FD issues chapters 1 and 2

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 \v 23 In the synagogue where Jesus taught, there was a man that an evil spirit controlled. The man with the evil spirit began shouting,
 \v 24 "Hey! Jesus, from Nazareth! We evil spirits have nothing to do with you! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are. You are the Holy One from God!"
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 \v 25 Jesus rebuked the evil spirit, saying, "Be quiet and come out of him!"
 \v 26 The evil spirit shook the man violently. He screamed loudly, and then he came out of the man and left.
 
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 \v 27 All the people who were there were amazed. As a result, they discussed this among themselves, saying, "This is amazing! Not only does he teach in a new and authoritative way, but he also commands the evil spirits and they obey him!"
 \v 28 The people very soon told many others throughout the whole district of Galilee what Jesus had done.
 
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 \v 29 After they left the synagogue, Jesus, Simon and Andrew, along with James and John, went directly to the house of Simon and Andrew.
 \v 30 Simon's mother-in-law was lying in bed because she had a high fever. Right away someone told Jesus about her being sick.
-\v 31 Jesus went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. She immendiately recovered from the fever and began serving them.
+\v 31 Jesus went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. She immediately recovered from the fever and began serving them.
 
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-\v 32 That evening, after the sun had gone down, some people brought to Jesus many others who were sick and those that evil spirits controlled.
+\v 32 That evening after the sun had gone down, some people brought to Jesus many others who were sick and those that evil spirits controlled.
 \v 33 It seemed as though everyone who lived in the town was gathered at the doorway of Simon's house.
 \v 34 Jesus healed many people who were sick with various diseases. He also forced many evil spirits to come out from people. He did not allow the demons to tell people about him, because they knew that he was the Holy One from God.
 
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 \v 37 When they found him they said, "Everyone in town is looking for you."
 
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 \v 38 He said to them, "We need to go to the neighboring towns so that I can preach there as well. This is the reason I came here."
-\v 39 So they went throughout Galilee. As they went, Jesus would preach in the synagogues and forced evil spirits to come out from people.
+\v 39 So they went throughout Galilee. As they went, Jesus preached in the synagogues and forced evil spirits to come out from people.
 
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 \v 40 One day a man who had a bad skin disease called leprosy came to Jesus. He knelt down in front of Jesus and pleaded with him, saying, "Please heal me, because you are able to heal me if you are willing!"
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 \v 41 Jesus felt compassion for him. He reached out his hand and touched the man. Then he said to him, "Since I am willing to heal you, be healed!"
 \v 42 Immediately the man was healed! He was no longer a leper!
 
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 \v 3 Some people came to the house bringing to Jesus a man who was paralyzed. Four men carried him on a sleeping pad.
-\v 4 They were not able to bring the man to Jesus because of the crowd that had gathered. So, they went up on the roof of the house and made a big hole in the roof above Jesus. They lowered the paralyzed man on his sleeping pad through the hole in front of Jesus.
+\v 4 They were not able to bring the man to Jesus because of the crowd that had gathered. So they went up on the roof of the house and made a big hole in the roof above Jesus. They lowered the paralyzed man on his sleeping pad through the hole in front of Jesus.
 
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 \v 5 After Jesus perceived that the men believed that he could heal this man, he said to the paralyzed man, "My child, I have forgiven your sins!"
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 \v 6 Some men who taught the Jewish laws were sitting there. They started thinking to themselves,
 \v 7 "Who does this man think he is? He is proud and insults God by saying that! Only God can forgive sins!"
 
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 \v 8 Jesus knew right away within himself what they were thinking. He said to them, "Why are you thinking these things?
 \v 9 Which would be easier for me to say, 'I have forgiven your sins' or 'Get up! Take your sleeping pad and walk'?
 
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 \v 10 I will show you that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins." Then he said to the paralyzed man,
 \v 11 "Get up! Pick up your sleeping pad! And go home!"
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 \v 12 The man stood up immediately! He picked up the sleeping pad, and then he went away, while all the people there were watching. They were all amazed, and they praised God and said, "We have never before seen anything like what happened just now!"
 
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 \v 14 As he walked, he saw a man named Levi whose father's name was Alpheus. He was sitting in his office where he collected taxes. Jesus said to him, "Come with me." He got up and went with Jesus.
 
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 \v 15 Later, Jesus was eating a meal in Levi's house. Many sinners and men who collected taxes were eating with Jesus and his disciples.
 \v 16 Men who taught the Jewish laws and who were members of the Pharisee sect saw that Jesus was eating with sinners and men who collected taxes. They asked Jesus' disciples, "Why does he eat and drink with sinners and men who collect taxes?"
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 \v 17 After Jesus heard what they were asking, he said to the men who taught the Jewish laws, "Healthy people do not need a doctor. On the contrary, it is those who are sick who need a doctor. I did not come to invite those who think they are righteous to come me, but those who know that they have sinned."
 
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 \v 18 Now at this time, the disciples of John the Baptizer and some men who belonged to the Pharisee sect were abstaining from food, as they often did. Some men came to Jesus and asked him, "The disciples of John and the Pharisees often abstain from food. Why do your disciples not abstain from food?"
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 \v 19 Jesus said to them, "When a man is marrying a woman, his friends will certainly not abstain from food while he is still with them. The wedding is a time of feasting and celebrating with the groom. It is not a time for abstaining from food, especially while the groom is with them.
 
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 \v 24 Some of the Pharisees saw what they were doing and said to Jesus, "Look! They are breaking the Jewish law concerning the Sabbath. Why are they doing that?"
 
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 \v 25 Jesus said to them, "Have you never read the scriptures concerning King David and the men who were with him when they were hungry?
 \v 26 During the time Abiathar was high priest, King David entered the house of God and asked for some bread. The high priest gave him some of the bread that had been on display before God. According to our laws, only the priests could eat that bread! But David ate some of it. Then he also gave some of it to the men who were with him."