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 \v 7 Then they asked him, "Teacher, when will these things happen? And what will happen to show that these things are about to take place?"
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 \v 8 Jesus replied, "Be careful that no one deceives you. For many people will come and each will claim to be me. Each will say about himself, 'I am the Christ!' They will also say, 'The time is almost here, when God will rule as king!' Do not follow after them to become their disciples!
-\v 9 Also, whenever you hear about wars and people fighting each other, do not be terrified. For these things must happen before the end of the world comes.
+\v 9 Also, whenever you hear about wars and people fighting each other, do not be terrified. For these things must happen before the end of this age.
 
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 \v 20 In the same way, after they had eaten the meal, he took the cup of wine and said, "This is the new covenant I will make using my own blood, which will pour out for you.
 
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-\v 21 But, look! The person who will hand me over to my enemies is here eating with me.
+\v 21 But look! The person who will hand me over to my enemies is here eating with me.
 \v 22 Indeed, I, the Son of Man, will die, because that is what God has planned. But how terrible it will be for the man who hands me over to my enemies!"
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 \v 23 Then the apostles began to ask one another, "Which one of us is planning to do this thing?"
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 \v 40 When he came to the place where he wanted to go, he said to them, "Pray that God will help you not to be tempted to sin."
 
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-\v 41 Then he went about thirty meters from them, knelt down and prayed. He said,
-\v 42 "Father, the terrible things that are about to happen to me: If you are willing to keep from happening, do it. But do not do what I want, but what you want."
+\v 41 Then he went about thirty meters from them, knelt down, and prayed. He said,
+\v 42 "Father, the terrible things that are about to happen to me: If you are willing to keep them from happening, do it. But do not do what I want, but what you want."
 
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 \v 43 Then an angel from heaven came and gave him courage.
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 \v 70 Then they all asked, "If that is so, are you saying that you are the Son of God?" 
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-He answered, "Yes, it is just like you say."
+He answered, "Yes, it is just as you say."
 \v 71 Then they said to each other, "We certainly do not need any more people to testify against him! We ourselves have heard him say that he is equal to God!"
 
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 \v 4 Then Pilate said to the chief priests and to the crowd, "This man is not guilty of any crime."
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-\v 5 But they kept on accusing Jesus; they said, "He is trying to get the people to riot! He has been teaching his ideas throughout all of the region of Judea. He started doing this in the region of Galilee and now he is doing it here, also!"
+\v 5 But they kept on accusing Jesus; they said, "He is trying to get the people to riot! He has been teaching his ideas throughout all of the region of Judea. He started doing this in the region of Galilee and now he is doing it here also!"
 
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 \v 6 When Pilate heard their words, he asked, "Does this man come from the district of Galilee?"
-\v 7 Because Pilate learned that Jesus was from Galilee, where Herod Antipas ruled, he sent Jesus to him, because Herod was in Jerusalem at that time.
+\v 7 Because Pilate learned that Jesus was from Galilee, where Herod Antipas ruled, he sent Jesus to him because Herod was in Jerusalem at that time.
 
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 \v 8 When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad. He had been wanting for a long time to see Jesus, because he was hearing many things about him and wanted to see him perform a miracle.
 \v 9 So he asked Jesus many questions, but Jesus did not reply to any of them.
-\v 10 And the chief priests and some experts in the Jewish laws stood near him, accusing him very of all kinds of crimes.
+\v 10 And the chief priests and some experts in the Jewish laws stood near him, accusing him very strongly of all kinds of crimes.
 
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 \v 11 Then Herod and his soldiers made fun of Jesus. They put expensive clothes on him to pretend that he was a king. Then Herod sent him back to Pilate.
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 \v 13 Pilate then gathered together the chief priests and other Jewish leaders and the crowd that was still there.
-\v 14 He said to them, "You brought this man to me, saying that he has been leading the people to revolt. But I want you to know that after having examined him while you were listening, I do not think that he is guilty of any of the things you have told me about.
+\v 14 He said to them, "You brought this man to me, saying he has been leading the people to revolt. But I want you to know that after having examined him while you were listening, I do not think he is guilty of any of the things you have told me about.
 
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 \v 15 Even Herod does not think he is guilty. I know this, because he sent him back to us without punishing him. So it is clear that this man does not deserve to die.
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-\v 18 But the whole crowd shouted together saying, "Put this man to death! Set Barabbas free for us!"
+\v 18 But the whole crowd shouted together, saying, "Put this man to death! Set Barabbas free for us!"
 \v 19 Now Barabbas was a man who had led some people in the city to rebel against the Roman government. He was also a murderer. He was in prison because of these crimes, and he was waiting for them to put him to death.
 
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 \v 22 Pilate spoke to them a third time and asked them, "Why? What crime has he committed? He has done nothing for which he deserves to die. So I will have my soldiers whip him and then set him free."
 
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-\v 23 But they kept insisting with loud voices that Jesus should be die on a cross. Finally, because they continued to shout so loudly, they persuaded Pilate
+\v 23 But they kept insisting with loud voices that Jesus should die on a cross. Finally, because they continued to shout so loudly, they persuaded Pilate
 \v 24 to do what they requested.
 \v 25 So he set free the man who was in prison because he had fought against the government and murdered people! He then commanded the soldiers to take Jesus and do what the crowd wanted.
 
