FD issues chapters 3-4

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 \v 4 The prophet Isaiah wrote these words on a scroll long ago:
 \q1 "In the wilderness, someone will be calling out:
-\q1 Prepare the way of the Lord,
+\q1 'Prepare the way of the Lord,
 \q1 Make straight paths for him.
 
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 \q1 And 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 Then everyone will see God's way of saving people."
+\q1 \v 6 Then everyone will see God's way of saving people.'"
 
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 \v 7 John said to the crowds of people who were coming to be baptized by him, "You people are evil like poisonous snakes! No one warned you that one day God will punish everyone who sins, did they? Do not think that you can escape from him!
 
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-\v 8 Do the things that show that you have truly turned away from your sinful behavior! And do not start saying to yourself, 'We are descendants of Abraham!' Because I tell you that God could make even these stones become descendants of Abraham!
+\v 8 Do the things that show that you have truly turned away from your sinful behavior! And do not start saying to yourselves, 'We are descendants of Abraham!' Because I tell you that God could make even these stones become descendants of Abraham!
 
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 \v 9 The ax is already placed at the root of the trees, so that every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire."
 
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 \v 10 Then some of the people in the crowd asked him, "What, then, should we do?"
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 \v 11 He answered them, "If any of you has two shirts, you should give one of them to someone who does not have a shirt. If any of you has plenty of food, you should give some to those who do not have food."
 
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 \v 12 Some tax collectors also came to John to be baptized. They asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"
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 \v 13 He said to them, "Do not collect from the people more money than the Roman government tells you to collect!"
 
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-\v 14 Some soldiers asked him, "And us? What should we do?" He said to them, "Do not force people to give you money by threatening them, and do not falsely accuse anyone of doing something wrong! Be content with the amount of money you earn."
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+\v 14 Some soldiers asked him, "And us? What should we do?" 
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+He said to them, "Do not force people to give you money by threatening them, and do not falsely accuse anyone of doing something wrong! Be content with the amount of money you earn."
 
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 \v 15 People were getting very hopeful that the Christ might be coming soon, and many of them were wondering if John might be the Christ.
 \v 16 But John replied to them all, "No, I am not. The Christ is far greater than I am. He is so great that I am not worthy even to untie the straps of his sandals! When I baptized you, I used only water. But when the Christ comes, he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
 
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-\v 17 A winnowing fork is in his hand, ready to separate good grain from the useless chaff. He will store the grain safely in his barn but will burn up the chaff in a fire that never stops burning.
+\v 17 A winnowing fork is in his hand, ready to separate good grain from the useless chaff. He will store the grain safely in his barn but will burn up the chaff in a fire that never stops burning."
 
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 \v 18 In many different ways like this, John urged the people to repent and turn back to God, as he kept telling them the good message from God.
 \v 19 He also rebuked King Herod for marrying his brother's wife, Herodias, while his brother was still alive, and for doing many other evil things.
 \v 20 Then Herod had his soldiers put John in prison, which was another very evil thing.
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 \v 2 The Holy Spirit led him around in the wilderness for forty days. While he was there, the devil kept tempting him. During the entire time Jesus was in the wilderness he did not eat anything, so when the forty days were over, he was very hungry.
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 \v 3 Then the devil said to Jesus, "If you really are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread for you to eat!"
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 \v 4 Jesus replied, "No, I will not do that, because it is written in the scriptures, 'People need more than just food in order to live.'"
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 \v 5 Then the devil took Jesus up to the top of a high mountain and showed him in an instant all the nations in the world.
 \v 6 Then he said to Jesus, "I will give you the right to rule all these nations and you will possess all their splendor and wealth. God has permitted me to control them all, and so I can do whatever I want to do with them.
 \v 7 So if you worship me, I will let you rule them all!"
 
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 \v 8 But Jesus replied, "No, I will not worship you, because it is written in the scriptures, 'You must only worship the Lord, your God. He is the only one you may serve!'"
 
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 \q1 'They will lift you up in their hands when you are falling, so that you will not get hurt. You will not even strike your foot on a stone.'"
 
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-\v 12 But Jesus replied, "No, I will not do that, because it is written in the scriptures: 'Do not try to test the Lord your God'."
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+\v 12 But Jesus replied, "No, I will not do that, because it is written in the scriptures: 'Do not try to test the Lord your God.'"
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 \v 13 Then, after the devil had finished trying to tempt Jesus in many ways, he left him until a later time.
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 \v 20 Then he rolled up the scroll and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. Everyone in the synagogue was looking intently at him.
 \v 21 He said to them, "Today this scripture passage was fulfilled as you heard it."
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 \v 22 Everyone there heard what he said and marveled at him, and they were amazed at how well he spoke. But some of them said, "This man is only Joseph's son, right?"
 
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 \v 23 He said to them, "Surely some of you will quote to me the proverb that says, 'Doctor, heal yourself!' You will say, 'Do here in your hometown the same kind of miracles that you did in Capernaum!'"
 \v 24 Then he said, "It is certainly true that the people in a prophet's own hometown do not accept his message.
 
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 \v 25 But think about this: There were many widows in Israel during the time when the prophet Elijah lived, when there was a great famine throughout the country because there had been no rain for three and half years.
-\v 26 But God did not send Elijah to help any of those Israelite widows. God sent him to the town of Zarephath near the city of Sidon, to help a widow.
+\v 26 But God did not send Elijah to help any of those Israelite widows. God sent him to the town of Zarephath near the city of Sidon to help a widow.
 \v 27 There were also many Israelite lepers in Israel during the time when the prophet Elisha lived. But Elisha did not heal any of them. He healed only Naaman, a man from Syria."
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 \v 28 When all the people in the synagogue heard him say that, they were very angry.
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 \v 33 That day, there was a man in the synagogue who was controlled by an evil spirit. The man shouted very loudly,
 \v 34 "Ha! Jesus, from Nazareth! Evil spirits have nothing to do with you! Have you come to destroy us all? I know who you are. You are the Holy One from God!"
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 \v 35 Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, saying, "Be quiet and come out of him!" The demon threw the man down on the ground in the midst of the people and came out of him without harming him.
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 \v 36 All the people in the synagogue were very amazed. They said to each other, "He speaks with confidence, and his words have so much power! Even evil spirits obey him and come out of people when he commands them to!"
 \v 37 And in every place throughout the surrounding regions, people kept talking about what Jesus had done.