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13-1CH/09.usfm

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 \p Many of the people of Judah were captured and forced to go to Babylon. That happened because of the sins they had committed.
 \v 2 The first people who returned to Judah many years later and lived in their own land and in their own cities and towns were some Israelite priests, other descendants of Levi, and men who worked in the temple.
 \p
-\v 3 Other people from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh also returned to Judah and lived in Jerusalem. This is a list of those people of the tribe of Judah:
+\v 3 Other people from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh also returned to Judah and lived in Jerusalem. What follows is a list of those people of the tribe of Judah.
 
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-\v 4 Uthai son of Ammihud; Ammihud son of Omri; Omri son of Imri; Imri son of Bani; Bani was a descendant of Perez; Perez son of Judah.
+\v 4 The tribe of Judah: Uthai son of Ammihud; Ammihud son of Omri; Omri son of Imri; Imri son of Bani; Bani was a descendant of Perez; Perez son of Judah.
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 \v 5 Asaiah and his sons were descendants of Shelah. Asaiah was the oldest son in his family.
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13-1CH/23.usfm

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 \v 5 I want four thousand to be guards at the gates, and four thousand to praise Yahweh, using the musical instruments that I have provided for them."
 \p
 \v 6 David divided the descendants of Levi into three groups; each group consisted of men who were descendants of one of the three sons of Levi–Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
-\s2 The descendants of Gershon
+\s2 The descendants of Gershon are listed next.
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-\v 7 From the descendants of Gershon there were Ladan and Shimei.
+\v 7 The descendants of Gershon were Ladan and Shimei.
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 \v 8 There were three sons of Ladan: Jehiel was the oldest, and his younger brothers Zetham and Joel.
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@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
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 \v 11 Jahath, who was his oldest son, and his younger brothers Ziza, Jeush, and Beriah.
 \li2 Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were counted as though they were one family.
-\s2 The descendants of Kohath
+\s2 The descendants of Kohath are listed next.
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 \v 13 There were two sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses.
 \li2 Aaron and his descendants were set apart to dedicate to Yahweh the very holy things, to offer sacrifices to Yahweh, to serve in his presence, and to declare to the people what Yahweh would do to bless them. They were to do those things forever.
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-\v 14 The sons of Moses, the man who served God well, were counted as part of the tribe of Levi.
+\v 14 The sons of Moses, the man who served God well, were counted as part of the tribe of Levi. They are listed next.
 
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@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
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 \v 20 Uzziel had two sons.
 \li2 Micah was the oldest son, and his younger brother was Isshiah.
-\s2 The descendants of Merari
+\s2 The descendants of Merari are listed next.
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18-JOB/27.usfm

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 \q2 He has caused me to feel bitter.
 \q2 But just as surely as he lives,
 \q1
-\v 3 as long as God's Spirit enables me to breathe,
+\v 3 I will say this as long as God's Spirit enables me to breathe!
 
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-\v 4 I will not lie;
+\v 4 I will not lie!
 \q2 I will not say anything to deceive anyone.
 \q1
 \v 5 I will never admit that what you three have said is true;

18-JOB/28.usfm

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 \q2 he can see everything that is below the sky.
 \q1
 \v 25 He decided how strongly the winds should blow,
-\q2 and how much rain should be in the clouds,
+\q2 and how much rain should be in the clouds.
 
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18-JOB/31.usfm

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 \q2 I have taken care of them since they were young.
 \q1 So if it is true that I ate all my food myself and did not share some of it with orphans,
 \q2 or that I refused to give poor people the things that they wanted,
-\q2 or that I caused widows to live in despair,
+\q2 or that I caused widows to live in despair, then you do to me whatever you must do to me.
 
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-\v 19 or that I had seen people die from cold because they had no clothes,
+\v 19 If I had seen people die from cold because they had no clothes,
 \q2 or that I had seen poor people who did not have clothes to keep them warm,
 \q1
 \v 20 and they were not able to become warm from clothes made from the wool of my sheep
 \q2 and they thanked me for it,
 \q1
 \v 21 or if it is true that I threatened to strike any orphan
-\q2 because I knew that the elders at the city gates would approve of me;
+\q2 because I knew that the elders at the city gates would approve of me, then do to me whatever you must do to me.
 
