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01-GEN/34.usfm

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 \v 13 But because Shechem had done a shameful thing to their sister Dinah, the sons of Jacob deceived Shechem and his father Hamor.
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 \v 14 They said to them, "No, we cannot do that. We cannot give our sister to be the wife of a man who is not circumcised, because that would be a shameful thing for us to do.
-\v 15 We will do that only if you do one thing: you must become like us by circumcising all the males that are among you.
+\v 15 We will do that only if you do one thing: You must become like us by circumcising all the males that are among you.
 \v 16 Then we will give our daughters to your young men to be your wives, and we will take your daughters to be the wives of our young men. We will live among you, and we will become one people group.
 \v 17 But if you do not agree to be circumcised, we will take our sister and leave."
 

02-EXO/30.usfm

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-\v 34 Yahweh also said to Moses, "Have an expert perfumer take equal parts of several sweet spices: stacte--a resin from certain gum plants, onycha--from certain shellfish or mollusks, galbanum--another kind of gum resin, and pure frankincense—yet another sort of gum resin.
+\v 34 Yahweh also said to Moses, "Have an expert perfumer take equal parts of several sweet spices: Stacte--a resin from certain gum plants, onycha--from certain shellfish or mollusks, galbanum--another kind of gum resin, and pure frankincense—yet another sort of gum resin.
 \v 35 Have him mix them together to make some perfume and add some salt to keep it pure and special for me.
 \v 36 Have him beat some of it into a fine powder. Then I want you to take some of it into the sacred tent and sprinkle it in front of the sacred chest. You all must consider this incense to be completely reserved for me.
 

02-EXO/31.usfm

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 \v 6 I have also appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, to work with him. I have given special ability to other men also in order that they can make all the things that I have commanded you to be made.
-\v 7 Those things include: the sacred tent, the sacred chest and its lid, all the other things that will be inside the sacred tent,
+\v 7 Those things include: The sacred tent, the sacred chest and its lid, all the other things that will be inside the sacred tent,
 \v 8 the table and all the things that are used with it, the pure gold lampstand and all the things that are used to take care of it, the altar for burning incense,
 \v 9 the altar for offering sacrifices that will be burned and all the things that will be used with it, and the washbasin and its base.
 

02-EXO/39.usfm

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 \v 35 the sacred chest that contained the stone slabs on which the commandments were written and the lid for the chest.
 
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-\v 36 The workers also finished these items for the sacred tent: the table with all the things to be used with it and the bread to display before God;
+\v 36 The workers also finished these items for the sacred tent: The table with all the things to be used with it and the bread to display before God;
 \v 37 the lampstand made of pure gold with all its lamps and the things that were used to take care of it, and the oil for the lamps;
 \v 38 the golden altar for burning incense, the oil for anointing, the sweet-smelling incense, and the curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent;
 \v 39 the bronze altar for burning sacrifices with its bronze grating, the poles for carrying it, and all the other things that were used with it, as well as the washbasin and its base.

03-LEV/11.usfm

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-\v 29 Of all the animals that walk on the ground, these are the ones that make you unacceptable if you touch them: weasels, rats, any kind of big lizard,
+\v 29 Of all the animals that walk on the ground, these are the ones that make you unacceptable if you touch them: Weasels, rats, any kind of big lizard,
 \v 30 geckos, monitor lizards and other lizards, skinks, and chameleons.
 
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03-LEV/17.usfm

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 \v 4 If you slaughter it anywhere else as a sacrifice, whether in the camp or outside of it, you will be guilty of shedding its blood in an unacceptable place. If you do that, you will no longer be allowed to be with Yahweh's people.
 
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-\v 5 Yahweh is telling you to do this so that you will no longer offer sacrifices in the open fields; instead, you must offer them to him in the proper manner: by taking them to the priest at the entrance to the area of the sacred tent, to be offerings to promise friendship with him.
+\v 5 Yahweh is telling you to do this so that you will no longer offer sacrifices in the open fields; instead, you must offer them to him in the proper manner: By taking them to the priest at the entrance to the area of the sacred tent, to be offerings to promise friendship with him.
 \v 6 After the priest slaughters the animal, he must sprinkle some of its blood against the altar at the entrance to the sacred tent, and burn its fat for an aroma that is pleasing to Yahweh.
 
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04-NUM/19.usfm

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 \v 2 "I am now giving to you another regulation. Tell the Israelite people to bring to you one reddish brown cow that has no defects. It must be an animal that has never been used for plowing ground.
 
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-\v 3 Give it to Eleazar, the priest. He must take it outside the camp and someone will slaughter it.
+\v 3 Give it to Eleazar the priest. He must take it outside the camp and someone will slaughter it.
 \v 4 And Eleazar must dip one of his fingers in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times on the ground near the sacred tent.
 \v 5 Then, while Eleazar watches, the cow must be burned completely—its hide, its meat, the rest of its blood, and even its dung.
 \v 6 Eliezer then must take a stick of cedar wood, a stalk of a plant named hyssop, and some scarlet yarn, and throw them into the fire where the cow is burning.

04-NUM/33.usfm

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 \v 37 Then they left Kadesh and went to Mount Hor, at the border of Edom, and set up their tents there.
 
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-\v 38 Aaron, the priest, obeyed Yahweh and climbed up the mountain. There he died, on the first day of their fifth month, forty years after the Israelites left Egypt.
+\v 38 Aaron the priest obeyed Yahweh and climbed up the mountain. There he died, on the first day of their fifth month, forty years after the Israelites left Egypt.
 \v 39 Aaron was 123 years old when he died.
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06-JOS/11.usfm

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 \v 8 Yahweh enabled the Israelites to defeat them. They pursued them to the city of Sidon, to Misrephothmaim, and to Mizpah in the east. They attacked them until they had killed them all.
-\v 9 Then Joshua did what Yahweh told them to do: he crippled their enemies' horses and he burned up their chariots.
+\v 9 Then Joshua did what Yahweh told them to do: He crippled their enemies' horses and he burned up their chariots.
 
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06-JOS/13.usfm

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 \v 1 When Joshua was very old, Yahweh said to him, "Joshua, you are now an old man, but there is still a lot of land for your army to capture.
 
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-\v 2 Here is a list of the lands that remain: the region of the Philistines and all those of the Geshurites,
+\v 2 Here is a list of the lands that remain: The region of the Philistines and all those of the Geshurites,
 \v 3 (from Shihor, which is located to the east of Egypt, and to Ekron in the north; the five rulers of the cities of the Philistines, Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron—the territory of the Avvites).
 
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06-JOS/14.usfm

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 \v 2 The assignments were made by casting lots for each one of the nine and one-half tribes. This was just as Yahweh had commanded Moses to do, so that the land could be assigned to each of the tribes and their clans.
 \v 3-4 Now Moses had given land as a permanent possession to two and one-half tribes before Israel crossed over the Jordan River. But to the Levites he gave no inheritance; they were treated differently because of their priestly duties. No portion of the land was given to the Levites. They were, however, given cities in which to live, including pastureland for their livestock so they could sustain their families. And the people of Joseph were divided into two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim.
-\v 5 The people of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses: they gave out portions of the land as permanent possessions.
+\v 5 The people of Israel did as Yahweh commanded Moses: They gave out portions of the land as permanent possessions.
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 \v 6 Some men from the tribe of Judah went to Joshua while he and all the Israelites were at Gilgal. Among those men was Jephunneh's son Caleb. He said to Joshua, "I am sure that you remember what Yahweh said to the prophet Moses concerning you and me when we were at Kadesh Barnea.

