diff --git a/42-MRK/08.usfm b/42-MRK/08.usfm
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 \v 7 They also had a few small fish, and after he gave thanks for them, he commanded the disciples to serve these as well.
 \v 8 They ate and were satisfied. And they picked up the remaining broken pieces, seven large baskets.
-\v 9 There were about four thousand people. And he sent them away.
+\v 9 There were about four thousand people. Then he sent them away.
 \v 10 Immediately he got into the boat with his disciples, and they went into the region of Dalmanutha.
 
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-\v 31 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and would be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and would be killed, and after three days rise up.
+\v 31 He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and would be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and would be killed, and after three days rise up.
 \v 32 He said this clearly. Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
 
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diff --git a/42-MRK/10.usfm b/42-MRK/10.usfm
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 \v 1 Jesus left that place and went to the region of Judea and to the area beyond the Jordan River, and the crowds came to him again. He was teaching them again, as he was accustomed to do.
-\v 2 And Pharisees came to him to test him and asked, "Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?"
+\v 2 Then Pharisees came to him to test him and asked, "Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?"
 \v 3 He answered, "What did Moses command you?"
 \v 4 They said, "Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and then to send her away."
 
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 \v 10 When they were in the house, the disciples asked him again about this.
 \v 11 He said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
-\v 12 And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."
+\v 12 If she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."
 
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