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01-GEN/02.usfm

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-\v 4 These are the events concerning the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
+\v 4 These were the events concerning the heavens and the earth, when they were created, on the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
 \v 5 No bush of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no man to work the ground.
 \v 6 But a mist went up from the earth and watered the whole surface of the ground.
 
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 \v 23 The man said, 
 \q "This time, this one is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. 
 \q She will be called 'woman,' because she was taken out of man."
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 \v 24 Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, he will be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

01-GEN/03.usfm

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 \v 12 The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it."
 \v 13 Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
+\m
 
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 \v 14 Yahweh God said to the serpent, 
-\q "Because you have done this, cursed are you alone among all the livestock and all the beasts of the field. 
-\q It is on your belly that you will go, and it is dust that you will eat all the days of your life.
+\q "Because you have done this, 
+\q cursed are you alone among all the livestock 
+\q and all the beasts of the field. 
+\q It is on your belly that you will go, 
+\q and it is dust that you will eat all the days of your life.
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-\v 15 I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. 
+\v 15 I will put hostility between you and the woman, 
+\q and between your seed and her seed. 
 \q He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."
+\m
 
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 \v 16 To the woman he said, 
-\q "I will greatly multiply your pain in having children; it is in pain that you will give birth to children.
+\q "I will greatly multiply your pain in having children; 
+\q it is in pain that you will give birth to children.
 \q Your desire will be for your husband, but he will rule over you."
+\m
 
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-\v 17 To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree, concerning which I commanded you, saying, 'You may not eat from it,' 
+\v 17 To Adam he said, 
+\q "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, 
+\q and have eaten from the tree, concerning which I commanded you, 
+\q saying, 'You may not eat from it,' 
 \q cursed is the ground because of you; 
 \q in painful toil you will eat from it all the days of your life. 
 \q
-\v 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
+\v 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, 
+\q and you will eat the plants of the field.
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 \v 19 By the sweat of your face you will eat bread,
-\q until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. 
+\q 
+until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. 
 \q For dust you are, and to dust you will return."
+\m
 
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 \v 20 The man called his wife's name Eve because she was the mother of all living things.

01-GEN/04.usfm

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 \v 24 If Cain is avenged seven times as much, truly Lamech will be avenged seventy-seven times as much."
 
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+\v 25 Adam slept with his wife again, and she bore another son. She called his name Seth and said, "God has given me another son in the place of Abel, for Cain killed him."
 \v 25 Adam slept with his wife again, and she bore another son. She called his name Seth and said, "God has given me another son in the place of Abel, for Cain killed him."
 \v 26 A son was born to Seth and he called his name Enosh. Then people began to call on the name of Yahweh.
 

01-GEN/06.usfm

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-\v 9 These are the events concerning Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
+\v 9 These were the events concerning Noah. Noah was a righteous man, and blameless among the people of his time. Noah walked with God.
 \v 10 Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
 
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01-GEN/10.usfm

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-\v 1  These are the descendants of the sons of Noah, that is, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
+\v 1  These were the descendants of the sons of Noah, that is, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.
 
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 \v 30 Their territory was from Mesha, all the way to Sephar, the mountain of the east.
-\v 31 These are the sons of Shem, according to their clans and their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.
+\v 31 These were the sons of Shem, according to their clans and their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.
 
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-\v 32 These are the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations. From these the nations separated and went over the earth after the flood.
+\v 32 These were the clans of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations. From these the nations separated and went over the earth after the flood.
 
 
 

01-GEN/11.usfm

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-\v 10 These are the descendants of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
+\v 10 These were the descendants of Shem. Shem was a hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.
 \v 11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad. He also became the father of other sons and daughters.
 
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-\v 27 Now these are the descendants of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran became the father of Lot.
+\v 27 Now these were the descendants of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran became the father of Lot.
 \v 28 Haran died in the presence of  his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans.
 
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01-GEN/13.usfm

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 \v 3 He continued on his journey from the Negev to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been before, between Bethel and Ai.
-\v 4  This is the place where the altar was that he  had built previously, and here he called on the name of Yahweh.
+\v 4 He went to the place where the altar was that he had built previously. Here he called on the name of Yahweh.
 
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 \v 5 Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents.

01-GEN/25.usfm

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 \v 6 However, while he was still living, he gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them to the land of the east, away from Isaac, his son.
 
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-\v 7 These are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, 175 years.
+\v 7 These were the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, 175 years.
 \v 8  Abraham breathed his last and died at a  good old age, an old man with a full life, and he was gathered to his people.
 
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-\v 12 Now these are the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's  servant, bore to Abraham.
+\v 12 Now these were the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's  servant, bore to Abraham.
 
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 \v 13 These were the names of Ishmael's sons, according to their birth order: Nebaioth—the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel,  Mibsam,
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 \v 16 These were Ishmael's sons, and these were their names, by their villages, and by their encampments; twelve princes according to their tribes.
 
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-\v 17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael, 137 years: he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
+\v 17 These were the years of the life of Ishmael, 137 years: he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
 \v 18  They lived from Havilah to Shur, which is near Egypt, as one goes toward Assyria. They lived in hostility with each other.
 
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-\v 19 These are the events concerning Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham became the father of Isaac.
+\v 19 These were the events concerning Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham became the father of Isaac.
 \v 20 Isaac was forty years old when he took  as his wife Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean.
 
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01-GEN/35.usfm

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 \v 25 His sons by Bilhah, Rachel's female servant, were Dan and Naphtali.
  
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-\v 26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah's female servant, were Gad and Asher.  All these are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
+\v 26 The sons of Zilpah, Leah's female servant, were Gad and Asher.  All these were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram.
 \v 27 Jacob came to Isaac, his father, in Mamre in Kiriath Arba (the same as Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had lived.
  
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01-GEN/36.usfm

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 \v 4 Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel.
-\v 5 Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
+\v 5 Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan.
  
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 \v 6 Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his livestock—all his animals, and all his possessions, which he had gathered in the land of Canaan, and went into a land away from his brother Jacob.
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 \v 29 These were the clans of the Horites: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, and Anah,
-\v 30 Dishon, Ezer, Dishan: these are clans of the Horites, according to their clan lists in the land of Seir.
+\v 30 Dishon, Ezer, Dishan: these were clans of the Horites, according to their clan lists in the land of Seir.
  
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01-GEN/37.usfm

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 \v 1 Jacob lived in the land where his father was staying, in the land of Canaan.
-\v 2 These are the events concerning Jacob. Joseph, who was a young man seventeen years old, was guarding the flock with his brothers. He was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an unfavorable report about them to their father.
+\v 2 These were the events concerning Jacob. Joseph, who was a young man seventeen years old, was guarding the flock with his brothers. He was with the sons of Bilhah and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an unfavorable report about them to their father.
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 \v 3 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was the son of his old age. He made him a beautiful garment.

01-GEN/46.usfm

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-\v 8 These are the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn;
+\v 8 These were the names of the children of Israel who came to Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn;
 \v 9 the sons of Reuben Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi;
 \v 10 the sons of Simeon, Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman;
 \v 11 the sons of Levi Gershon, Kohath, and Merari;

02-EXO/23.usfm

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 \v 30 Instead, I will drive them out little by little from before you until you become fruitful and inherit the land.
-\v 31 I will fix your borders from the sea of Reeds to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. I will give you victory over the land's inhabitants. You will drive them out before yourselves.
+\v 31 I will fix your borders from the Sea of Reeds to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the Euphrates River. I will give you victory over the land's inhabitants. You will drive them out before yourselves.
 \v 32 You must not make a covenant with them or with their gods.
 \v 33 They must not live in your land, or they would make you sin against me.  If you worship their gods, this will surely become a trap for you.'"
 

03-LEV/09.usfm

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 \v 3 You must speak to the people of Israel and say, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering and a calf and a lamb, both a year old and without blemish, for a burnt offering;
 \v 4 also take an ox and a ram for peace offerings to sacrifice before Yahweh,  and a grain offering mixed with oil, because today Yahweh will appear to you.'"
-\v 5 So they brought all that Moses commanded to the tent of meeting, and all the assembly of Israel drew near and stood before Yahweh.
+\v 5 So they brought all that Moses commanded to the tent of meeting, and all the assembly of Israel approached and stood before Yahweh.
 
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 \v 6 Then Moses said, "This is what Yahweh commanded you to do, so that his glory may appear to you."

04-NUM/21.usfm

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-\v 4 They traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the sea of Reeds to go around the land of Edom. The people became very discouraged on the way.
+\v 4 They traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the Sea of Reeds to go around the land of Edom. The people became very discouraged on the way.
 \v 5 The people spoke against God and Moses: "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, no water, and we hate this miserable food."
  
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04-NUM/33.usfm

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 \v 10 They set out from Elim and camped by the sea of Reeds.
  
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-\v 11 They set out from the sea of Reeds and camped in the wilderness of Sin.
+\v 11 They set out from the Sea of Reeds and camped in the wilderness of Sin.
 \v 12 They set out from the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah.
 \v 13 They set out from Dophkah and camped at Alush.
 \v 14 They set out from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where no water was found for the people to drink.

05-DEU/11.usfm

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 \v 3 the signs and deeds that he did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and to all his land.
  
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-\v 4 Neither did they see what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, or to their chariots; how he made the water of the sea of Reeds overwhelm them as they pursued after you, and how Yahweh has destroyed them until  today;
+\v 4 Neither did they see what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, or to their chariots; how he made the water of the Sea of Reeds overwhelm them as they pursued after you, and how Yahweh has destroyed them until  today;
 \v 5 or what he did for you in the wilderness until you came to this place.
  
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05-DEU/20.usfm

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 \v 1 When you march out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you must not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, he who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
  
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-\v 2 When you draw near to the battle, the priest must approach and speak to the people,
-\v 3 and say to them, 'Listen, Israel, you are drawing near today to battle against your enemies; let not your heart faint; fear not, nor tremble, neither be afraid of them;
-\v 4 for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies and to save you.'
+\v 2 When you are about to enter into battle, the priest must approach and speak to the people.
+\v 3 He must say to them, 'Listen, Israel, you are going to battle against your enemies. Do not let your hearts faint. Do not fear or tremble. Do not be afraid of them.
+\v 4 For Yahweh your God is the one who is going with you to fight for you against your enemies and to save you.'
  
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 \v 5 The officers must speak to the people and say, 'What man is there who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, so that he does not die in battle and another man dedicates it.

05-DEU/25.usfm

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-\v 11 If men fight with each other, and the wife of one draws near to rescue her husband out of the hand of him who struck him, and if she stretches out her hand and takes him by the private parts,
+\v 11 If men fight with each other, and the wife of one comes to rescue her husband out of the hand of him who struck him, and if she stretches out her hand and takes him by the private parts,
 \v 12 then you must cut off her hand; your eye must have no pity.
  
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06-JOS/02.usfm

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 \v 9 She said, "I know that Yahweh has given you the land and that the fear of you has come upon us. All those who live in the land will melt away before you.  
 
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-\v 10 We have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the sea of Reeds for you when you came out of Egypt. And  we heard what you did to the two kings of the Amorites on other side of the Jordan—Sihon and Og—whom you completely destroyed.
+\v 10 We have heard how Yahweh dried up the water of the Sea of Reeds for you when you came out of Egypt. And  we heard what you did to the two kings of the Amorites on other side of the Jordan—Sihon and Og—whom you completely destroyed.
 \v 11 As soon as we had heard it, our hearts melted and there was no courage left in anyone—for Yahweh your God, he is God in heaven above and on the earth below.
 
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07-JDG/11.usfm

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 \v 14 Again Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon,
 \v 15 and he said, "This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab and the land of the people of Ammon,
-\v 16 but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the sea of Reeds and on to Kadesh,
+\v 16 but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Sea of Reeds and on to Kadesh,
  
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 \v 17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, 'Please let us pass through your land,' but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he refused. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.

07-JDG/20.usfm

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-\v 17 The soldiers of Israel, not counting the number from Benjamin, numbered 400,000 men, who were trained to fight with the sword. All of these were men of war.
+\v 17 The people of Israel, not counting the number from Benjamin, numbered 400,000 men, who were trained to fight with the sword. All of these were men of war.
 \v 18 The people of Israel arose, went up to Bethel, and asked for advice from God. They asked, "Who first will attack the people of Benjamin for us?" Yahweh said, "Judah will attack first."
  
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 \v 19 The people of Israel got up in the morning and, facing Gibeah, they prepared for battle.
-\v 20 The soldiers of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin. They set up their battle positions against them at Gibeah.
-\v 21 The soldiers of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and they killed 22,000 men of the army of Israel on that day.
+\v 20 The people of Israel went out to fight against Benjamin. They set up their battle positions against them at Gibeah.
+\v 21 The people of Benjamin came out of Gibeah, and they killed 22,000 men of the army of Israel on that day.
  
