FD issues chapter 8

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-\v 4 One day a very large crowd was gathering, because people were traveling to see Jesus from many different towns. Then he told them this story:
+\v 4 One day a very large crowd was gathering because people were traveling to see Jesus from many different towns. Then he told them this story:
 \v 5 "A man went out to his field to plant some grain seeds. As he was scattering them over the soil, some of the seeds fell on the hard pathway. Then people walked on those seeds, and birds ate them.
 \v 6 Some of the seeds fell on rocky ground which had very little soil. Therefore, as soon as the seeds grew, the plants dried up because there was no moisture.
 
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-\v 11 Now, this is what the story means: The seeds represent God's word.
+\v 11 "Now, this is what the story means: The seeds represent God's word.
 \v 12 The seeds that fell on the pathway show what happens when people hear God's word, but afterwards the devil comes and takes that word away from their minds and hearts. As a result, they do not believe it and are not saved.
 \v 13 The seeds that fell on the rocky ground show what happens when people hear God's word and receive it joyfully, but they do not have deep roots. As a result, they only believe for a short time. As soon as difficult things happen to them, they stop believing God's word.
 
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-\v 16 After lighting a lamp, people do not cover it with a basket or put it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a lampstand, so that everyone who enters the room can see by its light.
+\v 16 "After lighting a lamp, people do not cover it with a basket or put it under a bed. Instead, they put it on a lampstand, so that everyone who enters the room can see by its light.
 \v 17 This illustrates that everything that is hidden now will someday be made visible. And everything that is secret now will someday be brought out into the open.
 \v 18 So make sure that you are listening carefully to what I tell you, because God will enable those who believe his truth to understand even more. But God will cause those who do not believe his truth to not understand even the little that they think they have understood."
 
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 \v 19 One day Jesus' mother and brothers came to see him, but they could not get near to him because there was such a large crowd around him in the house where he was.
 \v 20 Then someone told him, "Your mother and your brothers have been standing outside, wanting to see you."
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 \v 21 But he replied to them, "Those who hear God's word and obey it are as dear to me as my mother and my brothers."
 
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 \v 23 But as they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. Then a powerful windstorm came down on the lake. Soon the boat was filling with water, and they were in danger.
 
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 \v 24 So Jesus' disciples came to him and woke him up. They said to him, "Master! Master! We are going to die!" He then woke up and commanded the wind and the violent waves to be still and they became still. Everything became calm.
-\v 25 Then he said to them, "Why is your faith so weak?" The disciples were alarmed and amazed because of what had just happened. They kept saying to one another, "Who is this, that he is able to command even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"
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+\v 25 Then he said to them, "Why is your faith so weak?" 
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+The disciples were alarmed and amazed because of what had just happened. They kept saying to one another, "Who is this, that he is able to command even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"
 
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 \v 29 The man said this because Jesus had just commanded the evil spirit to come out of him. Although the man had been bound with chains on his wrists and ankles while people guarded him, many times the evil spirit would suddenly seize him by force. Then the man would break the chains and the demon would make him go out into deserted places.
 
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-\v 30 Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He replied, "My name is Thousands." He said that because many demons had entered that man.
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+\v 30 Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" 
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+He replied, "My name is Thousands." He said that because many demons had entered that man.
 \v 31 The demons kept begging Jesus not to command them to go into the deep pit where God punishes demons.
 
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 \v 37 Then many people from the surrounding region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave their area because they were very afraid. So Jesus and the disciples got into the boat to go back across the lake.
 
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-\v 38 Before they left, the man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus saying, "Please, let me go with you!" But instead, Jesus sent him away by saying to him,
+\v 38 Before they left, the man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus saying, "Please, let me go with you!" 
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+But instead, Jesus sent him away by saying to him,
 \v 39 "No, go back to your house and tell people how much God has done for you!" So the man went away and told people throughout the town how much Jesus had done for him.
 
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 \v 44 She came behind Jesus and touched the edge of his robe. At once her bleeding stopped.
 
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-\v 45 Jesus said, "Who touched me?" As everyone around Jesus was saying they had not touched him, Peter said, "Master, there are many people crowding around you and pressing up against you, so any one of them might have touched you!"
+\v 45 Jesus said, "Who touched me?" 
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+As everyone around Jesus was saying they had not touched him, Peter said, "Master, there are many people crowding around you and pressing up against you, so any one of them might have touched you!"
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 \v 46 But Jesus said, "I know that someone deliberately touched me, because power has gone out of me to heal that person."
 
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 \v 49 While he was still speaking to her, a man from Jairus' house came and said to Jairus, "Your daughter has died. So do not bother the teacher anymore!"
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 \v 50 But when Jesus heard that, he said to Jairus, "Do not be afraid. Just believe in me and she will live again."
 
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