06-JOS/21.usfm

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-\v 13 In this way, the Israelite leaders assigned Hebron to the descendants of Aaron, the priest. Hebron was one of the cities to which people could run if they accidentally killed a person. To Aaron's descendants they also gave the cities of Libnah,
+\v 13 In this way, the Israelite leaders assigned Hebron to the descendants of Aaron the priest. Hebron was one of the cities to which people could run if they accidentally killed a person. To Aaron's descendants they also gave the cities of Libnah,
 \v 14 Jattir, Eshtemoa,
 \v 15 Holon, Debir,
 \v 16 Ain, Juttah, and Bethshemesh—nine cities with all their pasturelands. These cities were located in the areas that the tribes of Judah and Simeon had possessed.

09-1SA/22.usfm

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-\v 9 Doeg, a man from the Edom people group, was standing there with Saul's officers. He said to Saul, "When I was at Nob, I saw that son of Jesse talking to Ahimelech, the priest.
+\v 9 Doeg, a man from the Edom people group, was standing there with Saul's officers. He said to Saul, "When I was at Nob, I saw that son of Jesse talking to Ahimelech the priest.
 \v 10 Ahimelech asked Yahweh what David should do. Then Ahimelech gave to David some food and the sword of Goliath, that Philistine giant."
 
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10-2SA/07.usfm

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 \v 4 But that night, Yahweh spoke to Nathan:
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-\v 5 "Go and tell my servant, David, that this is what Yahweh says to him: he is not the one who will build a temple for me to live in.
+\v 5 "Go and tell my servant, David, that this is what Yahweh says to him: He is not the one who will build a temple for me to live in.
 
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 \v 6 I have not lived in any building from the day that I brought the Israelites up from Egypt until now. Instead, I have been living in my sacred tent, moving from one place to another with the people.

10-2SA/12.usfm

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 \v 26 Meanwhile, Joab's soldiers attacked Rabbah, the capital city of the Ammon people group. They captured the king's fortress, which protected the water supply.
 \v 27 Then Joab sent messengers to David to tell him this, "My troops are attacking Rabbah, and we have captured the city's water supply.
-\v 28 Now gather your troops and come and surround the city and capture it. If you do not do that, my troops will capture the city and it will then be named for me instead: the City of Joab."
+\v 28 Now gather your troops and come and surround the city and capture it. If you do not do that, my troops will capture the city and it will then be named for me instead: The City of Joab."
 
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12-2KI/11.usfm

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 \v 17 Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the king and the people, that they would always obey Yahweh. He also made an covenant requiring the people to be loyal to Joash their king.
-\v 18 Then all the people of Israel who were there went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and the statues of Baal. They also killed Mattan, the priest of Baal, in front of the altars.
+\v 18 Then all the people of Israel who were there went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and the statues of Baal. They also killed Mattan the priest of Baal, in front of the altars.
 \p Jehoiada stationed guards at the temple of Yahweh.
 
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14-2CH/04.usfm

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 \v 19 Solomon's workers also made all these things that they later put into the temple:
-\li1 the golden altar
-\li1 the tables on which the priests put the bread to display before God
+\li1 the golden altar,
+\li1 the tables on which the priests put the bread to display before God,
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-\v 20 the pure gold lampstands and the pure gold lamps, in which the priests put oil to burn in front of the very holy place (as God had told Moses that the priests that they should do)
+\v 20 the pure gold lampstands and the pure gold lamps, in which the priests put oil to burn in front of the very holy place (as God had told Moses that the priests should do),
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-\v 21 the pure gold decorations that resembled flowers, and the lamps and tongs.
+\v 21 the pure gold decorations that resembled flowers, 
+\li1 and the lamps and tongs.
 
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15-EZR/01.usfm

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-\v 9 This is a list of the items that Cyrus donated: thirty gold basins, one thousand silver basins, twenty-nine other basins,
+\v 9 This is a list of the items that Cyrus donated: Thirty gold basins, one thousand silver basins, twenty-nine other basins,
 \v 10 thirty gold bowls, 410 similar silver bowls, and one thousand other objects.
 \v 11 All together, there were 5,400 silver and gold items given to Sheshbazzar to take with him when he and the others returned to Jerusalem.
 

15-EZR/07.usfm

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 \v 20 If you need any other things for the temple, you are permitted to get the money for those things from the royal treasury here.
 
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-\v 21 And I, King Artaxerxes, command this to all the treasurers in the province west of the Euphrates River: Give to Ezra, the priest who has studied very well the laws of the God who is in
+\v 21 And I, King Artaxerxes, command this to all the treasurers in the province west of the Euphrates River: Give to Ezra the priest who has studied very well the laws of the God who is in
 heaven, everything that he requests, and give it to him quickly.
 \v 22 Give him up to three and one-third metric tons of silver, five hundred bushels of wheat, two and one-fifth kiloliters of wine, the same of olive oil, and all the salt that they need.
 \v 23 Be sure that you provide whatever their God requires for his temple, because we certainly do not want him to be angry with me or with my descendants who will later be kings.

15-EZR/08.usfm

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 living in Babylonia, had contributed for the temple of our God.
 
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-\v 26 As I gave these various items to those priests, I weighed each of the items. This was the total: about twenty-one and one-half metric tons of silver, one hundred items made from silver that altogether weighed three and one-third metric tons, three and one-third metric tons of gold,
+\v 26 As I gave these various items to those priests, I weighed each of the items. This was the total: About twenty-one and one-half metric tons of silver, one hundred items made from silver that altogether weighed three and one-third metric tons, three and one-third metric tons of gold,
 \v 27 twenty gold bowls that altogether weighed about eight and one-half kilograms, and two items made of polished bronze that were as valuable as ones made of gold.
 
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17-EST/04.usfm

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 \v 9 So Hathak went to Esther and told her what Mordecai said.
 \v 10 Then Esther ordered Hathak to return to Mordecai, and to tell him this:
-\v 11 "All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that no one can come before the king unless the king invites him to come. There is only one result of breaking this law: the person is put to death. The only exception would be that the king would hold out his golden scepter to someone who came before him, and that would be the sign that the king would permit that person to live. About my own contact with the king, I have not been called to come to the king for thirty days."
+\v 11 "All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that no one can come before the king unless the king invites him to come. There is only one result of breaking this law: The person is put to death. The only exception would be that the king would hold out his golden scepter to someone who came before him, and that would be the sign that the king would permit that person to live. About my own contact with the king, I have not been called to come to the king for thirty days."
 \v 12 So Hathak went back to Mordecai and told him what Esther had said.
 
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18-JOB/32.usfm

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-\v 15 I tell myself this: these three men are confused because they have nothing more to say to Job;
+\v 15 I tell myself this: These three men are confused because they have nothing more to say to Job;
 \q2 they have nothing more to say to him.
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 \v 16 But because you do not speak, I certainly will not wait any longer;

20-PRO/01.usfm

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 \q2 when they carry out their evil plans.
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 \v 32 Those who have not been taught wisdom are foolish.
-\q2 Fools choose to make no decision about anything, but be sure of this: their failure to make a decision will destroy their lives.
+\q2 Fools choose to make no decision about anything, but be sure of this: Their failure to make a decision will destroy their lives.
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 \v 33 But those who pay attention to me will live in peace and safety,
 \q2 and they will rest and not be afraid of any disaster that may come."