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-\v 22 But the soldiers of Israel strengthened themselves, and they formed the battle line in the same place where they had taken positions on the first day. 
-\v 23 And the people of Israel went up and they wept before Yahweh until evening. And they sought direction from Yahweh, "Should we draw near again to fight against our brothers, the people of Benjamin?" And Yahweh said, "Attack them!" 
+\v 22 But the people of Israel strengthened themselves, and they formed the battle line in the same place where they had taken positions on the first day. 
+\v 23 And the people of Israel went up and they wept before Yahweh until evening. They sought direction from Yahweh: "Should we go again to fight against our brothers, the people of Benjamin?" And Yahweh said, "Attack them!" 
 
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-\v 24 So the soldiers of Israel went against the soldiers of Benjamin the second day.
-\v 25 On the second day, Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah and they killed 18,000 men from the soldiers of Israel. All were men who trained to fight with the sword.
+\v 24 So the people of Israel went against the soldiers of Benjamin the second day.
+\v 25 On the second day, Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah and they killed 18,000 men from the people of Israel. All were men who trained to fight with the sword.
  
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-\v 26 Then all the soldiers of Israel, and all the people, went up to Bethel and wept, and there they sat before Yahweh and they fasted that day until the evening and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
+\v 26 Then all the soldiers of Israel and all the people went up to Bethel and wept, and there they sat before Yahweh and they fasted that day until the evening and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
  
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-\v 27 The people of Israel asked Yahweh,—for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
-\v 28 and Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron, was serving before the ark in those days—"Should we go out to battle once more against the people of Benjamin, our brothers, or stop?" Yahweh said, "Attack, for tomorrow I will help you defeat them."
+\v 27 The people of Israel asked Yahweh—for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days,
+\v 28 and Phinehas, son of Eleazar son of Aaron, was serving before the ark in those days—"Should we go out to battle once more against the people of Benjamin, our brothers, or stop?" Yahweh said, "Attack, for tomorrow I will help you defeat them."
  
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 \v 29 So Israel set men in secret places around Gibeah.
-\v 30 The soldiers of Israel fought  against the soldiers of Benjamin for the third day, and they formed their battle lines against Gibeah as they had done before.
+\v 30 The people of Israel fought  against the people of Benjamin for the third day, and they formed their battle lines against Gibeah as they had done before.
  
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 \v 31 The people of Benjamin went and fought against the people, and they were drawn away from the city. They began to kill some of the people. There were about thirty men of Israel who died in the fields and on the roads—one of the roads went up to Bethel, and the other went to Gibeah.
  
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 \v 32 Then the people of Benjamin said, "They are defeated and they are running away from us, just as at first." But the soldiers of Israel said, "Let us run back and draw them away from the city to the roads."
-\v 33 All the soldiers of Israel rose up out of their places and formed themselves into lines for battle at Baal Tamar. Then the soldiers of Israel who had been hiding in secret places ran out from their places from Maareh Gibeah.
+\v 33 All the people of Israel rose up out of their places and formed themselves into lines for battle at Baal Tamar. Then the soldiers of Israel who had been hiding in secret places ran out from their places from Maareh Gibeah.
  
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-\v 34 There came out against Gibeah 10,000 chosen men out of all Israel, and the fighting was fierce, but the Benjamites did not know that disaster was close to them.
+\v 34 There came out against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the fighting was fierce, but the Benjamites did not know that disaster was close to them.
 \v 35 Yahweh defeated Benjamin before Israel. On that day, the soldiers of Israel killed 25,100 men of Benjamin. All these who died were those who had been trained to fight with the sword.
  
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 \v 40 But when a pillar of smoke began to rise up out of the city, the Benjamites turned and saw the smoke rising to the sky from the whole city.
-\v 41 Then the soldiers of Israel turned against them. The men of Benjamin were terrified, for they saw that disaster had come on them.
+\v 41 Then the people of Israel turned against them. The men of Benjamin were terrified, for they saw that disaster had come on them.
  
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-\v 42 So they ran away from the soldiers of Israel, escaping on the way to the wilderness. But the fighting overtook them. The soldiers of Israel came out of the cities and killed them where they stood.
+\v 42 So they ran away from the people of Israel, escaping on the way to the wilderness. But the fighting overtook them. The soldiers of Israel came out of the cities and killed them where they stood.
  
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 \v 43 They surrounded the Benjamites and went after them; and they trampled them down at Nohah, and killed them all the way to the east side of Gibeah.
-\v 44 From the tribe of Benjamin, 18,000 soldiers died, all of them men who were distinguished in battle.
+\v 44 From the tribe of Benjamin, eighteen thousand people died, all of them men who were distinguished in battle.
  
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 \v 45 They turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon. The Israelites killed five thousand more of them along the roads. They kept going after them, following them closely all the way to Gidom, and there they killed two thousand more.

09-1SA/07.usfm

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 \v 9 Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to Yahweh. Then Samuel cried out to Yahweh for Israel, and Yahweh answered him.
 
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-\v 10 As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a loud sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were routed before Israel.
+\v 10 As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines approached to attack Israel. But Yahweh thundered with a loud sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were routed before Israel.
 \v 11 The men of Israel went from Mizpah, and  they pursued the Philistines and killed them as far as below Bethcar.
 
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09-1SA/14.usfm

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-\v 36 Then Saul said, "Let us chase after the Philistines by night and plunder them until morning; let us not leave one of them alive." They replied, "Do whatever seems good to you." But the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here."
-\v 37 Saul wanted to ask God even more questions, "Should I chase after the Philistines? Will you give them into the hand of Israel?" But God did not answer him that day.
+\v 36 Then Saul said, "Let us pursue the Philistines by night and plunder them until morning; let us not leave one of them alive." They replied, "Do whatever seems good to you." But the priest said, "Let us approach God here."
+\v 37 Saul asked God, "Should I pursue the Philistines? Will you give them into the hand of Israel?" But God did not answer him that day.
 
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 \v 38 Then Saul said, "Come here, all you leaders of the people; learn and see how this sin has happened today.
 \v 39 For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, even if it is in Jonathan my son, he will surely die." But none of the men among all the people answered him.
 
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-\v 40 Then he said to all Israel, "You stand on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other." The people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you."
+\v 40 Then he said to all Israel, "You must stand on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other." The people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you."
 \v 41 Therefore Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, "Show the Thummim." Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, but the people escaped being chosen.
 \v 42 Then Saul said, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son." Then Jonathan was taken by lot.
 

09-1SA/17.usfm

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 \v 47 and that all this gathering may know that Yahweh does not give victory with sword or spear. For the battle is Yahweh's, and he will give you into our hand."
 
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-\v 48 When the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, then David ran quickly toward the enemy army to meet him.
+\v 48 When the Philistine rose and approached David, then David ran quickly toward the enemy army to meet him.
 \v 49 David put his hand in his bag, took a stone from it, slung it, and hit the Philistine in the forehead. The stone sank into the Philistine's forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.
 
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10-2SA/11.usfm

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 \v 15 David wrote in the letter saying, "Set Uriah at the very front of the most intense battle, and then withdraw from him, that he may be hit and killed."
 
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-\v 16 So as Joab watched the seige upon the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers would be fighting.
+\v 16 So as Joab watched the siege upon the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew the strongest enemy soldiers would be fighting.
 \v 17 When the men of the city went out and fought against  Joab's army, some of the soldiers of David fell, and Uriah the Hittite was also killed there.
 
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10-2SA/19.usfm

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
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 \v 7 Now therefore get up and go out and speak kindly to your soldiers, for I swear by Yahweh, if you do not go, not one man will remain with you tonight. That would be worse for you than all the disaster that have ever happened to you from your youth until now."
 \v 8 So the king got up and sat in the city gate, and it was told to all the men, "Look, the king is sitting in the gate." Then all the people came before the king.
+\p Meanwhile, in Israel, every man had fled to his home.
 
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-\p Meanwhile, in Israel every man had fled to his home.
 \v 9 All the people were arguing with each other throughout all the tribes of Israel saying, "The king rescued us out of the hand of our enemies. He  saved us out of the hand of the Philistines and now he has run out of the country from Absalom.
 \v 10 And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. So why are we not talking about bringing the king back?"
 

11-1KI/02.usfm

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
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 \c 2
 \p
-\v 1 As the day of David's death drew near, he commanded Solomon his son, saying,
+\v 1 As the day of David's death approached, he commanded Solomon his son, saying,
 \v 2 "I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man.
 \v 3 Keep the commands of Yahweh your God to walk in his ways, to obey his statutes, his commandments, his decisions, and his covenant decrees, being careful to do what is written in the law of Moses, so you may prosper in all you do, wherever you go,
 \v 4 so that Yahweh may fulfill his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons carefully watch their conduct, to walk before me faithfully with all their heart and with all their soul, you will never cease to have a man on the throne of Israel.'

11-1KI/07.usfm

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
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 \v 15 Huram fashioned the two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high and twelve cubits in circumference.
-\v 16 He made two capitals of burnished bronze to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of each capital was five cubits.
+\v 16 He made two capitals of polished bronze to set on the tops of the pillars. The height of each capital was five cubits.
 \v 17 Checker latticework and wreaths of chain work for the capitals decorated the top of the pillars, seven for each capital.
 
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@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@
 \v 43 and the ten stands, and the ten basins on the stands.
 
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-\v 44 He had made the sea and the twelve oxen under it;
-\v 45 also the pots, shovels, basins, and all the other implements—Huram made them out of burnished bronze, for King Solomon, for the temple of Yahweh.
+\v 44 He made the sea and the twelve oxen under it;
+\v 45 also the pots, shovels, basins, and all the other implements. Huram made them out of polished bronze, for King Solomon, for the temple of Yahweh.
 
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 \v 46 The king had cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

14-2CH/04.usfm

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
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 \v 14 He also made the stands and the basins to go on the stand;
 \v 15 one sea and the twelve bulls under it,
-\v 16 also the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other implements—Huramabi made them for King Solomon, for the house of Yahweh, of burnished bronze.
+\v 16 also the pots, shovels, meat forks, and all the other implements. Huramabi made them for King Solomon, for the house of Yahweh, of polished bronze.
  
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 \v 17 The king had cast them in the plain of the Jordan, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan.

16-NEH/07.usfm

@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
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 \v 6 "These are the people of the province who went up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon took into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his city.
 \v 7 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.
+\p The number of the men of the people of Israel included the following.
 
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-\p The number of the men of the people of Israel included the following.
 \v 8 The descendants of Parosh, 2,172.
 \v 9 The descendants of Shephatiah, 372.
 \v 10 The descendants of Arah, 652.

18-JOB/04.usfm

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 \q Or when was the upright person ever cut off?
 \q
 \v 8 Based on what I have observed, those who plow iniquity
-\q and sow trouble, reap the same.
+\q and sow trouble reap the same.
 \q
 \v 9 By the breath of God they perish;
 \q by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

19-PSA/003.usfm

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 \b
 \q
 \v 1 Yahweh, how many are my enemies!
-\q Many have turned away and attacked me.
+\q Many have risen against me.
 \q
 \v 2 Many say about me,
 \q "There is no help for him from God." 

19-PSA/027.usfm

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
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 \q
-\v 2 When evildoers drew near to me to devour my flesh,
+\v 2 When evildoers approached me to devour my flesh,
 \q my adversaries and my enemies stumbled and fell.
 \q
 \v 3 Though an army encamps against me,

19-PSA/069.usfm

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
  
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 \q
-\v 18 Draw near to me and redeem me.
+\v 18 Come to me and redeem me.
 \q Because of my enemies, ransom me.
 \q
 \v 19 You know my rebuke, my shame, and my dishonor;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
  
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 \q
-\v 28 Let them be blotted out of the book of life
+\v 28 Let them be blotted out of the Book of Life
 \q and not be written down along with the righteous.
 \q
 \v 29 But I am poor and sorrowful;

19-PSA/073.usfm

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 \q you will destroy all those who are unfaithful
 to you.
 \q
-\v 28 But as for me, all I need to do is to draw near to God.
+\v 28 But as for me, all I need to do is to approach God.
 \q I have made the Lord Yahweh my refuge.
 \q I will declare all your deeds.
  

20-PRO/20.usfm

@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@
 \v 25 It is a snare for a person to say rashly, "This thing is holy,"
 \q and begin to think about what it means only after making his vow.
 \q
-\v 26 A wise king winnows out the wicked,
-\q and then he drives a threshing cart over them.
+\v 26 A wise king winnows the wicked,
+\q and he turns a threshing wheel over them.
 
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23-ISA/03.usfm

@@ -67,13 +67,17 @@
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 \q1
 \v 18 On that day the Lord will remove their  beautiful  ankle jewelry, head bands, the crescent ornaments,
-\m
+\q1
 \v 19 the ear pendants, the bracelets, and the veils;
+\q1
 \v 20 the headscarfs, the ankle chains, the sashes, and the perfume boxes, and the lucky charms.
 
