diff --git a/43-LUK/09.usfm b/43-LUK/09.usfm
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 \v 15 So they did this, and made the people sit down.
-\v 16 He taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, he blessed them and broke them into pieces, and he gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
+\v 16 Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, he blessed them and broke them into pieces, and he gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.
 \v 17 They all ate and were satisfied, and what was left over was picked up—twelve baskets of broken pieces.
 
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diff --git a/49-GAL/03.usfm b/49-GAL/03.usfm
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-\v 1 Foolish Galatians! Whose evil eye has harmed you? Was not Jesus Christ depicted as crucified before your eyes?
+\v 1 Foolish Galatians! Who has put a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus CHrist was vividly portrayed as crucified?
 \f + \ft Some older versions add, \fqa so that you should not obey the truth? \fqb \fqa \fqb \f*
-\v 2 I only want to learn this from you. Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard?
-\v 3 Are you so foolish? Did you begin in the Spirit only to finish now in the flesh?
+\v 2 This is the only thing I want to learn from you: Did you receive the Spirit by the works of the law or by believing what you heard?
+\v 3 Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now going to finish by the flesh?
 
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 \v 4 Did you experience so many things for nothing—if indeed it was for nothing?