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 \v 4 Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the father of Salmon.
 \v 5 Salmon and his wife Rahab, a non-Jewish woman, were the parents of Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed. Obed's mother was Ruth, another non-Jewish woman. Obed was the father of Jesse.
-\v 6 Jesse was the father of King David. David became the father of Solomon; Solomon's mother was the wife of Uriah.
+\v 6 Jesse was the father of King David. David was the father of Solomon; Solomon's mother was the wife of Uriah.
 
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 \v 7 Solomon was the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam was the father of Abijah. Abijah was the father of Asa.
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 \v 7 Then King Herod secretly called those men who studied the stars. He asked them exactly when the star first appeared.
-\v 8 Then he said to them, "Go to Bethlehem and inquire thoroughly where the infant is. When you have found him, come back and report to me so that I, myself, can go there and worship him, too."
+\v 8 Then he said to them, "Go to Bethlehem and inquire thoroughly where the infant is. When you have found him, come back and report to me so that I myself can go there and worship him too."
 
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 \v 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced greatly and followed it.
 
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-\v 11 They found the house, entered it, and saw the child and his mother, Mary. They bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure boxes and they gave him gold, expensive frankincense, and myrrh.
+\v 11 They found the house, entered it, and saw the child and his mother Mary. They bowed down and worshiped him. Then they opened their treasure boxes and they gave him gold, expensive frankincense, and myrrh.
 \v 12 Then God warned them in a dream not to return to King Herod. So they left for their country, but instead of traveling back on the same road, they went on a different road.
 
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 \v 16 Before King Herod died, he realized that those men had tricked him, and he became furious. Because he thought that Jesus was still near Bethlehem, Herod sent soldiers there to kill all the boy babies two years old and younger. Herod calculated how old the baby was according to what the men who studied the stars told him about when the star first appeared.
 
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-\v 17 When Herod did this, what the prophet Jeremiah had written long ago came true, when he wrote about Bethlehem near the town of Ramah:
+\v 17 When Herod did this, what the prophet Jeremiah had written long ago came true when he wrote about Bethlehem near the town of Ramah:
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-\v 18 Women in Ramah were weeping and wailing loudly.
+\v 18 "Women in Ramah were weeping and wailing loudly.
 \q Rachel, the ancestor of those women, was weeping for their dead children.
-\q People tried to comfort her, but they could not, because all the children were dead.
+\q People tried to comfort her, but they could not, because all the children were dead."
 
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-\v 22 When Joseph heard that Archaelaus now ruled in the province of Judea instead of his father, King Herod the Great, he was afraid to go there. Then God instructed Joseph in a dream what to do, so Joseph, Mary, and the baby went to the district of Galilee.
+\v 22 When Joseph heard that Archelaus now ruled in the province of Judea instead of his father King Herod the Great, he was afraid to go there. Then God instructed Joseph in a dream what to do, so Joseph, Mary, and the baby went to the district of Galilee.
 \v 23 They went to the town of Nazareth to live there. The result was that what the prophets had said long ago came true: "People will say that he is from Nazareth."
 
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 \v 10 God is ready right now to punish you, just like a man who starts to chop away the roots of a fruit tree that does not give good fruit. He will chop down every tree like that and throw it into the fire.
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-\v 11 "As for me, I am not very important, because I baptize you only with water. I do it when people are sorry for having sinned. But someone else will come soon who will do very powerful things. He is so much greater than I, that I do not even deserve to carry his sandals.
+\v 11 "As for me, I am not very important, because I baptize you only with water. I do it when people are sorry for having sinned. But someone else will come soon who will do very powerful things. He is so much greater than I that I do not even deserve to carry his sandals.
 \p He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.
 \v 12 He is holding his winnowing fork ready to separate the good grain from the bad chaff. He is ready to clear out all the bad chaff from where he has threshed the grain. He will take the righteous people home, as a farmer puts his wheat into his storehouse, but he will burn the wicked people, like one burns the chaff, in a fire that never goes out."
 
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 \v 13 During that time, Jesus went from the district of Galilee to the Jordan River, where John was. He did this so John could baptize him.
 \v 14 When Jesus asked John to baptize him, John refused; he said, "I need you to baptize me! But you are not a sinner, so why do you come to me?"
-\v 15 But Jesus said to him, "Baptize me now because in this way we two will do everything that God requires." Then John agreed to baptize him.
+\v 15 But Jesus said to him, "Baptize me now, because in this way we two will do everything that God requires." Then John agreed to baptize him.
 
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 \v 15 "The regions of Zebulun and Naphtali,
 \q regions by the road going to the Sea, on the eastern side of the Jordan River,
-\q regions in Galilee, where many Gentiles lived.
+\q regions in Galilee, where many Gentiles lived—
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-\v 16 Those people do not know God, as if they were in darkness,
+\v 16 those people do not know God, as if they were in darkness,
 \q but they will learn the truth, as if a bright light had shone on them.
 \q Yes, they have been very afraid of dying,
-\q But a brilliant light has shone upon them!"
+\q but a brilliant light has shone upon them!"
 
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-\v 21 As the three of them walked on from there, Jesus saw two other men, James and John, the younger brother of James. They were in their boat with Zebedee, their father, mending their fishing nets. Jesus told them that they should leave their work and go with him.
+\v 21 As the three of them walked on from there, Jesus saw two other men, James and John the younger brother of James. They were in their boat with Zebedee, their father, mending their fishing nets. Jesus told them that they should leave their work and go with him.
 \v 22 Immediately they also left their boat and their father and went with Jesus.
 
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 \v 9 God is pleased with people who help other people to live peacefully;
 \q he will regard them as his own children.
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-\v 10 God is pleased with people who live righteously; he is honored when their righteous lives are the reason why evil people insult and treat them badly.
+\v 10 God is pleased with people who live righteously; he is honored when their righteous lives are the reason why evil people insult them and treat them badly.
 \q God rules over these righteous people from heaven. 
 
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 \v 14 What light does for people in the dark, this is what you will do for the world. All people will see you, just as they see a city built on a hillside.
 
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-\v 15 "No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket. Instead, they put it on a lampstand so it can give light to everyone in the house.
+\v 15 No one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket. Instead, they put it on a lampstand so it can give light to everyone in the house.
 \v 16 Similarly, you need to do what is right in such a way that other people can see what you do. When they see it, they will praise your Father who is in heaven.
 
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-\v 36 Also, do not promise that you will do something and then say that they should cut off your head if you do not do it. How could you promise something so important, when you are not even able to change the color of one hair on your head?
+\v 36 "Also, do not promise that you will do something and then say that they should cut off your head if you do not do it. How could you promise something so important, when you are not even able to change the color of one hair on your head?
 \v 37 If you talk about doing something, just say 'Yes, I will do it,' or 'No, I will not do it.' If you say anything more than that, it is Satan, the Evil One, who has suggested that you talk this way.
 
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