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-\v 26 And he said, "The kingdom of God is like a man who sows his seed on the ground.
+\v 26 He also said, "The kingdom of God is like a man who sows his seed on the ground.
 \v 27 He sleeps at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how.
 \v 28 The earth bears grain by itself: first the blade, then the ear, then the mature grain in the ear.
-\v 29 And when the grain is ripe he immediately sends out the sickle, because the harvest has come."
+\v 29 When the grain is ripe he immediately sends out the sickle, because the harvest has come."
 
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-\v 30 And he said, "To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to explain it?
+\v 30 Again he said, "To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to explain it?
 \v 31 It is like a mustard seed which, when it is sown, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth.
 \v 32 Yet, when it is sown, it grows and becomes greater than all the garden plants, and it forms large branches, so that the birds of heaven can make their nests in its shade."
 
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 \v 35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, "Let us go over to the other side."
-\v 36 So they left the crowd, taking Jesus with them, since he was already in the boat. Other boats were also with him.
-\v 37 And a violent windstorm arose and the waves were breaking into the boat so that the boat was already full.
+\v 36 So they left the crowd, taking Jesus with them, just as he was, in the boat. There were other boats going along with him. 
+\v 37 Just then a violent windstorm arose and the waves were breaking into the boat so that the boat was almost full of water.
 
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 \v 38 But Jesus himself was in the stern, asleep on a cushion. They woke him up, saying, "Teacher, do you not care that we are about to die?"
-\v 39 And, woken up, he rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Peace, be still." And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
+\v 39 He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" Then the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
 
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-\v 40 And he said to them, "Why are you afraid? Do you still not have faith?"
+\v 40 Then he said to them, "Why are you afraid? Do you still not have faith?"
 \v 41 They were filled with great fear and said to one another, "Who then is this, because even the wind and the sea obey him?"