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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Here "hearts is a metonym for people's minds or inner beings. Alternate translat
 
 In the parable this was a metaphor of a bird snatching away the seeds. Try to use words in your language that keep that image. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
 
-# so they may not believe and be saved. The
+# so they may not believe and be saved
 
-Since this is the devil's purpose, it can be translated as: Alternate translation: "because the devil thinks, 'They must not believe and they must not be saved,' The" or "so it will not be that they believe and God saves them. The" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
+This is the devil's purpose. Alternate translation: "because the devil thinks, 'They must not believe and they must not be saved'" or "so it will not be that they believe and God saves them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])