20-PRO/06.usfm

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 \v 28 Can you walk on burning coals and not scorch your feet?
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-\v 29 So is anyone who sleeps with another man's wife: he will suffer for doing that.
+\v 29 So is anyone who sleeps with another man's wife—he will suffer for doing that.
 \q2 It is certain he will be severely punished.
 
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20-PRO/16.usfm

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 \v 5 Yahweh hates those whose pride comes from deep within them.
-\q2 But you can be sure of this: they will still be punished for their pride.
+\q2 But you can be sure of this: They will still be punished for their pride.
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 \v 6 Love and faithfulness will cover over sin and forgive sin.
 \q2 When people give Yahweh the respect he deserves,

20-PRO/17.usfm

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 \v 19 The one who loves to have arguments, that person also loves the sin that lies behind the conflict;
-\q2 one thing leads to another: the one who makes the threshold of his door too high, it is sure to make someone break the bones in his foot.
+\q2 one thing leads to another: The one who makes the threshold of his door too high, it is sure to make someone break the bones in his foot.
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 \v 20 A person who is dishonest because of what is within him, he will never find what is good,
 \q2 and the one who tells lies will fall into trouble.

20-PRO/22.usfm

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 \q2 but those who have no experience or knowledge rush ahead into danger.
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 \v 4 When a person is humble and gives Yahweh the respect he deserves,
-\q2 these are his rewards: riches, and honor, and life.
+\q2 these are his rewards: Riches, and honor, and life.
 
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21-ECC/07.usfm

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 \v 28 and I continued to try to learn more, but I could not find all that I was searching for. But one thing that I found out was that among one thousand people I found one righteous man, but I did not find even one righteous woman.
 
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-\v 29 I have learned only this: that when God created people, they were righteous, but they have found many ways to complicate their own lives.
+\v 29 I have learned only this: That when God created people, they were righteous, but they have found many ways to complicate their own lives.
 
 
 

24-JER/09.usfm

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-\v 25-26 There will be a time when I will punish all those people who have changed their bodies by circumcising them but who have not changed their inner beings: the Egyptian, the Moab, of Edom, and of the Ammon people groups, all those who live close to desert areas far from Judah. I will even punish the people of Israel because they are only circumcised on the outside, and physically, and not on the inside, in their inner self."
+\v 25-26 There will be a time when I will punish all those people who have changed their bodies by circumcising them but who have not changed their inner beings: The Egyptian, the Moab, of Edom, and of the Ammon people groups, all those who live close to desert areas far from Judah. I will even punish the people of Israel because they are only circumcised on the outside, and physically, and not on the inside, in their inner self."
 
 
 

26-EZK/24.usfm

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 \v 21 'Tell the Israelite people that I am about to destroy the temple, the building that you are very proud of, the building that you delight to look at. Your children whom you left in Jerusalem when you were forced to come to Babylon—your enemies will kill them.
 
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-\v 22 When that happens, you will do as I have done: you will not cover the lower part of your faces, or eat the kinds of food that people who are mourning usually eat.
+\v 22 When that happens, you will do as I have done: You will not cover the lower part of your faces, or eat the kinds of food that people who are mourning usually eat.
 \v 23 You will keep your turbans wrapped around your heads and keep your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or cry, but your bodies will become very thin and slowly die; I will not forgive your sins at all. And you will groan for each other.
 \v 24 Ezekiel will be a warning to you, and you must do what he has done. When that happens, you will know that I, Yahweh the Lord have the power to do what I say that I will do.'"
 

26-EZK/27.usfm

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 \v 23 Men came from Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur and Kilmad in Mesopotamia with their goods.
 
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-\v 24 They brought beautiful things to trade with you: blue cloth, embroidered cloth, and rugs of many colors that were rolled up and tied with ropes.
+\v 24 They brought beautiful things to trade with you: Blue cloth, embroidered cloth, and rugs of many colors that were rolled up and tied with ropes.
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 \v 25 Cargo ships from Tarshish carried all those things that you sold;
 \q2 the warehouses on your island were full of all those things and brought you great honor.

26-EZK/33.usfm

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 \v 13 If I tell those who do what is right that they will surely remain alive because of all the good they do, but then if they turn away and become proud of all their good deeds, then I will ignore all the good things that they had done before. I will make sure that they will die because of the evil things that they have done.
 
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-\v 14 Continue to tell the people these things: if I say to some wicked person, 'You will surely die because of your sins,' perhaps that person will stop doing evil and start doing what is just and right.
+\v 14 Continue to tell the people these things: If I say to some wicked person, 'You will surely die because of your sins,' perhaps that person will stop doing evil and start doing what is just and right.
 \v 15 For example, he might return what he took from another person to guarantee that that person would pay back what he owes, or he might return things that he has stolen, or he might obey the laws that will enable those who obey them to remain alive. If this happens, he will surely remain alive; he will not die because of the sins that he committed previously.
 \v 16 I will ignore the sins that he previously committed; he will surely remain alive.
 
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-\v 17 Tell the people this: that they say that what I do is not fair, but that it is really what they do that is not fair. Then tell them these things, also:
+\v 17 Tell the people this: That they say that what I do is not fair, but that it is really what they do that is not fair. Then tell them these things, also:
 \v 18 If a good person stops doing what is good and starts to do what is evil, it is fair that he should die because of his sins.
 \v 19 And if a wicked person turns away from his wicked behavior and does what is right and fair, it is fair for him to remain alive because of doing that.
 \v 20 Remind the people that they are still saying that what I do is not fair. They can talk all they want, but I will punish each of them for what they do. Tell them this."

26-EZK/34.usfm

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 \v 17 And as for you, my people, my sheep, this is what I, Yahweh the Lord, say: 'I will judge between each of you; I will separate those who are peaceful from those who are cruel and powerful.
-\v 18 You leaders, you who are like strong sheep who do evil to the others: it is bad that you keep the best pastures for yourselves. It is even worse that you trample the good grass with your feet. It is bad that you yourselves drink the clear water. It is even worse that with your feet you cause the rest of the water to become muddy.
+\v 18 You leaders, you who are like strong sheep who do evil to the others: It is bad that you keep the best pastures for yourselves. It is even worse that you trample the good grass with your feet. It is bad that you yourselves drink the clear water. It is even worse that with your feet you cause the rest of the water to become muddy.
 \v 19 You are forcing my flock to eat the grass that you have trampled and to drink the water that you have caused to become muddy!
 
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26-EZK/36.usfm

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 \v 1 Yahweh said to Ezekiel, "Son of man, give a message to the hill country and mountains in Israel just as if they were people. Tell them to listen to my message for them.
-\v 2 This is it: the enemies of Israel, those people groups who live nearby, are now very happy, because they are saying that Jerusalem has been destroyed, so the ancient mountains of Israel will now belong to them.
+\v 2 This is it: The enemies of Israel, those people groups who live nearby, are now very happy, because they are saying that Jerusalem has been destroyed, so the ancient mountains of Israel will now belong to them.
 \v 3 So you, Ezekiel, must tell the mountains of Israel what I, the Lord Yahweh, am saying to them: 'Armies of other nations attacked you from every direction, and everyone has left you. Those foreign armies are now in your land. They have spoken very maliciously about your people, the Israelites, and have told all kinds of lies about them.
 
