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-\v 1 Some Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and said to him, "Show us that God has really sent you to us! Do a miracle with his power to convince us!"
+\v 1 Some Pharisees and Sadducees came to Jesus and said to him, "Show us that God has really sent you to us! Do a miracle in the sky and use his power to convince us!"
 \v 2 He answered them, "In our country, if the sky is red in the evening, we say, 'It will be good weather tomorrow.'
 
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 \v 3 Suddenly Moses and Elijah, who were important prophets many years ago, appeared and started talking with him.
-\v 4 Peter saw them and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is excellent for us to be here! If you want me to, I will make three shelters for shrines, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
+\v 4 Peter saw them and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is excellent for us to be here! If you want me to, I will set up three tents, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
 
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 \v 5 While Peter was speaking, a bright cloud came over them. They heard God speaking about Jesus from inside the cloud. He said to them, "This is my Son. I love him. He pleases me very much. So you must listen to him!"

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 \v 6 "If you cause someone who believes in me to sin, even if it is someone who people think is as unimportant as this little child, God will severely punish you. He will punish you worse than if someone had thrown you into the sea's deep waters with a heavy stone tied to your neck!
 
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-\v 7 How terrible it will be for those who cause others to stop believing in me. It is inevitable that there will be those who cause others to stop believing in me. But how terrible it will be for everyone who does that.
-\v 8 So if you are wanting to use one of your hands or feet to sin, stop using that hand or foot! Even if you have to cut it off to avoid sinning, do it!  Suppose you had only one hand or one foot and still lived forever with God; that would be much better than if you had both hands and both feet and God threw you into the eternal fire in hell.
+\v 7 How terrible it will be for those who cause others to sin. There will always be temptations to sin, but how terrible it will be for anyone to cause another person to sin. 
+\v 8 So if you are wanting to use one of your hands or feet to sin, stop using that hand or foot! Even if you have to cut it off so you will not sin!  Suppose you had only one hand or one foot and still lived forever with God, how much better is that than if you had both hands and both feet and God threw you into the eternal fire in hell because of your sin.
 
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-\v 9 Yes, and if what you see you makes you want to sin, stop looking at those things! Even if you have to gouge out one of your eyes and throw it away to avoid sinning, do it!  Suppose you had only one eye and still lived forever with God; that would be much better than if you had both eyes and God threw you into the eternal fire in hell."
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 \v 37 When they found him they said, "Everyone in town is looking for you."
 
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-\v 38 He said to them, "We need to go to the neighboring towns so that I can preach there as well.  This is the reason that I came into the world."
+\v 38 He said to them, "We need to go to the neighboring towns so that I can preach there as well.  This is the reason I came here."
 \v 39 So they went throughout Galilee. As they went, Jesus would preach in the synagogues and forced evil spirits to come out from people.
 
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-\v 38 John said to Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone who was forcing evil spirits out of people.  He claimed that he had authority from you to do that. So we told him to stop doing it because he was not one of us disciples."
+\v 38 John said to Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone who was forcing evil spirits out of people.  He claimed that he had authority from you to do that. So we told him to stop doing it because he was not one of the disciples."
 \v 39 Jesus said, "Do not tell him to stop doing that. For no one will say bad things about me soon after performing a mighty deed with my authority.
 
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 \v 40 Then Jesus and the disciples went back across the lake to Capernaum. A crowd of people was waiting for him there, and they welcomed him.
-\v 41 Just then a man named Jairus, who was one of the leaders of the synagogue there, came near to Jesus and he laid face down  before him. He pleaded with Jesus to come to his house,
+\v 41 Just then a man named Jairus, who was one of the leaders of the synagogue there, came near to Jesus and he laid face down before him. He pleaded with Jesus to come to his house
 \v 42 because his only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying and he wanted Jesus to heal her.
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 \v 43 Now in the crowd there was a woman who had been suffering for twelve years from a disease that caused continual bleeding. She had spent all her money to pay doctors to help her, but none of them was able to heal her.