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-\v 22 if those things were true about me, I hope that my shoulder blade would be torn out
+\v 22 For if those things were true about me, I hope that my shoulder blade would be torn out
 \q2 and my arm be torn from my shoulder.
 \q1
 \v 23 I always feared that God would cause me to experience a great disaster if I did any of those evil things,
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 \v 29-30 It is not true that I sinned by requesting God to curse people who hated me
-\q2 and to cause them to die;
-\q1 or that I was glad when they were ruined
-\q2 and rejoiced when they experienced disasters;
+\q2 and to cause them to die because I was angry with them.
+\q1 It is not true that I was glad when they were ruined
+\q2 or that I rejoiced when they experienced disasters. No!
 
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-\v 31-32 or that I never welcomed travelers to stay in my house 
-\q2 and did not open my doors to them, but forced them to sleep in the streets.
+\v 31-32 No one can truthfully that I did not welcome travelers to stay in my house, 
+\q2 or that I did not open my doors to them, but that I forced them to sleep in the streets!
 \q2 All the men who work for me certainly know that I have given food to anyone who needed it!
 
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19-PSA/018.usfm

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 \v 46 Yahweh is alive! Praise the one who is like a huge rock on top of which I am safe! Exalt the God who saves me!
 \q1
-\v 47 He enables me to get revenge on my enemies; he causes me to defeat nations and to rule over them,
+\v 47 He enables me to get revenge on my enemies; he causes me to defeat nations and to rule over them.
 
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-\v 48 and he rescues me from my enemies. He has lifted me up high so that violent men could not reach me and harm me.
+\v 48 it is Yahweh who rescues me from my enemies. He has lifted me up high so that violent men could not reach me and harm me.
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 \v 49 So I praise him, and I tell the nations the great things that he has done.
 

19-PSA/049.usfm

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 \q2 so that he can live forever!
 \q1 No one can pay God enough so that God will allow him to continue to live
 \q1
-\v 8 because that cost is too big,
-\q2 and he will never be able to pay enough
+\v 8 because that cost is too much,
+\q2 and he will never be able to pay enough.
 
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-\v 9 so that he will live forever
+\v 9 No one can pay God enough money so that he will live forever
 \q2 and never die and be buried!
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19-PSA/083.usfm

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 \q2 so that no one will remember that Israel ever existed!"
 \q1
 \v 5 They have agreed on what they want to do to destroy Israel,
-\q2 and they have agreed to attack you together—
+\q2 and they have agreed to attack you together.
 
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-\v 6 the people who live in the tents of Edom— 
+\v 6 Your enemies are the people who live in the tents of Edom— 
 \q2 the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, they conspire together with 
 \v 7 the people of Gebal, and the Ammonites, and the Amalekites,
 \q2 and the Philistines, and the people of the city of Tyre.

19-PSA/122.usfm

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 \q1 "I pray that those who love Jerusalem will succeed in life.
 \q1
 \v 7 I pray that there may be peace inside the walls of the city
-\q2 and that people who are inside the palaces may be safe"
+\q2 and that people who are inside the palaces may be safe."
 
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20-PRO/06.usfm

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-\v 16 There are six, even seven, things that Yahweh hates. They are:
+\v 16 There are six, even seven, things that Yahweh hates. 
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-\v 17 The eyes of the proud, the tongue that tells lies,
+\v 17 Yahweh hates the eyes of the proud, the tongue that tells lies,
 \q the hands that shed the blood of the innocent,
 \v 18 a heart that plots and makes plans to do evil things to others,
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20-PRO/08.usfm

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 \v 24 I was born before the oceans were created,
 \q2 when there were no springs from which water flowed.
 \q1
-\v 25 I was born before the hills and mountains were set in place;
+\v 25 I was born before the hills and mountains were set in place.
 