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+\q1
 \v 21 He will remove the rings and the nose jewels;
+\q1
 \v 22 the festive robes, the mantles, the veils, and the handbags;
+\q1
 \v 23 the hand mirrors, the fine linen, the head pieces, and the wraps.
 
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@@ -85,5 +89,5 @@
 \v 25 Your men will fall by the sword, and your strong men will fall in war.
 \q1
 \v 26 Jerusalem's gates will lament and mourn; and she will be alone and sit upon the ground.
-
+\m
 

23-ISA/04.usfm

@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
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 \c 4
 \p
-\q1
 \v 1 On that day seven women will take hold of one man
-\q1 and say, "Our own food we will eat, our own clothing we will wear
-\q1 but let us take your name to remove our shame."
+and say, "Our own food we will eat, our own clothing we will wear
+but let us take your name to remove our shame."
 \p
 \v 2 On that day the branch of Yahweh  will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be tasty and delightful for those survivors  in Israel.
 

23-ISA/05.usfm

@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 \v 1 Let me sing for my well beloved, a song of my beloved about his vineyard. 
 \q1 My well beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
 \q1
-\v 2 He spaded  it and removed the stones, and planted it with the choicest vine. 
+\v 2 He spaded it and removed the stones, and planted it with a choice variety of vine. 
 \q1 He built a tower in the middle of it, and also built a winepress. 
-\q1 He expected that it should produce good grapes, but it produced wild grapes.
+\q1 He waited for it to produce grapes, but it produced wild grapes.
 
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 \p
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 \q1  judge between me and my vineyard.
 \q1
 \v 4 What more could have been done for my vineyard, that I have not done for it? 
-\q1 When I looked for it to produce good grapes, why did it produce wild grapes?
+\q1 When I looked for it to produce grapes, why did it produce wild grapes?
 
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23-ISA/29.usfm

@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
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 \p
 \q1
-\v 13 The Lord said, "This people draws near to me with their mouth 
+\v 13 The Lord said, "This people comes close to me with their mouths 
 \q1 and honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 
-\q1 Their honoring me is a commandment taught by men.
+\q1 Their honor for me is only something taught by people.
 \q1
 \v 14 Therefore, see, I will proceed to do a marvelous thing among this people, wonder after wonder. 
 \q1 The wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will disappear."

23-ISA/57.usfm

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
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 \p
 \q1
-\v 3 But draw near, you sons of the sorceress,  
+\v 3 But come here, you sons of the sorceress,  
 \q1 children of the adulterer and the woman who has prostituted herself.
 \q1
 \v 4 Whom are you merrily mocking? 

23-ISA/58.usfm

@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
 \c 58
 \p
 \q1
-\v 1 "Cry loudly, do not hold back, lift up your voice like a trumpet, 
-\q1 confront my people with their rebellion, and the house of Jacob with their sins.
+\v 1 "Cry loudly; do not hold back. Lift up your voice like a trumpet. 
+\q1 Confront my people with their rebellion, and the house of Jacob with their sins.
 \q1
 \v 2 Yet they seek me daily and delight in the knowledge of my ways, 
 \q1 like a nation that practiced righteousness and did not abandon the law of their God. 
-\q1 They ask me for righteous judgments; they take pleasure in God drawing near.
+\q1 They ask me for righteous judgments; they take pleasure in the thought of God coming near.
 
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24-JER/04.usfm

@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 \v 2 and if you swear, 'Yahweh lives in truth, justice, and righteousness,'
 \q the nations will ask for my blessing, and they will praise me.
 \q
-\v 3 For Yahweh says this to each person in Judah and Jerusalem: 'Plow your own ground,
+\v 3 For Yahweh says this to each person in Judah and Jerusalem: 
+\q 'Plow your own ground,
 \q and do not sow among thorns.
   
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24-JER/23.usfm

@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ Know this! I will pay you back for the evil of your practices—this is Yahweh's
 \v 27 They are planning on making my people forget my name with the dreams that they report, each one to his neighbor, just as their ancestors forgot my name in favor of Baal's name.
  
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-\v 28 The prophet who has a dream, let him report the dream. But the one to whom I have declared something, let him declare my word truthfully.
-\q What does straw have to do with grain?—this is Yahweh's declaration—
-\v 29 and is my word not like fire?—this is Yahweh's declaration—and like a hammer smashing rock?
+\p 
+\v 28 The prophet who has a dream, let him report the dream. But the one to whom I have declared something, let him declare my word truthfully. What does straw have to do with grain?—this is Yahweh's declaration—
+\v 29 And is my word not like fire?—this is Yahweh's declaration—and like a hammer smashing rock?
 \v 30 So see, I am against the prophets—this is Yahweh's declaration—anyone who steals words from another person and says they come from me.
  
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24-JER/38.usfm

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 \v 22 Look! All the women who are left in your house, king of Judah, will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon. These women will say to you,
 \q 'You have been deceived by your friends; they have ruined you.
 \q Your feet are now sunk into the mud, and your friends will run away.'
+\m
 \v 23 For all of your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans, and you yourself will not escape from their hand. You will be captured by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned."
  
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24-JER/46.usfm

@@ -83,8 +83,10 @@
 \q For the enemies will be more numerous than locusts, unable to be counted.
 \q
 \v 24 The daughter of Egypt will be made ashamed. She will be given into the hand of people from the north."
+\m 
  
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+\p
 \v 25 Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says, "See, I am about to punish Amon of Thebes, Pharaoh, Egypt and her gods, her kings the Pharaohs, and those who trust in them.
 \v 26 I am giving them into the hand of the ones seeking their lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his servants. Then after this Egypt will be inhabited as in previous days—this is Yahweh's declaration."
  

25-LAM/03.usfm

@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 \q
 \v 56 You heard my voice when I said, "Do not hide your ear from my call for relief, from my cry for help."
 \q
-\v 57 You drew near on the day that I called on you; you told me, "Do not fear!"
+\v 57 You approached me on the day that I called on you; you told me, "Do not fear!"
 
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26-EZK/07.usfm

@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@
 
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 \q
-\v 12 The time is coming; the day has drawn near. Let not the buyer rejoice, 
-\q nor the seller mourn, since my anger is upon the entire multitude!
+\v 12 The time is coming; the day has come close. Do not let the buyer rejoice, 
+\q nor the seller mourn, since my anger is on the entire multitude!
 \q
 \v 13 For the seller will never return to that which is sold for as long as they live, 
-\q since the vision is against the entire multitude; they will not return, 
+\q since the vision is against the entire multitude. They will not return, 
 \q for no man living in his sin will be strengthened!
 
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26-EZK/12.usfm

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 \p
 \v 21 Again the word of Yahweh came to me and said,
 \v 22 "Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel that says, 'The days are prolonged, and every vision fails?'
-\v 23 Therefore, say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: I will put an end to this proverb so the people of Israel will no longer use it.' Then declare to them, 'The days draw near, and every vision will speak!'
+\v 23 Therefore, say to them, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: I will put an end to this proverb so the people of Israel will no longer use it.' Then declare to them, 'The days are approaching, and every vision will speak!'
 
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 \v 24 For there will no longer be any false visions or favorable divinations within the house of Israel.

26-EZK/44.usfm

@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@
 \v 12 But because they performed the sacrifices before their idols, they became stumbling blocks for sin for the house of Israel. Therefore I will lift up my hand to swear an oath against them—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—that they will pay for their sin!
  
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-\v 13 They will not come near me to act as my priests or to draw near to any of my holy things, to the most holy things! Instead, they will bear their reproach and their guilt for the disgusting actions that they have done.
+\v 13 They will not come near me to act as my priests or to approach any of my holy things, the most holy things! Instead, they will bear their reproach and their guilt for the disgusting actions that they have done.
 \v 14 But I will place them as keepers of the work in the house, for all of its duties and everything that is done in it.
  
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 \p
 \v 15 And the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok who fulfilled the duties of my sanctuary when the people of Israel were wandering away from following me—they will come near me to worship me and will stand before me to bring the fat and the blood to me—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.
-\v 16 They will come to my sanctuary; they will draw near to my table to worship me and to fulfill their duties to me.
+\v 16 They will come to my sanctuary; they will approach my table to worship me and to fulfill their duties to me.
  
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 \v 17 So it will be that when they come to the gates of the inner courtyard, they will have to dress in linen clothes, for they must not come in wool inside the gates of the inner court and its house.

27-DAN/10.usfm

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 \v 15 When he had spoken to me using these words, I turned my face toward the ground and was unable to speak.
 
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-\v 16 One who looked like a human being touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and spoke to him who stood before me, "My master, the vision has turned my anguish on me, and I have no strength left. 
+\v 16 One who looked like human beings touched my lips, and I opened my mouth and spoke to him who stood before me, "My master, the vision has turned my anguish on me, and I have no strength left. 
 \v 17 I am your servant. How can I talk with my master? For I now have no strength, and there is no breath left in me."
 
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36-ZEP/03.usfm

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 \v 1 Woe to the rebellious city! The violent city is defiled!
 \q
 \v 2 She has not listened to the voice of God, nor accepted correction from Yahweh! 
-\q She does not trust in Yahweh and will not draw near to her God.
+\q She does not trust in Yahweh and will not approach her God.
 
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39-MAL/03.usfm

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ laundry soap.
 
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 \v 4 Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to Yahweh, as in the days of old, and as in ancient years.
-\v 5 "Then I will draw near to you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers, the false witnesses, and against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and who turn away the foreigner from his rights, and against those who do not honor me," says Yahweh of hosts.
+\v 5 "Then I will approach you for judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, the adulterers, the false witnesses, and against those who oppress the hired worker in his wages, those who oppress the widow and the fatherless, and who turn away the foreigner from his rights, and against those who do not honor me," says Yahweh of hosts.
 
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 \v 6 "For I, Yahweh, do not change; therefore you, people of Jacob, have not been consumed.

41-MAT/03.usfm

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
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 \p
 \v 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by John.
-\v 14 But John would have stopped him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"
+\v 14 But John kept trying to stop him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"
 \v 15 Jesus responded and said to him, "Permit it now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then John permitted him.
 
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41-MAT/04.usfm

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 
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 \v 10 Then Jesus said to him, "Go away from here, Satan! For it is written, 
-\q 'You must worship the Lord your God, 
-\q and you must serve him only.'"
+\q 'You will worship the Lord your God, 
+\q and you will serve him only.'"
 \p
 \v 11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and served him.
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 
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 \p
-\v 17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has drawn near."
+\v 17 From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."
 
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 \v 18 As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.

41-MAT/05.usfm

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
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 \p
-\v 13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt has lost its taste, how can it be made salty again? It is never again good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under by people's feet.
+\v 13 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt has lost its taste, how can it be made salty again? It is never again good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people's feet.
 \v 14 You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.
 
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@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ says to his brother, 'You worthless person!' will be in danger of the council. A
 \p
 \v 43 You have heard that it was said, 'You will love your neighbor and hate your enemy.'
 \v 44 But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
+\f + The best ancient copies omit \fqa "Bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you."\f*
+
 \v 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.
 
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41-MAT/06.usfm

@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 \v 8 Therefore, do not be like them, for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.
 \v 9 Therefore pray like this: 
 \q 'Our Father in heaven, 
-\q2 sanctify your name.
+\q2 may your name be sanctified.
 \q2
-\v 10 Your kingdom come, 
-\q2 your will be done 
+\v 10 May your kingdom come.
+\q2 May your will be done 
 \q2 on earth as it is in heaven.
 
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@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 \q2 
 \v 13 And do not bring us into temptation, 
 \q2 but deliver us from the evil one.'
-
+\f + The best ancient copies omit \fqa "For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen"\f*
 \m
 
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@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
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 \v 32 For the Gentiles search for these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
 \v 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness and all these things will be given to you.
-\v 34 Therefore, do not be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. 
+\v 34 Therefore, do not be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day has enough evil of its own. 
 
 
 

41-MAT/07.usfm

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 \p
 \v 7 Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened to you.
 \v 8 For everyone who asks, receives. And everyone who seeks, finds. And to the person who knocks, it will be opened.
-\v 9 Or what man among you is there who, if his son asks him for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone?
+\v 9 Or is there any man among you who, if his son will ask him for a loaf of bread, will he give him a stone?
 \v 10 Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
 
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41-MAT/10.usfm

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 \p
 \v 5 These twelve Jesus sent out. He instructed them and said, "Do not go to any place where Gentiles live, and do not enter any town of the Samaritans.
 \v 6 Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
-\v 7 And as you go, preach and say, 'The kingdom of heaven has drawn near.'
+\v 7 And as you go, preach and say, 'The kingdom of heaven has come near.'
 
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 \v 8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.

41-MAT/14.usfm

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 \c 14
 \p
 \v 1 About that time, Herod the tetrarch heard the news about Jesus.
-\v 2 He said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead. Therefore these powers are at work in him."
+\v 2 He said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead ones. Therefore these powers are at work in him."
 
