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-\v 16 One day, while Jesus was walking along by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two men, Simon and Simon's brother, Andrew. They were casting their fishing net into the sea. They earned money by catching and selling fish.
+\v 16 One day, while Jesus was walking along by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two men, Simon and Simon's brother Andrew. They were casting their fishing net into the sea. They earned money by catching and selling fish.
 \v 17 Then Jesus said to them, "Just like you have been gathering fish, come with me and I will teach you how to gather people."
-\v 18 Immediately they left their nets, and they went with him.
+\v 18 Immediately they left their nets and they went with him.
 
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-\v 19 After they had gone on a little further, Jesus saw two other men, James and James' brother, John. They were the sons of a man named Zebedee. They were both in a boat mending fishing nets.
+\v 19 After they had gone on a little further, Jesus saw two other men, James and James' brother John. They were the sons of a man named Zebedee. They were both in a boat mending fishing nets.
 \v 20 As soon as Jesus saw them, he told them to come with him. So they left their father, who remained in the boat with the hired servants, and they went away with Jesus.
 
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 \v 22 They were amazed at the way he taught. He taught like a teacher who relies on what he himself knows. He did not teach like those who taught the Jewish laws, who repeated the different things that other men had taught.
 
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-\v 23 In the synagogue where Jesus taught, there was a man that an evil spirit controlled. The man with the evil spirit began shouting,
-\v 24 "Hey! Jesus, from Nazareth! We evil spirits have nothing to do with you! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the Holy One from God!"
+\v 23 In the synagogue where Jesus taught, there was a man whom an evil spirit controlled. The man with the evil spirit began shouting,
+\v 24 "Hey! Jesus from Nazareth! We evil spirits have nothing to do with you! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the Holy One from God!"
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 \v 25 Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, saying, "Be quiet and come out of him!"
 \v 26 The evil spirit shook the man violently. He screamed loudly, and then he came out of the man and left.
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-\v 29 After they left the synagogue, Jesus, Simon and Andrew, along with James and John, went directly to the house of Simon and Andrew.
+\v 29 After they left the synagogue, Jesus, Simon, and Andrew, along with James and John, went directly to the house of Simon and Andrew.
 \v 30 Simon's mother-in-law was lying in bed because she had a high fever. Right away someone told Jesus about her being sick.
 \v 31 Jesus went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. She immediately recovered from the fever and began serving them.
 
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-\v 32 That evening after the sun had gone down, some people brought to Jesus many others who were sick and those that evil spirits controlled.
+\v 32 That evening after the sun had gone down, some people brought to Jesus many others who were sick and those whom evil spirits controlled.
 \v 33 It seemed as though everyone who lived in the town was gathered at the doorway of Simon's house.
 \v 34 Jesus healed many people who were sick with various diseases. He also forced many evil spirits to come out from people. He did not allow the demons to tell people about him, because they knew that he was the Holy One from God.
 
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 \v 10 I will show you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins." Then he said to the paralyzed man,
-\v 11 "Get up! Pick up your sleeping pad! And go home!"
+\v 11 "Get up! Pick up your sleeping pad and go home!"
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-\v 12 The man stood up immediately! He picked up the sleeping pad, and then he went away, while all the people there were watching. They were all amazed, and they praised God and said, "We have never before seen anything like what happened just now!"
+\v 12 The man stood up immediately! He picked up the sleeping pad and then he went away, while all the people there were watching. They were all amazed and they praised God and said, "We have never before seen anything like what happened just now!"
 
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 \v 20 But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them. Then in those days, they will abstain from food."
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-\v 21 Jesus went on to say to them, "People do not sew a patch of unshrunken cloth on an old garment in order to mend a hole. If they did, when they washed the garment, the patch would shrink and the new piece of cloth would tear off more of the old cloth. As a result, the hole would become even bigger!
+\v 21 Jesus went on to say to them, "People do not sew a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment in order to mend a hole. If they did, when they washed the garment, the patch would shrink and the new piece of cloth would tear off more of the old cloth. As a result, the hole would become even bigger!
 
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 \v 22 Similarly, people do not put new wine into old skin bags to store it. If they did, the new wine will burst the skin bags because they would not stretch when the wine ferments and expands. As a result both the wine and the skin bags would be ruined! On the contrary, people must put new wine into new skin bags!"
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 \v 5 He looked around at them angrily. He was very disappointed that they were stubborn and not willing to help the man. So he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" When the man stretched out his withered hand, it became all right again!
-\v 6 The Pharisees left the synogogue. They immediately met with some of the Jews who supported Herod Antipas, who ruled the district of Galilee. Together they planned how they could kill Jesus.
+\v 6 The Pharisees left the synagogue. They immediately met with some of the Jews who supported Herod Antipas, who ruled the district of Galilee. Together they planned how they could kill Jesus.
 
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 \v 11 Whenever the evil spirits saw Jesus, they caused the people whom they controlled to fall down in front of Jesus and call out to him, "You are the Son of God!"
-\v 12 Jesus commanded the evil spirits strongly that they must not tell anyone who he was.
+\v 12 Jesus strongly commanded the evil spirits that they must not tell anyone who he was.
 
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-\v 13 Jesus went up into the hills. As he went, he called out to those that he wanted to go with him, and they went with him.
-\v 14 He appointed twelve men to be with him and for him to send them out to preach. He called them apostles.
+\v 13 Jesus went up into the hills. As he went, he called out to those whom he wanted to go with him, and they went with him.
+\v 14 He appointed twelve men to be with him and for him to send them out to preach. He called them 'apostles.'
 \v 15 He also gave them power in order that they might force evil spirits to come out from people.
-\v 16 These were the twelve men he appointed: Simon (and Jesus gave him the new name Peter);
+\v 16 These were the twelve men he appointed: Simon (Jesus gave him the new name 'Peter');
 
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-\v 17 along with Peter, Jesus also appointed James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, to both of whom he added the new name, 'Men who are like Thunder' because of their fiery zeal;
+\v 17 along with Peter, Jesus also appointed James the son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to both of whom he added the new name 'Men who are like Thunder' because of their fiery zeal;
 \v 18 and he appointed Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, and James who was the son of Alphaeus; and he appointed Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
 \v 19 and Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).