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-\v 1 Now it happened on a Sabbath that Jesus was going through the grainfields and his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them between their hands, and eating the grain.
+\v 1 Now it happened on a Sabbath that Jesus was going through the grainfields and his disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them between their hands and eating the grain.
 \v 2 But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing something that is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"
 
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 \v 6 It happened on another Sabbath that he went into the synagogue and taught the people there. A man was there whose right hand was shriveled.
-\v 7 The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him closely to see whether he would heal someone on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him of doing something wrong.
+\v 7 The scribes and the Pharisees were watching him closely to see whether he would heal someone on the Sabbath, so that they might find a reason to accuse him.
 \v 8 But he knew what they were thinking and he said to the man whose hand was shriveled, "Get up, and stand here in the middle of everyone." So the man got up and stood there.
 
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 \v 9 Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do harm, to save a life or to destroy it?"
 \v 10 Then he looked around at them all and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did so, and his hand was restored.
-\v 11 But they were filled with anger, and they talked to each other about what they might do to Jesus.
+\v 11 But they were filled with anger and they talked to each other about what they might do to Jesus.
 
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 \v 12 It happened in those days that he went out to the mountain to pray. He continued all night in prayer to God.
-\v 13 When it was day, he called his disciples to him, and he chose twelve of them, whom he also named "apostles."
+\v 13 When it was day, he called his disciples to him, and he chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles.
 
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 \v 14 The names of the apostles were Simon (whom he also named Peter) and his brother, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
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 \v 16 Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
 
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-\v 17 Then Jesus came down the mountain with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there, as well as a large number of the people from Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon.
+\v 17 Then Jesus came down the mountain with them and stood on a level place with a large crowd of his disciples and a large number of the people from Judea and Jerusalem and the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon.
 \v 18 They had come to listen to him and to be healed of their diseases. People who were troubled with unclean spirits were also healed.
 \v 19 Everyone in the crowd kept trying to touch him because power to heal was coming out from him, and he healed them all.
 
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 \v 21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
 
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-\v 22 Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and they treat your name as being evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.
+\v 22 Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and insult you, because of the Son of Man.
 \v 23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because you will surely have a great reward in heaven, for their ancestors treated the prophets in the same way.
 
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-\v 24 But woe to you who are rich! For you have already received your comfort.
-\v 25 Woe to you who are full now! For you will be hungry later. Woe to you who laugh now! For you will mourn and weep later.
+\v 24 But woe to you who are rich, for you have already received your comfort.
+\v 25 Woe to you who are full now, for you will be hungry later. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep later.
 
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-\v 26 Woe to you, when all men speak well of you! For their ancestors treated the false prophets in the same way.
+\v 26 Woe to you, when all men speak well of you, for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.
 
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 \v 31 As you want people to do to you, you should do the same to them.
 \v 32 If you only love people who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
 \v 33 If you do good only to people who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same.
-\v 34 If you only lend things to people who you expect will give them back to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, and expect to receive the same amount back again.
+\v 34 If you only lend to people who you expect will pay you back, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount.
 
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-\v 35 But love your enemies and do them good. Lend to them, never worrying about getting anything back, and your reward will be great. You will be sons of the Most High, for he himself is kind toward unthankful and evil people.
+\v 35 But love your enemies and do good to them. Lend expecting nothing in return and your reward will be great and you will be sons of the Most High, for he himself is kind toward unthankful and evil people.
 \v 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
 
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 \v 37 Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive others, and you will be forgiven.
 
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-\v 38 Give to others, and it will be given to you. A generous amount—pressed down, shaken together and spilling over—they will pour into your lap. For with whatever standard of measure you use to measure with, that same standard will be used to measure for you."
+\v 38 Give, and it will be given to you. A generous amount—pressed down, shaken together and spilling over—will pour into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you."
 
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 \v 39 Then he also told them a parable. "Can a blind person guide another blind person? If he did, they would both fall into a pit, would they not?
-\v 40 A disciple is not greater than his teacher, but everyone when he is completely trained will be like his teacher.
+\v 40 A disciple is not greater than his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.
 
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 \v 41 And why do you look at the tiny piece of straw that is in your brother's eye, but you do not notice the log that is in your own eye?