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 \v 9 The woman said to him, "I am surprised that you, a Jew, are asking me, a woman from Samaria, for a drink." (She was surprised that he spoke to her because it was common practice for Jews to have nothing to do with people from Samaria.)
-\v 10 Jesus replied to her, "If you had known the gift that God wants to give you and if you had known who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked me for a drink, and I would have given you living water."
+\v 10 Jesus replied to her, "If you had known the gift that God wants to give you and if you had known who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked me for a drink and I would have given you living water."
 
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 \v 11 "Sir, you do not have a bucket or a rope with which to draw the water up out of the well, and this well is deep. Where would you get this living water?
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 \v 17 The woman answered him, "I do not have a husband." Jesus said to her, "You are right in saying that you have no husband,
-\v 18 because you have had not one, but five, husbands, and the man you are living with now is not your husband. What you have said about not having a husband is true."
+\v 18 because you have had not one but five husbands, and the man you are living with now is not your husband. What you have said about not having a husband is true."
 
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 \v 25 The woman said to him, "I know that the Messiah is coming (the one called Christ). When he comes, he will explain everything to us."
-\v 26 Jesus said to her, "I, who am speaking to you now, I am he!"
+\v 26 Jesus said to her, "I, who am speaking to you now, am he!"
 
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-\v 27 Just then, the disciples came back from town. They were amazed that Jesus was talking with a woman who was not a member of his family. (That was against the Jewish custom.) Nevertheless, no one was brave enough to ask him, "What were you doing talking to a woman by yourself?" or "Why are you talking with her at all?"
+\v 27 Just then, the disciples came back from town. They were amazed that Jesus was talking with a woman who was not a member of his family. (That was against Jewish custom.) Nevertheless, no one was brave enough to ask him, "What were you doing talking to a woman by yourself?" or "Why are you talking with her at all?"
 
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 \v 36 The one who believes this and is ready to work in this kind of harvest is already receiving his payment and is gathering much fruit for eternal life. Those who sow the seed and those who reap the harvest will be glad together.
 
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-\v 37 This statement is true: One person plants the seeds, and another person harvests the crops.
+\v 37 This statement is true: One person plants the seeds and another person harvests the crops.
 \v 38 I sent you to gather the harvest from a crop you did not plant. Others have worked very hard, but you are now joining in their work."
 
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 \v 52 He asked them, "At what time did my son begin to improve?" They said to him, "His fever ceased yesterday afternoon at one o'clock."
 
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-\v 53 Then the boy's father realized that this was the time Jesus told him, "Your son lives." So he trusted in Jesus, along with everyone who lived in his house.
+\v 53 Then the boy's father realized that this was the time Jesus told him, "Your son will live." So he trusted in Jesus, along with everyone who lived in his house.
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 \v 54 That was the second time Jesus did something to prove to people who he was. He did it during the time that he came to the region of Galilee, having traveled there from Judea.
 
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 \v 1 Then the time came for another Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem for it.
-\v 2 There is in Jerusalem beside one of the gates going into the city, a place called the Sheep Gate. At that gate there is a pool called Bethesda (as it said in Aramaic). Next to the pool are five roofed porches or colonnades.
-\v 3-4 There was a great number of people there who were sick, blind, and could not walk. Many people who could not walk were lying on the porch.
+\v 2 There is in Jerusalem, beside one of the gates going into the city, a place called the Sheep Gate. At that gate there is a pool called Bethesda (as it said in Aramaic). Next to the pool are five roofed porches or colonnades.
+\v 3-4 A great number of people were there who were sick, blind, and could not walk. Many people who could not walk were lying on the porch.
 
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 \v 5 One man who could not walk had been there for thirty-eight years.
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-\v 25 I am telling you the truth: A time is coming when those who have died will hear my voice, that of me, the Son of God, and those who hear me will live.
+\v 25 I am telling you the truth: A time is coming when those who have died will hear my voice—the voice of me, the Son of God—and those who hear me will live.
 