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-\v 26 I am Wisdom, and I was born before Yahweh made the earth,
+\v 26 I am Wisdom and I was born before Yahweh made the earth,
 \q2 before he made the tiny particles of dust in the earth, I was there.
 \q1
 \v 27 I was there when Yahweh put the heavens where they are,

20-PRO/27.usfm

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 \q2 and when you have a problem and you need help, 
 \q2 do not go to your brother's home.
 \q2 When there is trouble, a neighbor who lives close by 
-\q2 is better than a brother who lives far away
+\q2 is better than a brother who lives far away.
 
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23-ISA/58.usfm

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 \q2 The Sabbath days are my holy days.
 \q2 Honor me, Yahweh, in everything that you do on the Sabbath days.
 \q1 Do not talk about and do things to please yourselves.
-\q2 If you do all the things that I have just now told you to do,
+\q2 If you do all the things that I have just now told you to do; listen, and I will tell you what I will do for you.
 
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24-JER/09.usfm

@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ I will enable their enemies to strike them with swords until I have destroyed th
 \v 20 You women, listen to what Yahweh says.
 \q Pay attention to his words.
 \q Teach your daughters to wail.
-\q Teach each other how to sing funeral songs,
+\q Teach each other how to sing funeral songs.
 
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-\v 21 because people will be dying in your houses and in palaces.
+\v 21 You must learn to sing funeral songs because people will be dying in your houses and in palaces.
 \q There will be no more children playing in the streets,
 \q there will be no more young men gathering in the city squares.
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24-JER/25.usfm

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 \v 19 In the vision Egypt had to drink some of the wine, including the king and his officials and many of his people,
 \v 20 and foreigners who were living there. In the vision the land of Uz and the cities and kings of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and Ashdod had to drink some of the wine.
-\v 21 Then in the vision the kings of Edom, Moab, and Ammon,
+\v 21 Then the vision about the kings of Edom, Moab, and Ammon began.
 
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-\v 22 and the kings of the cities of Tyre and Sidon across the Mediterranean Sea, had to drink some of the wine.
-\v 23 In the vision the religious leaders of the cities of Dedan, Tema, and Buz, which were cities in Arabia, and other distant places, had to dring some of the wine.
+\v 22 Then there were more visions about the kings of the cities of Tyre and Sidon across the Mediterranean Sea, about the kings who had to drink some of the wine.
+\v 23 In the vision the religious leaders of the cities of Dedan, Tema, and Buz, which were cities in Arabia and other distant places, they had to drink some of the wine.
 
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 \v 24 In the vision other places in Arabia and the kings of tribes in the desert

24-JER/29.usfm

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 \v 1-2 After King Jehoiachin, his mother, his palace officials, other officials in Judah and Jerusalem, and all the various kinds of craftsmen had been exiled to Babylon, Jeremiah wrote a letter to the elders, the priests, the prophets and all the other people who had been taken from Jerusalem to Babylon by soldiers of Nebuchadnezzar.
-\v 3 He gave the letter to Elasah son of Shaphan, and to Gemariah son of Hilkiah, when they were about to go to Babylon to be ambassadors from King Zedekiah to King Nebuchadnezzar. This is what Jeremiah wrote in the letter:
+\v 3 He gave the letter to Elasah son of Shaphan, and to Gemariah son of Hilkiah, when they were about to go to Babylon to be ambassadors from King Zedekiah to King Nebuchadnezzar. This is the letter that Jeremiah wrote, the message that Yahweh gave him.
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24-JER/38.usfm

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 \v 20 Jeremiah replied, "If you obey Yahweh by doing what I tell you to do, they will not put you into the hands of our people. Things will go well for you, and you will remain alive.
-\v 21 But if you refuse to surrender, this is what Yahweh has revealed to me:
+\v 21 But if you refuse to surrender, I will tell you what Yahweh has revealed to me.
 
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 \v 22 All the women who remain in your palace will be brought out and given to the officers of the king of Babylon. Then those women will say to you:

24-JER/39.usfm

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 \v 15 But while Jeremiah was still being guarded in the palace courtyard, Yahweh gave him this message:
-\v 16 "Say this to Ebed Melech, the official from Ethiopia: 'This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says: I will do to this city everything that I said that I would do. I will not enable the people to prosper; I will cause them to experience disasters. You will see Jerusalem being destroyed,
+\v 16 "Say this to Ebed Melech, the official from Ethiopia: 'This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says: I will do to this city everything that I said that I would do. Everthing I told you would be done, and you will see it with your own eyes. 
 