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26-EZK/45.usfm

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 \v 13 You must present to the ruler one measure of wheat or barley for every sixty measures that you harvest.
 \v 14 You must give him one measure of olive oil for every one hundred measures that you produce.
-\v 15 Also, Yahweh declares that you must take one sheep or goat from every two hundred in your flocks in the lush pastures of Israel. You must offer a sheep or a goat for various offerings: burnt offerings and offerings to promise friendship with Yahweh, offerings to atone for the people's sins. "This is the Lord Yahweh's command."
+\v 15 Also, Yahweh declares that you must take one sheep or goat from every two hundred in your flocks in the lush pastures of Israel. You must offer a sheep or a goat for various offerings: Burnt offerings and offerings to promise friendship with Yahweh, offerings to atone for the people's sins. "This is the Lord Yahweh's command."
 
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 \v 16 All the people in the land must join in bringing these offerings to the ruler of Israel.

27-DAN/08.usfm

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 \v 7 The goat struck the ram furiously and broke off its two horns. The goat knocked the ram down to the ground and trampled on it. No one could rescue the ram from the goat's power.
-\v 8 The goat became very powerful. But when its power was very great, its great horn was broken off. Four other distinctive horns grew up in its place. Each one pointed to one of the four winds in the sky: north, south, east, and west.
+\v 8 The goat became very powerful. But when its power was very great, its great horn was broken off. Four other distinctive horns grew up in its place. Each one pointed to one of the four winds in the sky: North, south, east, and west.
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 \v 9 Then from one of those four horns appeared a little horn. It became very great and pointed toward the south and then toward the east and then toward the beautiful land of Israel.

27-DAN/11.usfm

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 \v 23 By making treaties with the rulers of other nations, he will deceive them, and he will become very powerful, even though he rules a nation that does not have a lot of people.
-\v 24 Suddenly his army will invade a province that is very wealthy, and they will do things that none of his ancestors did: they will capture in battles all kinds of possessions from the people whom they defeat. Then the king will divide those possessions among his friends. He will also plan for his army to attack fortresses, but only for a short time.
+\v 24 Suddenly his army will invade a province that is very wealthy, and they will do things that none of his ancestors did: They will capture in battles all kinds of possessions from the people whom they defeat. Then the king will divide those possessions among his friends. He will also plan for his army to attack fortresses, but only for a short time.
 
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30-AMO/07.usfm

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-\v 10 Then Amaziah, the priest at Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam, the king of Israel. In the message he said, "Amos is plotting against you among the Israelite people. I am worried that the people of this country will not know that he is wrong.
+\v 10 Then Amaziah the priest at Bethel, sent a message to Jeroboam, the king of Israel. In the message he said, "Amos is plotting against you among the Israelite people. I am worried that the people of this country will not know that he is wrong.
 \v 11 This is what he is saying:
 \q1 'Jeroboam will soon be killed by someone using a sword,
 \q2 and the people of Israel will be exiled.'"

38-ZEC/02.usfm

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 \v 3 Then the angel who had been talking to me started to leave, and another angel walked toward him.
-\v 4 The second angel said to him, "Run and tell that young man with the surveyor's line: some day there will be very many people and livestock in Jerusalem, so they will not all be able to live inside the city walls; many will live outside the walls in the open country.
+\v 4 The second angel said to him, "Run and tell that young man with the surveyor's line: Some day there will be very many people and livestock in Jerusalem, so they will not all be able to live inside the city walls; many will live outside the walls in the open country.
 
 \v 5 Yahweh says that he himself will be like a wall of fire around the city, and he will be among the people with his glory."
 

38-ZEC/11.usfm

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 \v 15 Then Yahweh said to me, "Take again the things that a foolish shepherd uses,
-\v 16 because I am going to appoint a new shepherd for the people, one who will not take care of my people. He will be a foolish shepherd: he will ignore the dying sheep and those that have gotten lost. As for the healthy sheep, he will not feed them; instead, he will butcher them for his own food and will tear off their hooves.
+\v 16 because I am going to appoint a new shepherd for the people, one who will not take care of my people. He will be a foolish shepherd: He will ignore the dying sheep and those that have gotten lost. As for the healthy sheep, he will not feed them; instead, he will butcher them for his own food and will tear off their hooves.
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41-MAT/01.usfm

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 \v 15 Eliud was the father of Eleazar. Eleazar was the father of Matthan. Matthan was the father of Jacob.
 \v 16 Jacob was the father of Joseph. Joseph was Mary's husband, and Mary was Jesus' mother. Jesus is the one who is called the Messiah.
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-\v 17 The list of Jesus' ancestors is as follows: fourteen of them from the time when Abraham lived to the time when King David lived. There were another fourteen from the time when David lived until the time when the Israelites went away to Babylon, and then yet another fourteen from then until the time when the Messiah was born.
+\v 17 The list of Jesus' ancestors is as follows: Fourteen of them from the time when Abraham lived to the time when King David lived. There were another fourteen from the time when David lived until the time when the Israelites went away to Babylon, and then yet another fourteen from then until the time when the Messiah was born.
 
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41-MAT/05.usfm

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 \v 25 If a fellow citizen takes you to court in order to accuse you of doing something wrong, come to an agreement quickly with that person, while you are still walking with that person to court. Do that while there still is time so that he will not take you to the judge, because the judge might say you are guilty and hand you over to the prison guard, and the prison guard will put you in prison.
-\v 26 Keep this in mind: if you go to prison, you will never get out because you will never be able to pay all that the judge says that you owe. So remember also to be at peace with your brothers."
+\v 26 Keep this in mind: If you go to prison, you will never get out because you will never be able to pay all that the judge says that you owe. So remember also to be at peace with your brothers."
 
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 \v 27 "You have heard that God said to our ancestors, 'Do not commit adultery.'
-\v 28 But what I say to you is this: if a man even just looks at a woman desiring to sleep with her, God considers that he has already committed adultery with her in his mind.
+\v 28 But what I say to you is this: If a man even just looks at a woman desiring to sleep with her, God considers that he has already committed adultery with her in his mind.
 
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 \v 29 If you want to sin because you have looked at certain things, then stop looking at them. Even if you have to destroy both of your eyes, do it if that would make you able to avoid sinning. It would be better to be blind and stop sinning, than for God to throw you into hell while you can still see.
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 \v 31 "God has said in the scriptures, 'If a man is divorcing his wife, he should write a document on which he states that he is divorcing her.'
-\v 32 But now listen to what I say to you: a man may divorce his wife only if she has committed adultery. If a man divorces his wife for any other reason, she commits adultery if she marries someone else. And the man who marries her also commits adultery."
+\v 32 But now listen to what I say to you: A man may divorce his wife only if she has committed adultery. If a man divorces his wife for any other reason, she commits adultery if she marries someone else. And the man who marries her also commits adultery."
 
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 \v 38 "You have heard that our ancestors were told, 'If someone harms one of your eyes, then they should harm one of that person's eyes. And if someone harms one of your teeth, then they should harm one of that person's teeth.'
-\v 39 But now listen to what I say to you: far from taking revenge on someone who harms you, do not even try to stop him. Instead, if someone insults you by striking you on one cheek, turn your other cheek toward that person so he can strike it also.
+\v 39 But now listen to what I say to you: Far from taking revenge on someone who harms you, do not even try to stop him. Instead, if someone insults you by striking you on one cheek, turn your other cheek toward that person so he can strike it also.
 