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 \v 14 When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." So they went, and as they were going, they were healed.
 \v 15 Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God loudly.
-\v 16 He came to Jesus and kneeled face down at Jesus' feet, and thanked him. This man was a Samaritan.
+\v 16 He came to Jesus and laid down with his face at Jesus' feet, and he thanked him. This man was a Samaritan.
 
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 \v 17 Then Jesus said, "I healed ten lepers! Why did the other nine not come back?

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 \v 5 Now Jesus loved Martha, her sister Mary, and Lazarus.
 \v 6 Nevertheless, when Jesus heard that Lazarus was sick, he delayed going to see him. He stayed where he was for two more days.
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-\v 7 Then he said to us disciples, "Let us go back to Judea."
+\v 7 Then he said to disciples, "Let us go back to Judea."
 
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 \v 8 The disciples said, "Teacher, just a short while ago the Jews who oppose you wanted to murder you with stones, and now you want to go back there again!"
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 \v 49 One of them on the Council was Caiaphas, the high priest for that year. He said to them, "You all know nothing!
-\v 50 Do you not realize that it is better that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perishes."
+\v 50 Do you not realize that it is better that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perishes?"
 
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 \v 51 He said that, not because he thought of it himself. Instead, since he was the high priest that year, he was prophesying that Jesus would die for the Jewish nation.

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 \v 1 I, Paul, am writing this letter. Silas and Timothy are with me. We are sending this letter to you who are the group of believers in the city of Thessalonica who are joined to God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. May God be kind to you and give you peace. 
 
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 \v 4 My fellow believers whom God loves, we also thank him because we know that he chose you to become his people.
-\v 5 We know that he chose you because when we told the good news to you, it was much more than words only. The Holy Spirit powerfully worked among you, and he strongly assured us that he was doing so. In the same way, you know how we spoke and how we conducted ourselves when we were with you, in order that we might help you.
+\v 5 We know that he chose you because when we told the good news to you, it was much more than words only. The Holy Spirit powerfully worked among you, and he strongly assured us that our message to you was true. In the same way, you know how we spoke and how we conducted ourselves when we were with you, in order that we might help you.
 
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-\v 6 We have now heard that you have endured your troubles when people caused you to suffer because you believed in Christ. You endured just like the Lord Jesus Christ endured, and just like we did when people caused us to suffer. At that time the Holy Spirit made you very joyful.
-\v 7 Because you endured suffering for the Lord, all the believers who live in the provinces of Macedonia and Achaia have heard how firmly you trust God. So they know that they should firmly trust in God as you do.
+\v 6 We have now heard that you have endured your troubles when people caused you to suffer because you believed in Christ. You endured just as the Lord Jesus Christ endured, and just as we also did. At that time the Holy Spirit made you very joyful.
+\v 7 Because you endured suffering, all the believers who live in the provinces of Macedonia and Achaia have learned how they also should trust God while enduring suffering.
 
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 \v 8 Other people have heard you tell the message from the Lord Jesus. Then they also proclaimed the good news to people who live throughout Macedonia and Achaia. Not only that, but people who live in many faraway places  have heard that you trust in God. So we do not need to tell people what God has done in your lives.
 \v 9 People who live far from you are telling others how warmly you welcomed us when we came to you. They also report that you stopped worshiping false gods and that now you worship the God who can do anything and who truly is God. It was in him that you became believers!
 \v 10 They also tell us that now you wait expectantly for his Son to return to earth from heaven. You firmly believe that God caused him to live again after he died. You believe also that Jesus will rescue all of us, who trust in him, when God punishes all the people of the entire world.
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 \v 1 My fellow believers, you know that our time with you was very worthwhile.
-\v 2 Although people in Philippi city previously mistreated us and insulted us, as you know, God caused us to be courageous. As a result, we told you the good news that God sent us to tell you, even though some people in your city also  opposed us.
+\v 2 Although people in Philippi city previously mistreated us and insulted us, as you know, God caused us to be courageous. As a result, we told you the good news that God sent us to tell you, even though some people in your city opposed us very much.
 