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 \v 3 For Herod had laid hold upon John, bound him, and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.

41-MAT/17.usfm

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
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 \p
-\v 9 As they were coming down  the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Report this vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead."
+\v 9 As they were coming down  the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Report this vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead ones."
 \v 10 His disciples asked him, saying, "Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
 
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-\v 24 When they had come to Capernaum, the men who collected the half shekel tax came to Peter and said, "Does not your teacher pay the half shekel tax?"
+\v 24 When they had come to Capernaum, the men who collected the half-shekel tax came to Peter and said, "Does not your teacher pay the half-shekel tax?"
 \v 25 He said, "Yes." But when Peter went into the house, Jesus spoke first to him and said, "What do you think, Simon? The kings on earth, from whom do they receive tax or tribute? From their subjects or from foreigners?"
 
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 \v 26 When Peter said, "From foreigners," Jesus said to him, "Then the subjects are exempt from paying.
-\v 27 But lest we cause the tax collectors to sin, go to the sea, throw in a hook, and draw in the fish that comes up first. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a shekel. Take it and give it to the tax collectors for me and you."
+\v 27 But so that we do not cause the tax collectors to sin, go to the sea, throw in a hook, and draw in the fish that comes up first. When you have opened its mouth, you will find a shekel. Take it and give it to the tax collectors for me and you."
 
 
 

41-MAT/18.usfm

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 \p
 \v 1 In that same time the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Who is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?"
 \v 2 Jesus called to himself a little child, set him among them,
-\v 3 and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you repent and become like little children, you will in no way enter the kingdom of heaven.
+\v 3 and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you turn and become like little children, you will in no way enter the kingdom of heaven.
 
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 \v 4 So whoever humbles himself like this little child, the same person is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@
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 \v 7 Woe to the world because of times of stumbling! For it is necessary that those times come, but woe to the person through whom those times come!
-\v 8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or lame, than to be thrown into the eternal fire having both hands or both feet.
+\v 8 If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or lame than to be thrown into the eternal fire having both hands or both feet.
 
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-\v 9 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, than to be thrown into the eternal fire having both eyes.
+\v 9 If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it away from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to be thrown into the eternal fire having both eyes.
 
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 \v 10 See that you do not despise any of these little ones. For I say to you that in heaven their angels always look on the face of my Father who is in heaven.

41-MAT/19.usfm

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 \v 4 Jesus answered and said, "Have you not read, that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female?
 
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-\v 5 And that he also said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and join to his wife, and the two will become one flesh?'
+\v 5 And he who made them also said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and join to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'?
 \v 6 So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one tear apart."
 
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41-MAT/20.usfm

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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-\v 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner, who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
+\v 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard.
 \v 2 After he had agreed with the workers for one denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
 
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@@ -11,52 +11,53 @@
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 \v 5 Again he went out about the sixth hour and again the ninth hour, and did the same.
 \v 6 Once more about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle. He said to them, 'Why do you stand here idle all the day long?'
-\v 7 They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, ' You, too, go into the vineyard.'
+\v 7 They said to him, 'Because no one has hired us.' He said to them, 'You also go into the vineyard.'
 
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-\v 8 When the evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'
+\v 8 When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.'
 \v 9 When the workers who had been hired at the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius.
 \v 10 When the first workers came, they thought that they would receive more, but they also received one denarius each.
 
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-\v 11 When they received their wages, they complained about the property owner. 
+\v 11 When they received their wages, they complained about the landowner. 
 \v 12 They said, 'These last workers have spent only one hour in work, but you have made them equal to us, we who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.'
 
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 \v 13 But the owner answered and said to one of them, 'Friend, I do you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for one denarius?
-\v 14 Receive what belongs to you and go your way. It is my pleasure to give to these last hired workers just the same as to you.
+\v 14 Take what belongs to you and go your way. I choose to give to these last hired workers just the same as to you.
 
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 \v 15 Is it not legitimate for me to do what I wish with my own possessions? Or is your eye evil because I am good?'
 \v 16 So the last will be first, and the first last."
+\f + The best ancient copies omit \fqa "Many are called, but few are chosen." \f*
 
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-\v 17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the Twelve aside, and on the way he said to them,
+\v 17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside, and on the way he said to them,
 \v 18 "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn him to death
-\v 19 and will deliver him to the Gentiles for them to mock him, flog him, and crucify him. But on the third day he will be raised up."
+\v 19 and will deliver him to the Gentiles for them to mock, to flog, and to crucify him. But on the third day he will be raised up."
 
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 \v 20 Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons. She bowed down before him and asked for something from him.
-\v 21 Jesus said to her, "What do you wish?" She said to him, "Command that these my two sons may sit, one at your right hand, and one at your left hand, in your kingdom."
+\v 21 Jesus said to her, "What do you wish?" She said to him, "Command that these my two sons may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left hand, in your kingdom."
 
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-\v 22 But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup which I am about to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."
+\v 22 But Jesus answered and said, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?" They said to him, "We are able."
 \v 23 He said to them, "My cup you will indeed drink. But to sit at my right hand and at my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
 \v 24 When the other ten disciples heard this, they were very displeased with the two brothers.
 
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 \v 25 But Jesus called them to himself and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles subjugate them, and their important men exercise authority over them.
 \v 26 But it must not be this way among you. Instead, whoever wishes to become great among you must be your servant.
-\v 27 And whoever wishes to be first among you must be your servant.
-\v 28 Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
+\v 27 And whoever wishes to be first among you must be your servant,
+\v 28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."
 
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 \v 29 As they went out from Jericho, a great crowd followed him.
-\v 30 And they saw two blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted out and said, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us."
-\v 31 But the crowd rebuked them, telling them to be quiet. However, they cried out all the more and said, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us."
+\v 30 And two blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us."
+\v 31 The crowd rebuked them, telling them to be quiet, but they cried out all the more and said, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us."
 
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 \v 32 Then Jesus stood still and called to them and said, "What do you wish me to do for you?"

41-MAT/21.usfm

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
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-\v 1 As Jesus and his disciples drew near to Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
+\v 1 As Jesus and his disciples approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, to the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples,
 \v 2 saying to them, "Go into the next village, and you will immediately find a donkey tied up there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
 \v 3 If anyone says anything to you about that, you will say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and that person will immediately send them with you."
 
@@ -9,53 +9,53 @@
 \v 4 Now this came about that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled. He said,
 \q
 \v 5 "Tell the daughter of Zion,
-\q See, your King is coming to you, 
+\q 'See, your King is coming to you, 
 \q Humble and riding on a donkey,
-\q And on a colt, the foal of a donkey."
+\q And on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'"
 \m
 
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 \v 6 Then the disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them.
-\v 7 They brought the donkey and the colt, and put their garments on them, and Jesus sat there.
-\v 8 Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them in the road.
+\v 7 They brought the donkey and the colt and put their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat upon the cloaks.
+\v 8 Most of the crowd spread their cloaks on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them in the road.
 
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 \v 9 The crowds that went before Jesus and those that followed, shouted out, saying, 
 \q "Hosanna to the son of David!
-\q Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord. 
+\q Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! 
 \q Hosanna in the highest!"
 \m
 \v 10 When Jesus had come into Jerusalem, all the city was stirred and said, "Who is this?"
-\v 11 The crowds answered, "This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee."
+\v 11 The crowds answered, "This is Jesus the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee."
 
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-\v 12 Then Jesus entered the temple of God. He cast out all those who bought and sold in the temple. He also turned over the tables of the money changers and the seats  of those who sold pigeons.
+\v 12 Then Jesus entered the temple. He cast out all those who bought and sold in the temple, and turned over the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who sold doves.
 \v 13 He said to them, "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you make it a den of robbers."
 \v 14 Then the blind and the lame came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
 
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 \v 15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the marvelous things that he did, and when they heard the children shouting in the temple and saying, "Hosanna to the son of David," they were moved with resentment.
 \v 16 They said to him, "Do you hear what these people are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes! But have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of babes and nursing infants you have perfected praise'?"
-\v 17 Then Jesus left them and went out of the city to Bethany and slept there.
+\v 17 Then Jesus left them and went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there.
 
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 \v 18 Now in the morning as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
-\v 19 He saw a fig tree on the roadside. He went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "May there be no fruit from you ever again." And immediately the fig tree dried up. 
+\v 19 Seeing a fig tree along the roadside, he went to it and found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "May there be no fruit from you ever again." And immediately the fig tree dried up. 
 
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 \v 20 When the disciples saw it, they marveled and said, "How did the fig tree immediately wither away?"
 \v 21 Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to this fig tree, but you will even say to this hill, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and it will be done.
-\v 22 Everything for which you ask in prayer while believing, you will receive."
+\v 22 Whatever you ask for in prayer, believing, you will receive."
 
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 \v 23 When Jesus had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching and said, "By what authority do you do these things? And who gave you this authority?"
-\v 24 Jesus answered and said to them, "I also will  ask you one question. If you tell me, I will likewise tell you the authority with which I do these things.
+\v 24 Jesus answered and said to them, "I also will ask you one question. If you tell me, I will tell you by what  authority I do these things.
 
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-\v 25 The baptism of John—where did it come from, from heaven or from men?" They discussed among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
+\v 25 The baptism of John—from where did it come? From heaven or from men?" They discussed among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say to us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
 \v 26 But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the crowd, because they all view John as a prophet."
 \v 27 Then they answered Jesus and said, " We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
 
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@
 
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-\v 33 Listen to another parable. There was a man, a person with extensive land. He planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a watchtower, and rented it out to vine growers. Then he went into another country.
-\v 34 When the time of the grape harvest drew near, he sent some servants to the vine growers to get his grapes.
+\v 33 Listen to another parable. There was a man, a landowner. He planted a vineyard, set a hedge about it, dug a winepress in it, built a watchtower, and rented it out to tenant farmers. Then he went into another country.
+\v 34 When the time of the fruit harvest approached, he sent some servants to the vine growers to get his fruit.
 
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-\v 35 But the vine growers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned still another.
-\v 36 Once more, the owner sent other servants, more than the first, but the vine growers treated them in the same way.
+\v 35 But the tenant farmers took his servants, beat one, killed another, and stoned still another.
+\v 36 Again, the owner sent other servants, more than the first, but the vine growers treated them in the same way.
 \v 37 After that, the owner sent his own son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.'
 
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-\v 43 Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation that cultivates its fruits.
-\v 44 Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces. But on whomever it falls, it will crush."
+\v 43 Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and will be given to a nation that produces its fruits.
+\v 44 Whoever falls on this stone will be broken to pieces. But anyone on whom it falls, will be crushed."
 
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-\v 45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they saw that he was speaking about them.
-\v 46 But whenever they tried to lay hands on him, they were afraid of the crowd, because the people regarded him as a prophet.
+\v 45 When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they understood he was speaking about them.
+\v 46 Seeking to arrest him, they were afraid of the crowd, because the people regarded him as a prophet.

41-MAT/22.usfm

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 \c 22
 \p
 \v 1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying,
-\v 2 "The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who made a marriage feast for his son.
-\v 3 He sent out his servants to call those who were invited to come to the marriage feast, but they would not come.
+\v 2 "The kingdom of heaven is like a certain king who prepared a marriage feast for his son.
+\v 3 He sent out his servants to call those who had been invited to come to the marriage feast, but they would not come.
 
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 \v 4 Again the king sent other servants, saying, 'Tell them who are invited, "See, I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened calves have been killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast."'
 
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-\v 5 But those people did not treat his invitation seriously. Some went back to their own farms, and others went back to their places of business.
-\v 6 The others laid hands on the king's servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
+\v 5 But those did not pay any attention seriously and they went away, one to his farm, another to his business. 
+\v 6 The rest seized the king's servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them.
 \v 7 But the king was angry. He sent his armies, killed those murderers, and burned their city.
 
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 \v 8 Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy.
-\v 9 Therefore go to the highway crossings and invite as many people as you can find to the marriage feast.'
+\v 9 Therefore go to the highway crossings and invite as many people to the marriage feast as you can find.'
 \v 10 The servants went out to the highways and gathered together all the people they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
 
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-\v 11 But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw there a man who had not put on a wedding garment.
-\v 12 The king said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without a wedding garment?' And the man was speechless.
+\v 11 But when the king came in to view the guests, he saw there a man was not dressed in wedding clothes.
+\v 12 The king said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless.
 
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 \v 13 Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind this man hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and the grinding of teeth.'
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
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 \v 18 But Jesus understood their wickedness and said, "Why are you testing me, you hypocrites?
-\v 19 Show me the tax money." Then they brought a denarius to him.
+\v 19 Show me the coin for the tax." Then they brought a denarius to him.
 