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 \v 40 If someone wants to sue you in a court to get your tunic, let that person have both it and your outer garment, too, which is even of more worth to you.
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 \v 43 "You have heard that God said to our ancestors, 'Love your fellow Israelites and hate foreigners, for they are your enemies.'
-\v 44 But now listen to what I say to you: love your enemies as well as your friends, and pray for those who cause you to suffer.
+\v 44 But now listen to what I say to you: Love your enemies as well as your friends, and pray for those who cause you to suffer.
 \v 45 Do this in order to be like God, your Father who is in heaven. He acts kindly to all people. For example, he causes the sun to shine equally on wicked people and on good people, and he sends rain both on people who obey his law and on people who do not.
 
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41-MAT/07.usfm

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 \v 15 Watch out for people who come to you and say falsely that they are telling you what God has said. They are like wolves that have covered themselves with sheepskins to appear harmless but will attack you.
 \v 16 By seeing the fruit that plants produce you know what kind of plants they are. Thornbushes cannot
 produce grapes and thistles cannot produce figs, so no one thinks of picking grapes from thorns or figs from thistles.
-\v 17 Here is another example: all good fruit trees produce good fruit, but all rotten trees produce worthless fruit.
+\v 17 Here is another example: All good fruit trees produce good fruit, but all rotten trees produce worthless fruit.
 
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 \v 18 No good fruit tree produces worthless fruit, and no rotten tree produces good fruit.

41-MAT/11.usfm

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-\v 11 Note this: of all the people who have ever lived, God does not consider any of them to be greater than John the Baptizer. At the same time, God considers those that are not important over whom he will agree to rule from heaven are greater than John.
+\v 11 Note this: Of all the people who have ever lived, God does not consider any of them to be greater than John the Baptizer. At the same time, God considers those that are not important over whom he will agree to rule from heaven are greater than John.
 \v 12 From the time that John the Baptizer preached until now, some people have been trying to make God rule from heaven in their own way, and they have been using force for this purpose.
 
 

41-MAT/13.usfm

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 \v 16 But as for you, God has made you able because you realize what I have done and
 because you understand what I say.
-\v 17 Note this: many prophets and righteous people who lived long ago longed to see what you are seeing me do, but they did not see it. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing me say, but they did not hear what you hear me say."
+\v 17 Note this: Many prophets and righteous people who lived long ago longed to see what you are seeing me do, but they did not see it. They longed to hear the things that you have been hearing me say, but they did not hear what you hear me say."
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 \v 18 Now listen to me explain the parable I told you.

43-LUK/21.usfm

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 \v 31 In the same way, when you see these things that I have just described happening, you will know then that God will soon show himself as king.
 
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-\v 32 I am telling you the truth: this generation of people will not come to an end before all these things that I have just now described happen.
+\v 32 I am telling you the truth: This generation of people will not come to an end before all these things that I have just now described happen.
 \v 33 The sky and the earth will come to an end, but what I tell you will never come to an end.
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43-LUK/22.usfm

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 \v 41 Then he went about thirty meters from them, knelt down and prayed. He said,
-\v 42 "Father, the terrible things that are about to happen to me: if you are willing to keep from happening, do it. But do not do what I want, but what you want."
+\v 42 "Father, the terrible things that are about to happen to me: If you are willing to keep from happening, do it. But do not do what I want, but what you want."
 
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 \v 43 Then an angel from heaven came and and gave him courage.

44-JHN/03.usfm

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 \v 7 Do not be amazed when I tell you that you must be born again.
-\v 8 It is like this: The wind blows wherever it wants. You hear the sound of the wind, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. It is just like that with everyone who is made alive by the Spirit: the Spirit gives a new birth to whomever he desires.
+\v 8 It is like this: The wind blows wherever it wants. You hear the sound of the wind, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. It is just like that with everyone who is made alive by the Spirit: The Spirit gives a new birth to whomever he desires.
 
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 \v 18 Everyone who trusts in the Son, God will never condemn. But everyone who does not trust in him, God has already put under his condemnation, because they did not put their trust in the name of the only Son of God.
 
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-\v 19 God has made his justice for sinful people plain for all to see: his light has come into the world, but the people of this world have loved their darkness and they hide from the light. They loved the darkness because what they were doing was ugly and evil.
+\v 19 God has made his justice for sinful people plain for all to see: His light has come into the world, but the people of this world have loved their darkness and they hide from the light. They loved the darkness because what they were doing was ugly and evil.
 \v 20 Everyone who does wicked deeds hates the light, and they never will come to it because the light exposes what they do and reveals how wicked they are.
 \v 21 But those who do what is good and true come to the light so that what they do may be seen by all and so that all might know that they were obeying God when they did these things.
 

44-JHN/04.usfm

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 \v 33 So they were saying to one another, "No one else could have brought him something to eat, could they?"
 
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-\v 34 Jesus said, "I will tell what I am most hungry for: it is to do what my Father who sent me wants and to complete all his work.
+\v 34 Jesus said, "I will tell what I am most hungry for: It is to do what my Father who sent me wants and to complete all his work.
 \v 35 At this time of the year you usually say, 'There are four months left, and then we will harvest the crops.' Yet look all around you! The fields are ready for harvest at this moment. The non-Jews are now wanting God to rule over them; they are like the fields that are now ready to be harvested.
 \v 36 The one who believes this and is ready to work in this kind of harvest is already receiving his payment and is gathering much fruit for eternal life. Those who sow the seed and those who reap the harvest will be glad together.
 
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-\v 37 This statement is true: one person plants the seeds, and another person harvests the crops.
+\v 37 This statement is true: One person plants the seeds, and another person harvests the crops.
 \v 38 I sent you to gather the harvest from a crop you did not plant. Others have worked very hard, but you are now joining in their work."
 
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44-JHN/05.usfm

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 \v 22 The Father judges no one, but has given over all judgment to me,
 \v 23 so that all people may honor me, the Son, in the same way that they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor me cannot honor the Father.
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-\v 24 I am telling you the truth: anyone who hears my message and trusts that God sent me has eternal life and will not come into God's judgment. Instead, he has gone from being dead to being alive.
+\v 24 I am telling you the truth: Anyone who hears my message and trusts that God sent me has eternal life and will not come into God's judgment. Instead, he has gone from being dead to being alive.
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-\v 25 I am telling you the truth: a time is coming when those who have died will hear my voice, that of me, the Son of God, and those who hear me will live.
+\v 25 I am telling you the truth: A time is coming when those who have died will hear my voice, that of me, the Son of God, and those who hear me will live.
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 \v 26 For as the Father is able to cause people to live, in the same way he has given power to me, the Son, to cause them to live.
 \v 27 The Father has given me authority to do whatever he knows is just, because I am the Son of Man.

44-JHN/06.usfm

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 \v 25 They searched and found Jesus in Capernaum on the other side of the Sea of Galilee. They asked him, "Teacher, when did you come here?"
 
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-\v 26 Jesus replied to them, "I am telling you the truth: you are not looking for me because you saw me perform miracles that show who I am. No! You are looking for me only because you ate until you were full of the loaves of bread.
+\v 26 Jesus replied to them, "I am telling you the truth: You are not looking for me because you saw me perform miracles that show who I am. No! You are looking for me only because you ate until you were full of the loaves of bread.
 \v 27 Stop working for food that will soon spoil! Instead, work for the food that will bring you everlasting life! That is the bread that I, the Son of Man, God's chosen one, will give you. For God the Father approves of me in every way."
 