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 \v 26 For as the Father is able to cause people to live, in the same way he has given power to me, the Son, to cause them to live.
 \v 27 The Father has given me authority to do whatever he knows is just, because I am the Son of Man.
 
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-\v 28 Do not be surprised at this because there will be a time when all people who have died will hear me call,
+\v 28 Do not be surprised at this, because there will be a time when all people who have died will hear me call,
 \v 29 and they will come out of their graves. God will raise to everlasting life those who have done good. But those who have done evil—God will raise them up, but only to condemn them and punish them forever.
 
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 \v 43 I have come with my Father's authority, but still you do not welcome me or trust me. If someone else came with his own authority, you would listen to him.
-\v 44 How can you trust in me when you work so hard for others among yourselves to honor you? Yet all the while, you refuse to seek the true honor that comes from the one and only God.
+\v 44 How can you trust in me when you work so hard for others among yourselves to honor you? Yet all the while you refuse to seek the true honor that comes from the one and only God.
 
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-\v 1 Jesus went across the lake to the other side. The name of the lake was the "Sea of Galilee" to some people; other people called it the "Sea of Tiberias."
+\v 1 Jesus went across the lake to the other side. The name of the lake was the 'Sea of Galilee' to some people; other people called it the 'Sea of Tiberias.'
 \v 2 A large crowd followed him because they had seen the wonders he had done in healing people who were very sick.
 \v 3 Jesus went up on a steep hillside and sat down with his disciples.
 
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 \v 10 The place where the people were all coming together had a lot of grass. So Jesus said, "Tell the people to sit down." So all of the people sat down, and after the disciples counted the crowd, they found that there were about five thousand people.
-\v 11 Then Jesus took the small loaves of bread and the fish, and he thanked God for them. Then he passed the bread and the fish among all who were sitting on the ground. The people ate all the fish and bread they wanted.
+\v 11 Then Jesus took the small loaves of bread and the fish and he thanked God for them. Then he passed the bread and the fish among all who were sitting on the ground. The people ate all the fish and bread they wanted.
 \v 12 When everyone had finished eating, he said to the disciples, "Gather up all the pieces of barley bread that the people did not eat. Do not let anything go to waste."
 
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 \v 22 The next day the crowd of people that had stayed on the other side of the lake realized that there had been only one boat there the day before. They also knew that Jesus had not gone in the boat with his disciples.
-\v 23 Some men came across the lake from the city of Tiberias in other boats they had. They put their boats near the place where the people had eaten the bread, that bread for which the Lord had given thanks to God.
+\v 23 Some men came across the lake from the city of Tiberias in other boats they had. They put their boats near the place where the people had eaten the bread for which the Lord had given thanks to God.
 
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 \v 24 When the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, some of them got into those boats and sailed to Capernaum to find Jesus.
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 \v 38 I came down from heaven not to do what I want, but to do the will of him who sent me.
 \v 39 This is what the one who sent me wants, that I lose none of those whom he has given me, and that I raise all of them up on the last day.
-\v 40 For this is what my Father wants, that everyone who looks in faith on me, the Son, and who trust in me, will have everlasting life. I will raise them up on the last day."
+\v 40 For this is what my Father wants, that everyone who looks in faith on me, the Son, and who trust in me will have everlasting life. I will raise them up on the last day."
 
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 \v 57 My Father, who makes everyone alive, has sent me, and I live because my Father has made me able to. In the same way, those who feed on me will live forever because of what I will do for them.
-\v 58 I am the true bread that comes down from heaven. Anyone who eats me—this bread—will never die, but will live forever! What I do is not like what happened to your ancestors because they ate the manna and then died."
+\v 58 I am the true bread that comes down from heaven. Anyone who eats me—this bread—will never die, but will live forever! What I do is not like what happened to your ancestors, because they ate the manna and then died."
 \v 59 Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in the city of Capernaum.
 
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