Reader Report, Bob Johnson

43-LUK/08.usfm

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 \v 1 It happened soon afterward that Jesus began traveling around to different cities and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,
 \v 2 as well as certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and diseases: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had been driven out;
-\v 3 Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's manager; Susanna, and many others, who, out of their possessions, provided for their needs.
+\v 3 Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's manager; Susanna; and many others, who, out of their possessions, provided for their needs.
 
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 \v 4 While a large crowd of people was gathering, and people were coming to him from town after town, he told a parable:
-\v 5 "A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell beside the road and they were trampled underfoot, and the birds of the sky devoured them.
+\v 5 "A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he sowed, some fell beside the road and it was trampled underfoot, and the birds of the sky devoured it.
 \v 6 Some fell on the rock, and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.
 
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-\v 7 And some fell among thorn, and the thorn grew up together with the seed and choked it.
+\v 7 And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up together with the seed and choked it.
 \v 8 But some fell on good soil and produced a crop that was a hundred times greater." After Jesus had said these things, he called out, "Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."
 
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-\v 16 Now, no one, when he has lighted a lamp, covers it with a bowl or puts it under a bed. Rather, he puts it on a lampstand, so that everyone who enters may see the light.
+\v 16 Now, no one, when he has lit a lamp, covers it with a bowl or puts it under a bed. Rather, he puts it on a lampstand, so that everyone who enters may see the light.
 \v 17 For nothing is hidden that will not be made known, nor is anything secret that will not be known and come into the light.
 \v 18 So listen carefully, for to the one who has, more will be given to him, but the one who does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him."
 
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 \v 23 But as they sailed he fell asleep. A terrible windstorm came down on the lake, and their boat was filling with water, and they were in danger.
 
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-\v 24 Then Jesus' disciples came over to him and woke him up, saying, "Master! Master! We are about to die!" He awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water and they ceased, and there was a calm.
+\v 24 Then Jesus' disciples came over to him and woke him up, saying, "Master! Master! We are about to die!" He awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and there was a calm.
 \v 25 Then he said to them, "Where is your faith?" And they were afraid, and while they were afraid they were also amazed, and they asked one another, "Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"
 
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 \v 34 When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and told about it in the city and countryside.
-\v 35 So the people went out to see what had happened. And when they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid.
+\v 35 So the people went out to see what had happened. And they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
 
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 \v 36 Then those who had seen it told them how the man who had been controlled by demons had been healed.

43-LUK/09.usfm

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 \v 4 Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave.
 
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-\v 5 Wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them."
+\v 5 Wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town, shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them."
 \v 6 Then they departed and went through the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing everywhere.
 
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-\v 10 When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them with him and they went away a good distance to a town called Bethsaida.
+\v 10 When the apostles returned, they told him everything they had done. Then he took them with him, and they went away privately to a town called Bethsaida.
 \v 11 But when the crowds heard about this, they followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and he cured those who needed healing.
 
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 \v 32 Now Peter and those who were with him were heavy with sleep, but when they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men who were standing with him.
-\v 33 As they were going away from Jesus, Peter said to him, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah"(he did not knowing what he was saying).
+\v 33 As they were going away from Jesus, Peter said to him, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." (He did not knowing what he was saying.)
 
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 \v 34 As he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.

43-LUK/10.usfm

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-\v 1 Now after these things, the Lord appointed seventy \f + \ft Many of the best ancient copies read "seventy" but some read "seventy-two" \f* others, and sent them out two by two, ahead of him to every town and place where he himself was about to go.
+\v 1 Now after these things, the Lord appointed seventy \f + \ft Many of the best ancient copies read "seventy" but some read "seventy-two" \f* others, and sent them out two by two ahead of him to every town and place where he himself was about to go.
 \v 2 He said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.
 
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 \v 21 At that same time he rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you concealed these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to those who are untaught, like little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well pleasing in your sight."
 
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-\v 22 "All things have been entrusted to me from my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and whoever the Son chooses to reveal him."
+\v 22 "All things have been entrusted to me from my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."
 
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 \v 23 Then he turned around to the disciples and said privately, "Blessed are those who see the things that you see.

43-LUK/11.usfm

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 \v 28 But he said, "Rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it."
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-\v 29 As the crowds were gathering even more people, he began to say, "This generation is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, though no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
+\v 29 As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, "This generation is an evil generation. It seeks a sign, though no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
 \v 30 For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so too the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.
 
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-\v 33 No one, after lighting a lamp, places it in a dark closet or under a basket, but on a lampstand so that those who enter may have light.
+\v 33 No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light.
 \v 34 Your eye is the lamp of the body. When your eye is good, the whole body is filled with light. But when your eye is bad, your body is full of darkness.
 \v 35 Therefore, be careful that the light in you is not darkness.
 \v 36 If then, your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, then your whole body will be like when a lamp shines its brightness on you."
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 \v 46 Jesus said, "And woe to you, teachers of the law! For you burden men with burdens hard to carry, but you do not even touch those burdens with one of your own fingers.
 
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-\v 47 Woe to you, because you build memorials for the prophets' tombs, and yet it was your ancestors who killed them.
-\v 48 So you are witnesses and consent to the works of your ancestors, because they indeed killed the prophets, whose tombs you build memorials for.
+\v 47 Woe to you, because you build tombs for the prophets, and it was your ancestors who killed them.
+\v 48 So you are witnesses and you consent to the works of your ancestors, for they indeed killed them and you build their tombs.
 
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 \v 49 For this reason also, God's wisdom said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and they will persecute and kill some of them.'

43-LUK/12.usfm

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 \v 1 In the meantime, when many thousands of the people were gathered together, so much that they trampled on each other, he began to say to his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
 
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-\v 2 But there is nothing concealed, that will not be revealed, and nothing hidden, that will not be known.
+\v 2 But there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, and nothing hidden that will not be known.
 \v 3 So whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
 
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 \v 36 and be like people looking for their master when he returns from the marriage feast, so that when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open the door for him.
 
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-\v 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the master will find watching when he comes. Truly I say to you that he will tuck his long robe in his belt, make them sit down to a meal, and will come and serve them.
+\v 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the master will find watching when he comes. Truly I say to you, he will dress himself for work, and have them sit down at the table, and he will come and serve them.
 \v 38 If the master comes in the second watch of the night, or if even in the third watch, and finds them ready, blessed are those servants.
 
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 \v 47 That servant, having known his lord's will, and not having prepared or done according to his will, will be beaten with many blows.
-\v 48 But he who did not know, and did things worthy of a beating, will be beaten with a few blows. Everyone to whom much is given, much will be required of him, and to whom they entrust much, they will ask even more of him.
+\v 48 But the one who did not know and did what deserved a beating, he will be beaten with a few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded, and the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded of him.
 
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