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 \v 28 Then the people asked him, "What works and service should we do to please God?"
-\v 29 Jesus replied, "What God wants you to do is this: trust in me, the one he has sent."
+\v 29 Jesus replied, "What God wants you to do is this: Trust in me, the one he has sent."
 
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 \v 46 No one has seen the Father except me, the one who comes from God. I alone have seen the Father.
-\v 47 I am telling you the truth: whoever trusts in me has everlasting life.
+\v 47 I am telling you the truth: Whoever trusts in me has everlasting life.
 
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44-JHN/08.usfm

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 \v 25 "Who are you?" they asked him. Jesus said to them, "Ever since the very beginning, I have been telling you!
-\v 26 I could judge you and say that you are guilty of many things. Instead, I will say only this: the one who sent me tells the truth, and I tell the people in the world only what I have heard from him."
+\v 26 I could judge you and say that you are guilty of many things. Instead, I will say only this: The one who sent me tells the truth, and I tell the people in the world only what I have heard from him."
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 \v 27 They did not understand that he was talking about the Father.
 
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 \v 33 They answered him, "We are the descendants of Abraham, and we have never been anyone's slaves. Why do you say we need to be free?
 
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-\v 34 Jesus replied, "I am telling you the truth: all who sin obey their sinful desires just as a slave is forced to obey his master.
+\v 34 Jesus replied, "I am telling you the truth: All who sin obey their sinful desires just as a slave is forced to obey his master.
 \v 35 Slaves will not remain as permanent members of a family but may be set free to return home or sold. However, a son is a member of the family forever.
 \v 36 So if the Son sets you free, you will be absolutely free.
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 \v 50 I do not try to persuade people to praise me. There is someone else who desires to give me what I deserve, and he is the one who will judge everything that I say and do.
-\v 51 I am telling you the truth: if anyone holds firm to my word and trusts in it as I gave it, that person will never die!"
+\v 51 I am telling you the truth: If anyone holds firm to my word and trusts in it as I gave it, that person will never die!"
 
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 \v 57 Then the Jewish leaders said to him, "You are not fifty years old yet! You have seen Abraham?"
-\v 58 Jesus said to them, "I am telling you the truth: before Abraham was, I AM."
+\v 58 Jesus said to them, "I am telling you the truth, before Abraham was, I AM."
 \v 59 So they picked up stones to put him to death. However, Jesus hid himself, left the temple, and went somewhere else.
 
 

44-JHN/10.usfm

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-\v 1 "I am telling you the truth: the one who enters into the sheep pen, must always enter through the gate. If he climbs in any other way, he is not the one who cares for the sheep, but he is a thief and a criminal who steals the sheep.
+\v 1 "I am telling you the truth: The one who enters into the sheep pen, must always enter through the gate. If he climbs in any other way, he is not the one who cares for the sheep, but he is a thief and a criminal who steals the sheep.
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44-JHN/16.usfm

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 \v 19 Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him more questions. So he said to the disciples, "Why are you asking each other what I meant? I said that in a little while, you would not see me; and then after a little while, you would see me again.
-\v 20 I am telling you the truth: you will cry and grieve, but those who belong to this world will rejoice. You will go through great sadness, but your sadness will turn into joy.
+\v 20 I am telling you the truth: You will cry and grieve, but those who belong to this world will rejoice. You will go through great sadness, but your sadness will turn into joy.
 \v 21 This is like a woman who is suffering the pains of labor when giving birth. After her baby is born, she forgets her anguish because of the joy she has that her child has been born into the world.
 
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-\v 23 On that day, you will have no more questions to ask me. I am telling you the truth: whatever you ask the Father, he will it give it to you when you ask because you are joined to me.
+\v 23 On that day, you will have no more questions to ask me. I am telling you the truth: Whatever you ask the Father, he will it give it to you when you ask because you are joined to me.
 \v 24 Up until now, you have not asked for anything like that. Ask and you will receive it, and God will give you such joy that fills everything.
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44-JHN/17.usfm

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 \v 2 Do this just as you have allowed me, your Son, to rule over all people. Father, you have done this in order that I might be able to them live forever—all whom you have given to me.
 
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-\v 3 This is everlasting life: to know you, Father—you, who are the only true God, and to know me, Jesus the Messiah, the one whom you have sent into the world.
+\v 3 This is everlasting life: To know you, Father—you, who are the only true God, and to know me, Jesus the Messiah, the one whom you have sent into the world.
 \v 4 I have brought all kinds of people to you to show them all about you. I did this by finishing the work you gave me.
 \v 5 Father, give me honor by bringing me into your own presence, as we were before the time we created the world.
 

44-JHN/21.usfm

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 \v 17 Jesus said to him a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because Jesus asked him three times, "Do you love me?" Peter said, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you." Jesus said, "Feed my sheep."
-\v 18 I am telling you the truth: when you were young, you put your own clothes on and you walked about wherever you wanted to go. However, when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone will dress you and will lead you where you do not want to go."
+\v 18 I am telling you the truth: When you were young, you put your own clothes on and you walked about wherever you wanted to go. However, when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone will dress you and will lead you where you do not want to go."
 
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46-ROM/06.usfm

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-\v 11 In the same way, you must view yourselves as God views you: you are dead people, unable to sin any longer, but you are also living people, living to serve God and joined to Christ Jesus.
+\v 11 In the same way, you must view yourselves as God views you: You are dead people, unable to sin any longer; but you are also living people, living to serve God and joined to Christ Jesus.
 
 
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-\v 23 All who do what their evil minds tells them to do receive payment, too, but that payment is death: they will be apart from God forever. But as for God, he pays no wages to his slaves at all. Instead, he gives us a free gift: he allows us to live forever with him, joined to Christ Jesus our Lord.
+\v 23 All who do what their evil minds tells them to do receive payment, too, but that payment is death. They will be apart from God forever. But as for God, he pays no wages to his slaves at all. Instead, he gives us a free gift: he allows us to live forever with him, joined to Christ Jesus our Lord.
 
 
 

47-1CO/05.usfm

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-\v 6 It is not good that you are praising yourselves. Surely you know that evil is like yeast: a little yeast makes the whole loaf rise.
-\v 7 Sin is like that yeast. You must clean out the old yeast and throw it away so that it cannot infect the whole batch of dough. You are like an unleavened batch of dough. As in the Passover Festival, the yeast must be kept away from the bread. For Christ is our Passover lamb: he became the sacrifice for us.
+\v 6 It is not good that you are praising yourselves. Surely you know that evil is like yeast: A little yeast makes the whole loaf rise.
+\v 7 Sin is like that yeast. You must clean out the old yeast and throw it away so that it cannot infect the whole batch of dough. You are like an unleavened batch of dough. As in the Passover Festival, the yeast must be kept away from the bread. For Christ is our Passover lamb: He became the sacrifice for us.
 \v 8 So let us celebrate the Passover Festival, and let us follow all the rules of purification. We must throw out the old yeast, which stands for disobedience and wickedness, and we must celebrate the festival by obeying God and speaking truth to each other. If we do that, we will be like the bread that has no yeast.
 