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 \v 20 Jesus said to them, "Whose image and name are these?"
@@ -45,18 +45,18 @@
 
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-\v 23 On that day some Sadducees came to him, those who say that there is no resurrection. They asked him,
-\v 24 saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother must marry his wife and have a child for his brother.'
+\v 23 On that day some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him. They asked him,
+\v 24 saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother must marry his wife and have children for his brother.
 
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-\v 25 There were seven brothers. The first married and then died, having left no children. He left his wife to his brother. 
+\v 25 There were seven brothers. The first married and then died. Having left no children, he left his wife to his brother. 
 \v 26 Then the second brother did the same thing, then the third, all the way to the seventh brother.
 \v 27 After them all, the woman died.
-\v 28 Now in the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven brothers? For they all had her."
+\v 28 Now in the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven brothers? For they all had married her."
 
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-\v 29 But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, because you do not know the scriptures nor the power of God.
-\v 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage. Instead, they are like angels in heaven.
+\v 29 But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, because you do not know the scriptures or the power of God.
+\v 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. Instead, they are like angels in heaven.
 
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 \v 31 But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, saying,
@@ -65,16 +65,16 @@
 
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-\v 34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had put the Sadducees to silence, they gathered themselves together.
+\v 34 But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees	, they gathered themselves together.
 \v 35 One of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, testing him—
 \v 36 "Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?"
 
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-\v 37 Jesus said to him, "'You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
+\v 37 Jesus said to him, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.'
 \v 38 This is the great and first commandment.
 
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-\v 39 And a second commandment is like it—'You must love your neighbor as yourself.'
+\v 39 And a second commandment is like it—'Love your neighbor as yourself.'
 \v 40 On these two commandments depend the whole law and the prophets."
 
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@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@
 \q
 \v 44 'The Lord said to my Lord,
 \q "Sit at my right hand,
-\q until I make your enemies your footstool."'?" 
+\q until I make your enemies your footstool."'?
 \m
 
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-\v 45 If David then calls the Christ 'Lord', how is he David's son?"
+\v 45 If David then calls the Christ 'Lord,' how is he David's son?"
 \v 46 No one was able to answer him a word, and no man dared ask him any more questions from that day on. 
 
 

41-MAT/23.usfm

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 \v 7 and special greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi' by people.
 
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-\v 8 But you must not be called 'Rabbi', for you have only one teacher, and all you are brothers.
+\v 8 But you must not be called 'Rabbi,' for you have only one teacher, and all you are brothers.
 \v 9 And call no man on earth your father, for you have only one Father, and he is in heaven.
 \v 10 Neither must you be called 'teacher,' for you have only one teacher, the Christ.
 
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 \v 20 Therefore, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by all the things on it.
 \v 21 And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by him who lives in it.
-\v 22 And he who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him that sits on it.
+\v 22 And he who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by him who sits on it.
 
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@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
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 \v 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside they are full of extortion and excess.
-\v 26 You blind Pharisee, clean first the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become clean also.
+\v 26 You blind Pharisee! Clean first the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may become clean also.
 
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41-MAT/24.usfm

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 \c 24
 \p
 \v 1 Jesus went out from the temple and was going on his way. His disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.
-\v 2 But he answered and said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone will be left on another which will not be torn down."
+\v 2 But he answered and said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone will be left on another that will not be torn down."
 
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@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
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 \v 9 Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you. You will be hated by all the nations for my name's sake.
-\v 10 Then many will stumble and betray one another, and will hate one another.
+\v 10 Then many will stumble, and betray one another and hate one another.
 \v 11 Many false prophets will rise up and lead many astray.
 
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@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
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 \v 19 But woe to those who are with child and to those who are nursing infants in those days!
-\v 20 Pray that your flight not occur in the winter, nor on a Sabbath. 
+\v 20 Pray that your flight not occur in the winter, or on a Sabbath. 
 \v 21 For there will be great tribulation, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever will be again.
 \v 22 Unless those days are shortened, no flesh would be saved. But for the sake of the elect, those days will be shortened.
 
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 \v 35 Heaven and the earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
 
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-\v 36 But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
+\v 36 But concerning that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, or the Son, but only the Father.
 
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 \v 37 As the days of Noah were, so will be the coming of the Son of Man.

41-MAT/25.usfm

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 \v 19 Now after a long time the master of those servants came back and settled accounts with them.
-\v 20 The servant who had received five talents came and brought another five talents as well, he said, 'Master, you gave me five talents. See, I have made five more talents.'
+\v 20 The servant who had received five talents came and he brought another five talents. He said, 'Master, you gave me five talents, see, I have made five talents more.'
 \v 21 His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful over a few things. I will put you in charge over many things. Enter into the joy of your master.'
 
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 \v 34 Then the King will say to those on his right hand, 'Come, you who have been blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
 \v 35 For I was hungry and you gave me food; I was thirsty and you gave me a drink; I was a stranger and you took me in;
-\v 36 I was naked, and you clothed me; I was sick and you cared for me; I was in prison and you came to me.'
+\v 36 I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you cared for me; I was in prison and you came to me.'
 
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-\v 37 Then the righteous will answer and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you? Or thirsty and give you a drink?
-\v 38 And when did we see you a stranger, and take you in? Or naked and clothe you?
-\v 39 And when did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?'
+\v 37 Then the righteous will answer and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you a drink?
+\v 38 And when did we see you a stranger and take you in? Or naked and clothe you?
+\v 39 And when did we see you sick or in prison and come to you?'
 \v 40 And the King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, what you did for one of the least of my brothers here, you did it for me.'
 
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 \v 41 Then he will say to those on his left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels,
-\v 42 because I was hungry but you did not give me food; I was thirsty but you did not give me a  drink;
-\v 43 I was a stranger but you did not take me in; naked but you did not clothe me; sick and in prison, but you did not care for me.'
+\v 42 because I was hungry, but you did not give me food; I was thirsty, but you did not give me a  drink;
+\v 43 I was a stranger, but you did not take me in; naked, but you did not clothe me; sick and in prison, but you did not care for me.'
 
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 \v 44 Then they will also answer and say, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not serve you?'

41-MAT/26.usfm

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-\v 14 Then one of the Twelve, who was named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
+\v 14 Then one of the twelve, who was named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
 \v 15 and said, "What are you willing to give me to deliver him to you?" They weighed out thirty pieces of silver for him.
 \v 16 From that moment he sought an opportunity to deliver him to them.
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
 
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-\v 47 While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came. A large crowd came with him from the chief priests and elders of the people. They came with swords and clubs.
+\v 47 While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, came. A large crowd came with him from the chief priests and elders of the people. They came with swords and clubs.
 \v 48 Now the man who was going to betray Jesus had given them a signal, saying, "Whomever I kiss, he is the one. Seize him."
 
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 \v 58 But Peter followed him from a distance to the courtyard of the high priest. He went inside and sat down with the guards to see the outcome.
 
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-\v 59 Now the chief priests and the whole Council were looking for false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.
+\v 59 Now the chief priests and the whole council were looking for false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.
 \v 60 They did not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. But later two came forward
 \v 61 and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'"
 

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 \v 6 The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the treasury, because it is the price of blood."
-\v 7 They discussed the matter together and with the money bought the Potter's Field to bury strangers in.
-\v 8 For this reason that field has been called, "The field of blood" to this day.
+\v 7 They discussed the matter together and with the money bought the potter's field in which to bury strangers.
+\v 8 For this reason that field has been called, "The Field of Blood" to this day.
 
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 \v 9 Then that which had been spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel,
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@
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 \v 32 As they came out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to go with them so that he might carry his cross.
-\v 33 They came to a place called Golgotha, which means, "The Place of a Skull."
+\v 33 They came to a place called Golgotha, which means "The Place of a Skull."
 \v 34 They gave him wine to drink mixed with gall. But when he tasted it, he would not drink.
 
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 \v 35 When they had crucified him, they divided up his garments by casting lots.
 \v 36 And they sat and watched him.
-\v 37 Above his head they put the charge against him which read, "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."
+\v 37 Above his head they put the charge against him, which read "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews."
 
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 \v 38 Two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right of him and one on the left.
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
 
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 \v 51 Behold, the curtain of the temple was split in two from the top to the bottom. And the earth shook, and the rocks split apart.
-\v 52 The tombs were opened, and the bodies of many holy people who had fallen asleep were raised.
+\v 52 The tombs were opened, and the bodies of many godly people who had fallen asleep were raised.
 \v 53 They came out of the tombs after his resurrection, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.
 
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 \v 62 The next day, which was the day after the Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees were gathered together with Pilate.
 \v 63 They said, "Sir, we remember that when that deceiver was alive, he said, 'After three days will I rise again.'
-\v 64 Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal him and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead.' And the last deception will be worse than the first."
+\v 64 Therefore command that the tomb be made secure until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal him and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead ones.' And the last deception will be worse than the first."
 
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 \v 65 Pilate said to them, "Take a guard. Go and make it as secure as you can."

41-MAT/28.usfm

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 \v 5 The angel addressed the women and said to them, "Do not be in terror, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.
 \v 6 He is not here, but is risen, just as he said. Come see the place where the Lord lay.
-\v 7 Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead. See, he is going ahead of you to Galilee. There you will see him.' See, I have told you."
+\v 7 Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead ones. See, he is going ahead of you to Galilee. There you will see him.' See, I have told you."
 
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 \v 8 The women quickly left the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples.
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
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-\v 11 Now while the women were going, behold, some of the guards went into the city and told to the chief priests all the things that had happened.
+\v 11 Now while the women were going, behold, some of the guards went into the city and told the chief priests all the things that had happened.
 \v 12 When the priests had met with the elders and discussed the matter with them, they gave a large amount of money to the soldiers
 \v 13 and told them, "Say to others, 'Jesus' disciples came by night and stole his body while we were sleeping.'
 

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-\v 12 Then the Spirit immediately compelled him to go out into the wilderness. 
+\v 12 Then the Spirit compelled him to go out into the wilderness. 
 \v 13 He was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels served him.
 
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 \v 19 As Jesus was walking on a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and John his brother; they were in the boat mending the nets. 
-\v 20 Immediately he called them and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and they followed him. 
+\v 20 He called them and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and they followed him. 
 
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-\v 21 And they came into Capernaum, and on the Sabbath, Jesus immediately went into the synagogue and taught.
+\v 21 And they came into Capernaum, and on the Sabbath, Jesus went into the synagogue and taught.
 \v 22 They were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as someone who has authority and not as the scribes. 
 
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-\v 29 And immediately after coming out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, along with James and John.
-\v 30 Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever, and immediately they told Jesus about her. 
+\v 29 And after coming out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, along with James and John.
+\v 30 Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever, and they told Jesus about her. 
 \v 31 So he came, took her by the hand, and raised her up; the fever left her, and she started serving them.
 
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@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 \v 42 Immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. 
 
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-\v 43 Jesus strictly warned him and sent him away immediately, 
+\v 43 Jesus strictly warned him and sent him away, 
 \v 44 He said to him, "Be sure to say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
 
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 \v 13 He went up on the mountain, and he called for those he wanted, and they came to him.
-\v 14 He appointed the Twelve (whom he named apostles), so that they might be with him and he might send them to preach,
+\v 14 He appointed the twelve (whom he named apostles), so that they might be with him and he might send them to preach,
 \v 15 and to have authority to cast out demons.
-\v 16 And he appointed the Twelve: Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter,
+\v 16 And he appointed the twelve: Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter,
 
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 \v 17 James son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder,

42-MRK/04.usfm

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-\v 10 When Jesus was alone, those who were close to him and with the Twelve asked him about the parables.
+\v 10 When Jesus was alone, those who were close to him and with the twelve asked him about the parables.
 \v 11 He said to them, "To you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God. But to those outside everything is in parables,
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 \v 12 so that when they look, yes they look, but do not see, 

42-MRK/05.usfm

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 \v 3 The man lived in the tombs. No one could restrain him any more, not even with a chain.
 \v 4 He had been bound many times with shackles and with chains. He tore the chains apart and his shackles were shattered. No one had the strength to subdue him.
+
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 \v 5 Every night and day in the tombs and in the mountains, he cried out and cut himself with sharp stones.
 \v 6 When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran to him and bowed down before him.
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@
 
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 \v 9 And he asked him, "What is your name?" And he answered him, "My name is Legion, for we are many."
-\v 10 He implored him over and over not to send them out of the region.
+\v 10 He begged him over and over not to send them out of the region.
 
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 \v 11 Now a great herd of pigs was there feeding on the hill,
@@ -26,14 +27,14 @@
 
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 \v 14 And those who were feeding the pigs fled and reported what had happened in the city and in the countryside. Then many people went out to see what had happened.
-\v 15 Then they came to Jesus and they saw the demon possessed man—who had the Legion—sitting down, dressed, and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
+\v 15 Then they came to Jesus and they saw the demon-possessed man—who had the Legion—sitting down, dressed, and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
 
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-\v 16 Those who had seen what happened to the demon possessed man told them what had happened to him and also concerning the pigs.
+\v 16 Those who had seen what happened to the demon-possessed man told them what had happened to him and also concerning the pigs.
 \v 17 And they began to beg him to leave their region.
 
