continue to be distressed until my suffering is finished.
 
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-\v 51 Do you think that as a result of my coming to earth people will live together peacefully? No! I must tell you, instead, people will be divided.
+\v 51 Do you think that as a result of my coming to earth people will live together peacefully? No! I must tell you: instead, people will be divided.
 \v 52 Because some people in one house will believe in me and some will not, they will be divided. Three people in one house who do not believe in me will oppose two who do believe.
 \v 53 A man will oppose his son, or a son will oppose his father. A woman will oppose her daughter, or a woman will oppose her mother. A woman will oppose her daughter-in-law, or a woman will oppose her mother-in-law."