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 \v 11 (But if she separates from her husband, she should not marry again, or else she should make peace with her husband.) And, "the husband should not divorce his wife."
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-\v 12 And I have this to say—and this is my advice, not the Lord's command—to you who have a wife who is not a believer: if she is content to stay with you, do not divorce her.
+\v 12 And I have this to say—and this is my advice, not the Lord's command—to you who have a wife who is not a believer: If she is content to stay with you, do not divorce her.
 \v 13 And if you are a woman with a husband who does not believe, and if he is content to stay with you, do not divorce him.
 \v 14 The unbelieving husband is set apart in a special way because the wife trusts in God. It is the same for an unbelieving woman with a husband who trusts in God. It is the same for your children: they are set apart in a special way to God, because one parent believes in Christ.
 

47-1CO/08.usfm

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-\v 4 Now about eating food sacrificed to idols: Let us begin with this principle: just as some say, "Idols in this world do not actually exist," and, as Moses taught, "There is only one God." So idols are not real gods; they are not living gods at all.
+\v 4 Now about eating food sacrificed to idols: Let us begin with this principle: Just as some say, "Idols in this world do not actually exist," and, as Moses taught, "There is only one God." So idols are not real gods; they are not living gods at all.
 \v 5 But I know that some people say that many gods and lords exist in the heavens or on the earth—after all, there are many supernatural beings who have real power.
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47-1CO/10.usfm

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 \v 11 Now these things happened to our ancestors; they were written so we could learn from them—we, who are living very close to when the world will end.
-\v 12 And so the lesson is this: if you think you are strong and are standing strong, be very careful, because this is just when you may fall.
+\v 12 And so the lesson is this: If you think you are strong and are standing strong, be very careful, because this is just when you may fall.
 \v 13 Every temptation you have fought against is shared by us all, but God has given us his promise and he will not permit the temptation to be greater than your ability to fight against the sin. When the temptation comes, God will provide a way for you to get free of it, so you may endure the temptation to sin.
 
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 \v 19 So I am saying that an idol is not something real and to eat food sacrificed to an idol is not significant. But even so, there are important issues here.
 
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-\v 20 What I mean is this: when non-Jews make their sacrifices, they are really making them to demons, and not to God at all. And I do not wish that you share anything with demons.
+\v 20 What I mean is this: When non-Jews make their sacrifices, they are really making them to demons, and not to God at all. And I do not wish that you share anything with demons.
 \v 21 You must not drink from the Lord's cup and then later drink the cup of demons. You must not share in the Lord's supper and then later eat a meal with demons.
 \v 22 To do so would provoke the Lord to become jealous about split loyalty. You are not stronger than he is!
 
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 \v 24 Do not work for your good only, but also for the good of other people. All of us must act toward everyone in such a way as to help them all.
 
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-\v 25 Here is our rule: you may buy and eat whatever meat you want in the market without having to ask whether it was sacrificed to idols or not.
+\v 25 Here is our rule: You may buy and eat whatever meat you want in the market without having to ask whether it was sacrificed to idols or not.
 \v 26 As the psalmist says, "The earth is the Lord's and everything in it."
 \v 27 If a non-Jewish unbeliever invites you to a meal, and you desire to go, eat whatever he serves you. God does not require you to ask him about where he purchased the food.
 

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 \v 7 If someone is playing the flute or harp (they are not living things), and if the notes on the flute or harp sounded no different from each other, no one would be able to tell which tune I was playing.
 \v 8 And if a soldier blew the trumpet poorly, the army would not know whether to get ready for battle.
-\v 9 This is what it is like when you say words that no one can understand: no one will know what you have said.
+\v 9 This is what it is like when you say words that no one can understand: No one will know what you have said.
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 \v 10 There are certainly many languages in the world, and all of them give meaning to those who understand them.
 \v 11 But if I do not understand someone's language, I will be like a foreigner to him, and he will be like one to me.

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-\v 23 May God himself assure you about my reason for not coming to you, Christians in Corinth: it was so that you would not have to face me giving correction to you.
+\v 23 May God himself assure you about my reason for not coming to you, Christians in Corinth: It was so that you would not have to face me giving correction to you.
 \v 24 We are not like masters who give you orders about how you must trust in God. However, we want to work with you, so you can learn to trust God no matter what happens, and have joy in trusting him.
 
 

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 \v 5 This person who fell into sin—he did not just make me sad by what he did; his sin made all of you sad.
 \v 6 We all agree what we should do about this man and his sin. He has now been punished and his punishment was fair.
-\v 7 So this is where we are now: he suffered through his punishment, but now it is time to forgive him for what he did and to love him so that he might not be discouraged by feeling too sad.
+\v 7 So this is where we are now: He suffered through his punishment, but now it is time to forgive him for what he did and to love him so that he might not be discouraged by feeling too sad.
 
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-\v 7 Now we carry these precious gifts from God in our bodies, which are fragile like clay pots. There can be no mistake about where our strength comes from: it comes only from God.
+\v 7 Now we carry these precious gifts from God in our bodies, which are fragile like clay pots. There can be no mistake about where our strength comes from: It comes only from God.
 \v 8 We have suffered many different kinds of trouble, but they have not destroyed us. We may be confused about what we should do, but we never give up.
 \v 9 Some people try to harm us, but we are never alone; it is as if some people knocked us down, but we always get up again.
 \v 10 We are often in danger of dying, as Jesus died, but our bodies will live again, because Jesus is alive.

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 \v 19 That message brings God and people together and is how God made peace with the world by what Christ did. God is not applying their sins to their account. Instead, Christ has taken our sins away and has given us this message that makes peace and brings God and people together.
 
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-\v 20 So God has appointed us to represent Christ. God pleads with you through us. So we plead with you on Christ's behalf: through Christ, let him make peace with you and bring you to himself.
+\v 20 So God has appointed us to represent Christ. God pleads with you through us. So we plead with you on Christ's behalf: Through Christ, let him make peace with you and bring you to himself.
 \v 21 God made Christ the offering for sin—the one who never sinned—so that when we trust in Christ and believe in him, God makes us right with himself.
 
 

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 \v 9 And so now I can rejoice, not because you were sad when you read my letter, but because your sorrow turned you away from the sin that was hurting you so much, and it changed your sadness into a sorrow that God brought to you, a sorrow that gave you so much more than you had lost.
 \v 10 This kind of sorrow turns a person away from sin so that God can rescue him; people are glad, in the end, to have had this kind of sorrow. On the other hand, worldly sorrow, a sadness for your sins only because you were caught in them, can lead only to death.
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-\v 11 Now think about how much good you wanted to do because you had this sorrow that God gave you: you wanted to show me you were innocent. You were so concerned about that accusation of sin, and you were so worried about how that person had sinned. You wanted justice to be done. In sum, you showed that you were innocent.
+\v 11 Now think about how much good you wanted to do because you had this sorrow that God gave you. You wanted to show me you were innocent. You were so concerned about that accusation of sin, and you were so worried about how that person had sinned. You wanted justice to be done. In sum, you showed that you were innocent.
 \v 12 What I wrote to you was not intended for the wrongdoer, and it was not written either for the one who suffered the wrong, but it was written for you to understand how much you are faithful to us. God knows that you are faithful to us.
 
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 \v 11 When I write this way, I am praising myself. But I had to do so, because you should have had confidence in me. I am just as good as these "super-apostles," even though I am really nothing at all.
-\v 12 I gave you the true signs of being an authentic apostle—miracles that I did very patiently among you: wonderful miracles that proved that I truly serve Jesus Christ.
+\v 12 I gave you the true signs of being an authentic apostle—miracles that I did very patiently among you: Wonderful miracles that proved that I truly serve Jesus Christ.
 \v 13 You certainly were just as important as all the other churches! The only way you were different was that I received no money from you as I did from them. Forgive me that I did not ask this from you!
 