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-\v 17 but I will rescue you from the people whom you are afraid of. This is what I, Yahweh, have promised to you!
-\v 18 You trusted me, so I will save you. You will not be killed by our enemies' swords; you will remain alive. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.'"
+\v 17 But I promise to rescue you from the people you are afraid of. This is what I, Yahweh, have promised to you!
+\v 18 You trusted me, so I will save you. You will not be killed by our enemies' swords. You will live. That will surely happen, because I, Yahweh, have said it.'"
 
 
 

24-JER/42.usfm

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 \v 13 But if you refuse to obey Yahweh our God, and if you say 'We will not stay here;
-\v 14 instead, we will go to Egypt. There we will not experience any wars, we will not hear trumpets signaling our soldiers to prepare for battles, and we will not be hungry,'
+\v 14 instead, we will go to Egypt. There we will not experience any wars, we will not hear trumpets signaling our soldiers to prepare for battles, and we will not be hungry.'
 
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-\v 15 then listen, you people who are left in Judah, to what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says to you: 'If you are determined to go to Egypt, and if you go and live there,
+\v 15 Listen now! you people who are left in Judah! Listen to what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says to you: 'If you are determined to go to Egypt, and if you go and live there,
 \v 16 you will experience those wars and famines that you are afraid of, and you will all die there.
 \v 17 That is what will happen to all you who are determined to go to Egypt and live there. Some of you will be killed by the swords of your enemies, and others of you will die from famines and from diseases. None of you will escape the disasters that I will bring on you.'
 

25-LAM/03.usfm

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 \q2 when I feel very depressed.
 \q1
 \v 21 However, I confidently expect Yahweh to do good things for me again,
-\q2 and I think about this:
+\q2 and this I know is true. 
 
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-\v 22 Yahweh never stops faithfully loving us, so we are not completely dead.
+\v 22 Yahweh never stops faithfully loving us, and because of his love, we are not destroyed.
 \q2 He never stops acting kindly toward us.
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 \v 23 Every morning he acts mercifully toward us again.

26-EZK/41.usfm

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 \v 8 I saw that there was a terrace around the temple. The terrace was the foundation for those side rooms; it was about 3.2 meters high.
-\v 9 The outer wall of those side rooms was about 2.7 meters thick. All around the sanctuary there was an open area between those side rooms
+\v 9 The outer wall of those side rooms was about 2.7 meters thick. All around the sanctuary there was an open area between those side rooms.
 
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-\v 10 and the priests' rooms surrounding the courtyard; there was a distance of about eleven meters between the two sets of side rooms all around the sanctuary.
+\v 10 The open areas were near the priests' rooms that were surrounding the courtyard; there was a distance of about eleven meters between the two sets of side rooms all around the sanctuary.
 \v 11 There were two doors from those side rooms into another open area; one faced north and one faced south. This open area was about 2.7 meters wide.
 
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35-HAB/03.usfm

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 \q1 and even if there are no olives growing on the olive trees,
 \q2 and there are no crops in the fields,
 \q1 and even if the flocks of sheep and goats die in the fields,
-\q2 and there are no cattle in the stalls,
+\q2 and there are no cattle in the stalls, this is what I will do.
 
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41-MAT/18.usfm

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 \v 10 "Be sure not to look down on even one of these children. I tell you truly that the angels who protect them can always go to my Father and report to him if you mistreat the children.
-\v 11 \f + The best ancient copies omit the phrase that appears as v. 11. \fqa For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.\f*
+\v 11 \f + \ft The best ancient copies omit the phrase that appears as v. 11. \fqa For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.\f*
 
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 \v 12 What do you think you would do in the following situation? If you had one hundred sheep and one of them got lost, you would surely leave the ninety-nine sheep that were on the hillside and go and search for the lost one, would you not?

