FD issues chapters 3-4

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-\v 13 Jesus went up into the hills. As he went, he called out to those that he wanted to go with him and they went with him.
+\v 13 Jesus went up into the hills. As he went, he called out to those that he wanted to go with him, and they went with him.
 \v 14 He appointed twelve men to be with him and for him to send them out to preach. He called them apostles.
 \v 15 He also gave them power in order that they might force evil spirits to come out from people.
-\v 16 These were the twelve men he appointed: Simon (and Jesus gave him the new name Peter).
+\v 16 These were the twelve men he appointed: Simon (and Jesus gave him the new name Peter);
 
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-\v 17 And along with Peter, Jesus also appointed James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, to both of whom he added the new name, 'Men who are like Thunder' because of their fiery zeal;
+\v 17 along with Peter, Jesus also appointed James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, to both of whom he added the new name, 'Men who are like Thunder' because of their fiery zeal;
 \v 18 and he appointed Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, and James who was the son of Alphaeus; and he appointed Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
 \v 19 and Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).
 
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 \v 22 Some men who taught the Jewish laws came down from Jerusalem. They heard that Jesus was forcing evil spirits to come out of people. So they were telling people, "Beelzebul, who rules the evil spirits, controls Jesus. He is the one who gives Jesus the power to force evil spirits out from people!"
 
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 \v 23 So Jesus called those men over to himself. Jesus spoke to them in parables and said, "How can Satan cast out Satan?
 \v 24 If people who live in the same country are fighting against one another, their country will cease to be a united country.
 \v 25 And if people who live in the same house fight each other, they will certainly not remain united as one family.
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 \v 32 A crowd was sitting around Jesus. One of them said to him, "Your mother and younger siblings are outside. They want to see you."
 
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 \v 33 Jesus asked them, "Who is my mother? Who are my siblings?"
 \v 34 After he looked around at those who sat with him, he said, "Look here! You are my mother and my siblings.
 \v 35 Those who do what God wants are my brother, my sister, or my mother!"
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 \v 10 Later, when only the twelve disciples and other close followers were with him, they asked him about the parables.
 \v 11 He said to them, "To you I will explain the message about how God reveals himself as king, but to the others I will speak in parables.
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-\v 12 When they see what I am doing, they will not learn.
+\v 12 'When they see what I am doing, they will not learn.
 \q When they hear what I say, they will not understand.
 \q If they learned or understood,
 \q they would be sorry that they had sinned and decide to stop sinning,
-\q and God would forgive them."
+\q and God would forgive them.'"
 
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 \v 16 Some people are like the ground where the soil was not very deep over the rock. When they hear God's message, they immediately accept it with joy.
-\v 17 But, because the message does not grow deep, they believe it for only a short time. They are like the plants that did not have deep roots. When others treat them badly or cause them to suffer because they believed God's message, those people who are suffering soon stop believing God's message.
+\v 17 But, because the message does not grow deep, they believe it for only a short time. They are like the plants that did not have deep roots. When others treat them badly or cause them to suffer because they believe God's message, those people who are suffering soon stop believing God's message.
 
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 \v 18 Some people are like the soil that has thorny weeds in it. Those people hear God's message,
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 \v 21 He told them another parable: "People certainly do not light an oil lamp and then bring it in the house in order to put something over it to cover its light. Instead, they put it on a lampstand so that the light will shine.
-\v 22 Similarly, things that were hidden—one day everyone will know them, and the things that have happened in secret—one day everyone will see them in full light.
-\v 23 If you want to understand this, you should consider carefully what you have just heard."
+\v 22 Similarly, things that were hidden, one day everyone will know them, and the things that have happened in secret, one day everyone will see them in full light.
+\v 23 If you want to understand this, you should consider carefully what you have just heard.
 
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-\v 33 Jesus used many parables when he talked to the people about God message. If they were able to understand some, he kept telling them more.
+\v 33 Jesus used many parables when he talked to the people about God's message. If they were able to understand some, he kept telling them more.
 \v 34 He always used parables when he spoke to them. But he explained all the parables to his own disciples when he was alone with them.
 
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 \v 38 Jesus was in the back part of the boat. He was sleeping with his head on a cushion. So they woke him up and said to him, "Teacher! Are you not concerned that we are about to die?"
-\v 39 So Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and he spoke to the sea, "Be quiet! Be still!" The wind stopped blowing and then the sea became very calm.
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+\v 39 So Jesus got up and rebuked the wind, and he spoke to the sea, "Be quiet! Be still!" The wind stopped blowing and then the sea became very calm.
 
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 \v 40 He said to the disciples, "Why are you afraid? Do you not yet have faith?"
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 \v 41 They were terrified. They said to one another, "Who is this man? Even the wind and the waves obey him!"