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-\v 14 So listen to this! I am now ready to visit you for a third time, and on this trip, as on all the others, I will not ask you for any money. I do not want anything you have. What I want is you! You know the principle that we all follow in our families: the children should not pay the expenses of their parents, but the parents save up to pay the expenses of the children.
+\v 14 So listen to this! I am now ready to visit you for a third time, and on this trip, as on all the others, I will not ask you for any money. I do not want anything you have. What I want is you! You know the principle that we all follow in our families: The children should not pay the expenses of their parents, but the parents save up to pay the expenses of the children.
 \v 15 I will most happily do everything I can for you, even if it means losing my life. If this means that I love you more than ever, surely you should love me more than ever as well.
 
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 \v 1 You fellow believers there in Galatia are very foolish! Someone must have bewitched you with their evil eye! I told you exactly how they had crucified Jesus Christ, did I not?
-\v 2 So I want you to tell me only one thing: when the Holy Spirit came to you, did he come because you were obeying the law of Moses? Or did the Spirit come to you because you had heard the good news and trusted in Christ? Certainly this is what happened.
+\v 2 So I want you to tell me only one thing: When the Holy Spirit came to you, did he come because you were obeying the law of Moses? Or did the Spirit come to you because you had heard the good news and trusted in Christ? Certainly this is what happened.
 \v 3 You are very foolish! You first became Christians because God's Spirit enabled you. But now you think you will continue until you die by trying as hard as possible to obey the law.
 
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 \v 24 Now these two women symbolize two covenants. God made the first covenant with the people of Israel at Mount Sinai. That covenant requires the Israelites to live like a slave to the law. So Hagar, the female slave, symbolizes this covenant.
-\v 25 So Hagar symbolizes Mount Sinai, in the land of Arabia. But Hagar also symbolizes the city of Jerusalem as it is today. This is because Jerusalem is like a slave mother: she and all her children—that is, her people—are like slaves, because they all must obey the law that God gave to Israel at Mount Sinai.
+\v 25 So Hagar symbolizes Mount Sinai, in the land of Arabia. But Hagar also symbolizes the city of Jerusalem as it is today. This is because Jerusalem is like a slave mother: She and all her children—that is, her people—are like slaves, because they all must obey the law that God gave to Israel at Mount Sinai.
 
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 \v 7 It is at night when people sleep and do not know what is happening, and it is at night when people become drunk.
 
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-\v 8 But we believers belong to the day, so let us control ourselves. Let us be like soldiers: as they protect their chests with breastplates, let us protect ourselves by trusting in Christ and loving him. As they protect their heads with helmets, let us protect ourselves by expecting Christ to rescue us completely from evil.
+\v 8 But we believers belong to the day, so let us control ourselves. Let us be like soldiers: As they protect their chests with breastplates, let us protect ourselves by trusting in Christ and loving him. As they protect their heads with helmets, let us protect ourselves by expecting Christ to rescue us completely from evil.
 
 
 

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 \v 17 The eternal king cannot be seen, and he cannot die. He alone is God. It is he whom everyone will honor and praise forever and ever. Amen.
 
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-\v 18 Timothy, my child, I command you: remember what certain believers prophesied about you. Do this in order to follow those things as you work hard for the Lord.
+\v 18 Timothy, my child, I command you: Remember what certain believers prophesied about you. Do this in order to follow those things as you work hard for the Lord.
 
 \v 19 Trust God and keep a good conscience. Some people have not paid attention to their own consciences. So what has happened to their faith is a disaster.
 \v 20 Hymenaeus and Alexander are two men like this. I have handed them over to Satan for him to attack them, so that they may learn not to insult God.

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 \v 9 Put a woman on the list of true widows if she is more than sixty years old. She also must have had only one husband, to whom she had been faithful.
-\v 10 People must know that she does good deeds: perhaps she takes care of children; perhaps she welcomes strangers; perhaps she helps the believers or people who are suffering; or perhaps she is known for doing a large variety of good things.
+\v 10 People must know that she does good deeds: Perhaps she takes care of children; perhaps she welcomes strangers; perhaps she helps the believers or people who are suffering; or perhaps she is known for doing a large variety of good things.
 
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 \v 7 As for you, Titus my son, always show other people how to do good deeds. In what you teach show the believers what is true and also show them how serious you are about your work.
 \v 8 Teach people in a way that no one can criticize, so that if anybody wants to stop you, other people will shame them because they really have nothing bad to say about any of us.
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-\v 9 About our brothers and their families who are slaves: they should always submit to their masters. As much as possible, they should live in a way that pleases their masters in every way, and are they should not argue with them.
+\v 9 About our brothers and their families who are slaves: They should always submit to their masters. As much as possible, they should live in a way that pleases their masters in every way, and are they should not argue with them.
 \v 10 They must not steal even little things from their masters; instead, they should be faithful to them, and they should do everything in a way that leads people to admire all that we teach about God, who saves us.
 
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-\v 11 Titus, all that I have written adds up to this: everyone is now able to know that God wishes to save them; this is his gift to them.
+\v 11 Titus, all that I have written adds up to this: Everyone is now able to know that God wishes to save them; this is his gift to them.
 \v 12 This saving grace from God trains us, as if we were children, to say no to the desires that are found in this world. It helps us to think about things in the right way, to be honest, truthful, and fair to other people and to always keep God in our thoughts and actions while we live in this world.
 \v 13 At the same time, God teaches us to wait for what he will certainly do in the future, which is something that will make us very happy: That is, Jesus the Messiah, our Savior and powerful God, will return to us in great splendor.
 

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-\v 19 Instead, it was with the precious blood of Christ that flowed from his body when he died that God bought you. Christ was a like the lambs that the Jewish priests sacrificed: perfect, without any blemishes or spots.
+\v 19 Instead, it was with the precious blood of Christ that flowed from his body when he died that God bought you. Christ was a like the lambs that the Jewish priests sacrificed: Perfect, without any blemishes or spots.
 
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-\v 11 You people whom I love, I urge you to think about this: you are like foreigners whose real home is in heaven. So you should not do the sinful things you used to want to do, because if you do them, you will not be able to live well with God.
+\v 11 You people whom I love, I urge you to think about this: You are like foreigners whose real home is in heaven. So you should not do the sinful things you used to want to do, because if you do them, you will not be able to live well with God.
 \v 12 Keep behaving in a good way among those who do not know God. If you do that, although they may say that you do what is evil, they will see that you are doing good things, and at the time when God comes to judge everyone, they will honor him.
 
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 \v 12 Those people who teach false things—who are like animals that cannot think like us—they say bad things about God, whom they do not even know. So he will destroy them like we hunt down and destroy wild animals that even nature has no use for.
-\v 13 The wrong things they do harm them themselves: they party and get drunk by day and night. They are like stains and spots on clothing that once was clean.
+\v 13 The wrong things they do harm them themselves: They party and get drunk by day and night. They are like stains and spots on clothing that once was clean.
 \v 14 They want to sleep with every woman whom they see. They can never sin enough. They persuade people who are not very faithful to God to join with them. As athletes train for sports, these people train themselves to be greedy. But God has cursed them!
 
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