42-MRK/03.usfm

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 \v 13 Jesus went up into the hills. As he went, he called out to those that he wanted to go with him and they went with him.
 \v 14 He appointed twelve men to be with him and for him to send them out to preach. He called them apostles.
 \v 15 He also gave them power in order that they might force evil spirits to come out from people.
-\v 16 These were the twelve men he appointed: Simon, to whom he gave the new name Peter; 
+\v 16 These were the twelve men he appointed. Simon, was the first to be called, and Jesus gave him the new name Peter.
 
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-\v 17 James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James, to both of whom he added the new name, 'Men who are like Thunder' because of their fiery zeal;
-\v 18 Andrew, Peter's brother; Philip; Bartholomew; Matthew; Thomas; another James, the son of Alphaeus; Thaddaeus; Simon the Zealot;
+\v 17 And there was also James, the son of Zebedee, and John, the brother of James, to both of whom he added the new name, 'Men who are like Thunder' because of their fiery zeal;
+\v 18 and Andrew, Peter's brother, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, another apostles who was also called James, this James was the son of Alphaeus. There was  Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
 \v 19 and Judas Iscariot, who later betrayed him.
 
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42-MRK/09.usfm

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 \v 8 When the three disciples looked around, they saw that suddenly Jesus was alone with them, and that there was no longer anyone else there.
 
 
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 \v 9 While they were coming down the mountain, Jesus told them that they should not tell anyone yet what had just happened to him. He said, "You may tell them after I, the Son of Man, rise from the dead after I die."
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 \v 12-13 Jesus answered them, "It is true that God promised to send Elijah to come first to put everything as it should be. But Elijah has already come, and our leaders treated him very badly, just like they wanted to do, as prophets long ago had said they would. But I also want you to consider what is written in the scriptures about me, the Son of Man. They say that I would suffer much and that people would reject me."
 
 
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 \v 14 Then Jesus and those three disciples arrived where the other disciples were. They saw a large crowd around the other disciples and some men who taught the Jewish laws arguing with them.
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 \v 29 He said to them, "You can force this kind of evil spirit out only by prayer. There is no other way."
 
 
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 \v 30 After Jesus and his disciples left that region, they traveled through Galilee. Jesus did not want anyone else to know where he was.
 \v 31 He wanted to have time to teach his disciples. He was telling them, "Some day my enemies will arrest me, the Son of Man, and I will be put into the hands of other men. Those men will kill me. But on the third day after I die, I will become alive again!"
 \v 32 They did not understand what he was telling them, and they were afraid to ask him what he meant.
 
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 \v 33 Then Jesus and his disciples returned to Capernaum. When they were in the house, he asked them, "What were you talking about while we were traveling on the road?"
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 \v 36 Then he took a child and placed him among them. He took the child in his arms and then he said to them,
 \v 37 "Those who welcome a child like this one because they love me, God considers that they are welcoming me. It is also true that they are also welcoming God, who sent me."
 
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 \v 38 John said to Jesus, "Teacher, we saw someone who was forcing evil spirits out of people. He claimed that he had authority from you to do that. So we told him to stop doing it because he was not one of the disciples."
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 \v 40 Those who are not opposing us are trying to achieve the same goals that we are.
 \v 41 God will certainly reward those who help you in any way, even if they simply give you a cup of water to drink because you follow me, the Messiah!"
 
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 \v 42 Jesus also said, "But if you cause someone who believes in me to sin, God will severely punish you, even if that person is socially unimportant like this little child. If someone tied a heavy stone around your neck and threw you into the sea, it would be better for you than if God punished you for causing a person who believes in me to sin.

42-MRK/11.usfm

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 \v 1 When Jesus and his disciples came near to Jerusalem, they came to Bethphage and Bethany near the Mount of Olives. Then Jesus called two of his disciples
 \v 2 and said to them, "Go to that village just ahead of us. As soon as you enter it, you will see a young donkey tied up that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it to me.
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 \v 11 Jesus entered Jerusalem with them, and then he went into the temple courtyard. After he looked around at everything there, he left the city because it was already late in the afternoon. He returned to Bethany with the twelve disciples.
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 \v 12 The next day, as Jesus and his disciples were leaving Bethany, he felt hungry.
 