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 \v 3 When we encouraged you to obey God's message, we did not speak to you something false. And we do not want to get something for ourselves by immoral means. We do not try to deceive you or anyone else.
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 \v 17 My fellow believers, when we had to be away from you for a short time, we felt like parents who had lost their children. We strongly desired to be present with you.
-\v 18 Indeed I, Paul, tried to return twice to see you. But each time Satan prevented us from returning.
-\v 19 Indeed, it is because of you that we hope to do God's work well; it is you who make us happy; it is because of you that we hope to succeed in serving God. It is because of you as well as others that we hope that the Lord Jesus will reward us when he returns to earth.
+\v 18 Indeed I, Paul, tried to return several times to see you. But each time Satan prevented us from returning.
+\v 19 Indeed, it is because of you that we hope to do God's work well; it is you who make us proud; it is because of you that we hope to succeed in serving God. It is because of you as well as others that we hope that the Lord Jesus will reward us when he returns to earth.
 \v 20 Indeed, it is because of you that even now we are pleased and are joyful!
 
 

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 \v 1 As a result of that, when I could no longer endure worrying about you, I decided that Silas and I would stay behind alone in the city of Athens,
 \v 2 and we sent Timothy to you. You know that he is our close associate and also works for God by proclaiming the good news about Christ. Silas and I sent him in order that he would urge you to continue to strongly trust in Christ.
-\v 3 We did not want any of you to think about turning away from Christ because of what you were suffering. You well know that God knew that others would mistreat us because of Christ.
+\v 3 We did not want any of you to turn away from Christ in fear because of what you were suffering. You well know that God knew that others would mistreat us because of Christ.
 
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-\v 5 This is why I sent Timothy to you: because I wanted so badly to know whether you were still trusting in Christ. I was afraid that Satan, the one who tempts us, had caused you to stop trusting in Christ. I was afraid that everything we had done with you was useless. 
+\v 5 This is why I sent Timothy to you: because I could wait no longer to know whether you were still trusting in Christ. I was afraid that Satan, the one who tempts us, had caused you to stop trusting in Christ. I was afraid that everything we had done with you was useless. 
 
 
 

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 \v 1  Now I will say this to those among you elders, you who lead the assemblies of believers: I also am an elder. I am one  of those who saw Christ suffer, and I also will share some of the glory that Christ has in heaven. 
-\v 2  I appeal to you elders to take care of the people who are in your  assemblies. Do this as if you were shepherds who take care of their flocks of sheep. Do this, not because you must do it, but instead do it willingly, as God desires. Do not be greedy to get money for doing it, but instead do it enthusiastically. 
+\v 2  I appeal to you elders to take care of the people who are in your assemblies. Do this as if you were shepherds who take care of their flocks of sheep. Do this, not because you must do it, but instead do it willingly, as God desires. Do not be greedy to get money for doing it, but instead do it enthusiastically. 
 \v 3 Do not act like domineering bosses over the people whom God has assigned to you, but instead be examples to them by the way in which you conduct your lives. 
 \v 4  If you do that, when Jesus, who is like our chief shepherd, appears, he will give each of you a glorious reward. That reward will be like the wreaths that are given to athletes who win races, but your reward will never wither like those wreaths do.
 
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-\v 5  Now I will say this to you young men. You must obey the older men in the assembly. All of you believers should act humbly toward each other, because this statement is true:
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+\v 5  Now I will say this to you young men. You must obey the older men in the assembly. All of you believers should act humbly toward each other, because it is true that God opposes those who are proud, but he acts kindly toward those who are humble.
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 \v 6 Therefore, realizing that God has great power to punish proud people, humble yourselves in order that he may honor you at the time that he has determined. 
 \v 7 Because he takes care of you, let him take care of all the things that you are worried about.
 