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-\v 18 And when he was getting into the boat, the demon possessed man begged him that he may go with him.
+\v 18 And when he was getting into the boat, the demon-possessed man begged him that he may go with him.
 \v 19 But he did not allow it, but he said to him, "Go to your house and to your people, and tell them what the Lord did for you, and what mercy he gave you."
 \v 20 So he went away and began to proclaim the great things that Jesus had done for him in the Decapolis, and everyone was amazed.
 
@@ -78,5 +79,5 @@
 
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 \v 41 He took the hand of the child and said to her, "Talitha koum," which is to say, "Little girl, I say to you, get up."
-\v 42 Immediately the child got up and walked (for she was twelve years of age). And immediately they were greatly astonished.
+\v 42 Immediately the child got up and walked (for she was twelve years of age). And they were greatly astonished. 
 \v 43 He strictly ordered them that no one should know about this. And he told them to give her something to eat.

42-MRK/06.usfm

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-\v 7 And he called the Twelve and began to send them out, two by two, and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits,
+\v 7 And he called the twelve and began to send them out, two by two, and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits,
 \v 8 and he instructed them to take nothing for their journey, except for only a staff: no bread, no bag, and no money in their belt,
 \v 9 but to wear sandals, and not to wear two tunics.
 
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-\v 14 King Herod heard this, for Jesus' name had become well known. Some were saying, "John the Baptist had been raised from the dead and because of this, these miraculous powers are at work in him."
+\v 14 King Herod heard this, for Jesus' name had become well known. Some were saying, "John the Baptist had been raised from the dead ones and because of this, these miraculous powers are at work in him."
 \v 15 Some others said, "He is Elijah." Still others said, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets in ancient times." 
 
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 \v 16 But when Herod heard this he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised."
-\v 17 For Herod himself had sent for the arrest of John and he had tied him up in prison because of Herodias (his brother Philip's wife) because he had married her.
+\v 17 For Herod sent to have John arrested and he had him bound in prison on account of Herodias (his brother Philip's wife), because he had married her.
 
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 \v 18 For John told Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
@@ -93,14 +93,14 @@
 \v 50 because they saw him and were terrified. And immediately he spoke to them and said to them, "Be courageous! It is I! Do not be afraid!"
 
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-\v 51 He got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased blowing, and they were completely amazed at him.
-\v 52 For they had not understood what the loaves meant, but their minds were slow to understand.
+\v 51 He got into the boat with them, and the wind ceased blowing. They were completely amazed.
+\v 52 For they had not understood what the loaves meant. Instead, their hearts were hardened.
 
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 \v 53 When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored the boat.
 \v 54 When they came out of the boat, they immediately recognized him. 
-\v 55 And they ran through the whole region and began to bring the sick to him on matrasses, wherever they heard he was coming.
+\v 55 And they ran through the whole region and began to bring the sick to him on mattresses, wherever they heard he was coming.
 
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-\v 56 Wherever he entered into villages, or cities, or into the country, they would put the sick in the marketplaces, and they begged him to just let them tough the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched him were healed.
+\v 56 Wherever he entered into villages, or cities, or into the country, they would put the sick in the marketplaces, and they begged him to just let them touch the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched him were healed.

42-MRK/07.usfm

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 \v 4 When the Pharisees come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they bathe themselves. And there are many other rules which they strictly follow, including the washing of cups, pots, copper vessels, and even the dining couches.)
 
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-\v 5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, for they eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
+\v 5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked Jesus, "Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, for they eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
 
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 \v 6 But he said to them, "Isaiah prophesied well about you hypocrites, he wrote,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
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 \v 17 Now when Jesus left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.
 \v 18 Jesus said, "Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever enters into a person from outside cannot defile him,
-\v 19 because it cannot go into his heart, but it goes into his stomach and then passes out into the toilet." With this statement Jesus made all foods clean.
+\v 19 because it cannot go into his heart, but it goes into his stomach and then passes out into the toilet?" With this statement Jesus made all foods clean.
 
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 \v 20 He said, "It is that which comes out of the person that defiles him.

42-MRK/09.usfm

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-\v 9 As they were coming down the mountain, he commanded them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
-\v 10 So they kept the matter to themselves, but they discussed among themselves what "to rise from the dead" could mean.
+\v 9 As they were coming down the mountain, he commanded them to tell no one what they had seen, until the Son of Man had risen from the dead ones.
+\v 10 So they kept the matter to themselves, but they discussed among themselves what "to rise from the dead ones" could mean.
 
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 \v 11 They asked him, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
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 \v 14 And when they came back to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them and scribes were arguing with them.
-\v 15 And immediately when they saw him, the whole crowd was amazed and ran up to him to greet him.
+\v 15 And when they saw him, the whole crowd was amazed and ran up to him to greet him.
 \v 16 He asked his disciples, "What are you arguing with them about?"
 
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-\v 17 Someone in the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you; he has a spirit that makes him unable to speak,
-\v 18 and it causes him to have convulsions and throws him down; he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out of him, but they could not."
+\v 17 Someone in the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought my son to you. He has a spirit that makes him unable to speak,
+\v 18 and it seizes him, it throws him down and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out of him, but they could not."
 \v 19 He answered them, "Unbelieving generation, how long will I have to stay with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him to me."
 
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 \v 33 And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, "What were you discussing along the way?"
 \v 34 But they were silent. For they had been arguing with one with another along the way about who was the greatest.
-\v 35 He sat down and called the Twelve together, and he said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."
+\v 35 He sat down and called the twelve together, and he said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all."
 
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 \v 36 He took a little child and placed him in their midst. He took him in his arms and said to them,
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
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 \v 45 If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life lame, than to have your two feet and be thrown into hell.
-\v 46 \f + \ft See note on verse 44. \f*
+\v 46 \f + \ft See note on verse 44 \f*
 
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 \v 47 If your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out. It is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell,

42-MRK/10.usfm

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-\v 7 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife,
+\v 7 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife,
 \q
 \v 8 and the two shall become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
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-\v 32 They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, and those who were following behind were afraid. Then Jesus took the Twelve aside again and began to tell them what would soon happen to him:
+\v 32 They were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, and those who were following behind were afraid. Then Jesus took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what would soon happen to him.
 \v 33 "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes. They will condemn him to death and deliver him to the Gentiles.
 \v 34 They will mock him, spit on him, whip him, and put him to death. But after three days he will rise."
 
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 \v 38 But Jesus replied to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup which I will drink or endure the baptism with which I will be baptized?"
-\v 39 They said to him, "We are able." Jesus said to them, "The cup that I will drink, you will drink. And the baptism with which I am baptized, you will endure.
+\v 39 They said to him, "We are able." Jesus said to them, "The cup that I will drink, you will drink. And the baptism with which I am baptized, you will be baptized with.
 \v 40 But who is to sit at my right hand or at my left hand is not mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared."
 
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 \v 51 And Jesus answered him and said, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man said, "Rabbi, I want to receive my sight."
-\v 52 And Jesus said to him, "Go. Your faith has healed you." Immediately he received his sight, and followed him on the road.
+\v 52 And Jesus said to him, "Go. Your faith has healed you." Immediately he could see again, and he followed him on the road.

42-MRK/11.usfm

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 \v 1 Now as they came to Jerusalem, they were close to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, and Jesus sent out two of his disciples
 \v 2 and said to them, "Go into the village opposite us. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it to me. 
-\v 3 And if anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this'?, you should say, 'The Lord has need of it and will immediately send it back here.' "
+\v 3 And if anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' you should say, 'The Lord has need of it and will immediately send it back here.'"
 
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 \v 4 They went away and found a colt tied at a door outside on the open street, and they untied it.
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 \v 6 They spoke to them as Jesus told them, and the people let them go their way.
 
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-\v 7 The two disciples brought the colt to Jesus and threw their garments on it so Jesus could ride it.
+\v 7 The two disciples brought the colt to Jesus and threw their cloaks on it so Jesus could ride it.
 \v 8 Many people spread their garments on the road, and others spread branches they had cut from the fields.
 \v 9 Those who went before him and those who followed shouted, 
 \q "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
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-\v 11 Then Jesus entered into Jerusalem and went into the temple and looked around at everything. Now, the time being late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
+\v 11 Then Jesus entered into Jerusalem and went into the temple and looked around at everything. Now, the time being late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.
 \v 12 The next day, when they returned from Bethany, he was hungry.
 
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 \v 24 Jesus said, "Is this not the reason you are mistaken, because you do not know the scriptures nor the power of God?
-\v 25 For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are like angels in heaven.
+\v 25 For when they rise from the dead ones, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but they are like angels in heaven.
 
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 \v 26 But concerning the dead that are raised, have you not read in The Book of Moses, in the account about the bush, how God spoke to him and said, 'I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob'?
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 \q sit at my right hand,
 \q until I make your enemies your footstool.'
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-\v 37 David himself calls the Christ 'Lord', so how is he David's son?" The great crowd gladly listened to him.
+\v 37 David himself calls him 'Lord,' so how can Messiah be David's son?" The large crowd gladly listened to him.
 
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42-MRK/13.usfm

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 \v 21 Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'Look, there he is!', do not believe it.
 \v 22 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and will give signs and wonders, so as to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
-\v 23 Be on guard! I have told you all these things ahead of time."
+\v 23 Be on guard! I have told you all these things ahead of time.
 
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42-MRK/14.usfm

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-\v 10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went away to the chief priests so that he might deliver him over to them.
+\v 10 Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests so that he might deliver him over to them.
 \v 11 When the chief priests heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. He began looking for an opportunity to deliver him to them.
 
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 \v 15 He will show you a large furnished upper room that is ready. Make the preparations for us there." 
-\v 16 The disciples left and went to the city; they found everything as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover meal.
+\v 16 The disciples left and went to the city. They found everything as he had said to them, and they prepared the Passover meal.
 
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-\v 17 When it was evening, he came with the Twelve.
+\v 17 When it was evening, he came with the twelve.
 \v 18 As they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, one of you eating with me will betray me."
 \v 19 They were all very sad, and one by one they said to him, "Surely not I?"
 
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-\v 20 Jesus answered and said to them, "It is one of the Twelve, the one now dipping bread with me in the bowl.
+\v 20 Jesus answered and said to them, "It is one of the twelve, the one now dipping bread with me in the bowl.
 \v 21 For the Son of Man will go the way that the scripture says about him. But woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for him if he had not been born."
 
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 \v 34 He said to them, "My soul is deeply sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch."
 
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-\v 35 Jesus went a little farther, fell to the ground, and he prayed, if it were possible, that this hour might pass from him.
+\v 35 Jesus went a little farther, fell to the ground, and he prayed that if it were possible, this hour might pass from him.
 \v 36 He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible with you. Remove this cup from me. But not my will, but yours."
 
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 \v 40 Again he came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy and they did not know what to say to him.
 \v 41 He came the third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Enough! The hour has come. Look! The Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of the sinners.
-\v 42 Get up, let us go. Look, the one who is betraying me is near.
+\v 42 Get up; let us go. Look, the one who is betraying me is near."
 
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-\v 43 Immediately, while he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, and a large crowd was with him with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.
+\v 43 While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived, and a large crowd was with him with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.
 \v 44 Now his betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "Whomever I kiss, he is the one. Seize him and lead him away under guard."
 \v 45 When Judas arrived, immediately he came up to Jesus, and said, "Rabbi!" And he kissed him.
 \v 46 Then they laid hands on him, and seized him.
 
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 \v 47 But one of them who stood by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his ear.
-\v 48 Jesus said to them, "Do you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me?"
-\v 49 When I was daily with you and I was teaching in the temple, you did not arrest me. But this was done that the scriptures might be fulfilled.
+\v 48 Jesus said to them, "Do you come out, as against a robber, with swords and clubs to capture me?
+\v 49 When I was daily with you and I was teaching in the temple, you did not arrest me. But this was done that the scriptures might be fulfilled."
 \v 50 And all those with Jesus left him and fled.
 
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 \v 54 Now Peter followed him from a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest. He sat among the guards, who were near a fire to keep warm.
 
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-\v 55 Now the chief priests and the whole Council were seeking testimony against Jesus so they might put him to death. But they did not find it.
+\v 55 Now the chief priests and the whole 
+Jewish council were seeking testimony against Jesus so they might put him to death. But they did not find any.
 \v 56 For many brought false testimony against him, but even their testimony did not agree.
 