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 \v 13 He saw in the distance a fig tree with all its leaves, so he went to it to see if he could find any figs on it. But when he came to it, he found no fruit on it, because it was not yet the season for figs to appear.
 \v 14 He said to the tree, "No one will ever eat from you again." And the disciples heard this.
 
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 \v 15 Jesus and his disciples went back into Jerusalem and entered the temple courtyard. He saw people who were selling and buying animals for sacrifices. He chased those people from the temple courtyard. He also overturned the tables of those who were selling temple tax money in exchange for Roman coins. And he overturned the seats of the men who were selling pigeons for sacrifice.
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 \v 18 The chief priests and the men who taught the Jewish laws later heard about what he had done. They were planning how they might kill him, but they feared him because they realized that the crowd was amazed at what he was teaching.
 \v 19 Every evening Jesus and his disciples would leave the city.
 
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 \v 20 The next morning while they were going along the road toward Jerusalem, they saw that the fig tree that Jesus had cursed had withered completely.
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 \v 26 \f + \ft Some ancient authorities include:
 \fqa But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your sins. \f*
 
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 \v 27 Jesus and his disciples arrived in the temple courtyard in Jerusalem again. While Jesus was walking there, a group consisting of chief priests, some men who taught the Jewish laws, and elders came to him.

44-JHN/08.usfm

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 \v 11 She said, "No, sir, no one." Then Jesus said, "I do not condemn you either. Go home now, and from now on, do not sin like this anymore!"]
 \f + \ft The best ancient copies do not have John 7:35-8:11 \f*
 
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 \v 12 Jesus spoke to the people again. He said, "I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will have the light that gives life, and he will never walk in darkness again.

44-JHN/11.usfm

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 \v 12 The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well."
 \v 13 Jesus was really speaking about Lazarus' death, but the disciples thought that he was talking about the sleep that we all know gives us rest. 
-\v 14 Then he told them plainly, "Lazarus has died;
+\v 14 Then he told them plainly, "Lazarus has died."
 
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-\v 15 but, for your sakes, I am glad that I was not there when he died so that you may see why you can trust in me. Now it is time; let us go to him."
+\v 15 Jesus continued, "But, for your sakes, I am glad that I was not there when he died so that you may see why you can trust in me. Now it is time; let us go to him."
 \v 16 Then Thomas, who was called 'The Twin,' said to the rest of the disciples, "Let us also go with Jesus so that we may die with him."
 
 

45-ACT/28.usfm

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 \v 6 The people were expecting that Paul's body would soon swell up with a fever or that he would suddenly fall down and die. But after they had waited a long time, they saw that nothing was wrong with him. So the people changed what they were thinking and said to one another, "This man is not a murderer! He is a god!"
 
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 \v 7 Now in a place near to where they were, there were some fields that belonged to a man whose name was Publius. He was the chief official on the island. He invited us to come and stay in his home. He took very good care of us for three days.
 \v 8 At that time Publius' father had fever and dysentery, and he was lying in bed. So Paul visited him and prayed for him. Then Paul placed his hands on him and healed him.
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 \v 10 They brought us gifts and showed in other ways that they greatly respected us. When we were ready to leave three months later, they brought us food and other things that we would need on the ship.
 
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 \v 11 After we had stayed there three months, we got on a ship that was from Alexandria and that was going to Italy and sailed away. On the front of the ship there were carved images of the twin gods whose names were Castor and Pollux.
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 \v 13 Then we sailed and arrived at the city of Rhegium in Italy. The next day, the wind was blowing from the south, so in only two more days we reached the town of Puteoli. There we left the ship.
 \v 14 In Puteoli we met some fellow believers who wanted us to stay with them for seven days. After this, we finally arrived at Rome.
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 \v 15 In Rome, some fellow believers had heard about us, so they came to meet us. Some of them met us at the town called The Market on Appian Road, and others met us at the town called The Three Inns. When Paul saw those believers, he thanked God and was encouraged.
 
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 \v 17 After Paul had been there three days, he sent a message to the Jewish leaders to come and talk with him. When they came to him, Paul said to them, "My dear brothers, although I have not opposed our people nor spoken against the customs of our ancestors, our leaders in Jerusalem seized me. But before they could kill me, a Roman commander rescued me and later sent me to the city of Caesarea for Roman authorities to put me on trial.
 \v 18 The Roman authorities questioned me and wanted to release me, because I had not done any bad thing for which I should be executed.
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 \v 22 But we want to hear what you think about this group that you belong to, because we know that in many places people are speaking against it."
 