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 \v 8 Always be alert and pay attention, because the devil, who is your enemy, is going around, looking for people to destroy. He is like a lion that roars as it prowls around, seeking someone to  kill and devour. 
 \v 9 You must resist him by continuing to firmly trust in Christ and his message, remembering that your fellow believers all over the world are suffering similar hardships. 
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 \v 10 God is the one who kindly helps us in every  situation, and he is the one who chose us to share his eternal glory in heaven because we are joined to Christ. And after you have suffered for a while because of things that people do to harm you, he will remove your spiritual defects, he will strengthen you to trust him more, and he will support you in every way. 
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 \v 12 Silas has written this letter for me as I have dictated it to him. I consider that he is a faithful fellow believer. I have written this short letter to you to encourage you, and I want to assure you that what I have written is a true message about the things that God kindly does for us, things that we do not deserve. Continue to firmly believe this message.
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 \v 13 In  this city that we sometime call 'Babylon,' the believers, whom God has chosen to belong to him just like he chose you, send you their greetings. Mark, who is like a son to me, also sends you his greetings. 
-\v 14 Greet each other with a kiss  on the cheek to  show that you love  each other. I pray that God will give peace to all of you who are joined to Christ.
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 \v 4 I am very happy because I have learned that some of you are living according to the truth that God has taught us. this is just what our Father commanded us to do.
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 \v 7 Many people who deceive others have left your congregation and have now gone out among other people in your area. They are the ones who refuse to believe that Jesus Christ became human. They are the ones who deceive others and oppose  Christ himself.
 \v 8 So be careful that you do not let those teachers deceive you! If you let them deceive you, you will lose the reward which we, together with you, have been working for, and you will not receive the complete reward of being eternally united to God!
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 \v 12 Even though I have much more that I want to tell you, I have decided not to say it in a letter . Instead, I expect to be with you soon and talk directly with you. Then we can be completely joyful together.
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 \v 4 I am very happy when I hear that people whom I helped to believe in Christ are living in a way that matches God's truth!
 
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 \v 7 When those fellow believers went out to tell people about Jesus, they received no money from people who do not believe in Christ.
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 \v 9 I wrote a letter to your congregation to tell them to help those fellow believers. However, Diotrephes does not accept my letter, because he wants to dominate you.
 \v 10 So when I arrive there I will publicly tell everyone what he does: He tells others evil nonsense about us in order to harm us by what he says. He is not content with only doing that, but he himself also refuses to welcome the fellow believers who are traveling around doing God's work. And those who want to welcome them—he stops them by making them leave the congregation.
 
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 \v 12 All the believers who know Demetrius say that he is a good person. If the truth were a person, he would say the same thing! We also say he is a good person, and you know that what we say about him is true.
 
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 \v 13 When I began to write this letter, I had much more that I intended to tell you. But now I do not want to say it in a letter.
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 \v 2 May God have much mercy on you. May he give you much peace, and may he love you very much.
 
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 \v 3 You whom I love, I tried very hard to write a letter to you about how God has saved us all together. I needed to write to encourage you to do your best to speak for the true things that we believe. These are things that God has taught all those who have been made holy by faith in Christ. These things will never change.
-\v 4 Some people are like snakes crawling into your assemblies. They teach false things. They say that because God kindly does for us what we do not deserve, it does not matter whether we sin sexually. In this way they oppose what is true about Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord. 
+\v 4 There are men who are creeping into your assemblies; they were like the wicked men the prophets wrote about long ago—they teach false things and they twist the grace of God into giving permission to commit sexual sin. In this way they oppose what is true about Jesus Christ, our only Master and Lord. 
 
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 \v 5 Although you previously knew all these things, there are certain things about which I desire to remind you. Do not forget that although the Lord rescued his people from Egypt, he later destroyed most of those same people, those people who did not believe in him.
 \v 6 Also, there were many angels to whom God assigned positions of authority in heaven. But they did not continue to rule with authority in those positions. Instead, they abandoned those places. So God has put those angels in chains forever in darkness in hell. They will stay there until the important day in which God will judge and punish them.