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-\v 66 As Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came to him.
+\v 66 While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came to him.
 \v 67 She saw Peter as he stood by a fire to keep warm, and she looked closely at him. Then she said, "You were also with the Nazarene, Jesus."
 \v 68 But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you are talking about." Then he went out into the courtyard.
 \f + \ft Some manuscripts add, "And the rooster crowed," but the best manuscripts do not have this phrase.\f*
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 \v 71 But he began to put himself under curses and to swear, "I do not know this man you are talking about."
-\v 72 Then the rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the words that Jesus had said to him: "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.
+\v 72 The rooster immediately crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered the words that Jesus had said to him: "Before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.
 
 

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@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
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-\v 1 Early in the morning the chief priests met together with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin Council. Then they bound Jesus and led him away. They handed him over to Pilate.
+\v 1 Early in the morning the chief priests met together with the elders and scribes and the whole Jewish council. Then they bound Jesus and led him away. They handed him over to Pilate.
 \v 2 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "You say so."
 \v 3 The chief priests were presenting many charges against Jesus.
 
 \s5
-\v 4 Pilate again asked him, "Do you give no answer? See how many charges they are bringing against you?
+\v 4 Pilate again asked him, "Do you give no answer? See how many charges they are bringing against you?"
 \v 5 But Jesus no longer answered Pilate, and that amazed him.
 
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@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 \v 21 They pressed a passerby into service, one who was coming in from the country, a man named Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus); they forced him to carry Jesus' cross.
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 \p
-\v 22 The soldiers brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which interpreted means, Place of a Skull).
+\v 22 The soldiers brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which interpreted means, "Place of a Skull").
 \v 23 They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not drink it.
 \v 24 They crucified him and divided up his garments by casting lots to determine what piece each soldier would take.
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
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 \p
 \v 42 When evening had come, because it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath,
-\v 43 Joseph of Arimathea came there. He was a respected member of the Council, who was waiting  for the kingdom of God. He boldly went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
+\v 43 Joseph of Arimathea came there. He was a respected member of the council, who was waiting for the kingdom of God. He boldly went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.
 \v 44 Pilate was amazed that Jesus was already dead; he called the centurion and asked him if Jesus was dead.
 
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42-MRK/16.usfm

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
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-\v 14 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit  Mark 16:9-20. \f* Jesus later appeared to the eleven as they were reclining at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he rose from the dead.
+\v 14 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit  Mark 16:9-20. \f* Jesus later appeared to the Eleven as they were reclining at the table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who saw him after he rose from the dead ones.
 \v 15 He said to them, "Go into all the world, and preach the gospel to the entire creation.
 \v 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved, and he who does not believe will be condemned.
 

43-LUK/01.usfm

@@ -10,38 +10,38 @@
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 \v 5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a certain priest named Zechariah, from the division of Abijah. His wife was from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 
-\v 6 They were both righteous before God; they walked blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.
+\v 6 They were both righteous before God, obeying all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord. 
 \v 7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old by this time.  
 
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 \p
 \v 8 Now it came about that Zechariah was in God's presence, carrying out the priestly duties in the order of his division. 
-\v 9 According to the customary way of choosing which priest would serve, he had been chosen by lot to enter into the temple of the Lord and so he might burn incense.  
+\v 9 According to the customary way of choosing which priest would serve, he had been chosen by lot to enter into the temple of the Lord to burn incense.  
 \v 10 The whole crowd of people was praying outside at the hour when the incense was burned.  
 
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-\v 11 Now an angel of the Lord appeared to him and stood at the right side of incense altar.  
-\v 12 Zechariah was terrified when he saw him; fear fell on him.  
+\v 11 Now an angel of the Lord appeared to him and stood at the right side of the incense altar.  
+\v 12 When Zechariah saw him he was terrified and fear fell on him.  
 \v 13 But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son. You will call his name John.  
 
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 \v 14 You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. 
-\v 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He will drink no wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother's womb. 
+\v 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit from his mother's womb. 
 
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 \v 16 And many of the people of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.  
-\v 17 He will go before the face of the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah. He will do this to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, so that the disobedient will walk in the wisdom of the just. He will do this to make ready for the Lord a people who have been prepared for him."  
+\v 17 He will go before the face of the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah. He will do this to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, so that the disobedient will walk in the wisdom of the just—to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."  
 
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 \p
 \v 18 Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I know this? For I am an old man and my wife is well advanced in years."  
 \v 19 The angel answered and said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, to bring you this good news.  
-\v 20 And behold, you will be silent, unable to speak, until the day that these things come about. This is because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at the right time."
+\v 20 And behold, you will be silent, unable to speak, until the day these things h. This is because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at the right time."
 
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 \v 21 Now the people were waiting for Zechariah. They were surprised that he was spending so much time in the temple.  
 \v 22 But when he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized that he had had a vision while he was in the temple. He kept on making signs to them and remained silent.  
-\v 23 It came about that when the days of his service were over, he left to return to his house.  
+\v 23 It came about that when the days of his service were over, he went to his house.  
 
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@@ -123,12 +123,12 @@
 \v 56 Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then returned to her house. 
 \p
 \v 57 Now the time had come for Elizabeth to deliver her baby and she gave birth to a son.
-\v 58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had multiplied his mercy for her, and they rejoiced with her. 
+\v 58 Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. 
 
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 \p 
-\v 59 Now it happened on the eighth day that they came to circumcise the child. They would have called him "Zechariah," after the name of his father,  
-\v 60 but his mother answered and said, "No; he will be called John."  
+\v 59 Now it happened on the eighth day that they came to circumcise the child. They would have called him "Zechariah," after the name of his father.  	
+\v 60 But his mother answered and said, "No. He will be called John."  
 \v 61 They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name."  
 
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@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 \v 67 His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,  
 \q 
 \v 68 "Praised be the Lord, the God of Israel, 
-\q for he has helped and worked redemption for his people. 
+\q for he has come to help and he has accomplished redemption for his people. 
 
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@@ -181,11 +181,11 @@
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 \q 
 \v 78 This will happen because of the tender mercy of our God,    
-\q because of which the sunrise from on high will come to us,
+\q because of which the sunrise from on high will come to help us,
 \q 
 \v 79 to shine on them who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
 \q He will do this to guide our feet into the path of peace." 
 
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 \p 
-\v 80 Now the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his appearance to Israel.
+\v 80 Now the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

43-LUK/02.usfm

@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@
 \v 3 So everyone went to his own town to be registered for the census. 
 
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-\v 4 Joseph also departed from the city of Nazareth in Galilee and traveled to the Judean town of Bethlehem, which is known as the city of David, because he was a descendant from the family of David.  
-\v 5 He went there to register along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was expecting a child.
+\v 4 Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was a descendant from the family of David.  
+\v 5 He went there to register along with Mary, who was engaged to him and was pregnant.
 
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 \v 6 Now it came about that while they were there, the time came for her to deliver her baby.  
-\v 7 She gave birth to a son, her firstborn child, and she wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth. Then she put him in an animal feeding trough, because there was no room for them in the inn.
+\v 7 She gave birth to a son, her firstborn child, and she wrapped him in long strips of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
 
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 \p 
-\v 8 In that same region, there were shepherds who were living out in the fields and were keeping watch over their flocks of sheep at night.  
-\v 9 Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord was shining all around them, and they were very afraid.
+\v 8 There were shepherds in that region who were staying in the fields, guarding their flock at night.  
+\v 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terribly frightened.
 
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 \v 10 Then the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid, because I bring you the good news that will bring great joy to all the people.  
@@ -36,28 +36,28 @@
 \v 16 They hurried there and found Mary and Joseph, and saw the baby lying in the feeding trough.
 
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-\v 17 After they had seen this, they made known to people what had been said to them about this child.  
+\v 17 After they had seen him, they made known what had been said to them about this child.  
 \v 18 All who heard it were amazed at what was spoken to them by the shepherds.  
 \v 19 But Mary kept thinking about all the things she had heard, treasuring them in her heart.  
 \v 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for everything that they had heard and seen, just as it had been spoken to them.
 
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 \p 
-\v 21 When it was the eighth day and it was time to circumcise the baby, they named him Jesus, the name he had been given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
+\v 21 When it was the end of the eighth day, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name he had been given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.
 
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 \p 
 \v 22 When the required number of days for their purification had passed, according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary brought him up to the temple in Jerusalem to present him to the Lord.  
-\v 23 As it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male that opens the womb will be called dedicated to the Lord."  
-\v 24 They also came to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, "a pair of doves or two young pigeons."
+\v 23 As it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb will be dedicated to the Lord."  
+\v 24 So they offered a sacrifice according to what was said in the law of the Lord, "a pair of doves or two young pigeons."
 
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-\v 25  Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the comforter of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.  
-\v 26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
+\v 25  Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon and this man was righteous and devout. He was looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.  
+\v 26 It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ.
 
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-\v 27 One day he came into the temple, led by the Holy Spirit. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, to do for him what the custom of the law required,  
-\v 28 then Simeon received him into his arms, and praised God and said,  
+\v 27 Led by the Spirit, Simeon came into the temple. When the parents brought in the infant Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the law,  
+\v 28 he took him into his arms and praised God and he said,  
 \q1
 \v 29 "Now let your servant depart in peace, Lord, according to your word.
 
@@ -65,20 +65,20 @@
 \q1
 \v 30 For my eyes have seen your salvation,  
 \q1
-\v 31 which you have prepared in the sight of all peoples. 
+\v 31 which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples: 
 \q1
-\v 32 He is light for revelation to the Gentiles and glory of your people Israel."
+\v 32 A light for revelation to the Gentiles and glory to your people Israel."
 
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 \v 33 The child's father and mother were amazed at the things which were spoken concerning him.  
-\v 34 Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, "Listen carefully! This child is destined for the falling and rising of many people in Israel and for a sign which is spoken against. 
-\v 35 Also, a sword will pierce your own soul, so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." 
+\v 34 Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is appointed for the downfall and rising up of many people in Israel and for a sign that is rejected— 
+\v 35 and a sword will pierce your own soul—so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." 
 
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-\v 36 A prophetess named Anna was also there. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher.  She was very advanced in years. She had lived with her husband for seven years after her marriage,  
-\v 37 and then was a widow for eighty-four years. She never left the temple and was continually worshiping God with fasting and prayers, night and day.  
-\v 38 At that very moment, she came up to them and began thanking God. She talked about the child to everyone who had been waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
+\v 36 A prophetess named Anna was there. She was the daughter of Phanuel from the tribe of Asher.  She was very advanced in years. She had lived with her husband for seven years after her virginity,  
+\v 37 and was a widow for eighty-four years. She never left the temple but was serving with fastings and prayers, night and day.  
+\v 38 At that very hour, she came up to them and began thanking, and she spoke about the child to everyone who had been waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
 
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 \v 39 When they had finished everything they were required to do according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city, Nazareth.  

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-\v 1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,  
-\v 2 and during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah, in the wilderness. 
+\v 1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar— while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,  
+\v 2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas—the word of God came to John son of Zechariah, in the wilderness. 
 
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-\v 3 He traveled throughout the region around the Jordan River, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 
+\v 3 He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 
 
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 \v 4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, 
-\q1 "The voice of someone calling out in the wilderness,
-\q1 'Make ready the way of the Lord,
-\q1 make his paths straight.
+\q1 "A voice shouting in the wilderness,
+\q1 'You should make ready the way of the Lord,
+\q1 you should make his paths straight!
 
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-\q1 \v 5 Every valley will be filled, 
-\q1 every mountain and hill will be made level,
-\q1 the crooked roads will become straight,
-\q1 And the rough ways will be made smooth.
 \q1 
-\v 6 All people will see the salvation of God.'"
+\v 5 Every valley will be filled, 
+\q1 and every mountain and hill will be made low,
+\q1 and the crooked roads will be made straight,
+\q1 and the uneven places will be built into roads,
+\q1 
+\v 6 and all flesh will see the salvation of God.'"
 
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 \p 
-\v 7 So John said therefore to the large crowds of people who were coming out to be baptized by him, "You offspring of poisonous snakes, who warned you to flee from the wrath that is coming? 
+\v 7 So John said therefore to the large crowds of people who were coming out to be baptized by him, "You offspring of  vipers! Who warned you to run away from the wrath that is coming? 
 
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-\v 8 Produce fruits that are worthy of repentance, and do not start saying within yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' because I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham even out of these stones.
+\v 8 Therefore, produce fruits that are worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones. 
 
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-\v 9 Already the ax has been placed against the root of the trees. So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire."
+\v 9 Even now the ax is set against the root of the trees. So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire."
 
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-\v 10 Then the people in the crowds asked him, saying, "What then must we do?"  
-\v 11 He answered and said to them, "If someone has two tunics, he should give one of them to someone who does not have any and whoever has food should do likewise." 
+\v 10 Then the crowds kept asking him, saying, "What then are we to do?"  
+\v 11 He answered and said to them, "If someone has two tunics, he should share it with a person who has none, and  the one having food should do the same." 
 
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-\v 12 Then some tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what must we do?"  
-\v 13 He said to them, "Do not collect more money than you are supposed to."
+\v 12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?"  
+\v 13 He said to them, "Do not collect more money than you have been ordered to collect."
 