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 \v 23 So they decided that they would come back on another day to hear Paul speak to them. When that day arrived, even more people than before came to where Paul was staying. Paul told them about how God would rule everyone; he talked about how the law of Moses and the prophets foretold Jesus. Paul talked with all who would listen from morning until evening.
 \v 24 Some of those Jews were persuaded to believe what Paul said about Jesus was true, but others did not believe that it was true.

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-\v 28 because the Jews rejected the good news about Christ, God treats them as enemies, and that has helped you non-Jews. But because they are the people whom God chose, God still loves them because of what he promised to do for their ancestors.
+\v 28 The Jews rejected the good news about Christ and now God treats them as his enemies. But that has helped you non-Jews. But because they are the people whom God chose, God still loves them because of what he promised to do for their ancestors.
 \v 29 He still loves them, because he never changed his mind about what he has promised to give them, and about how he has called them to be his own people.
 
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 \v 25 Now to God, the one who is able to strengthen you spiritually by my proclamation of the good news of Jesus Christ that God did not reveal in any age before our own time —
-\v 26 but now God has made it known by means of what the scriptures said would happen — so that people in all the people groups in the world may believe in Christ and obey him —
+\v 26 but now God has made it known by means of what the scriptures said would happen — so that people in all the people groups in the world may believe in Christ and obey him.
 
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-\v 27 to God who alone is truly wise — because of what Jesus Christ did — be forever praise. May it be so!
+\v 27 May God, who alone is wise, be praised forever, because of what Jesus Christ has done for us. May it be so!

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 \v 31 For each of those who proclaim the messages of God should do so. But they must do so one by one, in order, so that all the believers can learn and receive courage to love God better. 
 \v 32 For those who truly speak God's messages control the spirit in which they do so.
-\v 33 For God does not create confusion; instead, he makes peace.
+\v 33 For God does not create confusion; instead, he makes peace. 
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+This next question is answered the same way in all the churches of God's people.
 
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-This is what we do in all the churches of those whom God has set apart for himself:
-\v 34 let the women keep silent in church; they are not permitted to speak. They must not interrupt the one who is speaking God's message, but they should always obey their husbands, as also the law says.
+\v 34 Women should keep silent in church for they are not permitted to speak. They must not interrupt the one who is speaking God's message, but they should always obey their husbands, as also the law says.
 \v 35 When women want to learn, instead of interrupting the worship, they should speak with their husbands at home. It dishonors her husband for a woman to interrupt the service.
 \v 36 Were you the people by whom God gave us his word? Or are you the only ones to whom it came?
 

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 \v 1 I, Paul, write this to the dear fellow believers in the city of Colossae. This is from Paul, whom God chose to send to you as an apostle of Christ Jesus, and this letter is also from Timothy, our fellow believer joined to Christ. We are sending this letter to all of you.
 \v 2 We send this letter to those God has set apart for himself—those who are faithful believers who belong to Christ. We pray that God our Father will give you his kindness and peace.
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-\v 3 We often thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you,
+\v 3 We often thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, while we are praying for you.
 
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+\v 4 We give God thanks because we have heard that you trust in Christ Jesus and that you love all those whom God has set apart for himself.
 \v 5 You love our fellow believers because you confidently are waiting for the things God is reserving for you in heaven. You first heard about these things when you heard the true message, the good news about Christ.
 \v 6 Believers are proclaiming this good news that you heard in Colossae to everyone in the world. It is just as it has worked in you also, from the first day you heard it and understood how truly kind God is. The good news is like a field planted with crops that are growing and will give a very large harvest.
 

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 \v 7 You created humans a little less important than the angels, 
 \q Yet you have greatly honored them, as people honor kings.
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 \v 8 You have put everything under their control."
 \p God has determined that mankind will rule over everything. That means that nothing will be left out from him ruling it. But now, at this present time, we do not see mankind ruling over everything.