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 \v 29 For I want you to know that there will soon be a time when people will say, 'How fortunate are the women who have never given birth to children or nursed babies!'
 \v 30 Then the people in this city will say, 'We wish that the mountains would fall on top of us and that the hills would cover us up!'
-\v 31 If I have to die, even though I have nothing wrong, terrible things will certainly happen to people who deserve to die.
+\v 31 If I have to die even though I have nothing wrong, terrible things will certainly happen to people who deserve to die.
 
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 \v 33 When they came to the place named "The Skull," there they crucified Jesus by nailing him to a cross. They did the same thing to the two criminals. They put one at the right side of Jesus and one at his left side.
-\v 34 But Jesus said, "Father, forgive these people who are doing this, because they do not really know whom they are doing this to." Then the soldiers divided his clothes by gambling with something like dice, to decide which piece of clothing each one would get.
+\v 34 But Jesus said, "Father, forgive these people who are doing this, because they do not really know to whom they are doing this." Then the soldiers divided his clothes by gambling with something like dice to decide which piece of clothing each one would get.
 
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 \v 35 Many people stood nearby, watching. Even the Jewish leaders were mocking Jesus, saying, "He saved other people! Now if he really is the Christ, God's Chosen One, then he should save himself!"
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-\v 44 Then it was about noontime. But it became dark over all the land until three o'clock in the afternoon.
+\v 44 By that time it was about noontime. But it became dark over all the land until three o'clock in the afternoon.
 \v 45 There was no light from the sun. And the thick curtain that closed off the most holy place in the temple split into two pieces.
 
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 \v 54 It was the day when people got ready for the Jewish day of rest called the Sabbath. It was soon going to be sunset, the start of the Sabbath.
-\v 55 The women who had come with Jesus from the district of Galilee followed Joseph and the men who were with him. They saw the burial chamber, and they saw how the men laid Jesus' body inside it.
+\v 55 The women who had come with Jesus from the district of Galilee followed Joseph and the men who were with him. They saw the burial chamber and they saw how the men laid Jesus' body inside it.
 \v 56 Then the women went back to where they were staying in order to get spices and ointments to put on Jesus' body. However, they did no work on the Sabbath, just as the Jewish law required.
 
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-\v 1 Before dawn on Sunday those women went to the burial chamber. They took with them the spices that they had prepared to put on the body of Jesus.
+\v 1 Before dawn on Sunday, those women went to the burial chamber. They took with them the spices that they had prepared to put on the body of Jesus.
 \v 2 When they arrived, they discovered that somebody had rolled the stone away from the entrance to the burial chamber.
 \v 3 They went into the burial chamber, but the body of the Lord Jesus was not there!
 
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 \v 36 As they were saying that, Jesus himself suddenly appeared among them. He said to them, "May God give you peace!"
-\v 37 They were startled and afraid, because they thought that they were seeing a ghost!
+\v 37 They were startled and afraid, because they thought they were seeing a ghost!
 
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 \v 38 He said to them, "You should not be alarmed! And you should not doubt that I am alive.
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-\v 44 Then he said to them, "I will repeat what I told you while I was with you: Everything that was written about me in the Law of Moses, the writings of the Prophets, and in the Psalms, all must be fulfilled!"
+\v 44 Then he said to them, "I will repeat what I told you while I was with you: Everything that was written about me in the Law of Moses, the writings of the Prophets, and in the Psalms—all must be fulfilled!"
 
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 \v 45 Then he enabled them to understand the things that had been written about him in the scriptures.
-\v 46 He said to them, "This is what you can read in the scriptures: That the Christ would suffer and die, but on the third day after that he would become alive again.
-\v 47 They wrote that those who believe in him must take the message and proclaim it everywhere: that people should turn away from committing sin and turn to God, so that he would forgive their sins. They would preach that message about what Christ had done for them. The scriptures said that they would start preaching this message in Jerusalem and then they would go and tell all the peoples in the world.
+\v 46 He said to them, "This is what you can read in the scriptures: that the Christ would suffer and die, but on the third day after that he would become alive again.
+\v 47 They wrote that those who believe in him must take the message and proclaim it everywhere: that people should turn away from committing sin and turn to God, so that he would forgive their sins. They would preach that message about what Christ had done for them. The scriptures said they would start preaching this message in Jerusalem and then they would go and tell all the peoples in the world.
 
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 \v 48 You must tell people that you know that those things that happened to me are true.
-\v 49 And I want you to know that I will send the Holy Spirit to you, as my Father promised that he would do. But you must stay in this city until God fills you with the power of the Holy Spirit."
+\v 49 And I want you to know that I will send the Holy Spirit to you, as my Father promised he would do. But you must stay in this city until God fills you with the power of the Holy Spirit."
 
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 \v 52 After they worshiped him, they returned to Jerusalem very joyfully.
-\v 53 Each day they went into the temple courtyard, and spent a lot of time praising God.
+\v 53 Each day they went into the temple courtyard and spent much time praising God.