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 \v 14 Some soldiers also asked him, saying, "And what about us? What must we do?" He said to them, "Do not take money from anyone by force, and do not accuse anyone falsely. Be content with your wages."
@@ -52,18 +53,18 @@
 
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-\v 18 With many other exhortations also, he preached good news to the people.  
-\v 19 John also rebuked Herod the tetrarch for marrying his brother's wife, Herodias, and for all the other evil things that Herod had done. 
-\v 20 But then Herod did another very evil thing. He had John locked up in prison.
+\v 18 With many other exhortations also, John preached good news to the people.  
+\v 19 When Herod the tetrarch had been reproved for marrying his brother's wife, Herodias, and for all the other evil things that Herod had done, 
+\v 20 he added this to his crimes: he locked John up in prison.
 
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 \p 
-\v 21 Now it came about, while all the people were being baptized by John, that Jesus also was baptized. While he was praying, the heavens opened up.  
-\v 22 The Holy Spirit came down on him in bodily form like a dove, while a voice came out of heaven, "You are my beloved Son. I am very pleased with you."
+\v 21 Now it came about, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. And while he was praying, the heavens opened,  
+\v 22 and the Holy Spirit in bodily form came down on him like a dove, and a voice came from heaven, "You are my Son, whom I love. I am pleased with you."
 
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 \p 
-\v 23 Now Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years of age. He was the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, 
+\v 23 When Jesus began his ministry, he was about thirty years of age. He was the son (as it was assumed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, 
 \v 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,  
 
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 \v 1 Then Jesus, being full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River, and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 
-\v 2 for forty days and was tempted there by the devil. During those days, he did not eat anything, and at the end of that time he was hungry.
+\v 2 where for forty days he was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of that time he was hungry.
  
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 \v 3 The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." 
-\v 4 Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man shall not live on bread alone.'"
+\v 4 Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man does not live on bread alone.'"
 
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-\v 5 Then the devil led him up to a high place, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 
-\v 6 The devil said to him, "I will give to you the authority to rule all of these kingdoms, along with all their splendor. I can do this because they have been given to me to rule over, and I can give them to anyone I want to. 
-\v 7 Therefore if you will bow down before me and worship me, all of this will be yours."
+\v 5 Then the devil was leading Jesus up to a high place and he showed him all the kingdoms of the world in an instant of time. 
+\v 6 The devil said to him, "I will give to you all this authority—along with their splendor—because they have been handed over to me to rule over, and to anyone I give it to. 
+\v 7 So then, if you will bow down and worship me, it will be yours."
 
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-\v 8 But Jesus answered and said to him, "It is written, 'You must worship the Lord your God, and you must serve him only.'"
+\v 8 But Jesus answered and said to him, "It is written, 'You will worship the Lord your God, and you will serve only him.'"
 
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-\v 9 Next the devil led Jesus to Jerusalem and put him on the very highest point of the temple building, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here. 
+\v 9 Then the devil led Jesus to Jerusalem and put him on the very highest point of the temple building, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here. 
 \v 10 For it is written,  
-\q1 'He will command his angels to take care of you, to protect you,' 
-\q1 \v 11 and, 'They will lift you up in their hands,
-\q1 so that you will not hit your foot against a stone'."
+\q1 'He will give orders to his angels regarding you, to protect you,' 
+\q1 
+\v 11 and, 'They will lift you up in their hands,
+\q1 so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'"
 
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 \p 
-\v 12 Jesus answering said to him, "It is said, 'You must not test the Lord your God.'" 
+\v 12 Jesus answering said to him, "It is said, 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'" 
 \p 
-\v 13 When the devil had finished tempting Jesus, he went away and left him until another time.
+\v 13 When the devil had finished testing Jesus, he went away and left him until another time.
 
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 \p 
-\v 14 Then Jesus returned to Galilee with the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread throughout the entire surrounding region. 
-\v 15 He taught in their synagogues, and everyone praised him.
+\v 14 Then Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread throughout the entire surrounding region. 
+\v 15 And he began to teach in their synagogues and he was praised by all.
 
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 \p 
-\v 16 One day he came to Nazareth, the city where he had been brought up. As was his custom, he entered the synagogue there on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read the scriptures. 
-\v 17 The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him, so he opened the scroll and found the place where it was written,
+\v 16 He came into Nazareth, the city where he had been raised, and as was his custom, he entered the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was the custom, and he stood up to read aloud. 
+\v 17 The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the scroll and found the place where it was written,
 
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 \q1 \v 18 "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
-\q1 because he anointed me to preach good news to the poor.
+\q1 because he anointed me to tell good news to the poor.
 \q1 He has sent me to proclaim freedom to the captives,
 \q1 and recovery of sight to the blind,
 \q1 to set free those who are oppressed,
-\q1 \v 19 to proclaim the favorable year of the Lord."
+\q1 \v 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor."
 
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 \p 
-\v 20 Then he closed the scroll, gave it back to the synagogue attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all the people in the synagogue were fixed on him. 
+\v 20 Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the  attendant and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. 
 \v 21 He began to speak to them, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." 
-\v 22 Everyone there witnessed what he said and all of them were amazed at the gracious words which were coming out of his mouth. They were saying, "This is only Joseph's son, is it not?"
+\v 22 Everyone there witnessed what he said and all of them were amazed at the gracious words which were coming out of his mouth. They were saying, "This is Joseph's son, is it not?"
 
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-\v 23 Jesus said to them, "Certainly you will say this proverb to me, 'Doctor, heal yourself. Whatever we heard that you did in Capernaum, do it here in your hometown too.'"
-\v 24 He also said, "Truly I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country.
+\v 23 He said to them, "Surely you will say this proverb to me, 'Doctor, heal yourself. Whatever we heard that you did in Capernaum, do the same in your hometown.'"
+\v 24 But he said, "Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcomed in his own hometown.
 
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-\v 25 But I say to you in truth that there were many widows in Israel during Elijah's time, when the sky was shut up with no rain for three and a half years, when there was a great famine over all the land. 
-\v 26 But Elijah was not sent to any of them, but only to a widow living in Zarephath near the city of Sidon. 
-\v 27 There were also many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet, but none of them were healed except Naaman the Syrian." 
+\v 25 But in truth I tell you that there were many widows in Israel during the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, and a great famine came upon all the land. 
+\v 26 But Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath in Sidon, to a widow living there. 
+\v 27 And there were many lepers in Israel during the time of Elisha the prophet, but none of them were healed except Naaman the Syrian."  
 
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 \v 28 All the people in the synagogue were filled with rage when they heard these things.
-\v 29 They got up and forced him out of the city, and led him to the edge of the hill on which their city was built, so that they might throw him over the cliff. 
-\v 30 But he walked right through the midst of them and went on his way.
+\v 29 They got up, forced him out of the city, and led him to the cliff of the hill on which their city was built, so they might throw him off the cliff. 
+\v 30 But he passed through the middle of them and he went to another place.
 
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 \p 
-\v 31 Then he went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee. One Sabbath he was teaching the people in the synagogue. 
+\v 31 Then he went down to Capernaum, a city in Galilee, and he began to teach them on the Sabbath. 
 \v 32 They were astonished at his teaching, because he spoke with authority. 
 
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-\v 33 Now in the synagogue that day there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 
-\v 34 "What do we have to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are! You are the Holy One of God!"
+\v 33 Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 
+\v 34 "Ah! What do we have to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!"
         
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-\v 35 Jesus rebuked the demon, saying, "Be quiet and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown the man down in the middle of them, he came out of him without causing him any harm. 
-\v 36 All the people were very amazed, and they kept talking about it with one with another. They said, "What kind of words are these? He commands the unclean spirits with authority and power and they come out." 
+\v 35 Jesus rebuked the demon, saying, "Do not speak and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown the man down in the middle of them, he came out of him, and did not harm him in any way. 
+\v 36 All the people were very amazed, and they kept talking about it with one another. They said, "What kind of words are these? He commands the unclean spirits with authority and power and they come out." 
 \v 37 So news about him began to spread into every part of the surrounding region.
 
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-\v 1 It happened soon afterwards that Jesus began traveling around to different cities and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the Twelve went with him,
+\v 1 It happened soon afterwards that Jesus began traveling around to different cities and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the twelve went with him,
 \v 2 as well as certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases. They were Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had been driven out,
 \v 3 Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's manager, Susanna, and many other women, who provided for them from their own material resources.
 

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-\v 1 He called the Twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all the demons and to cure diseases.
+\v 1 He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all the demons and to cure diseases.
 \v 2 He sent them out to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
 
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-\v 7 Now Herod, the tetrarch, heard about all that was happening and he was very disturbed, because it was said by some that John the Baptist had risen from the dead,
+\v 7 Now Herod, the tetrarch, heard about all that was happening and he was very disturbed, because it was said by some that John the Baptist had risen from the dead ones,
 \v 8 and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the ancient prophets had risen to life again.
 \v 9 Herod said, "I beheaded John, but who is this about whom I hear such things?" And Herod  tried to find a way to see Jesus.
 
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 \v 11 But the crowds heard about this and followed him, and he welcomed them, and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and he cured those who had need of healing.
 
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-\v 12 The day began to come to an end, and the Twelve came to him and said, "Dismiss the crowds that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and food, because we are here in a deserted place."
+\v 12 The day began to come to an end, and the twelve came to him and said, "Dismiss the crowds that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and food, because we are here in a deserted place."
 \v 13 But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more than five loaves of bread and two fish, unless we went and bought food for all this crowd of people."
 \v 14 There were about five thousand men there. He said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each."
 

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 \v 8 Whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat what is set before you,
-\v 9 and heal the sick that are there. Say to them, 'The kingdom of God has drawn near to you.'
+\v 9 and heal the sick that are there. Say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come close to you.'
 
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 \v 10 But into whatever city you enter, and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say,
-\v 11 'Even the dust from your city that clings to our feet we wipe off against you! But know this, that the kingdom of God has drawn near.' 
+\v 11 'Even the dust from your city that clings to our feet we wipe off against you! But know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.' 
 \v 12 I say to you that on the judgment day it will be more tolerable for Sodom than for that city.
 
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-\v 21 At that same time he rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I praise you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you concealed these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to those who are untaught, like little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well pleasing in your sight."
+\v 21 At that same time he rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you concealed these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to those who are untaught, like little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well pleasing in your sight."
 
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 \v 22 "All things have been entrusted to me from my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son desires to reveal him."
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 \v 25 Behold, a certain teacher of the Jewish laws stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?"
 \v 26 Jesus said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"
-\v 27 Answering, he said, "You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself."
+\v 27 Answering, he said, "You will love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself."
 \v 28 Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."
 
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-\q 'Father, holy be your name.  
-\q2 Your kingdom come. 
+\q 'Father, may your name be sanctified.  
+\q2 May your kingdom come. 
 
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 \v 28 There will be crying and the grinding of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and all the prophets in God's kingdom, but you—you were thrown outside.
-\v 29 They will arrive from the east, west, north, and south, and relax at the dinner table in the kingdom of God. 
+\v 29 They will arrive from the east, west, north, and south, and recline in the kingdom of God. 
 \v 30 And know this, the last are the first, and the first will be last."
 
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 \v 24 For my son was dead, and now he is alive. He was lost, and now he is found.' And they began to have a feast.
 
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-\v 25 Now his elder son was out in the field. As he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
+\v 25 Now his elder son was out in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing.
 \v 26 He called to one of the servants and asked what these things might be.
 \v 27 The servant said to him, 'Your brother has come home and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has returned safely.'
 

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 \v 23 and in hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus against his chest.
 
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-\v 24 And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'
+\v 24 So he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'
 
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 \v 25 But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things. But now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.
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 \v 29 But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them listen to them.'
-\v 30 The rich man replied, 'No, Father Abraham, but if someone would go to them from the dead, they will repent.'
-\v 31 But Abraham said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.'"
+\v 30 The rich man replied, 'No, Father Abraham, but if someone would go to them from the dead ones, they will repent.'
+\v 31 But Abraham said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone rises from the dead ones.'"
 
 
 

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 \v 5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."
-\v 6 The Lord said, "If you had faith as a mustard seed, you would say to this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
+\v 6 The Lord said, "If you had faith as a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
 
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-\v 31 After he gathered the Twelve to himself, he said to them, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that have been written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.
+\v 31 After he gathered the twelve to himself, he said to them, "See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that have been written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished.
 \v 32 For he will be given over to the Gentiles, and will be mocked, and shamefully treated, and spit upon.
 \v 33 After whipping him, they will kill him and on the third day he will rise again."
 
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-\v 35 It came about that, as Jesus drew near to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting by the road begging,
+\v 35 It came about that, as Jesus approached Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting by the road begging,
 \v 36 and hearing a crowd going by, he asked what was happening.
 \v 37 They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.