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 \v 25 At that time Jesus prayed, "Father, you rule over everything in heaven and on the earth. I thank you that you have prevented people who think that they are wise and well educated from knowing these things. Instead, you have revealed them to people who accept your truth just as little children believe what an adult tells them.
 \v 26 Yes, Father, you have done that because it seemed good to you to do so."
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-\v 27 Then Jesus said to the people, "God, my Father, has revealed to me all the things that I need to know in order to do my work. Only my Father knows who I really am. Furthermore, only I and those people to whom I wish to reveal him really know him.
+\v 27 Then Jesus said to the people, "God my Father has revealed to me all the things that I need to know in order to do my work. Only my Father knows who I really am. Furthermore, only I and those people to whom I wish to reveal him really know him.
 
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 \v 28 Come to me, all you people who are very weary of trying to obey all the laws your leaders say you should. I will let you rest from all that.
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 \v 4 King David entered the sacred tent where they worshiped God and ate the bread that had been on display before God. But according to the law of Moses, only priests were permitted to eat that bread, but David and the men who were with him ate it.
 
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-\v 5 Also, surely you have read what Moses wrote, when he said that even though the priests, by working in the temple on our Sabbath day, are not obeying the Jewish day of rest laws, they are not guilty.
+\v 5 Also, surely you have read what Moses wrote, when he said that even though the priests are not obeying the Jewish day of rest laws by working in the temple on our Sabbath day, they are not guilty.
 \v 6 Let me tell you what this means: I have come to you, and I am more important than the temple.
 
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 \v 15 Because Jesus knew that the Pharisees were plotting to kill him, he took the disciples and went away from there. Large crowds, including many sick people, followed him, and he healed them all.
-\v 16 But he told them firmly that they should not tell other people about him.
+\v 16 But he firmly told them that they should not tell other people about him.
 \v 17 By doing this he fulfilled what Isaiah the prophet had written long ago. He wrote,
 
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 \q And he will not shout in the streets.
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 \v 20 He will be gentle with the weak people;
-\q If a person is barely alive, he will not kill him.
+\q if a person is barely alive, he will not kill him.
 \q And he will judge the people with justice and declare that they are not guilty.
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 \v 21 So the nations will confidently trust in him."
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-\v 31 You are saying that it is not the Holy Spirit who is enabling me to expel demons. So I will say this to you: If those who offend and insult other people in any way are then sorry and ask God to forgive them, God will forgive them. But he will not forgive people who insult the Holy Spirit.
+\v 31 "You are saying that it is not the Holy Spirit who is enabling me to expel demons. So I will say this to you: If those who offend and insult other people in any way are then sorry and ask God to forgive them, God will forgive them. But he will not forgive people who insult the Holy Spirit.
 \v 32 God is willing to forgive people who criticize me, the Son of Man. But I warn you that he will not forgive those who say evil things about what the Holy Spirit does. God will not forgive them now, nor in the coming world.
 
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 \v 38 Then some of the Pharisees and teachers of the Jewish laws responded to Jesus, "Teacher, we want to see you perform a miracle that will convince us that God sent you."
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-\v 39 Then Jesus said to them, "You people have already seen me perform miracles, but you are evil, and you do not faithfully worship God! You want me to prove that God sent me, but God will show you only one miracle. It will be like what happened to Jonah the prophet.
+\v 39 Then Jesus said to them, "You people have already seen me perform miracles, but you are evil and you do not faithfully worship God! You want me to prove that God sent me, but God will show you only one miracle. It will be like what happened to Jonah the prophet.
 \v 40 Jonah was in the stomach of a huge fish for three days and nights before God caused him to come out. Similarly, for three days and nights I, the Son of Man, will be deep in the earth, and then God will cause me to live again.
 
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